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magical thyme

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16. the opening paragraph (not the quote) seems to be missing a word, or something...

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 01:30 PM

Feb 2014

"just prior to a story that? was published"

I turned off my inner proofreader after that. But was relieved the letter is from a history teacher as opposed to, say, English.

ooooh, noooo...I just read the whole letter. On 2 occasions, the writer uses an apostrophe with a plural 's,' e.g. CEO's.

Luckily he hasn't sent it to Mr. Gates, but instead hopes that somebody on the internet will send it to him. Hopefully whoever forwards it along will first give it a final pass proofreading and edit.

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A Teacher’s Advice to Bill Gates [View all] yurbud Feb 2014 OP

fuck yeah phantom power Feb 2014 #1

Bill, no point in being an engineer if you are outsourcing those jobs on point Feb 2014 #2

Great letter. Thanks for posting it. nt Chef Eric Feb 2014 #3

amen. demigoddess Feb 2014 #4

As an educator......... MyOwnPeace Feb 2014 #5

Probably was relying Mr.Bill Feb 2014 #7

the opening paragraph (not the quote) seems to be missing a word, or something... magical thyme Feb 2014 #16

What is really sad, Hoppy Feb 2014 #6

being a teacher now is like being a doctor who can only give treatments dictated by quack remedy yurbud Feb 2014 #12

Good analogy. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #17

Thanks for posting. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #8

Schools aren't creating enough graduates with the skills they need? abelenkpe Feb 2014 #9

and Americans who "don't have those skills" have to train those imported workers. yurbud Feb 2014 #11

An outstanding post Jake2413 Feb 2014 #10

Amen, sister! nt raccoon Feb 2014 #13

As someone once said . . . markpkessinger Feb 2014 #14

and Wall Street doesn't mind taking lives. yurbud Feb 2014 #15

Those who can't teach become reformers. clg311 Feb 2014 #18

the rest are either afraid or failing the Milgram experiment. yurbud Mar 2014 #19