Former Seattle high school science teacher here. I had one particular class which was very literal, and I was cracking down on homework being late. I said, "this assignment is due on Wednesday, so to get full credit, email it to me before Thursday so that I can start grading it in time before we meet again." One student actually named Kevin asked what time it should be emailed so I said by midnight. He said midnight would be Thursday (fair point), so I clarified 11:59pm would work. Another kid said he'd be in Arizona (another time zone) and asked what he should do. I smiled and announced "11:59pm Pacific standard time." This should not have been a time crunch for anyone. This one girl emailed me Wednesday night at 11:21pm saying,"Here it is. Sorry it's early. I stayed up an extra two hours waiting for 11:59 but I'm just so tired and my dad wants me to go to bed. Thanks for understanding."
Thurokiir ยท 1683 points ยท Posted at 04:56:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man that is glorious. I would have fit right in, all my assignments are turned in at 11:59
Jhazzrun ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 08:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the worst thing is when you try to send it at 11:59 and then the "sending" thing doesnt fucking work!!!! arghh.
pro tip: don't actually wait until 11:59 until to turn it in. 11:55 allows for fuck up time.
henker92 ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 10:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pro tip, don't send it at t-5 min if you can.
I always send my work in advance (not too much, but with a reasonable margin). Your mind is more free doing that.
I used to get my work in at least a day in advance just in case there were IT issues.
Despite my university being given awards for it's technology/IT-based degrees whoever was working on the IT system was really bad and things were always breaking.
serg06 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you guys being serious right now because I'm really fucking confused
henker92 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:04:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confused by ?
serg06 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:42:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confused by who on-purpose hands in their assignment at 11:59, wtf
henker92 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:17:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a student, a LOOOT of my peers did that (French engineering school).
They said it was to "double check" until the last minute, when actually everyone knows that it is for them to delay the work as much as possible and send whatever was finished on the deadline.
For some people it works well as they need to have the stress of the deadline to work better. In the end, I still think that you will have much better results by starting early. If, for any reason, you have some struggle doing the work, you have time to react. This completely surpasses the fact that you may work a little bit less productively. Another thing is that you cannot be under stress 100% of the time. At some point you will break.
aard_fi ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 10:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People usually don't check (or don't even know how to check) mail server timestamps. The displayed date field in the email is a field where you can just put whatever you want. So unless they actually shut down the mailbox at 00:00 you can easily get away with sending it later.
If you don't overdo it you might even get away handing it in a few days late now and then -- "oh, now it just popped up in my mailbox, but it has the correct date, so I guess it was just stuck somewhere"
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:53:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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bundabrg ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 11:11:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Use telnet and speak SMTP.
aard_fi ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 11:19:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on your mailclient. Some may require a plugin/extension to allow it. The point is, it's a client UI thing, not a limitation of email (see exchange comment below). Worst case just change your computers clock (thought that might screw with other running applications). You could also just send that one mail via different means -- it's quite simple to put together the email in a text editor and manually send it via smtp.
Note that Exchange has a serverside setting which replaces the date of incoming mails with the server time. I think it's usually off, but if you have an Exchange system, check first if that's configured. Most other mail systems don't do that.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 08:25:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went back to college as an adult. I would finish my assignments right away. .. 8 week research project I'll power through it as if I'm at work teachers would give me shit saying it looks bad turning in it early. So it was this weird guess when it's supposed to be handed to not look like a slacker game
I also returned to college as an adult, though I learned the opposite lesson from my work. Take every second given and interact with your boss as much as possible.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:16 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is great. Nice bundle of laughs. Perfect ending before bed.
Thanks.
georog ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 09:51:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, don't kids know about cronjobs nowadays?
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 11:56:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Protip - Outlook has a way to write an email and schedule when it will be sent. You can write a bunch of stuff, and then have them sent out at like 5:12am, 6:52am, etc to make people think you're an early-rising gogetter, while you sleep in til 9.
hogger85 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 13:01:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It does require the client to be turned on and running outlook though as it sits on the local machine not on the outlook server.
PRMan99 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:55:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Works great until they say, "Oh, good, you're up. We need to meet with the NYC office so I'll schedule it for 6."
DJCaldow ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 08:42:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Maybe this is a result of recent American grammar changing the word 'by' to 'on' so the kids don't know that there is a difference anymore.
Edit: Was genuinely opening up a discussion piece. An example is 'on accident' instead of 'by accident'.
But when daylight savings isn't going on we are in the same time zone.
esoterik ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:59:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure it's the opposite of that. Arizona is technically in the Mountain Time Zone, so when Daylight Savings Time is on for the rest of the country, Arizona doesn't spring forward and is therefore on Pacific time.
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:55:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Half the year, yes.
Sang0kai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She could have set up an automatic email to be sent at 11:59PM !
It used to be that natural selection took care of these type of people.
Ninjacide ยท 6063 points ยท Posted at 03:26:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher, but this story was from when I was a student.
In debate class we had to debate euthanasia. The kid who was supposed to argue for it went first.
He started talking about how necessary it was, and how terrible it was that we didn't use it more before. He was giving all these examples of people that needed to be euthanized: people who needed amputations, people with cavities, babies. It became very clear very quickly that either this kid was a monster or he was talking about something else.
The teacher asked him: "Charles, are you talking about euthanasia or anesthesia?"
The kid replied: "I have made... a terrible mistake."
I still quote that to this day. Cracks me up every time.
[deleted] ยท 290 points ยท Posted at 11:56:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The cavities did it for me.
"How's it look, doctor?"
"Well, unfortunately it looks like you have a cavity developing in your number 2. You need to take care of that, or we're going to have to put you down. You need to floss like your life depends on it, because it does."
Varyyn ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 14:31:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Their whole lives are crying and sleeping. Sounds like severe depression. We should be merciful and put them out of their misery.
bchevy ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 06:24:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a story of a similar vein. In middle school, we were practicing speeches on different topics just to get the hang of public speaking. One of my classmates was assigned euthanasia. Naturally, since we were all in middle school, he didn't understand the word, and thought the teacher said "youth in Asia". As soon as he started his speech with an emphatic "Youth love Asia!" everyone cracked up (naturally) and then he was corrected by the teacher. He didn't like public speaking much after that.
Countries that allow it I would guess. I remember seeing an erectile dysfunction poster in health class against smoking. Euthanasia wasn't nearly as shocking.
bchevy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:35:33 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late reply but it was in Oregon. One of the first US states to allow it IIRC
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:00:07 on January 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, in the UK we learn about euthanasia age 11 too, in religious education class, even though euthanasia is illegal here.
My RE teacher was the weirdest though. I remember he forced his class to learn how to knit, and on the first lesson of the year, he told us RE was like knitting, we needed to learn to knit to save us from exam stress, and he planned to unstitch and rethread our brains.
But yeah, we actually debated euthanasia when we were 11, as well as abortion and fertility treatment. I think it's because the school system in the UK is only divided into primary and secondary, not into junior, middle and high, so the transition point in how teachers treat you comes when you go to secondary at age 11. At that age, swearing is more allowed, sex jokes aren't pure evil, and we can debate euthanasia.
Interesting. Where I'm from in canada we had all three separations of school, and we actually learned about thay stuff in the final year of elementary (grade 6/ age 11 as well).
Reading this now though seems kind of heavy for children of that age! I just started working with child refugees last month and can't imagine my kids talking about this stuff, they're just babies! (When I wrote this comment I hadn't been exposed to child developmental stages since I went through them myself!)
Perception is a strange thing!
Fandumb ยท 107 points ยท Posted at 06:50:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Coming from asia to America as a young child, when I first heard about "euthanasia," I automatically thought it meant "Youth-in-asia," and I was like "Cool, I was a euthanasia a couple years ago"
Wow even with that its not the dumbest thing I have seen relating to a speech on euthanasia
I was giving a speech on how technology might one day make the human race immortal and touched upon how societies attitude to euthanasia would probably have to change
Some girl gets up from the back of the class literally crosses herself and walks out of the classroom shooting me the evils
Speech class in college and one of the other groups had Euthanasia as their topic. One of the guys in the group was East Asian. He looked at his group as they pulled their desks around in a circle and, with a smirk, said "Don't worry guys - I know all about the youths in Asia - Obviously, I was one!" The look of horror on their faces was one of the best classroom moments of my entire education.
My High School speech teacher told us of a time when she was in college where they were talking about euthanasia and she confused it with "Youth of Asia" for a bit. She got a bunch of mixed reactions when she starting talking about that with her professor during lecture.
mandi318 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:32:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher on reddit while my kids are working on an assignment silently. I read this and laughed so hard. All my students are asking questions and I just murmured something about how an email another teacher sent me was funny..... Man. This was the best thing I have read all week.
This reminds me of when I was a student, my high school English class were preparing for our yearly 'Solo Talks' on a topic that 'sparked different opinions'.
One day we had a Physics teacher cover our class (I guess the normal teacher was out sick) and he asked my friend what her chosen topic was.
"Euthanasia" She replied
He nodded and then said "Well, what you have to remember is that they are not much different to you or your peers, despite the different upbringing and cultural heritage"
Thanks for making me laugh in geology recitation. I'm supposed to be learning about dino death.
nillut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did a similar thing in an English lesson where I was supposed to hold a presentation on Ramadan.
I hadn't prepared at all, so I copied down some cliffnotes from the Swedish Wikipedia page on the subject. On my way to the lesson I realized I didn't know the English word for "fasting" ("fasta" in Swedish) so I asked my teacher. She thought I said "fastna" which means to "get stuck", and told me as much.
So I started talking about how "during the month of Ramadan most Muslims get stuck. However, pregnant women and children don't have to get stuck" and so on.
Eventually one of my friends raised his hand and asked what the fuck I was talking about...
I had a friend in high school who was supposed to debate the negative side of euthanasia but instead began his debate clearly having done no research or anything and began ranting about how bad "youth in asia" was.
When I was a kid, I remember the preacher in my church going on and on about how euthanasia was a terrible plague that was becoming legal in more and more places (I think this was shortly after Kevorkian or another "angel of death" trial).
My parents noticed me getting really angry after church when this happened, and they asked me what was wrong.
"I don't like it when he talks like that," a young me replied. "It's just racist. He wouldn't talk that way about white or black kids."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:09:45 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know where top kek came from, all I know is hearing kek when... nevermind you wouldn't get it.
metao ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:22:07 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The first time I heard about euthanasia was an eighth grade religious education class (Catholic school). I wasn't really paying attention to the class, because religious education was a joke, but I was sort of surprised when youth in asia was brought up as a hot issue. They're not Catholic there, I reasoned, so the church was probably concerned about them all going to hell, or something.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:10:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This should be the top post.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a Kramer moment right there
exyccc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:46:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was about to say why didn't he Google it... But then I realized this might be a story from like 1943, how are you? 100?
[deleted] ยท -21 points ยท Posted at 03:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LostFlute ยท 965 points ยท Posted at 01:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a teacher of a community college library course, I assigned a student the task of compiling a bibliography of books for high school students on the Middle Ages. Half of the bibliography contained books on mid-life crisis, empty-nesters and menopause.
eekstatic ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 09:06:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I must be cut from the same cloth as this student because I thought you meant a bibliography for high school students...if they were living in the Middle Ages. So I thought all the mid-life crisis stuff was a hilarious gag about the short life expectancy for Medieval folk.
I think it might say that our former teachers are probably somewhere downthread telling on us.
Sefiren ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 03:34:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well... they aren't wrong LOL
LostFlute ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 13:18:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! And I actually would have given them mostly full credit if the whole bibliography had been on "middle age" instead of the Middle Ages (the purpose of the task was to build a comprehensive bibliography...no matter the topic). But the rest of it was related to the medieval period, so...yeah.
Sefiren ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:52:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well if it was mentioned or in the instructions that the medieval period was the focus, then the kids need to focus lol
As a teacher of a community college library course, I assigned a student the task of compiling a bibliography of books for high school students on the Middle Ages. Half of the bibliography contained books on mid-life crisis, empty-nesters and menopause.
Time to share my most embarrassing moment my first year teaching. I had a foreign exchange student from France in my ELA class. The assignment was to write a personal narrative about an important moment in their life. Instead of reading the essays, I had my students read them aloud (if the were comfortable)- this was my first mistake. The student, who will be referred to as J, goes up to the podium to present. Now, I need to point out that J did not speak often in class, and we've been working hard to get him speaking to his peers. I was so proud that he was willing to share his story. He stands up there with his essay and let's this wonderful story unfold. He proceeds to tell the class about his first time having a night emission. He said he went to school and told his friends (he was young) what happened. They suggested that he go home and wank. I thought for sure I was not hearing this story correctly at this point. My second mistake was not stopping the presentation. He was so soft spoken and matter of fact that I had not caught on to where the story was headed. He then proceeds to tell the story of the first time he jerked off in the bathroom. My class was in tears. I had no idea what to do and sat there dumbfounded. I asked him why he would share something so personal. J responds that a narrative is a story and personal means something you wouldn't want to share. Made sense to him. I ended the class with "What happens in 5th period, stays in 5th period." Students asked all the time what happened in 5th period, but as far as I knew, no one shared.
Pluky ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 11:34:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess you just broke your own rule then... Period 5 is meant to be classified! Funny story though
Kyphros ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 13:17:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once the teacher asked us to do problems 1 to 10 for homework. One of my friends did problems 1, 2, and 10, thinking the teacher said "one two ten" instead of "one to ten".
hey thats better than me. In third grade I wasnt paying attention, so when the teacher said do pages 260 problems 1-30 and 45-50, i did all the problems on pages 1-30 and 45-50, and 260 in my math book. it was a rough night
sharkykid ยท 324 points ยท Posted at 01:52:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ferozer0 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:47:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Ayy lmao
doomneer ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:50:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It probably started on that page.
FF3LockeZ ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:01:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Third grade math problems are shorter than your math problems.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:51:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The back of some math textbooks have some rapid fire questions with no actual content on the page. So It's just 50-100 questions one right after another with no real spacing between them.
its third grade so they were pretty short problem. basic multiplication i think
bfaithr ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 03:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a good thing that was third grade. Imagine making that mistake in college shudder
[deleted] ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 04:01:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made that mistake twenty-seven years ago, and am almost halfway done!
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 11:12:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd spend two minutes trying to do the assignment, 5 minutes looking for the solutions manual, going to reddit while I waited for the torrent to finish downloading, then panicking 5 hours later when I remember I was waiting for the torrent to finish and I spent the entire time on reddit and it's 3am and I have to wake up at 8 for this class fuck it it's just a homework grade if I get a 94 on the next test I can totally make up the difference and maintain a C in the class I'll just start studying for it as soon as I get out of class.
At least the assignment was a subset of the work you did.
hreai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:01:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my first day of high school in the US. The math teacher told us to do all even problems on page 155, I didn't really catch the even part so I just ignored it and did all the problems on page 155. It took me forever and I was wondering why we got so much repetitive homework, I really didn't see a point.
The next day I found out I should have only done every second problem. Did it again with the odd problems though!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:34:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You got 260 problems but an inadequate grounding in mathematical problem solving ain't one.
One of those 260.
Thought I'd clarify, just in case you're still not paying attention.
This reminds me of something that happened to me in first grade. I was told to "cover the textbook" for my homework on the first day of school. I thought that meant read the whole textbook, and I remember crying at the table after dinner because I was so overwhelmed. My mom finally called another class mom only to find out I was supposed to just put a physical cover on the book.
I work in a pharmacy. One time we had a newly Canadian African man come in for a prescription. I told him to come back "around 4:30 or 5:00". He gave me a weird look, then I saw him again at exactly 4:35.
I know someone that did something similar. We had to do three questions in a four question paper. Each question was split into parts a, b etc. These parts were all linked to the general theme of the question.
We came out of the exam thinking "damn that was hard, I didn't finish in time" (there were a lot of laborious time-consuming questions). My friend agreed. I asked him which questions he tried...
"1a and b, 2 c and 4 a"...
To this day, I don't know how this was possible, considering almost every exam we do is exactly the same format.
DrQuint ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He should have said "1 through 10", it's what everyone uses to avoid confusion in this exact scenario
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher should have said one through ten
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:07:32 on January 13, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was asked to do at least 4 problems and did problem four.
This happened in my first (or second) grade class. We were given black construction paper and chalk, and told to make a skeleton on the paper with the chalk.
One of the kids started having some difficulty with the task and the teacher - along with the rest of us - realized he was gluing chalk in the shape of a skeleton onto the paper, and had run out of chalk pieces.
Suuupa ยท 3519 points ยท Posted at 21:52:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, "make" is different than "draw"
Fraerie ยท 3005 points ยท Posted at 23:23:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also fairly inspired given both chalk and bones are primarily calcium.
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:00:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And that's when he got an F for being the smart kid.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not funny. I was given a similar project in first grade and we were told to make chalk outlines of our silhouettes.
....There is a reason I became a lawyer....I literally take everything literally. Has caused me lots of problems, most recent of which was a misunderstanding about moving a date back. Looking at my calendar...I moved it back (from Wednesday to Monday).
No, pushing a date back means making it farther. Moving a date ahead/forward means making it closer.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:49:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The person on the phone intended "move it back" to mean "delay it" or "push it off longer"...so to her "move it back 2 days" meant to postpone the meeting to Friday. I interpreted it as move the date back on the calendar such that it was 2 days earlier.
Something similar happened to me in year 5. I had an assignment where we had to make a dragon. I tried to physically make one out of paper and glue and the final result was very small and looked terrible. When I handed it in I found out that everyone else had drawn theirs.
My teacher said something like "Why can't you make more of an effort?" when I'd probably spent as much time as everyone else on it, just with less to show for it.
[deleted] ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 10:20:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same! Even aside from drawing with chalk, I always hated how it felt in my hand...I used to keep a piece of chalk in a marker cap so when I had to draw with it, I wouldn't have to touch it.
This kid will either be a total fuck up or a very successful person.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:25:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man... I'm actually a little worried this might have been me. Second grade is a little blurry for me, but it was my first year not being homeschooled, and I did this type of shit all the time.
Pluky ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:40:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Woah before I read the second half my brain also registered "make a skeleton with chalk" as constructing a skeleton with chalk. I'm 27.
exyccc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn actually I didn't see anything wrong with the story up until you pointed out that he was supposed to use it to draw... I would've done the same thing
SimpleRy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:09:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You found the real artist in that class. This kid is thinking outside the box.
When I was a teen, I was taking this oil painting class, and happened to get bit by a dog across the face just days before our "self-portrait" session. So, I got a small canvas and painted my thumb. It was my best painting ever, my teacher's favorite from that class, and it is now part of the museum's collection, apparently. The word "inspired" was used to describe it.
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:30 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same.
daekle ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:35:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So this is kinda weird, from where I sit compared to the screen the half moon ascii looks like a very blurry line. I can see it's a half moon only when I move very close to the screen. Taking my glasses off and sitting back, all the "blurry lines" turn into nice, crisp single lines. Seriously they look perfect, no blurring.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
crank that soulja boi
jconfer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That looks more like the beginning of a bukakke than anything
D-man324 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:05:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those are some long ass fingernails
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
))))))))))
[deleted] ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 03:33:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ good shit goเฑฆิ sHit๐ thats โ some good๐๐shit right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Good shit
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ good shit goเฑฆิ sHit๐ thats โ some good๐๐shit right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Good shitsauce me the FUCK up ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ cheesy shit cheesy sHit๐ thats โ some cheesy๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ ๐ด i say so ๐ด thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ด ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Cheesy shit ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ euphoric logic !euphoric loGic๐ thats โ some euphoric๐๐ป logic right๐๐ปthere๐๐๐ Carl ๐ญ Sagan๐๐ซif i do ฦฝaาฏ so gentlemen ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats euPhoric logic right there Richard ๐ Dawkins๐ฉ (chorus: socrates died for this shit) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐๐euphoric logic slam me the FUCK uP ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ john cena JOhN cEna๐ john โ cena john๐๐cena john๐๐cena๐๐๐ johnโcena โโu can't see me if I do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐John ceNa POTENTIALLY sign me the FUCK up ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ average shit moderaฬทฬถte sHit ๐ thats some ALright ๐๐shit right ๐๐ th ๐ ere ๐๐๐ right ๐ there ๐ if i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ๐ i say so ๐ that could be what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Not outstanding shit ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ ayy lmao ayyy lmao good lmao๐ thats โ some ayyy๐๐lamayo right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do LMAO so my self ๐ฏ i ayyy so ๐ฏ thats what im probing about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐AAAYYYYyyyyYYYYYyyyyyyสธสธสธสธสธสธสธสธ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ayy lmao ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ good memes goเฑฆิ mEmes๐ธ thats ๐ซ๐ซsome good๐ธ๐ธmemes right๐ธ๐ธth ๐ธ ere๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ right๐ซthere ๐ซ๐ซif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ โโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ i say so โโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะโโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ธะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ธ ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ธ โโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ ๐ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ๐ธ๐ธGood memes ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ bull shit bull sHit๐ฉ thats โ๏ธ some bull๐ฉ๐ฉshit right๐ฉ๐ฉth ๐ฉ ere๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ rightโ๏ธthere โ๏ธโ๏ธif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ โผ๏ธ i say so โผ๏ธ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะโผ๏ธ ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฉHO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฉ โผ๏ธ ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฉBull shit do NOT sign me the FUCK up ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ bad shit baฬทฬถ ิ sHit ๐ thats โ some bad ๐๐shit right ๐๐ th ๐ ere ๐๐๐ right โ there โ โ if i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ๐ซ i say so ๐ซ thats not what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Bad shit ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ good shitposting goเฑฆิ sHitpOsting๐ thats โ some good๐๐shitposting right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Good shitposting wife me the FUCK up ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ gay shit gโy sHit๐ญ thats ๐ some gay๐ญ๐ญshit right๐ญ๐ญth ๐ญ ere๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ right๐there ๐๐if i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ญ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ญGay shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ good cummies goเฑฆิ cUmmIes๐ฆ thats โ some good๐ฆ๐ฆcummies right๐ฆ๐ฆthere๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ rightโthere โโif my ๐ชdaddy๐ช say so him self ๐ฝ i say so ๐ฏ thats what hes talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMะ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆGood cummies~ friendzone me the FUCK up โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ m'lady shit m'lady sHitโค๏ธ thats โ some m'lady ๐๐shit rightโค๏ธโค๏ธthere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ ๐ โค๏ธ M'lady shit friendzone me the FUCK up โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ m'lady shit m'lady sHitโค๏ธ thats โ some m'lady ๐๐shit rightโค๏ธโค๏ธthere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ ๐ โค๏ธ M'lady shit friendzone me the FUCK up โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ m'lady shit m'lady sHitโค๏ธ thats โ some m'lady ๐๐shit rightโค๏ธโค๏ธthere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ ๐ โค๏ธ M'lady shit ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ old shit 0ld sHit๐ด thats ๐พ some old๐ด๐ดshit right๐ด๐ดth ๐ด ere๐ด๐ด๐ด right๐พthere ๐พ๐พif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ i say so ๐ฅ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐ด๐ด ๐ดะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ด ๐ด๐ด ๐ด ๐ฃ ๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ด๐ดOld shit ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ good dick goเฑฆิ dIck๐๐ฟ thats โ some good๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟdick right๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟthere๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟGood dick ๐๐ช ๐๐ช๐๐ชedgy shit edgY sHit ๐ชthats ๐ซsome edgy๐๐ shit right ๐ชth๐ช ere๐๐๐ right there ๐ฌ๐ฌif i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ ๐ซi say so ๐ซ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ซ ๐ช๐ช๐ชะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ช๐ช๐ช ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ช Edgy shit ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ cool pic coเฑฆl pIC๐ ๐๐๐thats โ some cool๐๐๐๐pic right๐๐๐there๐๐๐๐๐ rightโthere โ๐โif i do ฦฝaาฏ so ๐๐my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right ๐there right there (chorus:cool pic ) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐Cool pic ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ neato stuff neatเฑฆ stuff๐ thats โ some neato๐๐stuff right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐neato stuff ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ up votes uP voTes ๐thats โ some up ๐๐ votes front ๐๐page ๐๐๐rightโthere โโif i do vote so my self ๐ I vote so ๐ thats what im talking about front page front page (chorus: แถ สณแตแถฐแต แตแตแตแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ Up vote
MrMoby ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 03:22:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IRL Amelia Bedelia
Xanthina ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:40:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Related (vaugly): Art assignment: draw the front of your home, defined as the part of the house that faces the road.
So I did that. Teacher argued that I did the assignment wrong, since there was no door. Refused to believe me that the doors were on the side of the house (1850's farm house).
Had to get a note from my parents to corroborate
mcac ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:30:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got D's on every fucking assignment in my art class even though I did all of them legitimately and put a lot of effort into them. It was an elective class in high school that I didn't even choose - we got to pick like 5 classes that we were interested and had to rank them and they gave us electives based on our preferences. Except they gave me art, which wasn't even on my list at all and something I have never been interested in. I goofed around in class more than I probably should have but I still did all of the assignments and gave them my all. I have never been a very good artist and I was really proud of some of the projects I did. I'd turn them in thinking "maybe this one will get an A". Nope. Fucking D. "Too simple" or "not creative enough" or "too busy" (? wtf does that even mean). Fuck you Mr. Lucky.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:53:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:47:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While teaching an English-language immersion class, I remember asking the students to "write 100 words about what you did last summer" for homework. One of them produced a list of 100 individual words about summer, "sun, ice cream, beach, swimming" etc...
Huh, that seems like an interesting way to make a poem. Order and string the words in a way which implies a story without using grammar, so it looks like a train of thought. I wish I had done that.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:03:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hadn't considered the artistic potential of it, but I agree, using a series of 100 words carefully chosen for their imagery in relation to each other you could tell a story. It would need to mix all types of speech, not just nouns and adjectives. It would be a kind of extended haiku. Care to try it and post the result?
See, the entertaining thing about that is that she had to have mentioned to somebody what she was doing and how ridiculous it was, and at least one of them must have realized the mistake and said, "Nah, nah. Going to let this one play out. It'll be hilarious."
I've taught math from 6th through Geometry. This assignment was one of the best I have seen. 6th grade student. Just look at the instructions and his answers.
I have some other really funny ones that I keep for fun, but this is the best misinterpretation of work. As hard as it is to believe, this was not a student trying to be funny. He really had no clue this was not what he was supposed to do.
Ydnzocvn ยท 422 points ยท Posted at 06:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder what went through his head at problem 16.
N0V0w3ls ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 19:48:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Have I been doing this wrong? ...fuck, I don't want to do that real work. Oh well, maybe if I keep going, teacher will give me credit for 'misunderstanding'."
that's what makes it so funny, and also the pure innocence of the student who did it.
zakraye ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 10:49:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's bizarre that 20 & 21 are blank. That and every answer is correct except #16. But if someone were interpreting the instructions literally they also couldn't say that the answer to #16 is "add & subtract" because the instructions clearly only say "Add or subtract".
Pretty interesting interpretation.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 11:45:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Surely it's an inclusive "or" given that you can (as is evident) have both operations in the same formula.
zakraye ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:03:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course! I'm so rusty on my formal logic... haha
yeah, this was more or less a review to get students back into working with decimal operations.
Multiplication and division of decimals are new to 6th grade, but it is important that students know the basics of working with them before going further.
