It is even more imminent...

[damont]

Tony's H.S. graduation announcements were mailed out today. Yet another step towards that momentous day.

On a related note, he got an English essay back this week. It is a masterpiece of high school level academic bullshit; a tale told by a student, full of words and punctuation, and signifying... NOTHING. It is impossible to tell for sure just how much of the source material he actually read. He got an A-minus; had he more time/motivation for proofreading, the "-minus" wouldn't be there.

I am ashamed, though not surprised, that so little has changed in this particular aspect of the educational system since my high school days. (stealthcomic, you have your work cut out for you.) On the other hand, it is nice to see that he's learned how to game the system with reasonable success. You have learned this lesson well, grasshopperkillernurd.

Comments

[theimp79.livejournal.com]

When I took AP Bio my sophomore year of high school, the instructor gave us an assignment that we were supposed to work on during the whole semester. We were supposed to pick a topic that was Bio related, write about said topic, and then design an experiment or study to prove/disprove something about that topic. I did mine on Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Tomato plants. I wrote it in one weekend, the monday before it was due. This weekend included research performed at Ft. Detrick in the USAMRIID, developing the experiment, and writing the paper.
I got a B+ on mine, and the poor girl sitting next to me in class who slaved on her paper all semester and worked really really hard, got a C-. I was happy for myself, but I felt really bad for her.

[theimp79.livejournal.com]

This weekend included research performed at Ft. Detrick in the USAMRIID, developing the experiment, and writing the paper.
That should read "in the USAMRIID library" but I got a phone call in the middle of writing and left out a word . . .