Best Sentences of the Semester

"The ability to manipulate people threw he say/she say I believe is amazing."
-From a student looking forward to a career in law, he didn't specify which side.

"There was a time, like in the 1800s, when women were not valued for their beauty."
-Written in test essay in purple pen.

"Boy was u wrong."
-Why this would ever need to be written in even a quasi-academic paper puzzles me.

"But now that I have had time to reflect, I now see how it has been detrimental to my success in my first semester of college."
-In an essay on how x program HELPED him. Right click, synonym...not antonym.

Shopping for Chotchkies

As much as I hate supporting the school bookstore, they have some wonderful crap for those who are more inclined to eccentric (i.e. ridiculous or odd) gifts (i.e. academics, specifically anthropologists).

Essays

My students are struggling with the concept of identify AND explain.

I am struggling with the concept of describing " your motivation, academic preparation, and aptitude for graduate study...describe your academic plans and research interests, your specialization within your academic field, your research experiences and your career goals." in 500 words.