English teacher shares a snap of a student’s strange essay but not everyone agrees with the D grade

Lol, student privacy rights? If the kid is that funny, they won’t mind.

There are privacy laws that schools have to abide by in most states.

My kids are in their late teens and twenties and they have never heard of Elmer Fudd or Wiley E. Coyote.

Sponge Bob or Powder Puff girls are what that generation knows.

More’s the politically correct pity. They’ve missed out on so much humor. Those others don’t have any sane humor.

Why is a college student startling on about cartoon characters?

I agree....This kid knew exactly how to pull this teachers chain. In the meantime, he actually has a copyright for that dissertation. You do NOT have to file paperwork.

Aside from the fast that it was off topic, the spelling and grammar errors in those couple paragraphs would be enough to do him in.

And that is actually pretty good compared to what I've seen from my classmates when I was in college, 35 YEARS ago.

Obviously Tom is looking for a duo in order to perform classical piano pieces that are too difficult for just two hands (and with only three fingers on each).

The dip shit deserved two F’s. One for turning in an essay that had nothing to do with subject. And another for crappy writing.

Perhaps a third F because it wasn’t funny.

Is there any level of public education that is not simply daycare for emotionally stunted children?

The student, obviously quite aware that there was a homo-queer undertone between a few of The Great Gatsby’s characters, refused ‘to give life to that’, and pffered a ‘ more normal’ set of characte red s, instead.

Methinks the prof cut the student some slack for a good sense of humor.<[p>

Perhaps she didn't want to destroy the young scholar in one fell, red pencil, swoop.

I’m guessing this is the prof—a professional comedy writer:

http://alexispereira.net/

I would have given it a NG - no grade - and told the student to rewrite and understand that the new essay would be penalized by at least 1 letter grade.

Too generous. "F." That would then be a tool used by other students to delay doing the REAL essay. If the prof says, "No," then other kids will say, "But you let Alexis do it!" That's not fair!"

Those an regarding personal information about students and their grades. Since the name is not posted with the excerpt there was no loss of privacy.

The crucial weakness of every English class is their focus on fiction novels.

There are many very smart students who do not enjoy fiction. And they read extensively.

Fiction does not edify a man.

“ Times have changed.”

Let them have a go at any level McGuffy’s Reader and watch the eyes glaze over.

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Because the work belongs to the student, not to the instructor. It's a matter of human respect. I'd give the tracher a D in grading the paper. There was little to nothing to assist any student's writing skills. Finally, something is amiss with the student which deserves further investigation to learn what's up. Is this kid on drugs? Is this kid having severe mental disturbance such as psychosis or schizophrenia? I know that publically humiliating him isn't the answer. But then again, perhaps the student is bored with the subject and is enjoying a game of cat and mouse with the instructor! 🤣

when i was in 12th grade, i took an English proficiency test on how to write a business letter. it stated to write as if you were looking for a job. i wrote a letter that was hilarious to a law firm of Flanigan, Branigan and Shananigan ending with the tidbit that i would change my name to Gilligan... the letter was spot on format and technical... they called me into a meeting with the head of the English Department to say they were giving me a 61, just passing... they graded my on the content, not my proficiency in writing a letter. this was in 1980... baltimore city public schools.

why is it called less miserables? that guy went through a heck of a lot of misery if you ask me...

Throw in a fourth F for not knowing that Tom and Jerry are not part of Looney Tunes.