Students Write the Darnedest Things: Gaffes, Goofs, Blunders and Unintended Wisdom from Actual College Papers

Pamela Hill Nettleton is a writer, editor, and professor who has taught writing at top universities for three decades. Everyone knows she loves her students. She’s loved for loving her students.

But Lord. Their essays.

Sometimes she’ll laugh so hard she has Earl Gray squirting out of her nose. Other times, she’ll feel like weeping quietly into a handkerchief. On occasion, she spots something so egregious she’s forced to give up grading for the night and head straight for the chocolate.

Each of...