You can do that, or you can just integrate a ton of retarded diagrams into your story and imbue them all with metaphorical meanings.
As for the 50/50 stories; your school will probably have the major works of its former students, who received 48s, 49s and 50s, on file. There are also the...
Best Actress was a joke. Natalie Portman is god-awful (not look-wise, obviously).
Best Picture -- THE KING'S SPEECH
Best Director -- Tom Hooper THE KING'S SPEECH
Best Actress -- Michelle Williams BLUE VALENTINE
Best Actor -- Javier Bardem BIUTIFUL
Best Supporting Actress -- Jacki Weaver...
Apart from perhaps HOW TO BUILD A ROBOT and DER PLATZ, the rest of the short stories are pretentious at best. Of course the hip holier-than-thou examiners, who religiously carry copies of The Catcher in the Rye in their handbags, found them thought-provoking and original.