Novel defined: a term used by some students to mean “any text we study in English class”

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Okay, a lot of the world is pretty awful right now, but here’s an uplifting video about the “success kid” meme.

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And to think… I had just decided to retire this meme because the last time I used in class, the students didn’t get it.

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Every few years, I Google the name of the kid who saw “The Empire Strikes Back” the night it opened, and blurted out the big spoiler during gym class.

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Here I am sketching spaceships like I’m 12 again. I feel like re-reading the novelization of “The Black Hole” and watching Johnny Quest. #lockdown #blender3D

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