http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/24/punkd/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/24/punkd/#comment-4569 Diana Senechal Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:13:08 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1061#comment-4569 Having read the article, I still cannot fathom how an editor might regard a decent semicolon as pretentious; try as I may to reconcile myself with that judgment, it spells decadence, crumbling, and decay ... perhaps we should employ punctuation, not scorn it? Nor can I in good conscience keep the dear exclamation point--so loyal to me in times good and bad--locked away until the end of the world!!! Having read the article, I still cannot fathom how an editor might regard a decent semicolon as pretentious; try as I may to reconcile myself with that judgment, it spells decadence, crumbling, and decay … perhaps we should employ punctuation, not scorn it? Nor can I in good conscience keep the dear exclamation point–so loyal to me in times good and bad–locked away until the end of the world!!!

]]> http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/24/punkd/#comment-4567 Robert Pondiscio Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:34:06 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1061#comment-4567 Trying to use quote-unquote proper punctuation in spoken language is also irritating. And teachers are often guilty of speaking like sentences end with question marks? Even when it's not a question? Trying to use quote-unquote proper punctuation in spoken language is also irritating. And teachers are often guilty of speaking like sentences end with question marks? Even when it’s not a question?

]]> http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/24/punkd/#comment-4566 Obi-Wandreas Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:11:33 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1061#comment-4566 Can we also "speak out" against the "improper" use of "quotation marks?" Can we also “speak out” against the “improper” use of “quotation marks?”

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