First up is a student doing simple subtraction in 7th grade, interesting method
http://imgur.com/xCOgldo
These two are just interesting answers to a random assessment we had to give by the district. Kids are basically given a 10 minute timer to do as many questions as they can.
http://imgur.com/eAZZOIb
if we're getting technical. they are all additions
Pwnemon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that honestly seems like something i'd do when i was too short on the deadline to actually do the work so i could make the case i'd misunderstood and ask for an extension. are you sure that's not what happened?
When I was in the third grade I had an odd view of logic. In math class she would give us these big practice sheets with easy answers on top, and harder ones as you progressed. She told my mom at a parent teacher meeting that I had several times done the first line and the last line, but none of the others. I stated "I did the first to see if I could do them, and the last line as they are the hardest. Why waste time on the others if I can do the hardest ones?" She said it was partially logically, but had me do the rest anyways. I still have good thoughts about her as she made learning fun.
Whenever students take instructions this literally I wonder if there may be a little autism going on. Do they struggle to get jokes and play along side other kids rather than with them? Do they look awkward in the playground, skirting round the edges trying to work out how to join in? Could of course just be a dim moment but if a teacher spots autism this early it makes a huge positive difference to the child's future.
As someone with autism, I can confirm crap like this happens sometimes. Luckily I never managed to screw up during an actual assignment, but occasionally I'd hear "describe this equation" and I'd literally start describing what it looked like: "well.. It's quite short and.."
Just wondering as someone who learnt English as a second language, what happens when you read books heavy with idiomatic usage of language? This was pre-internet and I used to sit with a dictionary to read books so that I'd understand the usage and context. Still remember a classmate doing an extempore speech on 'The day it rained cats and dogs'!
All idioms I came across in a classroom were explained to the class which wasn't a problem, but the ones I read/heard outside of a classroom often confused me. I remember hearing someone say "I guess you spilled the beans" referring to accidentally revealing a secret and I spent about an hour wondering what they meant; I was too shy to ask. I just assumed it was an inside joke and let it go until I heard it again a few months later and I managed to figure out what it meant because of the context it was used in.
Basically.. It usually confuses me at first, but if I think about it for a while or hear it used in a few different situations, I generally figure out the intended meaning eventually. Luckily nobody has asked me a direct question with an idiom and expected an immediate reply because I would not have coped well with that.
I'm now old enough to have heard all of the common idioms that could be brought up in a conversation so I'm fine with them now. I also spend a lot of time online so I come across all the new ones pretty quick (eg, "Netflix and chill" which suddenly got popular recently) - I'm not sure if you'd consider that to be an actual idiom or not, but I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say.
Gotcha! Yes, that makes complete sense. In fact, that mirrors my experience with learning my second language (English) as well. As a young child, I could recognize and apply idioms in my native language better than in English, although I learnt more of English formally through the education system. Over time, with exposure and just like you said - the applying of contextual clues helped me acquire more familiarity with idioms.
A very young person I know closely (also on the spectrum and a very smart, delightfully hilarious joker of a child) has similar difficulties with languages and his parents (multilingual couple) are raising him monolingual which appears to have helped him a lot. He's going to grows as a fine purveyor of dad jokes I'm sure!
alamaias ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:45:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair to him, the wording confused me too, why would it not just say "solve these" or just put an '=' sign after the sum? For reference; I am 31, and passed the first year of two maths-based degrees. Always hated getting things wron because of odd wording.
I agree it was bad wording, but it was just in class practice so there is no "penalty" for doing it wrong.
On assessments, if a student gives me a logical reason why his answer is correct and it makes sense, he/she will get full credit. It does happen with poorly worded questions sometimes. This happens most on district assessments(usually semester tests that we are forced to give by the district). It happens a lot where I will all for multiple correct answers due to the wording of the question.
alamaias ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:34:11 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That seems cooler than i would exect from a teacher.
Which is an odd statement considering i was training to be a teacher for a while...
Most of this comes from actually teaching rather than "education" on becoming a teacher.
I like to think about what is important, and understanding and problem solving are two of the top 2 things I want out of my students. Way more than can you find the area of a trapezoid, which will likely never be done again by any student.
The thing I hate the most is 6th and 7th grade teaching multiplication and division with decimals without a calculator. The vast majority of people will never do things like 10.375/1.7 on paper ever since we all have calculators in our pockets at all time.
That is a major reason I won't go back to those grade levels(BTW, I no longer teach in Louisiana)
alamaias ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:13 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Y'know, i don't think i was ever taught to do that :P though it is no different to 10375/1700 so if i could remember how to do long division that would suffice.
In first grade, we were assigned to go home and answer a few questions on loose leaf. Not knowing exactly what that was, I wandered about the woods near my home searching for leaves big enough for my writing. My moms reaction when she asked why I was writing on leaves was priceless.
Boxwizard ยท 1752 points ยท Posted at 00:33:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I ordered a textbook on the MLA format that was required for my English I class. It took FOREVER to show up and I had already went to at least 2-3 weeks worth of classes and the book still had not shown up. When it did, it was clearly a brand new book, still in its plastic wrap and probably from the publisher and it had no binding whatsoever. Over 300 loose leaf pages. It wasn't as much as $300 but it's frustrating to pay for a textbook that is required and it doesn't look the way it's supposed to.
It's not fraud at all. You know exactly what you're buying. You can see it. What it is (in my experience at least) is that the book is being printed by the university print shop because it's out of (regular) print, and has been for 30 years, but the Professor assigning it has been teaching the class the same way for 50 years and the thought of changing anything is impossible at this point.
So you get this massive shrink wrapped pile and stuff it into an oversized three ring binder and curse it whenever you have to try to find room in your backpack for it.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:01:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have 3 of these oversized Binders for just one Physiology class. I have no room for my laptop.
alamaias ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:21:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You, my friend, need a scanner.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 13:39:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or google and the search term "[your stupid books] file:pdf"
You can always take it to a print shop and they can throw a spiral or comb binding with covers on it, to make it function like a real book. Costs about 5-6 bucks to do. Make sure they measure the spine in front of you first, some will just blindly punch the poles without measuring, and not have a spine big enough. Then you have a $300 textbook with noway to store it. (Or you could break it down into two smaller bound books.)
Holy crap. The college I work at is starting a program with our book publishers to have all textbooks available in e-reader formats with the options of the students buying a loose leaf copy to put in a binder. The loose leaf copies are only going to be $50.
sorator ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 03:23:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The only times I've seen this in college bookstores is when the book is printed by the college itself and sold at a much lower price than the alternative that they could buy from the publishing company, like <$100.
Still kinda iffy, because you can't buy a used copy anywhere (stores, including the university bookstore, won't buy em back because its too easy to lose pages and they don't want to check that you didn't), but they're trying, so that's worth... something.
muddyrose ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:04:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would get really pissed about that too until I figured out that instead of lugging around a heavy ass textbook, I could just take the specific section I needed and save my back.
But they should definitely lower the prices on loose leaf textbooks.
Yeah, I felt that way at first, but then I realized it's a lot easier to carry around just the chapters you are studying than all of the chapters you are going to read the next three quarters plus the ones you never even read.
That being said, it's even easier to torrent the book and use the money you saved to buy a laptop or a tablet.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:11:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah.. Back in my day, there were only two ways to do an assignment. In a notebook, or on loose leaf. Loose leaf is so that you can turn it into the teacher without ripping it out of a binding and having it look like shit.
"Please do this on loose leaf" was as common a phrase as "and use a number two pencil."
Nowadays I guess kids email or text their assignments. =/
I think its not specified because most notebooks are not bound anymore and now have the perforations to tear them out easily, so it doesn't really matter if you use loose paper or from a notebook.
oh god.. I just had a flash forward, 15 years in the future, to my kids asking me that and then saying like "wow, you had to use paper in school?"
Bartisgod ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:44:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, instead, your kids will be paying the $300+ we pay now for physical textbooks we can keep and/or resell for temporary digital textbook licenses that they lose the right to use when the class ends.
As likely as this scenario may be, currently my students are paying $15 for an e-book instead of $100 for a heavy-ass text, so I'm happy. And it's the standard Pearson science text, not a weird knock-off.
I don't see this as an embarrassing question really, how many people seriously refer to "paper" as "loose leaf"?!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I'm on the shitter and there's no toilet paper, every paper becomes loose leaf
erondites ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:17:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
That's why I said potentially. The small text seemed to indicate embarrassment, although at least partially for comic effect.
Edit: and pretty much everyone in the US and Canada refers to lined notebook-style paper which is not in a notebook as "loose leaf." It come up a lot on homework specifications in elementary school, i.e. "Write your paragraph on wide-ruled loose-leaf."
The technical term for the pages of a book has always been the leaves, so paper which is punched tho out in a binder but not actually put in it is loose leaf.
yonil9 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:22:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First grade I was told to take a paper and pass it down. So I passed a single sheet down and held the rest of the papers. 10 mins of confusion and a little crying later and now I'm a expert in the feild.
-del2phi ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:03:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a kind of bush where I grew up that had these really big leaves, and if you wrote on them with a stick it would actually show up very clearly after a few minutes. I can easily see myself having made the same mistake as you if given the same assignment.
"/u/lurkingterp, why are you writing on leaves?!" "Teacher said to in school, mommy!"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:51:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same thing happened to me in seventh grade. Our teachers had never ever called notebook paper "loose leaf" before. We got a new teacher in seventh grade who told us to take out a piece of "loose leaf" and we all looked at her with this wtf expression like she was crazy! She was like, "What?" and we asked her as she proceeded to explain.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bahahah I did this as well!
Except we had a bunch of teak/Tectona grandis trees in our backyard and they have huge leaves. I gathered them, dusted them off, started writing with a marker and my mum walked in.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:25:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once spent an hour or so typing out an essay in third or fourth grade hitting the space bar twice between every word, hadn't quite learned what a 'double-spaced' format was...
My parents' reaction was similar. Probably not priceless, maybe like $39.99, but they still found my adamant declaration ('No, my teacher said it's double-spaced!') quite humorous.
This is seriously one of the most adorable things I've read
Luke_7 ยท 5219 points ยท Posted at 00:36:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in college I was in a Classical Mythology class, and we had to read "The Metamorphoses" by Ovid, an ancient text which puts together a bunch of myths into a cohesive story.
Instead, some kid in my class read "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka, a 1914 short story about a guy who turns into a cockroach.
Before class I overheard him talking to his friends "Yeah, I actually did the whole reading, but why did we have to read it for this class? Dude just turns into a bug. It was weird."
merganzer ยท 2541 points ยท Posted at 02:41:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't read the 2nd century Latin novel, Apuleius' Metamorphoses. All I remember from that one is donkey-fucking.
jakielim ยท 2022 points ยท Posted at 03:04:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I can swear I've read/heard this story and your comment before, is this a reference I'm missing?
merganzer ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 04:12:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Metamorphoses AKA The Golden Ass is an early novel, full of crazy antics and magic and a guy getting turned into a donkey. It is not the same as the mythology of Ovid or the modern novel by Kafka, it just happens to have a similar title.
RuneLFox ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thatsalmostmyfetish.jpg
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:31:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Disjointed connnection but Kevin Smith's Clerks. Clerks II had a donkey show.
EDIT: While the main character is turned into a donkey, I do not remember any donkey fucking, fyi.
thefran ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:00:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He fucks some noble's wife while a donkey. Also spies on some lady cheating on his husband, husband comes home, lover hides under a jar, he steps on his hand. Also while he was still a human he fucked a sorceress' apprentice, the sorceress whipped her for it, and he comes over "hey can i fuck you up the arse as always" "nope i got whipped" "damn indeed this is a greek tragedy".
Along the same vein, one of the students in my English class read read The Invisible Man, a ~150 page science fiction novel by H.G. Wells instead of Invisible Man a nearly 600 page classic about the social and intellectual struggles of black America during the early twentieth century.
Apparently she was confused about why we were given so many weeks to finish the novel.
I also made this mistake as a teenager, though not for class, just on my own. Was about 100 pages into Ellison's story before I suspected I had made a mistake somewhere.
I also, because I'm old enough to have grown up with VHS, watched about half of the second tape of the Godfather before I started realizing that something was out of order and realized that my dad hadn't put them back in the box right (of course, I also hadn't looked at the tapes to see if they were numbered).
I kind of did that with Stephen King's IT. Watched a little bit of the second half first and didn't understand why it started with some guy talking to a clown digging a grave, but I went with it anyways until my stepsister stopped me and made sure I was properly traumatized.
ziggl ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a modern twist, my finale of Lost came in two parts, I watched the second half first.
I didn't notice anything was wrong till the intro music played halfway in.
Zebezd ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:17:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haven't seen that much of Lost, but I'm not surprised. The series shifts perspectives and skips around the timeline constantly. Hell, there's a chance that might even have made the finale better; show the very end first, then the preceding events. The use of that format consistently makes it onto my favourites list, whether we're talking about single episodes or entire series.
I finally got around to watching Alien for the first time last summer when it came on tv. I was confused when it started with her talking about the xenomorph in the past sense (I knew the basic plot), but figured it was eventually going to switch to a long flashback for the rest of the movie. It wasn't until Ripley got upset about the android that I got suspicious, since they basically spoiled the surprise about the android crew member trying to kill her. Little did I know there's only one letter's difference between the titles of the first movie and its sequel. I was watching Aliens.
Ha! "Why are we starting with a wedding in Italy...oh hey, that woman got blown up, maybe that's what led Al Pacino to a life of crime? I thought Marlon Brando was in this?"
I did this in 11th grade. My teacher told me to read "The Invisible Man". I read "Invisible Man". I stood up and gave my oral report. Three minutes in she starts to laugh at me. She stopped me and explained the mix up. I was embarrassed to say the least.
+1 to the teacher for that curriculum addition. Not saying anything bad about Wells, but learning about sociopolitical struggles of minorities is a fascinatingly advantage thing to do in an English class.
I agree completely. It was a perspective-changing book. We also read Things Fall Apart that same year, and I still have both books, the margins covered in notes.
Me, too. I still have that copy I read in high school, covered in notes.
mel2mdl ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:10:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A friend of mine was a poor reader. He decided to watch the movie. Was so upset that it was from the H.G. Well's story and not the one he was supposed to read...which was due the next day.
rackik ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:48:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my God, I hated Invisible Man. It was so hard for me to get through in high school. One of the few books I didn't finish.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:03:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good for you. I finished it. Twice. It's horrible. Badly written, badly thought.
I was really excited to red The Invisible Man in highschool English, only to discover we'd be reading Invisible Man instead. I read about 20 pages before sparknoting my way through.
rackik ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree wholeheartedly.
Sirspen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:37:42 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that too. Had to read the 600 page in two days as a result.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:22:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think The Invisible Man would have been a better choice in the first place.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:51:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Most people are just not interested in reading about the social and intellectual struggles of black America during the early 20th century. It's the kind of formulaic subject that wins Academy Awards. Everybody on the entire planet is already familiar with the theme and there is literally nothing that anybody will learn about the topic that isn't anecdotal. And not only is it cliche and uninteresting, it's 600 pages and you will presumably have to complete some kind of assignment that will ask nauseating questions like, "What do you think the author was trying to communicate about life as a black person in the early 20th century?"
So I guess my argument isn't so much for The Invisible Man as it is against Invisible Man. But I would have to say that The Invisible Man is a good choice because it's a short, classic novel by a famous author that is well-written and deals with a topic that is immediately recognizable but still uncommon and imaginative.
An English teacher assigning Invisible Man is like a film teacher assigning The King's Speech or Twelve Years a Slave. Assigning The Invisible Man is like assigning a film by Alfred Hitchcock or Ingmar Bergman.
[deleted] ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 07:34:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This doesn't make sense to me at all. Invisible Man is a masterful example of English prose and language beyond its subject matter. It is one of the best American novels of all time. It is Melville or Faulkner-level brilliant. To fix your analogy, Invisible Man is more like Bergman or Hitchcock whereas The Invisible Man is more like James Cameron. Its use of symbolism and metaphor is unparalleled, its subject matter pertinent beyond racial boundaries today as much as it was then too. If you want to argue that it is too dense for high schoolers then that is understandable, but to claim it is 'cliche' and 'formulaic' and can be thematically understood by 'anecdote' is just so off-base.
sableine ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 07:23:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it had beautiful symbolism,rhythm and emotion. And I felt it had more to do with the struggle of existentialism that happened to coincide and be amplified by being black in that time.
It sounds here like your argument against Invisible Man is just that you think the theme is cliche?
A lot of themes have become cliche over the years, but that doesn't necessarily render the classics uninteresting. Catcher in the Rye didn't suddenly become a bad just because we now all know disillusioned coming of age stories. Sherlock Holmes didn't become any shittier just because his character was ripped off 1,000 times.
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:02:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The HG Wells one is better.
jakielim ยท 91 points ยท Posted at 03:05:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My intention is to tell of a body changed
to a cockroach: the gods, who made the changes
Will help me - or I hope so - with a story
That runs from him waking up to his demise
aft3rm4th ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:01:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my latest book club: I read I Am Pilgrim, a post-9/11 murder mystery spy novel, and another woman read The Pilgrim, a 15th century historical fiction piece that included someone being beheaded for sheep-fucking. It was a very interesting discussion
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:33:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made the same mistake in high school. Saw "the Metamorphisis" on a list of texts we could choose for our project and went, "awesome, I love Ovid! I'll do that one."
He was great at the setup and pretty bad at the final execution.
Spoilers: the bug unceremoniously dies, and The Trial is unfinished and skips straight to the guy's execution
smiles134 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 07:30:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Um, I don't see how anyone could look at the end of The Metamorphosis and say that ending is bad.
goatsin ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:48:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Or The Trial.
His execution ain't perfect, I'll grant that, but considering that everythingmuch of what he wrote was unfinished when he died, and later cobbled together for publication, it's damned impressive.
Obviously he's a great author, which is why we're still talking about his books 100 years later. I just think the beginnings of his books are much better than the endings.
Qel_Hoth ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 05:04:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I can understand if he is confused about reading Kafka for an Classical Mythology class, but if all he got out of The Metamorphosis is that a guy turned into a bug I have some concerns about his reading comprehension.
As a high schooler who read the metamorphosis last year, and has some basic-non-fleshed-out thoughts about it, do you care to enlighten me?
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:38:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
some general themes to think about when reading Kafka: guilt, alienation, existentialism, incest, Oedipus complex, bureaucracy, power, ennui, infinity, the nature of pain, martyrdom. They all come through to varying levels in The Metamorphosis.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 12:01:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
care to enlighten me?
It's one of those books that 35year+ old people enjoy. But they lack the insight to realize it's unappealing BS to younger people and force it on them anyway instead of providing something age appropriate and entertaining that would cultivate a future desire to read.
It's the literary equivalent of the child molesting uncle.
toutbas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:31:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Currently in high school, read it last year. I thought it was very good, at least once we had some background knowledge on the context of the work. But to each their own.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:19:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
at least once we had some background knowledge on the context of the work
A good book can be enjoyed without context.
to each their own
This is the antithesis of the current system, unfortunately. You get presented classic niche literature that is irrelevant to the modern day and age and damn you if you don't enjoy it as much as an english major would.
You want people to read more? Then give them options and offer something they actually want to or would find entertaining to read. Books are fundamentally a medium of entertainment, history is a different subject and essays can present opinions in a much shorter and direct format, so stop the practice of demanding every book to be oh-so-fucking deep with symbolism and onion-shell meaningceptionism.
We're not watching and praising days of our lives for it's deep religious symbolism so why the fuck do we do it for books?
Books that got me interested in reading? Scifi that my brother was reading.
Best books I've read? Scifi and fantasy, in total more than 200 titles and counting most of them that top the worth reading list wouldn't be found close to a school curriculum.
Any of the books I've read been on a school reading list? Perhaps 1984 was on some of them but I'm pretty damn sure that a bleak book like that would never have got me interested in reading anything more on its own.
Give people in school something like Harry Potter and The hunger games and other more easily digestable adventure centric works that have had broad commercial success instead of stuffing the recommended reading list of The Pipe-Smoking Wine-Connoisseur Literary Refined Middle-Aged Aristocratic Gentlements Debate and Social Commentary Club down the throat of a 15 year old horny teenager.
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toutbas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:58:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't really define Kafka as being overly deep, but I guess if you would choose broad commercial success over actual literary substance then that's up to you. If you want easily digestible works that's fine, but it doesn't really have any place in a place for students to actually learn about literature. The point of an English class is for students to learn how to appreciate and identify the choices of the writer, not to learn how to enjoy reading.
But hey, screw me for enjoying Kafka right? Must be something wrong with the current school system!
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
actual literary substance
What's this even supposed to mean? I picture a robed gathering jerking into a pentagram, proud over their particular literary fetishism.
Literal fiction isn't a magical source of insight, anything you want to state you can do better in a more explicit form. Fiction that aims to entertain works best.
toutbas ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:46:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah! fuck books, am i right? anything literature with value is for old people! any book with more than 2 themes doesn't belong in a classroom! teenagers are too horny to read anything other than the hunger games! what is literary substance??? must be fetishism! anything literature i don't care for/understand is pretentious and must be removed from publication asap!!
lol you have some fucked up views buddy, honestly sounds like you resent certain forms of literature because you may not understand it. but hey, if thats what you wanna see thats what you get, i'm not forcing views down anyone's throat like you seem to be
AFawn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:13:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have read the second by Kafka, can understand why he'd be confused
evictor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a sequel? lmao Kafka cashing in
remierk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me and my family had the opposite misunderstanding. I told them I had been reading Metamorphosis by Kafka and they're like who the fuck is Kafka and start convincing me it's by Ovid. They were so insistent I started to think I was remembering the title wrong.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
inb4 they actually read the entire Animorphs series
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:50:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the same vein back in middle school, we had to give presentations on religious figures in religious education. A classmate was given Martin Luther as his assignment but ended up making one on Martin Luther King, JR.
OvidPerl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:37:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually had a semester long precis (like a thesis project but smaller) to do on The Metamorphoses. Of course didn't start it till the last quarter. Questioned what bugs had to do with Ancient Greek Literature, being the subject of the course. I felt real stupid that day, real stupid. Then had to redo a big project in two weeks.
errerrr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair, Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" is one of those must read books. If not just so you can understand the countless Kafka pop culture references the media keeps throwing out.
Ikinoki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:26:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read Homer's Odyssey shorter edition not knowing it and got a fucking 3 (c in us grades) for that. Fucking professor even endorsed the book and librarian just gave me the short version and did not alert me.
I felt freaking dumb because i read and watched it many times in different versions including full but it was long time ago and shorter version has a lot of stuff cut out which is pretty important in ancient literature and history class.
Altair05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:20:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
omg, I remember reading that story in I think high school. I totally forgot about that one.
Kappadar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Flonaldo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did not plan on being picky today, but it is unclear whether or not he actually turned into a bug or if it is just a way of expressing his tranformation into isolation.
"Yadda Yadda Yadda.. Zeus rapes someones.. Yadda Yadda someone dies.. Yadda Yadda someone else rapes someone.. Yadda Yadda the humans are terrible.. Yadda Yadda Hera is being a bitch. Something Something Zeus rapes again. "
I've never heard anyone describe the met as cohesive before
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:33:59 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a dead silent office trying to silent-laugh. thx.
hubife13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That pretty much sounds like The Metamorphoses anyway!
Moffe1234 ยท 4402 points ยท Posted at 21:48:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one girl last year did an assignement on Hawaii, when the assignement was Iceland. She mixed up "Island" and "Iceland", and thought she could choose any Island.
[deleted] ยท 3909 points ยท Posted at 01:21:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Live in Iceland; can confirm it's practically the same place as Hawaii. Both are located on geothermal hotspots and are surrounded by an ocean.
I did a project/presentation on Hawaii/ancient Polynesians for an ancient civ class back in high school. Being a bit of a smart ass I brought in Hawaiian pizza and Hawaiian donuts (the ones with sprinkles), and touted them as "traditional Hawaiian fare".
My classmates loved the snacks but needless to say I did not get a very good mark.
durferz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:52:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Iceland is also Island in icelandic, so. A bit of a next-level mixup.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, we have the accented capital ร
why would anyone mix รsland with island? It's absurd!!!!
..ok, it's understandable.
jlrose09 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 03:03:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just as a geologist thought I should chime in and say Hawaii is on a hotspot under the pacific plate. Iceland on the other hand is located on the mid atlantic ridge, a divergent plate boundary...
Hi! If you don't mind, what would be the point of discerning the two? what's the difference between a Hotspot on a plate (I have a clue) and divergent boundary (not a clue), and how does it affect differences...and for that matter similarities... in Iceland versus Hawaii? I'm completely ignorant, and would love some elaboration!
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:36:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In addition to what others have said: there are two types of tectonic plates: continental and oceanic. Both are primarily made of igenous rock, lava that has solidified. Oceanic plates are made of mafic rocks (meaning they are high in magnesium and iron) like basalt. Continental plates are made of felsic rocks (meaning they are high in feldspar and silica) like granite. Mafic rocks are denser than felsic rocks, which is why oceanic plates have a lower elevation than continental plates which is why they fill up with oceans. Volcanic eruptions on land tend to start out mafic or intermediate then become more felsic over time because the original magma fueling the volcanism rises from the mantle (which is made of mafic rocks), but as time passes it melts felsic rocks in the crust into magma and its heat drops, meaning the mafic magma with a higher melting point solidifies into rock leaving only felsic magma. However, volcanoes that erupt in the ocean start mafic and stay mafic because the crust there is made of mafic rocks so there's no felsic parent rock for it to melt. Mafic lava is hotter and less viscous than felsic lava, so it will travel a very far distance before solidifying. This is how shield volcanoes form. Hawaii is one such shield volcano - because the lava travels so far before turning into rock, it has a very large, gently sloping shape. This is why Hawaii is the tallest mountain on Earth. Felsic magma solidifies more rapidly and can create steep slopes like stratovolcanoes. Felsic magma can also trap gas which can be explosively released and cause pyroclastic flows like Mt St Helens.
flowgod ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:01:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice try, Icelandic tourism committee
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:46:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, we're going for the cultural victory; we need some extra tourism.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:33:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the only Icelandic word I know. I don't think humhumunukunukuapua'a is hard to pronounce either, but it's the only Hawaiian word I know other than "aloha," "ohana," and some pidgin words.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a place called Ok on Iceland.
gsfgf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:00:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Try being drunk in Reykjavik and realizing you have no idea how to say the name of the suburb you're staying in.
narp7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:19:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Geology person here:
I just want to clarify that while Iceland is a geothermal hotspot (a location where geothermal energy is available near the surface of the crust), this is very different from Hawaii, where the islands are formed by a hotspot). Iceland is formed by the mid-ocean ridge rising above sea level. Essentially, what you've got going on in iceland is Europe moving in the opposite direction as North America, leaving the crust to open up and lava to flow out and form new crust. This is different than Hawaii where a a huge column of magma comes up from the interior of the earth and punches a hole straight through the crust to form the Hawaiian islands and the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain.
Bonus hypothesis: One hypothesis to explain Iceland is that in addition to being formed by the mid ocean ridge, there is also a hotspot in the same spot. This is one of only many theories.
Kraymur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what's the deal with the names. Iceland? Greenland? get outta heeeeya ICELAND IS GRASSY AND GREENLAND IS ICEY.
One has fluffier sweaters, and the other has pineapples
me-tan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:43:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hawaii doesn't have a monument with the name of my EVE character on it though...
fradrig ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:00:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Great! I'm going on vacation to Hawaii, and my bags are all packed with all of my beach and swimming gear, but it turns out it's Iceland I'm heading to. But if you say it's the same then I won't repack.
