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[Hijynx]

I've only been teaching a little over a year, but I've run across some pretty flippin' fantastic essays in that time.
The following is by a student I taught a few months ago (the unedited version):

I heard that Spavelly has a fish named Dr. Fish. That fish is eat people's horny substance. And when that fish eating person who's horny substance, that person feel ticklish. So yeasterday, I said my mother "mom, go Spavelly with my family and experience with Dr. Fish."
"Dr. Fish? What is Dr. Fish" mom asked.
"The Dr. Fish is the fish. that fish is unusual. It is eat person's horny substance. That will be very exciting!"
"OK, we go Spavellly tomorrow, and experience with Dr. Fish."
I am look forward to experiencing with the Dr. Fish.
Kate - age 13

I did a little checking, and "Dr. Fish" is a fish that eats psoriasis (the "horny substance").
Have you experienced Dr. Fish?

[TiGrBaLm]

my mind must be in the gutter, I mistook "horny substance" for something else

[Hijynx]

[silvertoes]

The Assignment: Write a story after watching the movie 'The Snowman' ...

By Joe, aged 10:

'There once was a small boy who lived in a small village. His name was Junior Hittler. One day he made a snowman called Snow Satan. Then some scientists taught how to make a kind of pollution and this pollution ran over the earth and destroyed.'

'Soon snow roads were revived and there was nearly only snowmen and snow spirits everywhere and the leader was snow satan. They have snow guns and snow swords and snow flame throwers. Their power was more than real.'

'The army tried to get them but the snow roads are so twisted and soon they all die. The sky army sent a missile. It has some possibility. But the snowmen ride snow spirits and destroyed nearly all.'

'But the snow had microbes and this was destructive. The microbes and pollution had a battle. The microbes won and the snow was gone. The few humans left were happy.'

-The End-

'Ha ha. It is a lie. There is still some snow in the refrigerator.'

[RACETRAITOR]

I edit Koreans of all ages' essays, but never come across anything that farked up.

The weirdest thing ever was when an 11-year-old spoiled brat drew this picture for me.


Not weird? Look at this page to see her step-by-step drawing.
http://www.daehanmindecline.com/digital/digital/20040422.html

[Leslie Cheswyck]

[Hijynx]

[skconqueror]

Digital Grotto v4.0?? Now it makes perfect sense

[Juregen]

[theatrelily]

I still chuckle at this one ....

[jdog2050]

[ED209]

[jajdude]

That's an awesome piece of writing from a ten year old. "Joe" is Korean? Lived abroad? There are (native) English speaking high school students who cannot write that well.

[uberscheisse]

this one started out with using the word "hitchhiker" but the kid is super ADD and never finished the word. plus, he buggered up the 'h'.



and this kid refuses to write anything unless it's about his mom or older brother. so.... if we had the vocab word "helicopter" he'd write "my mom has a helicopter in her room." or something like that. i went to great lengths to show how you lay something down - ie. "i lay the baby in the cradle" or "i laid the sheets on the bed" but he still went on autopilot.

[Boodleheimer]