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Nothing like Truth in Advertising.

There's a reason we use dogs to lead the blind, sniff out survivors, and hunt down the criminals.

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/animals/Cat_Wants_Cake/#56068
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCBTZ6-ORFE

I have yet to see skateboarding cats, cats who save babies from drowning in the pool, or cats who don't chase laser pointer dots. If your house is on fire, the dog will alert you. If your house in on fire, the cat will run the fuck away, and knock over a lamp which will wake you up. If your house in on fire, the pig will dial 911.

"The best strategy on those fronts is a habitual reading of clearly-formatted texts..."

I think that musings found on Slashdot are not prime examples of clearly-formatted texts.

Really, you must understand that literature in the classical sense of the word accounts for a small percentage of the media that is consumed by a majority of people in the age group you are addressing. It is an entertainment-oriented lot, who find themselves visually stimulated by the products of others' imaginations -- from television to video games to sites like stupidvideos.com -- and have not been brought up in an environment that fosters active imagination. What they have read is by and large a literate nightmare: sites like Slashdot and the 5th grade english teacher's nemesis, the Blog.

Writing is learned by imitation of other writers -- and you can't imitate the style of an author you've never read. To become a good writer, one must read. One must be stimulated in imagination such that the visual imagery is crafted in the mind of the reader. The good writer writes in such a way as to capitalize on the experiences of the reader; the writer needs only give a minimal amount of description to suggest what the reader must imagine. The reader then fills in the details.

If your pupils haven't read already, then I'm afraid you have a Quixotian task. If you make them writers in a matter of months when they have no foundation of literature to guide them, it will be a miracle.

See the cool video at Compfused or Stupid Videos.

Obviously

Its a classic: http://www.stupidvideos.com/?VideoID=329 Made me drop out of medicine and persue Develpment....

here.

Stupidvideos.com has a few of his more memerable moments.
Developers this one is even better the name is "Steve Balmer Goes Ape". They also have the Gates get pied and a great public BSOD with Gates on CNN.

Stupidvideos.com has a few of his more memerable moments.
Developers this one is even better the name is "Steve Balmer Goes Ape". They also have the Gates get pied and a great public BSOD with Gates on CNN.

Stupidvideos.com has a few of his more memerable moments.
Developers this one is even better the name is "Steve Balmer Goes Ape". They also have the Gates get pied and a great public BSOD with Gates on CNN.

Stupidvideos.com has a few of his more memerable moments.
Developers this one is even better the name is "Steve Balmer Goes Ape". They also have the Gates get pied and a great public BSOD with Gates on CNN.

Stupidvideos.com has a few of his more memerable moments.
Developers this one is even better the name is "Steve Balmer Goes Ape". They also have the Gates get pied and a great public BSOD with Gates on CNN.

http://www.stupidvideos.com/?VideoID=729 ;)

The article reminded me of this video.