>I wonder whether "Is there something you'd like to share / with the
>rest of us?" is sarcastic teacher-speak all over the world, or if it's
>specific to British schools?
Ha, well, in the more than 20 different schools I went to, I heard this from every
new teacher I had, though the question can also be delivered sweetly straight,
with a sort of 'sincerity' I learned to suspect as an invitation to be clobbered if
one thought to actually answer it with feeling and vulnerability or one's 'furtive'
engagements. So, yes, as a sarcastic teacher-speak, and also a fakingly sincere
teacher-speak that leads to sarcasm.
Best,
Rebecca
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>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:02:06 +0000
>From: Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Half Cocks: I've Not Heard It Called That Before
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>My copy of Geoffrey Hill's _Scenes from Comus_ arrived yesterday, so
>I'm more than usually under the influence.
>
>I wonder whether "Is there something you'd like to share / with the
>rest of us?" is sarcastic teacher-speak all over the world, or if it's
>specific to British schools?
>
>Dominic
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