I found the line about four years of A+ English papers leading to poise and sophistication to be even funnier, cuz, I gotta tell ya, a lot of my students got A+'s on all of their high school English papers, including AP English, and still can't construct a decent sentence.
I was thinking the same thing. I mean, come on. *High School* English? High school English (no insult to the teachers) does it's job if you can graduate and read your own diploma.
Sometimes, I kinda wanna scream when I hear that people like *this* got a book deal when I know at least ten other unpublished authors, off the top of my head, who's work merits publication and are much smarter people. *sigh*.
I guess we've just proven that life *isn't* fair. But occasionally, it is very funny.
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Re: Accio literacy!
Date: 6 Apr 2006 13:13 (UTC)I was thinking the same thing. I mean, come on. *High School* English? High school English (no insult to the teachers) does it's job if you can graduate and read your own diploma.
Sometimes, I kinda wanna scream when I hear that people like *this* got a book deal when I know at least ten other unpublished authors, off the top of my head, who's work merits publication and are much smarter people. *sigh*.
I guess we've just proven that life *isn't* fair. But occasionally, it is very funny.
Also: YAY! Wendy is still alive!
- Meg