{"id":35492,"date":"2014-07-02T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T18:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35492"},"modified":"2014-07-02T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T18:02:56","slug":"%e3%80%90rocketnews24%e3%80%91japanese-students-english-homework-captures-futility-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/02\/%e3%80%90rocketnews24%e3%80%91japanese-students-english-homework-captures-futility-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010RocketNews24\u3011Japanese student\u2019s English homework captures futility of life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by\u00a0Michelle Lynn Dinh<\/a>\u00a0(Shimane<\/a>-ken,\u00a0Chibu-mura,\u00a0<\/strong>2010\u201313),<\/strong>\u00a0editor and writer for\u00a0RocketNews24<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The following article was written by Clara Clegg<\/span><\/a><\/span>, a writer and translator for\u00a0<\/span>RocketNews24<\/a>,\u00a0a Japan-based site dedicated to bringing fun and quirky news from Asia to English speaking audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve marked my fair share of English exam papers here in Japan, and there have been a few gems of hilarity in amongst the spelling mistakes and butchered grammar, but nothing that measures up to this beauty.\u00a0One student\u2019s answer to a simple question was so deep and existential, it read like poetry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An\u00a0English teacher in Japan asked their students to answer the question\u00a0\u201cWhat would you do if you were shipwrecked on an island?\u201d<\/strong>, and received one particular answer that stood out in terms of content. As with anything of even vague interest, it was immediately posted to\u00a0Reddit, the self-declared front page of the internet.<\/p>\n

\"Japanese<\/a><\/p>\n

It all seems fairly normal, if a bit awkward with the student clearly trying to show off their knowledge of conjunctions, until you get to the end. Then things\u00a0take a distinctly morbid turn.\u00a0In the comments, the student has been branded everything from a realist to a nihilist to a genius.<\/p>\n

We will enjoy swimming, because it\u2019s fun to swim.<\/em><\/p>\n

We will do my homework, because it\u2019s fun to do homework..<\/em><\/p>\n

We will play soccer, because it\u2019s fun to play soccer.<\/em><\/p>\n

We will wait for death, because can\u2019t do anything.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, if that doesn\u2019t just put a chill in your bones. Either this kid is a tortured artist, or s\/he randomly chose some words and phrases from the dictionary without actually comprehending their meaning. Whichever it is, they actually have a great grasp of grammar for a junior high school student (trust me, sometimes you\u2019re lucky the words are even the right way round on the page), so they get an A for that, plus a\u00a0gold star for entertaining the Internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And because Redditors are a creative bunch, you can now enjoy this work of art in a beautiful calligraphy more fitting to its enlightened content.<\/p>\n

\"Japanese<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0LabQ<\/a>,\u00a0Reddit<\/a><\/em>
Images:\u00a0Reddit<\/a>,\u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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