tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post2869410711158916339..comments2024-03-25T01:40:05.373-06:00Comments on Microblogging, Visual, PDF/PPT/MP4, Auditory, MP3/Podcast, Digital, Multimedia: Addiction — RUA2S? Are you addicted to study?Benjamin Madeirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-51577349367600409752014-09-25T13:01:22.976-06:002014-09-25T13:01:22.976-06:00An interesting piece from The Sunday Times on this...An interesting piece from The Sunday Times on this: "There is general support in the room for Ms Alternative. Ms Sensible’s cheeks heat up. “Well, it’s only a proposal, of course. It isn’t so much for the sake of the pupils — ” “Sorry, Ms Sensible,” interrupts the head of science. “I think you mean ‘students’. As Mr Goodheart [the head teacher] has explained, ‘pupils’ is far too patronising Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-61489339028958169702014-09-25T12:55:38.643-06:002014-09-25T12:55:38.643-06:00I am from the United States and work in the public...I am from the United States and work in the public schools. It's my experience that people attending school at all grade school are by far most typically referred to as "students," rather than "pupils," both in conversation and in writing. I have met non-native speakers who find it disconcerting that we use the same word for first-graders as college students, but it is theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-67308878579539890602014-09-25T12:35:14.605-06:002014-09-25T12:35:14.605-06:00RT: At most old UK schools (especially independent...RT: <b>At most old UK schools (especially independent schools and grammar schools), New Zealand schools, South African schools, Sri Lankan schools, a few universities in the UK, and to a lesser extent in Australia and Canada, the phrases <a href="http://www.benjaminmadeira.com/2014/09/proficiency.html" rel="nofollow">old boy and old girl</a> are traditionally used for former school pupils, and Benjamin Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-52777386463457718722014-09-24T11:26:59.645-06:002014-09-24T11:26:59.645-06:00BVt wherefore do not you a mightier waie Make warr...BVt wherefore do not you a mightier waie Make warre vppon this bloudie tirant time? And fortifie your ſelfe in your decay With meanes more bleſſed then my barren rime? Now ſtand you on the top of happie houres, And many maiden gardens yet vnſet, With vertuous wiſh would beare your liuing flowers, Much liker then your painted counterfeit: So ſhould the lines of life that life repaire Which this (Benjamin Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.com