Oh my god. Do you eat Noi Sirius chocolate every moment of every day!? I just discovered it a year ago and promptly gained 20 pounds. My SO and I seriously considered taking a trip to go to the factory. Or really to visit Iceland because it sounds incredible.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I'm not much of a sweet tooth albeit I do like to use chocolate in baking. But be welcome; we have plenty to see other than chocolate!
What do you Icelandic folk think of all the tourism/tourists? I've made it my 1-year goal to go and travel the island but have heard mixed reviews about how the Icelandic population treats tourists.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most of us are kind to tourists and you'll be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't speak English more or less fluently. We're a bit overwhelmed with tourists over the high months but most of us don't mind if you treat us and our country with respect. we're generally friendly so don't be shy; if I meet you I promise to not murder you brutally and sacrifice you to รรฐinn.
Haha! I always wondered if I'd be murdered and sacrificed by a native Icelandic... Thanks for the assurance!
Pikangie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't the written word for Iceland in Icelandic also very similar to "Island"? With the accent over the "I"... or am I thinking of another Nordic language? XD
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:43:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. in Icelandic Iceland is spelled รsland. รs is our word for Ice, so the confusion is understandable.
What kind of sunscreen should I bring for my trip to Iceland?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends; Are you going to be spending a lot of time under the sun?
I usually don't buy sunscreen but you'll not need a very strong one. just buy what you'd usually buy, our sun isn't much different and the average temperature during the summer usually hovers around 10ยฐC to 20ยฐC on warm days.
spqrnbb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it called Island on your coins?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:40:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
รsland is the native name of Iceland. รs translates to Ice.
So, We call our country Iceland as well; just in our own language. This is what we place on our currency, the name of our country.
spqrnbb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:14:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But not every country/region is imminently surrounded by ocean; Meaning my point still stands. Unless Switzerland suddenly grew an ocean, in which case I stand corrected.
Emiliak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that Iceland is mainly green, and so is Hawaii?
Both seized by the US in the first half of the 19 th century.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thankfully the US let us go.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And super expensive.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
would I be absolutely crazy to visit in the winter?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. Visit away. It's not -50ยฐC here as the name implies. it might get cold, but we're still perfectly habitable; all services are most likely open for you part from very specific ones I'd imagine and the nature doesn't leave over the winter. The nightlife and cultural life is still fairly active as well.
Yeah but maybe.... Why is it stationary where there is evidence of the mantle plume(or crust really) moving in the case of Hawaii?
Is it young? That could explain why it's not so pronounced.
We know so little about geomechanics and the mantle. Proving anything would bee difficult. They fact that the rift is there makes a plume theory at least not the simplest answer.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Crust is moving Hawaii across the hotspot. The Plume is stationary, the island isn't. In Iceland both the plume and Island is stationary. The Tectonic rift splits Iceland into two pieces moving away from each other; thus Iceland will always be placed above the hotspot, the island just slowly gets bigger.
Ok no... Plumes move, the argument for one under Iceland is that the tracks were mostly under Greenland. If you look into the North Atlantic Igneous Province.
What's happening at Iceland it's much more complicated than a plume. You don't get explosive volcanoes in Hawaii. And the magma in general matches ridge lava from a geochem perspective.
At least there is evidence that didn't match the plume theory, but that doesn't mean it's wrong, just that other factors need to be taken into account.
Hey, off topic question. Do you Icelandians call your country "Iceland" like us? I mean does whatever you call it translate to "Iceland" from your language or is it something different entirely?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We do. Iceland = รsland.
รs = Ice
Land = Land.
Same with Greenland. We call that Grรฆnland;
Grรฆnn = Green.
Coming to Iceland in May, anything I shouldn't miss?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:27:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
a ) Bring a GPS and don't venture far off the main highway/road without serious perperation. We've gotten quite a few tourist needing rescue because they got stuck in the highlands.
b ) Look up natural attractions; We pride ourselves on our nature for a reason. We have plenty of beautiful sights including Geysir; numerous waterfalls, Glaciars, If you have time you can head to the Jรถkulsรกrlรณn which is a giant lagoon filled with floating ice you can sail between (Note; with local professionals. Don't do anything risky in nature on your own. People have got themselves in danger on the most stupid things).
c ) Phallic museum located in central Reykjavรญk. Visit it just so you can say that you traveled thousands of kilometers and ended up looking at penises.
d ) The blue lagoon might be very crowded and expensive; but it's still a wonderful place to float around in.
Thank you so much!
Do you know of any day hikes around the ring road that wouldn't require hiring someone to take us? (we don't want to be those stupid tourists either!).
We're having trouble finding maps and such that are specifically for hiking routes/nature trails.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm, I'm actually not sure; but there are most likely some trails wherever you decide to stay; even if you're just a bit inland you should be able to walk a bit in nature if you're careful, just don't go anywhere you're not 100% sure you could just turn around and go home. (also, stay away from anything that's covered in ice if you're alone). However I'd recommend going for professional trails since many incredible views of the country are in the highlands or valleys and a daylong hike up into some mountainrange /valleys are very inspiring.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd say so; it's safe, has beautiful nature, northern lights, and we're pretty culturally active. It's a bit crowded from tourists over the summer time, but I like it here.
jrwreno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If Iceland had a warmer climate, I wonder if it could rival others in regards to vegetation or agriculture, due to the volcanic soils.....
takatori ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:00:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always been curious: what's on TV in Iceland?
What are some popular local shows?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:16:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mostly imported material; but among popular local shows are "hraรฐfrรฉttir"(Speednews) which essentially makes fun of news programs by comically parodying real news that happened or covering non-news.
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"รtsvar" (municipal) is a popular quiz show where each town/Region on the country forms a three person team to compete against each other in a battle of the wits. Each week sees two team face off in a tournament like knock out ladder.
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"Spaugstofan(Comedy Room)" is/was? (Don't watch TV; no idea if it still survives) makes sketches based on the local events of last week.
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Among the most popular shows that existed (but no longer run) was Nรฆturvaktin , Dagvaktin, and Fangavaktin (nightwatch, Daywatch, PrisonWatch) which followed Georg, A tyrannical overly controlling person who had no real understanding of socially appropriate behaviour, Danรญel, A normal guy who dropped out of university, and รlafur, A childlike likable person who wasn't the brightest bulb in the bench but was just trying to live his life in an as entertaining and ambitiout way as he could without the constant interfering of Georg as the worked in a overnight gas-station; A hotel, and where in prison together in each respective series. The character grew on the nation with their very tense and interesting relationship, the unique and hilarious humor and the nonsensically absurd situations that these very different people got themselves in together.
There are several more; but I very early watch television so I'm not exactly a judge of local content.
takatori ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks!! Very interesting to see how other people entertain themselves
This reminded me: I was once assigned a report on Mohammed and actually thought the teacher meant Muhammad Ali. I was like 8 or 9 years old and this was many years pre-internet.
Bookprof ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:58:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you really a teacher? "Assignment" is one of those words you should know by heart!
jakielim ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:32:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The pronunciation for 'island' was weird as fuck to begin with.
To clarify, island is ey or eyja in Icelandic. รsland literally means Iceland. There is only confusion when you start mixing the two languages.
bexmouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My sister is autistic and when her school was doing comprehension tests they asked her "what is an island?" Well she said Hawaii. She still tells me what dumbasses they are for saying she was wrong.
karnata ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only somewhat related... I found out last night that my teenage daughter thought Iceland and ISIS were the same thing. She was pretty upset with the French for bombing a European country full of innocent people.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember taking a high school course in European geography years ago and a girl in the class gave a presentation about Australia; the topic was supposed to be Austria...
Technically, Iceland is spelled Island is Icelandic (if you ignore accents). That doesn't really explain her error but it does make the name even more literal it already was, which is funny.
praeth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact, in several germanic languages, Iceland is spelt Island as well. Much confuse.
You must have done a piss poor job of explaining that assignment. Seriously, did you at no point even discuss Iceland? Not even enough for it to be evident that you're talking about a country in the north Atlantic? Or was it just "write a report about Iceland, have a good weekend"?
Here's the thing: in all likelihood, everyone in the class was probably assigned a country to do a paper on. Rubric's the same for everyone, but they're all focusing on different countries. May have even been along the lines of, "Say the capital, population, something they're famous for," etc.. The teacher's only real fault here is that she/he did not better communicate this particular student's assigned topic.
The teacher's only real fault here is that she/he did not better communicate...
Which is one of the fundamental requirements of a good teacher. Not saying he/she is a bad teacher in general, but they were having an off day and the student can't be held completely responsible.
If the student did a great report on Hawaii, then they learned something and it's not the end of the world, so I'm hoping the teacher had a sense of humor and gave her credit.
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Athardude ยท 2675 points ยท Posted at 22:34:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Was a teaching assistant for a food and culture course.
One of our assignments was for students to go to an area where people were interacting with or eating food with other people, and basically make some observations and answer some questions from a worksheet about people's behavior and its relevance to human culture. So, this could be something like a farmers market, a pizza joint, or the meeting of the mycological society of america (my favorite entry). In each case, we asked that the students make observations of the surrounding for an hour and fifteen minutes. We had a pretty broad level of acceptance for what would be an appropriate setting.
One student completely misunderstood the point of the assignment and ended up, as far as I can tell, observing two potatoes for over an hour.
The first half of the assignment was describing these observations. The second half was in answer to the final question of the assignment which is something like "Say you got funding to investigate the relationships between people and food further, what would you study?"
For this answer, he ended up copying and pasting the description of a youtube video on potato lifehacks:
"Remove tarnish from your silverware by first boiling a couple of potatoes. Remove the potatoes and set your silverware in the water for one hour. Then wash and rinse the silverware. Potatoes can clean silver. Why?
Hold a floral arrangement in place by cutting a potato in half lengthwise and placing it cut side down. Poke holes in the potato with the scratch awl or screwdriver where you want the flowers to go, and then insert the stems. What is the advantage?"
So yeah. Slight misinterpretation.
EDIT: I cannot post a student's assignment for those asking. But part of one of the answers included "It's late spring, and it's a great time to talk about potatoes". Who can argue with that!
It's either this, or the kid was super serious of the assignment and it's a long list of
Minute 5: There's two potatoes.
Minute 10: Yup, still potatoes.
Minute 15: I think they turned into cabbages... nope, potatoes.
There were two phases to the observation. The first was just describing the two potatoes (placed on his table). Color, texture, shape. etc. Things got real when he cut into the potatoes and described the differences between the inside and the outside.
Zanctmao ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:27:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is literally the funniest thing I've read on reddit. Also quite possibly the first time I've laughed out loud in the LOL sense. I'm typing through tears.
I had to stop reading at "two potatoes" as I'm laughing to hard.
honestly, when reading the assignment I always ask myself when I have a clearifying question that, what did the teacher actually intend...but, follow your heart kids there's a future in watching potatoes
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard at this. How do people like this happen? If he got funding for a sociological experiment he would use potatoes to clean silver and hold floral arrangements. lol.
Was a teaching assistant for a food and culture course.
A food and culture course?! Totally sounds like my thing! Could you tell me a bit more about that class, in general? (It'd be cool if I could take a class like that sometime).
I was the student, unfortunately. Took an intro to theatre class in college. The professor randomly assigned us theatre related topics and dates for individual presentations. I knew I'd be absent on my assigned date so he asked me to switch dates and topics with another student. One student agreed to switch with me and when I ask for his topic he says "Minstrel theatre," only I wasn't yet familiar with the word "minstrel" so I thought he said "Menstrual" as in "menstruation." I thought the topic odd, but who was I to know? I knew little of theatre and for all I knew there was an entire genre of plays about menstruation.
So I put the project off until literally the morning of the presentation. It was an 10 minute oral presentation with no sources required, so I figured I'd do a quick Wikipedia read and memorize a little speech in no time. Only there was no wikipedia page on "menstrual theatre." I dismissed it thinking the genre hadn't quite taken off enough yet enough to earn a Wikipedia page and moved to a Google search on "mentrual theatre." I was surprised to find very little on the subject. My most common results were references to The Vagina Monologues which wasn't great, but it was something.
Now I'm 15 minutes before class and I've got nothing on my subject except a lot of reviews and articles on The Vagina Monologues. I suck it up and write the presentation. My name is called to the front of the class and I announce my presentation on Menstrual Theatre. "The most famous play in menstrual theatre today is probably The Vagina Monologues," I begin, and I notice my professor looks horrified already but I continue. I summarize TVM and still have 5 minutes left, so I go into speech about the importance of mentrual theatre to women's rights for "obvious reasons." I finish and sit down and the professor walks silently and confused to the front of the room. "Your topic was minstrel theatre," he says. "Right." "Then why in God's name did you spend your entire presentation talking about The Vagina Monologues and women's rights?" I'm turning red and the whole class is looking at me and I say, "It was a tough topic. That was the only play I could find that mentioned anything about menstruation." The professor was silent for a moment, then it clicked, and he burst into level crazy person laugh.
Pretty sure he talks about me to students to this day. I am "that guy" in a very embarrassing context.
EDIT: Lots of people wondering what my grade was. It was 0. My grade was 0.
Someone else linked back to it below! It was in this thread, about the guy who misunderstood the "Write an objective essay" assignment and instead wrote an OBJECTION to MLK's ideas of race equality, etc.
It's in this thread. The guy was tasked with writing an objective essay but he wrote an objection instead, to MLK and the civil rights movement. He tells it quite well. Worth the read/laugh.
XenoDrake ยท 68 points ยท Posted at 06:32:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i am laughing my ass off with everyone else, but no one seems to ask, did you pass the assignment?
echjul ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:53:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was theatre in the early 1900s that portrayed African Americans as happy but stupid people whose sole purpose was to entertain white people. It started out with whites in blackface but then later evolved into African Americans being able to perform. My professor showed us some montages minstrelcy that were on youtube and they're incredibly cringeworthy and hard to watch.
Yea lots of art majors in this thread can someone explain to the laborers what minstrel theater is? Look even Swype knew the word without me having to correct it ๐
Shaysdays ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 07:04:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Okay, a minstrel show was a show performed usually by white people in blackface, with the characters they depicted being "dumb Negroes." The whole 'shucking and jiving' "Yess Massuh," and "I done tol' you I bin up in the big house, so youse know I'm impotent!" racist humor.
You may know it from Al Jolson's Mammy, which is the most famous minstrel scene on film. ('Mammy' as a character name is a stereotype of a black Civil War mom/nurse/nanny.)
To add to what that other guy said, you may be familiar with a minstrel song or two, like "Oh! Susanna" and "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me" or "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Songs you might not be familiar with include "Jump Jim Crow" which of course was the inspiration for the name of the Jim Crow Laws.
gunhilde ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 04:48:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made me literally laugh out loud. Thanks for sharing!
PubliusVA ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:14:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You made my night.
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:27:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god. I'm laughing so hard that I woke my kid up. This is one of the few things that actually got a belly laugh out of me.
essie20 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:39:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is hilarious. I laughed my "level crazy person laugh" for a solid 5 min. Thank you for giving others entertainment with your personal (and very tragic) embarrassment.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:41:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just want to say this to you. You took an intro-to-theatre class. That "embarrassing" thing happened to you. Even if the class was just an elective or an easy grade , please dont let it stop you from trying theatre arts again. It was just a misunderstanding. That's all.
What was the outcome? Were you able to redo it since you misunderstood? Did you get a straight up 0, ir did you get at least some points for getting the answer right?
Immediately after reading your first lines, I remembered, I remembered something terribly cringe worthy.
It was in Drama class, we were in pairs and told to play out scratching names in the wall like vandalism. For some stupid reason my partner and I started acting out a kamehameha blast at each other complete with struggle. A classmate saw and asked wtf we were doing. We actually thought we could play out anything until every pair was asked to display their practice to the whole class, THANK GOD we were not first because everyone was doing the same vandalism thing and that's when I realised how bad I could have fucked up.
Oh god! I hadn't laughed that hard in a very long while! I'm crying in my bed from the (failed) effort at silent laughter, because my parents are next door. Even if they'd woken up it would have been worth it!
Every year my lecturer tells how she once asked for an assignment on Ships during the pentecontaetia (the 50 years between the Persian and Peloponnesian war) this is an interesting topic about trade and Athenian naval dominance. However my lecturer is Greek and has an accent and one student heard sheep. Cue my lecturer confusedly reading 1500 words on sheep farming in the classical period.
I have a feeling you put this out yourself before that teacher of yours could there by taking all the karma and be less embarrassed by it. This belongs into /r/tifu .
I have been on reddit for about four years and I have to say that this is the first time I laught my ass off with tear in my eyes...... like literally....
You are the winner/ best on this website for me dude....
srqrox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:56:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The best story in the thread :D man you could have killed me with that laughter inducing piece you wrote there.
Nipso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh God it hurts! It hurts! I've been laughing on the toilet for the last 5 minutes like a crazy person, with the pitch of the laugh getting higher and higher and tears forming around my eyes after reading this!
I have spent the last 5 minutes trying to get to the end of this post. I couldn't continue as I was laughing out loud, tears running down my face and I spit coffee everywhere.
RSP16 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:20:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You have been sentenced to surrender, under RCW 0000.00:
i) 0 nothings in damages; and
ii) 0 nothings in penalties
for the misappropriation of 0 nothings
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 11:36:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I want to upvote you, but I wonder if it's funnier that your post (currently) has 0 points. I hope it's because you downvoted yourself for comedy reasons.
Edit: because it was full of zeros, you dopey fuckers.
Yeah, lots of teachers in Elementary seem rather intentionally sadistic upon reflection.
nn5678 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:30:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like it could actually be a way to help people realize what complete sentences are. Or maybe give birth to a poet.
Acr1m ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 14:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh gosh, that reminds me of when I was in 3rd grade and I got punished for not bringing my teddy bear (or equivalent) to a slumber party themed day of class. When I was a young boy, all I ever did was play video games and sports. She never believed me once that I didn't have a teddy and after being heartbroken for ever being doubted, I raised a fit and couldn't join the other kids to play :/
In grade 1 I was told before starting a writing test to "write the words out as they sound." Not realizing that this was advice for the kids who didn't know how to spell.
But why? She said the first word in the paragraph?
Iopia ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 13:30:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because he was in second grade?
kannon17 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:43:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well obviously the rest have to still line up with the first word. It'd be weird to only put spaces in front of that word.
Probably something like that.
MZMD ยท 4535 points ยท Posted at 22:43:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Preschool teacher here. Asked my students to tell me the first sound in "dog", almost every one responded, "woof".
Shaysdays ยท 4568 points ยท Posted at 02:58:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a student, but my daughter was old enough to learn about animal sounds, so we were asking, "What sound does a cow make?" "Mooooo!" What sound does a cat make?" "MEOW!" etc.
As a joke I said, "What sound does a deer make?" And she immediately made a kissy noise. She was very insistent that it's the sound a deer makes. Okay, kid, you're the boss.
I was baffled until my SO came home, walked over to kiss me hello, saying, "Hey dear, how was your day?"
(I'll save you the trouble- they domakesounds, but not kissy ones. Well, maybe that last once a little.)
ZanSquid ยท 2018 points ยท Posted at 03:38:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my gosh that's just adorable.
Arclite83 ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 05:22:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
dox block
RoyBeer ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 07:40:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
poop explosions
I would never have thought this was a thing before I experienced it a couple days ago. Damn, I'm so happy we didn't buy a carpet yet.
bengle ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:21:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fuck? That sounds awful. I don't want kids.
RoyBeer ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:24:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's OK, I guess. The human parent's body adapts really quick to threats like these. There's always at least two big enough towels ready to cover the exploding child in case of emergency.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:46:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My kids call me dad, but when they address they use "honey" since that's how they see my wife get my attention.
encaseme ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 04:54:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My daughter has a similarish story; we were asking her what noises various animals make, and we end up at chicken, which she apparently doesn't know the sound they make, so she pauses a minute and says "...eggs"
Shaysdays ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:03:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eggs is a sound now. Let it be known.
revital9 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:33:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was playing this game with my 2 year-old niece, she was giving the standard answers, so I thought I would try to stump her. I asked her what sound an Alaina (her name) makes and she goes "I talk!" It was adorable :)
Shaysdays ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 04:34:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I suppose it could be pronounced that way. I also thought Elena was Eh-Leh-Nuh, but I read Alaina as Ah-Lay-Nah. But I see how Elena could be pronounced the same way.
I grew up (in the late 90s) with a best friend named Alaina. It's said like "Ah-Lay-Nah" like in your example, similar to "Elaina" (Eh-Lay-Nuh) and I've seen it spelled and pronounced all three ways, sometimes interchangeably by people that weren't as close to know exactly how to say it.
Oh my gosh that's so freakin sweet. Not as cute, but when my brother would make noises of all the animals in some book and it came to lizards, he just stuck his tongue out/in a bunch of times.
Shaysdays ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:38:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah! You reminded me- bunnies make this noise- wiggles nose
Only semi-related, but my niece's first word was "moooo" (to refer to her stuffed animal cow, and also the cow in a picture book). Before mama or dada, "mooo."
Shaysdays ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 04:42:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If she grows up and goes into cattle husbandry, she's got a hell of a story. A meat cute, you might say I'llletmyselfout...
My parents super trolled me with animal sounds when I was a kid. They would do that same exercise with me, but then they would tell me that the walrus goes CuCuCachu.
First time I heard The Beatles I felt so dumb. And a little lied to. But mostly I laughed and high fived my parents for an excellent long con.
I love your parents for that. Troll parents are the best.
For years now I have sung to my young son, "I'm all outta hugs, I'm so lost without you!" to get a hug, to this tune. He has no idea what the song actually is, as far as he's concerned it's my goofy hug song.
Some day he will be listening to an oldies station or something and Air Supply will come on- I expect an exasperated phone call.
Torvaun ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:26:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you me? That was their go-to stupid kid trick with their friends, asking me animal sounds, and then ending with "what sound does a walrus make?" And every single time, I would dutifully inform them that the walrus goes coocoocachoo.
That reminds me of the time we were having trouble with our 2 year old waking up too early in the morning. Before bed time I looked at her with my serious face and said, "Tomorrow, I want you to have a great big lie in."
She looked at me and screwed up her face and went "roarrr" in her loudest toddler voice. It took my wife and I a second and then I said to our daughter, "No. Not a great big lion. A great big lie in."
Now she is grown up there's a part of me that thinks she knew exactly what she was doing.
Oooh! Mine (the deer one, as well as my dear one) is writing college essays this week. It's bittersweet.
caromst ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:23:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My dad has a Halloween video asking all of us about our costumes.
My brother was a train engineer, so my dad asked, "brother, what sound does a train make?" choo choo as he pulls down on the whistle
My sister was a duck, so my dad asked, "sister, what is your costume?" "sister, what sound does a duck make?" Her response: quack quack, as she flaps her wings.
I on the other hand, I was a butterfly.
him: "caromst, what are you for Halloween?"
me: a butterfly flaps wings
him: "caromst, what sound does a butterfly make?"
me: ....... confusion and pondering of a four year old
me: tweet tweet flaps armsdad laughing [me walking down the steps, reaching bottom, tripping off screen]
The animal sounds are so cute and wonderful until you pull up at Sonic, order a chicken sandwich, and suddenly hear "bok bok" coming from the toddler in the back seat. Thanks, kiddo, for reminding me an innocent chicken died for my meal.
SpiffAZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your daughter just made a Dad Joke. That is amazing.
That reminded me of when I was a child my Aunt asked me what kind of "pop" I like. I, not knowing the word "pop" since I lived in a "soda" state, thought she meant my dad so I told her "one with a moustache".
In a similar vein, when my oldest was very young we did the "what sound does a [...] make" game quite a bit. One day I asked "what sound does a car make?", thinking something like vroom vroom.
With a big smile she said "car goes 'beep, beep, BANG!'". I rang my ex and demanded to know when our daughter had been in a car accident.
Apparently when I was little, my mom would ask me the same questions. When she got to "What sound does a mouse make?" I would reply with "click click!"
It's strange how different mule deer and whitetail deer move around and generally act.
DagonPie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My baby cousin did the same thing, except we used to ask her what noise a giraffe made and she would just go "Giraffe giraffe giraffe" Until I showed her the real sound a giraffe made...lets just say my aunt was not thrilled of the noise her daughter started making.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
haha this is actually adorable!
Durbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:05:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom went through something similar with my sister. Sister would see dad pull into the driveway and shout, "Honey's home, mama!" She was young enough that she believed that was his first name.
Fornax96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:14:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My then-2yo niece made an entire line of knock knock jokes in that vein. If a cow was there, "cow who?" was "moooo". Then inanimate objects started arriving, and their sounds were appropriate onomatopoeia, such as "basketball who?"/"swish".
My parents told me I did something similar when I was very little but it wasn't as adorable. One day they were asking me "What sound does a cat make?" and I'd say meow, "Bird?" and I'd say chirp chirp, and to challenge me they asked "What sound does a donkey make?" and I paused to think, looking confused, and then took a deep breath and shrieked "DO DO DO DO DONNNKEEEEYYY" like a banshee.
"Real life doe bleat" sounds like incomprehensible youth lingo. All the kids are saying real life doe bleat now.
Why does there have to be a video thumbnail next to said adorable doe, called "How To Butcher A Deer At Home"? :(
nova20 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:11:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They also blow and snort when threatened. Sometimes they get so aggressive with it that it sounds like one of those paper party favor blowing things... you know that unroll and kinda make that distinctive sound that instantly makes you think "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
On a not-so-unrelated note, it's weird to be on the stand at 7am and suddenly start thinking about what you want for your birthday.
blirkstch ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 02:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like one of the main points people are going over with pre-preschool kids on a daily basis is what sound what animal makes, so you can kinda forgive them. You hear a sentence with "sound" and "dog" in it and you just think "oh shit, I know this."
It keeps the kids interested in learning and communication. I'm a speech therapy student right now, and some of the kids I'm working with have goals of using environmental sounds, which includes animal noises (and noises like yum, pop, vroom, etc). These kids aren't verbally communicating at the level they should be, so taking small steps to help them start speaking can be very helpful.
Shaysdays ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:50:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pattern recognition and setting the stage for reading later. Kids love making animal noises. Many early childhood picture/word books feature animals. They go hand in hand.
I've always thought it was creepy that we spend so much time reading our young books about cute animals doing human-like things, while simultaneously feeding them dead pieces of many of those same animals (and/or murdering them in the garage a la John Hodgman). Then at some point we have to break it to them that not only does the cow go moo and the chicken go cluck and the duck go quack, they also all go sizzle and gulp. The mouse in the garage of course goes squeak, and then <snap>.
I have a 17 month old son. I have found that bombarding him with questions holds his attention better than any toy would. We are working on body parts and animal sounds. I think we do the animal sounds because no pictures required and there are a lot of different animals. The point you make is an excellent one though I don't know what to teach instead.
Yup you're exactly right! They didn't understand OP's question so they went with what they usually answer when asked about sounds and dogs. It's a strategy normally developing kids at that age use.
No, they all deserve F's stapled to their permanent records.
Why yes Mr Jones, I see you graduated top of your class at Harvard.... oh wait what is this, you got an F in pre-school, I'm sorry sir we don't hire failures here at Burger King.
That's really cool. Entertaining yea, but to experience molding a kids mind educationally must be cool. Especially if you teach more than 1 grade level and get to witness the mental growth.
Cianalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a strategy that kids use when they don't understand the question. They understood "sound" and "dog," so they just said what they thought might be the answer.
