by Leslie Sholly | Aug 7, 2014 | books, Catholicism, Education, family
. . . so it stands to reason that I would be excited about teaching Lorelei English this year. And I’m especially excited about this: This book is sort of vintage and sort of not. What do I mean? Well, it’s a reprint of a book that was published in...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 29, 2013 | Deep Thoughts, Education, rants
The title is in quotes because I utter that phrase frequently, mostly when complaining about something that has happened in one of my kids’ schools or when reading about the latest stupid educational fad. (I also sometimes say “If I ran the world”...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 25, 2012 | language, The South
Whoa! Sounds fancy, doesn’t it? It’s hard to believe that something many people consider “bad grammar” has such a fancy name. So what the hell am I talking about? From Wikipedia: “A modal verb (also modal, modal auxiliary verb, modal...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 19, 2012 | language, Uncategorized
“It’s impossible to explain to a Yankee what `tacky’ is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one.” — from The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy I think that “tacky” may...