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Why you shouldn’t rely on spell check
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Robotic Huck Finn
So, for those who haven’t heard, Twain scholar Alan Gribben and NewSouth Books plan on releasing a version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with a couple of replacements. The book has been banned for the use of the words “nigger” and “Injun” from many libraries and schools. Gribben wants to replace both of those words, the N-word with the word “slave” and In-word with “Indian”. Basically, he wants to make a PC Huck because people seem to be unable to face some very uncomfortable truths about our history and the way people treated each other back then based solely on skin color. Essentially, teachers feel that the cannot teach…
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Guerrilla Writing
So, someone asked me the other day about my productivity level. Then they said, “Well, you’re young, that helps.” I half-jokingly responded with, “No, I have insomnia, that helps.” They laughed. I laughed. We laughed. Laughter is good. But I thought I would take a minute to actually write out how I go about my life for people. The first thing to know is that only two things will get me up in the morning: teaching (happily) and emergencies (not-so-happily). Therefore, my schedule is a little weird to most people. I’ll write out an average day with not teaching and one with teaching. Average Day Without Teaching: Get up @…