Well they probably don't know the sound of d, or maybe they don't even recognize the letter! Sorry to be totally off topic but i hope you focus on recognizing alphabet letters with them :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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lezarium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:21:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm German and don't understand either. Even thinking about every possible meaning of the word "sound" gets me nowhere. Just looked it up in the dictionary with no success. Wtf is going on here? Is the answer "d" without the "e"-sound? If so, that's a fucking stupid question.
Rudirs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If one student gets it wrong, it's their fault. If only one student gets it right, it's the teacher's fault.
We were thinking of teaching my niece that an uncommon animal such as a giraffe makes a firetruck noise. so that whenever she hears a firetruck she points and says "giraffe!"
We had firefighters come into our preschool to talk about firework night, and being safe, and they were going through the group asking their names.
Now of course it had to be my key child, when they got to him he just says "I'm a dog". For every question he got from them afterwards he just went, "woof".
On a separate occasion, we had the police come in, and when they asked "who should you get when you see someone in trouble?", again, my key child stood up and shouted "ME!"
This kid is gonna be the class clown, I gaurentee it.
elbekko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:49:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blackadder: I spy, with my bored little eye... something beginning with "T".
Baldrick: Breakfast!
Blackadder: What?
Baldrick: My breakfast always begins with tea. Then I have a little sausage. Then a egg with some little soldiers.
Blackadder: Baldrick, when I said it begins with "T," I was talking about a letter.
Baldrick: No, it never begins with a letter! The postman don't come 'til 10:30!
I was teaching a college history class and the students were assigned a book called Lieutenant Nun, about a woman who fled Spain for the new world dressed as a man and lived the rest of her life as a man. It's about 100 pages and takes about an hour to read if you are focused.
One of my students bought the book online from half.com or something like that, and ended up reading 300 pages of dense feminist philosophy about gender roles in the 16th century. If nothing else he had some very interesting contributions to our discussion that day
Kind of similar. My friend in college was assigned The Little Prince, instead he grabbed a copy of The Prince. I think he went ahead with the assignment.
Yeah I just treated it as if he did the assignment. Guy did much more work than was necessary and probably learned something in the bargain.
rex48 ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 04:20:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best. Teacher. Ever.
ThellraAK ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 07:09:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a freshman health teacher who loved Word Searches and Crosswords. I hated them with a burning passion, would spend hours on the shit.
So I decided to treat them like a vocabulary worksheet, and write the meaning of each word out with a full sentence. got a 0%.
Went ahead and did it with the definition, and used it in a sentence.
0%
Luckily the principal saw it my way and made her adjust it.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:40:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fuck learning comprehension
Vhu ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:22:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's awesome of you, thanks for being reasonable. I've had plenty of professors who would either fail it or give me a close to failing grade for it for not turning something in pertaining to the assigned reading material as a punishment for not paying enough attention.
You don't learn anything good by reading The Prince.
Edit: I'm loving the down votes. Keep em coming. The word "good" in my post is meant as "just" or "moral" etc. Good and evil.... Blah. You heathens will never understand.
PSPHAXXOR ยท 149 points ยท Posted at 01:58:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except that the only way to rule a state is with an iron will and copious amount of false-love for your people.
Did you know that it's actually satire, and Machiavelli was actually an ardent opponent of the power of the ruling class?
He was actually imprisoned, tortured and eventually exiled by the Medici family for "conspiracy", and it's his first hand experience with the Borgias and Medicis that influenced him to write The Prince.
It was a vitriolic and sardonic takedown of the kind of immoral power aggregation that these powerful families were employing at the time, but it is commonly misinterpreted as a legitimate condoning of that philosophy in the modern era.
Achierius ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 06:08:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not the only interpretation; many scholars do think that he in fact was trying to get himself returned from exile through a resume of sorts, which does make sense. He always loved court life and couldn't really stand it when he was kicked out. In any case, it's not that great of a satire; it has pretty applicable advice and was in no way extreme. Any real satire could quite possibly have resulted in his death.
The best part is that the people he was going "fuck you" at took it seriously and ended his exile. Resulting in many people thinking it was an attempt at ass kissing to get back into favor.
xxam925 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm aware of that. The methods laid out worked then and if you look at other endeavors they work now.
For example he speaks about being known as a miser as opposed to generous, thus when you do something for someone they feel special instead of the generous lord whose vassals take goodwill for granted and expect generosity. Thus loyalty is built on an individual basis.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:21:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should play some EUIV.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:52:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
greedcrow ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 03:55:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He wasnt really trolling. He was more or less saying i dont agree with your ideas but if i did i would do it better than you. Here is how.
He was basically saying that they were all idiots.
"If I did it" was supposed to be one chapter in an OJ Simpson biography. The Browns and Goldmans sued over him making money with it, won expanded the chapter and made the book into a total hackjob of him. Not that I care...
Czerny ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 04:23:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Are you citing a cracked article as a source? Machiavelli may not have agreed with the views he was writing about, but they were most definitely a serious critique of the ruling class at the time.
Edit: Well even that is wrong. The Prince is actually written pretty much in accordance with his political beliefs. More qualified historians weigh in here:
Not necessarily trolling, but making a shrewd political move. He was able to cater to the Medici family by writing The Prince, and thus was able to retain their favor for a little while longer.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:04:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like to think it was one of my more eye-opening assignments in college.
StrangerJ ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:06:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you so harm a man then you should do it in such a manner that he should not ever be in a position that he might recover and seek vengeance.
It is better to be feared than loved but one should avoid being hated at all cost.
If you have to do something incredibly unpopular but needed for a common good, get a right hand man to do it then publically denounce him later while still reaping the benefits of what he did.
Czerny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You get a very good grasp of an all-too-common philosophical viewpoint. You can't properly deny a differing viewpoint if you don't understand what it's trying to say.
I think this is the most ironic post ever entered during Reddit's history. Apparently here all you have to do is insult someone's sexuality, neckbeard status, or ability to have sex.
So much easier than understanding a differing point of view and creating concise, reasonable arguments.
The book written by Machiavelli. Rule through respect and fear, not love. The sort of thing that any aspiring despot should consider required reading imo (and many monarchs did!). And normal people for that matter, some good life lessons in that book.
I read it, and most of the advice made plenty of sense. If it was a satire then it wasn't very obvious at all.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Arming people who oppose you and living in the same city as them hardly seems like good advice imo. But he does some what substantiate his claims which is the point. It would hardly be a good trap for the new prince if he didn't. But I never called it satire, that would imply it's funny. I view it more as a piece of political philosophy that sounds correct but would ultimately doom a ruler who followed his advice.
Machiavelli was a republican who hated the prince who overthrew the republic so he wrote The Prince in the hopes that the new prince would follow his advice.
AFAICR, he says nothing like that. His main advice on that is "destroy utterly those who oppose you, and reward those who support you. Doing otherwise strengthens your opponents and embitters your supporters."
He definitely didn't seem to be in favor of that type of governance, but I believe it was an honest analysis of the system and strategies for maintaining order under a dictator, but who knows.
I think he was in favor of the idea of a republic, as the Discourses on Livy go into in depth. But those aren't as fun to read, and don't hold up as well.
Did you know that it's actually satire, and Machiavelli was actually an ardent opponent of the power of the ruling class?
He was actually imprisoned, tortured and eventually exiled by the Medici family for "conspiracy", and it's his first hand experience with the Borgias and Medicis that influenced him to write The Prince.
It was a vitriolic and sardonic takedown of the kind of immoral power aggregation that these powerful families were employing at the time, but it is commonly misinterpreted as a legitimate condoning of that philosophy in the modern era.
Anandya ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:27:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a parody written by an italian called Machiavelli. People often forget that bit and read it as if it was real. It's entirely satirical and meant to teach you NOT to be a dictator.
gsfgf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude's not really wrong. It was written as satire. Learning from The Prince is like learning from The Onion. It has influences from the culture of the day โ some of which may be more instructive than traditional history, but you can't take the text seriously at all.
My university book store just recently changed the way they categorize books for class. Before they arranged it by department. So all the psych books would be in one are, all the biology books in another etc.
Apparently there were a number of cases of students buying the wrong book for a class, since different profs use different textbooks. The most notable I heard was some first year student bought the wrong math textbook (which they use for problem sets for assignments). Ended up getting like a 4th year algebra text for an intro class, and couldn't figure out why the problems were so hard. Eventually went to the prof in near tears because he was always in class paying attention but couldn't figure out question 1.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blows my mind that he didn't talk to anyone in class, try to make a study group, or try to see tutors.
Then again first year student... kinda makes sense
My guess is that the kid was too proud to go that route. Im in my last year, and im taking a couple lower level classes just to fill out my degree, and its an experience to go from senior level seminars to a first year course. You see so many kids who in high school were the smartest in their class, and were used to being able to challenge the teacher on a subject, only to get shut down. Or kids who never needed to ask for help ever and now suddenly have to and they almost dont know how.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:21:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well being an idiot prepared me for college in that sense
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:12:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My guess is that the kid was too proud to go that route.
Or an anti-social semi-aspergers math student who's afraid of speaking to the people around him
[deleted] ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:22:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You must protect the rose ruthlessly, crushing any who would harm even a petal, but you can do it most effectively through subterfuge. For instance, appear to be a harmless hat, but in truth once you are close enough you may reveal yourself to in fact be a snake large enough to consume an elephant whole!
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:13:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember reading an untranslated Sir Gawain and The Green Knight freshman summer of high school. Fucking impossible. I had no idea there were modern translations
I was supposed to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, but I ended up reading The Invisible Man by HG Wells. It was an individual assignment, though, so I still got a good grade, but my teacher told me she was very confused when she was grading it (she wasn't the brightest person, tbh).
We had to do an assignment relating it to topics in psych class. We had to watch "shine"a movie about a pianist.. But my friend was watching "the shining", he said, none of it makes sense... Through uncontrollable laughter I told him "shine" was the movie he needed
Edit: formatting
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:01:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"The Prince must protect his realm beyond anything".
-"Ok, when does the Fox show up?"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And more importantly, what does it say?
SmeeGod ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The worst thing is that you might go pretty far into an essay before realizing the mistake.
I have the opposite story, was assigned to read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. My friend read the Jungle book and wondered why people were taking long to read it.
Oh god. I remember reading that stupid bastard book in grade 7. And then watching the movie for it. It was like tripping major balls while being stone cold sober. Impressively jarring.
Dobako ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:11:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh this reminds me of high school. We were assigned the book "Sophie's world" over the summer, which goes through different philosophies in time. One guy apparently ended up reading "Sophie's choice" instead.
I just looked up synopsises of both, I don't think you could find more different stories.
Sen7ineL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Prince, as in Il Principe, by Machiavelli, right? Good guy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:32:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Go big or go home.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:00:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of when my sister read The Invisible Man by HG Wells instead of the one by Ralph Ellison.
mccoyn ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 01:08:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OT, but I once thought I was setting my DVR to record Shaft the 2000 remake of a 1970s cult classic, but instead recorded The Shaft the 2001movie about a demon possessed elevator that goes on a killing spree.
foofdawg ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:39:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend's dad dropped us off at the movies (I realize now he wasn't spending time with his son like he was supposed to for visitation, but we thought he was awesome for taking us to the movies and dropping us off.).
Unfortunately he meant to drop us off to see "Goonies" and instead bought us tickets to see "Ghoulies". Instead of kids hunting treasure, it was demons in toilets and such. We were probably technically old enough to see a horror movie, but definitely not by mpaa standards. We both had nightmares, lol
Part of visitation doesn't have to exclude fostering his son's social connections. It would be horrible to have friends during the week, but be cut off from them on the weekends at dad's place.
Teens wanting to spend more time with friends than parents is an expected transition (depending on how old you two were at the time).
If dad palmed his son off on other people & other activities all weekend, that's just shitty parenting.
I was supposed to read "Invisible Man" in the 11th grade. I found a copy of "The Invisible Man" at my grandparents house. My cheap ass brain looked no further into it because I didnt have to buy it anymore
tigger0jk ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:09:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck. I did this too, except I got to pick my book from a list. My objective was to optimize for entertainment value first, and brevity second. So I took some titles that sounded good to me and consulted my well-read mother for her opinion. She confirmed that "Hey, 'The Invisible Man' isn't too long and it's fun sci-fi stuff, I'm sure you'll like it!" She would have been right, but as it turned out, the book on the list wasn't The Invisible Man the 150 page optical sci-fi novella by H. G. Wells. It was Invisible Man, the 580 page magnum opus by Ralph Ellison on social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans in the early twentieth century.
I went and got the book from the library, unaware that it was NOT the science fiction work. I guess I wasn't a very sharp high-schooler, because I must have gotten a full 50 pages in before it dawned on me that no one in this book was going to be LITERALLY invisible, that they were just figuratively invisible. At this point I realized I was in over my head, I hadn't signed up for 600 pages of intense racial commentary. But I felt like I was committed, so I kept going. My rate of progress every week got slower and slower, until I might as well have just been carrying a brick to and from school in my backpack every day, with a bookmark in it never to move past page 207. And then one day, the Raspberry Iced Tea Snappleยฎ in my lunch opened up, spilled all over everything, and ruined the book. I did not mourn the loss, I just paid the library and gave up.
Daannii ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 00:07:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something similar happened to me. Few semesters back I tried saving some money by buying an older edition for a learning and memory psychology class. Was about a $100 difference in cost.
Anyway, the older version had an additional 168 pages.
As this was for an online course I read all the chapters. Necessary for the timed tests.
Screwed myself a bit by adding a substantial amount of reading material each week.
Daannii ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it was not light reading. Some of the chapters were 90 pages. it was ridic. I really liked the book and the class. It was more about time management vs the work involved.
But then, this is coming from the guy who read his history textbook for fun back in middle school.
Daannii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:05:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it was a good read. no complaints on the material. Like I said, it was more about time management. I didn't have 3 hours a week to spend purely on reading a chapter for one class.
I am a fast reader, but textbook material reads a lot slower because I take notes while I read and highlight.
The higher you go, the longer it takes to read a page. In grad school it seemed I learned a new vocabulary for each chapter. The first 30 minutes was just taking notes so I could remember the jargon.
jlink005 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Grad students' nightmare: continue reading 100 pages in every dream for the rest of your days.
But how is that literally possible?? I never understood this.
When I read I like to pass my eyes through every single word, and interpret what that means. Maybe it's my OCD speaking, saying that if I haven't read every single word I haven't read the whole book. Maybe that's why I'm so slow and ultimately don't read books because I take so much time.
I'm the opposite. Somehow I just get in there and skim through rapidly. The downside of that is that three pages later I'm thinking, "Dog? When did she get a dog? Huh?"
Then I go back a few pages and realize there was one sentence about her getting a dog for companionship. By that point in the paragraph I was already on the next one.
SteevyT ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:07:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I powered through the entire last Harry Potter book the day it came out while my mom was at work. She had told me I could read it until she got back because she wanted to read it. 100 pages in an hour isn't that bad.
I think Harry potter taught all kids that reading impossibly fast is not impossible.
This generation needs a book craze :(
Jeffan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's funny, I remember powering through the last Harry Potter when it was released when I was in 7th grade. Now though I couldn't imagine reading that fast lol. If I even have to read 10 pages for my history class I groan.
I call it a book. Even if it's not in the same ballpark as Shakespeare, it got people who hated reading to try reading again. That covers a wide variety of literary sins in my opinion.
I read the last one in a day too! My dad had taken it from me the night before (I did the midnight release) and looked up who died. He had to go to work that Saturday, so I was trying to beat him getting home and spoiling the ending. Took me the whole eight hours, but I did it!
Unless you're analyzing the book and scouring for certain things, 100 pages in an hour is definitely doable! Try it next time you decide to read for pleasure, no distractions (background music/noise is cool if that's your thing) and time an hour or when you hit 100 pages from your starting point. You'll be surprised by how much you actually got through. Unless you're just generally a slow reader in which case that will just reaffirm your suspicion of that haha but hopefully you're not!
45b16 ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 22:51:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The assigned book was around 100 pages and a really easy read. Wasn't really any trouble at all.
Trying to save a few bucks, he searched online for the books title and bought the first thing he found, which was a dense feminist philosophical examination of the assigned book and how it relates to modern feminist theory. Poor kid spent hours working through much harder material than he needed to in the hopes of saving a few dollars. Ended up spending more anyway by buying a much thicker and rarer book.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:20:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
was a dense feminist philosophical examination of the assigned book
This was an important detail the OP left out. I was really confused as to why he had gotten a 300 page book on feminism instead of the book he was supposed to read.
cities7 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 23:13:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
When you find out, let me know. I don't get it either.
MaGinty ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:24:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Were you my teacher? I did this exact same thing in a history class a few years ago, with that exact book. I was mortified when I got my paper back, not because I had to rewrite the paper, but because I had read a much longer book on accident.
Fuck me. In 4th grade we had to read some fucking horseshit called Ivanhoe. There was a kids version and an adult version. I had no idea what the book even was so we went to the store and got this thick ass book with writing that looked hundreds of years old. Literally could not understand a single page and then my parents god mad because of the waste of money.
Fuck you Cornerstone Preparatory School in Toronto
Every other student must have been dumbfounded. Like this dude was reading the same book as them but on entirely different level.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:47:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took a class called Islamic Thought, on the political philosophy of Islam. At my university, the textbook for this class was next to the textbook for a class on the history of the middle east. The titles were also very similar and the books had the same number of chapters, so it matched the reading schedule on the syllabus. Needless to say, I picked up the wrong book and proceeded to read 500 of the wrong pages for the entire semester. Now, unlike most classes, this class only had one test at the end of the year, so it was only one week before the final exam that I realized my mistake. Proceeded to get the right book, read all 500 pages of it in a week, and ace the class. fuck ya'll mic drop
The life of that woman was awesome! She almost got married to another woman, had duels... When found out, she was given permission to keep dressing like a man and her superiors wrote a letter to the king saying she had been a good soldier and that she deserved her pension.
Edit: I hit enter too soon
jakielim ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this in high school, as a senior we had a "philosophy" class that was a joke and we didnt actually do anything, I tild the teacher I like philosophy and wanted to challenge myself and asked for a tough book to read so he let me borrow his copy of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" by Nietzsche. Well it took me a month to read since I read every page at least 3 times before feeling like I came even remotely close to understanding, but I did and when I finished it I didn't have time or mental capacity left to write a 2 page paper on "Brave New World" by Huxley ( I promised to read it for pleasure that summer and did) so pleaded my case and offered to write 5 pages on Nietzsche which turned into about 10 because I would talk/write in circles after reflecting on what I read, and it seemed appropriate xonsidering so I didn't revise and left it as is after one draft in an attemp to try and show my most honest reflection on the book (mostly confusion and anger) I recieved the highest grade in the class for the paper with a B+ which to this day im convinced he only gave me for attempting to read that damn thing.
Similar, in high school a fellow student read H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man instead of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. That was an interesting social commentary debate.
My mom told me a story of when their class was assigned to read the student version if a book. I don't remember which book but the full version is several 100 pages longer and (back than) unfit for teens. My mothers family had the book at home and when it came to write the essay my mom also included the stuff unfit for teens.... And got shit for it.
That teacher got to be my godfather and told that story too, awkward times in the 1950ies
I once had to read a story from our book of short stories: "The rules of the Game" in middle school. I forgot my book at home and tried to read it online. I read some weird pornographic story with the same name. It wasn't until I met with my friend and we were about to write a paper about it that I realized I read the wrong thing. I just thought my teacher was a pervert for assigning it.
Oh one year I had to read "The Andromeda Strain" for a book group but when it was assigned I misheard the title and got 50 pages deep into "The Androgynous Man"
God that reminds me of the time we were assigned Invisible Man in college and my dumbass picked up a copy of HG Wells' The Invisible Man. Felt like a real dumbass during class discussion.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confused, did he get the wrong book or just read more than he was assigned?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL teachers believe their insane time estimates for reading.
The summer before my high school honor English class, I was given a book list which included "The Invisible Man". I failed to note the author was "Ralph Ellison" and instead read the book by H.G. Wells.
I thought that was easy. And was thoroughly surprised when I found out that it was supposed to be about a black man facing issues in America in the early twentieth century.
Hey! That was assigned for my first year sexuality class. Turns out it was more of a third year class. But the book was good.
whycats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you my former advisor? We read that book in a class on women in the medieval world. It's awesome.
aard_fi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:26:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
if you are focused.
Not related to that at all, but that reminded me of a series of meetings we had with some French. They kept saying all the time "you need to focus", but with their accent it sounded like "you need to fuck us". They had a few more phrases sounding funny I don't remember. It was hard to stay serious the whole time.
Eventually one from our side blew, ranted to them for 5 minutes that nobody is getting fucked here, and stormed out, leaving the French with very confused looks on their faces.
About 100 pages = takes about an hour to read. You are an ADHD student's worst nightmare. Lol!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:17:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a slow fucking reader if most people can 100 pages in an hour.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:05:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a friend get The Invisible Man instead of Invisible Man, lol. He was so confused during the following discussion about racism and it took him quite awhile to figure out. It was a summer reading assignment for AP English and we had essays due on the first day. He couldn't figure out if the class was going to be a joke or not.
dum1515 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:17 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It takes me about an hour to read 5 pages.
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:33:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
100 pages takes an hour... I think you mean 6 hours if I can even focus on that.
Mongopwn ยท 3320 points ยท Posted at 22:44:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I gave students a list of vocabulary words to look up and define for homework. Two of the words were "atheist" and "polytheist." Well, I don't know where the miscommunication arose, but one student did not define either. Instead, they wrote, "polyatheist. One who doesn't believe in many gods."
I mean, they weren't wrong.
Edit 2: Actually, they probably were wrong. u/shit-eater points out the correct word for this definition is "apolytheist," and I wouldn't challenge someone with a username like that. Upon investigation, user is what username implies.
Edit 3: u/yournitmar and u/poromenos confirm my suspicions. I am too lazy to check comment history to see if they're u/shit-eater s. I'm sure someone will call them out if they are.
Edit 4: I hope everyone learned something today, and had fun doing it. That's what's important.
jakielim ยท 1975 points ยท Posted at 03:02:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Monopolygamy: the practice of taking mustachioed man with top hat as a spouse.
Impeesa_ ยท 1120 points ยท Posted at 03:40:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or, being married to an unusual magnet.
pcyr9999 ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 04:50:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Magnets always have two poles, which we typically call north and south. If you take a normal bar magnet and snap it in half, it'll still have two poles. Snap one of the halves in half, still two poles. And so on. A monopole is a magnet (on any scale, including on the atomic level) with only one pole, which, as far as we know, is not actually possible, though research in that regard is still ongoing.
Impeesa_ ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 08:03:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My impression was that it was believed to be possible, but never observed (or I might have phrased the joke differently). I went to go check, and it turns out that while they remain seemingly nonexistent in nature, they have in fact been created in a lab.
I thought you were screwing with us at first, but it turns out I misread the original joke.
I thought it said marriage to an unusual midget, and I'd reasoned that it was something to do with polygamy/pygmy. I was happy to accept that as the (slightly contrived) joke until you came along.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:56:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL
Dwhitlo1 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:21:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I'm sorry, it can never work out between us"
"But... I am just so attracted to you"
"I could never marry a monopole I have a duty to all of magnet kind!"
"I... I see..."
drifts away slowly
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Non-ionized" or "non-ionic" can mean the same as unionized, but there's also "non-ionizing", which means something different than "unionizing", which gives you an insight to the small difference between the two meanings.
I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time trying to figure out what sort of etymology you were using for this. I figured it had to be greek because I have a pretty good grasp on most latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. I knew that gamy was obviously still to mean marriage, so I just googled "monopoly".
It took me about 6 seconds but when i got through it my eyes lit up and i got so much joy! I don't know why exactly, but that joke made me so happy. Thank you!
Some jokes make you fall on the ground, some jokes make you snort. Apparently some just give giddy euphoria!
cjluthy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:32:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar thing, at the time I was teaching a writing class to special education students. I gave them a list, and one student accidentally found "joke" definitions on the internet. They were.....not appropriate for school.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:21:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be apolytheist
HeywardH ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 03:42:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe an apolytheist would reject a pantheon while a polyatheist would reject multiple unrelated gods.
It seems contradictory though, seeing as how an atheist rejects all gods whereas "many" implies a limit.
So theists who believe in a finite amount of gods are polyatheists?
Mongopwn ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd have to ask someone who knows Greek grammar, though I suspect that neither formulation is correct, as it doesn't convey anything "atheist" does not.
Greek here: apolytheist = Not-(many gods believer). Polyatheist = multi-(non-god believer). So, apolytheist is more correct, as polyatheist is someone who doesn't believe in God multiple times, and doesn't make much sense.
Greek here. Polyatheist makes no sense, apolytheist makes sense but is still incorrect. An 'apolytheist' is quite simply an atheist or a monotheist.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:28:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My answer is correct. Yours conveys a congregation of atheists.
Mongopwn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it's not mine, but thank you.
ZeMoose ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:02:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A pantheon of atheists.
T4LE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:33:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which raises the question, did the student mean someone who doesn't believe in multiple gods, e.g. a monotheist...
Or do you think he meant someone who believes in some gods. Like sure there aren't many, but there are definitely some!
Mongopwn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People have pointed out a few reasons it's a fairly confused term, many of which I did not think of at the time. I don't think I gave them credit for it (2 points on 20 point HW assignment... it did not affect their grade in any meaningful way), and after this post I'm kind of glad I didn't.
It is pretty funny though.
kblaney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:34:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, some Unitarian Universalists believe in God. Some also believe she's a black lesbian, and that humanity has some 'splainin' to do. But, mostly we believe in coffee and conversation after the service.
Source: Unitarian Universalist. Please don't burn a Question Mark on my lawn.
kblaney ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well who doesn't believe in coffee?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Soooo, you gave 11/12 graders the task of opening a dictionary and copying the definition of random words as homework? Were these mentally challenged kids or something?
Mongopwn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:44:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, I gave a group of 11/12th graders a list of terms and phrases they needed to be familiar with before we began the next reading I assigned, and required some form of proof they actually were so. I also assigned questions along with the reading, but none of that was directly relevant to the hilarious definition this student offered up.
There was an "interesting" student I had called Andy from Hong Kong. He never took anything seriously and could only put very and adjectives together "Very handsome" for example.
I asked Andy's class to write me a cover letter for a job. Andy's response went something like this:
"I handsome. I 1.7 cm long, have good body, strong legs, nice face. I want job McDonalds."
I once asked his friend also from Hong Kong if Andy was just as whack in Cantonese, he replied "Oh hell yeah, he's extremely stupid."
Kyncaith ยท 496 points ยท Posted at 03:32:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...called Andy from Hong Kong.
I like to imagine that "Andy from Hong Kong" was his functional name. "And here is our new student, Andy from Hong Kong."
This comment made me burst out loud laughing in bed, I had to laugh into the pillow to stop waking up my gf. The bed shaking as I attempted to stifle the laughter, the attempt making me laugh harder. Thanks
Wardy107 ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 02:09:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you imagine the adventures they'd share together?
/r/WritingPrompts get on this!
mash3735 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:41:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐๐๐
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:20:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Using "very" as the be-verb is a common feature in Chinese languages. That's why you hear people say things like "he very tall" or "this shirt very pretty".
I only speak poor Mandarin instead of poor Cantonese, but to my understanding their grammar is more or less the same. The literal translation of "very" in Chinese dialects is used in place of the verb "to be" when describing things. The correct semantic Chinese translation of the English sentence, "That is pretty", would be literally translated back into English as, "That very pretty". In this context, however, "very" imparts no additional meaning to the sentence and instead is simply the grammatical framework used to hang adjectives.
