Depending on the field you're teaching, you could offer the student extra credit if s/he re-writes that play as a sonnet...
Would I have sooner seen the due-date printed And would the mid September leaves so gold Have waited on the branch while proffies hinted And fallen not till you the paper hold
Alas the biting winds of cold November Have blown them, time swept, here upon the grass Methinks that F is "fail" and D "December" Two simple letters meet the year to pass
Would not a second chance be in the making If I'd approach you, master, at your door And like the Tempest's Caliban me licking Your boots, me grov'ling lowly on the floor?
'Tis bold to bear your foretold "no" so surely So cold to hear the fallen leaves so clearly
And Bravo to MM&M, both for the playlet, and for the succinct answer to the student (I almost always come down at the same place, but I spend a lot of time explaining *why* it makes no sense for the student to do the assignment and/or me to give credit for it now).
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Depending on the field you're teaching, you could offer the student extra credit if s/he re-writes that play as a sonnet...
ReplyDeleteWould I have sooner seen the due-date printed
And would the mid September leaves so gold
Have waited on the branch while proffies hinted
And fallen not till you the paper hold
Alas the biting winds of cold November
Have blown them, time swept, here upon the grass
Methinks that F is "fail" and D "December"
Two simple letters meet the year to pass
Would not a second chance be in the making
If I'd approach you, master, at your door
And like the Tempest's Caliban me licking
Your boots, me grov'ling lowly on the floor?
'Tis bold to bear your foretold "no" so surely
So cold to hear the fallen leaves so clearly
Middle-Aged: AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteAdjunctSlave: WINNING.
*standing ovation*
ReplyDeleteBravo! Bravo! Encore! Encore!
I was almost moved to pity for the student, such is the power of your poetry words.
ReplyDeleteDr. Jekyll: Bravo! I laughed, I cried, I spit out my cereal!
ReplyDeleteProf. Hyde: I especially enjoyed the jarring conclusion, which reminded me of "Bambi Meets Godzilla".
AdjunctSlave is a poet! Who knew?
ReplyDeleteAnd Bravo to MM&M, both for the playlet, and for the succinct answer to the student (I almost always come down at the same place, but I spend a lot of time explaining *why* it makes no sense for the student to do the assignment and/or me to give credit for it now).
Move over Shakespeare.
ReplyDeleteWow, AS, that was fabulous!
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