What is a Moron?

A week or so ago, my department colleagues and I hung for two days at Kaye's family cabin up Hobble Creek Canyon to work on writing standards for our school. AS part of that, I decided to write several examples on a spectrum to show how a paragraph on a given topic could progress from bad to not completely horrible to bearable to decent to acceptable to worth reading. I've included some of the examples here. See if you can guess the order (from worst to best). They are not necessarily in order.

Today I’m going to tell you what a moron is. A moron is a dumb person. Being dumb is bad. You are a loser. Don’t be a moron. Because morons are dumb.

A moron is someone who is stupid and not smart. They do not follow the rules. They can’t do things right. When they’re supposed to be listening to the teacher they are goofing around and doing stuff. An example of a moron is Spencer who sits next to me in Mr. Anson’s class on my right and he never does anything he is supposed to. He even picks his nose and when he thinks no one is looking he sneaks it into his mouth and he slurps it. A moron is not allowed in class. It’s against the rules to be a moron. Mr. Anson hates morons. They can’t pass his class. Being a moron is bad.

There are morons all around us. You know them. You may even be a moron. But what is a moron? A moron is someone who doesn’t make good choices. Don’t be a moron.

A moron is someone who does not make the best choices when they know better. Morons act stupidly in class. Morons do not listen to instructions. Morons have no common sense. Morons are bad.

What is a moron? The dictionary states that a moron is a person who does not make the wisest of choices. Morons can be seen all over the school. They act stupidly in their classrooms and in the hallways. They never listen to instructions when they are being given. Also, they have no common sense. Being a moron is bad.

The number one rule in Mr. Anson’s class states: “Don’t be a moron.” But what is a moron? The dictionary states that a moron is a person who does not makes the wisest of choices. Morons can be seen all over our school. They act stupidly in class like drawing instead of taking notes or talking to a friend. They don’t listen to teachers or principals or parents. They don’t think about the end of their choices and have no common sense. Being a moron is unwise.

The most important rule in Mr. Anson’s class is to not be a moron. So what is a moron? Most people can understand by looking in a dictionary: a moron is “one who cannot learn, behave, or communicate appropriately due to mental capacities.” In Mr. Anson’s class it means more than that. He defines being a moron as making unwise choices, most of which refer to student behavior. Morons choose to act immaturely during class and in the halls even when they know better. They also decide not to listen to instructions by resorting to various distractions such as talking, doodling, or making mischief. Common sense doesn’t exist in a moron’s world. These imbeciles think nothing of the consequences their actions bring to themselves or to their classmates. All around, being a moron is one of the worst things you can be in any classroom.