require('XML::Mini::Document');

var students = [
                ["April",         "Bubbly: I'm > Tam and <= Emily"],
                ["Tam O'Shanter", "Burns: \"When chapman billies leave the street ...\""],
                ["Emily",         "Short & shrift"]
               ];

var doc   = %s'XML::Mini::Document'.new;
var root  = doc.getRoot;
var studs = root.createChild("CharacterRemarks");

students.each { |s|
    var stud = studs.createChild("Character");
    stud.attribute("name", s[0]);
    stud.text(s[1]);
};

print doc.toString;