Qua high school teacher, I also have the enviable task of writing my protege's letters of recommendation for various institutes of higher education. This is a more than moderately amusing undertaking, inasmuch as I was myself, quite recently, a solicitor of such letters. Anyhoo. I wrote the following sentence, and promptly laughed until I drooled...

"******** has always been a joy to have in class; not only is he a personable young man, with a mature and respectful attitude towards his teachers, but he is also a creative thinker and problem solver."

Personable young man! Yes. Personable. Young. Man. Heehee. Heh.