Friday, December 10, 2010

CONCLUSION

"I wrote about flowers because I wished to write deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not
lived."
Your classmate fails miserably--
"I like flowers. Flowers can smell good and make a room look pretty.
When I give flowers to my girlfriend, she usually thinks that I'm a good
person and makes me dinner. While her cooking is not great, it is free,
and when I tell her that it's good, she usually rewards me in some way.
And that's why I like flowers."

LASTLY

'In today's society, flowers are popular' is not a thesis statement. I
should get a clear indication both of your stance and a hint at how your
paper will be organized. I get neither. Remember, I want specific
details. Don't be afraid to take risks; this is ultimately too safe and
says absolutely nothing."
Your classmate plagiarizes--
"I wrote about flowers because I wished to write deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not
lived."
Your classmate fails miserably--
"I like flowers. Flowers can smell good and make a room look pretty.
When I give flowers to my girlfriend, she usually thinks that I'm a good
person and makes me dinner. While her cooking is not great, it is free,

HOME FLOWERS

Anyone can research flowers, but it takes a writer to explain why we
should care. I always like to read something a bit personal; if it was
my project, I'd write about how I was crushed when your father mowed
down the tulips, and that was the first time I had ever paid much
attention to them. It makes me think about all the other things I take
for granted. See, that would be a good essay."
Dr. Williams (Botany) speaks--
"You haven't told me anything about flowers: 'I like the ones that smell
like perfume'? What kind of drivel is that? Listen, if you don't know
who Mendel and Linnaeus are, you're going to fail this course. This
paper shows no grasp of their work. Anyone can sit there and feel
emotions, but it takes a scientist to explain how the flower
exists--tell me how it gets its nourishment, tell me how long it lives,

FLOWERS IN NEPAL

Don’t. Flowers are for sissies, and you're not a sissy boy, are you?
Write about trees if you have to write about nature at all. Better yet,
write about chopping down a tree. Or hunting! That's natural."
Dude speaks--
"Dude, I just thought of an awesome metaphor and it's funny. You can use
it: cross-pollination happens when you don't wash your sheets between
girlfriends. Man, that's so true. If you need to know anything about
grow-lights, I've got a couple, but they're kinda in use. Dude, you

FLOWERS FOR LIFE

I like flowers. Flowers can smell good and make a room look pretty.
When I give flowers to my girlfriend, she usually thinks that I'm a good
person and makes me dinner. While her cooking is not great, it is free,
and when I tell her that it's good, she usually rewards me in some way.
And that's why I like flowers."
You procrastinate and pray for the sudden death of you, your teacher, or
some distant (preferably across the country) relative.

FLOWERS SEASONS

'In today's society, flowers are popular' is not a thesis statement. I
should get a clear indication both of your stance and a hint at how your
paper will be organized. I get neither. Remember, I want specific
details. Don't be afraid to take risks; this is ultimately too safe and
says absolutely nothing."
Your classmate plagiarizes--
"I wrote about flowers because I wished to write deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not

RASONS OF GIVING FLOWERS

Don’t. Flowers are for sissies, and you're not a sissy boy, are you?
Write about trees if you have to write about nature at all. Better yet,
write about chopping down a tree. Or hunting! That's natural."
Dude speaks--
"Dude, I just thought of an awesome metaphor and it's funny. You can use
it: cross-pollination happens when you don't wash your sheets between
girlfriends. Man, that's so true. If you need to know anything about
grow-lights, I've got a couple, but they're kinda in use. Dude, you
know?"
Mom speaks--
"Anyone can research flowers, but it takes a writer to explain why we
should care. I always like to read something a bit personal; if it was
my project, I'd write about how I was crushed when your father mowed
down the tulips, and that was the first time I had ever paid much
attention to them. It makes me think about all the other things I take
for granted. See, that would be a good essay."

COLOURS OF FLOWERS

Don’t. Flowers are for sissies, and you're not a sissy boy, are you?
Write about trees if you have to write about nature at all. Better yet,
write about chopping down a tree. Or hunting! That's natural."
Dude speaks--
"Dude, I just thought of an awesome metaphor and it's funny. You can use
it: cross-pollination happens when you don't wash your sheets between
girlfriends. Man, that's so true. If you need to know anything about
grow-lights, I've got a couple, but they're kinda in use. Dude, you
know?"
Mom speaks--
"Anyone can research flowers, but it takes a writer to explain why we
should care. I always like to read something a bit personal; if it was
my project, I'd write about how I was crushed when your father mowed
down the tulips, and that was the first time I had ever paid much
attention to them. It makes me think about all the other things I take
for granted. See, that would be a good essay."

TYPES

Your classmate plagiarizes--
"I wrote about flowers because I wished to write deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not
lived."
Your classmate fails miserably--
"I like flowers. Flowers can smell good and make a room look pretty.
When I give flowers to my girlfriend, she usually thinks that I'm a good
person and makes me dinner. While her cooking is not great, it is free,
and when I tell her that it's good, she usually rewards me in some way.
And that's why I like flowers."
You procrastinate and pray for the sudden death of you, your teacher, or
some distant (preferably across the country) relative.
You haven't told me anything about flowers: 'I like the ones that smell
like perfume'? What kind of drivel is that? Listen, if you don't know
who Mendel and Linnaeus are, you're going to fail this course. This
paper shows no grasp of their work. Anyone can sit there and feel
emotions, but it takes a scientist to explain how the flower
exists--tell me how it gets its nourishment, tell me how long it lives,
tell me where it lives, tell me how it reproduces, tell me its place in
the ecosystem. Don't tell me how it makes you feel."

INTRODUCTION

In summer the cemetery was rich and thick as syrup with the funeral-parlor perfume of the planted peonies, dark crimson and wallpaper pink, the pompous blossoms hanging leadenly, too heavy for their light stems, bowed down with the weight of themselves and the weight of the rain, infested with upstart ants that sauntered through the plush petals as though to the manner born . . . But sometimes through to hot rush of disrespectful wind whtat shook the scrub oak and the coarse couchgrass encroaching upon the dutifully cared for habitations of the dead, the scent of the cowslips woud rise monentarily. They were though-rooted, these wild and gaudy flowers, and altough they were held back at the cemetery's edge, torn out by loving relatives determined to keep the plots clear and clealy civilized, for a second or two a person walking there could catch the faint, muskey, dust-tinged smell of things that grew and had grown always, before the portly peonies and the angels with rigid wings, when the prarie bluffs were walked though only by Cree with enigmatic faces and greasy hair.