Going through the reports as a student tutor can sometimes (read: most of the damn time) be very frustrating. But, just like how some people have to take things as they come and see even humour in death, like Six Feet Under, there are times when we just have to sit back and see the humour in our jobs.
This comes, often, in the form of interestingly phrased sentences (read: odd humour) that, when the mind is extremely tired and overused, inspires fascinating and very amusing pictures.
Take for instance:
"[Parents should make] children put their seat belts on before they accelerate."
Reading this had me picturing children strapped down to a seat, running for their lives with a speed-o-meter in hand. Why, there goes Road Runner! Nay, there goes the Accelerating Child! And look! He runs while strapped to a chair! Road safety indeed.
Then there's:
"Mobile phone users become younger every day."
Jesus, and all this time we've been fooled into thinking that we had no way to reverse time for ourselves! Forget the fountain of youth, forget cryogenic sleep, forget facial creams and time travel; now all one has to do to reverse the flow of time for yourselves is to rely on your ever ready, handy, mobile phone with its guaranteed radiation!
And lastly:
"[An idea] that makes our views change into another pathway."
I shall allow that one to stand on it's own.
With this, I regretfully inform my small gathering of readers (can the number of people who read this blog even be considered a 'gathering'?) that I have doomed myself even more--for now I ready myself to mark EP101 papers!
Aspirin? Check. Will? Check. Crematorium booking? Check. Doom? Check...
Monday, November 24, 2008
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