We were talking about introductions and conclusions.
We had worked through an example together about McDonalds.
The attention grabber that we made up was about how many fast-food chains there are in the country.
When I wrote fast-food chains on the board, a student blurted out: What? Isn't that spelled with a z?
I let out a deep sigh.
Many students laughed.
He was totally serious.
The rapper 2 Chainz has confused this poor young man, and likely many others.
I went on to explain how some people/products change the spelling of a variety of words for a myriad of reasons.
Froot Loops for example...I wrote it on the board. Of course, it is actually spelled f-r-u-i-t. But that doesn't allow for matching between the two words, nor the ability to use pieces of cereal as the letter o.
The students almost seemed offended that companies/people would mislead them up like this.
Well, if nothing else, count one more student, heck a class of 29 students, fully educated on the true spelling of chains and fruit.
We had worked through an example together about McDonalds.
The attention grabber that we made up was about how many fast-food chains there are in the country.
When I wrote fast-food chains on the board, a student blurted out: What? Isn't that spelled with a z?
I let out a deep sigh.
Many students laughed.
He was totally serious.
The rapper 2 Chainz has confused this poor young man, and likely many others.
I went on to explain how some people/products change the spelling of a variety of words for a myriad of reasons.
Froot Loops for example...I wrote it on the board. Of course, it is actually spelled f-r-u-i-t. But that doesn't allow for matching between the two words, nor the ability to use pieces of cereal as the letter o.
The students almost seemed offended that companies/people would mislead them up like this.
Well, if nothing else, count one more student, heck a class of 29 students, fully educated on the true spelling of chains and fruit.
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