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[limr11]

Out of curiosity, what is the age bracket of the people writing this stuff?

Just out of high school or a couple of years out. Some of these come from student who were already enrolled, and some came from their entrance essays. The community college has open admissions, so their entrance essays are really placement essays to see if they are ready for basic English 101 or if they need remedial work. Oops, sorry, I'm supposed to call it "developmental" work now. I'm one of the regular readers of those placement exams. I'm usually there as an ESL reader but I've also taught the "regular" classes. And all of us read both ESL and native-speaker essays anyway because each essay has to be read at least twice for 2 readers to agree on placement.

At least 60-70% of our applicants need some sort of remedial work, either in reading, writing, math, a combination of those, or all of those.

 

[snerd]

Are you ready for this...I don't drink coffee!!

 

[sm4him]

Did You Know...

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

 

[Gary A.]

I make my coffee in a French press as well, Gary. Though I clean it the night before and don't have veggies to dump the grounds on.

I have a lot of food growing in the back. I haven't purchased any salad greens in years. The French Press makes a great cup o' coffee and it's pretty green (environmentally).

 

[snowbear95]

I like turtles.

 

[mishele]

 

[snowbear95]

and Chicken. I like chicken, too.

 

[snowbear95]

As long as the chicken is cooked.

 

[snowbear95]

Oh, and bacon. Mishele's bacon.

 

[limr11]

I make my coffee in a French press as well, Gary. Though I clean it the night before and don't have veggies to dump the grounds on.

I have a lot of food growing in the back. I haven't purchased any salad greens in years. The French Press makes a great cup o' coffee and it's pretty green (environmentally).

I would love a garden, but I don't like gardening and my thumb is most certainly the very opposite of green. Seriously. I've killed cacti.

When I win the lottery, I will most certainly hire a gardener to help me grow my own food. In the meantime, I make do with farmers' markets.

 

[limr11]

And by "help me grown my own food" I mean "grow the food for me."

 

[sm4him]

I like food.

 

[Gary A.]

And I have a burr grinder, which I adore.

Dishes are done and the coffee is seeping. I had one also ... it was loud and electric. I spend a year looking for a hand crank puppy. Every few months I do a little research. Finally picked up a Zassenhaus. Does a great job of grinding, from French Press to espresso, it does it all. Every now and then I think about getting a coffee plant ... I guess they're a shrub.

 

[sm4him]

And I like turtles, too.

 

[sm4him]

But I don't especially like turtles as food.