Marking Humour

I really shouldn't be doing this, but I can't help it. Like Addie, I have begun to find humour in my students' work while marking their compositions... No names shall be mentioned here, but my Sec 2s - if you're guilty of it, you know it's you! :)

On writing about a traffic accident:

1. The police have classified the case as murdering. Fortunately, the boy did not die.
2. It was a fatal accident. The boy was sent to the hospital with only minor injuries.
3. Yesterday, Dennis Tan had a car crush.

On writing about "Students should never work part-time"

1. A student's role is to study. An adult's role is to work and raise a family.
2. Students will learn the value of money. They will save and be more spendthrift.

That being said, there were some words of wisdom...

"If you find yourself working so hard til you drop just to earn as much money as possible, then there is something wrong."

"If students work part-time, they will not have enough time to do their homework or spend time with their family."

It's things like these that keep you going through two hundred over scripts to mark...

:)