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I read the above, and somewhere in the poetry of that second paragraph, I know there is a kernel.
"I'm not even through the first paragraph". "I know, but is it bad?" And then, a moment later, he'd grab the pages back from me, flip to the end and announce, "I feel a bit of genius coming on," as he'd start to scribble a new conclusion.
So therein, lies the ultimate question, the thesis of today's column (yes, yes, if I were intelligent or even a good writer I should have addressed this question in the first paragraph, I know... but remember, you're the one with the stupid kid, not me): How to get kids to read again.
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The minute I read the paragraph, I knew what was up.
But from the first paragraph I knew I was in different territory.
A lot to process here, so let's just segue into a fun sub-section, because it's the first day back and I really can't be writing full paragraphs so I know you can't be reading them—.
He said: "I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.
Sample paragraph: "Little did I know, when I agreed to dress in drag and skateboard from Kabul to Kandahar, quite what strange looks I'd get from the locals!
Earlier this month, in an event at the Royal Geographic Society, the Nobel laureate claimed that "I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.
I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.
I usually don't like to list all these spoilers in the first paragraph even though I know you've all seen the show by now, but this episode was a bit more special than most.
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