I survived 8th grade grammar by reading fiction and ignoring class. I learned some Spanish, some French, and some Latin and forgot it all. I may not have been taught a whole language approach to grammar, but that's what I used to finally get a grip on it...sometimes, will On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Scottie Bowman wrote: > > I imagine Professor Hochman is a little too old to have > benefited from the Whole Language approach. In which case, > the phrase '... mediate her individual learning concerns ...' > can be blamed, presumably, on the Kill & Drill method. >