Want proof?
Now, if you want to check your own blog, go here.
Now, here's the truth.
I saw the blog reading level rating of Delia's blog.
So, I tried it. And I got--you need a high school education to read my blog. Hmmmm--interesting. Then I tried entering INDIVIDUAL blog entries, and depending on which one I entered, I got various ratings. Some require high school education (e.g. recipes); others require you be a genius (Dulce et Decorum est). Apparently, ones with Latin titles rate the GENIUS level.
So, you can fool blog rating sites!
Now, maybe that is worth the genius label.
11 comments:
I must not be using enough Latin because I am only a highschooler! LOL!
Sigh -- I guess I could try to fool it. Although a teacher friend of mine (who teaches High School) got a pre-k rating on his blog so I did feel better then! :)
Your smarty pants. . . you figured how to beat the test. Obviously you are a skilled student as well as teacher.
I wondered why I had a hard time reading some of your posts. :-)
I did that and came out with high school level.
I'm supposing you watched Penn State give their game away yesterday. Gr-r-r. I think I'm going to change my allegiance to South Florida, which is right in my back yard.
I don't understand a word that you are saying. Does that mean I'm not a genius?
We are told to aim at a 6th grade level with educational materials at the hospital. I guess a genius can be misunderstood ;-)
I will have to check my blog, but I am sure it is not a genius one!
At what level do you teach your students to write? I don't mean, "At what level do they write?" In the end that is beyond your control.
I just finished marking a paper that required more energy to read than most, precisely because it was not well written. Clarity of expression, which the blog rater might assume means a lower level of education, requires more work -- writing and rewriting. I haven't checked my own blog yet. I may. I may not. I don't know.
I got a college (undergrad) rating. That sounds about right. I wonder how these things work, number of words over a certain length? words not found in a mid-size dictionary? length of entries?
It's elementary for me, my dear.
All elementary - all the way! LOL!
I don't think choosing one particular post of mine would change anything.
Some of us write beautifully (like you) and some of us just talk away...
To all--I do not put great stock in Internet ratings services.
If I did, I would have to say. . .
--as a bird, I am a buzzard (not a bad designation, but really. . .)
--as a flower I am a carnation. . .you know, your basic kind of salt of the earth flower.
--as for who I will be voting for in the upcoming election, Dennis Kucinich (which is incredibly funny because I think he is nuts. I may line up with him on some positions, but would not vote for him for President).
So, the Genius rating for an entry in my blog doesn't make me feel **special**!
As for Philip's comment--well, I will just have to write a blog about what kind of student I was.
And, Daryl, you are so right--writing well to be understood is NOT at all simple. It is, in fact, quite difficult. Your experience of taking a long time to grade a poorly written paper is most familiar. I try to teach students how to write FORMALLY, not so much at a particular level, other than academically acceptable writing.
Great post! And I agree--those Internet tests are just silly. But fun.
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