Thailand Travel Kit: Huts, Trip Itineraries, and Tips for the Budget or Upscale Tourist by a Thailand Insider who has lived in Thailand for 8 years by Jack B. Wily ... see you in Thailand ...
people who know me well know that this site is a mix of political jargon, topics about writing and the beaches of thailand. it sort of like a delicious curry that i love.
so let's make it a little more complex. first... here is my background, here is my education. here is what i know, so to speak. excuse me if it is like a pizza with mixed slices.
at U.C.D. i once got the highest score on a biology exam without completing the last page... because, well, i didn't think to look at the back of the exam.
at U.C.D i once got the highest score in quantitative chemistry, which was widely believed to be the most difficult course on campus.
at U.C.D. i failed general chemistry and had to take it again. i thought it was the most crazy mixed up course in the history of education.
at U.C.D. i struggled mightily with biochemistry one and two. i wanted to learn the reasons why and they wanted me to memorize all the molecular equations. i am still not sure which of us was correct, but i certainly couldn't... and don't particularly want to memorize all of them. i think i could now, but it's a bit late for that.
some of you know that i like to write and that i teach writing. i do and i do. here is what i hear: i have often heard people say that they went to university to learn how to write a novel. creative writing was their goal. i hear them say they realize after graduation that they didn't learn anything about writing a novel.
i would say the problem begins in elementary school when students are never taught formal grammar. then it expands in high school when students are never taught formal grammar. i wish i learned grammar in high school, even though English was possibly the last class i wanted to sit through. it ranked right up there with sociology and american government. so now i look at grammar. it isn't grammar that completely makes a novelist, but without grammar a creative writer is like a painter without a paint brush.
something like that anyway... it's late... i would like a can of beer.
so anyways, these college graduates say that they wanted to be a writer and only realised after college that they didn't learn much about writing. some go on to creative writing course at the graduate level, which is where most creative writing courses are found. i would like to go through a program like that myself.
Stephan King, somewhat of a creative genies says that grammar is merely something to review so that you have the tools to write well. i wish grammar came as naturally for me. to me, when i hear the word grammar, i start thinking oh my God, it's a very complex thing.
On top of grammar, alls one has to do is read Stephan King's book about the guy who goes crazy in the hotel... one of his first... to know that Stephan King did not only know grammar. He knew it well, but he also knew creative writing technique.
okay... i will step out for a brew.
people who know me well know that this site is a mix of political jargon, topics about writing and the beaches of thailand. it sort of like a delicious curry that i love.
so let's make it a little more complex. first... here is my background, here is my education. here is what i know, so to speak. excuse me if it is like a pizza with mixed slices.
at U.C.D. i once got the highest score on a biology exam without completing the last page... because, well, i didn't think to look at the back of the exam.
at U.C.D i once got the highest score in quantitative chemistry, which was widely believed to be the most difficult course on campus.
at U.C.D. i failed general chemistry and had to take it again. i thought it was the most crazy mixed up course in the history of education.
at U.C.D. i struggled mightily with biochemistry one and two. i wanted to learn the reasons why and they wanted me to memorize all the molecular equations. i am still not sure which of us was correct, but i certainly couldn't... and don't particularly want to memorize all of them. i think i could now, but it's a bit late for that.
some of you know that i like to write and that i teach writing. i do and i do. here is what i hear: i have often heard people say that they went to university to learn how to write a novel. creative writing was their goal. i hear them say they realize after graduation that they didn't learn anything about writing a novel.
i would say the problem begins in elementary school when students are never taught formal grammar. then it expands in high school when students are never taught formal grammar. i wish i learned grammar in high school, even though English was possibly the last class i wanted to sit through. it ranked right up there with sociology and american government. so now i look at grammar. it isn't grammar that completely makes a novelist, but without grammar a creative writer is like a painter without a paint brush.
something like that anyway... it's late... i would like a can of beer.
so anyways, these college graduates say that they wanted to be a writer and only realised after college that they didn't learn much about writing. some go on to creative writing course at the graduate level, which is where most creative writing courses are found. i would like to go through a program like that myself.
Stephan King, somewhat of a creative genies says that grammar is merely something to review so that you have the tools to write well. i wish grammar came as naturally for me. to me, when i hear the word grammar, i start thinking oh my God, it's a very complex thing.
On top of grammar, alls one has to do is read Stephan King's book about the guy who goes crazy in the hotel... one of his first... to know that Stephan King did not only know grammar. He knew it well, but he also knew creative writing technique.
okay... i will step out for a brew.
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