Today, as an introduction to the history of China, I asked my APA World History class to write a 500 word essay on a historical Chinese person. Out of a class of 18, five of them were about Mulan. FML
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koopatroopa222 2
I bet a lot of them were about Jackie Chan as well
SerendipityRose 26
See, I would have been more creative... Mine would have been about Mushu.
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t765234 10
An AP class and only 500 words? All three of my AP world exam essays had at least twice that amount. You're going a little soft on them.
love1026 6
theyre letting everyone in AP classes now ),: theres a bunch of stoners and stupid jock and preppy idiots in my AP classes... its like the teachers have to dumb the classes down because of the idiots... ),:
Ashley91129 6
Mulan is a historical figure. Unless the essays they wrote are based completely on the Disney movie, they're not exactly getting it wrong...
Tinuviel97005 0
500 words on one historical person? With three factual sources, including the original poem, I could probably knock out an essay speculating on the actual historical figure of Mulan in a couple nights. What is history but a bunch of stories told by people who were there, skewed by people with political agendas, and faded through time?
The_F3rris 11
Not surprised. Most people don't have a creative bone in their body. Or a brain for that matter.
kitkatieisme 5
Well, technically Mulan is part of a real Chinese legend...
Kiyda 11
Dude, why is this on FML? Mulan was a real person and you haven't told them about any others.
PhilMcHawk 7
APA World History?! And you're only giving them 500 word essays on super ******* easy research topics?! Shit, no wonder they didn't take it seriously, OP. I could have you a 3000 word essay on Sun Tzu by Tuesday.
HeartOfLead 24
Good thing you didn't have to give an essay about space exploration in the future; your whole class would have copied Mass Effect's plot.
Mortoli 30
I would have wrote about Star Wars lol
mccutie936 6
Mine probably would have been Shang instead.