Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor*, Olga†, Mum‡, Edith^ and Debbiª putting in their answers: with Trevor, Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum and Edith on two.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
“I’m not alone in feeling the way I feel. I believe that a lot of people can relate to my shit — whether white, black, it doesn’t matter. Everybody has been through some shit, whether it’s drastic or not so drastic. Everybody gets to the point of ‘I don’t give a fuck’.”
* Yes: it’s a worry, isn’t Trevor? There’s not much change for me, as I’ve got a social bubble set up.
† You mentioning your student’s issues gets me wondering, Olga: is she dyslexic? That’d show up in written work. One of my exes was dyslexic, which is what got me wondering. And, not long after we split, I recall reading about a dyslexic child in Australia. He was 14, at the time, had a reading age of 11, in English … and a reading age of 18, in Japanese. It ties in with the Japanese alphabet, apparently. I’d also wonder about how many native English speakers (yourself included) she’d deal with? That might be a reason her colloquialisms aren’t good. Hopefully, a lock in won’t happen!
As Trevor’s said, there a pile of new rules, here in Essex!
Oh, I’ve sorted out the formatting issue: switching from Paragraph to Normal gets the line spacing the way I want it.
‡ Hello, Mum!
^ That’s a rather nice singing voice you’ve got, there, Edith: betting than mine, certainly! (Oh, did I mention Debbi and Olga have YouTube channels? I don’t think any of us sing, though!)
ª Yep: I’ve just seen it, Debbi! The Tweet, rather than the episodes! I’ve just got the next PhoenixFM piece, finished, so I’ll be watching it … as soon as I’ve got the article polished!
Q1) Marshall Bruce Mathers III Q2) 1972 Q3) Infinite Q4) Dr. Dre Q5) 8 Mile I am not sure about dyslexia. She seems quite fluent in Catalan and it is also a pretty peculiar language (there are rules but there are tonnes of exceptions as well), but I get the feeling that they don't actually do the whole class in English (when I suggested it she agreed, but it seemed like a novel idea to her), and I'm sure that doesn't help with colloquialisms. I read an interesting article questioning dyslexia as a "diagnosis", stating that different people with dyslexia showed completely different characteristics, and they are diagnosed based only on a normal IQ and difficulties reading and writing, but there was nothing very specific about it. It also seems that diagnosis or no diagnosis, the recommendations would be the same (extra help and support with reading and writing). Of course, the diagnosis helps get some extra resources, but they were questioning the validity of the diagnosis from a scientific point of view. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/17/battle-over-dyslexia-warwickshire-staffordshire I am not sure how good her studying technique is, either, but I'll investigate. I think you might be onto something though, be it dyslexia or some specific learning difficulty, or perhaps she is better at sciences, although she told me she likes to read. Intriguing... Oh, what a mess with the door. Perhaps it wasn't the workman who removed it.
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A1 Marshall Bruce Mathers III
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A3 Infinite
A4 Dr Dre
A5 8 Mile
Had breakfast this morning to the sound of chain saws. They have trimmed back the trees between me and the block of garages.
Hi all going to duck out of the quiz today, as I no nothing about Eminem.
ReplyDeleteQ1) Marshall Bruce Mathers III
ReplyDeleteQ2) 1972
Q3) Infinite
Q4) Dr. Dre
Q5) 8 Mile
I am not sure about dyslexia. She seems quite fluent in Catalan and it is also a pretty peculiar language (there are rules but there are tonnes of exceptions as well), but I get the feeling that they don't actually do the whole class in English (when I suggested it she agreed, but it seemed like a novel idea to her), and I'm sure that doesn't help with colloquialisms. I read an interesting article questioning dyslexia as a "diagnosis", stating that different people with dyslexia showed completely different characteristics, and they are diagnosed based only on a normal IQ and difficulties reading and writing, but there was nothing very specific about it. It also seems that diagnosis or no diagnosis, the recommendations would be the same (extra help and support with reading and writing). Of course, the diagnosis helps get some extra resources, but they were questioning the validity of the diagnosis from a scientific point of view.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/17/battle-over-dyslexia-warwickshire-staffordshire
I am not sure how good her studying technique is, either, but I'll investigate. I think you might be onto something though, be it dyslexia or some specific learning difficulty, or perhaps she is better at sciences, although she told me she likes to read. Intriguing...
Oh, what a mess with the door. Perhaps it wasn't the workman who removed it.
1. Marshal Mathers
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3. candy
4. Vanilla Ice
5. The 8th Mile
Thank you, Paul. I am so happy you like my singing. I am now subscribed to both Olga and Debbi's Youtube Channels.
How nice. Thanks, Edith and Paul. Odd to have these time-shifted conversations, eh? :)
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your situation. Sheesh!
1. Marshall Mathers
2. 1972
3. Infinite
4. Dr. Dre
5. 8 Mile