Teacher vs Student

アメリカ在住のYumioさんの作品です。
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(Teacher vs. Student)
(
MIKE {50s}: an English 101 professor

KEVIN {20s}: a college student
)

[rn=KEVIN&vg=male]
Hey, Professor Mike, gotta minute?

[rn=MIKE&vg=male]
Oh, ah, you are .

[rn=KEVIN]
Kevin.  Just a Korean American guy.

[rn=MIKE]
Oh, I see.  Sorry, I’m really terrible at remembering people’s names and faces.

[rn=KEVIN]
Oh, don’t mind.  So, this one.  The last assignment you gave us.

[rn=MIKE]
Yeah?

[rn=KEVIN]
Look.  You shredded.

[rn=MIKE]
So?

[rn=KEVIN]
I never got a “C” on any of my assignments.  But here, you marked my paper full of red.

[rn=MIKE]
Yeah, ‘cause your writing was trifled with commas.

[rn=KEVIN]
Isn’t this too strict?  It’s just a college class.

[rn=MIKE]
Well, maybe other teachers don’t turn so picky like me.

[rn=KEVIN]
Why are you so damn picky?

[rn=MIKE]
Because I used to work as a writer and a reporter in L-A-Times.

[rn=KEVIN]
Really?

[rn=MIKE]
Yeah, about a decade ago.  I do have my policy in writing.  If it’s not considering a reader’s view, no matter how grammatically correct, I won’t give an “A” or “B.”

[rn=KEVIN]
What do you mean?

[rn=MIKE]
I think you just write like, oh it’s just homework and gotta turn it in.

[rn=KEVIN]
Well, that’s a student’s job, isn’t it?

[rn=MIKE]
No.  I want you to learn how to write more effectively and economically.  Always think about your reader.

[rn=KEVIN]
But, how?  I’m not a writer.

[rn=MIKE]
Ok, sit.  Let’s go over each paragraph.  Because.  I liked your content about Korean immigrants in America.

[rn=KEVIN]
Really?

[rn=MIKE]
Really.  Here, take a look at the opening paragraph.  Your first line starts so sudden.  Bring this sentence to the front instead.

[rn=KEVIN]
Damn, gotta lot to go.