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Wysłany: Pią 14:46, 22 Lis 2013 Temat postu: tUsNsWcrpvTJROQkkxZY |
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As a recovering English Major, it\'s the sqseihinuss of the study of English that disturbs those who are wired for more linear thinking (and as someone whose been exposed to those classes, I feel a compulsion to explain that these assumptions are my own and I don\'t claim any ownership on facts, but as all viewpoints must be considered valid from the perspective of the viewer, I feel justified in asserting the privelege of communicating my personal views, phewwwh).If you organize the world in a linear way then being forced to discuss semiotics when you just want to know how to punctuate a sentence or make a persuasive argument can be frustrating.English professors have free rein to discuss current events, history, philosophy, anthropology, theology, sociology, and any other -ology that strikes their fancy since all things are expressed by language.All subjects are text, and all texts are possible subjects for the study of English.Most English professors don\'t abuse the posibilities created by these facts, but enough do that those impacted by that abuse focus on the bad examples rather than remembering all the good instructors, and the legends of these abuses grow until they represent the whole of the discipline to many outside observers.Just cause it\'s unfair and untrue doesn\'t mean that isn\'t how many see things. |
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