Nikoll, a grade school teacher in NH, asked her students to use the
word "fascinate" in a sentence. Molly put up her hand and said, "My
family went to my granddad's farm, and we all saw his pet sheep it
was fascinating." The teacher said, "That was good, but I wanted you
to use the word "fascinate, not fascinating". Sally raised her
hand. She said, "My family went to see Rock City and I was
fascinated." The teacher said, "Well, that was good Sally, but I
wanted you to use the word "fascinate not fascinated" Little Ben
raised his hand. The teacher hesitated because she had been burned
by Little Ben before. She finally decided there was no way he
could damage the word "fascinate", so she called on him. Ben
said, "My Grammie Martha has a sweater with ten buttons, but her boobs are
so big she can only fasten eight."
Nikoll sat down and cried.