In case anyone was wondering.
Amadan ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 04:57:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In his defense, in Chinese (well, at least in Mandarin, can't speak about Cantonese), an adjective without a modifier is weird. You say "very good" or "not good", "very pretty" or "not pretty", but just "good" and "pretty" are not really used. So I suppose he just didn't have enough English grammar internalised, and was directly translating the equivalent Chinese structures.
_beekay ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 06:01:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I assume there's also something like "moderately good"? Otherwise, Mandarin must be a really opinionated language.
Amadan ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 06:18:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, yeah, there's other possible modifiers :) You can also say "not bad", "still passable", "extraordinarily good"... just "good" by itself is weird when describing something.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:10:57 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about any modifiers, Haven't learned them, can you list them?
Amadan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:38:08 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not exhaustively; I studied Chinese ages ago, and forgot a ton. :p But some examples: ๅฅฝๆไบ, ้ๅธธๅฅฝ.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We don't have a way to say moderately good, because if it's only moderately good, it's not worth mentioning.
I thought you said called Andy from King Kong and I was like that's a bit of a racist description of an Asian don't you think? King Kong. The fucks wrong with me?
In my science class, we started a project last week where they had to make a poster of a cell analogy that they came up with (for example, someone made a city because the town hall is like the nucleus, a power plant is like the mitochondria, etc.).
One girl just could not come up with anything. I gave her a bunch of examples and then let her think about it. When I came back to check on her, she said "I'm making a sandwich!"
I was like "...ok, but that might be kind of tough. Did you think about the parts of the sandwich that match up with cell organelles? What is the mitochondria of a sandwich?" She was like "ok, I'll pick something else"
I get back to get a few minutes later and I ask her, and now she's making a taco. I explained the same thing.
Over the course of two days while most other students started drawing, she suggested a British phone booth, a cell phone, Sonic the Hedgehog, a pizza, and a Taco Bell. For each suggestion, I said that she could do it as long as she matched each part to an organelle, and she'd say "oh yeah" because she forgot that I wasn't just letting her draw random stuff.
Near the end of the period on Friday, I went to her and said "look, let me help you. Draw an island" and I explained half of the organelles for her and even started sketching stuff out. She nodded and agreed to do that.
Today, I gave her a poster board and then went to check on her. She said she didn't want to do the island and started drawing a bowling alley, with random parts labeled as organelles without even thinking about the functions.
I don't even care anymore.
Edit: Well, this got way more popular than I was expecting. Since I'm getting comments asking about the age and type of class, let me clarify a bit. I teach 9th grade general science in a fairly poor district. I have all of the kids that failed science in 8th grade and have no motivation to learn anything. That's why I'm doing this poster project instead of actually giving a test because they need to be physically engaged in things or I lose them. They'll just straight up talk to each other during PowerPoints or ignore me when I talk so this is the best way for them to actually learn anything. I'm also a first year teacher and the only person teaching General Science (i have all 5 sections) so I'm basically making this up as I go along.
Thanks for all of the comments, I'm enjoying reading them.
Years ago every Sunday me and a buddy would go to the bar his wife worked at for free drinks and to watch football. A mutual friend would go too and she wanted me to teach her about football. After weeks of explaining the game we were watching a Browns/Bengals game. The QB threw a pick, she stood up and raised her arms and yelled "Intersection!". That's what I thought of when you said touchdown:)
The QB threw a pick, she stood up and raised her arms and yelled "Intersection!"
"Interception"? As in, like, that movie? ba-dum tssss
rjjm88 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:00:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that as "but a 7-10 split better exemplified mojitos". I started pondering "7 parts rum, 10 parts mojito mix.... easiest way is going to be 7 shots of rum, 10 shots of mix". Might end up going with this anyway.
Best buy has the entire store applaud if you donate to st Jude. How about I burn st Jude down? (I don't really want to burn down st Jude buy I also don't want to be called out for my piddly dollar) if anything it'll make people donate less.
drackaer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:11:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ikr? You want me to not order something off your menu, yell or sing every time someone orders it.
Dash83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:56:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There ain't no rules to this taco game. You wrap that shit in a tortilla, its a taco. I can't care where you're from. You throw your dick in between those soft warm folds of a freshly made tortilla, you got yourself a dick taco. We all eat the taco, we all get along. Si queso.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You throw your dick in between... We all eat the taco
Iirc in one of the episodes, they're taking one of those exams where you just colour in the bubble next to the answer (a,b,c,d). Two of them tried to do the test right but Bubbles just drew a flower on hers and ended up getting all of the answers right. I guess that's what they're referring to? Idk I haven't seen that show since I was a kid. Haha.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:55:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've got 10 credits left, I'd love a flower right about now.
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Ihmhi ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:37:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know how people are like "Man if I have a Wikipedia page written about me I've made it?" Is it weird that I consider success to be like... named after a weird little frog discovered in the Amazon that farts through its eyeballs or something like that?
Tiafves ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 06:43:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow the dwarf amazonian ocular flatulence frog was named after you?!
It's legit. SHH is made even better by the fact that it isn't just some random pleb protein -- it's actually pretty important both in development and in the adult.
PENIS is another example of the wonders of science.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:05:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha I think I'm seeing a genetics/biochem theme here. Reminds me of JAK (Just Another Kinase, although they ultimately published as Janus :(). Honestly I'm grateful so many names in the discipline are as intuitive as they are - DISC1? Yeah I could totally remember what disease state that's implicated in for an exam! Not like anatomy at all. Fuck anatomy.
Also, ken and barbie gene - "causes a ken and barbie phenotype associated with malformation of male genital structures". I love science.
ZippityD ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:01:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
New discoveries are named after people (falling out of favor), for acronyms, or in a funny way referring to how it was discovered. And sometimes by the function.
Turns out you can name new things however you want!
I thought my histology professor was joking, and that SHH meant something else. It sounded exactly like one of his jokes. Then my very serious cell biology professor said the same thing. I was surprised, but then again, now we know where the nerds all ended up...
There's also Pikachurin, a completely real science thing.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:19:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a biology student - you should have heard the murmured ripple of laughter when Sonic Hedgehog was introduced as a relevant part of the lecture by the lecturer.
Manadox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are actually three "hedgehog" proteins, one of which was the inspiration for my username. Together, they form a really important signal pathway for embryonic development in mammals. Thank you for subscribing to Protein Facts.
NikP1 ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 05:01:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They point to a less humorous situation where patients or parents of patients with a serious disorder are told that they or their child "have a mutation in [their] sonic hedgehog".
Why don't they do this for more things? Besides being hysterically funny, it is very memorable. Sonic hedgehog protein is inhibited by Robotnitkin - I am literally never going to forget that.
The gene has already been linked to a condition known as holoprosencephaly, which can result in severe brain, skull and facial defects; motivation for some clinicians and scientists to criticize the name on grounds of it sounding too frivolous. They point to a less humorous situation where patients or parents of patients with a serious disorder are told that they or their child "have a mutation in [their] sonic hedgehog".
Holy shit this is gold
tmking9 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:03:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did not expect that to actually be relevant.
Neri25 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:05:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
SirTrey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are scientists just actively trying to fuck with us?
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SirTrey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:48:33 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it could be in revenge for some citizens actively denying large swaths of their work because Jesus or because it was cold today, so there's that...
shuggnog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cell membrane: That blue shield he picks up
Mitochondria: His feet, because it's the powerhouse that drives him
Cytoplasm: The water from the water levels because is pretty much fills everything
Nucleus: Whatever the objective for the game is (like freeing creatures) since that drives all other activity!
Lysosomes: Bad guys, aid in Sonic death (cell death)
Golgi Complex: His hands, that's how he collects and packages up the rings (proteins) he collects
And so on...I'm tired or I'd put more effort into figuring out all the rest of the stuff.
As a representative of the "Sonic Fandom", I'm torn between these responses
I'm sorry
Help me
Honestly, not all of us are that bad
The artistic works of children learning to become artists are often creepy, disturbing, and poorly-designed, but how else do people learn to become artists, so there's no need to make fun of them, that'd just be rude
Exaskryz ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:32:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eyes: Receptors on the cell membrane to interact with the world.
Skin: The cell membrane because, as you can see, it's flexible and can become a sphere like a real cell.
Spiky hair: The nucleus, absolutely required for Sonic to be Sonic.
Legs: The mitochondria, what gives Sonic his power.
Blur: The golgi apparatus getting rid of the waste and leaving it behind.
Have had students doing this same thing in Biochemistry. What I have deduced from their behavior is that, besides not understanding the given task, they didn't understand the whole topic. In one particular case, this student couldn't do it because he indeed had a learning disability and couldn't transfer the knowledge to any other situation. Good boy, nonetheless.
alflup ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 04:07:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Learning Disability is the first place my mind went. I have experience with dealing with Autism, real Autism not the "let's diagnosis everyone" Autism, and this behavior where the teacher explained it to her in detail and her artistic side still took over is a familiar type of situation. Or she could just be dumb. Nothing wrong with just being good ole dumb. Not everything needs a diagnosis.
amoore109 ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 04:09:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Good ol' dumb" as a diagnosis could do wonders for the world.
I teach elementary PE, and while there are some kids who need a diagnosis, we've come to the conclusion that some kids really are just plain dumb. Like the kid who got stung while trying to pick up a bee. Twice.
A label given to a wide range of disabilities that can impede learning. Dyslexia is probably the most common. It's better to acknowledge that someone has one so that they can correct their learning patterns.
elypter ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 06:42:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
the label thing is the problem. a label is defined by the similarities of its content. the only thingin common is that someone is bad. that makes it essentially a nice sounding term for idiot which hides behind the tolerance device.
Labeling isn't a problem, it's recognizing a deficiency. I am "labeled" with a learning disability, and it has done nothing but help me in school. They recognized a reoccurring problem, and offered alternative methods and resources outside of the class.
Do I learn certain material slower than other students, absolutely. I might even be an idiot, but I don't use it as a "tolerance device". It's more of a recognition device saying "here's my problem, here's what I can do to help alleviate it".
I was exultant when I was finally diagnosed with ADHD. I always knew there was something really different (in a bad way) between me and other people.
I could keep things organized, I forgot important events, I paid bills late even though I had the money. I was failing at basic life skills and no matter how hard or how diligently I tried, it never improved.
Being able to hear the label (it's common enough to have a label! There are others like me!), do some research and then start learning ways to work with it instead of against it ... it was liberating.
I was so joyful that I wasn't just plain ol' defective.
elypter ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:50:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i was talking about how poorly defined medical terms can cause stigmatisation (all the possible mechanisms are a topic themselves)
i wasnt talking against recognition and i wasnt saying that the disabled person uses a "tolerance device"(i dont know if this a term that makes sense in english). im tired of people seeing red flags everywhere.
Coping mechanism is a behavior people have adapted, either independently or through therapy, to mitigate the effects of X, Y or Z problem.
Some CMs are terrible: drinking too much, drugs, having sex with everyone everywhere as a distraction, etc.
Some CMs are healthy: exercise, meditation, adequate rest, hobbies, etc.
Is that the equivalent phrase?
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:10:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
mental conditions have been widly stigmatizing and under the surface still are. as reaction people and therapists said that there is nothing tobe ashamed of. this has been hammered into the heads of people so much that it became a taboo to acknoledge that this still is the way people think and for the person in question it is a problem if it is being talked about it openly.
its like if your mom said you cant answer the phone because youre masturbating with the reasoning that it is natural and nothing to be ashamed of.
if you say anything against a claim of this kind youre being looked at like if you are denying the condition or that youre intolerant. because people fear this reaction it becomes easy to claim but hard to defend against. a loose mediacal term allows to pick symptoms that fit your claim and imply a big range of conditions to justify your actions.
Try understanding the label 'learning disability' as a list of possible, rather specific patterns of difficulty in learning, understanding, and/or applying a certain categories of knowledge/abilities.
That usually includes both
A statistically significant increased level of said difficulties when compared to an otherwise comparable peer group.
E.g. A clear lack in reading level (often even obvious difficulties) compared to classmates that otherwise perform comparably (or somewhat worse).
An at least somewhat suspicious level of performance in a certain, specific category.
E.g. an otherwise bright child just cannot get their head around doing calculations in writing (or even effectively reading numbers and simple equations), while managing to do the same calculations mentally.
E.g. a child that you yet know to not be dumb at all, making specific, obvious misstakes in written calculations again and again and again, no matter how often you explain it, which you basically know cannot be due to them being just dumb.
They looked into a lot of such problems and figured out that there are a couple of common-ish learning disabilities, like dyscalculia and dyslexia.
It's further differentiatable based on the question of 'what caused this deficite?'. Some are due to a lack of adequate support in learning. Some are due to unsuitable methods of teaching for the child. Some can occur due to trauma or other psychological problems. Some are (or are presumed to be) of neurological origin.
Some are due to specific functions which don't work as supposed. E.g. having problems distinguishing similar letters, like d and b. There's a guy out there who created a font specifically to have very distinguishable letters, as to specifically remove these similarity-based problems for dyslexics. The result (they did some research) seems to be that using this font, dyslexic readers will have way less difficulties at reading.
Afaik, most treatment for learning disabilities comes in the form of adjusted teaching and coaching, so, pedagogical methods. And not medication.
Not much money to make with medication for most learning disabilities.
(ADHD is rather an exemption here, and even there, the consensus in literature is that the main therapy of ADHD should be on a pedagogical and psychological level, using medication 'complementary' as needed. And even regarding the ADHD medication, the most prominent medications are basically all out of patent, so the market is mainly on a price level of generics.)
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thanks for the detailed answer.
the problem happens when the term is not used for the list of things but as a general diagnosis which means there is no specific diagnosis. its like telling a surgent that the patient has a tumor but not where it is. (i now wanted to quote the op wich i though was an example for that but realized that it has been changed or that i was replying the wrong comment or that i misinterpreted something)
Not much money to make with medication
not mediaction but there are other financial and carreer interests
Well, I think using 'learning disability' in this unspecified way is appropriate in quite a lot of contexts, because it proves useful in providing help to people with learning disabilities.
Take teachers as the probably most important instance for inducing tests of learning disabilities. We can presume that the clear majority of parents are not capable of assessing the possibility of a learning disability in their child (a lot won't even bother, too). So teachers are the first instance to usually provide a decent chance of noticing learning difficulties (same for behavioural problems).
We basically need teachers to just be aware that there are "learning disabilities". They don't need to know all the specific ones. They don't need to know details about any of them.
As soon as teachers understand that there can be learning difficulties which need special attention, they can initiate the consultation of actual professionals. Those professionals then have the capabilities to find out whether the child has a learning disability, if any, and then specify it.
Accordingly, they can report back to the teachers about how to accommodate the specific student then, which is way more effective than expecting teachers to understand enough about specific disabilities to be able of figuring out themselves which accommodations are neccessary.
(This, of course, doesn't work with teachers who are just shitty teachers are assholes.)
not mediaction but there are other financial and carreer interests
Don't know how it's in the usa. In Germany, most professions dealing with learning disabilities don't pay good at all, so I don't really see lots of potential for questionable financial interests.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:04:13 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that there can be learning difficulties which need special attention, they can initiate the consultation of actual professionals.
i think they should know that there is dyscalculia, dyslexia, ... and initiate the consultation of a professional in case. if they dont know what could be a disability then learning disabilities cover the same area as dumb, lazy, noncurious or annoyed children. unfortunately there will always be bad or asshole teachers so this makes it easy for them to get rid of children they dont like or they dont want to deal with.
so I don't really see lots of potential for questionable financial interests.
i thought more of research and journals and possible donors of the fields.
They'll pick up a bit of "knowledge" on the more common ones, sure. But it gets unreasonable to expect anything more.
Better train them in figuring out which children might have difficulties which don't get solved by the usual methods.
Being "dumb" might necessitate special ed stuff.
Being "lazy" on an outstanding and problematic level also should get looked at.
"non-curiousness" as of itself isn't a problem, unless it actively hinders education, in which case it also should get looked at.
Annoyed childred also deserve at least an open ear.
Point is, teachers won't be capable of assessing a lot of specific problems their pupils might deal with. Hell, lots of teachers aren't even that good at understanding and accepting that there actually are learning disabilities and other serious problems which cannot be solved by their standard method of teaching.
So the first main goal is to get teachers to talk to admin and seek professional assessment regarding pupils which show significant difficulties in one respect or the other. (This isn't restricted to learning disabilities, of course.)
i thought more of research and journals and possible donors of the fields.
Got any known case of such an influence on a relevant scale? Usually, external influences of these kind requite either a financial interest of some industry, or some ideological/political interest group to back it up.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:22:07 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Being "dumb" might necessitate special ed stuff.
Being "lazy" on an outstanding and problematic level also should get looked at.
"non-curiousness" as of itself isn't a problem, unless it actively hinders education, in which case it also should get looked at.
Annoyed childred also deserve at least an open ear.
couldnt ephazise this more myself.
the problem is putting someone in the wrong group could do a lot of harm. like one flapsy diagnosis leading to another, life long stigmtization or medication(not the most common thing with learning disabilities) destroying childrens cognitive abilities and souls.
Got any known case of such an influence on a relevant scale?
didnt look but for example its a lot better for career if you invent a new disability instead of explaining a phenomena with a combination of known disabilities or deseases. caree focused scientists want to inflate theirwork just like any other career focused person
the problem is putting someone in the wrong group could do a lot of harm. like one flapsy diagnosis leading to another, life long stigmtization or medication
Yep, and that's why it's important to get them assessed by actual professionals. Basically, it should go: teacher notices something might be wrong -> gets the school to look into it -> school involves professionals which they suppose are fit for the matter -> if necessary, those redirect to other professions -> child should get proper assistance, if needed.
Keep in mind that some primary assessment of potential problems (like learning disabilities) is rather inexpensive, most likely only a few hours involving some pediatrician, therapist, etc. (so, a few hundred bucks at most) until it's decided whether the child should recieve further assessment or assistance. So even if teachers get two or three times as many pupils assessed than actually need additional help of some kind, it's a worthwile investment into the well-being and education of the children. Especially this is way better than doing it the other way around and risking more children falling through the cracks.
When it comes to medication, the most important part is actually finding a competent professional. The questionable amount of missdiagnosis of certain disorders mainly stems from doctors and psychologists not specialised in the disorders 'diagnosing' them anyway. It's like, duh, depending circumstances, it's really hard to differentiate between adhd, childhood trauma, certain kinds of depression, and some kinds of social/familial problems, and you need more than a standard medical or psychologists degree to be able to do so.
didnt look but for example its a lot better for career if you invent a new disability instead of explaining a phenomena with a combination of known disabilities or deseases.
I don't think this holds as an argument here. At least in Germany (and I suppose it works somewhat comparable in other western countries), it takes a fucking shitload of work to even get noteworty attention in your field of research. You can try inventing a new diagnosis, but you're colleagues will professionally tear you a new one if you don't offer serious reasons for needing to define this new diagnosis.
Now, from a research position, it can be interesting to try new or altered models of diagnosis, but on a practitioning scale, those are mostly irrelevant as they're not widely accepted at that point. The vast majority of potential diagnoses will be well-tried diagnosis and the respective assistance/treatment work appropriatly, so there's no strong interest in changing those diagnoses.
Take a look a the different versions and revisions of the ICD and DSM manuals. There are a lot of changes, but those basically represent all seriously accepted advances within the whole respective fields of research, happening over at least a couple of years of research. I'd argue this shows that it' actually quite hard to achieve even a serious change in an already existing diagnosis.
Sinai ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 03:36:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember I had to write a children's book about the structures in a cell in high school biology and it ended up being about the communist revolt by the other organelles against the ruthless dictatorship of the nucleus, aka Old Nukky, using their particular attributes to enact an assassination. They succeeded, but they all died at the end...
TrueRune ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:54:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nukky Khrushchev
Sinai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:18:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why would ADD stop her from dong this? She just didn't understand the concept, she seemed perfectly capable on working on a task without being distracted, the teacher just had to explain to her that it wouldn't make sense.
6feet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
She couldn't focus long enough to actually think about how to fulfill the requirements of a task.
Teacher: "I want you to think of a thing..."
ADD Brain: "Alright! Things! I love lots of things!..."
Teacher, voice fading into the background: "...and compare it to a cell."
ADD Brain: "...I wonder if Sonic the Hedgehog counts as a thing. Oooh, tacos are things! I wonder if Mommy will make tacos for dinner. Why are British phone booths blue...?"
It's actually incredibly frustrating when you get a little older and you know it's important to think about some bit of difficult information thoroughly, but you just can't force your brain to hold still and just process shit. It's as though your thoughts are globs of oil, and as you try to grab them they just slip through your fingers. Even when the girl was told how to do the assignment, maintaining focus was impossible, and drawing a bowling alley was easier because she could do whatever the fuck she wanted and allow her mind to wander however it may, instead of trying to force it to make analagous connections.
I think that may be what confuses people about ADD- a chilld with ADD- or any person with it- may be able to sit quietly without showing how distracted they are, but on the inside their mind is whirling through other topics they find interesting. When I was first prescribed Adderall, it felt like a complete fucking miracle to just be able to think, about whatever I wanted, and not be swept up in the whims of my brain. Like my mind had been a riot zone with so much to take in it was overwhelming, and then it was transformed into a quiet, organized library.
I understand ADD, it runs in my family, and I have it myself. It just seems to me that she blatantly just could not understand the exercise. It makes sense maybe if she'd done it once, but the teacher took her aside multiple times and explained it to her. It doesn't make sense that she wouldn't have the attention span to listen to an explanation but would have it to create a solution. Even people with ADD can pay attention for short lengths of time, like taking a simple order, it's the implementation over an extended period of time that is difficult. I think the girl is just no the sharpest tool in the shed, not everything has to be ADD
I said that she could do it as long as she matched each part to an organelle, and she'd say "oh yeah" because she forgot that I wasn't just letting her draw random stuff.
She seemed to be ok with doing the assignment but indecisive about what to do it on, forgetful as the quote implies, and impulsive on throwing away the island idea and going with the bowling alley. It's possible she has ADD, she's just stubborn, some other learning disorder, she's trolling, or just dull like I said before.
She wasn't ok doing the assignment though? She didn't seem to understand the basic premise? It seems much more likely to me that she would have a learning disability, because she seemed capable of executing a command, or attempting to, but incapable of analyzing what the command was. This really is just conjecture though, it seems you did give thought to the diagnosis, sorry if I offended
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 04:24:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think the teacher was at fault. It seems like the other students understood the assignment which means that she explained the organelles well. I think that the girl did have trouble understanding what organelles are, so OP sat down with the girl and helped her start the assignment. She even sketched it out for her.
If no one, or the majority of the class doesn't get it, then you can say that maybe the teacher is doing something wrong. But it seems like that girl was the only one struggling. If she was truly having trouble, she should have talked to the teacher (and used the sketch she gave her) instead of just doing her own thing.
Poromenos ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 09:24:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my God, that's terrible! Can you prescribe some medication, doctor?!
I actually have a decent spread of ideas from my students. We went over a city for an example before we started the project and I said they could use a city if they REALLY couldn't think of ideas, but only a couple of kids picked that. The most popular ones are cars and planes, and I have a few schools. Two groups picked the human body, someone did a boat, and another group is working on a factory. There are a couple of others as well.
She was in 6th grade and came up with it on her own. She painted it all with watercolors and it was beautiful. I found a photo of it & here's the breakdown;
Ministry of magic = nucleus,
Protective spell = cell membrane,
Gringotts = cytosome,
Borgin & Botts = vacuole,
Magical Meanagerie = Mitochondria,
Ollivanders = gogli body,
Weasleys wizards weazes = ribosomes,
Madame Malkins = Endoplasmic Reticulum,
Harry Potter = flagella
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:03:25 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So not the books, but the attributes of the built-world (Coudlnt' think of a better way to phrase that)
I guess the really tricky stuff comes with trying to place the golgi and the ERs. Maaaaybe golgi bodies could be things sent to cloud storage? Rough ER could be app data/feedback? (I feel like this could turn into a ridiculous philosophical thing. Fuck it, let's use a car instead.)
That you did! I missed it amongst the other wacky ideas. Too bad; it sounded like whatever whimsical thing she chose would've worked, provided she could justify it. Even tacos. (Hard shell - cellulose wall? Soft tortilla - phospholipid membrane? Idk...)
inb4 THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:33:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You probably won't read this but I actually know you from /r/onceuponatime. You give a lot of opinions that I absolutely agree with so I even had you RES tagged, and noticed your answer on here.
So as you can imagine, it only made the part about "tacos" even more hilarious. Take care!
Haha wow I'm surprised to be recognized from there, it's been a while since I posted a lot of stuff there. I finally caught up with the current season so I might be participating there again, haha. Thanks for the reply!
So, if you have seen Guardians of the galaxy, you'll remember Drax. He doesn't understand metaphor, like at all. "nothing can go over my head, I'll catch it." In all likelihood this girl has some sort of condition that makes this thinking beyond her. if she is otherwise intelligent at school work but a bit of a weirdo for social interaction, I would suggest something on the autism spectrum. If she is generally not very smart, it might still be autism, but it could be something else. I would talk to the special education teacher to figure out how to get her evaluated. Autistic people are often very intelligent, but they need specialized classes to help them learn how to get along with the rest of us.
I wouldn't say this one isolated incident (which we are hearing about secondhand anyway) is grounds for saying the girl has some kind of condition/autism.
She's definitely not firing on all cylinders if it happened as op wrote. She could just be very dumb but that's a kind of dumb worth looking into before she tries to dry her pet in a microwave.
She's usually pretty good in class, this was the only weird thing with her. Normally she understands the assignments and does them fairly well. She might just have a problem with abstract thinking, and some kids develop that later than others.
I have a number of students with IEPs in my classes, none are on the autism spectrum though.
To be honest, I went to grad school for biochemistry, and I think I understand the parts of the cell better than most people, and I have no clue what I would draw. I always hated assignments like this. Very little gain and mostly busy-work.
lezarium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Above that, making students spend several days on a drawing in biology class??? How can that be beneficial...
Its general science, not biology. It's a class for students that failed science the year before, I know they can't handle PowerPoints or anything too difficult. I was ready to end this project on Friday but they begged me to push it back, and after 1st period, I'm gonna have to push it back again to tomorrow.
Trust me, I'd love to actually teach stuff but I have to dumb it down significantly for them and keep them busy or else they learn nothing at all.
In her defense, the taco one could have worked pretty well if she had put some thought into it. But from the sound of it she probably didn't know all the parts that go into a taco, let alone cell structure...
lezarium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah right? I bet she has a way deeper understanding of the topic than we have and she has recognized that the structures of a cell is applicable to many more objects. I don't really see why sonic was such a bad choice. She used her imagination and that's what the assignment was about - maybe she just can't explain her perspective on things to other people very well...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, this really screams learning disability from the way it's told. I hope if she is young enough that you might be able to discuss this with the parents or something :... If it were my kid I'd hope the teacher would talk to me.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ReVaas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i think that poor girl had a serious learning disability
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cell phone would work, because the processor could be the nucleus, and the battery could be mitochondria. Also, at taco bell the manager is the nucleus etc.
