# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/21 "2014-06-26T14:25:34Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > What’s wrong with this one? You’ve never tasted something through your nose? I think it’s provocative. It makes me say “I know that feel.” That feel? You mean feeling? Or you know how that feels? It’s not that bad a sentence, but it does sound like there were dirt-filled streets coursing through the writer’s nose. Maybe the writer was Cyrano de Bergerac. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/22 "2014-06-26T15:49:28Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > What’s wrong with this one? You’ve never tasted something through your nose? I think it’s provocative. It makes me say “I know that feel.” Yeah, I don’t particularly see the problem here with a scent coursing its way through one’s nose. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/23 "2014-06-26T20:29:29Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I do enjoy these. Even as I weep for the future of our utes. > > So if a kid is not aiming to be an english major, is he/she better or worse off scoring low on these? I know that everyone should be able to express ideas and thoughts in writing better than is often the case. I wish they would. But how does scoring low affect the average (non english major) college student, academically? We score those barely English-literate non-natives into the lowest AMLA course. There are three higher levels for AMLA. (Not all non-natives have to take AMLA, though. Some are quite good at English.) Another placement is for those who don’t have a second-language issue but are too remedial to go into the regular English classes yet. Another score is for the sentences to paragraphs class; another for paragraphs to essays; and another for essays to research paper (Freshman Comp). It doesn’t matter what their majors are. They will have to do some writing in pretty much any course, not to mention more writing if they go on to a 4-year university. Hope that helps. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/24 "2014-06-26T20:55:52Z")
Kids today have it so easy. I learned not to fear death by picking tortillas out of burning ash. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/25 "2014-07-27T17:52:21Z")
## Here are the latest: It happened slowly yet rapidly. I disagree with Hitler’s actions and the way he abused his power but I am thankful for the great amount of history he created for us to learn. The experience of eating a different culture wasn’t normal. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/26 "2014-07-27T21:35:28Z")
Well, that’s better than agreeing with Hitler’s actions but resenting all the History you have to learn because of it. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/27 "2014-07-27T22:41:40Z")
> [@](#): > > A terrorist situation in a plane is a really bad experience for everybody. Not necessarily. It might just be Cat Stevens. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/28 "2014-07-28T00:20:25Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > The experience of eating a different culture wasn’t normal. I want your job! Please keep posting these - they are all making me laugh out loud. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/29 "2014-07-28T00:58:09Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > I want your job! > > Please keep posting these - they are all making me laugh out loud. 😃 I am scheduled for two more readings sessions this week, so I will do my best to bring home some goodies! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/30 "2014-07-28T12:48:41Z")
Eating a whole culture might cause some serious gas… ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/31 "2014-07-28T15:21:13Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > The experience of eating a different culture wasn’t normal. Quite right. Stick with the yoghurt you know. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/32 "2014-07-28T16:36:48Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Eating a whole culture might cause some serious gas… > [@WotNot](#): > > Quite right. Stick with the yoghurt you know. Support bacteria! It’s the only culture some people have. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/33 "2014-08-01T02:16:38Z")
## The ones from today are not error-ridden, necessarily, but they are…intriguing. My grandpa always said, “There’s nothing new under the sun,” except the iPhone. Besides the gangs, police harassment, and fights, I liked my neighborhood. I got pregnant with my two and a half year old baby boy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/34 "2014-08-01T02:44:04Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > It has always been a wondering thought to wonder and to feel the emotions the people must have felt when JFK was shot by his wife and all the people that surrounded him. Wake up, sheeple. Oswald was just a patsy for the real killers. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/35 "2014-08-01T02:47:33Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Besides the gangs, police harassment, and fights, I liked my neighborhood. One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. - Jane Austen ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/36 "2014-08-02T07:23:21Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I disagree with Hitler’s actions and the way he abused his power but I am thankful for the great amount of history he created for us to learn. Thanks, Hitler! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/37 "2014-08-02T09:13:24Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I disagree with Hitler’s actions and the way he abused his power but I am thankful for the great amount of history he created for us to learn. That’s not an essay answer. That’s the History Channel’s business plan. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/38 "2014-08-02T17:31:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s not an essay answer. That’s the History Channel’s business plan. Alas, the days of the Hitler Channel are now gone. It’s now the fuckin’ Ancient Aliens Channel occasionally interrupted by a Pawn Stars marathon. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/39 "2014-08-08T21:55:40Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Alas, the days of the Hitler Channel are now gone. It’s now the fuckin’ Ancient Aliens Channel occasionally interrupted by a Pawn Stars marathon. And that continues to piss me right off. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/40 "2014-08-08T22:50:43Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > And that continues to piss me right off. Just watch the network. This way you’ll learn not to fear death. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736.md?page=3)