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"Michaelmas term lately over" I had too look this up. I didn't realise that I cannot read.
by WheelsAtLarge 1y ago
"Michaelmas term lately over" I had too look this up. I didn't realise that I cannot read.
- pbohun 1y agoMichaelmas Term was the only phrase I didn't know. Apparently it's still used in the UK (and I'm not from there). Proper nouns are trivia though. The more important part of the document is that students couldn't tell the difference between what was literal and what was metaphor. For students that were in their 3rd year of university as English majors, that's quite a problem. By that point they should have read hundreds of passages from books written in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- ThrowawayR2 1y agoThe essay says "They have a dictionary, reference material, and their phones on hand to assist in looking up any unfamiliar terms, ..." so looking up unfamiliar words is permitted.