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Grading speeches on the death of Caesar:

"I propose to dispose to his corpse in a quiet manor. We do not need to give this man any more luxuries."

And the unfortunate imagery award:
"In addition to his brigand of ruffians, whom admittedly did accompany him, as they always do, Milo had in tow a great number of servants, lady’s in waiting, etc, whom greatly hampered his ability to leap up and fall upon Clodius with the full force of his prowess. "

This article about the importance of praising for effort rather than saying "you're smart" to children rings very true to me. In particular, I can't tell you how many smart people I know who get incredibly frustrated and stop trying when they can't get something easily through brute-force-intelligence, just as it describes in the article.

for the NYTimes to prominently feature a picture of stir-fried squid.

Still stomach fluey. But got my TA to come help proctor final exam tonight in case of disaster and wrote 8 email thankyous to Irvine; all that remains is to write the final, which will be pretty short.