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 Asura.Yomisha
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By Asura.Yomisha 2013-08-20 19:39:42
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
Did you ask her to explain how she came to the conclusion that it isn't a simile? I'm rather interested.
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By Phoenix.Kojo 2013-08-20 19:39:48
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
Look her in the eyes, say "Shut the *** up." then continue your lecture.
You have no idea how often I want to do that. There were a few times where I said, "Yes, I've already told them that," or "Yes, I was just getting to that."

Maybe I should just start doing that to her.
I dunno what age your teaching, but you should probably talk privately to her and a supervising teacher, superior, whatever. A teacher should never undermine another teacher in front of students.
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-08-20 19:39:58
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The difference is that you're describing an attribute of water. Water has a taste. In saying the water tastes like metal, you're approximating an attribute rather than making a simile of the the water.

That's how I'd justify her position at least.
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By Asura.Yomisha 2013-08-20 19:40:08
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Oh, I paged and you answered. <.< lol
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2013-08-20 19:41:11
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Asura.Yomisha said: »
Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
Did you ask her to explain how she came to the conclusion that it isn't a simile? I'm rather interested.
She claimed again that because it was true, it wasn't a simile.

Phoenix.Kojo said: »
I dunno what age your teaching, but you should probably talk privately to her and a supervising teacher, superior, whatever. A teacher should never undermine another teacher in front of students.
Yeah, I should do that. I'm getting sick of it. This isn't the first time she's done that and I'm losing credibility with those kids.
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By Asura.Yomisha 2013-08-20 19:41:32
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
It's a simile as far as I know. o.o Isn't a simile anything that compares two objects using like or as? What did they consider it?
She insists that it wasn't a simile because a simile is used like a metaphor to compare two things that aren't true, and sometimes the water does taste exactly like metal. But yeah, I think in this case it is a simile because though it is true, it's still a comparison in that respect.
She's wrong. >.>
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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through some connective, usually "like", "as", "than", or a verb such as "resembles".[1] A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is the other thing.[2]
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By Odin.Minefield 2013-08-20 19:42:36
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You have to remember how stubborn the human species is though, when she gets proved wrong, she'll just be bitter! Due to the fact how sure she is on her..uhh...yeah.
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By Asura.Yomisha 2013-08-20 19:43:13
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
Did you ask her to explain how she came to the conclusion that it isn't a simile? I'm rather interested.
She claimed again that because it was true, it wasn't a simile.

Phoenix.Kojo said: »
I dunno what age your teaching, but you should probably talk privately to her and a supervising teacher, superior, whatever. A teacher should never undermine another teacher in front of students.
Yeah, I should do that. I'm getting sick of it. This isn't the first time she's done that and I'm losing credibility with those kids.
Possibly, but those that are paying attention will catch on that she's a dolt. On top of that, if she's giving misinformation it needs to be fixed.
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By Phoenix.Kojo 2013-08-20 19:43:34
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Cerberus.Eugene said: »
The difference is that you're describing an attribute of water. Water has a taste. In saying the water tastes like metal, you're approximating an attribute rather than making a simile of the the water.

That's how I'd justify her position at least.
If you wanted to stretch it a bit, you could say that since metal has a taste and water has a taste which tastes like metal that is is comparing two tastes rather than an attribute of two substances. I could be over or under thinking it, though.
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By Shiva.Spathaian 2013-08-20 19:44:09
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
Shiva.Spathaian said: »
Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
It's a simile as far as I know. o.o Isn't a simile anything that compares two objects using like or as? What did they consider it?
She insists that it wasn't a simile because a simile is used like a metaphor to compare two things that aren't true, and sometimes the water does taste exactly like metal. But yeah, I think in this case it is a simile because though it is true, it's still a comparison in that respect.
While I've heard it defined like that the general consensus has always been that the comparison doesn't necessarily have to be untrue. The important part about similes has always been that it's a weaker way of comparing than a metaphor because it uses that "like/as" rather than directly saying something is something else.
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-08-20 19:44:58
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Shiva.Spathaian said: »
Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
Shiva.Spathaian said: »
Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
It's a simile as far as I know. o.o Isn't a simile anything that compares two objects using like or as? What did they consider it?
She insists that it wasn't a simile because a simile is used like a metaphor to compare two things that aren't true, and sometimes the water does taste exactly like metal. But yeah, I think in this case it is a simile because though it is true, it's still a comparison in that respect.
While I've heard it defined like that the general consensus has always been that the comparison doesn't necessarily have to be untrue. The important part about similes has always been that it's a weaker way of comparing than a metaphor because it uses that "like/as" rather than directly saying something is something else.
She explained it poorly. You wouldn't make a simile to make an untrue comparison, it really wouldn't make sense to.
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By shiggles 2013-08-20 19:45:26
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May be she drinks quicksilver!
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-08-20 19:45:56
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shiggles said: »
May be she drinks quicksilver!
I had a teacher who put that on her tongue.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2013-08-20 19:46:08
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Odin.Minefield said: »
You have to remember how stubborn the human species is though, when she gets proved wrong, she'll just be bitter! Due to the fact how sure she is on her..uhh...yeah.
I wish that were the reason, but unless she's one of those people who has month-long "uhh...yeah"s, I'm thinking she's just super anal.

