Given the slightly OOC news reporting about and around the old Swine Flu this past week I felt compelled to post the following facebook status:
Fun with Swine Flu and Rhyming
May 1st, 2009A Fake Essay
April 16th, 2009Being a teacher can be a bit…daunting. It’s quite a shock when 18, 19, even older students hand in work that is frankly…very poorly written. Clearly last minute. The product of not only not taking care but, sadly, a reflection of their high school experience as well. Teaching mostly freshmen I’m generally at that front line of “this is no longer acceptable, it’s time to grow up” work. I try and laugh it off usually, but the other day it really got me down. So I wrote the following essay in the style of some of the more…troubling…essays I’ve received. Nothing in here is from any paper a student gave me, nor is it really intended to insult-a look back at my work at the age of 18 would probably reveal at least similar, of not the same, shock.
Someday I’ll post some of my “hall of fame” quotes from papers, but for now if you want to know what grading papers can be like, take the following and multiply it by 15 papers. Enjoy.
What “Read More” means..
March 27th, 2009I’ve been told that some people are missing the “read more” link at the end of a post. So if you thought the short story was about two paragraphs long-look again. You can click on the link that says “read more” to read…well…more.
Why do this? Well if you visit the site proper, I don’t want the entire screen eaten up by one post-so it just looks prettier. If you get this in your RSS feed, you probably won’t even see the “read more” link-you’ll probably just get the whole post. If you’re not sure, click through.
That said-don’t be fooled! Look carefully, for it doth say read more, and so you shall. Let’s practice, shall we?
Housekeeping: Comments fixed
March 26th, 2009Okay you can leave comments now, although I will likely be spammed a bit until I can find a proper Captcha checker.
But you no longer need a code to post.
Welcome to TSL-Creative!
March 24th, 2009Hi! Welcome to the new Soft Lounge Blog-Creative. For a bit of information as to what to expect here, check out the “About Page.”
After you’ve read that, leave some comments here and let me know what you think, what you want and what we should do!
Upcoming stories/creations include: The only short story I’ve ever been proud to write, some characters I don’t quite know what to do with and my ideas for a BSG Porn.
No. Seriously.