>
>Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"
>offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix:
>
>The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a
>new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person
>will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. As
>homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short
>story. You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another
>copy to me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add
>another paragraph to the story and send it back, also sending another
>copy to me. The first person will then add a third paragraph and so on
>back-and-forth. Remember to re-read what has been written each time in
>order to keep the story coherent. There is be absolutely NO talking
>outside of the e-mails and anything you wish to say must be written in
>the e-mail. The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been
>reached."
>
>The following was actually turned in by two of his English students:
>Rebecca and Gary.
>
>THE STORY:
>
>( first paragraph by Rebecca )
>At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The
>chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now
>reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he
>liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind
>off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating and if she thought about
>him too much that her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was
>out of the question.
>
>( second paragraph by Gary )
>Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron
>now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about
>than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with
>whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago. "A.S. Harris to
>Geostation 17," he said into his transgalactic communicator. "Polar
>orbit established. No sign of resistance so far...." But before he
>could sign off a bluish particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted
>a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent
>him flying out of his seat and across the c0ckpit.
>
>( Rebecca )
>He bumped his head and died almost immediately but not before he felt
>one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who
>had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped it's
>pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4.
>"Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel,"
>Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously
>excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her
>youth, when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no
>newspaper to read, no television to distract her from her sense of
>innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her. "Why must one
>lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she wondered wistfully.
>
>( Gary )
>Little did she know but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands
>of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of
>its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who pushed
>the Unilateral Aerospace disarmament Treaty through the congress had
>left Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were
>determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the
>passage of the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth,
>carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one
>to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium
>fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his
>top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the
>coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized
>poor, stupid, Laurie and 85 million other Americans. The President
>slammed his fist on the conference table. "We can't allow this! I'm
>going to veto that treaty! Let's blow 'em out of the sky!"
>
>( Rebecca )
>This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My
>writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.
>
>( Gary )
>Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts at
>writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh, shall I have
>chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F$%*ING TEA??? Oh no,
>I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle Steele novels!"
>
>( Rebecca )
>A-hole.
>
>( Gary )
>B*tch
>
>( Rebecca )
>F**K YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!
>
>( Gary )
>Go drink some tea - *****.
>
>( TEACHER )
>A+ - I really liked this one
Originally posted by reader1107LOL!
>
>Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"
>offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix:
>
>The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a
>new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person
>will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. A ...[text shortened]... k some tea - *****.
>
>( TEACHER )
>A+ - I really liked this one
Originally posted by reader1107Well done. Have a rec. 🙂
>
>Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"
>offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix:
>
>The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a
>new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person
>will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. A ...[text shortened]... k some tea - *****.
>
>( TEACHER )
>A+ - I really liked this one