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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred Page 159 of 307 "So, I want to talk about writing about the things we like. To the class, see?" "Got it, classroom discussion kind of thing." "Yes, so I'm explaining that in my opinion, to write well, we have to write about wha,t we love, or what we really like. Maybe even something we're passionate about." "You didn't use the word passion, did you?" "I did." "My word." She raised her hand to her mouth. "So then I tell them that I will help them find a thesis statement for an essay on any particular topic that they might like, but first someone just has to tell me what he or she likes, see?" "Ouch. You're mean." She playfully gasped. "Don't you know that you can't ask a person what he likes, not in public like that." "Well, maybe I didn't know it so well at the time. I'm different like that." "You're different all right. Go on." "So, I say, okay, someone tell me what he or she likes. Silence. I get nothing but silence." "Well you asked them to be honest. What did you expect?" "I expected them to answer." "Wasn't going happen." |