I'm a shy, nervous person, and I don't like teaching with "terms. " I didn't teach them, like, … - Tao Lin

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My mother was very, very Protestant. I grew up Presbyterian, and I went to church every Sunday until I was 18. I was forced to.

Tao Lin

I'm a shy, nervous person, and I don't like teaching with "terms. " I didn't teach them, like, "This is first person, this is second person, this is foreshadowing," or whatever, so no one probably felt like they were learning anything. But I feel like teaching in that way reduces the concept to a term.

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