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Still More Gobbledygook and Odd Inferences From The Academic Slushpiles

Ah, for my cup runneth over with gobbledygook.

More absurdities from the — ooh, I’ve coined a new term! — the Academic Slush Piles:

Oh, for some reason it has never yet ceased to amaze me when a student who needs a translator just to ask me about what she missed last class goes ahead and hands in an essay that has no grammar errors in it. Surely she doesn’t think I’m that stupid, does she? I mean, how stupid can a student be to think she can fool someone by plagiarizing an essay when she can’t even speak very simple, basic English sentences when she needs to?

I’m not at today’s goal of 50% of essays done, but there are two days left in the weekend, and I spent much of today up to my chin in gobbledygook of another kind (speech contest, don’t ask), so I’m calling it a night. More grading on the train tomorrow, but you, my dear readers, will no enjoy the fruits of that labour until sometime next week, as I’ll obviously be traveling and therefore offline for a few days.

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