busbus wrote:
That quote made me dig thru the old floppy disks I have because I
remember that quote from something somebody gave me a long time ago. I=
found it. The quote is in there. It is a compilation of bloopers from=
student history essays. I will include the text (it's long!):
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The World According to Student Bloopers
By Richard Lederer, St. Paul's School
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One of the fringe benefits of being an English or History teacher is
receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay. I
have pasted together genuine student bloopers collected by teachers
throughout the United States, from eighth-grade through college-level.
Read carefully, and you learn a lot.
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etc... etc... etc...
Geez that was a refreshing start to the day. I am printing if to pass=20
around later today.
Now I can face that spindle on the lathe with a smile on my face.
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Will R.
Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
http://woodwork.pmccl.com
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20
who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw