today students said to me, "The Ring (a new feature length horror movie) made me afraid to watch my television," and "The Ring made me laugh because it was, like, hello? That's so not even possible." but they liked me today--they really liked me!--because, in giving examples meant to illustrate why they should cite their sources in case someone wanted to challenge what they said, i had this to show them:
Nancy Reagan writes in her memoir that "My biggest regret is the war on drugs. How was I to know when I coined the slogan 'Just say no' that Ronny and I would one day enjoy mainlining the Horse, that sweet, sweet heroin?" --- Term paper on Nancy Reagan.
the students said, "Did you really get a term paper that said that?" i let them believe, as a way of enhancing the mystery of the world. anyway, in story truth--as opposed to happening truth--i have received plenty of term papers that said just that.
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