Below are sentences taken from students at the college where I teach composition. It is a collection of sentences, either spoken or written, that have made me laugh or provided me some mild amusement for one reason or another.
"The culture is vastly different in India. For example, they wake up at the butt crack of dawn every day."
--Essay
"While being sexually abused is a nightmare for some, for others it could be a dream come true."-- Essay
"I need to make up my essay."
"Which one?"
"All of them." --The week before finals
"People should be grateful for what they have even if they are crippled. They should just limp along and be happy." --Discussion comment
"I'm L.D."--side note on essay
"Healthy food is too expensive. It seems like the poor have little choice but to eat junk food and live a life of obesity." --essay
"In my opinion, spider webs are annoying and serve no purpose." --essay
"Over time, I have come to discover that there are many animals out there."--essay
"At the end of a page, I think I'll make a little arrow in case Mrs. Garland doesn't know she needs to turn the page."-- apparent thoughts of quite a few
"my crazy heck tick life..." --essay
"I also like how important the brain is to psychology." --essay
"Not everyone can be patient with creating food and find it a waste of time." --essay
"Knee surgeries are not as fun as they look." --essay
"Bravery takes a little bit of courage." --essay
"Typically, there are very stupid people in the world today." --essay
"Beauty should not be taken to an extreme." --essay
"Parents often dread the day they are put into a nursing home or become completely dependent on their grown child or caregiver." --first sentence of an essay
