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“Imagine… students.. algebra equation.
However difficult the sum there will be one correct answer. Imagine an English lesson being asked 'What is Hamlet, the play, about?' There should be a range of answers, from ‘The best way to appoint a king' to 'In what circumstances is suicide a proper decision? It would be a disaster if every member of the class parrotted what someone else had said or thought.”
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However difficult the sum there will be one correct answer. Imagine an English lesson being asked 'What is Hamlet, the play, about?' There should be a range of answers, from ‘The best way to appoint a king' to 'In what circumstances is suicide a proper decision? It would be a disaster if every member of the class parrotted what someone else had said or thought.”
Allison
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“…The host, pointing to his groaning shelves, proudly exclaims, 'Look at 𝚖𝚢 books!' An author, scanning the shelves, says jubilantly, 'I see you've got one of 𝚖𝚢 books - did you enjoy it?
A publisher, also inspecting the books, says ‘I’m very glad to see you've got so many of 𝚘𝚞𝚛 books on the shelf’. They are all right, in a sense..”
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A publisher, also inspecting the books, says ‘I’m very glad to see you've got so many of 𝚘𝚞𝚛 books on the shelf’. They are all right, in a sense..”
