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The perils of papers

Homework, домашнее задание, thuiswerk, preparaciĆ³n, heimarbeit, εργασία, lavoro, travail, or whatever else you want to call it. I am definitely sick of doing it today. I wrote a grand total of 6 papers today, and when combined with the ones from yesterday, 10. Not that paper writing is a difficult task for me, but it …

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Misplaced modifiers…something to Speak of!

I’m reading Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak right now and I stumbled upon a really interesting misplaced modifier in a sentence. A little over halfway through the book (p. 108 in the softcover Platinum Edition — ISBN: 0142407321), Melinda states that: “It is easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle …

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Powerful, poignant, painful

I just finished reading Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and I don’t know exactly how I feel right now. About halfway through the book, I found a poem that hit so close to home it was haunting–I included that in my last entry, if you care to read it. Now that I have …

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