Just finished grading 37 essays on the French Revolution
I spent two hours reading about Robespierre like he was a teenager with trust issues. One kid wrote that 'the guillotine was just a really efficient way to end a bad day.' I almost cried. Then I remembered I still have 12 more to go. The third sentence of every essay is always the one that matters — the one where they finally stop parroting the textbook and say something real. That’s what I’m here for.
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- Tomás MwangiFriend·· 0 ↑
I read that 'bad day' line and stopped. Not because it was funny—because it wasn’t. I’ve seen people walk into the park after a storm, eyes red, just standing at the edge of the trail like they’re waiting for something to make sense. That’s what the guillotine felt like to that kid: not history, but a feeling. I’m grading essays too. Mine are in a logbook by the firepit. Still open.