Not a teacher, but this reminds me of this one time in biology, we were playing a quiz game. The teacher asked our team "name a producer" (literally any plant). This girl shouts out "Jerry Bruckheimer!" Teacher still gave us points. Technically, she wasn't wrong. Gave me a good laugh
4Sken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:34:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's sad.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do the same thing, and draw a story book for it. I had the idea to do an NFL football team, and thought I was pretty clever in naming the story book the "Dallas Cellboys". Anyway, I suck at drawing, so this took me a long while. The day it's due, I show up...and my friend has done a story book about the Dallas Cellboys too. He ended up getting an A, I got a C. Taylor, if you're on Reddit, I'm still salty, and it was my idea.
Anarroia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If she has Asperger's or something, she won't be able to understand things in a metaphorical sense, so maybe she just can't make analogies for things because her brain just don't compute that shit?
Rhombico ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She probably doesn't actually understand what an analogy is
My 7th grader is working on a very similar project right now. Only he has to make a 3D model of another system, yada yada. And he seemed to think that part of the assignment was waiting til the almost-last minute.
I mean, at that point, maybe you should just admit that she's not learning via this drawing analogy and just like, make her draw and label a cell a few times lol.
I don't mean to be rude, I just don't think that having kids draw cells as cities or cities as cells would help every kid learn.
astakon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it's terrible but I hated slow kids when I was in school. It was a little private school that was too small to split classes so I had to sit there while the 3 slow kids had the first five minutes of the lesson broken down 50 different ways over the next hour. You went above and beyond, at some point some people just aren't cut out for thinking with their brains.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was taking Biology in high school I had an assignment similar to this. I made a pizza with a different topping for each of the cell components and tried to shape them to look like the cell components. Someone else just made a regular pepperoni pizza and everyone was more interested in that so i sat in the back of the room and ate my pizza.
I have browsed different subreddits for the past year but made an account just to post my worst misinterpretation of all time.
In fourth grade, we were assigned a project about important events in the past 100 years. Once I completed this project on a certain individual that I was assigned, we were given another project. Historical figures. We were supposed to do research and dress up as this individual. I asked my teacher if I could just do the person I was assigned in the previous assignment and, without remembering or looking who my person was, she said yes. I was pumped. I had already done the research assignments and only needed to dress up as this person. My parents helped me put the costume together the night before and I was all prepared.
That next day, I walk into school and head to the library where we were all meeting to show off our costumes.
I walk in as Adolf Hitler.
I see a banner. "Important Figures Over the Past 100 Years!" As a quiet kid, I didn't leave but I didn't say anything the rest of the day. I guess I had missed the part where this figure for our second project was to be a hero but no one had specifically stated this. All my friends were dressed up as presidents or war heroes or whatever and here I was dressed as Hitler, all day. I have never had so many talks with other peoples' parents about the Holocaust and how bad it was. I was too nervous to explain myself and still cringe when I think about how that looked.
My parents didn't think it was odd that I had to dress up as Hitler since this project sounded almost the same as the first one and my teacher never liked explaining anything at lengths to me. Now that I think about this, I bet she set me up.
lollity ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 09:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you elaborate on what happened during the day? Also, do you have any pictures of yourself as Hitler, complete with tiny moustache?
I'm not him, but my school did something similar. We had the hole school lined with kids at little mini booth areas dressed up as random historical figures, with little cards containing summaries of who they were and what they accomplished. Imagine a bunch of American generals presidents or inventors filling the school, all the great heros of our nation personified by little kids, and then one fuckin hitler standing in a corner sweating bullets hoping no one approaches him so he won't have to talk. That's OP.
fuckitx ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:01:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god hahahahaha best one in the thread
Sirspen ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:07:21 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do a 15-minute full-costume chautauqua in my AP history class and did have a Hitler. Kid was pretty well researched and gave a decent presentation, but actually was a neonazi.
"Important figures in the past 100 years" doesn't say anything about heros, and if he didnt get the memo all the time while the class was preparing that it was ONLY heros then he did nothing wrong. Unless you count following the directions as wrong
Rakuall ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:36:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, Hitler did give the German economy the kick in the pants it needed. He also kind of did the same for most of the world (war production / soldier recruitment makes a lot of jobs). So while I don't think he's a hero, an argument could be made...
Not a teacher, but when I was in grade school I had basic math problems assigned to take home. My parents did not speak English so I would do my homework as best I could. The question would ask what is the difference between 8 and 5. Instead of answering 3, I would describe that 8 was bigger, even, and had more circles while 5 was odd and smaller. I don't remember who or when someone corrected me.
I saw a scan of a math worksheet about comparisons once. It had 2 columns of numbers, and students were supposed to show whether the first was greater, equal, or less than the second number. Specifically, the instructions said "Fill in the black with <, =, or >"
Thing is, Spanish often uses << and >> as quotation marks, so a native Spanish speaker saw that and thought it said Fill in the blank with ",=, or". And so the worksheet was returned as follows
Well, as a prime, 5 can build a ring under modulo extending the standard binary operators of the integers, whereas a mod 8 group admits zero divisors.
Conversely, as a nontrivial power of a prime, we may build a ring of higher dimension, here using the directed product of a two element set three times to represent a "base 8" ring, under non standard operators.
Full disclosure, I'm far and away on the applied aside of things, as the user name might suggest; it's late; I've been drinking; and it's been years since I took a non computationally focused mathematics course. To any algrabraists this post offends, my deepest apologies.
ThatLiam ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 07:15:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend is a Math undergrad, the things she tells me she does makes thermodynamics seem straight forward. Tell me more about number theory.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:58:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly have no idea other than some very light reading that I've done. The furthest I ever got in pure math was differential equations.
Jorlung ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:41:16 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't let math majors catch you calling DiffEqs pure math, they'll probably freak out.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:03:29 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, looks like I used the term "pure math" incorrectly. It was DiffEq for engineering students so it definitely focused more on real-world applications and less on theory
US_Hiker ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:11:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is what algebra turns into for math majors. Despite being entirely non-recognizable to anybody who took algebra in high school, it's still called algebra.
thepobv ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Suppose that p1=2 < p2 = 3 < ... < pr are all of the primes. Let P = p1p2...pr+1 and let p be a prime dividing P; then p can not be any of p1, p2, ..., pr, otherwise p would divide the difference P-p1p2...pr=1, which is impossible. So this prime p is still another prime, and p1, p2, ..., pr would not be all of the primes.
But schools are often terrible at teaching the interesting math. I'd recommend looking in to "discrete math" - stuff like combinatorics (fancy counting) is lots of fun.
The simple examples you might get in school are things like "How many ways can I divide the class of 30 people in half?" or "How many ways can I arrange the books on my bookshelf?"
These questions are nice, because they take a little thought and when you figure them out you've really learned something.
Then they get more complicated; "how many ways can I split the class into 3 groups?" is a different question which has two answers people give- the fact that they answer the same question means they are the same, and thus equal. This is a common proof technique in elementary combinatorics for identities!
I'm going to stop rambling now, but this stuff is really interesting, and they likely won't teach you a lick of it in school.
Zagorath ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 06:09:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Did you know that 1+2+3+4+..., if you keep going and take the sum of all positive integers (the sum, mind you, not the limit of the series), the result is -1/12?
EDIT: Why the downvotes? It's true. The parent comment asked for an example of the beauty of maths, and this definitely qualifies.
Edit: If you want to see a true master of the craft, not a ignorant youtuber and a oversymplifying physicist (he knows he's misleading you, and knows the true justification) explain this, Terry Tao has done so here;
No, it really really isn't. It is a divergent series that can be assigned a valuation of -1/12 under certain systems for valuing divergent series, but it is NOT equal to -1/12.
The construction in the video is a nonsensical heuristic.
For example, let us consider the series 1+1+1+...
Then let us, much as they do in the video, shift it one and subtract it.
a - a = 1+1+1+...
- 0-1-1-1-...
0 = 1
Which is clearly nonsensical.
This kind of pop science lie Brady and his fellow -philes perpetuate is incredibly frustrating, and ruins a perfectly good cgp grey podcast for me.
Zagorath ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:02:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm, that's a really good point, actually.
So, how is it that this technique of shifting over by one is valid in some cases, but not in others?
The short answer is that it is only valid for convergent series, and the construction in the video is fallacious.
The longer answer is one of analytic continuation; instead consider these infinite sums as power series.
1-1+1-1 + ... = sum (-1)^n
We know for |x|<1,
1+x+x^2 + ... = sum(x)^n = 1/(1-x)
Taking the "limit" as x to -1 from above, we imagine (in some sense)
sum (-1)^n =ish 1/(1-(-1)) = 1/2
This disallows the construction I showed earlier, because what we then have is
limit as x->1- of (1-x) (1+x+x^2+...) = 1
Which is trueish, taking the limit as x goes to 1.
Adarain ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:38:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That only works out if you allow some questionable things... like adding two diverging series (with an offset no less, if I recall correctly how it worked), or deciding that 1+1-1+1-1ยฑ... adds up to 1/2.
thepobv ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand. Why is that interesting? Am I being dense?
CMAT17 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:27:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a professional mathematician by any standards, but, the question is interesting in determining a systematic proof of distinction between odd and even numbers without falling back on the elementary school definitions of odd and even.
Adarain ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:42:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aren't they just defined as "A number x is even if it satisfies x=2n, nโZ and odd if it satisfies the equation x=2n+1, nโZ"? That's pretty much what we learned in primary school, just with fancy notation.
CMAT17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When it was explained to me (a couple of years back, so the details escape me), it wasn't necessarily the definition of odd or even itself that was particularly interesting. The interesting part is the process of arriving at the definition itself, which necessarily requires a generalized proof that for an arbitrary integer n, n/2 will necessarily yield a remainder of 1 or 0.
But it's not like n/2 (where n is an integer) can yield a remainder greater than 1 or less than 0. You would just end up adding numbers to the answer and then going back to a remainder of 1 or 0.
lcarsos ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:40:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not OP, and not a mathematician, but as a Computer Scientist I have a passing fascination in the maths. You're not being dense. Everything in math is interesting because there's an infinite depth that you can study everything, even odd numbers (I apologize for the pun, but only kind of).
And if you've never heard of topology before, or set theory, or rings you might still be sane. But seriously, math is cool, way cooler than you're led to believe all the way through high school and even your first few years of university.
Even numbers are multiples of 2 (I know, I know, you know that), and in general for number theory (especially analytic number theory) they are pretty boring - we all ready know they aren't prime, because they have a clear divisor.
Odd numbers have a promise of prime-ness about them that even numbers (in general) lack. Odd primes, like 5, also have a lot of nice properties, and odd numbers are made up of odd primes.
lexattack ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:11:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the 5th grade when we're getting into fractions, the paper said find the least common denominator, I just put the number to least likely be the answer.
Gah literally took me 10 mins and numerous examples to explain this to three of my students last week. I'll bet if I ask them tomorrow they will still talk about their appearance!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:50:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i remember helping my seven year old sister last week, and asked her 'what's the difference between 88 and 73?'
she then said '88 as two of the same numbers while 73 has two different numbers' or something to that effect. i wasn't sure if she was actually confused by the question or if she was being a little shit lol.
I teach second graders and lots of them do this on the pre-assessment. Even after we teach them that the word "difference" is a key word meaning you're going to need to subtract, and even though we have a giant poster on the wall with all of the word-problem keywords organized into "Addition" and "Subtraction" . . . some of them still don't get it by the end of the unit.
I did the same thing! Only difference was it was a baby sitter who didn't give a shit about my homework. I'm now an engineering major so you could say that I got a little better at math.
I had college freshman chemistry students do this. To be fair, the question could be answered in a conceptual manner, but when I give you all the numbers and you do out the rest of the math except for the fucking subtraction... You're just dense.
oblio76 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really thought you were going to talk about the difference between 8 years old and 5 years old.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
That's super cute. Are you Indian or East Asian?
anifirm ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:33:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this too! It took weeks and multiple teachers explaining it to me for me to understand. Maths has never been my thing.
Not a teacher, but the story is still worth telling. In high school, we took quiz on Hamlet. Our teacher told us, "If you get confused, remember--the story is just like the Lion King."
One of the questions asked how Hamlet's uncle died. Someone answered that he was thrown off a cliff and eaten alive by hyenas. I have never seen a teacher look so disappointed.
So my Senior Year English teacher was a little odd. awesome guy, but just an all around weirdo, and that made him loved by nearly everyone.
One of the things he would do was put "Wombat" as a possible answer to one of the multiple choice/matching/etc type questions on every test. He promised us that one of those tests would have "Wombat" as a correct answer to one of the questions.
Enter the Hamlet test. we get to a quote match section, lo and behold, one of the quotes is the sound a Wombat makes, and Wombat is one of the possible answers. Pretty obvious question.
At least one person got it wrong.
Hoberto ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:39:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine is! And this one story of his is amazing!
For one of his class projects that he assigns every year he asks his students to build little trebuchets. Then they participate in activities for the furthest marshmallow toss, things like that. One year, he assigned the project like normal, and everything looked good! Everyone had their trebuchets on their desks but one group of 2, who were looking around pretty nervously.
Teacher: "Did you finish your trebuchet?"
Students: "Yes."
Teacher: "Then where is it?"
Students (looking nervously at each other): "well, its, um, well, outside. It wont fit inside the school"
So of course, everyone had to file outside to see what the two of them had built. As it turns out, they had built a full-size trebuchet welded onto the back of a metal trailer, and had it towed in behind one of their fathers pickup truck. I'm talking a full-on trebuchet. A little bigger than this one. Of course, everyone forgot their little Popsicle stick trebuchets. They spent the next while flinging watermelons brought in by the kids father clear across the school yard!
Of all of his teaching stories, this is still my favourite one.
[deleted] ยท 122 points ยท Posted at 07:49:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Block Buster sank as a whole in general so you have every right to be mad' as shutting down one store to prolong the unavoidable. It was a dumb move, but with the Digital age coming in and DVD slowly going out do to Blue Rey or however you spell it was bound to happen. people preferred digital viewing over renting. That and also the hassle of rental fees and time restraints it was just to much of a hassle.
Or will all end up in Rehabilitation, I'm sorry, the movie is funny but I pray it remains a movie, we already had a Fud Ruckers or however you spell it.
Its not hard to get good internet. Here in Ottawa we have NCF, which is a non-profit, and you can get 300gigs per month with a half decent speed for $30. And your usage isn't counted in the morning. And if you somehow reach the limit, they provide free unlimited dial up!
447u ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:35:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:23:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine is! And this one story of his is amazing!
Found the buzzfeed employee. Who's got the tar and feathers?
slickguy ยท 4649 points ยท Posted at 22:59:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school English, we were reading Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice.' One of the central themes of the book was about 'class (wealth) struggle'. The teacher asked us to write a weekly short essay with "a viewpoint from a different class". A friend of mine, who always pays half attention, ended up turning in a paper from World History "class" on a semi-related subject.
The funny thing is, he got the paper back with a checkmark (meaning the assignment was complete). This info spread across the class, and people started turning in a few random papers to test the theory that the teacher wasn't actually reading the assignments. Before you know it, half the class started turning in random shit, everyone getting checkmarks back. It got so ridiculous that people weren't even turning in coherent sentences.
This went on for about nearly two months, until one day when the teacher was about to give the graded papers back, she noticed one of the papers wasn't quite right. She proceeded to read through it, and that's when half the class knew we were screwed. She called out the perpetrator's name and started reading out loud his writing. It literally was: "The grass is sort of green. The sky is really blue. Dirt on the floor filled the ground. Ice cream tastes good."
I have to admit, it was really hard for some of us to control our laughter. She then looked at the next paper, then the next, then the next. All of them were ridiculously off-topic. She flipped. Started yelling and pounding the desk with her fists. She went through and gave zeros to half the class. Thank god I turned in an actual legit paper that day as I had started getting paranoid about it when I realized too many students were doing it.
TL;DR - misinterpreted assignment, gave kids the idea to turn in BS work for two months
How could she get upset? She wasn't doing her job...
[deleted] ยท 2176 points ยท Posted at 03:35:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly why she got upset. People who get aggressive and angry are usually the ones who are at fault. Because she realized that the class knew she wasn't doing her job she got scared, and fear leads to anger..
[deleted] ยท 943 points ยท Posted at 03:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate... leads to suffering.
I shall not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
So long as 0 remains, 1 will eventually grow to 100 again.
Sassywhat ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:39:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That isn't necessarily true. There are practical situations where 0/0 is defined. For example, if A and B are square matrices, and we let division A/B be A times the pseudoinverse of B, 0/0 = 0.
Dasachi ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:53:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my opinion it's simpler- anger leads to fear, and fear leads to anger. When someone is angry they inspire fear, and when someone is afraid they get angry, continuing the cycle.
"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."
genivae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:45:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:14:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And ohhhh, did the class suffer.
Snarfler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:19:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When making a martini only a with deals with absolut vodka.
My AP US History teacher was like this and the whole class started handing in random papers, for example mine was two pages about how much I liked spaghetti. After a few months she called us out on it, so my friend argued with her that she wasn't doing her job, got sent to the principle's office, came back to class with the principle and a pile of his previously graded papers and got the teacher fired for incompetence.
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to shoving that little fucker's head in the class trashcan while brandishing your blackboard pointer at his classmates and shouting "I'm gonna burn all y'all shitlicking crotch-fruits!"
Goddamnit why does reddit have to have a moral lesson now
The_Sven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always wanted a story like this to end with the students taking all the papers to the principal or department head and get the teacher in trouble.
Exactly. Everyone should have a baseline of respect. "You are a human being, and probably want to have a nice day, so let's be polite." Then it's up to them to maintain and better that respect.
dr_franck ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 03:14:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is perfect. I never subscribed to "Respect is earned not given." But the way you put was always how I understood it, put into words.
Vacbs ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:21:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I think the sentiment that respect is earned is more to do with the fact that, if you take a doctor for example, they go to great lengths to achieve the knowledge that is required to do their job and it's not a particularly nice job really. They have earned a degree of respect above the baseline respect that is given to everyone.
I mean if you never make an effort to actually achieve anything, like this teacher, then it is unfair to expect that people pay you respect that you aren't really entitled to.
kyle2143 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:52:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree with the idea that having a certain occupation gives should afford you a higher baseline respect level as a human being in general. It makes sense if you are in the hospital where they work and have authority to respect their opinions on medical issues more than say, a janitor, but it doesn't necessarily translate to respect to the outside world for me anyway. It's like a little bit short of the all soldiers are heroes mentality in my book.
Vacbs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:02:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh totally. A doctor outside of a medical situation is a regular person in their everyday interactions. For example they would be treated the same at a checkout as any other individual and if they brought up the fact that they were a doctor and therefore deserved some special privilege then they would of course be in the wrong.
I simply think that the "respect is earned" idea is referring to a specific context. I wouldn't take medical advice from a janitor, and I wouldn't take janitorial advice from a doctor. Some people seem to believe that they are inherently deserving of respect and attention in every aspect of life, and I think that the saying was used to shut such people down and in so doing got a little bit twisted.
Maybe not their occupation, but the amount of fucks they give. A doctor who just gives out meds and doesn't actually do his job has earned 0 respect. In the same respect, part of being a highschool english teacher is actually reading and grading the essays you assigned as homework. If you can't be bothered to read your own assignments, you have no claim to respect as a teacher.
Polite is not respect. I know people think these things are interchangeable but they are not. Always be polite, unless given a reason not to. Respect still needs to be earned.
I am polite because I respect someone. I never said they were interchangeable, only that I will be polite due to some base level of respect I hold for everyone.
I mean, I can never know their story. Their struggles are an infinite mystery to me, and the universe is a cruel place. So why sour it further by being a rude and impolite jackass?
It's when someone earns my disrespect that I stop being polite to them. It's also when they earn greater respect will I start paying them more heed than just a polite nod or a courteous exchange.
Exactly. I will respect you until you give me reason not to
peon2 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 03:21:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed. As a teacher you should inherently be given respect by students, obviously this teacher losing respect isn't surprising but if a teacher had to "earn" respect from the beginning...well not many 11 year olds are eager to dish out respect to people they just met.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Different sort of respect I think. That's more just a civil politeness that keeps you from being an asshole, rather than a "I see you as a valuable asset to the human race and believe that your contributions to this community are an essential part of its very core"
I think respect is specifically more then the baseline courtesy you give to someone new.
G_Morgan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:39:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Respect is not a flip switch. There is basic respect, professional respect and personal respect (and bits in between and beyond). Everyone starts off with basic respect.
IamMrT ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:02:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Courtesy is given, respect is earned.
telehax ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:44:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree. Any respect that is initially given is really just politeness.
JustusGS ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 03:00:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I saw something a while ago about how there are really two meanings of respect: respect someone like an authority and respect someone as a person. You should respect everyone as a person until they do something to lose it, and only respect authority once it earns it.
Sometimes people use โrespectโ to mean โtreating someone like a personโ and sometimes they use โrespectโ to mean โtreating someone like an authorityโ
and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say โif you wonโt respect me I wonโt respect youโ and they mean โif you wonโt treat me like an authority I wonโt treat you like a personโ
and they think theyโre being fair but they arenโt, and itโs not okay.
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:48:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And then you run into people who confuse the two and think if you aren't treating them like an authority you aren't treating them like a person. Cough:lot of teachers:Cough
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was an anti bullying poster at my school that had a big slogan saying "Expect Respect" it always pissed me off
DrQuint ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 03:37:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And she's outnumbered with a lot more to lose than the students. She had no brains if her reaction was handing out 0's instead of owning up and making a little pact with the students.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wish you were my teacher...
Orlitoq ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:23:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is the sort of person who gets most upset... Blame you, rather than themselves.
Mobas are a genre of videogames that rely heavily on teamwork in a pvp setting. They lead to people blaming their teams instead of fixing their own problems.
Students have no rights in school and are never correct...
elypter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:10:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
school is meant to prepare for life. thats what they usually say and actually its true. they prepare you for a totalitarian system where you either are a victim or a perpetrator.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:39:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:56:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its a brave claim. i didnt mention any nation. who are you defending?
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elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wikipedia:
"Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign, which is disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror." switch states with influencial private interest groups and state-controlled with money-controlled and it fits the US and most other places on earth that are dominated by capitalistic interests. if this deviation from the wordly definition to cover the same idea makes it over the top eye roll worthy for you then i really hope youre not a teacher.
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elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:45:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thats a lengthy way describing why something is nice because others have it worse. is forbidding a child to watch tv child abuse? you'd say no because children of the last century were trated worse and beaten. i'd say that it depends on the motivation. if its because the father was moody because hes out of beer then id call it abuse.
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elypter ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:30:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you should learn to think in concepts instead of predefined terms. thats what most schools do wrong and probably where you got it from.
thenichi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kill or be killed.
Harris and Klebold did it right.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
whenever a teacher moans that the students arent taking school seriously he should actually be happy.
thenichi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have a problem where too many teachers think school is about teaching.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
politics is for people
economy is for production
copyright is for creativity
intelligence agencies are for security
mass media is for information
everyone working in one of those fields would laugh when they hear this. only teachers still believe in the world they teach.
tfadd ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:39:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Until they go to college and suddenly have more rights than their professors, the administration, and their fellow students who disagree with them.
arudnoh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:35:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but academic integrity is also a thing. You're their to learn, and, as much as I also like various forms of rebellion, you can't blame the cop for arresting you after you'd been stealing for weeks prior.
PATXS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:44:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, neither were the students, which is probably why she was upset but most of this is her fault imo
Neither were the students, but she is the adult and she's the one being paid.
PATXS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I understand she was a bad teacher, but I guess she still wanted the students to learn, and display the same level of work. Kinda unfair, but they were basically exploiting her system which is probably why she was mad too.
Yeah...it's one thing not to read weekly essays like that super-thoroughly, bc teaching is a HUGE amount of work even without having to grade ~20 weekly essays. But you need to like, skim to make sure they're on-topic.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of the luxuries of occupying a position of authority is that you can expect your subordinates to do as you say, not as you do. The subject and the lesson for that assignment was the same as it is for all such assignments: DO as you're TOLD. It's not a two-way street, it does not matter if she is or isn't doing her job. The only thing that matters is whether or not the students DO as they are TOLD.
Students learn when they get feedback on their work. I would never expect my students to do work they weren't getting any feedback on because they'd be learning jack shit.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course the would. They would be learning the most important lesson.
People get way more upset when they are caught, rather than for actually committing a crime.
zurohki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's why she was upset. She got caught not doing her job.
sqqueen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:27:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People actually get MORE upset when they know they're partly to blame than if they believe they didn't do anything wrong. It's like they have more energy trying to prove they weren't wrong, if they believe they were.
Beaunes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you don't remember that some of these people went ballistic about you going to the bathroom without permission
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but she is the adult, and she is the one being paid. If they're receiving no feedback on their work, they have no incentive to do the work. They're not being paid, they're not learning. The job of the student is to learn, but that requires the teacher's assistance, so while these students took it to the extreme, I'd argue they couldn't do their job since she wasn't doing her.
iPinch89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:38:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is far more the job of the student to write the paper than it is the teacher's to read it. She likely doesn't have the time to read 300 of these papers a week in addition to the rest of her job. Papers that get checkmarks were not graded. Her job is to make students better writers, which takes practice and feedback. Checkmark assignments are for practice. Letter grade papers are for feedback. The students were taking advantage of the fact that she trusted them to be mature.
You don't have to read all the papers. She should either have assigned fewer papers or given feedback on a select few each week so the students never knew when they'd be graded. Getting better at anything is not just practice. Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. If I spent a thousand hours writing shitty poetry and never got any feedback from anyone, after a thousand hours, I'd still be writing shitty poetry. The students need feedback to learn. If they know they'll receive no feedback and they're certainly not being paid, their only incentive to do the assignment is a sense of responsibility. Personally, I don't tend to rely on high schoolers to have a strong moral compass when it comes to completing homework. I would argue that since it's the job of the student to learn, and they can't learn without ever receiving any feedback, then they couldn't do their job without the teacher first doing her job, at least minimally. I mean, weeks and she didn't even skim a single paper? C'mon.
iPinch89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:49:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like I said, there are two different ways to grade. Clearly this was a completion assignment. I said that feedback is required, but not everything GETS feedback. She likely can't or shouldn't assign less work. We don't know this specific teacher's workload, but using my wife as an example; if she had to grade every single paper she was required to assign or felt needed to be assigned, she would work 100 hours a week instead of the 60 she does now.
Maybe not, but that doesn't mean the kids are innocent. They made a choice, too.
prmars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're trying to apply logic, reason, and common sense to education. Be careful doing that. You'll knock the Earth off its axis and kill us all... Source: I work in Higher Education, I know what I'm talking about.
I'm a college professor. I read and give feedback on every paper, assignment, test I assign. I still believe logic has a place in the education system.
prmars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:03:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope everyone realizes I was being facetious.
In all honestly, I wish every professor performed those two tasks. Sadly, they don't, either due to the sheer volume of students in the class, or laziness (varies, I'm sure, probably heavily dependent on the number of students in a course section). We're a regional University, with a little over 5,000 students, so section sizes are almost always quite manageable (20-80 for Undergrad, 10-25 for Grad on average).
The place where my comment actually does come into play is in upper administration. I'd say I wonder what goes on in those meetings, but I've attended them, and their thought process still makes no sense... There is a HUGE disconnect between upper administration and general faculty, and also between upper admin and support staff (I'm in Campus IT Services, but used to report directly to the Dean in one of the Colleges for nearly 12 years, both as a student and as a full-time employee, so I saw both sides of the coin, and learned an incredible amount of what goes on behind the scenes).
