I had an 8th grade reading teacher that was super awesome. Was the first to treat us as people and not kids. He let us eat/drink or even curse (respectfully) on papers and while Q+A parts happened. He had 3 rules.
1) If you get caught with food/drink/cursing, yoi were on your own and he didn't see/hear it.
2) never say "god damn" was religious, but respectful
3) never use the word "very"
He legit hated that word and I forgot until your story of the word "got". I never thought of it being a useless word. Unsure how often I use it day to day.
I had a science teacher who taught us technical writing. he said to never use the word "it". For example, if you handed in a lab report and your observations said: "When I added the baking soda to the vinegar, it began to bubble" he'd mark me down and say "what began to bubble? the vinegar? the baking soda? the mixture? the flask? the table?
frustrating at the time but definitely helped me develop into a very clear and precise writer and get my B.Sc later down the road.
I had a high school teacher like that. He wanted us to try using the words we read in conversation, not rely on simple broad terms from childhood. It was coming from a good place of generally wanting to improve our vocabulary so we'd have better prospects in life.
This was at a school just outside the hood where a lot of kids didn't graduate because they went to prison when they were 18. He wanted to break that cycle so badly and give us whatever he could to succeed. He noticed I was poor but an avid and very advanced reader and bought me books with his own money that were more on my level than what the school library offered. He was truly a great guy.
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u/o7_HiBye_o7 16d ago
I had an 8th grade reading teacher that was super awesome. Was the first to treat us as people and not kids. He let us eat/drink or even curse (respectfully) on papers and while Q+A parts happened. He had 3 rules.
1) If you get caught with food/drink/cursing, yoi were on your own and he didn't see/hear it.
2) never say "god damn" was religious, but respectful
3) never use the word "very"
He legit hated that word and I forgot until your story of the word "got". I never thought of it being a useless word. Unsure how often I use it day to day.