Some of Lindemann's teaching methods make no sense to me, such as her idea of having students pantomime or walk around a building blind folded (mentioned somewhere in chapter 7); but her practice of making suggestions to students' papers, asking why certain words and punctuations were used over others is a wonderful way to help students feel more comfortable about writing. There couldn't be a worse way of "helping" a student than by marking up his/her paper with red marks and no explanation as to what they mean or what the student can do to correct the problems.
"Oh this word is spelled wrong! Let me put a big, fat, red X on it. This will teach 'em." This practice of teachers is something I'm as averse to as mayonnaise. But hey, some people like mayonnaise. So if this method works for teachers, then I guess there is something to it.
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