Saturday, February 09, 2008

I thought of the best assignment, like, ever

and I'm loving the papers I'm getting.

Assignment: Argument paper
Topic: Sell me the lamest thing you can think of on ebay. Convince me to buy it. Whoever makes the most money gets extra credit.

Check out one of the auctions here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&&item=160207036397&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1120

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm not gonna lie. That's probably the best eBay auction copy I've ever read. You should definitely give that student an A+. He clearly spent a lot of time on this. He probably had to awkwardly explain the assignment to his camera-savvy roommate to get those sweet photos. Not only that, he might have had to prowl around the BYU bookstore searching for the perfect box of chocolates and then shell out his hard earned cash ($10.00!) to buy it. Here's a guy thats dedicated to his craft. Really, an inspiration to us all.

Audra said...

You are given him an A, right?

Thanks for the laugh. I needed it. Got an more good ones I can read?

Saradactyl said...

Brilliant. I wish we'd have been able to do this assignment last semester!!

Craig said...

That's really, really funny.

Angie said...

I want more links!

SWILUA said...

i actually only have two links so far (they were supposed to email them to me when they posted, but not all have yet), but when I get some more, I'll give you guys a list! ;-)

Craig said...

I almost want to buy it. Too bad I have no $!

Barb said...

I love this assignment! That kid should get an A!