"In the poem, the poets use of language was very depth into it."

posted Feb 6, 2012 at 11:35 AM

Depending on your perspective, there are probably at least one or two (or more) things that will make your head explode in this NYT article about the New York State English Regents exam for high school students. The thing that applied the most explosive pressure to our skull: that you can apparently pass the English exam without actually having a reasonable command of written English.

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Ahhhhh! There are so many things connected to this that are not being said. As usual, many comments just end up being attacks on teachers. It's depressing.

... said n on Feb 6, 2012 at 1:00 PM | link

"things that will make your explode"

Come on, AoA!

Editors: Typo fixed. Grade us down.

... said Barry on Feb 6, 2012 at 4:15 PM | link

Well, that explains pretty much every comments section on the Internet. (Except AOA. Of course.)

... said LB on Feb 7, 2012 at 2:09 AM | link

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