1/29/11

Build Up

It has been a while, and I have an overflow of new sentences. Let us skip the preliminaries and go straight to the fun. As always my thoughts in ( ).

- Whether a person is conscious or subconscious of these fears...
- In 1976, capital punishment made a comeback. (To paraphrase LL Cool J, don't call it a comeback, capital punishment has been here for years!)
- According to the pop's edict... (he meant "Pope's.")
- Those who were put in trial experienced unpleasant trialing.
- Viet Nam (You know, the country.)
- The four different classifications of oil are split into classes. (Classes are classed? Is that redundant?)
- The Scholastic Amplitude Test, or the SAT... (Actually, that makes just as much sense.)
- Surplice is loose white clergy.
- carpe diem = cease the day
- Is the law going on to say that being gay is the same as being incest? (Uh...)
- Now at age 24 (Lindsey) Lohan is all over the news for her out burst with drugs.
- Once his first wife died his drinking progressed and along with dating several other women. (Dating several women might drive me to drink too.)
- Poe uses irony so Montresor can draw Fortunado to the catacombs.
- The concept of death is a tender topic with people.
- The meaning of death can have many different thoughts and feelings depending on the individual.
- When sex happens sometimes the gratitude of the situation is not fully understood. (I know I am full of gratitude when... But I think she meant gravity.)
- The beginning of Norma Jean's life began with let downs. (How did the beginning of her life end?)
- Huck learns that slaves are can feel like people like him.
- Feelings are emotions towards something. (And are emotions feelings OF something?)
- The book is set between the 1930's and the 1940's, before the Civil War and during the time of slavery. (The history department will hear about this.)
- Hell causes a terrible afterlife.
- Violence has a thresh hold on Macbeth.
- The blood on (the Macbeth's) hands begins to represent the guilty consciences hidden on their insides.
- Many centuries have created images for men and women.
- Blood brings guilt to those who have done evil deeds that are wrong. (All my evil deeds are so right.)
- Macbeth was all bummed. (Dude. Too bad.)
- (Lady Macbeth) could only express her guilt while in an unconscious state of mind. (Which is the state of mind this student was in while writing this.)
- Macduff shows how that he will fight for his believes.
- In the play Macbeth there are multiple themes. (Thanks for the heads up. I was just looking for the one.)
- ... or violating the human rights given to a person at birth by John Locke a long time ago.
- Not all people are eligible for euthanasia. (Only if your health plan covers it.)
- Pianists play alone and heave to cover all of the parts.
- Random during testing isn't very common in public schools. (Maybe because nobody knows what it is.)
- Juliet and the pope come up with a plan.
- Seize the girl while it's there. (Yeah, he pretty much sees girls as "its.")
- Time shall not be waisted. (Some of mine was in reading that sentence.)

New semester starts on Monday. Can't wait. Well, I could wait a little.

J

1/15/11

A Few Regents Sentences

Long story short, we gave the regents exam last week here in New York. So here are a few fun sentences from the essays.

- Its hard to overcome suffering and overcoming it also.
- ... during the slavery and racism times.
- ... the novel The Crucible, by Mark Twain.
- You can overcome anything in life, good or bad.
- The characterization of Jim would be nice, thoughtful, and black.
- During the depression racism was very high.
- Jim was a black African American. (I can't decide if this is redundant, or just very carefully super specific.)
- ... along the bay of the Mississippi River.
- The conflict of man vs. man is aroused.
- Romeo had to run away and play dead.
- Tom Robinson was charged with adultery. (He is the character in To Kill a Mockingbird charged with rape.)
- ... the great dapretion... (Depression)
- George ended up having to kill Lennie in the end to make things better for both him and Lennie. (I think Lennie might have something to say about that.)

Tons of papers to grade, so new post should come soon.

J