"Favorite" student sentences

[mamselle]

I'll bite.

In 9th grade Earth Science, we were told it was because the water evaporates but the salt doesn't so the salinity goes up as salt content from run-off becomes more concentrated in the water, having no place to go.

Is that still correct? Do I get a point?

;--}

M. 

(I still have that textbook and could get up and look it up if I had to, too...) 

[FishProf]

Full points for that part of the question!

[mamselle]

Today has been worth living, then.

;--}

M.

[Langue_doc]

"Progressive" Stu decided to use the pronouns "they" and "them" for female characters, but not for the male counterparts. The assignment starts with the conventional pronouns "she" and "her", but abruptly transitions to the gender-neutral "they".

the narrator explain how tired they are and how they don't want to write in the journal anymore. It is about mid-summer, and the narrator explains that all they have really done is lie down. [Husband] reads to them in bed...

[hungry_ghost]

The two stories I am talking about are miserable and have similar plots.

[RatGuy]

"Hawthorne sets The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, MA to mine the mythology of the Salem Witch trials. The novel's message, however, is of the evils inherent in generational wealth. Witchcraft, like communism, is just a red herring."

I so hope that's a "Clue" reference.

[mamselle]

"Hawthorne sets The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, MA to mine the mythology of the Salem Witch trials. The novel's message, however, is of the evils inherent in generational wealth. Witchcraft, like communism, is just a red herring."

I so hope that's a "Clue" reference.

Don't get me started...or PM me, if you wish to....

Sounds like they're copying from stuff like Spark's and Cliff's notes, and throwing in some off-hand observations for good measure.

David Brown's and Mark Knoll's takes on it are still the best.

M.

[Langue_doc]

I recall a poster wanting to know if we now had to chew the food for our baby students in addition to the expected spoon-feeding. I'm doing a lot of chewing this semester.

His solitary makes his imagination run wild,

However when that becomes tinted and darkness he is led to question
everything

[Langue_doc]

From the introductory paragraph of an essay:

Time flows and runs like a river, and as time goes, one thing comes after another...

This is a hard-working student who needs some help with the language.

[Parasaurolophus]

From the introductory paragraph of an essay:

Time flows and runs like a river, and as time goes, one thing comes after another...

This is a hard-working student who needs some help with the language.

And the physics. ;)

[paddington_bear]

From the first sentence in the final paragraph of a mostly nonsensical essay (where the authors first name was misspelled multiple times and in different ways): "In confusion....."   Oh boy.

[AvidReader]

Not a student, but . . . "We are allowing the government to divide and concur."

AR.

[Langue_doc]

Autocorrect?

[apl68]

Not a student, but . . . "We are allowing the government to divide and concur."

AR.

Sadly I must concur that we are divided.

[Langue_doc]

Addendum to Stu's peer review:

Disregard what I said about Farce. Google gave me a terrible definition.