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My nephew asked me for help with his English homework, for an essay he was writing for his class.

The topic: vampires. :)

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Date: 2007-04-16 02:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandchigger.livejournal.com
He went to the right source, then.

The right source ...

Date: 2007-04-16 03:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiat-knox.livejournal.com
Yeah, he did. :) I'm very proud of him, because in the end, the work he submitted - a first person narrative essay told from the viewpoint of a vampire - was spot on. All I really did was just help him with the spelling, and precious little of that.

His short story had an element of personal horror and tragedy - the degradation of feeding off human blood, the inability to face the sun, having to miss out on the narrator's daughter as she lived her life, on his wife as she grew old while he stayed youthful, the increasing alienation between them - and then his decision to greet the sun rather than go on like that.

Brilliant. :) I am so very proud of him.

Re: The right source ...

Date: 2007-04-16 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandchigger.livejournal.com
... damn, how old's your nephew?

Re: The right source ...

Date: 2007-04-16 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiat-knox.livejournal.com
He's 13. But he writes older. His spelling's atrocious, but he writes older, and his brain's full of ideas.

Re: The right source ...

Date: 2007-04-16 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fomorian.livejournal.com
How old is the sprog? And was the choice of subject his or the teachers?

Re: The right source ...

Date: 2007-04-16 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiat-knox.livejournal.com
The choice of subject was the teachers', which is a marvel in itself, because he goes to a Catholic school.

That reminds me

Date: 2007-04-16 03:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fomorian.livejournal.com
Can't remember if the featured on SNE or not, and it is a CoE affair rather that RC, but teacher investigated for 'lurid' vampire websites. Well done both your nephew and the teacher though. Always good to hear about this kind of thing.

Re: That reminds me

Date: 2007-04-16 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiat-knox.livejournal.com
She looks hot in a MILFy kind of way ...

Re: That reminds me

Date: 2007-04-16 04:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fomorian.livejournal.com
Well, if I'd had an English teacher that looked like her and liked vampires... I'd have probably done the same as I did actually. I kicked ass at English :)

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