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There's a huge difference between posting some words, and posting some words prefaced with "here's something I read here".

When teaching kids it is a pain, but you have to teach them that

A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a stellar remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. not only does not sound like something a 15 year old would write but, looks like they don't understand most of the words.

Usually it gets rewritten as

A white dwarf is also called a degenerate dwarf and is a star remnant made of electron-degenerate matter.

as they can't be bothered looking up the terms they don't understand.

Third try would be

A white dwarf is a star part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used.

at which point I shake my head sadly and go to the staff room for a shot of whiskey
PooperPig - Coming Soon


modified 15-Jan-15 0:39am.

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