That's fair. Simply not knowing the term is not elitist, but it is elitist to act high and mighty and condescend someone else for using a term they don't know
See, this is something rarely discussed anymore, especially when discussing education (or the illusion thereof); understanding the context of what is presented.
Far too often, people who supposedly have at least a high school diploma are mouthing sounds rather than conveying actual meaning. "I should of been pane more attention; their not radio tires."
I've been noticing much more than typos, autocorrect nightmares, and commonly misspelled words. People seem massively incapable of putting a proper English sentence together: bad grammar, wrong words (often misspelled), it's terrible.
The latest victim of bad English? "Whoa." People keep spelling it "woah." wth?
Didn't you know grasping the meaning from context clues is racist? Nect you'll tell me people can infer information without having it spelled out directly for them.
I haven't heard this name since middle school. I still have no idea how good/bad of a writer he is overall, I have only ever read that "Hatchet" book they made us read in school. I did kinda enjoy it, though. Are any of his others any good or just a 1 hit wonder?
The Hatchet was his most popular. I remember reading a few others by him. I was never too excited about books back then, but I always liked his books for some reason.
Looking back, they were all coming of age books for boys. They had some good lessons in them too. The Crossing touched on the dangers of border crossing, gangs, and alcoholism without being too vulgar.
I learned it reading The Crossing by Gary Paulsen when I was in like, 4th grade.
I think pretty much everyone in AZ, NM, and TX, Democrat or Republican, knows what a coyote is. This is just more coastal elitist ignorance
I've never really heard the term to be honest, but have enough common sense to know what it means without even looking it up.
That's fair. Simply not knowing the term is not elitist, but it is elitist to act high and mighty and condescend someone else for using a term they don't know
I only heard about it in the past few years; whenever our gorgeous GEOTUS started pointing it out.
The coyote lady is a huge dumbass. But, she's a liberal politician, so that's a given.
See, this is something rarely discussed anymore, especially when discussing education (or the illusion thereof); understanding the context of what is presented.
Far too often, people who supposedly have at least a high school diploma are mouthing sounds rather than conveying actual meaning. "I should of been pane more attention; their not radio tires."
I've been noticing much more than typos, autocorrect nightmares, and commonly misspelled words. People seem massively incapable of putting a proper English sentence together: bad grammar, wrong words (often misspelled), it's terrible.
The latest victim of bad English? "Whoa." People keep spelling it "woah." wth?
Didn't you know grasping the meaning from context clues is racist? Nect you'll tell me people can infer information without having it spelled out directly for them.
I never lived in any border states and I know what it is.
I learned it watching cartoons on Saturday mornings. Wiley bastards, they are.
Wile E. Coyote
Super genius, Esq.
They took our toons!
Upvote for Gary Paulson. I’ll have to read that one.
Great author for young boys.
I haven't heard this name since middle school. I still have no idea how good/bad of a writer he is overall, I have only ever read that "Hatchet" book they made us read in school. I did kinda enjoy it, though. Are any of his others any good or just a 1 hit wonder?
The Hatchet was his most popular. I remember reading a few others by him. I was never too excited about books back then, but I always liked his books for some reason.
Looking back, they were all coming of age books for boys. They had some good lessons in them too. The Crossing touched on the dangers of border crossing, gangs, and alcoholism without being too vulgar.