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About davidbdale

What should I call you? I prefer David or Dave, but students uncomfortable with first names can call me Professor or Mister Hodges. My ESL students' charming solution, "Mister David" is my favorite by far.

Remote Meeting Today

Posted on February 1, 2021 by davidbdale
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facebook is a master stalker

Posted on January 26, 2021 by davidbdale

Just FYI, within a day of our first class, facebook is suggesting that I “may know”: Cole Gaskin Sydney Miller (last semester) Sean Meyers Juliette Nelson Kyle Solomon Ivellise Morales (last semester) Sonny Petro (last semester) Cory Friery (last semester) … Continue reading →

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Preview Survey Results

Posted on January 26, 2021 by davidbdale

Hey, class. I thought you might like to see the (anonymized) results of the Survey Monkey Comp II Preview. I’m all about feedback and staying in touch, so I want you to know from the very start that I take … Continue reading →

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Rebuttal Argument—Aquarela

Posted on December 15, 2020 by davidbdale

Needs a Title In ‘‘Breaking Down the Wall of Silence’’, Allice Miller affirms that again and again the child’s share of the blame is looked for and found, with the result that only extremely brutal cases is the term “child … Continue reading →

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End of Semester Grade Conferences

Posted on December 14, 2020 by davidbdale

If you haven’t scheduled Most of you have scheduled your Grade Conferences, but for those who haven’t, I must inform you it’s now too late to have any input into your final grade. If you have scheduled The End-of-Semester Grade … Continue reading →

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Reflective—davidbdale

Posted on November 19, 2020 by davidbdale

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development. Insert here a 125-word explanation of how you met the goal. For a fuller … Continue reading →

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Grade Levels 2

Posted on November 19, 2020 by davidbdale

I wrote two sentences in my recent post “Counterintuitive Econundrums,” that I realized while I was writing them contained about a paragraph of material each. They’re not perfect sentences, and I won’t try to edit them now that they’re on … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric Workshop

Posted on November 12, 2020 by davidbdale

Workshop Example WED APR 07 As you read the following paragraph, ask the important questions about Rhetoric. Does the paragraph use precise language to emphasize its ideas? Does it make clear claims? Does the paragraph ask readers to accept a … Continue reading →

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Grammar Exercise—davidbdale

Posted on November 5, 2020 by davidbdale

If a primary caretaker has a negative attitude toward their child it increases the risk that they’re child will grow up hostile towards others. And its not just aggression toward others that results from child abuse; a large amount of … Continue reading →

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Robust Verbs—612119d

Posted on October 27, 2020 by davidbdale

Orignal- There is a huge problem in Vancouver with heroin addicts committing crimes to support their habits. The “free heroin for addicts” program is doing everything they can to stop the addicts. The problem is that there is a large … Continue reading →

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