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thedash !DPTEjK9PcE Thu Mar 24 07:08:36 2011 No.2764124 [View]
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>12th grade extension English class
>talking about poetry, specifically a line: "the rain on the tin roof sounded like a machine gun"
>teacher asks about what the composer meant by this simile
>class of bright students give thoughtful answers about fear connotations and extending a war metaphor.
>teacher says they are wrong
>more good answers
>teacher still says wrong
>1/2 an hour later teacher explodes in exasperation: "ITS BECAUSE THE SOUND OF RAIN AND THE SOUND OF A GUN ARE SIMILAR"
>whole class fw

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 15 05:08:28 2010 No.1756774 [View] File: 11 KB, 357x267, patrck-1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1756347

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