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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:07 am Post subject: A grade 2 kid's diary entry |
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"I visited an art exhibition. There were many wonderful paintings. I didn't understand the hidden meaning of paintings. I want to paint well like the painters. I waited for a long time because many people come here."
I wonder why parents write the entries for the kids?
Real ones:
"Mother [space] good [space] angry [space] she nice" and "favorite food in meat in rice" |
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plokiju
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| I either get jibberish with 50 spelling variations of the word 'because' or ones that mommy and daddy did all by themselves. I always like to see what Andrew's dad will tell me about Andrew's life. It's so much easier to correct but I love being picky to show the parents they don't know everything. I don't know who they are trying to impress. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:20 am Post subject: |
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Isnt it also possible the parent is sitting down with the child & helping them express their thoughts & maybe explaining a bit about english?
Would you rather the kids just flounder at their homework? |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| Helping the kids with their homework is fine, but I had to deal with a student who "wrote" a speech about how he's going to study hard, become a judge and help build Korea into a great nation ( the actual wording reminded me of one of those "Korea Fighting!!!!" type articles you see in the Times) |
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plokiju
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| I've actually thought about that. I'm sure the parents do a good job translating but I doubt they're really explaining any grammar. Also what kid would even think to say 'I didn't understand the hidden meaning of paintings.' I doubt the kid even knows there is a hidden meaning. It helps the parents but I doubt it helps the kid at all. Their writing on tests is basically the same as everyone else's. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah the "hidden meaning" part was what cracked me up... coming from an 8 year old it sounds unlikely in any language. |
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pollyplummer
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
Location: McMinnvillve, Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject: it weaves, it catches, it overnights |
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I dont understand the hidden meaning of THIS:
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
I hate it when the kids use babblefish or similar programs. Like we can't tell. Supposedly, this is supposed to be a book review written by a student for the school newspaper. Bunch of cheating asses they are. This kind grows up to work for immigration. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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I had a nine-year-old from a beginner class hand me a journal entry yesterday. It started off, "The weather is insufferably hot."
The K-teachers think it is funny when the kids are obviously not doing their own journals. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:41 am Post subject: Re: it weaves, it catches, it overnights |
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| pollyplummer wrote: |
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
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Amazing. A student actually handed that in? And assumed it would make sense?
I bet we could write that on the board and have students dutifully copy it into notebooks without question, as a way to kill time. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:01 am Post subject: Re: it weaves, it catches, it overnights |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| pollyplummer wrote: |
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
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Amazing. A student actually handed that in? And assumed it would make sense?
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Okay, okay, that first sentence does run on a bit, I'll agree. But what happened to the angry man with the small willy? Did he eventually go off to college and write that book that enlightened the farming villagers, who in turn made him their hero? Or not? |
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margaret
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| jajdude wrote: |
| pollyplummer wrote: |
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
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Amazing. A student actually handed that in? And assumed it would make sense?
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Okay, okay, that first sentence does run on a bit, I'll agree. But what happened to the angry man with the small willy? Did he eventually go off to college and write that book that enlightened the farming villagers, who in turn made him their hero? Or not? |
The angry man with the small willy studied hard, understood the hidden meanings behind the paintings, wrote the book that enlightened the farming villagers, became a judge and helped build Korea into a great nation. Of course they made him their hero.
Margaret |
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Plastic B
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Daejeon no more
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: Re: it weaves, it catches, it overnights |
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[quote="pollyplummer"]I dont understand the hidden meaning of THIS:
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
Polly, that is one of the greatest poems I've ever read. I'd hang my nom-de-plume on it.... |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| margaret wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| jajdude wrote: |
| pollyplummer wrote: |
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
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Amazing. A student actually handed that in? And assumed it would make sense?
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Okay, okay, that first sentence does run on a bit, I'll agree. But what happened to the angry man with the small willy? Did he eventually go off to college and write that book that enlightened the farming villagers, who in turn made him their hero? Or not? |
The angry man with the small willy studied hard, understood the hidden meanings behind the paintings, wrote the book that enlightened the farming villagers, became a judge and helped build Korea into a great nation. Of course they made him their hero.
Margaret |
WTF?!?
It almost sounds philosophical. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: Re: it weaves, it catches, it overnights |
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| pollyplummer wrote: |
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
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Indeed. Far superior to a lot of the crap we were handed to workshop in creative writing class. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:27 am Post subject: |
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| margaret wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| jajdude wrote: |
| pollyplummer wrote: |
he time does not request plentifully to do and are ignorant the love which is pure and farmer and the grumble man with underdeveloped genital organ with spirit of young college lifestyle the once book in thin novel and it weaves it catches it overnights and when it goes it reads and it is a book. Now the personal attention advances frequently and only me this time when it thinks, once will read this book and the farming village which it will carry the hero who enlightens and it tries comparing will be meaning.
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Amazing. A student actually handed that in? And assumed it would make sense?
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Okay, okay, that first sentence does run on a bit, I'll agree. But what happened to the angry man with the small willy? Did he eventually go off to college and write that book that enlightened the farming villagers, who in turn made him their hero? Or not? |
The angry man with the small willy studied hard, understood the hidden meanings behind the paintings, wrote the book that enlightened the farming villagers, became a judge and helped build Korea into a great nation. Of course they made him their hero.
Margaret |
And he made enough money as a corrupt judge to pay for medical treatments on that small willy of his, making this the feel good/feel big story of the year. Hollywood bought the film rights, so watch for this epic drama at a theatre near you in October, when Christian Bale stars in "Free Little Willy". |
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