Ahh the joy of grading AP vocab tests...or Really funny stuff smart kids say

Okay here's a list of my favorite responses to the last vocabulary quiz my AP students. They were to use the following words correctly in a sentence showing that they knew both the deffinition and correct part of speech. Here we go!

• Furtive
• Compel
• Gallant
• Apathetic
• Platonic
• Verbiage
• Ennui
• Opulent

1. "Planning a career in education or education and theatre, my life will not be one of opulence." *sniff sniff sniff*
2. "The blatant lack of grammatical knowledge in high school seniors compelled the teacher to take action or suffer an compound aneurism."
3. "My excessively long sentences constitue verbiage of the most obvious nature."
4. "Rachel knew that her friendships were due to her opulence, but as long as she had friends - and a bright red BMW - she didn't care."
5. "My wretched mother compelled me to kill my hampster, Ralph."
6. "Oh the word ennui, if I only knew what it meant, it kinda sounds liek annoy - but it's not."
7. "As the Borg's in the movie Star Trek said, 'Opulence is futile,' Just kidding, but the meaning still holds true."
8. "The verbiage the President used in his speech confused me, for I did not know what the words meant. Since I did not know what the words meant, I became very apathetic. Finally, out of complete ennui, I turned off the TV."