I've read some real gems over the years, but this is this year's best so far (and it is hard to imagine anyone could beat it):
"In 1941 an Italian expedition found the stone with Pointus Pilate engraved. Also found next to his name was the word that means Roman Empire. This find proves Pointus Pilate was a Roman Empire during the time suggested, just as said in the Bible".
I am at a loss for words...
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Sorry, but that's nothing. In response to a question about Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" from Republic, one of my students went off about how one finds one's "power animal" in the cave. The rest of the paragraph -- in response to a question about Plato, mind you -- went down that road, and I learned that "the ostrich, though clumsy, is fierce." I started laughing out in the middle of the cafe. That'll teach me to grade in my office!
Mind you, most of my students were in the right ballpark. But there were some real gems for the 'student bloopers' file.
The funniest was actually grading entrance exams at a university where I taught in Romania. One student wrote:
"Jesus' resurrected body was luminous, glorious, not bound by space and time, utterly transcendent - which is why they mistook him for the gardener"
Gardeners everywhere should rejoice that someone thinks so highly of them! :)
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