FYI May 15, 2014 By Siobhan Curious in education, learning, literacy, teaching, writing Tags: composition, essay writing 9 Comments Dear Composition 101 students: “YOLO” is not a topic sentence. Share this:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related
ugh. Luckily as a peer writing tutor I have never come across that. How sad is the education system now that students are that inept at writing? Reply
Hahahhahaha! It was better referred to as carpe diem, kids :). Stop using YOLO and no more LOL, IDK or numbers in words. I h8 it. Reply
Also in this category: “Student, if you say ‘swag’ one more time, I will slap you with a dictionary until you can describe someone with a word you’re not using incorrectly and ironically (although you don’t know what that means either).” Reply
Classroom as Microcosm 
I don”t even know what YOLO means.
You Only Live Once. My favorite is when people use “LOL” in a formal proposal or resume.
Wow. That just blows my mind.
ugh. Luckily as a peer writing tutor I have never come across that. How sad is the education system now that students are that inept at writing?
And don’t forget the topic sentence “Today I’m going to write about…”
sometimes I want to file a missing person’s report for the time I lose reading awful papers
Hahahhahaha! It was better referred to as carpe diem, kids :). Stop using YOLO and no more LOL, IDK or numbers in words. I h8 it.
Also in this category:
“Student, if you say ‘swag’ one more time, I will slap you with a dictionary until you can describe someone with a word you’re not using incorrectly and ironically (although you don’t know what that means either).”
Oooh, fantastic! I have yet to come across that one.