"Favorite" student sentences

[Chemystery]

From the final lab report of the semester:

"Trial 3 is our best trial because it has the largest percent error."

I have failed.

[writingprof]

From a student who is at least forty . . . "I'll confess that I had never heard of gentrification before this assignment."

The Left has failed.

[AmLitHist]

In Comp I we learned the basics to write a paper based on our own onions and life experiences.

I know it's just a typo, but it made me giggle.  Or maybe that was from the stack of lousy Comp II papers that came before this one.  I'm a little punchy at the moment.

[marshwiggle]

In Comp I we learned the basics to write a paper based on our own onions and life experiences.

I know it's just a typo, but it made me giggle.  Or maybe that was from the stack of lousy Comp II papers that came before this one.  I'm a little punchy at the moment.

Well, remember the immortal words of Shrek; "Onions have layers."

[ciao_yall]

In Comp I we learned the basics to write a paper based on our own onions and life experiences.

I know it's just a typo, but it made me giggle.  Or maybe that was from the stack of lousy Comp II papers that came before this one.  I'm a little punchy at the moment.

Spellcheck didn't flag it. So it HAS to be correct.

[apl68]

In Comp I we learned the basics to write a paper based on our own onions and life experiences.

With some papers, that might explain so much....

[Aster]

"The leaf welted".

Ouch.

[bento]

"Waa laaa!" is still one of my favorite moments.

And

"Socrates here.  Really needed to just check himself."

[Juvenal]

In Comp I we learned the basics to write a paper based on our own onions and life experiences.

I know it's just a typo, but it made me giggle.  Or maybe that was from the stack of lousy Comp II papers that came before this one.  I'm a little punchy at the moment.

Perhaps the assignment was Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott"?

[Blackadder]

The profundity of this one is profound.

Ever since I was born, I have been going about my day throughout my life. 

[Aster]

Reviewing the Coriolis Effect today. I was discussing the mythos behind which way that toilets flush in Australia.

Stu Dent: "I was stoned in Brazil once and the clouds were all moving in the same direction."

[Aster]

Reviewing woody plant growth patterns in class today.

Stu Dent: "So is marijuana a herb?"

Me to whole class: "Okay. Picture a cannabis plant. What do you think?"

Sea of blank faces. Our state has very lax marijuana laws, and at least half of these students have smoked/ingested marijuana. Some have definitely grown the plant indoors, it's the most popular indoor cultivated plant in the state. Half of the gardening bookshelf at the Barnes & Nobles is dedicated just to growing weed.

Me: "What? Nobody knows what a marijuana plant looks like?"

Nothing. Not even giggling or mumbling. This is getting weird. Maybe they think there's an undercover cop in the room.

So I had to tell them what an adult marijuana plant looked like. Like most of them didn't already know. Lame.

[apl68]

The profundity of this one is profound.

Ever since I was born, I have been going about my day throughout my life. 

That would make a good ice cream koan.

[lilyb]

"Also, men would not want to change their name to their wife's last name because more than likely it would probably break their morals and their manly hood."

[mamselle]

The profundity of this one is profound.

Ever since I was born, I have been going about my day throughout my life. 

That would make a good ice cream koan.

Whhoohooo! Very good!

M.