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English Teacher Re-Titles Classic Poems As Clickbait In Last-Ditch Effort To Trick Students Into Learning

Dennis G. Jerz / 2 Jun 2016

Funny and clever. Via Excuse the Bananas

  • Screen Shot 2016-06-02 at 4.13.50 PM“Confessions Of An Angst-Ridden Sailor Who Took Out His Emotions On The Wrong Bird”  by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • “13 Ways To Have No Chill When It Late At Night & You Lonely AF”  by Edgar Allan Poe
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