# The latest assessment essay gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736 "2014-04-23T03:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/221 "2016-08-05T08:01:53Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > A once in a lifetime opportunity lost for a burrito. You gotta admit, as a meal on the go, a burrito is clearly superior to a horse. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/222 "2016-08-05T20:26:28Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Two more… > > * * * > > Regret is a fickled bitch. > > Jesus had to hit rock bottom before he hit the top. MMMMM Pickled Bitch, with a smattering of Jesus ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/223 "2016-08-26T01:13:04Z")
Two more from today: * * * Aspects of the car define the owner through bondage. My instrument has seen me grow. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/224 "2016-08-26T01:31:43Z")
I thought it was bondo you put on your car… ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/225 "2016-08-26T01:46:35Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > ## One from today: > > Mistakes don’t want to be made. There really is a fine line between stupid and clever. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/226 "2016-12-15T03:47:55Z")
Make of this one what you will… Christopher Columbus didn’t have the instruments to prove the earth is flat but he obtained the truth from NASA itself. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/227 "2016-12-15T04:59:11Z")
I’m trying to make anything of it and am failing. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/228 "2016-12-15T14:31:25Z")
… Huh. Makes one have more respect for NASA, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/229 "2016-12-15T22:32:50Z")
Well, yes, but that was before NASA started lying about things like moon landings and such. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/230 "2016-12-20T02:55:54Z")
I’m grading finals. You’d think multiple choice answers wouldn’t have typos, but somehow this generation manages it. One girl just couldn’t turn in a boring final, so at the end she wrote **“I,m a Stegosuar”** in a cartoon balloon, being said by a preschool drawing … of … an apatosaurus. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/231 "2016-12-20T15:48:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > … being said by a preschool drawing … of … an apatosaurus. So how did she do? Hopefully it wasn’t a biology final! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/232 "2017-02-08T20:36:13Z")
## My self esteem skyrocketed downhill. Never give up on failure. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/233 "2017-02-22T04:24:22Z")
Sir Isaac Newton didn’t invent gravity all by himself. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/234 "2017-02-22T08:25:17Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Sir Isaac Newton didn’t invent gravity all by himself. At least they didn’t write “hisself”. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/235 "2017-02-22T22:02:27Z")
“She acts like a tractor beam…” I don’t even know how to react to that. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/236 "2017-02-23T07:09:16Z")
During the Cold War era, JFK said, " we have nothing to fear but fear itself." We went out to eat at Carlo’s Jr. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/237 "2017-02-23T15:58:25Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > “She acts like a tractor beam…” I don’t even know how to react to that. What, aren’t you drawn to it? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/238 "2017-02-23T16:29:40Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Sir Isaac Newton didn’t invent gravity all by himself. I hope someone got high marks for this statement, because it is undeniably true! ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/239 "2017-02-24T04:51:15Z")
[quote=“vivalostwages, post:236, topic:686736”] During the Cold War era, JFK said, " we have nothing to fear but fear itself." To be fair, JFK was just re-tweeting ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/240 "2017-04-20T06:28:19Z")
## From yesterday: My habit is being the greatest version of myself in every possible way. * * * [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736.md?page=13)