{"id":63,"date":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yule-tide.generalsemiotics.net\/index.php\/2013\/05\/17\/post-56-english-contempt-contest\/"},"modified":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"post-56-english-contempt-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/2013\/05\/17\/post-56-english-contempt-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-56: Contest of Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"
The essay assignment was to write about “your study plans for high school”.<\/p>\n

A 9th-grade boy in E1 class (the same boy, incidentally, as was mentioned in post-21<\/a>, who volunteered to go scold another class<\/span>) wrote an essay which included the following:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I want to go to the good high school. It’s because I want to success my life. So I should go to the<\/span>
<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>good high school. If I want to go to the high school. I should get a good grade for every <\/span>tests. So
<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>I should study very hard. And I should take part in english contempt contests and <\/strong><\/span>math <\/strong><\/span>c<\/strong><\/span><\/span>ontempt <\/strong><\/span>
<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>contests<\/strong> and other subjects contempt contests. Then I should get many certificate of awards.<\/span><\/em>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>I imagine a stage surrounded by a large, hooting audience and a panel of distinguished judges. One contestant at a time goes on stage, and is given a minute or two to display their contempt for English.<\/p>\n

Possible judge banter: <\/span><\/span>“Yeah, that one seems quite annoyed; he clearly dislikes English a fair bit — 60 points.” \/ “Goodness! That girl’s arm-waving and shouting shows the sincerity of her contempt. Don’t you think? — 85 points.” \/ “Oh my. Burning an effigy of Shakespeare on stage and using the pages of an unabridged Oxford dictionary as kindling, all while shouting damnations upon Geoffrey Chaucer — That kid really…hates <\/em>English. 95 points!”<\/span><\/p>\n

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[ I cannot guess what the student actually wanted to say<\/span>. <\/font>I highly doubt it was “contempt”]<\/font>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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