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To: Dayuhan who wrote (1527)	9/7/1998 8:30:00 AM
From: Jack Clarke	Respond to of 4711

Steven, destroy all TV sets. I am thankful every day that I grew up prior to television. We got the first set when I was about twelve, so I had already learned how to read for enjoyment. Television is such a powerful medium, and worthy of our respect, but it's so easy to substitute it for reading, which is equally powerful on an entirely different level. But there is still a lot of reading done, unfortunately, perhaps, mostly by those in my generation. I can't keep up with my periodicals, but somebody must be reading Harper's, Atlantic, etc., or they wouldn't stay in business. Here's my pet grammatical peeve of the day: If I would have known you were in town, I would have called you. To me the correct form should be: If I had known... or Had I known.... I have my own grammatical thoughts about this construction, but I hope to look it up later for confirmation. Any comments? Jack

To: Dayuhan who wrote (1527)	9/7/1998 10:04:00 AM
From: Cliff Daniel	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 4711

I don't have anything against fostering creativity, but the idea of having students write anything they want, and hoping they will figure it out somewhere down the line, seems pretty bizarre They will be taught the proper way to write down the road. I agree that creativity should be learned first. It's more logical to have someone learn to express his/her ideas which ever way they know of. After they have learned creativity then they can learn to express those same ideas within the rules of grammer. I still think the best way to teach good writing is to teach reading early, provide good, entertaining, books, and destroy all TV sets. It should also be noted that good writing is impossible without good thinking You are probably correct here. I have only read five books in my entire life. My writing skills have never been superb but slightly above average. Reading expands a person in other areas beyond grammer. At least that is what I hear :-) Vocabulary comes to mind.