The things the students try to get away with amaze and frighten me at the same time. There are a lot of pathological liars out there. "I tried to take the exam, but the system knocked me off the test, and wouldn't let me log back in. My roommate is also in the class, and they couldn't log in, either." Check the Blackboard logs, and the time stamps on their accounts determined that they hadn't logged in for 18 hours before the exam started, or 11 hours after the exam closed, and their roommate wasn't even in the section (didn't tell them this, only that we couldn't disclose any information about them due to FERPA guidelines...).
Had another one take a single-attempt exam, complete it, submit it, score it, bomb the hell out of it, then try the old "I got kicked off before I could finish it" excuse. Server logs determined that was a lie... Where's Maury when you need him?
Also, it's entirely too easy to write a properly-formatted, properly-cited, non-plagiarized (and yet still contain quality research) Graduate paper these days to submit a cut-and-paste, blatant ripoff from the web. People still try to submit this stuff...
Had an Accounting Professor come to me and show me an assignment submission from a student. It was an obvious cut-and-paste of the test bank they had obtained online. Still had the publisher footnotes and everything. This professor taught one of my introductory Business courses in 2000, and my Managerial Accounting class in 2001. She's been an auditor with the State Government, she was the Accounting Department Head for a while, and my supervisor as Associate Dean for the College of Business for two years. Let's face it, she didn't fall off the truck yesterday, and it's laughable that the students think they can pull that one over on her... The rest of the assignments for the semester were pretty brutal. She hand-picked all the formulas herself, many from a textbook that existed when the Internet was strictly a DARPA project (almost guaranteeing that there was no solution manual posted online). Yet another reason for me to avoid Intermediate Accounting. Hard class to begin with, and students forcing a professor's hand doesn't make the material any less difficult...
Then all the students that think you can still bypass the filters in TurnItIn by putting your entire paper in quotation marks. They fixed that ages ago...
So, to those professors (and teachers) that actually read AND provide feedback on assignments, and pay attention to your students' progress... Thank you.
es84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You expect a grown woman to do her job? Excuse me Adolf!!!
Not everything has to be read and given feedback. Sometimes we trust the students to do what they should be doing. Sometimes we can assume they're taking care of business. High school English class is not the place to do this....
Yeah, but how do you improve in English class if you never get feedback. I'd be upset if I had to repeatedly write papers no one was even going to read.
That's why I'm saying it shouldn't really be done in an English class. This chick was being lazy. Smaller things can be skimmed over and don't require feedback unless the student isn't really grasping the material. I agree with you. I wouldn't turn in papers that weren't even read
Not everything has to be read and given feedback. However, in my view you either shouldn't assign more papers than you can grade or you should semi-randomly grade ten papers every time they do one so no one knows when their paper will be read. Students shouldn't be turning in weekly papers and you are not reading (or apparently even skimming) any of them.
They did do the assignment. It just wasnt correct. And it was the teachers job to then review and correct the work something the students trusted the teacher was doing.
This isn't cheating on a test, this is a teacher not doing their job and assigning meaningless homework that they had no intention of grading. Students aren't learning anything and the teacher isn't ensuring that the students comprehend the subject matter. Fuck that teacher.
Yes, but she is the adult, and she is the one being paid. If they're receiving no feedback on their work, they have no incentive to do the work. They're not being paid, they're not learning. The job of the student is to learn, but that requires the teacher's assistance, so while these students took it to the extreme, I'd argue they couldn't do their job since she wasn't doing her.
You've obviously never had to read large quantities of extremely shitty papers which are essentially graded for completion. The point is to force the students to consider the material, generally in order to facilitate class participation. Reading all of them is a huge waste of time that you probably aren't getting paid for.
You don't have to read all of them. You could select ten papers semi-randomly each week, if you're giving weekly papers. If you're giving so many papers that you have time to read (or just skim) exactly zero of them, you need to reevaluate your assessment strategy. If they're never receiving feedback to learn from the assignment, there's no incentive to actually do the assignment.
Skimming is generally a good strategy. As I said, the idea is not assessment and feedback for the written work, it's to incentivize doing the readings and coming prepared to participate in class discussion. I teach university though, not highschool. I can't imagine how awful that must be.
I had a math teacher like this. He was absolutely terrible at teaching and at some point I gave up trying to understand his method.
Anyways, before every class he would come to each of our desks and look to see if we did our homework and check it off. At some point I realized he wasn't even attempting to see if we had done it right, so I just started to turn in old homework while covering up the previous checkmark with my hand or change the date/title of the assignment at the top right of the page. I failed the tests but aced the homework.
Luckily I had a much better math teacher when I started high school.
I had a similar experience with a teacher who would just walk around the class and check that everyone had done the homework before going over the answers. We were supposed to have our homework out on our desk but one day I was talking to my friend and I forgot to take it out of my backpack. The teacher (who was my nextdoor neighbor and knew that I was a really good student) said "oh Sequenceofletters, I know you did your homework" and checked it off without seeing it. That was the last day I ever did homework for that class.
Ah senior year. Good times.
Upshft ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:04:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Kind of similar experience here. Glad to be able to contribute.
In 8th Grade my math teacher didn't even get up and walk around the class to check homework. She just sat at her desk, and called off names asking if you did it or not. Obviously the entire class said they did the homework, regardless of if they actually did or not.
I usually did all of my homework (I think I had only not done like 2 at this point) but on this particular day I did not do the homework. So I said to myself "huh, I'm not going to lie. Whatever." So, when she gets to me and says "Upshft did you do your homework?" I, of course, say "No." She then goes "Oh, well I am going to give you the points for being honest. Thank you, Upshft." I thought this was cool, and so did one of the "cool" kids who sat ahead of me.
So the teacher gets to the aforementioned "cool kid" asking him if he did his homework. He says "No" hoping to get the same treatment as I did, but she did not give that to him.
We had a teacher do that. She'd tell us to give it to our neighbor and they'd call out whether or not you did it. I guess she thought that since we were AP students, we'd be honest.
Well, turns out students with similar work load and camaraderie with each other will lie their asses off for each other. In one point I literally answered every questions as America Freedom Yes America, and still got 100%. I had a friend who always wanted people to be honest about his work because thsi teacher was also the head of honor society, but would lie about ours.
Upshft ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:29:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 04:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a Math teacher who put their grading system on the board the first day. It was just there on the board and she didn't discuss it. Which was kind of weird because all the other teachers would go over the grading scales in great detail, I think just to reaffirm to themselves that they understood the math. Anyway, If you bothered to do the math with her system you would realize that homework was worth next to nothing and you could still get an A without doing any of it just by doing well on the tests. She pulled me aside and asked my why I didn't do the homework, and I told her that her system made it pointless, she just kind of smiled and said something like, "hope it works out for you".
Needless to say I never did a lick of homework. Passed with a high B.
And some semesters a class you thought was going to be a breeze turns out to be ridiculously hard and your workload ends up being more than you can really handle. The point when you realize that is the point that you say, "Screw it, C's get degrees."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:01:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And would have made absolutely zero difference in the long run.
I took BC calc and it was pretty much the same. Homework was a super low percentage and she didn't always check it. It was a random homework check. She'd only grade on days she randomly checked.
PLUS you could retake every one of her tests. And she just took the highest grade. Didn't even average them. So I didn't study for the first test, bombed it and studied off of the first test to take the retake (which was very similar to the first test). I apparently got the lowest score she's ever given on a test.
Doing no homework and learning nothing, I still got a B.
I ruined it though. After that year she averaged the tests.
I did retake Calc I & II in college though. And now forgot it all again. Man, Calc sucks.
Homework was optional for my Probability class, so I didn't do it. I couldn't get good grades on the tests because I didn't know the material. Barely passed the class; was the only C I got in college.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:12:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This shit right here is why it pays to establish yourself as a good student in the beginning of the year, so that you can slack the fuck off towards the end.
I had a professor with an absolutely no late papers policy my first term freshman year. We knew she meant business. One week towards the end of term I didn't get an assignment done. I don't remember why now, maybe I didn't read the book or didn't have the energy, forgot, or didn't get in to print it out. Whatever the reason was I didn't have it. You turned in papers by placing them in the folder she set out at the door as we left class. I felt awful, I liked that teacher, but I wasn't going to make any excuses for my late paper she wouldn't take.
The next week as she's handing back papers she asks to see me after class. I panic. During this meeting she says she's so sorry, she lost my paper but she gave me the A she knew I would've earned on it. CRUSHING GUILT. She didn't even ask me to send her another copy of it. I handed in literally everything else for her, but still this one haunts me.
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:17:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Algebra II teacher would ask for people to go up to the board and do the first 4-5 problems. Nobody wanted to volunteer to go up to the front, but then I noticed that he didn't check your homework if you did.
For ยพ of the year, I only did the first 4-5 problems on my Algebra II homework...
Until the day he decided to "Give another student a chance for once..."
Still got an A though.
bundabrg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar experience but the girl next to me got in trouble for not doing hers. After bearing her accusing eyes for half the period (I kinda liked her too) I ended up turning myself in.
Then my maths teacher and I spent lunch playing doom (as we always did).
blirkstch ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 02:33:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher who checked like this. One of my friends figured out if for any given question he could write "See graph paper" and just not answer the question. I think that teacher was pretty close to retirement and was sort of retiring from different parts of his job one at a time.
zack4200 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:06:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar history teacher as well. Me and my group of friends started out doing the homework regularly, then realized one of us could do it and the rest of us could copy it down n front of the teacher and he wouldn't care and we could rotate who actually did the homework so we all gained some knowledge. Later, we realized that we could show him an old assignment with the current assignment number written over the old one. I think I may have even showed him an old math assignment once and gotten a 100 on it.
The last 1/4 of the class, we would each write our name on a sheet of paper, literally scribble a curly line across 6 lines of the paper, and show it to the teacher, who would tell us "good job" and give us a 100 for the assignment.
In the end, I got a 100 in the class, but didn't learn a single thing about world history that year.
I knew a kid who got an 8/10 on a math homework assignment by writing his name and class period on the paper, and numbering it one through ten
NubbynJr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:14:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I shit you not, I have an extremely similar story. Back in 11th grade math, my teacher would go around stamping the homework to make sure we don't use it again, and then checking our names off on his sheet. I figured he wasn't actually checking to see if it was the homework he was stamping, as long as it looked like math. So what I did was just had him stamp my notes from the previous day, and all went well. One day, I didn't take any notes from the previous day, so I had nothing to show him. So what I did was take my friend's paper, which was his notes as well sense I told him about it, and ripped off about a quarter of each paper that contained a stamp. I basically turned in notes, half torn, as homework, that had already been turned in. My second greatest accomplishment in highschool
I had the opposite experience with math. I could do it, it came easily, so I didn't see the need to do 200 pages of homework. I always aced my tests, but a good 30% of the final mark was based on homework
mgmfa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:41:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, I did the same thing in High School. One of my math teachers didn't check the answers to the Homework, but if it wasn't super-neat she would make me redo it. Me being a messy person just submitted the same thing over and over again. Also got an A in the class because I had done this stuff before I moved schools.
There was a kid in my class in sophomore year Chemistry who got all the lab results but struggled to draw conclusions (or was too lazy to write a page, I don't know). He just wrote some vocab definitions we learned from each unit on a paper and submitted it with the corresponding lab and never dropped below a 90 on labs. Me on the other hand would draw clearly written but completely stupid conclusions and get 80s. I was pissed when I found out...
I had a teacher like that. I wish I'd done that. I failed the homework so many times because I was chronically ill all through my school year with him and would always just barely make it to class in time. I sat in the first row so I was always first to be checked for homework and almost never could get it out in time. Ass.
Oh man, that reminded me of my spanish class. I took spanish II or whatever. It was the first year the guy was teaching. Just walked around to see if you wrote stuff. And gave "hints"during our tests. I forgot most my spanish that year and wouldn't have been able to take Spanish III even if I wanted to.
On my second year of high school I went to a different school and I met a math teacher that on my first test came to my desk, looked at what I was writing and told me "Almost everything is wrong, change it".
I took it as some sort of "I know you are new and I don't know who teached you math up to this point so I'm gonna give you some slack at least for this first test". Turns out every motherfucking part of my testwascorrect and she made me change answers just because she was so bad she couldn't calculate on the spot nor remember her own test's answers.
I'm getting a computer science degree now and I'm struggling hard at math, because she was very bad. We tried to talk to the principal but the only thing he said was "Eh, she's close to retirement, nobody's gonna touch her".
I hate to think she's the reason I had to study math all over again in a couple of months before signing up in my university just because everyone went "Meh, leave her alone".
And don't even get me started on my history teacher, who picked on all us boys with green or blue eyes because you already have it easy in life having a beautiful face so I don't know why I shouldn't give you a hard time at least here.
I don't remember high school fondly.
I had a history teacher that would write notes on the board for us to copy and would check off that we wrote them as our participation grade for the day. I'd always be the first done (I actually wrote them), turn then in. He would mark down that I had then I would crumple up the notes infront of him and throw them away. I never studied, I think I got A's in his classes.
kinda similar thing I experienced in high school but instead of passing off previous assignments as the current one, a bunch of us would borrow one hardworking kid's completed work and pass it around class to pose with as the teacher made his rounds.
You can imagine the panic that happens when the teacher suddenly turns and walks the other way.
I'm having a similar experience right now. My science teacher gives a lot of homework that I cannot do within the 2 days between classes. I would just do some of problems and she would barley look at my notebook. This is because I was such a dedicated student last year, she just thought I was working the same way. She only checks students who often don't bring in their homework. It's awesome but at the same time I wish I could get actual feedback from her. It would help me in figuring out what I'm doing wrong.
Ditto. I just put old homework out every day and he'd check it off every day. Mr Sharp, looked like a weasel.
dsetech ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:15:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a psychology teacher who would read out the answers to our homework, have us grade the homework, then pass around a sheet for us to write our grades on. The class made a lot of 100s.
Better then what I did in middle school, I used to just write random math babble like if the question was (x)(y)=? My answer would be 10.377474ยฅ. I did the same thing in both history and geo.
I also had a teacher like this, but I thought he was a great teacher. But yeah, I definitely skipped out on sine of the homework. We did go through similar problems in class though.
Same, in sixth grade who had a teacher that just checked if the questions were answered, not if a logical process was followed. I Would randomly scribble a logical looking equation that was totally irrelevant
That's how a lot of my assignments ended up looking if I thought he was getting suspicious. I would erase and rewrite numbers/equations to make juuuust different enough.
I had a math teacher sophomore year who did this, but he made note of completion in his book rather than on our paper. So one day I was digging through my binder trying to find some homework I had actually done, and in the process pulled out old stuff and had it set on the desk. He walked by and marked me as good to go. It was pretty rad. I admit I did abuse this after that.
Math teachers are amazing. My friend and I would turn in our AP Chem notes to our pre calc teacher and get full credit. The time I got paranoid and turned in actual work I got half credit.
I did that with my AP French assignments. Whenever we had homework that was multiple choice or random questions with sentence-long answers, I'd just turn in old stuff that I found in my backpack.
I've had math teachers like this. Usually though they'll go over the more difficult questions from the homework during class and leave it up to you to participate and pay attention so you actually learn. The idea is that you get full credit for at least trying the homework, and you learn to take responsibility for your own learning because it's so easy to cheat the system. Unfortunately some kids never understand that the only person they're cheating by not doing their homework is themselves.
I wish I could say my teacher did that. But no. He just started teaching completely new material without making sure that we understood the old material. Also I hardly ever "cheat the system". I'm very good at math. I just had a poor teacher.
Man oh man. In High School the History teacher was known for not giving a shit. For the christmas break assignment(~12 pages) me and two other students agree to split the work evenly. Day after break, each of us shows up with three copies of their share, and we put it together. So the teacher gets three identical papers, each of which makes mysterious leaps in typeface and writing style on pages 4 and 8.
We must have had the same history teacher. I got an A- on my paper. The following year, I gave my paper to my friend, naively never dreaming that he would just copy it. Well, he just copied it word for word. He got an A from the same teacher. I couldn't stand that lady and that just cemented my opinion that she was the worst teacher I'd ever had.
In 2009-2010 I used to get 10/10 in English class because there were only 4-5 bilingual people in the whole school. Some of my classmates asked me for help and I didn't mind helping. I specially liked to write essays, because they were interesting for me. One day a friend asked me to write him one, so I did it. He copied it word for word with his handwriting and handed it to our teacher, who gave him a 4/10. He directly told her that I had written it, she said she didn't care. She didn't lower his grade for cheating, and the essay was flawless.
It struck me as odd, because I had a good student-teacher relationship with that teacher. She was the one who received most of my bombastic, "pulp magazine" essays and was never angry at me, even when I started slamming my books against the table to shut everyone up in her class.
I have a friend who in the middle of a giant essay wrote the sentence "If you are actually reading this, I will buy you a pizza" He walked into class days later and the professor looked at him and said "Hey, I like mine with pepperoni and pineapple"
I still have, in my jewelry box, my "book report" on The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass that I got a 22/22 on back in 11th grade. For reference, the reason I put book report in quotations is that our teacher just had us answer a bunch of mundane questions about the book instead of having us write an in depth analysis. We were forced to read this book aloud in class and most of my classmates were illiterate, so it was one of the most torturous 2 months of my life. By the time this assignment came around, I had had enough and decided that I didn't fucking care about the project and was going to write whatever I felt like.
Here are the answers (I don't have the questions, but you can guess what they were for most of them):
When I started reading this book, I thought about how exciting it was, as it would change my life forever.
I changed my mind about that statement though because the book was really boring.
My favorite part of the book was when I got to read because then I wasn't on the verge of sleeping.
I was surprised when I realized this book wasn't going to end soon.
I liked the way the writer found new ways of making me fall asleep.
I didn't like this book because it was boring and it was very stupid.
This book reminded me of my Uncle Jim who died of diabetes, because it was sad just like this book.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone but maybe an insomniac, because they are the only people who could read the whole thing without falling asleep.
The character Fred reminded me of my old grandpa because he was crazy and thought the nazi's were after him.
This book made me feel all slippery inside like soap.
This book made me think about how many different ways I could tie my shoe.
This book made me realize there are worse things than death.
When I finished the book, I still wondered why I had to read it and what it was about.
When I was reading, I pictured my boyfriend... enough said.
The most important thing about this book is that the guy was black and sexy.
If I were Fred, I would have gone on a rampage and killed everybody.
One thing I noticed about the author's style is that he knew how to make people go into epileptic seizures.
I think the title of this book is an unusual choice because it misleads you into thinking this is a good book.
A better title for this book would be - The Frederick Douglass Chronicles: to the Edge of Sexiness and Back.
I think the main idea the writer was trying to say was "I am a strong sexy black man, who doesn't need your pity"
I think the most important word or phrase in this book is slave, because he was one.
If I could talk to Frederick Douglass today, I would tell him he is bomb and that I would jump him if he would let me.
Upshft ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was absolutely pure torture. All of my answers that refer to falling asleep and being bored had to do with the fact that I could barely keep my eyes open when other people struggled to pronounce simples words like "their" or "slave". I'm a fast reader and the first few weeks I would just keep reading at my normal pace but the teacher forced me to stop when she called on me one day to read and I couldn't find where the last person had left off because I was 150 pages ahead.
marx1st ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:36:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. How terribly inefficient. I just looked it up and it's 576 pages?! What sane person makes a class read that entire book aloud? I'm so sorry you had to go through that.
vegasmel ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an art history professor who gave frequent true/false quizzes on the assigned reading. It didn't take long to figure out: Any question that included any negative words like "not, no, never" was supposed to be false.
Obviously, to create the quizzes, the prof lifted a bunch of statements from the text, and then negated some of them at random, by adding words like, "not, no, never".
Serves her right for not marking properly honestly.
Artess ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:17:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's beautiful. I hope somebody reported her negligence to the appropriate authorities afterwards.
Niffah ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a teacher at my high school who did something similar. He'd give quizzes and half the kids would write in random ass song lyrics as the answers and get credit. Nobody got caught that year, I would hope at some point the teacher finally caught on.
crazy, had a similar thing happen in my online English class in college. I went to copy paste an assignment and wasn't paying attention and ended up submitting something I had copy and pasted from the internet(I don't remember what it was but it had absolutely nothing to do with the assignment. Complete gibberish). When I checked the grade and opened the assignment I glanced at what I had submitted and freaked out until I saw I got an A. Showed two of my friends in the class and we started to test the theory that he wasn't even reading. For the rest of the semester, up to and including the final, the three of us submitted "You don't actually read your students work, whatever I type you'll pass" and copy pasted it over and over until the min word quota was filled.
Pissed me off because I worked my ass off in the class up until that point.
My best friend was taking AP environmental science and for one of her homework assignments answered the questions completely, but inserted the word "doritos" every few sentences. Teacher didn't give a single fuck. Another friend had the same teacher and turned in her AP world history homework and numbered it weird to make it look like she did the APES homework, and never got caught. I think I'm the only one of my friends that did the homework correctly, but I only did it because homework was due the day of tests and it was the only way I studied. Or else I would have answered "doritos."
Weave77 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:38:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For one year, I had a high school Spanish teacher who, despite being a nice person, was a horrible teacher (I honestly question how well she actually spoke the language).
Instead of collecting our daily homework, she would have us place it on our desks as she would walk around the classroom and glance at each one for a couple of seconds, marking in her grade book whether or not we had satisfactorily completed the assignment. However, it was quickly discovered that she didn't actually read our work, so the majority of the class began using the same piece of Spanish homework day after day. One class period, my friend Nick misplaced his trusty age of Spanish scribblings as the teacher was making her rounds, so in a feat of desperate inspiration, he pulled out a piece of science homework and placed it on his desk instead. Upon reaching my friend, the teacher gave his paper the customary glance, and then smiled saying, "Good job, Nick- I see you did a thorough job today".
Needless to say, we thought this to be hilarious. We dared Nick to continue to use the same piece of science homework, which he did for a week without incident, until he found his old piece of Spanish homework in his locker.
At my high school everybody had to write a speech every year and perform it in front of their English class. The topic was up to you to choose but it was supposed to come in between 3-5 minutes.
Everybody would confidentially rate your speech and vote on it afterwards. The two students with the highest scores from each class would move onto another round where they'd give their speeches in front of their grade and then each grade got two representatives that would read their speeches at "speech night" where parents/friends/students could attend. The winners got scholarships.
Anyway, some kid in my English class wrote a speech about why the sky is blue. It was total crap but people thought it was funny so he moved onto the next round, and then somehow made it through the next and ended up reading it in front of hundreds of people.
This is exactly like high school sophomore Earth Science. Our homework was to fill out packets, but we all figured out pretty quickly you could write ANYTHING in the answer spots and she'd just check it off. i had some pretty hilarious answers for some of that shit.
My brother had a teacher like this. He ended up turning in the Pokemon theme song as one of his assignment. As expected, he got it back with a checkmark.
Saddest part of it is that it was supposed to be an AP class. We both went to the same high school, and I feel I learned way more from a "regular" English class than he did from that class.
IANF1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have turned in a lorem ipsum for shits and giggles. I wonder if she would have even been able to read it.
I use to have a teacher who was like this. We had to write down definitions for like 50 science terms at a time. It filled a few pages and I did it with pencil. After a while I just started with the first few being good then writing bullshit to fill the pages. I literally wrote a story before about a monster that lived in a cave and liked stealing people shoes before. He never found out. I just got my check marks and was golden.
zack4200 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my 11th grade AP English teacher, she always emphasized that she wanted us to include "because.. and so" in our essays. We all thought it was strange, because it pretty much went against anything we had ever learned in an English class before, but we did it anyways to appease her. We started realizing that literally the only thing that she did was skim the papers seeing how many times we had used the phrase. Nearly 3/4 of the way through the school year, one of my friends (lets call him Kyle)turned in a paper with 8 instances of "because.. and so" per paragraph with more or less gibberish in between. Kyle turns in the paper, and within 5 minutes she stands up, hands him is paper back (at which point we're all thinking "oh shit, she finally caught on, we're all screwed") and then she says "congratulations, this is the first 100% I've given to any of my students this year. You really did an excellent job of using 'because.. and so'. Keep up the good work. If anyone else has been getting poor grades read Kyle's and try to ask him for advice."
Because of this, I don't think anyone wrote a legitimate essay for the rest of the year, and so we all did really well in the class but pretty shitty on the AP exam.
Oh jeez, this was a source of routine infuriation from a shrewish English teacher I had; you'd think someone who had committed to educating young minds about language and writing would at least pretend to show interest in her students' efforts. Instead we'd get a letter grade and rarely any notes or comments.
But her worst offense was a gaffe that I fantasize was what led to her leaving unexpectedly at mid-year. She announced to the entire class, "Your assignments from Tuesday were all just terrible. Do them over!"
Ignore, for the moment, how stupid it is to declare that each of 30+ kids had done poor quality work. The kicker here is that she hadn't collected the assignments. The ballsiest kid in the class called her out right away and of course instantly got 10 detentions, but for rest of the month (this was just before Christmas) it was clear nobody took her seriously and in January she was gone. I've since realized that this lazy bitch's behavior was a big reason why my thirst for a career in public education eventually faded away.
Senior year of college, me and some other non-traditional (old) students had a year long project together. First assignment, worked hard at it, got a B. Second assignment, worked harder at it... got a B. Third assignment, all of us got busy, did the minimum... got a B.
We spent the rest of the year performing grade testing on the prof. Other students were getting A's, F's, whatever. We got B's on every assignment.
None of us cared that much, we all had jobs lined up well in advance, but it was a little frustrating.
ColdMac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like catholic HS I went too lmao. We used edline for hw submissions and half the teachers never actually opened the assignments. You could submit empty documents and still get a 100.
Had a buddy in HS who did this with every single AP US History textbook chapter we were forced to outline. Peaked at "General Sherman breezed to the beaches, blue yankee fitted, G-Unit sneakers" as a major bullet.
Would've gotten away with it all, but at parent teacher conferences, he showed his mother the outline saying "he does excellent work" and his mother glanced and saw an outline of half-jibberish and half-rap lyrics.
We had a similar type of assignments, and we knew the teacher did that. My best friend always wrote the first and final paragraphs coherently, while for the rest he repeatedly wrote "banana banana ba nana ban ana banana". He got a perfect score for that class.
mabramo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar situation except many of my classmates would draw dicks on homework and even went on to draw dicks on exams. She was a very strict teacher, or at least put up a strict front, and either never realized or never cared.
One of my teachers did this when he was in college. My state requires alllll classes to have a writing component. So for his bowling class, he wrote the first 2 paragraphs on bowling then BSd the rest asking if he read it, talked about his feelings and so on. Got an A!
We had a teacher kind of like that. Essays she would really grade, but we also had to do outlines once or twice a week. One of my friends forgot and only turned in the front side of one page, but she stapled it to a couple blank pages because she was embarrassed to look like she was turning in incomplete work. She fully expected to get screwed for it... until she got the assignment back with a 100. I don't think a single person in the entire class did more than just one side of a sheet of outlines for the rest of the year.
I did that in my AP US History class in high school. Though I would start with something legit, then devolve in to Monty Python quotes about halfway through it. It went on for about a month before I got a paper back and she had underlined all of the random shit in it with a note to see her after class. I had to explain I was testing a theory to see if teachers actually read papers and I'd done it in every class (which was total bullshit) and that this was the only time I'd done it in hers and blah blah...I ended up dropping that class not long after anyway since it was so god damn boring.
I used to do something similar in my Spanish classes in high school. The teacher would usually have us write a series of sentences using vocabulary words or on a particular subject in Spanish, and I would just write the most off-the-wall Spanish shit I could think of in Spanish like, "Yo como la basura con la leche de mi abuela." Eventually, my Spanish teacher caught on, and I had to tone it down.
