Making the grade
Sarah will lose: Well, a week or 2 (or 3) ago for my English project, we were asked to pick topics and debate on them. My topic was gun control laws should be tightened and I was on the yes side.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 am
F.A.I.L.
Try quoting real numbers and statistics next time, or pick another subject where in you will not be as biased and ignorant of the facts, kiddo.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Is this is project for a remedial English class?
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
This is typical of the quick and dirty research that most schools allow their students to get away with. Cites? Quotes? Facts? Not important.
I weep for the future.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:51 pm
That was a paper? Something she’s actually going to turn in? There’s not much substance to it, she doesn’t make much of an argument, there are NO citations, and her grammar is terrible.
Then again our schools don’t exactly stress writing. I remember proofreading papers for people in college that were so terrible I only fixed half of the mistakes I found. They’d get the paper back and get a “B” for something that I’d consider barely passable in a college level class.
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Ahh, nothing like good fisking material. I could resist and provided her a “nice” response to her ignorance. Here’s hoping her instructor is actually objective and finds it on her blog.
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Well she learned reasoned discourse quickly. Only my comment shows up, and it goes away if I view the page from a different computer.
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Vinnie, that sometimes is a indicator of comment moderation. It may just not be released yet. Time will tell if it is left in moderation purgatory.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I enjoyed her use of a larger font and the red colouring. Nothing says persuasive and well reasoned more than screamer letters.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
UUUhhhhm guys….. I took a look around the blog. We are picking on an 8th grader or so.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
not supposed to pick on her. be nice and make your point.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
In here defense she mentions that this is for a 6th grade class and that would make her 11 or 12. It reads about the same as most main stream anti gun types writing, 4 years of college for journalism and you end up writing at a sixth grade level.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:00 pm
6th grade? I’m impressed.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:53 am
She has great potential to be a professional journalist.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I guess I’m not completely upset that some people noted her writing style and other issues in their criticism. It’s partly a credit to her that it’s because we’ve seen adults write at that level. I know I have because I spend most of my week editing others. It scares me what some consider professional. On the other hand, it might be helpful for her to know that she shouldn’t grow up to be one of those adults. 🙂
I also have to say that one reason people might be biased on assuming someone older is because most blogs are written by those who are a little older, and many websites have restrictions for children. What do you know, WordPress.com has such a restriction. If she’s not 13 yet, she’s in violation of their terms and willfully presented herself as older. Yes, I realize that kids lie all the time. And yes, I realize that it may be a difference of one or two years which would still allow for the literal 6th grade writing level. However, I think it’s fair to point out that there are reasons people would have a bias toward someone older.