"Favorite" student sentences

[FishProf]

" Cuttlefish belong to one of the many species in the world with the unique ability to camouflage themselves."

[sinenomine]

" Cuttlefish belong to one of the many species in the world with the unique ability to camouflage themselves."

Gotta love widespread uniqueness!

[FishProf]

" Cuttlefish belong to one of the many species in the world with the unique ability to camouflage themselves."

Gotta love widespread uniqueness!

Remember, if everyone is unique, then no one is....

[apl68]

" Cuttlefish belong to one of the many species in the world with the unique ability to camouflage themselves."

Gotta love widespread uniqueness!

Kind of like the "exclusive" club advertising on TV offering to let you join for ten or twenty bucks or so.

[arcturus]

" Cuttlefish belong to one of the many species in the world with the unique ability to camouflage themselves."

Gotta love widespread uniqueness!

Remember, if everyone is unique, then no one is....

No, No. They are unique in their commonality! 

[FishProf]

Sorry, I was channeling this YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL speech.

I suppose it is technically possible for everyone to be unique.  Probably in a trivial way.

[Sleepy72]

"From the moment we are conceived, we are subject to assessments..."

This was the opening sentence for an essay about the use of assessments in early childhood education to support children's development.  I know I wanted them to discuss a range of assessments, but I really wasn't expecting them to start from conception!

[arcturus]

"From the moment we are conceived, we are subject to assessments..."

This was the opening sentence for an essay about the use of assessments in early childhood education to support children's development.  I know I wanted them to discuss a range of assessments, but I really wasn't expecting them to start from conception!

Well, to be fair, it is right there in the name: a pregnancy *test*. So, yeah, apparently assessment starts at conception.

[AmLitHist]

Writing this paper has made me realize that I can overcome this ossicle that stands in my way.

[apl68]

Writing this paper has made me realize that I can overcome this ossicle that stands in my way.

Living in a warmer part of the country, I've never, even in the coldest winter freeze, encountered an ossicle that was much trouble to overcome.

[arcturus]

As a response to a discussion prompt to explain why you have enrolled in a general education astronomy course:

"...the reason I decided to take this course was because of how much I love butter space!"

I am heading to the refrigerator now! [Astronomers do have a tendency to make analogies to food, so perhaps the student is not too far off?]

[waterboy]

So many Milky Way thoughts come to mind!

[sinenomine]

Now I want a Moon Pie!

[apl68]

Now I want a warm, buttered cinnamon role.

[fosca]

"My hobbies consist of ruining track and going fishing and usually I will travels to Myrtle beach SC  for vacation but now I don't know now that I'm in college but that just leaves up to new things to see."

I got a bunch of "Let's hand in this word salad and expect an A!" students this semester, for some reason.