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Webinar 14: Coaching Language & Style Part Two

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An Apology For Rabbit Holes

February 18, 2016 Philip Thompsondeep in the weeds, Principles (perhaps), roots

Laura Barrett http://laurabarrett.co.uk/Alice-in-Wonderland It’s true, I do find myself apologizing for my tendency to wander off topic, picking up some apparently tangential thread and tracing it back to the extent of my knowledge on the subject. However, I’m not planning on making an apology of that sort here, but rather an apologia, or defense of the pedagogical value of departing from the outline. Apology, by the way, comes to English from Greek (and subsequently Latin) apologia, which breaks down pretty easily into apo– “from” + logos “word” or “speech.” The original meaning was a spoken defense, and that meaning […]