another reason i will never be a teacher

so

i picked up a job grading papers.

no big deal, right?
it's just a bit time consuming.  which is good seeing as i need cash monies.

i just need to say that i am shocked at some of the crap that comes in.

these are college-level kids writing these papers.  i didn't think i was a good writer until i read some of this stuff.

here are just a few simple guidelines to follow:

do:
follow directions.  and then you'll get an A.

don't:
mess with the margins
mess with the font size
(i will notice!)
throw in a bunch of filler words to make your paper longer..
(I'd MUCH rather read a shorter coherent paper than a longer paper that has so many words in it that your brain may just turn to mush because of all of the extra words that really do not need to be there and that someone may put in a sentence which brings me to my next point about run on sentences.)

goo.

i now leave you with proof of the ridiculousness i get to deal with.

this is legit how one of the papers ended...

i'm sorry if this was your paper... you still got a decent grade.. but really?  boo on you painting? really?