April 19, 2008

Persecuted by The Beatles

A friend writes: today I’m scoring essays for AP English exams, and here’s my favorite quote so far:

The author seems to think all teenagers are criminals with communist leanings. In fact, I would go so far as to call him the McCartney of our era.

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  1. Cindy Scroggins on April 19th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    My favorite phrase used recently by one of Daryl’s students (a university student, remember):

    Amoebic Pentameter

  2. Deron Bauman on April 19th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    sweet jesus.

  3. India on April 19th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    Is that the same as free verse?

  4. Daryl Scroggins on April 19th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Is that the same as free verse?

    possibly; or maybe it’s just a drivel of dysentery.

  5. Sheila Ryan on April 19th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    Iambic Panopticon.

  6. Sheila Ryan on April 19th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    Forgive me, please, for that last bit of foolery. I do not dismiss lightly the threat of McCartneyism.

  7. Deron Bauman on April 19th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    girl. you’re going to carry that weight a long time.

  8. Sheila Ryan on April 19th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    Don’t you know it. How do I sleep?, I ask myself.

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