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Dual

Dual

RIP Karl 1991-2014
So, I have a Filipino girl's essay to peer review; I'm supposed to email her. But, OMFG her syntax is tortured like you wouldn't believe. I wouldn't even know where to begin, and coming right out to say that would feel mean. It's really all moot since the content (what little is comprehensible, anyway) is pretty much entirely missing the point.

What say you, Tea Room? Should I send a blanket, "Looks good, keep it up," affirmation, or actually try to help? I'm leaning towards the former. :S:
 
How much do you feel like helping her?

If she's headed for a D or an F or something, you should probably tactfully tell her that she needs more help than you can really provide. If not, you could either come up with a limited list of easy-to-understand ways she could improve things, or you could just say "fuck it" and reply "looks good lol! :)."
 
FBI parte due said:
How much do you feel like helping her?

If she's headed for a D or an F or something, you should probably tactfully tell her that she needs more help than you can really provide. If not, you could either come up with a limited list of easy-to-understand ways she could improve things, or you could just say "fuck it" and reply "looks good lol! :)."
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Already fired off the lols!

Now I'm reading the second of three essays, and the stupid fucker is just writing about his strategy for dating. As for how that's even remotely topical, I have no idea. :S:
 
And lucky #3 begins with this opening statement: "Human thought has been at the center of several studies since the time of Socrates."

I almost feel like scanning these and posting them, but that might be just a bit too evil.
 
I would love to read all 3 of these. You should/could email them to me. I'll help you edit. ;)

I am curiuos, does the teacher take into account the Filipino girl's difficulty with the english language?
 
I often write on a critique that the author needs to work on the mechanics - grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization. More than likely she wrote the paper in her native language then translated it online into English. The free translation services help but leave a lot to be desired.
 
Dual said:
And lucky #3 begins with this opening statement: "Human thought has been at the center of several studies since the time of Socrates."

I almost feel like scanning these and posting them, but that might be just a bit too evil.
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Hell, that gave me a headache reading that.
 
Unless you want to have sex with that girl in the near future, I'd say tell her the truth. It's a hard lesson, but at least she'll have time enough to hire a ghostwriter before submitting the essay (and don't you dare write that for her unless she pays for it one way or another).
If you give her the 'looks good' and she gets an F, you will never live it down, so you can just as well be honest.
 
Misdirect her translations vis a vis Monty Python's "And Now For Somehing Completely Different".
 
Nah, I sent the obligatory, "looks gud lolz." It'll be great when half the class clears out after these essays are graded.
 
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