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Does anyone else think it's ironic how Chris' essay resembles some of the defining moments of World War II?
If by you mean it's a failure and has been put on paper, much like the Treaty of Versailles then yes.
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Does anyone else think it's ironic how Chris' essay resembles some of the defining moments of World War II?
Pure Honor Roll material, ladies and gentlemen.
As in... Much like a wartime atrocity, you just try to get through it alive and afterward you try to pick up the pieces but you know you will never be whole again?
My Sophomore year in high school our big English assignment of the year (or at least the second semester) was a research paper. We could choose whatever subject we wanted so long as it met the criteria for length, formatting, and was well-read in front of the class. I remember some moron did his about aliens, wrote it on notebook paper instead of typing it out, it was obviously way too short, and instead of reading it to us he just summarized his paper. I imagine that whatever he actually wrote was quite similar to this.
I can't believe he actually used "Ricardo" though. We already knew he was very proud of his basic Spanish, but I didn't think it extended to (trying to) using it in his other classes. I bet he signed all of his assignments "Ricardo" for a while.
As the CWCki points out, Chris has lingering attachments to the last time he was really able to get out and have a meaningful social life, even if his gal pals were "hired help" as he put it. So it comes as no surprise that a nickname intended to be used just for some Spanish classes would be cherished for life, like the High School Ring, his memories of his "gal pals", his yearbook, and apparently even his classwork that skyraider91 obtained, etc.I can't believe he actually used "Ricardo" though.
My Sophomore year in high school our big English assignment of the year (or at least the second semester) was a research paper. We could choose whatever subject we wanted so long as it met the criteria for length, formatting, and was well-read in front of the class. I remember some moron did his about aliens, wrote it on notebook paper instead of typing it out, it was obviously way too short, and instead of reading it to us he just summarized his paper. I imagine that whatever he actually wrote was quite similar to this.
I can't believe he actually used "Ricardo" though. We already knew he was very proud of his basic Spanish, but I didn't think it extended to (trying to) using it in his other classes. I bet he signed all of his assignments "Ricardo" for a while.
I forgot my nickname for my foreign language classes, if I even had one.
Do you use it as part of your full name?My nickname was 'Leetle 'Orreur' in my French class.
Hopefully I'm not derailing the thread here, but I thought that the "chan" was either an attempt at putting a Japanese honorific on his name (which is normally used for girls, children, pets, and lovers (I'm not sure about the last one though)), or "chan" like in "Jackie Chan", IIRC.Tbh, Chris's claim to be an Honor Roll student has been seriously in question ever since he spelled his name out loud as C-H-I-S-C-H-A-N.
Hopefully I'm not derailing the thread here, but I thought that the "chan" was either an attempt at putting a Japanese honorific on his name (which is normally used for girls, children, pets, and lovers (I'm not sure about the last one though)), or "chan" like in "Jackie Chan", IIRC.
Didn't these girls tell him he was a creep or something?As the CWCki points out, Chris has lingering attachments to the last time he was really able to get out and have a meaningful social life, even if his gal pals were "hired help" as he put it. So it comes as no surprise that a nickname intended to be used just for some Spanish classes would be cherished for life, like the High School Ring, his memories of his "gal pals", his yearbook, and apparently even his classwork that skyraider91 obtained, etc.
I forgot my nickname for my foreign language classes, if I even had one.
I don't find Chris' random use of Spanish as insulting, but it is out of place and random, especially when it's in English classwork. Now if I were Japanese, I just might be offended at the "barbarians" part.
It would be perfect with some dramatic music playing in the background, like this one, or this one, for example.Okay, so
I've got a Masters in History. After recovering from my initial reaction to seeing this paper, I had to make an official recording of it.
So,
A very quick, and I hope, fitting dramatic reading/ documentary film based on Chris' writing.
God help me, God help us all.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=riWaFtW2qXg
I thought it was just his last name shortened. Just like how Chris is short for Christian in this case.Hopefully I'm not derailing the thread here, but I thought that the "chan" was either an attempt at putting a Japanese honorific on his name (which is normally used for girls, children, pets, and lovers (I'm not sure about the last one though)), or "chan" like in "Jackie Chan", IIRC.