tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981983544333127876.post991555695148254719..comments2024-03-06T22:11:03.452+08:00Comments on From A Far Place: CertaintiesBrian Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550710255511589314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981983544333127876.post-38792131129277881652012-02-05T20:30:57.664+08:002012-02-05T20:30:57.664+08:00I have been known to advise students to fake being...I have been known to advise students to fake being sophisticated, educated, adult readers in their essays on the grounds that, by some peculiar alchemy, they might just effect that transformation if they learn to fake it well enough.<br /><br />But I would never advise them to employ the word <i>titanomachy</i>. That can only work in the hands of a true master.Brian Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550710255511589314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981983544333127876.post-3143323246404605592012-02-03T20:53:29.338+08:002012-02-03T20:53:29.338+08:00It's a bit like C S Lewis's fable of the u...It's a bit like C S Lewis's fable of the ugly fellow who wore a beautiful mask. One day the mask fell off, and they found he'd become beautiful. I feel that way about many IB students; yeah, the methods we use are sometimes downright reprehensible, but the students gain confidence anyway and some become beautiful. :)<br /><br />And no, I was talking about Shakespeare, action and enactment, not the Mancunian titanomachy...Trebuchethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985664863838276012noreply@blogger.com