They’re learning something in school, but what?

Judy Rose, who blogs at Writing English, has a very funny post up today, which collects a series of anguished analogies from high school student essays (or so we’re told).  Some examples:

His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.

Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

If you want to get your morning off to a very amusing start, you can read the rest here.