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What should I call you? I prefer David or Dave, but students uncomfortable with first names can call me Professor or Mister Hodges. My ESL students' charming solution, "Mister David" is my favorite by far.

Killer Celebrity

Posted on February 6, 2014 by davidbdale

Want to get angry? Start a fight? Feeling aggressive and don’t know where to put all that energy? George Zimmerman, famous for killing Trayvon Martin, will trade on his “celebrity,” by which I mean “infamy,” by participating in a boxing … Continue reading →

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Myth: Face Symmetry = Beauty

Posted on February 5, 2014 by davidbdale

Common knowledge says facial symmetry equates to beauty, that the more nearly the sides of our faces resemble each other, the more attractive we are. But if I divide Halle Berry’s face down the middle and double the left side … Continue reading →

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Riddle: Shaking Hands Gravestones

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

What possible explanation could there be for two people to be buried in this manner?   Check your answer at the link.

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Meytal Cohen—Toxicity on Electric Violins

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

That’s right, electric violins.

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The Teeth—Ball of the Dead Rat

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

Ball of the Dead Rat

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Mini Grammar: Eliminate 2nd Person

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

No Second Person Language Writing instructors disagree on which voice is most appropriate in your essays, partly because in some writing, first person is acceptable while in others it’s prohibited. (Also because those other instructors are wrong.) Round Tables have … Continue reading →

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Personal Professor Conferences

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

Follow this link to a Google document where you can schedule personal conferences with David Hodges in ten-minute increments before or after class any TUE or THU to the end of the semester. Link to the Conference Chart

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A04: Money Rewrite

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

Dynamic Instructions By dynamic I mean I will continue to revise these instructions as I provide feedback for your draft Invention of Money posts. Review the latest version before you complete your rewrite. By noon TUE FEB 11, post a … Continue reading →

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Agenda TUE FEB 04, 2014

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

Mini Grammar Lesson: Eliminating 2nd person Professor Post—Mueller Patterson Morph Professor Post—Why Word Order Matters Professor Post—Philip Seymour Hoffman clip Professor Post—Start Simple Riddle: Wrong Way Riddle: Hair Part Blog Skill—Anchoring Hyperlinks to Titles Personal Professor Conferences Lecture/Demo: Try to … Continue reading →

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Cows and Chips

Posted on February 4, 2014 by davidbdale

Nothing enlivens a dry conceptual essay like a cow. So, if you have to keep your readers awake long enough to follow a detailed abstract argument, hire as many cows as you can afford. Also consider providing refreshments. A bag … Continue reading →

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