As you may have noticed, I’ve been posting a number of quotes from my students that I have had building up on my desk, but hadn’t bothered to post. I thought I should include the (written) response to a question that I asked my sophomores about Julius Caesar (with all spelling and grammar left intact):
Q. What do you think is the most important theme in Julius Caesar?
A. ARR. I think that the most important theme in da story be that the scallywag Brutus wish to slit his own mates throat. This be a mutanis act ARR It makes me sicker than a fresh pair of legs on the sea to see how far ye yong men fall.