Painful Excerpts From A Tenth Grade World History Class...
(one day)
Me: Why aren’t you doing your work?
Bryan: I’m lazy.
Me: So, you’re willing to sacrifice forty points?
Bryan: (shrugs) Yeah, pretty much.
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(today)
Bryan: Did you know I’m a pyromaniac?
Me: No, but I remember you told me you were lazy once. Are you gonna set fire to your house and be too lazy to escape?
Bryan: (laughs) Maybe...
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(today)
Me: I told you to leave six spaces between each term. You only left one space. Now how are you going to fit your summary in?
Trent: I write small.
Me: Well, for the sake of my eyes erase and follow the directions.
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(today) – during group share
Me: (to group 5) Alright, why is it so quiet over here? Which term are you guys on?
Jessica: Coup d’état
Me: Great. So who’s sharing that word?
Jessica: Abel, but he’s absent.
Me: So, why don’t you go on to the next one?
(blank stares)
Jessica: Can we?
Me: Well, yeah. Unless you’re telepathic.
Jessica: What’s that?
Me: Never mind. Just skip coup d’état for now.
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Me: (to the class) So why do you guys think Great Britain had such a powerful navy?
Someone: They had lots of ships.
Me: Yes, that’s true. And why do you suppose they built so many ships? Don’t forget, Great Britain is basically a large island, separate from continental Europe.
Several students: It is??
Me: DOH!
Me: Why aren’t you doing your work?
Bryan: I’m lazy.
Me: So, you’re willing to sacrifice forty points?
Bryan: (shrugs) Yeah, pretty much.
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(today)
Bryan: Did you know I’m a pyromaniac?
Me: No, but I remember you told me you were lazy once. Are you gonna set fire to your house and be too lazy to escape?
Bryan: (laughs) Maybe...
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(today)
Me: I told you to leave six spaces between each term. You only left one space. Now how are you going to fit your summary in?
Trent: I write small.
Me: Well, for the sake of my eyes erase and follow the directions.
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(today) – during group share
Me: (to group 5) Alright, why is it so quiet over here? Which term are you guys on?
Jessica: Coup d’état
Me: Great. So who’s sharing that word?
Jessica: Abel, but he’s absent.
Me: So, why don’t you go on to the next one?
(blank stares)
Jessica: Can we?
Me: Well, yeah. Unless you’re telepathic.
Jessica: What’s that?
Me: Never mind. Just skip coup d’état for now.
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Me: (to the class) So why do you guys think Great Britain had such a powerful navy?
Someone: They had lots of ships.
Me: Yes, that’s true. And why do you suppose they built so many ships? Don’t forget, Great Britain is basically a large island, separate from continental Europe.
Several students: It is??
Me: DOH!
posted by Grant-Will-Rant at
5:49 PM
2 Comments:
Dreadfully, painfully familiar. Mine were sixth graders though, and didn't have even that much rational thought. It's the kind of thing that when you read it, you really think the person must be making it up. But no, the kids are REALLY LIKE THIS.
Were we? Did we forget? Or has it really changed that much?
By
mamashine, at 7:37 PM, October 26, 2005
Okay, I admit to this:
I was in seventh grade and I met this girl from Oregon and asked her if she was a foreign exchange student.
*blushes*
So, no, I don't think it has changed that much. But that doesn't excuse the sad reality of it.
By
Grant-Will-Rant, at 5:41 PM, October 27, 2005
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