Fernando

"How long is a paragraph?" I ask my students.

They chorus, "At least five sentences."

I don't like these strict, unrealistic rules of writing (who, in the real world, has ever written a five-paragraph essay?) but you have to set some kind of standard. Fernando knows the rules all too well. This is his paragraph responding to the question, "What animal represents you?"

I'm like a lion. Because I have pride and stuff. And also cause i'm strong and stuff . Im also protectant and I cant thint of anything else. Cool I quess I don't know yet.

Count 'em. Five sentences.