{"id":28823,"date":"2006-12-05T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2006-12-05T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2006\/12\/05\/the-wisdom-of-seventh-graders-what-to-do-with-a-time-machine-part-2\/"},"modified":"2006-12-05T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2006-12-05T07:00:01","slug":"the-wisdom-of-seventh-graders-what-to-do-with-a-time-machine-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20061205-01\/?p=28823","title":{"rendered":"The wisdom of seventh graders: What to do with a time machine (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Make sure you&#8217;ve read <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2006\/12\/04\/1205832.aspx\"> Part 1<\/a> for background information.)\n On the subject of where they would go in a time machine, many students wrote well-thought-out essays, beautifully composed.\n These sentences below did not come from those essays.\n I&#8217;ve categorized the snippets roughly by theme, though I had to guess at some of them since the sentences are taken out of context. (In a futile attempt to assist non-native speakers, I have glossed some of the trickier parts. I&#8217;ve also added editorial comments in italics.)\n <b>Introductions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I would be honored to     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"try\">     trie<\/span> the time machine <\/li>\n<li>I am highly regarded to be selected to     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"engage\">engorge<\/span> this experimental journey. <\/li>\n<li>At the     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"The usual phrase is 'crack of dawn'. This student chose a more student-friendly starting time.\">     crack of noon<\/span>, we will begin our mission. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>Personal History<\/b>: These are essays from students who would     travel to their own past.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 5th grade you are at the top of the school,     and you feel the power     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"overcome\">     over come<\/span> you. <\/li>\n<li>Now, if we fall asleep in class we get in trouble.     But in kindergarten if we didn&#8217;t fall asleep we would get in trouble. <\/li>\n<li>She would work in little     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"orchards\">orchids<\/span> picking fruit for her family. <\/li>\n<li>I have 4 things in my life.     Soccer, family, God, and school. In that order. <\/li>\n<li>If I could find a way to impel paranormal powers     to ignite in ones body     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"enabling\">     enableing<\/span>     them to do incredible feats,     I would be ecstatic to the point of bliss.     (<i>This same student wanted Jesus to teach him how     to walk on water.     This student also wanted control over magnetism.     I think he needs to lay off the     <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X-Men\">     X-Men<\/a> comics for a while.<\/i>) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>The Middle Ages<\/b>: The students recently studied the Middle Ages, which helps to explain why so many of them chose to go there. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>And at that time in history,     everything was changing     either for the good or the bad.     (<i>Whoa there, let&#8217;s not say anything too controversial now<\/i>.) <\/li>\n<li>In Europe during the 1700&#8217;s there were 5 sections in the social class:     1=Monarchs, 2=Lords &amp; Nobles, 3=knights,     4=<span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"peasants\">pheasants<\/span>.     (<i>What happened to number five?<\/i>) <\/li>\n<li>I find Middle Aged Europe very stimulating. <\/li>\n<li>France is near water so I will feel more at home. <\/li>\n<li>We have recently     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"discussed\">disgust<\/span> the Middle Ages.  <\/li>\n<li>King Arthur may have won some battles without the use of fiction. <\/li>\n<li>In 1550 I would choose to go to Spain because nobody really lived in     N. American then. <\/li>\n<li>I would learn a lot     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"going\">gong<\/span>     to the     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"Medieval\">Midieval<\/span> times.     I would even come back and write     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"an\">and<\/span> essay about it! <\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;d have benefit in watching a mock battle     between two knights on horseback with lances.     (<i>I may be wrong, but I think the battles in the Middle Ages     were for real<\/i>.) <\/li>\n<li>It was sick and     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"gruesome\">grusm<\/span> but really a thing to remember. <\/li>\n<li>And I would go to     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"Britain\">Britan<\/span> because Britan was     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"popular\">populare<\/span> back in 1616. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>United States(?) History<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also, to investigate how the family worked [in Pilgrim times],     to see if they fought less because they had no appliances to fight over. <\/li>\n<li>If I could go anywhere I would choose Boston, England. <\/li>\n<li>I want to see what happened when Ben Franklin flew his kite in the rain.     For this reason I would go to England. <\/li>\n<li>Though War is Hell, I still would be anxious to see a real one.     (<i>Try watching the evening news<\/i>.) <\/li>\n<li>I wish the     <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Depression\">     great depression<\/a>, but it did.     (<i>Even after you fill in the missing words, it&#8217;s still funny<\/i>.) <\/li>\n<li>Because California is a very interesting and mindblowing city. <\/li>\n<li>In 1961 everything including life was simple. <\/li>\n<li>Hopefully the president at their time isn&#8217;t an idiot and     stops the first power plant ever built. <\/li>\n<li>I want to     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"see\">se<\/span>     the Great     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"Bambino\">Babino<\/span> Babe     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"Ruth\">Bruth<\/span>. <\/li>\n<li>Besides the     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelers.com\/\">Stealer<\/a>     fans nobody like the Stealers. <\/li>\n<li>It was like a family     <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"reunion\">runnun<\/span> at disneyland. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> I&#8217;ll stop here before I <span style=\"cursor: default;border-bottom: dotted .75pt red\" title=\"run on\">runnun<\/span> too much. 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