It's a very Vincent update!
I've told you about my student named Vincent before: the reigning Scattegories champ and all around crazy human being. He's reached all new levels of insanity. He has taken to referring to himself exclusively as Vincent Van Gogh. I also gave him my email address recently because I agreed to help him find an English song. He had heard the song in passing, and wanted to try to find the title. Since then, he has enlisted my help in various insane quests for song titles or other assorted nonsense trivia.
Today the students in his class all turned in an assignment. The topic was simply "compare two things." We were talking about the structure of an essay in which you talk about the similarities and differences of two things. The original prompt was to compare two movies, but Vincent insisted on writing about something else. So I told the class they could write about whatever as long as they compared and contrasted two things. Vincent was the only one who did not write about movies or TV shows. Here's exactly what he wrote, and I feel that it really demonstrates what a smart, perceptive, and crazy student he is.
TWO DOGS I HAD by Vincent Van Gogh
I had two dogs. Their names were Choboek and Malboek. Both of them were young and noisy. They liked sleeping and hated washing. I had to use some violence, and they resisted a lot. They were born on the same day, and there was always something in their mouth. Their names means almost same thing.
Although these two dogs seem similar, they were very different. Choboek was female. She really hated me. She always bit and clawed me and never listened to me. Her favorite food was leaves. Her name means the first day of dog days.
Malboek was male. He always followed me and gave me his food when there was no one around me. He always try to avoid my father. Even though he always got something in his mouth, he didn't eat a lot. His eyes were really frustrated. His name means the the last day of dog days.
I didn't like Choboek, I even suggested my family to COOK her in the first dog day-but I only had a chicken on dog days. Now my family gave them to friends, but I do not miss them (!).
Today the students in his class all turned in an assignment. The topic was simply "compare two things." We were talking about the structure of an essay in which you talk about the similarities and differences of two things. The original prompt was to compare two movies, but Vincent insisted on writing about something else. So I told the class they could write about whatever as long as they compared and contrasted two things. Vincent was the only one who did not write about movies or TV shows. Here's exactly what he wrote, and I feel that it really demonstrates what a smart, perceptive, and crazy student he is.
TWO DOGS I HAD by Vincent Van Gogh
I had two dogs. Their names were Choboek and Malboek. Both of them were young and noisy. They liked sleeping and hated washing. I had to use some violence, and they resisted a lot. They were born on the same day, and there was always something in their mouth. Their names means almost same thing.
Although these two dogs seem similar, they were very different. Choboek was female. She really hated me. She always bit and clawed me and never listened to me. Her favorite food was leaves. Her name means the first day of dog days.
Malboek was male. He always followed me and gave me his food when there was no one around me. He always try to avoid my father. Even though he always got something in his mouth, he didn't eat a lot. His eyes were really frustrated. His name means the the last day of dog days.
I didn't like Choboek, I even suggested my family to COOK her in the first dog day-but I only had a chicken on dog days. Now my family gave them to friends, but I do not miss them (!).