Sunday, October 30, 2011

Exam Question answer of the Week:

67. Explain why Iranians in the late 1970s wanted to get rid of the shah and begin an Islamist republic (give at least 3 specific reasons). (4 points)

because the Iraninans were belligerent & they didn't want the shah they wanted a islamic republic


That's his complete answer. Oof.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

ESL moment of the week.

"My brother is afraid of retorted people because he doesn't know how they can twist like that."

Context: Vocabulary portion of a quiz, in which the vocabulary word "retorted" was to be used in a sentence in some way that shows the student knows what the word means. It's worth noting that another word in the vocabulary list for this week was "contorted." But still.

Friday, October 21, 2011

ESL moment of the... last little while...

"My favorite movie is: Charlie and the Chocolate Fabric."

-M., 11th grade

(For the record, this was included in a colon-use exercise, and she did not use a colon correctly. The material that comes before the colon should be able to stand on its own.)