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I feel like you’re saying “primed for success” ironically but I’m not seeing the irony.
by jncfhnb 3y ago
I feel like you’re saying “primed for success” ironically but I’m not seeing the irony.
- i_am_jl 3y agoIf they were actually primed for success then 18 months of Duolingo should've given them a significant head start on the other students. Judging by the tone, I'm assuming that didn't actually occur.
- eterm 3y agoIt took me a few times to understand their sentence correctly. What I think OP meant to say: All pupils found success. My success could be explained by being primed for success with 18 months of duolingo, but all pupils had similar success. As written, it reads like "all pupils [...] primed for success by duolingo" which is perhaps why you tried to look for irony to match it with their conclusion.
- jncfhnb 3y agoHah ok. I’m amused.
- karaterobot 3y agoStudying Duolingo for 18 months should have primed them for success, but after just three weeks of an in-person class, it was evident that it had not. It's implied (or assumed) that the class was for 2nd year students or less, so Duolingo must be less effective than traditional instruction.
- attentive 3y agoDuolingo saving a year of in-person classes sounds like a success to me.
- karaterobot 3y agoIt took much longer and did not work, and that's a success in your opinion?
- vr46 3y agoClass is ongoing and it's for complete and utter beginners, I'm in week 5 right now. Gave up on Duolingo maybe 18 months ago or more.