And I’m not talking about the elections…I have a stack of ‘em on my desk and they’ve gotta find their way back to the students by the time I get on the plane to LA this weekend. Right now, the exams are just sitting there in my inbox staring at me–like some sort of evil serpent…a cobra, maybe.
There are only so many times I can read things like: “The unsuccess of the landownership cause for a transformation.” (Yes, that was a native speaker.) Just now I found out that, “Ashikaga lead a coop against the emperor.” Wow, it takes a tough man to drive chickens into battle against the forces of the emperor…
(Sound of my head slowly and quietly banging on the metal desk….)
4 responses so far ↓
1 Leah // Nov 9, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Yeah, I had a student last year who tried to make the argument that, as far as colonialism went, “the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.”
I feel for you.
2 無名 - wu ming // Nov 11, 2006 at 7:59 pm
i feel your pain. colic never looked so good…
3 Nomad Majlis // Nov 12, 2006 at 1:42 am
and that’s a native … nice one
4 Chris // Nov 16, 2006 at 7:52 am
At least they’re uniquely bad. Mine are bad and all the same. I miss native speakers.
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