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Smart TalkSMART TALK By Dr. Laconia Crisp
IN THIS PAPER I AM GOING TO WRITE... No kidding? Really?
Mrs. Shirley Markem Lowe is the best English teacher D.B. Wesson High School ever had. Unfortunately, in Underbelly, Texas, that's not saying much, but she'd be good anywhere. Here at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, she's a local hero.
Mrs. Lowe works hard on writing. A frequent assignment is a book or movie review in 250 words or fewer (not less). Students earn their grades based on how much they say, and how well, on a single page.
In this way, students soon learn to get to the point and cut the garbage. Garbage like today's title. Good training.
Mrs. Lowe is trying to break the bad language habits her students have developed thanks to other teachers' assignments to write an essay of at least 250 words.
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