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Kootvela · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Lithuania

They wrote that some work was done and made slight indications that it is to be rewarded by the fee, which I agree is fair, but only when the author is informed about the accepted work. Now I don't understand from their emails if it was A) formatting and editing the article BEFORE approving for publishing, thus a question: why bother with editing and formatting something you may jilt? B) formatting and editing and article for August issue hoping that the fact about the date will just make me pay the damn fee just to get the article published.

Anyway, I'm glad I refused their service.

Another publisher replied that they didn't get my article sent in May. When will people learn to check their spam folders?

Song&Dance · Joined: 04 Jul 2008 Posts: 176

If a Chinese scholar wants to get published in an academic journal in China they must pay for it.

Western academic journals never charge.

What kind of article are you trying to get published?

Kootvela · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Lithuania

I called it 'Failing to Acquire a Desired Level of Fluency in A Foreign Language'. I examine my experience and try to account for what hinders the acquisition process.

johnslat · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:16 am Post subject:

Dear Kootvela,
It sounds like an interesting topic - hope you get it published, and, if so, please let us know where.
But surely you can't be referring to your acquisition of English when to state that you examine your experience.
If you've failed to acquire a desired level of fluency, all I can say is, judging from your posts, you've certainly set the bar extremely high - so high, in fact, I'd say many of us would have to feel likewise.

Kootvela · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Lithuania

I take it as a compliment. The article is a series of conclusions made by me from observing my adult students for the past 4 years. Some do make progress but some don't.

MO39 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

Kootvela · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Lithuania

MO39 · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

Luder · Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 74

Song&Dance says:

slaqdog · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 211

oi luder! leave those eggheads alone! We'll have less of this baldy bashing....

Kootvela · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Lithuania

If that was an insult, so a very lame one.

fluffyhamster · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

More like an allusion to/a play on a central phrase in Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall (but with an extra syllable): "Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!"

johnslat · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: Them lyrics

Dear fluffyhamster,

Actually, it's "Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!"
I wouldn't bother except I think it's an important part of the irony of the lyrics, along with "We don't need no education."

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

"Wrong, Do it again!"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!"

Regards,
John

fluffyhamster · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:43 am Post subject:

Damn my cloth ears, aging memory...and you, John! Damn you too!

Laughing

Kootvela · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Lithuania

I feel like dancing.

*grabs fluffyhamster and cuddles*