Comments on: El Niño is coming

El Niño is coming

jmgorman — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:31:49 -0800

El Niño is Spanish. Like all things spanish, it is dangerous.

By: jmgorman

jmgorman — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:32:43 -0800

This kid is brilliant. And you people say that our educators aren't doing a good job.

By: jmccorm

jmccorm — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:40:16 -0800

I saw this on "the pile". It was highly rated. I'm crying laughing reading it a second time. I'm trying to figure out what grade level this is.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:42:02 -0800

Metafilter kills people and knocks down trees.

By: carter

carter — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:44:37 -0800

If this is a joke, it's uncomfortably close to the real thing. You can see this stuff all the time as it emerges from the communal laser printers in the university library. One of my favourites was a philosophy class review of "Being There" which included a sentence that ran something like "Jesus was a very talented person who could walk on water and do other clever things." I should have kept it.

By: andycoan

andycoan — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:53:32 -0800

In this dog-eat-dog workaday world of academics, professors and the like, essay writing is on the decline.

By: sklero

sklero — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:55:10 -0800

Ahhh...takes me back to my days working as a test scorer. I had piles of post-its of choice quotes from papers very much like this one.

By: keswick

keswick — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:00:08 -0800

"I am El Nino! All other tropical storms must bow before me! For those of you who don't habla espanol, El Nino is spanish for..... THE NINO!"

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:07:12 -0800

people say that our educators aren't doing a good job. ...then again the guy could be stoned.

By: carter

carter — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:15:37 -0800

Al Nino, on the other hand, is upset.

By: faithnomore

faithnomore — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:15:59 -0800

I believe this kid has a shot at becoming President.

By: azul

azul — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:17:33 -0800

This whole thing vaguely reminds me of the Star Wars Kid.

By: Triplanetary

Triplanetary — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:30:50 -0800

Jeremy clearly has a future in beatnik poetry.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:40:47 -0800

"In Peru, they have many names for many things." Reminds me of an old Steve Martin bit, something about how those French have a different word for everything. You know, I had a student like this, in Freshman English. I didn't want to suppress his creativity, but, on the other hand, I didn't want him to fail any other English class he might have in the future. He'd write hilarious, creative things, but totally off the topic. I tried to help him rein it in a bit, without squashing his enthusiasm for writing. I wonder what ever happened to that guy.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:42:51 -0800

Good god that's awesome. Thanks. Made my day.

By: synecdoche

synecdoche — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:54:13 -0800

This made me laugh. How old is this student? It eerily reminds me of marking first year University English papers last semester.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:54:43 -0800

Metafilter: Please a litte less drama.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:55:10 -0800

"little" argh.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:56:59 -0800

Beautiful! Someone get this kid a MeFi account.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:59:01 -0800

These things are to the east. Of the water. If we had names for these types of people, it would be "fishermen". But we don't. Metafilter: This is only one step beyond rambling and babbling.

By: furiousthought

furiousthought — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:30:29 -0800

Jeremy Lavine is my new writing god.

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:50:34 -0800

Here in this workaday world of double-posts and newsfilter links, this is a great find. Thanks!

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:52:01 -0800

Metafilter: Will knock down the tree and knock down your soul. Yeah, baby.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:54:24 -0800

O. Henry!

By: jmccorm

jmccorm — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:02:03 -0800

Okay. "Period 3". This sounds like high school work.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:20:31 -0800

It reminds me a lot of these essays.

By: CrunchyFrog

CrunchyFrog — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:28:12 -0800

carter: One of my favourites was a philosophy class review of "Being There" which included a sentence that ran something like "Jesus was a very talented person who could walk on water and do other clever things." I should have kept it. He walked on the water And swam on the land He would tell these stories And people would listen He was really cool If you were blind or lame You just went to Jesus And he would put his hands on you And you would be healed That's so cool (from from Jesus Was Way Cool by King Missile)

By: Sellersburg/Speed

Sellersburg/Speed — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:51:03 -0800

At their own peril!!!!!

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:07:47 -0800

How old is this student? This child is more than a child. It really isn't a child at all. It is a storm. A deadly storm that kills people and burns down trees.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:10:26 -0800

I think it's a fake, myself, but it's funny.

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:11:37 -0800

A deadly storm that kills languages and burns down brains.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:42:39 -0800

I think it's a fake Why are the essays not centered? Doesn't seem Jeremy takes pride in his work, so why post it on the net. Notice he ramble on about the god(s) in his essays. What class is this? not English. As the teacher offers no writing skill solutions. Whom smoked out the preacher's kid.

By: wantwit

wantwit — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:53:05 -0800

hey, that kid plagiarised me! little does he know I am spanish! and like all things spanish...