Chapter 9

• Thursday proved to be one of those days. A day she weathered with true grit and determination.
• There were few students who saw the need to learn the technicalities of English language usage. Yet their knowledge was tested, their grades counted, and at the end of the school year…it mattered.
• Why? became an oft-asked query, usually accompanied by a groan of despair, when computer software held a dictionary, spell-check and grammar-check at the click of a mouse?