This is why I need a new profession.

[patientlee]

In her speaking test, one of my sophomores called the president Barack Osama.

It's a good thing it's the last one in that class because it's too early to drink while I correct.

It's gonna be a long year.

 

[PayDay]

In her speaking test, one of my sophomores called the president Barack Osama.

It's a good thing it's the last one in that class because it's too early to drink while I correct.

It's gonna be a long year.

There are good teachers >.<

 

[NaokoSmith]

Oh dear. That's a bad one!

My favourite was when one student earnestly doing their essay on quantitative analysis wrote not just 'casual' instead of 'causal', which is fairly common, but actually did the double whammy of writing: "casual relations'!

 

[patientlee]

Oh dear. That's a bad one!

My favourite was when one student earnestly doing their essay on quantitative analysis wrote not just 'casual' instead of 'causal', which is fairly common, but actually did the double whammy of writing: "casual relations'!

I used to keep track of the gems. I wonder where that book went.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I used to keep track of the gems. I wonder where that book went.

This is a good story for your collection. It's true!

At an institution in some hilly area not far from me , one student was being pulled in for plagiarism. It was his second offence, he had already been discretely warned about copying substantial passages in his previous work.

This Middle Eastern Prince - of course he was a Prince - was most indignant. "What can you do?" he protested. "I've told the guy I paid to write this not to copy the stuff from elsewhere."

You just can't get the staff these days, huh!

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I had a really bad one when I was still a high school student.

For the course of an entire essay (Which was supposed to be labelled, "The Amen Enigma" I managed to completely mix up the words 'Enigma' and 'Enema'

My teacher took it with good grace. She laughed until she cried.

 

[patientlee]

This is a good story for your collection. It's true!

At an institution in some hilly area not far from me , one student was being pulled in for plagiarism. It was his second offence, he had already been discretely warned about copying substantial passages in his previous work.

This Middle Eastern Prince - of course he was a Prince - was most indignant. "What can you do?" he protested. "I've told the guy I paid to write this not to copy the stuff from elsewhere."

You just can't get the staff these days, huh!

My students submit their work electronically but taking photos of their work with iPads. Much like the old fashioned way, if the work is all correct, I can't tell if they copied. However, when they only write the first letter of the word because they're too lazy to write the word, and they both take a picture of the same crappy work, it's pretty easy to tell. True story. I graded the papers yesterday.

At least my kids are too cheap to pay somebody.

 

[NaokoSmith]

My students submit their work electronically but taking photos of their work with iPads. Much like the old fashioned way, if the work is all correct, I can't tell if they copied. However, when they only write the first letter of the word because they're too lazy to write the word, and they both take a picture of the same crappy work, it's pretty easy to tell. True story. I graded the papers yesterday.

At least my kids are too cheap to pay somebody.

LOL, I once had an essay myself which I commented on as having passages which were rather rough and ready and then other passages of elegance and style. The moderator was the person who had written the text book and he pointed out that the elegant passages had actually been written by him! Thank God I said they were elegantly written! he was so flattered he let me off, LOL.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I always had the opposite problem of being too far ahead of teachers.

And I'm the worst person for a teacher to be wrong with, cuz I'll bury her/him in facts and documents till I get an apology.

They love to hear, I BUST MY ASS FOR THE TUITION MONEY THAT YOU FUCK ME OUT OF BY KNOWING LESS ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT THAN I DO.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I cant think of anything a teacher is qualified to do. They all talk how theyre gonna quit and run the world, but they know better, and stay.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I cant think of anything a teacher is qualified to do. They all talk how theyre gonna quit and run the world, but they know better, and stay.

Oh well, lucky me, I was made redundant so I run the world. Well, my kitchen - same thing, LOL.

Well, I did get kept on for a little bit of teaching. I don't teach the subject. I teach students the skills to find it out and then write it up. I LOVE it when students know more about the subject than me. We have a laugh then and I can really focus on fine-tuning their study skills.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Oh well, lucky me, I was made redundant so I run the world. Well, my kitchen - same thing, LOL.

Well, I did get kept on for a little bit of teaching. I don't teach the subject. I teach students the skills to find it out and then write it up. I LOVE it when students know more about the subject than me. We have a laugh then and I can really focus on fine-tuning their study skills.

I'm a scholar and teachers HATE real scholars.

 

[patientlee]

I cant think of anything a teacher is qualified to do. They all talk how theyre gonna quit and run the world, but they know better, and stay.

It must be miserable being better than everyone else. You always sound so surly.

I don't plan to run the world. Just to quit.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

It must be miserable being better than everyone else. You always sound so surly.

I don't plan to run the world. Just to quit.

Isnt being better what American Idol's all about?

Help me out. We spend trillions on education to make kids better, and they get worse.

Seems like my way is worth a shot.

I'm surly cuz of losers like you running things.

 

[patientlee]

Isnt being better what American Idol's all about?

Help me out. We spend trillions on education to make kids better, and they get worse.

Seems like my way is worth a shot.

I'm surly cuz of losers like you running things.

Yep. You're right.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Yep. You're right.

Of course I'm right, I wouldn't post if I'm wrong.

 

[Stella_Omega]

In her speaking test, one of my sophomores called the president Barack Osama.

It's a good thing it's the last one in that class because it's too early to drink while I correct.

It's gonna be a long year.

along with a lot of adults who do it on purpose...

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

We have a STELLA OMEGA sighting.

 

[emap]

Stella is right, the first time there was comment on Barack Obama in the news I thought his name was Osama until they showed it on the TV. Reporters keep saying it like Osama as well so it's not just the kids who get the name wrong.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Stella is right, the first time there was comment on Barack Obama in the news I thought his name was Osama until they showed it on the TV. Reporters keep saying it like Osama as well so it's not just the kids who get the name wrong.

That makes sense if it's 2005. In 2013, no.

 

[PayDay]

That makes sense if it's 2005. In 2013, no.

Right? Some people never learn.

 

[patientlee]

That makes sense if it's 2005. In 2013, no.

The student is 15 years old. He's been the president since she was in single digits. It was a test, and she chose him as her character in the dialogue. She could have been herself instead and gotten the name right.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I thoroughly enjoyed teaching. It was great fun and most of my kids were first rate. No regrets at all. Retirement is fun, too. It's all in the positive attitude.

 

[RuzieD]

I was once reading a written paper that a high school student turned in. This was in preparation for a standardized test for high school seniors. The question "Do you think Credit Cards are good or bad?"

Here's what she wrote: "You don't want no credit card because then you just gone spend more money when you don't have any."

It was so bad that it took me while to understand it. I finally figured out she meant something like "going to spend more money."

High school senior. She has the same voting rights you do.

 

[patientlee]

I thoroughly enjoyed teaching. It was great fun and most of my kids were first rate. No regrets at all. Retirement is fun, too. It's all in the positive attitude.

The funny thing is that at work, I'm the one with the positive attitude. I stay upbeat by staying out of the faculty room and bitching on the Internet.

In other news, there were hockey scores on the news ticker this morning. Life is always better with hockey.