Student writing

As much as I dislike the time it takes to mark writing assignments, I do quite enjoy some of the way things are written. On the first day of class I had one student interview me because of the odd numbers in the class. His paragraph was quite well written, but I was surprised to read that he wrote I was living with my husband and two daughters. This came from me telling him in the interview that I had two sisters. He apologized profusely when I explained the error to him. I did however ask him to make the correction before we put up in the hallway.

It doesn't quite compare with the wonderful sentence from last term in a student's 'All about me' paragraph which read; "When I am young, I always stay in everyday with my mother, and I don't like talking to other people, so I think I am not outgoing, and I am not good at intercourse." Sometimes electronic dictionaries are not your friend.