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i really haven't been making fun of stupid people.
all semester. i really haven't. this is because in general, the stupid people aren't writing anything mock-worthy; i've been pitying them or beating my head against the wall instead of making fun of them.
every so often, though, one of my smart kids does something precious. here's an example:
"Stops followed by grooved fricatives have been resegmented into affricates. This makes sense because it adds to the uniformity of the conical structure of the language."
conical. honest. this, i'll point out, was handed in in the ninth week of the semester. and this is a kid who has some issues with spelling -- but this is, i think obviously, not a spelling issue. i'm finding myself chuckling like a parent who's trying not to let the kid see the laughter.
(the word she was after was canonical. the canonical structure of syllables or words in a language is the form such syllables or words tend to take -- in this case, we're talking things like CVCCVC, where C is a consonant and V is a vowel.)
every so often, though, one of my smart kids does something precious. here's an example:
"Stops followed by grooved fricatives have been resegmented into affricates. This makes sense because it adds to the uniformity of the conical structure of the language."
conical. honest. this, i'll point out, was handed in in the ninth week of the semester. and this is a kid who has some issues with spelling -- but this is, i think obviously, not a spelling issue. i'm finding myself chuckling like a parent who's trying not to let the kid see the laughter.
(the word she was after was canonical. the canonical structure of syllables or words in a language is the form such syllables or words tend to take -- in this case, we're talking things like CVCCVC, where C is a consonant and V is a vowel.)