June 4, 2008

I got the CLEP

***Disclaimer***
I am about to discuss English.
As in proper use of nouns, pronouns, verbs, sentence boundaries, active/passive voice, diction and idiom and Syntax. Few of which I actually know the definition of or better yet the proper use since most of those words I just copied out of a book.
So if you feel the need to judge my English, please understand a few things.
A. I was raised in Utah. (I could end right there.)
B. I was raised by my father, who misuses words on purpose.
C. I rarely attended High School, though I did graduate.
(which I'm not sure I should have. graduated that is, not attended.)
D. Refer here and here and here for more information.

OK, OK, Enough about the title of this post!
Move on already!
Sheesh!


I'm sitting here trying to de-code 2 College CLEP Exam books.

You know the ones that help you study and hopefully give you all the answers.

Not sure why I'm reading them, being that they are for the hubby.

Who, by the way, is in bed, not the slightest bit worried about these books or the tests.

There is something wrong with this picture.

See he has decided, obviously, to CLEP out of a few general credits. As many as possible actually. And there has been a hint of stress around here about a certain English class that has now been taken twice. Not for lack of brain or skill. Something worse really. He just hates English, really, really hates it. Math? He will do that all day, in his sleep in fact. Not English. That's like asking him to read a book for pleasure. People do that? Really? Why?

In his defense I have recently realized I should probably take a little bit of responsibility in this. See the 1st time, I had a baby and well, I'm sort of needy, I admit it and he got pretty behind. Then the week of finals we took a trip to Disneyland. So much funner right? (I just used the word funner. I know it should be 'more fun'. But I use it anyway. Thanks Dad!) So he ended up taking an Incomplete. Not so horrible except that you have to pay for it, again. The 2nd time he misread the final project deadline. Um, what else is there to say? Oops. So what was an A became a C-. Big Oops.

Did you know you can't take the next class unless you have a C?

That's just really great isn't it!

Freaking Fabulous!

Want to know what we were talking about until midnight the night I had my little trip to the ER? Uh Huh, you guessed it, English x3. See if he shows up to class he pretty much gets straight A's, in everything.

So starting next week it's all about Ingles el tres.

See we don't do Spanish well either.

That's all I'm gonna say about that.

You believe me, right?

Well, I'm might have to get with Melissa and hash it out just one more time.

But then I'm done.

I swear!

1 Reactions:

whitey, dizzel, nate dogg said...

well kelli, as for the "funner". atleast you don't use many double negatives like "you can't not go" which drive me crazy!!! ask ashley, everytime she uses one i don't even have to say anything she just looks at me and says " i know i just used a double negative". so i am just opposite of barry, english all day and math is for people who say" it's the language of the universe" dorks!!!