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A President English Teachers Can Be Proud Of

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And more personally, I am tired of trying to convince students that they need to learn English, when the most powerful man in the country doesn’t know it.   Now, finally, I can use the President as a model of how to write, rather than what to avoid.

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Adam Bessie is an assistant professor of English at Diablo Valley College, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a co-wrote a chapter in the 2011 edition of Project Censored on metaphor and political language, and is a frequent contributor to (more...)
 

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Obama has hired by Stanimal on Friday, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:51:11 PM
Wait and see? by Randje Mitchell on Saturday, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:15:01 PM
Wait and see by David Palmer on Friday, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:35:53 PM
Grammar by Mad Jayhawk on Saturday, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:31:54 PM
They did attend two different Harvards by Adam Bessie on Saturday, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:21:39 PM
Comparing empty seashells to diamonds by Randje Mitchell on Saturday, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:22:45 PM
Keen eye! by Adam Bessie on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:34:15 AM
Misunderestimated strategery by Dave Kisor on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 4:51:09 PM