being a TA

the number of written tests i've graded today with really poor spelling frightens me.

and makes me wonder how they graduated from high school.

...and how they got into college.
autocorrect and spellcheck aren't going to save you, you morons.



"suizide" (i hate you.)
"scull" (more than one student spells it this way)
"testimnt"
"Bysatene" (instead of Byzantine)
"Bysanteen"
"ivery"
"juxtupostition"
"corination"
"Carolynin" (instead of Carolingian)
"idol" instead of "idle"
"atention"
"verticaly"
"galery"
"leters"
"ribon"
"figuars" (x2)
"aparent"
"beirds" (WTF beards??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? beirds is not easier than beards)
"bounsing"
"reprisenting"
"bowel" (instead of bowl!)
"comiting"
"crusifiction"
"moseich"
"serface"
"chiping"
"techneque"
"wich"
"wiggal"
"agains" (meant against)
"circomescribable"
"devel" (who doesn't know how to spell devil?)
"miricles"
randow (the m is upside down, it's ok)
sensasion
acoplated (I think they meant accompanied)
"coopersmiths" (i don't even know what they are talking about)

my social/love life

things i thought as a child

i would watch Full House and Step by Step every week day after school when i lived in Victoria, BC. why was there always snow in the thanksgiving episodes??? why would it be thanksgiving and they would always be talking about "the holidays" and Christmas? they were getting way ahead of themselves because thanksgiving is on the second monday in october! sheesh.





another thing i would wonder was when my mom would say "up and at 'em!" i would wonder what Adam had to do with me getting up. and was Eve coming too?