--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Gordon Hartig) --- >Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:52:54 -0400 >Subject: Plan to Kill in Spanish Partner >To: [log in to unmask] >From: [log in to unmask] (Gordon Hartig) This program was written before Columbine and the numerous other school shootings that have been in the news of late. It probably would be wise to retire this particular exercise. If you keep using it now that you have had a complaint, you may end up in court. A student in a Boston high school recently wrote a horror story about killing a teacher. The kid was suspended from school, and the ACLU now is getting involved. Public sentement seems to be that the kid did what was assigned, and that the teacher was wrong to assign a project of this sort in this day and age. Gordon Hartig Language Lab Coordinator Middlesex Community College 33 Kearney Square Lowell MA 01852 (978) 656-3358 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 08:01:48 EDT >From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: #5629 Plan to Kill in Spanish Partner > >--- Forwarded Message from Karima Benremouga <[log in to unmask]> = >--- > >>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:37:04 -0500 >>From: Karima Benremouga <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Plan to Kill in Spanish Partner >>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information = >Forum <[log in to unmask]> > >------------------ > >Dear Colleagues, >Forgive my title, I had to find one that accurately describes the = >message. >We have used Spanish Partner for years, and only yesterday, a = >student >complained about one of the exercises under "un poco de todo", past >Participle as Adjective. >This is how the exercise starts: >"Imagine that you and a friend are planning to kill your Spanish = >instructor." >Then the twelve exercise items describe the killing plan. > >My questions to you are: >1. Has anyone else seen this exercise? >2. If so, how did handle it? > >Thank you for your help. > >Karima > > >________________________________________________ >Karima Benremouga >Director of Foreign Language Laboratory >311 AH >4800 Calhoun Street >University of Houston >Houston, Texas 77204-3783 >Phone: (713) 743-3211 >Fax: (713) 743-3210 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] >URL: http://www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/ > http://www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/karima > >- >