I joke that it was beat into me from a young age!

My mother taught 8th grade language arts for 34 years.  She always felt grammar 
was important to teach.  When we moved to Alaska in 1981 her dept chairs refused 
to buy her grammar materials (the whole "research proves you don't have to teach 
grammar" thing).  She went home and began writing her own out of necessity.  


Fast forward to today.  We now sell her curriculum to public, charter, private, 
and home schools.  We even have a college edition!  It really has become a 
passion for me. 


I bucked the idea for years that I would follow in Mom's footsteps.  Well ... 
here I am!  I own the company now and make my living running our company.  The 
international headquarters is my basement!

Erin
Analytical Grammar




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From: David Kehe <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 3:46:24 PM
Subject: intrinsic motivation for studying grammar

I imagine that most of us on this listserv have an intrinsic interest in 
studying grammar.  In other words, we study it just for the joy of it.  But 
why?  Is it in our DNA to find grammar so interesting?  Did someone, for 
example, a former teacher, do something that instilled in us this interest?  


I would be interested to hear from any of you why you like grammar so much 
and/or how you came to like it.  It seems that if we could figure out what makes 
it so interesting to some, we might be able to come up with ways that we could 
help our students develop an intrinsic motivation for studying it too.

Thanks,

David Kehe
Bellingham, WA

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