Colons

Just got this email from the 9th grade English teacher at my school:

So I’m reviewing rules for colons today and I’m trying to make it fun by charging kids to write entertaining sentences. Here is what SS wrote for the following rule:

Rule: Use a colon after an independent clause when introducing a list.

SS’s sentence: Rick Astley will never do the following things: give you up, let you down, turn around, or desert you.

Being a high school teacher is so worth it!