Is the Bible the WORD of God or the WORD of Satan?

Story read and appreciated... and considered plausible, but it's a damned good insult either way

That type of thing happened to me at university, which was annoying...

But, when getting kiddies to write a persuasive/argumentative essay, my focus was on teaching them how to write a persuasive argument, not how to make me happy by tickling my ears. I would make comments about student ideas at times, but *never* in relation to their test score. It is unprofessional and far too common though, for teachers to mark kids on the ideas they present, as opposed to how they present them. That is why a lot of kids 'stick to the script' and give teachers ear candy. Sadly, this does nothing to help kids develop critical thinking skills.

Since we're already so horrifically off-topic...let me tell you about my English 103 course.

This was back in '96 so no Google - the intent of writing the paper was partly English and partly research. We were learning to research using the internet.

First we had to choose topics which he had to approve. My topic was "Who built the pyramids?" Obviously, he approved it. I did my research, explored a few very different theories and wrote my conclusion...that no one knows and there's a wide range or speculation.

I got a C+ on it. The teacher's notes said the essay was inconclusive. Was he expecting me to actually solve the mystery? Why in the world did he allow me to write on that topic if he wanted it to be conclusive?!?

That bothered me for a while but then I realized that this was the same guy who would show up 10 minutes late for class (that he taught) because "the sun was shining."