Posted by Lidia from Poland (tedi@geocities.com) on January 15, 1998 at 03:27:49:
In Reply to: Elementary School Rules posted by Cynthia on January 14, 1998 at 23:22:06:
This is one of these messages which, in spite of its generality
and its
excessive briefness, ought not to rest without our comment. A grammar
construction of the sentences suggests that the matters have remained
painfully
in Cynthia's memory for many years. This message remembers me the teacher
of my
grade 6 in Adams School, Washington, D.C. She used to tap with her
big ring at
our heads. I had been taped only one time but I've remembered this
for many
years as a derogation of my dignity. Therefore I think that a concern
about the
good manners ought not to be placed over and above a care about child's
well-being.