tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2202143759155447329..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Temporary Police OrderPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20537354342309938012015-10-06T08:47:33.518-04:002015-10-06T08:47:33.518-04:00Interesting.Interesting.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-69064031531380318562015-10-06T08:42:04.146-04:002015-10-06T08:42:04.146-04:00I also like "...literary response isn't j...I also like "...literary response isn't just about taking selfies."Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-18845837421204796492015-10-05T23:18:21.363-04:002015-10-05T23:18:21.363-04:00I think that a Winograd Schema problem like the fo... I think that a Winograd Schema problem like the following might be a good example as well:<br /><br />"The city councilmen refused the demonstrators a permit because they feared violence. Who feared violence?"<br />1) The city councilmen<br />2) The demonstrators <br /><br />Computer programs struggle to answer these sorts of questions correctly because they lack the background knowledge. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228908566250306699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-75054491079451356552015-10-05T17:05:06.315-04:002015-10-05T17:05:06.315-04:00From howardat58.wordpress.com
My comment did not ...From howardat58.wordpress.com<br /><br />My comment did not appear to get processed when I chose the wordpress option ??????????????Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297158336334346872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-76163869416988745652015-10-05T17:03:33.694-04:002015-10-05T17:03:33.694-04:00From howardat58.wordpress.com
And I'm sure yo...From howardat58.wordpress.com<br /><br />And I'm sure you know the textbook example:<br />"Fruit flies like an apple"<br />"Time flies like an arrow"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297158336334346872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-66228762852896170632015-10-05T15:16:33.118-04:002015-10-05T15:16:33.118-04:00I like that, "trying to hear someone's vo...I like that, "trying to hear someone's voice."Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-5654589192226857262015-10-05T15:04:46.741-04:002015-10-05T15:04:46.741-04:00Absolutely. I tell my students that reading is abo...Absolutely. I tell my students that reading is about trying to hear someone's voice. We all have our own responses to literature, but literary response isn't just about taking selfies. We're responding to *someone else,* and that means trying to hear that person as clearly as possible. <br /><br />And it's SO absurd to claim that reading is a fungible skill. I mean, sure it is - I can read a Ph.D thesis in quantum physics, fluently and with a unerring grasp of the syntax. I would not, however, understand a goddam thing.<br />Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055922376249533020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-76112321656089566332015-10-04T19:18:01.563-04:002015-10-04T19:18:01.563-04:00This is totally true. Context is everything. And t...This is totally true. Context is everything. And the shorter the text, the less context and the harder it is to understand. My son used to have trouble with understanding test directions he wasn't used to because they were too short and didn't have enough context. <br /><br />When you read comments, for example, on HuffPost, sometimes you can't tell if someone is being sarcastic if you haven't seen a lot of what that particular poster has written to know how to interpret it.<br /><br />Being a foreign language teacher, I think, makes me more aware of this than most people. If a student asks me what something means they've heard or read, I have to ask them what the context or situation was, or a lot of the time, I just don't know for sure; it could mean a lot of different things. <br /><br />The main way we learn word meanings in our native language is from hearing or seeing them in context. A lot of times, people can't give you a definition of a word, but they know when to use it. <br /><br />You can get about four times more out of reading don Quijote if you have some knowledge of the author, Cervantes; the literature of the time; the era in Spain in general; and the literary circles Cervantes moved in (other authors). Plus, it makes it more interesting. <br />Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.com