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Hard sell and/or assault

By alex | Published: 9/15/2004
One of the students in my graduate class has posted an experience she had at the local mall, in which a salesperson (male) physically grabbed her and pulled her somewhere. In my reading, this could easily be seen as assault: no one touches someone’s face uninvited. She wonders why she was not more active in […]
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Top ten grating questions

By alex | Published: 9/8/2004
Let’s talk about grades. As I go into this below, a couple of the students from tonight’s class are going to recognize their own words. Don’t feel singled out–they are included here because they are representative of a lot of students’ questions over the last few years. 1. So, this is a writing course? Like […]
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Car shopping blues

By alex | Published: 9/4/2004
Car shopping can be a pain, but it mostly fades from memory quickly. I remember going to see a Porsche 911 for sale by a guy who lived out on the Balboa Peninsula. He had done a great job of updating the exterior. There was no interior. “I ripped out the interior, but then it […]
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Tinkering with Wikipedia

By alex | Published: 9/3/2004
The recent attention on Wikipedia. is good, I think, even — or especially — when it is critical. Ed Felton details a quick quality check-up on several articles, and he finds it mostly good, except when it’s not. I’ve done something similar with articles in areas on which I could be considered an expert, and […]
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