>> getting bonuses in English class for using long passage of flowery words That depends on who your teacher is. My teacher taught that good english should be

>> getting bonuses in English class for using long passage of flowery words That depends on who your teacher is. My teacher taught that good english should be understood by as many people as possible while retaining all of its meaning. The goal of English is to communicate. He was a good teacher because the top 65% of our class got into the top 35% of the state for English, while our school was below average in just about every other subject.