10 December 2008

181350...

...is the approximate number of words of student writing I've had to read in the last five days. And of that, there have been four essays on dieting (common opinion: being fat and ugly and unstylish is bad, but so is "possible gastric rupture arising from forced vomiting to prevent absorption of calories intake"), two on pollution ("we should saving the planets and energetic for our sakes' children") and fourteen on population control. And the best line so far? It came from an essay in support of euthanasia, and it rather accurately sums up my feelings about my current line of work:
"'To be or not to be, it's a question.' For help stop the extra pain, I think he should be helped to end him suffering.
That, my attendance-challenged friend, is exactly what I was thinking.

That's right. 3 red pens at once. That's how I roll.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It reminds me of the classic, "How Is Babby Formed?":

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=30906

I think it's part of a series of animations that bring to life the sub-literate meanderings of the creatures who post on Yahoo Answers. This is the king of the ones I've seen.