I was walking through the park one day...

"As England was trying to get rid of absolutism, James I came by."

What, was he taking a stroll, and just happened to bump into England? "Sorry old chap, didn't see you there. Would you mind if I became king and tried to rule by divine right? Gorgeous, thanks."

I'm so glad I had my students turn in rough drafts!!!

In a student's project about the kamikazes: "Pilots would load their planes with explosives and purposefully crash into enemy targets to cause major damage. They did this to show that they
would fight to the death and weren't scared of dieting to win the war."

I tell ya, I'd stick to a diet if it would help to win a war...

learning a new thing every day...

"Rasputin had apparently died many times."

Apparently, I'm a terrible teacher...

Here's the evidence. On their World War 2 test (which they all had to retake, because someone cheated), I found the following information:

lebensraum is also known as "Il Duce", inventor of Fascism.
Franco is the leader of the Third Reich, and wrote Mein Kampf
Korea was an Axis power.

OY!!

Talk about an understatement...

From one of my students homework assignments: "Imre Nagy tried establishing Hungary's independence from the Soviet Union, which didn't go so well and cost his life."