adjectives are not your friends

[zenithblue]

A conversation between me and Hodge, upon him reading and critiquing a teaching statement I had to write for my apps:

HODGE: Lose "interesting." Lose "incredible."
ME: (whining) But I'm tired! And they're easy! How else am I supposed to say it?
HODGE: Make it relevant to you specifically. "Teaching is exciting?" "I want to make their stories interesting?" No. No. Adjectives are not your friends.
ME: (being petulant) Yes they are.
HODGE: No they're not
ME: Yes, they are. Adjectives give me smooches.
HODGE: Adjectives don't give you smooches, they give you back-alley hand jobs.

Comments

[blozor.livejournal.com]

Just think: Without adjectives, your applications would look much more profound, and there would be no way they could ignore such a prolific writer.

"Teaching is." "I want to make their stories."

If you saw that as a teaching statement on an application, how could you not hire the person? They'd either be a creative genius or a complete retard, but the credentials would back up the former more than the latter.

[lagizma.livejournal.com]

Snap!