Dear student,

I don’t care if every professor you’ve ever had told you that you are a brilliant writer. I also don’t care whether it’s true that you have received “statewide prizes” (sic!) for your writing. I don’t care in the least that, as you point out, you are a native speaker of English while I’m not. And I really don’t care that you always believed that your essays were great. Be that all as it may, nobody will convince me that the following sentences are not completely and utterly horrible:

It should be taken into consideration that the fact that Latin America is a big and important nation is a crucial fact that is perceived by everybody on a variety of occasions that are frequently discussed, however they might say that it is not true and deny everything. Which I find wrong. Completely.

Please understand that after I was forced to read 6 pages filled with this kind of nonsense, I have to conclude that your writing awards are either non-existent or are given out by idiots.

P.S. I will die a happy person if I don’t have to explain ever again that Latin America IS NOT A BLOODY NATION!!!

8 responses to “The Semester Is Almost Over!”

  1. musteryou Avatar

    I perceive everything on a variety of occasions and frequently discuss them.

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    1. musteryou Avatar

      I’ve never denied it.

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  2. Ol. Avatar
    Ol.

    “P.S. I will die a happy person if I don’t have to explain ever again that Latin America IS NOT A BLOODY NATION!!!”

    Bolívar is crying in his grave.

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  3. visitingmissouri Avatar
    visitingmissouri

    Wait. If Europe is a nation, why isn’t Latin America? Also, I thought Latin America was one of the 50 states. Never too old to learn.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Yes, the especially gifted write, “Europe and Latin America are two nations that have had a complicated relationship. . .”

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  4. Brittany-Ann Avatar

    Granted, I’m not in the best of moods this morn, but I don’t see how you didn’t completely lose your temper on this bugger. “Brilliant writer,” my ass.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Blogging really helps. I went here and then it’s easier to be patient.

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