Comments on: Passing, Period http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:07:27 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Michael Bennett Cohn http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Michael Bennett Cohn Thu, 06 May 2010 22:41:33 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-783 I will let you know when the new version is up. Check out my essay <a href="http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/1/which-came-first/" rel="nofollow">"Which Came First?"</a> It's better. I will let you know when the new version is up. Check out my essay “Which Came First?” It's better.

]]> By: slammyz http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-782 slammyz Thu, 06 May 2010 22:25:10 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-782 Oh fantastic. Can't wait to see it. I felt like something was coming that was going to prove validating for all of us "rebels" who enjoy "circumventing the rules," at the heart of which, is the tendency to think we're smart enough to not need the rat mazes to give us wisdom and purpose...which of course we are. ;) Oh fantastic. Can't wait to see it. I felt like something was coming that was going to prove validating for all of us “rebels” who enjoy “circumventing the rules,” at the heart of which, is the tendency to think we're smart enough to not need the rat mazes to give us wisdom and purpose…which of course we are. ;)

]]> By: Michael Bennett Cohn http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Michael Bennett Cohn Thu, 06 May 2010 22:08:25 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-781 You're totally right. It lacks cohesion. I need to do a revision to bring everything together. There was an earlier version where I talked a lot more about cheating, and I think I kind of chickened out on really following through. Thanks for your motivating observation. You're totally right. It lacks cohesion. I need to do a revision to bring everything together. There was an earlier version where I talked a lot more about cheating, and I think I kind of chickened out on really following through. Thanks for your motivating observation.

]]> By: slammyz http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-780 slammyz Thu, 06 May 2010 20:18:20 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-780 What was the point? I kept waiting for a culminating element to which I thought each of the example stories was leading....did I miss it? Great piece of writing, but was kinda like reading all the way through an essay, only stopping before the last paragraph...? What was the point? I kept waiting for a culminating element to which I thought each of the example stories was leading….did I miss it? Great piece of writing, but was kinda like reading all the way through an essay, only stopping before the last paragraph…?

]]> By: Michael Bennett Cohn http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Michael Bennett Cohn Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:29:31 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-737 Yes, it was a no, because I didn't tell them what they wanted to hear. A lesson in life. If it happened today, I would just shrug and say "fine, I'll write a scene where it's clear that he's changing his mind." And, to be honest, that's the kind of compromise that real screenwriters have to make anyway. Yes, it was a no, because I didn't tell them what they wanted to hear. A lesson in life. If it happened today, I would just shrug and say “fine, I'll write a scene where it's clear that he's changing his mind.” And, to be honest, that's the kind of compromise that real screenwriters have to make anyway.

]]> By: longstocking http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-504 longstocking Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:54:07 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-504 Fantastic. Would love to know the film committee's decision. (Was it a No?)<br><br>I took formal logic for a summer in junior high and was surprised to absolutely love it.<br><br>So great to meet you last night, hope to see you again sometime! Fantastic. Would love to know the film committee's decision. (Was it a No?)

I took formal logic for a summer in junior high and was surprised to absolutely love it.

So great to meet you last night, hope to see you again sometime!

]]> By: Lizad http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Lizad Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:45:31 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-444 Oh, always hated tests. I wish I could take the attitude you did/do...and play with the system. Nice. Oh, always hated tests. I wish I could take the attitude you did/do…and play with the system. Nice.

]]> By: Amy Meckler http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Amy Meckler Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:30:08 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-436 I learned the letters A-E in sign language in order to feed answers to a friend on our chemistry final exam. I later became a sign language interpreter and don't remember shit about chemistry. So that worked pretty well. I learned the letters A-E in sign language in order to feed answers to a friend on our chemistry final exam. I later became a sign language interpreter and don't remember shit about chemistry. So that worked pretty well.

]]> By: rzeroth http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-435 rzeroth Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:40:13 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-435 Serves you right for being a smart ass to Robert Zemeckis. Serves you right for being a smart ass to Robert Zemeckis.

]]> By: margaretmoore http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-433 margaretmoore Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:52:19 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-433 If only that happened when I teach symbolic logic. I would certainly give an A to anyone who could get an A on the final, but unfortunately I get students who work really hard and still can't do that. If only that happened when I teach symbolic logic. I would certainly give an A to anyone who could get an A on the final, but unfortunately I get students who work really hard and still can't do that.

]]> By: Michael Bennett Cohn http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Michael Bennett Cohn Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:45:56 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-432 I got an A. We all did. I got an A. We all did.

]]> By: margaretmoore http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/passing-period/comment-page-1/#comment-431 margaretmoore Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:43:01 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1331#comment-431 And what did you get on that logic final? And what did you get on that logic final?

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