Triple Word Score
Text only: a student's letter arguing that a Scrabble-style 'triple word score' should count toward an essay's word count.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-06-02-triple-word-score/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"Dear Teacher, Yes, technically my paper came in below the minimum word count. But I used 'oxidize' in the corner of the page! That's triple word score, isn't it? — Your Student"