tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post2547799635650817782..comments2024-03-27T22:25:44.006-05:00Comments on Ennyman's Territory: Throwback Thursday: The Greatest Baseball Player of All TimeEd Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-45925087017443028992017-08-10T21:09:29.766-05:002017-08-10T21:09:29.766-05:00I learned later from Mr. Griffith, my civics teach...I learned later from Mr. Griffith, my civics teacher who later became guidance counsellor and history teacher and ultimately (six years later) Mayor of Bridgewater that Miss ___ was an alcoholic and did not teach after that year, being dismissed for reasons he did not elaborate on beyond that. <br /><br />Your hypothesis misses in that we were free to write about any topic we wanted and I was the only one who wrote on this. She reviewed our work at various points along the way and there were no signals of erroneous work going on. In fact, I was so passionate about my subject that I was doing far more than what was required. <br /><br />My handwriting was poor, I can acknowledge that, but the two grades I received were for other reasons and there was no comment on the handwriting. I dod not doubt that she may have been irritated at having to read long-winded student papers by students who had not yet taken typing classes. <br /><br />C'est la vie.Ed Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-4879863179326481122017-08-10T20:54:01.274-05:002017-08-10T20:54:01.274-05:00I'm admittedly speculating, here ... but could...I'm admittedly speculating, here ... but could it possibly be that your teacher had made it a point to tell the class something like "Joe DiMaggio's contract, when making appearances, stipulated that he be introduced as "the greatest baseball player of all time,"" and that she flunked you for having written about somebody altogether different than whom she assigned you to write about? <br />I know sometimes I feel a bit irritated at my students for completely missing a grammar point I spent several minutes lecturing on -- and illustrating, and emphasizing, and harping on -- during the lecture portion of one of my writing classes. And I have been known to have flunked a paper or two for having outrageously done so.<br />It's kind of hard to believe that she would flunk a student based just on her dogmatic opinion, on such a trivial matter, besides. Anything is possible, I suppose. LEWagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438484007896207869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-41721611918209546232017-08-10T07:47:44.520-05:002017-08-10T07:47:44.520-05:00Yes, the Say-Hey Kid was one of the great ones.......Yes, the Say-Hey Kid was one of the great ones.... Many a long hour has probably been spent debating this topic. The Britannica list has him as #2 behind Ruth. Some folks would argue that many of today's players are better than the old stars, that the game has really evolved, etc. <br /><br />This was a term paper so we chose our topics and no one else had the misfortune of writing about who is the Greatest Baseball Player so as to encounter the trap I ran into.<br /><br />thanks for the note.Ed Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-88221187177917301152017-08-10T05:16:05.018-05:002017-08-10T05:16:05.018-05:00There will never EVER be another player as great a...There will never EVER be another player as great as Willie Mays, The Say-Hey Kid. Your instructor should have been taken to task over her arbitrary treatment of your paper, your writing, your argument. I assume everyone else in the class who did not choose Joltin' Joe received a "U" as well.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411499678493791056noreply@blogger.com