[BITList] Fwd: Writing Task Gems

[John Feltham]

I can vouch for these ones.

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Hi guys,



As most of you know I have recently been down to Brisbane to mark the  
Grade 12 QCS writing task. Here are some of my favourite quotes from  
students’ work that I’d like to share:



‘Lance Armstrong was the first man on the moon and he will never be  
forgotten.’



‘Mark and Bob, two young scientists, tried to figure out why. So they  
ran testes on it.’



‘But why is it some people are so uptight about punctuation? There’s  
no excitement when you arrive on time.’



‘Due to this, religions became more complex and harder to understand  
and so a new answer emerged. It was called the big band theory and  
evolution.’



‘George was like all the other human beings in the world; different to  
everyone else.’



‘So when I’m a broad, I travel.’



‘Growing up is very realistic and time consuming.’



The counting of seconds. “one.....Mr Sippy......two......Mr Sippy.”



‘He arrived on a small plane accompanied by no one but himself.’



‘I was a fluorescent adolescent, struck down by reality.’



‘The ancient Romans invented the sundial to see how much progress they  
were making when building the pyramids.’



‘the simple ignoration of the fact that our future is in  
danger.’ (I’ll say it is.)



‘One would go home with a smile on his face, while the other would  
leave glumply with nothing to show for his efforts.’



‘”Miss Alice Winchester,”, he voices in sarcastic astonishment.’



‘Marriage can provide us with a constant substitute to drugs.’



‘My wife died at birth.....our time together felt so short.’



‘The arousal level was high, which is good for fishing.’



‘There has been debate on whether schooling is the most efficient  
method of utilising people’s youth.’



‘In the famous words of King Arthur, “I have a dream.”’



Of course, although we laugh, the stark reality is that these students  
will be looking after us when we’re old. AAGH!!









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