Before asking this question on a mini-quiz, I told students how much it annoys me when they start an answer with “it’s when.” I even wrote “it’s when” on the board and crossed it out.
“If I see anybody tell me that modernism “it’s when”, I will become rabid and bite you all,” I warned them.
Of course, on the mini-quiz, 4 students told me that modernism “it’s when.”
I thought that was bad until I saw that 2 students answered the question with “modernism is a person.”
I thought that was the worst possible answer until I saw that 1 student answered the question with “Modernism is a person called Juan.” That was it. The answer ended after “Juan.” Of course, I wondered why modernism’s name was Juan and not, say, Pedro or Josefina. But that will remain a mystery, I guess.
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