Here I attempt to write the abstract for my thesis, 'A Partially-automated Approach to the Assessment of Mathematics in Higher Education', "using only the ten hundred words people use the most often". Katie Steckles pointed out via the latest Carnival of Mathematics that quantum computer scientist Scott Aaronson posted an explanation of his research using only the 1000 most common words in English, inspired by the xkcd comic 'Up-Goer Five', which did the same for a labelled diagram of the Saturn V rocket (the 'Up-Goer Five'). Scott's post links to The Up-Goer Five text editor, a fabulous innovation that allows typing in a box and highlights when a word isn't on the same list of words used ... <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aperiodical.com/2014/01/an-approach-that-uses-computers-a-bit-to-ask-questions-on-numbers-and-stuff-in-big-school/" title="ReadAn Approach That Uses Computers a Bit to Ask Questions on Numbers and Stuff in Big School">Read more »</a>