It can be frustrating, yet fun, when a student confuses the source of a quotation. After reading Clarence Walker's
Mongrel Nation, a student attributed the following to none other than Thomas Jefferson:
The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice
I want a black woman for my own special use.
I need wine. Lots of wine.
3 comments:
Oh.
My.
God.
Hah! That just made my whole evening. Heck, my whole week.
At least it had a reference. You should see the essays (community college) I get to grade.
I empathize with you!
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