I suppose it's time to get this blog underway, eh?
I hope to accomplish a few things with this blog:
1. exercise my own writing skills,
2. encourage my students to read and write for enjoyment,
3. open up a forum for some language discussion.
First word:
redundant -- I am growing to dislike this word, despite liking the way it rolls off the tongue. I don't know how often I hear or read the phrase, "made redundant." Let's call a spade a spade; let's call it what it is: laid off, let go, dismissed. These are all weak ways of saying that you have been made jobless. In the current economy, the last thing we need is another euphemism. We should all be a little more blunt, and by blunt I mean honest. We will never build a society or economy of trust and prosperity, while we are hiding the truth with pretty words.
