Tuesday, April 17, 2012

No phones!

Electronics aren't allowed in school. The students are putting together a dance and the dance teacher, not bring able to go against school policy, asks the class, rhetorically, how they will bring in music to practice if they can't bring in an iPod, for example. She says, "I can't allow you to bring it in. ... If your smart, you'll understand what I'm saying.". She was implying that if the students brought an electronic device, she wouldn't stop them. But she couldn't openly say that.
The implication doesn't come through in your interpretation. So you decide to be obvious. "if you bring your iPhone," you interpret, "she's not gonna take it away."

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