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What Exactly is Imagery?
What is the difference between describing details and creating imagery? Perhaps I should ask what is the difference in describing details that are exquisite and those full of boring minutia. The concept is difficult to explain because it does depend … Continue reading
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What is the purpose of education?
What does a railroad have to do with the purpose of education? It has more to do with what it should not be. So what exactly is the purpose of obtaining an education? If you answer “to learn” that is … Continue reading