Yet another catch-up post

[ponders_life]

What's kept me away from LJ lately? In a way, H. Every year, he goes to his company's annual meeting for several days, and that's where he was from Sunday to early this morning. Since I've had the house to myself, I used this as an opportunity to crank my music up loud, sing at the top of my lungs, and watch the musicals that I love (but he doesn't

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[nasty_shrew]

Not a great movie, but the tap dancing is awesome in Bootmen.

Yes, I know. I have no life. :)

[ponders_life]

I hadn't heard of this one; thanks for the rec! I saw the show Stomp and loved it, so I'll probably like the dancing in this movie as well.

But if you want to see some of the great American tap dancers, try this:Tap.

[ponders_life]

I knew we'd be of like minds on this topic. 1) Failure is a part of life, and kids need to learn that fact and learn from their failures and 2) This is also an example of censorship; you cannot ban the use of a legitimate English word. I find it worrying that this wrongheaded recommendation was made by teachers, who should know better, but I also think it represents the opinion of a very small minority of all teachers in England, so it may just be a tempest in a teapot.