Is a thing commonly approved of in our current culture. But seeing as Ithink most of our current culture is crap, here’s what my English professor had to say about the first obigatory activity I handed in a couple of weeks ago:

“Hi, Terje–
This is VERY nicely done! While there are a few slips here and there (e.g., the possessive form of EU), you’ve got a truly solid control over the language. In the correction portion, there were only 2 missed corrections (look again at munks and the question of “it” or “there” in the last sentence). The translation section had one or two odd spots, but otherwise went equally well, and some of the word and phrase choices were very, *very* nicely done. Excellent work here!
Rhonna”

Now, this is the kind of stuff that makes my day. Made me wanna do some English curriculum reading, too, but seeing as I’m currently reading Shakespeare’s Othello, that doesn’t really say much. :P