I teach remedial reading at an "alleged" special ed high school (smartest kids in the world are kids with learning differences!!) and I think this song is advocating "content before structure". For example, my kids write essays and they may be spelled wrong and not have the proper grammatical structure but THEY ARE INCREDIBLE!! And like I say to my students - 'I don't care if it's spelled right - grammar - whatever - I just want to know what you think - I want to know your ideas." We analyze a song each week for comprehension and I can't wait to tell them about this site. I've wanted to play this song for them - it tells them how smart they are - but of course it has fuck in it so i can't. However, last week a bitchy teacher was complaining about how "dumb" the kids were and I said "Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?" and walked off. Ha ha sure she didn't get it yet she thinks she is SO SMART!!
Remember hemlock echo - there is a difference between formal education and intelligence. INTELLIGENCE IS ORIGINAL AND CAN BE THE PRODUCT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES!!! Special Ed rocks ...
not only do i love your interpretation but i love your views on content over punctuation. i may not be in a special ed class but i lose like 2-3 marks every essay due to bad spelling and grammer, when i feel the conent is solid and origional.
not only do i love your interpretation but i love your views on content over punctuation. i may not be in a special ed class but i lose like 2-3 marks every essay due to bad spelling and grammer, when i feel the conent is solid and origional.
I think that the line "I met the highest Lama, his accent sounded fine to me, to me" supports your interpretation. It's clearly referring to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who resides in Dharamsala and has a very particular manner of speaking English, but one that never seems to prevent his wisdom being communicated.
I think that the line "I met the highest Lama, his accent sounded fine to me, to me" supports your interpretation. It's clearly referring to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who resides in Dharamsala and has a very particular manner of speaking English, but one that never seems to prevent his wisdom being communicated.
I teach remedial reading at an "alleged" special ed high school (smartest kids in the world are kids with learning differences!!) and I think this song is advocating "content before structure". For example, my kids write essays and they may be spelled wrong and not have the proper grammatical structure but THEY ARE INCREDIBLE!! And like I say to my students - 'I don't care if it's spelled right - grammar - whatever - I just want to know what you think - I want to know your ideas." We analyze a song each week for comprehension and I can't wait to tell them about this site. I've wanted to play this song for them - it tells them how smart they are - but of course it has fuck in it so i can't. However, last week a bitchy teacher was complaining about how "dumb" the kids were and I said "Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?" and walked off. Ha ha sure she didn't get it yet she thinks she is SO SMART!! Remember hemlock echo - there is a difference between formal education and intelligence. INTELLIGENCE IS ORIGINAL AND CAN BE THE PRODUCT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES!!! Special Ed rocks ...
You are correct. Great interpretation I think, and deceptively simple. Gives the song a nice meaning.
You are correct. Great interpretation I think, and deceptively simple. Gives the song a nice meaning.
I love your interpretation. It just brightened up my day. More people should see things for what its trying to say rather than what it looks like.
I love your interpretation. It just brightened up my day. More people should see things for what its trying to say rather than what it looks like.
Right on the money,
Right on the money,
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from the horses mouth,
from the horses mouth,
the songwriter himself
the songwriter himself
not only do i love your interpretation but i love your views on content over punctuation. i may not be in a special ed class but i lose like 2-3 marks every essay due to bad spelling and grammer, when i feel the conent is solid and origional.
not only do i love your interpretation but i love your views on content over punctuation. i may not be in a special ed class but i lose like 2-3 marks every essay due to bad spelling and grammer, when i feel the conent is solid and origional.
I think that the line "I met the highest Lama, his accent sounded fine to me, to me" supports your interpretation. It's clearly referring to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who resides in Dharamsala and has a very particular manner of speaking English, but one that never seems to prevent his wisdom being communicated.
I think that the line "I met the highest Lama, his accent sounded fine to me, to me" supports your interpretation. It's clearly referring to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who resides in Dharamsala and has a very particular manner of speaking English, but one that never seems to prevent his wisdom being communicated.