I have a weakness for a well-timed witticism. And this one would have gotten a chuckle in an Age of Enlightenment London coffeehouse, which is my personal gold standard for such things. Of course, first you’d have to explain Marxism to those guys…
Teacher on phone: You got 4pts off b/c you did not capitalize Communism.
Her (12): Communists reject capitalism.
*silence*— Sarah Hodsdon (@sarahndipitous) October 11, 2016
‘s marxism, though, so .. give her two points back, take one away, and give it to the rest of the class.
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Mew
My late history professor once told me that, on a bunch of French Revolution IDs, one student identified Danton as “the protagonist in the play ‘Danton’s Death'”. He gave the guy half credit for chutzpah.
I kind of love that kid.
I’d have given her full credit for that answer, with possible extra credit.