03. Kaulah Harapan - Sari Simonangkir

Thursday, 28 June 2007

Moonlighting

I take on another editing project again.


The last time I took a project, it was an Additional Math assessment for Sec 3 and Sec 4.
I went through the whole ordeal, promising myself never to take on another project.
But this time, I went back to do it again...
P3 Math Test Papers editing for $xxx dollars.
I thought since it is a P3 Math book, it should be rather easy..
And I could get my sister to check the answer for me.

I was sooooo like the wrong!!!

It turns out that the author --- sorry, I mean, the writer, has a worse command of English than I do.
If this entry is grammatically bad, the original ms is 10 times (maybe 12?) worse than this.
  • How many eggs did he sold?
  • He brought two pants for $60.
  • How many chocolates he left with?
  • Add two with the product of 10 and 3.
  • How much did he spent?
  • If he starting his work at 10 am, What time did he end?
The list goes on....
I entertained myself with the manuscript the whole night.
I slept at 4.30 a.m. this morning and woke up at 7.30 a.m.
If he gets $xxxx for his script, i think i need to suggest to my senior editor for 50% of his money to go to my account instead.
Suddenly I remember what i'd tell my math class.
I can teach English! - I is a girl...
Yawn..

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