The Couch 120: The Missing Element

I have one course left to prepare - everything, and I mean everything (like a syllabus for starters). Instead of doing that, I unpack and then organize and re-organize the apartment.

I've been working on my syllabi and lesson plans all weekend. I am officially back at work tomorrow. Students don't start for another week yet.

I prefer the french "boogie" (soft g).

Eta - i think i got my sense of humor from alfred hitchcock. Not good!

I found of Downton Abbey. It even has the Knitted character from Harry Hill and the vicar from Jam and Jerusalem.

No, not in email, as a general rule. (I have done research on some aspects of language use in email so I'm sort of semi-qualified to answer this...)

Yes, I would guess so. Or they might have seen a prescriptive style guide of the kind where somebody's personal preference has been elevated to a rule.

At the time she was unknown to the public, but those who knew Hitler knew her, or at least knew about her. She was a photographer and filmed Hitler a lot - apparently she imagined that Hollywood would want the material so she made sure it was stored in a safe place when she went off to the bunker. Instead, once it was found it was used as evidence against various nazi officials in the trials, according to the documentary.

She was portrayed as very naive and completely unconcerned about politics, but she also warned her sister, who was in love with a Jewish man, that they could be sent to concentration camp - so she cannot have been oblivious to what was going on.

Oh excellent! Patsy and Edina - well edina is just perfect. She could have played that part for reals.

On my way to the office, for the first time in several weeks. I have printed out a reminder (in code) of this summer's most important realisation to put by my computer.

I think I'll go see the Countess this week.

(((CE)))
Let us know how it goes.

Yes CE I would love to hear how it goes with the Countess too!

"Dont use apostrophe's"?!

"Students are the enemy"?!

i dont know i was more trying to survive then learn the proper and perfect way to write and grammar and things like that . i just was not able to learn as as well as others. so no i dont write perfectly and my spelling and grammar stinks . i have grown up being called stupid and made fun of because of this .its kind of feeling the same here. am i less then others here because i was not able to learn as well as others . starting to kind of feel this way . maybe im being oversensitive about things but it kind seems humiliating

No, the actual message is

Remember that the only way you can improve the lives of others is by shutting up about your own life.

("You" in that sentence refers to me, Crocus. It is not a general statement and is not about anybody else.)

maybe google child abuse and trauma affecting the elementary school child's ability to learn. i do apologize to those who have such a hard time dealing with my posts that have improper grammar or spelling. it isnt the first time people have made fun of others on this forum who are not as smart . you would think there would be more understanding

as usural i guess its me who is wrong and hurtful and need to keep my mouth shut for fear of hurting anyone who is smarter and more liked . sorry to all guess im just stupid and need to just shut up myself and not hurt anyone elses feelings and let mine screw off . who am i anyway right .i stepd out of my roll and am sorry

i dont believe i have ever mocked or made fun of anyone as a person or there intelligence. if i said yes i felt made fun of here would it matter. probably not but it doesn't matter all that matters is other more important smart people don't get hurt . it doesn't matter what i was referring to now anyway

I have one (one) asset. It is my command of English. It's worth absolutely nothing compared to most other things. I have never judged or condemned or made fun of anybody else for not having the fairly useless ability to put apostrophes in the right place or other pointless things. I teach communication to non-English speakers, and my first and most important point is always this: "Don't worry about grammar, if you get it wrong nobody is going to care as long as you can communicate."

That being said, I do allow myself the right to poke fun at myself in the way I did in the post I removed. I was ridiculing myself for thinking that grammar matters. It matters to me, but that is a very different thing from judging anybody else on their grammar abilities. I have never done that. NEVER. (I don't judge the students whose texts I read - I sometimes have to correct their grammar mistakes because that is, sometimes, my job but that's different.)

I have punished myself thoroughly and will stay away from here for a while. Please don't hate me - you can't hate me more than I hate myself, but still.

My mom is a *****. A ****ing *****. I'm worried she's going to I'm worried for my dad especially. There is so much going on with stuff from my past all colliding. Stuff in the future that is going to be incredibly hard. Stuff in my present I can't calm down. I've never had to take my PRN at work before. I'm so not okay. T isn't for a few more hours and I need it to be now. I wish I could leave work, shouldn't for a few hours because of the PRN. I have to stop spinning.

I don't think anyone here was making fun of anyone else here punctuation-/grammar-wise, and no one should feel unwelcome here or like they have to absent themselves. The post that started the grammatical discussion was about therapists in a professional setting, not about internet posters writing in a highly informal setting.

Ellahmae, I hope you're going to mention all that to your therapist...

i hate this Fing life as usural im the Fing shat that everyone hates why do i even exist. i get it ill just screw off now and not bother anyone here .

It has been raining here so hard and so much - that there is flash flooding going on everywhere. The dogs are cranky and my cat is crazy. And my car is in the shop -so we are all trapped in together.

dont worry about it i know im all wrong and am a shat .