Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Essays on my desk

We have a range of students at our college. For example, I asked two classes to write essays about topical issues of their choice.

Here are the first sentences of two essays:



First student: “Anthropocentrism is an interesting concept.”


Second student: “Yessss it’s the weekend, time to get steaming.”


("Steaming", by the way, means "extremely drunk".)


As I said, a range of students.

4 comments:

  1. I burst out laughing and TheManoftheHouse gave me "the Look". That's pretty funny -- a wide range indeed!

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  2. Can you fail people as early as this, or do you have to wait until they continue to demonstrate their idiocy?
    (I know the answer to this.)
    As I walked from my house to the bus stop, via the lanes, there were two boys in the middle lane who looked as though they had been caught out. I asked, 'Are you boys smoking?' Sheepishly they admitted they were, so I said, 'you are bad! you are bad', and we laughed and I walked on.
    I wonder whether their parents know they smoke (I presume so) and who provides the money for the cigarettes?

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  3. Second student could still be someone with a lot to offer and student one could be as dull as ditchwater..OR...they could be just what they are.....who knows how their lives will turn out....

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  4. I feel thick. What is anthropcentri..somethingorother????

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