Word: exposed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Montreal (91-71, NL East, third): The Expos have the offense to stay close. Tim Wallach (.298, 26 HR, 123 RBI) and Tim Raines lead the Expo attack. Yet, the double-play combo of rookies Luis Rivera and Johnny Paredes will start for the first time. The return of Floyd...
"Far too often students seem content to compile information from various sources, to stick it together in a paper, to make some abvious statements about that evidence, and to believe they have done a good piece of writing." --From Expos Director Richard Marius's Report on Undergraduate Writing. (10/7/1987)
Another Expos lecturer, Ed Miller, agreed with Birkerts, saying, "It's definitely one of the better posters I've read lately."
Expos should also be more rigorous. Assignments should be shorter and more frequent, and more emphasis should be placed on editing. The only way to learn writing is to write, and the only way to believe that editing is worth the time is to see its effects.
Humility may be a virtue, and Expos is right in trying to rid students of their bad habits. But all too often, the whole writer is shattered instead.