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Re: better to talk 2 people than @ them » johnLA

Posted by zazenducke on August 13, 2012, at 9:53:15

In reply to @ 10derheart, posted by johnLA on August 12, 2012, at 13:41:46

seriously mr j everytime i see @ i cant stop thinking about Rosebud in walker percy's "moviegoer"

please don't make me go talk to the counselour again

> because;
>
> 'one of the sweetest things a person can hear is the calling of their own name.'
>
> this may be even more true when a person sees their own name in writing, such as here @ babble. ;)
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> and, i find it way more personal/intimate than seeing a person's name at the end of the post that is being responded to. less is more emotionally for me with this practice.
>
> finally, i realized later, after i had been here a bit that i could simply do what you are asking about. but, i'm sincerely happy that my 'mistake' was discovered later and i decided not to change my response to 'add name of previous poster' but, continue w/@.
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> i read dale carnneigie's (sp?) 'how to win friends and influence people' many years ago when i was just starting-out in my teaching career. it was pretty much common-sense suggestions. but! the caveat was to do the things he suggested w/sincerity.
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> i don't care if it's a cynical 12th grader or a depressed mid-life crisis adult like me, but i still believe his suggestion holds merit.
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> i LOVED having nickname's for my students. (only if it was ok with them of course.) they dug it it too.
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> if i had you in class as a 12th grader i would have really liked calling on you '10derheart.' i'l add to what scott said; just saying your name would have brought a smile to me and the whole class. how could it not? :)
>
> john
>
>


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