Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been made in these columns many times, and it deserves to be made again. If there is any educational value at all in the business of taking examinations, a large part of it is lost when a student can not find out what was good and what was poor in his paper...
...Harvard examination papers. That is, to judge by the quality of the writing. The sort of English that characterizes most examinations ought to make even the most hard-bitten English A instructors shriek with shame. The time pressure inherent in the examination system causes a good bit of the poor writing, but at least some of it is due to carelessness. Authors of flagrant examples of careless writing--grotesque grammar, bizarre vocabulary, murky syntax-- should be reported without compunction to the Faculty Committee on the Use of English by Students. The Committee exists in order to take care of just...
...nice time playing games. I liked the ice cream and candy and cookies and ginger ale. I liked the Christmas presents. I had fun with the magic art game, thank you for everything. I sent the car as a white rapped gift over to Europe for the poor children. see you next year. wright soon. Sencurly yours...
...thank-you for those presents. gee that party wase so nice wish we could have one every day. my presents were so nice. and the goodies were good too. When Claudia broke the bag the nuts came tumbling down on my head. the chair game was nice too. poor me got left out. all the teachers was nice to us. and all the teachers were pretty too. I had presents for some of the teachers too and I was going to give the teacher one next year to. but I did not know where you lived...
...account also states that Pound reported no signs of strife or disintegration among the leaders or the rank-and-file of the Kuomintang. The only instances of poor morale which Pound discovered were a few student strikes...