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The Graves Of Academe
The Graves Of Academe
Author: Richard Mitchell
Twenty-odd years ago, Richard Mitchell, a professor at New Jersey’s Glassboro State College, set out on a quixotic pursuit: the rescue of the English language and the minds of those attached to the world by it. Donning cape and mask as “The Underground Grammarian,” Mitchell sallied forth upon his newsletter against the nonsense be...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781419164521
ISBN-10: 141916452X
Publication Date: 6/30/2004
Pages: 164
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Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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Praised by critics across the nation, The Graves of Academa is Mr. Mitchell's angry and brillant tour through America's bloated public school system - whose mangled, self-serving language and policies would make Orwell wince. Stamped with his wit and laced with stinging examples from The Underground Grammarian, The Graves of Academa pinpoints the historic sources of the mind-boggling "educationist" bureaucracy and reveals why today's schools are riddled not only with illiterate students, but with illiterate teachers and administrators as well.


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