The Crooked and the Straight

This one is for Rach: "The goal is garbage in, writers out: Teachers who fail to correct bad student papers are shirkers"

"...'I believe in my second amendment that is the right to bare arms.'

A college student wrote that line, one of a couple dozen I pulled from a batch of student papers for use as a classroom exercise during my last year of full-time teaching.

The student who wrote that line was quite bright. She was funny, quick- witted and intellectually curious. She did not write well. It is possible she will write well in the future, but she made only small progress during her brief sojourn through my remedial English class."

So, Rach, go ahead and lift your red pen proudly! And never forget those four magical words: See Me After Class.