Totally Nerd Ing Out

This is How it Should Be Done

When I was a freshman at San Francisco State, my English composition professor had us all write satire based on the practice of trying minors as adults. We also researched and wrote actual papers on the subject, but we did the satire first. I don’t think I’m funny and she used…

neglect

It’s been so long since I’ve posted that I wasn’t even signed into Blogger anymore… [yikes!] I’ve been doing other things, reading more than writing. I don’t want to promise that this will change anytime soon… BUT I will post my academic papers just to stay in touch.

An open letter to Metro Nashville Public Schools

(from Gail Hill)

On Monday, December 06, 2010, my son was escorted by police officers upon entering his school and held in the Hillsboro High School auditorium for TWO hours for being TARDY. He missed TWO classes and was…

camp nicole — week 2

didn’t go as planned. at all… but it’s ok… i’m learning that a good teacher is always revising her lesson plan… stay tuned.

Camp Nicole

About two weeks or so ago (when Metro Public Schools ended classes for the summer) I had a conversation with my 14-year old brother, who had just finished his first year of high school.

“So how did you do on your exams?” I asked.

A Case for Commas

I was looking through my Strunk and White (because… yeah… sometimes The Elements of Style is Sunday reading…) and I started think about how awesome we’d all be if we followed all those rules. Then my brain went on this tangent about how I don’t follow all those rules and how the book is called…

How Did You Make it to College without Knowing…

…how to write and format works cited page?

Granted… MLA was revised in 2009 and different disciplines use different style guides, but how do you make it without it looking at least familiar to you?