tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post9002028801901532107..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: Assembling thoughts – then and nowDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-73018004902659583582013-03-12T10:08:14.705+11:002013-03-12T10:08:14.705+11:00I always am stimulated to write by reading about h...I always am stimulated to write by reading about how to write -or how others do it. One invaluable lesson I learned from Denis was to read my work out loud, and I still advise students to do that when I mark essays. You can hear if it's clumsy or just plain incomprehensible!<br /><br />Thank you, Denis. Again:)<br /><br />Julie MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-73730035695669132302013-03-11T22:02:29.436+11:002013-03-11T22:02:29.436+11:00One of my most important jobs as teacher of First ...One of my most important jobs as teacher of First Year university students was how to write an academic history essay, and this I did quite well, I believe – and with great rigour. <br /><br />Now I break just about every one of those rules when writing blog stories. Oh yes, different academic disciplines have different rules, as I found when I went over Sylvia's first English essay with her. I was quite offended at what they regarded as good writing style but I saw as travesty.<br /><br />It wasn't – they were looking for different things.<br />Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-12646433738232708892013-03-11T21:56:57.064+11:002013-03-11T21:56:57.064+11:00I wish I could think who it was – some great savan...I wish I could think who it was – some great savant – who wrote page after page in perfect prose, not missing a beat. Now that's mind training, and someone who knows his subject. I think you must be closer to it than I, Bob.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-47866196311274690112013-03-11T15:25:30.792+11:002013-03-11T15:25:30.792+11:00I love serendipity! In an hour or so, I will recei...I love serendipity! In an hour or so, I will receive via email, a Word document from one of my beloved daughters-in-law who is embarking upon her first university degree. I will use the "Track Changes" tool which, when I email the assignment back to her, will enable us to discuss it, para by para, over the phone as we then both look at it together. <br /><br />I've thoroughly enjoyed being my kids', and several of their friends', editor/proofreader over the years. (Can take the girl out of the school, but can't take the school out of the girl.) The best bit has been how much I've learnt about so many different academic disciplines I wouldn't have otherwise e.g. Journalism, Social Work, Computer Science, Nursing, Landscape Architecture, Early Childhood Development, Medicine, Community Development and so on. <br /><br />I'd best wind this up and go look at my Inbox for that 2,400 word essay waiting for me!<br />Thanks Denis. Lovely post.Roshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339472107640597921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-8000967333121729602013-03-10T18:46:31.230+11:002013-03-10T18:46:31.230+11:00Handwriting was my downfall; in junior high school...Handwriting was my downfall; in junior high school I failed maths because my handwriting was untidy. I love computers - writing is fast and it is easy to correct mistakes. But my computer writing is based on that old handwriting, on thinking carefully first - getting the facts, the grammar and the spelling right first time ... so that I didn't have to re-write it all again. Maybe that was the real benefit.Bob Lakenoreply@blogger.com