It’s based on a paragraph in the book mentioned at the bottomn of the article, but yes, I wrote the text around the ideas – the ‘quotes’ from the ‘people’ contain text from the book itself…
Now there’s a thought. I imagine they’ll become adults and go into various professions, wouldn’t want to pigeonhole their young lives just yet. Of course, this isn’t real, you know – this article, I mean?
I used that one today… I told a class that the government had decided to abolish two of the four writing scripts we use here in Japan. They were up in arms, until I told them to look up gullible in their dictionaries.
Fun lesson though! Which two would you get rid of, and how would the world be different….?
My First thought was that it was like the Medieval Helpdesk too but it reminded me of this site also – Pencils across the curriculum. Does this ring any bells anywhere?
May 12th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Very good. Did you write it?
May 12th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
It’s based on a paragraph in the book mentioned at the bottomn of the article, but yes, I wrote the text around the ideas – the ‘quotes’ from the ‘people’ contain text from the book itself…
May 13th, 2009 at 3:50 am
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May 13th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Do you think that these “passive consumers of other people’s lives” will become … EFL teachers!?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Now there’s a thought. I imagine they’ll become adults and go into various professions, wouldn’t want to pigeonhole their young lives just yet. Of course, this isn’t real, you know – this article, I mean?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Excellent. Do I really have to pay 50p to use it? :p
I’m reminded of the video where one monk is training another to use a book instead of a scroll. Guess everyone’s seen that by now?
May 13th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Not real? Come on – I’m not gullible!!
May 13th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
You know that’s not in the dictionary, right?
May 13th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I used that one today… I told a class that the government had decided to abolish two of the four writing scripts we use here in Japan. They were up in arms, until I told them to look up gullible in their dictionaries.
Fun lesson though! Which two would you get rid of, and how would the world be different….?
May 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
My First thought was that it was like the Medieval Helpdesk too
but it reminded me of this site also – Pencils across the curriculum. Does this ring any bells anywhere?
http://pages.minot.k12.nd.us/nansen/content/section/pencils.html