I've decided that I'm skeptical of products that have the words "extra fancy" on the packaging. I'm concerned that I need reassurance of fanciness. I was unaware that some products were lacking in fanciness. When I read that, I wonder what they're compensating for. I guess I assumed that it goes without saying that there is some standard of fanciness in products, like ketchup, for example. But you know what happens when you assume...Don't even get me started when there are multiple "extras" written. There's just no need. I kind of relate this to exclamation marks. As my high school AP English teacher, Mr. Drake, told me, "Every person is born with three exclamation points. Once you've used them, they're gone. So use sparingly." I hate it when people include more than one exclamation point on the end of a sentence. One will suffice. If companies insist on assuring us of their fanciness, they could simply leave off the "extra".
Another thing I've been pondering is the "classic yellow" mustard. Is there another "unclassic blue" mustard? Or worse, an "unfancy green" mustard?
Also, when it is written, "super super size" is super an actual form of measurement? Like a cup? Quart? Gallon? You'd think it would be standardized, since so many companies feel compelled to describe the size of their product as "super".
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I think I ran out of my exclamation points in second grade. I'm so sorry that the mom is blaming you for that boy wetting his pants. I got blamed for a LOT of things that weren't my fault when I was student teaching. It's a lot better when you're the teacher. Don't let it get to you. You're almost always going to have a parent not happy with something that you do. You have to brush it off and know that you're doing a wonderful job. There are many parents that think their child is perfect and can't do anything wrong, therefore it's always going to be your fault. For instance, I had a mom last year blaming me that her child couldn't read even though he was in Resource and had a Learning Disability. She wasn't a very nice mom, and I know she hated me. She wouldn't go to conferences to talk to me. She sent her husband instead, like that did a lot of good. I just had to laugh at the whole thing. You have to make a joke of it. A fourth grader wet his pants? Not even second graders wet their pants. He's just so embarrassed he has to blame it on somebody. All kids know that if there's an emergency they should just go to the bathroom. It ISN'T your fault. The dumb kid should have gone to the bathroom. (sorry this is so long)
oops...that blog was from Angie not Davis. I was on his computer when I wrote. it.
Remember when McDonalds got all excited about announcing how they had redone their chicken and now it was "only white meat"? Um, gross. We all knew they sucked at making McNuggets before, but now we know that for our entire childhood, they were just using parts. Maybe not even chicken parts.
Also, on an unrelated note though slightly similar to the punctuation comment, on our way to St. George I saw a billboard that said the following:
Actual size! Well, all most!
Which is it? All, or most? No one at the entire billboard factory noticed that? Depressing. Maybe they were in the bathroom during that grammar lesson...
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