ashling
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Fri Oct-19-07 07:37 PM
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I learned some interesting things grading a short answer about the factors that led to the explortions, such as:
King James II, from Portugal, invented the stable governor.
Marco Polo was an italianist
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Fri Oct-19-07 07:39 PM
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What grade? Those are hilarious!
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ashling
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Fri Oct-19-07 07:56 PM
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that is what makes me want to :cry:
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Fri Oct-19-07 07:58 PM
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Yeah... definitely :cry:
Wow... I'm stunned... I thought you'd say fourth grade... maybe fifth.
Wow.
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Fri Oct-19-07 08:16 PM
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9. I used to be a grad student at Yale, and you'd be amazed at some of the things |
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Yalies would write on their world history tests. (One of my roommates was a TA for that course.)
One paper was so funny that we got together and illustrated it.
For example, in talking about the medieval "surphs," this student said, "The surphs didn't get any money for their work. Their sweat went to their lord."
We drew a picture of some medieval serfs standing in line to wring out their shirts over a vat. One of the serfs was saying, "I wonder what he does with it."
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ashling
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Fri Oct-19-07 08:30 PM
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10. that is high level writing |
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Edited on Fri Oct-19-07 08:40 PM by ashling
:rofl:
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Fri Oct-19-07 07:40 PM
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2. Ever read any books by Richard Lederer? |
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He compiles funny student writings like that. He is hilarious.
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Fri Oct-19-07 07:54 PM
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Fri Oct-19-07 08:05 PM
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There's a contest somewhere for these things -- if I can find it, I'll post the link here.
(I'm so sorry for your pain)
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Fri Oct-19-07 08:08 PM
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Iam just a graduate assistant, but it hurts when they say some of this stuff.
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Fri Oct-19-07 08:10 PM
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8. I have a kid whose writing always ends with "and stuff." |
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