DOES ACADEMIA PREPARE YOU FOR 'WRITING BADLY?' [+] ballot by aya ACTIVE Wed Aug 01, 07 - Thu Jul 31, 08 Jim Gleeson, 47, of Madison, Wis., would certainly agree. As the winner of the 'bad writing contest,' he recieved his $250 prize and offered little insight as to what it takes to write so badly. Here is what won him the prize: ""Gerald began - but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten per cent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them 'permanently' meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated by choking ash - to pee." I can't make heads or tails of it. It's like he's talking about two stories at once, all meshed together. Gleeson credited his time in college with preparing him well. "There's a certain degree to which academia prepares you to write badly," Gleeson said wryly. Do you agree with his statement? yes no to some extent yes Register to submit choices Ballot #116643 : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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