Asura.Yomisha said: »
Possibly, but those that are paying attention will catch on that she's a dolt. On top of that, if she's giving misinformation it needs to be fixed.
Even then, a classroom shouldn't be a place to fight for dominance. We need to nip this in the bud so we can work as a team, not like being in a boxing ring.

And that's a simile.
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By Quiznor 2013-08-20 19:46:36
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shiggles said: »
May be she drinks quicksilver!

sounds like she should

or maybe a mimetic polyalloy!
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By Asura.Yomisha 2013-08-20 19:49:03
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Oh, I agree with that, Mag. I was just directing my comment to the part I put in bold. She probably feels she needs to be the better person, when really she's not helping herself at all.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Xaxial 2013-08-20 19:49:37
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this is me right now



seriously! i put it down and two seconds later if has vanished off the face of the earth!!!
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-08-20 19:49:54
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Odin.Minefield said: »
You have to remember how stubborn the human species is though, when she gets proved wrong, she'll just be bitter! Due to the fact how sure she is on her..uhh...yeah.
Actually there's psychological evidence that you believe a position more strongly after being presented with overwhelming evidence that your position is wrong.

Which is one of the reasons why political threads are so stupid.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2013-08-20 19:52:00
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Asura.Yomisha said: »
Oh, I agree with that, Mag. I was just directing my comment to the part I put in bold. She probably feels she needs to be the better person, when really she's not helping herself at all.
Yeah, I'll agree. Most of the students in that class go to me for help instead of her anyway, which is helpful.

I just hope this isn't how the whole year is going to go, or things are going to get really difficult.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2013-08-20 19:52:58
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By the way, you guys rock. Thanks for making me feel a little better about this whole situation.
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2013-08-20 19:53:03
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Seems too literal to be considered an analogy.
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By Asura.Fondue 2013-08-20 19:54:20
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pmuch just a bad example, you could be literally describing the taste of water and then you arent comparing it to licking a hammer

what pleebo said yeh
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-08-20 19:54:55
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In any event, consistently undermining your credibility on ambiguous points really isn't helping either of you out.
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By Bismarck.Moonlightespada 2013-08-20 19:55:31
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wonder how the registration for the 27th is going to work. hoping its the normal way through the SE account system

also.. they sent me a *** EU psn code for EA. so SE screwed me outta my moogle cap D:
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Cerberus.Pleebo said: »
Seems too literal to be considered an analogy.

Big words for the guy that ran by me on a chocobo
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Bismarck.Moonlightespada said: »
wonder how the registration for the 27th is going to work. hoping its the normal way through the SE account system

also.. they sent me a *** EU psn code for EA. so SE screwed me outta my moogle cap D:
it'll be a giant fail cluster *** as always
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2013-08-20 19:57:48
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Quiznor said: »
Cerberus.Pleebo said: »
Seems too literal to be considered an analogy.

Big words for the guy that ran by me on a chocobo
In my defense I was trying to run you over.
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By Quiznor 2013-08-20 19:57:51
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
By the way, you guys rock. Thanks for making me feel a little better about this whole situation.

hey,just because i rock doesnt mean im made of stone. sit down,lets rap
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Cerberus.Pleebo said: »
Quiznor said: »
Cerberus.Pleebo said: »
Seems too literal to be considered an analogy.

Big words for the guy that ran by me on a chocobo
In my defense I was trying to run you over.
*** galkas man
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By Bismarck.Alyora 2013-08-20 19:59:15
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
Shiva.Spathaian said: »
Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
I got corrected by the other student teacher in class again because she said that the following isn't a simile: "The water tastes like metal."

Everything I've read thus far agrees with me, though. How do I use that to prove I'm right without being obtrusive?
It's a simile as far as I know. o.o Isn't a simile anything that compares two objects using like or as? What did they consider it?
She insists that it wasn't a simile because a simile is used like a metaphor to compare two things that aren't true, and sometimes the water does taste exactly like metal. But yeah, I think in this case it is a simile because though it is true, it's still a comparison in that respect.


she's like an idiot! tell her that
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