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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Satirical Essays By Diana Senechal and Arnold Arons

Some blog followers might be interested in a recent discussion list post of the above title. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: Some subscribers might be interested these satirical essays by Diana Senechal and Arnold Arons for which I provide excerpts:

(a) “Research Breakthrough! Silver Bullet Found” [Senechal (2012)], online at http://bit.ly/Q1vRee;

(b) “Educational Practices - an Expert View of Current Trends” [Arons (1973)], online to subscribers of The Physics Teacher at http://bit.ly/JMDept;

(c) “An expert visit to the cognitive domain” [Arons (1984)], line to subscribers of The Physics Teacher at http://bit.ly/LdVDtY.

Arons was influenced by Frank Sullivan’s http://bit.ly/SV48uk Mr. Arbuthnot, the cliche expert, who futilely battled the banal in popular writing. Fortunately, Arbuthnot lives on in essays by Ben Yagoda (2001?) http://bit.ly/UvHSxV “24/7 With the Cliche Expert” at http://bit.ly/TaI9ET and Frank Prial (2006) http://bit.ly/R7OPPz “Wine talk: Rolling out those chewy behemoths” at http://nyti.ms/Q1IyWt.

And also - you know - having said that, in real time and for texters and googlers, the bottom line is that the imperial concerns of the real-time marketplace demand use of awesome, amazing, and game-changing cliches not only prior to, but at the end of the day, around the clock, and 24/7.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2012. “Satirical Essays By Diana Senechal and Arnold Arons,” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/PMqXzt. Post of 7 Oct 2012 11:15:56 -0700. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists.