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 Thursday May 29 2008

Darth Teacher

darth teacher

I find your lack of English disturbing!



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Thursday May 29, 2008 at 02:28 PM
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ZenKimchi wrote 7 words  on  Thursday May 29, 2008  at  04:46 PM Korea (South)

I find your lack of proofreading amusing!

Sean.

Sean. wrote 22 words  on  Thursday May 29, 2008  at  05:05 PM Korea (South)

ZenKimchi,
You are strong in the force. No one said typing skills were necessary to join the Dark Side. Fixing typo now.

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kwandongbrian wrote 35 words  on  Thursday May 29, 2008  at  06:45 PM Korea (South)

I noticed it as well but my own blog is full of such casualisms (I think that sounds better than errors).

I notice that Darth Geek is doing a bit of Kids-In-The-Hall style head squeezing.

Sean.

Sean. wrote 74 words  on  Thursday May 29, 2008  at  06:55 PM Korea (South)

Kwandongbrian,
not head squeezing so much as constricting the throat of non-believers (i.e. where Vader is in the command room and gets questioned about his belief in antiquated religions)

I wouldn’t object to a little head squeezing with a few of my students - there are definitely times where the force could come in handy in the classroom.

for the record this picture was taken with my cell phone - thus the poor quality.

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Chris Cotter wrote 54 words  on  Friday May 30, 2008  at  08:40 AM Japan

If only I had the force, I could throw out all my books on motivation and teaching methods.  First day of class: Just scare the #!*#$! out of the students, and I guarantee everyone would study as though their lives depended on it… come to think of it, their lives would depend on it!!!

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