[English] RE: new English course

[Scott Bulfin]

Hi Tony, why not send this comment or a version of it as a letter to  
the OZ editor?

scott

On 19/01/2007, at 12:03 PM, Tony Whitmore wrote:

>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I rushed to read the Mark Lopez article following your postings. My  
> first
> reaction was to feel a pang of pity for the student that Mr Lopez was
> tutoring. Perhaps he was disadvantaged by having a tutor who  
> appears to have
> confused the word 'inferred' with 'implied'. Surely, as  proponent  
> of an
> idea, Mr Lopez was implying the existence of conservative poets.  
> Surely he
> was hoping that his student might make some agreeable inferences  
> about the
> existence of conservative poets?
>
> Mr Lopez could have made himself clearer by providing us with an  
> example.
> Perhaps there is an Australian Thomas Newton? (I hope not!)
>
> On a more broadly philosophical level, was the student misdirected  
> by a
> tutor who manages to reduce Salam Pax from a hero risking his life to
> publish rebellious thought to a mere author of anti-war texts? Did  
> this
> student feel obliged to write an essay about the Kite Runner,  
> deriding its
> author for encouraging those queue-jumping illegal immigrants from
> Afghanistan? It seemed to me that this novel encouraged thoughts and
> discussion far more humane than this.
>
> Farewell,
> Tony
>
>
>
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