tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156842252035498500.post4578313041141031575..comments2023-05-15T09:05:13.252-04:00Comments on Katrina Kittle's Blog: No Such Thing as a Pop-TartKatrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591135353537396429noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156842252035498500.post-30788364077180994642010-01-21T20:09:44.455-05:002010-01-21T20:09:44.455-05:00I LOVE it, Lindsy! I love it. Since I used to teac...I LOVE it, Lindsy! I love it. Since I used to teach middle school, this does my heart good!Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591135353537396429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156842252035498500.post-85269607415012171802010-01-21T19:47:42.447-05:002010-01-21T19:47:42.447-05:00I quoted this blog post while subbing for 6th grad...I quoted this blog post while subbing for 6th graders today. We were working on revision skills for biography reports, and a bunch of them said that their rough drafts were "all done." And I said "Nobody's rough draft is ready to be a final draft, not even the best writers in the world." And then I talked about this famous writer that I was reading about online...it got their interset, anyway.Lindsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473750500189979719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156842252035498500.post-86287002043907152962010-01-11T19:30:56.575-05:002010-01-11T19:30:56.575-05:00Thank you, thank you, Michael and Jeckleday for th...Thank you, thank you, Michael and Jeckleday for the clarification (and for not pointing out how lazy I was not to look it up myself...). And, Kerry, I know just what you mean. :-)Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591135353537396429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156842252035498500.post-16551545366939550262010-01-11T17:08:56.410-05:002010-01-11T17:08:56.410-05:00"Stet" means "let it stand". ..."Stet" means "let it stand". It's the third person singular present subjunctive form of the Latin verb "stare".<br /><br />Note: This is one of the few times that being a classics major has been practically useful.<br /><br />-Michael BeckMichael Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600219363178523056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156842252035498500.post-75653096777167886012010-01-11T16:37:43.223-05:002010-01-11T16:37:43.223-05:00There's no such thing as a pop-tart...?!
I th...There's no such thing as a pop-tart...?!<br /><br />I think my world just fell apart.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300919971736193058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156842252035498500.post-66220008467605700102010-01-11T15:28:57.228-05:002010-01-11T15:28:57.228-05:00"Stet" (according to Wikipedia and what ..."Stet" (according to Wikipedia and what little I remember from studying Latin over 50 years ago) is a word actually meaning "let it stand", not an abbreviation , like the suggested "LIS". It comes from the Latin irregular verb "sto, stare, steti, status".jeckledayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303627294518776060noreply@blogger.com