Saturday, September 26, 2009

Pearls of Teenage Wisdom

Last week, my students wrote in class about their personal faults or failings, or their "hamartia." One young lady wrote:

"Sometimes it takes me too long to finish assignments because I'm a perfectionest."

Hmm...not quite.

3 comments:

Rebecca said...

Man, you encounter some good ones. I wish you had been with Andrew and me today when we counted the grammar errors on billboards north of the Twin Cities. Did any of these people go to school?!

carolmom said...

Rebecca, if you knew how many people I've encountered who said, "I wish I had paid more attention in high school." Yes, it's true, and no, they didn't. Rachel, I really, really, REALLY you are keeping these!

Cindy said...

aaawwww that's too funny...!