2. A list of a dozen “actual comments” written on students’ report cards by teachers in the New York City public schools is circulated on the Internet (a colleague e-mailed me the list). The list includes statements such as, “I would not allow this student to breed,” “Your son is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot,” and

“If this student were any more stupid, he’d have to be watered twice a week.” Is this list a hoax? How would you determine this?