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through the eyes of my shoes?

So, my AP class wrote personal biographys from the point of view of a personal object. Some were wickedly good, some were boring as all-get-out... but none were terrible. That was a nice switch. I was also informed today that the syllabus for an English class at the local community college had been seen... and they were covering prepositions, so why was my AP course writing all these essays? They then spontaneously broke into the "preposition song" that everyone learned in 8th grade.

Why is it that no one can remember the song in 9th and 10th grade?

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X said…
with on for after at by in
against instead of near between
beside from under down below
through over up according to
around across beyond about
before behind within without
prepositions every one
when followed by a noun!
3:34 AM
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9:49 PM
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