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Offline Mince

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Students
« on: September 14, 2007, 10:59:32 AM »
I read to my students a descriptive piece by George Orwell about coal mining: "you crawl through the last line of pit props ... so that the space you are in is only as high as the ledge of coal itself, probably not much more than three feet."

I asked, "What word would describe the working conditions here?" I waited for the word "cramped", but instead was rewarded with the word "petite".
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Offline Mince

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Re: Students
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2007, 11:04:00 AM »
A leaflet persuading people to visit Big Pit in Wales: "ON A HILLSIDE at the top of the Afon Lwyd Valley stands one of the last memorials to a distinguished industrial heritage."

I asked: "What do you associate with 'heritage' and how is it persuasive?"

Answer: "Boring, and it isn't."
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Re: Students
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2007, 11:04:51 AM »
QUESTION: What does "scarcely" mean?

ANSWER: Scary?

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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Students
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2007, 11:34:25 AM »
That student wasn't Peter by any chance?
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Re: Students
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2007, 06:38:28 PM »
"There's trouble at t'pit! Shaft 7b is too petite!"
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Offline Mince

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Re: Students
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2007, 07:17:31 PM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on September 14, 2007, 06:38:28 PM
"There's trouble at t'pit! Shaft 7b is too petite!"

That made me laugh out loud!   :D
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Offline Mince

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Re: Students
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2007, 07:18:45 PM »
In fact, it reminded me of this.

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Calypso

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Re: Students
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2007, 11:58:34 PM »
Your students must be dainty, sweet little girls.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Students
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2007, 12:21:45 AM »
As light(headed) as a feather!
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peter

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Re: Students
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2007, 11:24:45 AM »
Quote from: The Peepmaster on September 14, 2007, 11:34:25 AM
That student wasn't Peter by any chance?
How could you? I could get really cross with you. You should know that it is wrong to mock the afflicted.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Students
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2007, 01:22:05 PM »
Quote from: peter on September 16, 2007, 11:24:45 AM
Quote from: The Peepmaster on September 14, 2007, 11:34:25 AM
That student wasn't Peter by any chance?
How could you? I could get really cross with you. You should know that it is wrong to mock the afflicted.

You could be a mature student.
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peter

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Re: Students
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2007, 06:37:17 PM »
Quote from: The Peepmaster on September 16, 2007, 01:22:05 PM
Quote from: peter on September 16, 2007, 11:24:45 AM
Quote from: The Peepmaster on September 14, 2007, 11:34:25 AM
That student wasn't Peter by any chance?
How could you? I could get really cross with you. You should know that it is wrong to mock the afflicted.

You could be a mature student.
a very mature student. But my tutor is crap
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