Thus, to recognize the need for mistakes as well as the need
to have time to process them, I am about to give you lots of mistakes. Feel
free to take your time, mull them over, ponder what the intended meaning is,
determine if the mistake was intentional and thus shows a brilliant
understanding of the English language in the use of manipulating it into an
ironic error. Or not. But at least take a moment to enjoy the beauty and
complexity of the English language.
Mistakes My Students
Make
(and how thankful I
am that they have taught me, daily, the importance of making mistakes)
“Avoid monotony so that you can be held clearly.”
Yes
indeed, a boring, monotonous life probably does hinder my chances of being
held.
“The speaker is supposed to dress representable because the
audience sometimes can get bold because of your dressing.”
Hmm..‘bold’
and ‘dressing’ sounds like something for a salad.
“There are a lot of students just loitering around the
compass.”
Gravitated
toward due north?
“Punctuation: Every word should be punctual to grab
listeners attention.”
Punctuality
is very important. If words are late, the joke falls flat. Well done.
“Some students as well gain experience in football which can
help them in the future such as football players, coaches, and ministers.”
…because
clearly God is a football fan!
“Sometimes when the chemicals are too much or too little,
the body of the body of the animal reacts in a different way and it might even
cause a certain type of disease or even the animal itself might mutate into a
different animal.”
Animals
mutating into different animals? A+
“Secondly, the library, this is where books are found.”
Too
much brilliance and innovation in this sentence to take it in all at once.
Or…Wait. A. Second. I already knew that! Cloaking the obvious in a topic
sentence…you had me fooled for a minute.
“Respect for animals, they have also light to live although they
say no man is an island.”
A
John Donne reference gone so very wrong.
“Hook is the first sentence of you statement which talkes
about the baby.”
Yes,
yes of course. Everyone knows The Baby.
“Hook is a fancy sentence found in the introduction part of
the essay.”
I
love this definition of a hook. Anything ‘fancy’ has my vote.
“I believe hope and trust that the issue i have raised will
be met with your quickies and most favorable response.”
I
highly doubt this person knows the alternative meaning of the word ‘quickie.’
But one would hope a quickie would be met with ‘most favorable
response.’ If not, at least it wasn’t a lot of time wasted.
And I hope that this read has been met with most favorable
response. After all, mistakes are what makes us better, if we take the time to
process them…and hopefully find humor in them.
