Month: December 2013

“Reality tweets”: Meghan Daum on Elan Gale’s Twitter drama

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Should the things we tweet always be true? Or can Twitter be an appropriate medium for writing fictional dramas? For Elan Gale, of Thanksgiving 2013 tweeting fame, the medium is perfect for “reality” programming. Los Angeles Times journalist Meghan Daum takes a critical approach in this December 2013 column. Read it here: Daum, “Elan Gale’s inglorious Twitter …

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The Right to Write: Abigail Walthausen on Learning Cursive

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Now that cursive writing has been eliminated from the curriculum of many schools, only those with the means to learn it can write a love note in script or sign their names in style. Has cursive become a status symbol? Writer and high-school English teacher Abigail Walthausen argues that it has in this December 2013 …

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