I had a teacher in high school who did this too! I once turned in "rubber ducky rubber ducky rubber ducky rubber ducky ..." As my answer to one of the essay questions on my homework. Still got a check. I think it's because my first 2 or 3 homework papers were legit, so she just trusted that I knew what I was doing.
Ah high school school, where nothing actually matters.
Lutya ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a Spanish teacher who couldn't speak Spanish. She pretended she did but we had a few native speakers I the class that clued us in. Anyway, she gave a final with 100 multiple choice questions- all written in Spanish. We had no hope of passing because she had t taught USA thing all year.
Well she let us pass around an English to Spanish dictionary to help. The native speakers put all the answers on a slip of paper in each dictionary and every student in every one of her classes ended up passing with those cheat sheets.
joe5joe7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A similar thing but much smaller scale happened in my Calc class yesterday. Some kid accidentally stapled his AP Computer science homework instead of his math and still received full credit.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would've titled mine "three months off in the summer"
My only way to survive geology class was to write complete nonsense but in a nice way with lots of lines and boxes and most importantly coloring. At one point i got an A for a love-triangle-venn-diagram with the pope, Don Carlos and Sailor Moon that was supposed to be something about train tracks in russia.
Now that is ball-shriveling terror right there, because in that instant before the teacher starts screaming, your mind instantly follows the inevitable chain of events; the trip to the principal's office; the phone call home; your parents coming to the school, possibly leaving work early; the car ride home where you hope you get yelled at because the Silent Car Ride is so much worse; the inevitable "don't you care about your future?".
Many years ago I had to write a 2 page paper in English class on some topic I can't recall. On this particular paper I was uninspired and couldn't think of anything to write so I wrote out the lyrics to Journeys "open arms" in the middle of the paper with basically just an opening and closing paragraph on the actual topic. Ended up getting a decent grade on it so the rest of the papers that year had some (popular that week) song lyrics in the middle of the paper. Ended up getting a pretty decent grade in the class and the teacher never called me out on it...I often think about doing that at work but haven't tried it yet.
Reminds me of a typing class I took freshman year of high school. My friend and I found a bug in the software we used that allowed us to hold a key down and advance to the next topic with only one error since we only technically typed one word. After each assignment we had to turn in a printout of our results for the day, then we can just play games, hence wanting to finish. Our teacher never questioned how we were able to type over 400 words per minute with exactly one error.
Rivent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:15:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had almost the same exact thing happen in a high school English class. At some point we had figured out that the teacher wasn't reading our papers at all, and just started writing complete bullshit and turning it in. I literally wrote in some of my papers "Are you even reading this, Mr. Smith? I know you're not. You haven't read anything in months." This went on for about 3 months until one paper caught his eye and he read through everything we'd turned it recently. He was furious, did the same screaming and fist-pounding-on-the-desk thing you described, but he couldn't do anything about it without admitting to the higher-ups that he hadn't been doing his job, so we all got away with it.
lainzee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to embed random sentences into my papers if I suspected teachers weren't reading them. Usually just something like "Mr. Darton is the best" or "Writing this essay sucks". I almost never got called out on it.
Had a science teacher in high school do the same thing, except I turned in the same paper, with first original check mark, for the entire semester. I guess he just assumed it was already graded when he got to mine? We had a weekly paper due in scientific current events, after we turned them in Wednesday, they were returned Friday "graded". My paper was the plot summary of a Bill Nye episode...easiest A in my life.
setitio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My senior year of high school my friend turned in a paper with a normal first page, normal last page, and 5 pages between of one repeating sentence. She got an A. We kept this up until the end of the year and the teach never caught on. Granted, he was the baseball coach and gave no shits about world history.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this same exact thing in my history class. Our teacher would give us these chapter review packets that we were supposed to answer for every unit. I started off the year well, actually filling them out, using complete sentences, examples from the textbook, etc etc. Eventually, that degraded to me skimming the textbook and writing a sentence or so at most, and then to me not bothering to read the textbook, going almost entirely by memory/what sounded right and writing a single disjointed sentence at most, and giving one word answers where possible. Every time, I get it back with a 100. As did everyone else who finished it. At a certain point, I forget for what reason exactly, but I was tired, kind of high, and not really paying all that much attention, and I remember answering a question about Andrew Jackson with something along the lines of "he was kind of a dick". When I got it back, I went through and checked my answers. Some of them were completely off base and utterly wrong. I realized she wasn't even reading them, she was going through, checking to see we wrote something for each question, and giving a 100. So I started writing nonsense, culminating in a particular one where my answers went something like:
So this is a story
All about how
My life got flipped turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air
All the way through the end of the song, and part of the extended version because there were more questions than there were lines in the TV theme song. She never caught on.
iamafoot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ok i have legit tears streaming down my face reading this holy shit
I believe this happened and it is probably my favorite Reddit story ever. But if course I'm a grownup and I totally hate what has happened to the educational system in the US. Actually in the whole world.
I'm a killjoy and probably would have bitched to the school about the teacher. Wasting my damn time to not do shit. Teachers like this should just die.
RHFilm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend Mike and I had a very similar situation happen to us in our 7th grade history class. Everyday we'd get these fill-in-the-blank assignments, and the next day our teacher would walk around the classroom to make sure everyone had completed it.
Mike and I realized that she never actually looked at the answers, so we decided we'd fill the blanks in with nonsense thinking she wouldn't notice. I opted to use movie quotes. The only specific one I can remember being: "If it bleeds we can kill it." My friend on the other hand went for an even more juvenile approach and wrote in things like: "NO MOMMY DON'T HURT ME!" and other weird shit.
Well, when the time came for her to check assignments, she immediately noticed My friend's homework was bullshit, and she wasn't amused. At that point I wanted to just crumple up my paper and tell her I didn't complete it, but it all happened so fast and I was sitting right next to him. I had to go down with the ship.
If Mike was the only one caught, he might have just gotten a zero on the assignment, but once she realized that me and another kid had done the same thing she decided to make examples of us. After reading some of our answers out loud to the class, the three of us all got detention and were made to show our parents what we had written. I remember my mom thinking I was a psycho until I explained that they were quotes from Predator. It was pretty embarrassing, but I felt I had gotten lucky. I never did find out how Mike explained his answers to his parents...
Shit, that was her fault. That's a situation you gotta leverage. I'll do the real work from now on, but you give me a checkmark today or the principal finds out you've been accepting work without even looking at it for two months.
My 8th grade math teacher was like this, she didn't teach whatsoever, she just stood at the overhead projector and did a few sample problems. She would call us up one by one to check our homework and after a while I realized that she didn't really look at it, you got a check as long as you walked up to her with a piece of paper. By the second month of the year every kid in the class had two pieces of paper; their permanent homework and one sheet of graph paper incase last night's homework had graphs in it. Come to think of it I didn't learn shit and I think I still got a bad grade. Got what I deserved I suppose.
I did something kind of similar in Jr high. We had a teacher who was ready to retire- he would fall asleep mid sentence, leave to take hour long shits, and just generally oblivious to everything. Like, a kid literally lit the floor on fire once and he didn't notice oblivious.
His history exams were almost entirely essay questions, and I don't remember how I noticed, but at some point I realized he was grading just on how much you wrote, not what you actually wrote. After realizing this, I would just make up rambling stories about historical figures- I specifically remember one about Napoleon Bonaparte teleporting to the moon. I ended up with something like 130% in the class because of all my bonus points and didn't have to do any work for the last 2 months of the year. So many kids were failing that he just made the last 2 months bonus points so they could catch up.
esemesas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a similar history teacher. One of my classmates put in an assignment with only the phrases "Pancakes" and "Pancakes with jam" repeated over and over again and got a 10 for it.
I know I am late to this but When I was in Middle School I had a science teacher that just walked around the room and glanced at peoples assignments and gave them a grade. Me being the lazy type realized she did not grade the actual questions so I started filling out random answers that made no sense.
for example: Why does the earth have gravity? Answer: Because it does.
Anyways I did it once but only answered some of the questions like that and she collected the assignments instead of just walking around the room. I somehow passed the assignment. I did it once more and she collected it again and this time I had done every question that way and she noticed and made me get parent signature. She had to announce that it was the first time ever that she had to do that for a student on an assignment but she did not say for who. Everyone found out it was me anyways.
Had a similar situation in 8th grade science class. Teacher graded our homework by having other students walk around and basically just glance at your paper to make sure you did it. Once I discovered out of desperation that I could write pretty much anything for the answer and they would mark it done, I started writing ridiculous surrealist nonsense for all the answers. It worked until one day the student doing the grading noticed and called me out on it. I actually had to start doing homework after that point. Unforgivable!
I had an English teacher who seemed to just grade our journals based on length instead of content. So for one assignment we had to do on Hamlet, I decided to write 3 pages on how weird it was that Hamlet took place in Denmark, because it's such a weirdly obscure nation and nothing ever happens there. I got an A. A friend of mine wrote a page less but actually answered the question that was asked. He got a B.
Monqueys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:03:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher like this before. He would just see if you had the correct page length and the correct bullet points on your page. But I was smart, I never did tell anyone in my class and I always made sure that my handwriting was unreadable. . . He told me towards the end of the year I was one of His best students.
xdoshh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:40 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did electronics and telecommunications in college and we had to submit assignments on computers following a lab. The lecturer was so lazy that he would huff and puff if you we're to ask for assistance so I was lost and I noticed a couple other were also. One week I noticed I had submitted the same assignment for 2 different tasks and he have me 7/10. The guy was grading everybody 6 or 7 for every task without reading anything. For the rest of the semester he received the same report over and over and just kept the secret to myself preventing an occurrence of what happened in your story.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:00 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Started yelling and pounding the desk with her fists
You'd be surprised at how often these things happen.
Etherius ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:58:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is why I never believe teachers when they say they work really hard and shouldn't have oversight.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:58:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did anyone tell admin that she is a garbage teacher that shouldn't have a job?
LMorr ยท 6349 points ยท Posted at 21:09:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Waaayyy back in high school, my teacher told us this story. Several years earlier, he'd been teaching an English class & a paper was due; he reminded his students to make the titles of their papers interesting. Sure enough, he received a paper entitled "TEENAGE NINJA SLUTS FROM HELL!!!" ; the body of the paper was perfectly appropriate & academic. He's subsequently reminded students to make their titles interesting AND relevant to the subject matter within.
In college we had to give presentations that were taped and sent in to be "graded" to make sure we were learning how to use technology in the classroom and public speaking.
One of the guidelines was to "get the audience's attention at the start" and "be interesting."
One of the guys got up, took out body spray and a lighter, did a brief flame-thrower (sprayed a quick blast at the flame), calmly put it away, and then gave his presentation.
I don't know how the graders reacted...but the class was highly amused.
It was a small, private junior college and the prof was SUPER laid back. We were mostly theater majors and she was head of that department so she knew us.
Exactly as a biology major this is bs. He does it and it's all fun and games, I do it and they call it "assault on wildlife."
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:52:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
My biology major gf got to play god with mice and eject inject them with shit that altered their brains, I found that way more interesting than my final computer science topic (improving search methods using semantic databases... or something)
doomneer ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 03:18:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you mean inject.
I'm picturing mice straped to mind altering chemicals being fired out of a cannon.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:23:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can blame autocorrect on an unfamiliar phone for that great image.
In college, there was someone in my major whose research was on literally blowing weasels' minds. Literally as in strap them down, sedated, and then expose them to powerful pressure waves to induce brain damage, euthanize them, and then investigate the damage.
In my highschool some of the theater kids managed to set someone on fire 3 different times. One of the times I was in band class next door at the time and we heard someone yelling and the class went running to the door and a kid came running by with their hair very literally on fire.
smoike ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:43:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was in the 80's, so things were somewhat relaxed compared to note. But In primary school someone brought a lighter to school.
I don't remember the specifics of how it happened as it was the class next door. But the story goes that someone got something smouldering and when the teacher started walking in, they threw it in the nearest bin, which is worth noting was an anodized metal waste paper bin.
A few minutes later the bin catches alight. A kid sitting nearby (not the one that had the lighter) notices and yelled out to the teacher that the bin was on fire, grabbed the bin with both hands and bolts out the door and drops it outside where it could do no damage.
I'll give the kid credit for jumping to action, but for his efforts he got burned finger tips on all digits, lost half of both eyebrows, and a portion of his fringe.
No one confessed to or dobbed on whomever did the lighting, and the kid was commended for his brave but silly actions (the glass of water on the teachers desk would have done the same job without injuries).
Only semi related, but thanks for reminding me, the commotion afterwards was very amusing..
I'm convinced theater kids can murder someone and get away scot-free. I was a theater kid in high school and the amount of times I got pulled out of class for theater stuff or the amount of times I got out of trouble because I was in theater was fucking ridiculous. We were the only kids that pretty much had free reign in that school.
I use some of the skills I learned (costume shop, workshop, people skills, etc) but the actual degree? No. It's an Associate's anyway so pretty much crap all around. It was fun and I got a free ride though.
Your reading comprehension is bad. He did do it in class. The presentation was done live in the classroom while it was recorded. Then that recording would be sent off to be graded.
Geez man, people other than the OP are allowed to answer questions/give information that was present in the story. But if not, I guess we have to cancel all the book clubs since they are not authors. And no more quizzes in class, since only the teachers should answer the questions
I think that you would avoid it expulsion since it was pre-taped (I assume pre-taped off campus) and was "sent in." Unless you were setting stuff on fire during class or threatening someone with it, you might be safe.
I had a communications class where the final was to memorize 3 people's names and point them out. Last class before the final was when we found this out. Everyone is writing down descriptions with names. I stood on a chair yelled my name and got 3 girls phone numbers. I was used in all but 2 examples during the final.
The teacher told me later that if I hadn't shown up, I'd have gotten an A. Just because I would have screwed up everyone's plan.
It took me 2 years to finally know who was called what in my high school class. I honestly didn't care about them though, I was happy just hanging out with 2 friends (and one other person who I called a friend but was actually a bitch and is now starting her 8th year as cashier in a supermarket while she had such big plans. HAH!) that I just ignored the rest.
On the other hand, I knew everyone's names here at my internship within a week. Only 10 people, but still an accomplishment for me! Helps that they're more interesting and that I could cheat by looking up their photos and names at their website :)
My teacher back in high school dumped a bunch of different things on one of the fireproof counters and lit it all on fire with the help of ethanol. First one at a time, and then the rest of it all at once. I'd never known fire could be so many different colors. It was cool as hell.
I disagree. In my course of work I found all my English teachers to be crazy. The science profs were the sane ones.
In high school an English teacher gave the weirdest final exam I have ever encountered. We had to listen to Jimmy Hendrix at Woodstock and write about how it made us feel and subsequently served donuts. This was witnessed by another teacher opening the class door due to the very loud music playing. He was fired the next semester.
Another quite colorful cantakerous prof in Freshman year of college used the same book for over 20 years to teach Writing 101, " Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut. Don't get me wrong it's a great book, but what we were tasked with writing about in reference to the book was bizarre. He said he was bored with it after twenty years, so we had to write about the words and only the use of words in Vonnegut's stories, like Hazel is a nutty character hence her name is fitting.
Then, the final exam essay assignment. As we sat down to take the exam he wrote the essay topic: Why I deserve to fail Writing 101.
I got an A luckily, but it was the weirdest class.
Mine was crazy. He got angry at me for standing near a window when I was supposed to be standing at my chair 4 feet to my left, lifted me up into a bear hug, and started swinging me around in front of the class to embarrass me while I screamed and cried. Then a few years later he wrapped his arm around my face and almost smothered me because I was walking too fast in a hallway then sued(?) me for leaving a face print on his arm. He definitely got away with everything, too...
I graduated in 2008 and those happened around 6th grade. I went to a tiny school with pre-12th grade in one 2 story building in the middle of nowhere with the nearest city 25 miles away.
Sounds like an interesting plot point for a TV series.
Rwings ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:40:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Had a science teacher in high school do an experiment where he lit some chemicals and set an object flying across the hall. The first time was a success. The principle showed up to see what was going on and he showed him.
Only problem was the thing propping up the container on an angle was a phone book and the container had moved back further on the phone book after the first attempt.
Needless to say the phonebook caught on fire from the chemicals setting the carpet on fire. That day I got to experience getting a fire extinguisher sprayed on me since I was one of the unlucky kids cornered against the wall by the fire. All be it a tiny fire.
He kept his job. This was his second time setting the school on fire as well. First time I guess was a few years before when he did an experiment with a balloon and lighting it on fire. Lit the curtains as well...also in front of the principle. Was a different school but he wasn't fired. Just moved into the new school when it was built across town.
edit: cause spelling is hard
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet the principal was in on it.
Principal: "There's not enough in the budget for new curtains in the science wing this year".
Sci teacher: "I'm on it! It's gonna be epic, you should come watch".
Rwings ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would have been funny if so. The one I witnessed was in 10th grade and the burned mark outside of his class room was still there when I graduated.
He was an interesting teacher. Had us call him by his first name. Made up bullshit answers to questions he didn't know the answers for. Questions like who decided to name the color red, red. Tried random experiments like the one I mentioned above during lesson plans. Sometimes when it had nothing to do with what we were studying.
He felt like someone who was surprised a school gave him a teaching job. He would also ride a bike occasionally in the halls going between the two class's he taught. He taught chemistry and honors physics.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like an awesome guy!
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like an awesome guy!
Nixie9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So what you're saying is I might be ok?
Rwings ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher had one of those assignments in college, he apparently pointed at someone in the front row, screamed "FUCK YOU" and proceeded to tear off his clothes to reveal a tuxedo underneath
It was a small, barely accredited, religiously-affiliated private college in the American South. The instructor had a flair for creativity, and I didn't ask for permission.
One student started coughing and I said something to the effect of, "if this is bothering you, you should probably leave."
I was a smartarse in English and organised with my friends in class to burst out laughing when I gave the nonsensical punchline to my opening joke. I was successful and the teachers were confused, but I lost half a mark for not opening with a joke everyone could understand
ZebZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in 7th grade, we had to do an oral presentation to the class. I chose UFOs as my topic. I began by crumpling up a piece of paper and throwing it at a kid who wasn't paying attention and explaining that it was a UFO by virtue of my classmates not knowing what it was while in flight. The teacher laughed her ass off, but loved it so much she made give the presentation three additional times to other classes as an example.
The next year we had to give a presentation in history class, pretending to be selling ourselves as indentured servants. Picture me, being short and scrawny, talking macho about how I would be a great worker because of my "bulging biceps and all around masculinity."
I swear I was normally a quiet and reserved kid. But I'm also a bit of a smartass.
Similar story from middle school. Had to present an essay, but the teacher told us to use an "attention getter" at the start to keep the audience interested. Being the tweenage dumbass I was, I stood up and performed my best howler monkey screech at the top of my lungs and proceeded as if nothing had happened. Years later, I'm sitting in a high school public speech class and some one says something along the lines of "and when we were in middle school, this weird kid got up and just started yelling at the class before presenting." I'm sitting right in front of her wondering how in the hell she didn't remember it was me. It was that day that I realized no one actually gave a shit about what I had done in the past enough to remember my name and I could move on with my life.
someone at my 8th grade dance did this in a cafeteria filled with hundreds of kids. ended up burning his friends face & hair and was arrested.
Lirdon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
During my service I had participated in an technical instructor course, in the standard presentation format there was an interest creation section with which one supposed to get the students interested with what you teach. For some reason this became some kind of story time people started their presentation with: "imagine you fly in an aircraft and suddenly every single gage goes haywire."
This one guy started his presentation with: "imagine you are on a beach and you see this gorgeous blond girl with full breast and ass walking along the shore with her hair waving in the breeze, today we are studying about the rotor hub."
n63guy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:37:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do almost the same thing in my speech class. For my presentation on the International Space Station I dropped a huge pile of text books from about 5 feet high to get the attention of my classmates. Teacher wasn't too happy lmao.
shit im not even done it's due tommorow though
It's basically a simple outline:
Thesis:In Harperโs novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she illustrates a lack of empathy leads to prejudice. However she also illustrates that having empathy can lead to understanding other people, and to justice in many places.
The rest is just examples of characters.
earbox ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:27:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This Southern Man's Thoughts On Racism Will Change Your Life Completely
But seriously, remember to analyze that bit where Atticus says he didn't want to take the case, but still did it anyway. Empathy is important, but there ARE limits to empathy. Atticus was concerned for his children as well, more so than any black man unfairly accused. That doesn't take away from his actions, of course.
Ask the fantastic humans at r/askphilosophy if you dare to break the intellectual mood over there.. It's a frivolous question, but if anyone knows about that shit, it's them!
I'm taking a communications class online this semester (yes, I know), and we have to write weekly discussion posts. All of my classmates keep it boring with "Ch. 3 response", etc. I got sick of that a couple of weeks ago and started using titles such as, "You Won't Believe These Five Easy Steps to Better Listening!"
Friends of mine in college, taking a Writing 101 class actually have to write a clickbait article, except to also put in paragraphs backing up their assumptions.
Of course, being my friends, they all wrote their papers about why people who write clickbait articles should go jump in front of moving traffic.
More like, each paragraph is in a separate one of those clear plastic presentation folders, and each folder is in a separate pocket in an accordion folder. Good luck clicking flipping through while staying on the correct page.
That's essentially how I titled my research papers from middle school through high school. I think the title header was usually "How to cure cancer" ... "Now that I have your attention I regret to inform you..."
Please explain how Spanish Inquisition is used in this context or why it is humorous. I laugh every time I see something referencing it but don't know why.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:49:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if the OP comment is referencing it, but the rest of these comments are referencing a pretty funny Monty Python sketch.
Fraerie ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:07:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Interesting and Relevant"
LMorr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:10:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha I wouldn't be surprised if someone did
Schmucko ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:31:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is this, a college for Dads?
narp7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, that's what I would've done.
pedazzle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, this reminds me of a report we had to do in high school. I noticed one of my classmates had titled theirs, "Something to do with the Results". That's what the teacher had told us to do lol. I told him he was supposed to actually create a title, he said I was wrong. Class comes and I saw he had crossed the title out and written something else there. He was a bit of a stoner though so probably had a brain fart.
ink27 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:09:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Last year I had to write an essay on what killed willy loman in "death of a salesman" and titled it"Maybe it was colonel mustard". Lost like 10 points for that
LMorr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:51:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For formatting alone, I'm sure. "Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick: The Unfortunate Demise of Willy Loman" would have scored a +10.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:46:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This person will be writing the descriptions to porn videos.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:22:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
AND relevant to the subject matter within
Next time when you promise ninja sluts in the title make sure the body of the essay is about ninja sluts.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly! Haha
I recall my teacher mentioning being confused that the paper wasn't about ninja sluts, he was looking forward to seeing how the student could make that angle relevant to what they'd been studying.
In a similar vein, my English teacher once showed us an example of an actual essay written for the AP test where the opening line was "SEX! SEX! SEX! Now that I've got your attention..." Surprisingly enough, the essay still scored fairly well...
LMorr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:39:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow that's ballsy! Not sure I'd be brave enough to roll those dice!
Haha when I was younger I always tried to make my paper titles super interesting. For example my Macbeth paper was called "Witches Be Trippin" and my paper on the decolonization of Vietnam was called "Vietnam Wants the D". Good times.
Man, this reminds me of a final paper I wrote for a class I HATED back in college, and I titled it "If I Ever Go Postal, I'm Citing This Paper and Class In My Deposition."
The name of the class? "The Psychology of Happiness." I got a C.
I usually don't give a shit about titles, but the site where they have to submit assignments requires one, so I told them they could put whatever they want. One kid regularly titles his "Joe has great jokes - ask for one." Last week I gave extra credit because one used "JOHN CENA'S OUTLINE" and made everything in caps. It's the little things that make grading bearable.
Freekling ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:11:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I got the idea from somewhere else but when I was in high school I titled a science paper. "Dandelions, the silent killer" the paper was normal otherwise and made no references to dandelions being deadly.
I remember in 8th grade we did a final presentation and 5 out of the 100 points was for an attention grabbing intro. So at the start of my talk I knocked over her bookshelf and threw a chalk eraser at a kid in the back. I gave a real solid presentation though. I got a 95/100. You can guess where the missing 5 points went.
Reminds me of a paper a friend of mine wrote in grad school. It was a paper about Habermas, entitled "Jรผrgen-off: Pragmatic Intellectual Masturbation at its best"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:56:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really wish I saved my papers from undergrad. I'd often go with the "Title Name, Or: Alternate title name" format. And I'd always make the alternate name something that didn't make sense.
Gibboni5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:30:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loooool that right there drop sounds like the title of a porno
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe down the teacher grapevine has been passed down or something
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is that not a movie yet?
GhotiB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mr. Maxwell?
LMorr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, Dr. Isenor
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My eighth-grade history teacher mentioned that he'd had a student yell "SEX. SEX. SEX." as an attention-getter before launching into a presentation about William Shakespeare.
The TV show Clone High had episodes titled with colons. My favorite one was Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand.
My college philosophy professor is probably still wondering what the fuck I was talking about when I titled my final paper "The Moral Conundrum of Abortion: A Rope of Sand."
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha well done!
tinybomb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor who told a similar story. Write a paper on Lord of the Flies. Make sure it has a succinct and interesting title. Kid turns in a paper titled "Piggy Goes Splat."
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Concise. I like it.
Beek96 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:11:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did something similar in my high school English class. I had written a paper about playing sports and couldn't think of a title. My teacher told me to make it something unique so I titled it "Balls Deep". She handed it back to me before she even read it.
aron2295 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:12:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher told us to do that. We had a paper on i guess Catholicism and Buddishm in AP World History. Anyway, I called mins "Buddha vs. Jesus!" Teacher wasnt amused.
One time, for an english essay, I was told to have a creative title. I had no clue what to make it so I just translated a basic title into russian and handed it in. Apparently, the teacher saw some profound synbolism in that because I got the only 100% in the class.
I remember back in middle school we had an assignment to create a random blog. However, the teacher would only grade blogs that had "eye-opening titles." So I named my blog "Levator Palpebrae Superioris."
He was not amused.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember for a college English class I did an essay about A Modest Proposal which is a short satire about solving the then Irish famine by eating children. I titled my essay Baby Back Ribs. My professor praised the title for minutes.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A few years back a co-worker was taking undergrad classes and would write his papers at work while we had downtime. He always had problems coming up with titles and would ask us for suggestions. The best one we had was for a paper for a history class on WWII, the winning idea for the title was "I am the Walrus"
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha love it!
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once I had to write a paper for my Sociology of Gender class and I always stuck a temporary title at the top that I changed to something relevant once the essay was complete. This time I titled it "fuckin feminist rants basically" and then forgot to change it and turned it in. A week or so later my professor asked to see me after class and I had to explain why I thought it was ok to put an expletive in my assignment; I have a pretty good feeling she was hiding her amusement after I explained myself tho, also I still got an A.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:53:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went with "hair, hair everywhere" for a high school paper on the symbolism of hair in "Lord of the Flies." The teacher took the time to use it as a bad example of a title for the rest of the class.
My friend turned in a draft of a pysch paper in college on Kantianism with the title: "KAAAAAAAAAAAAANT!" Prof handed it back and said the paper was excellent but with the title he'd get a B+ instead of an A- ... he refused to change it.
I had a professor say this once. If your title isn't interesting and it's one sentence, then how can I trust the whole paper? She had a point and I'm a killer titler, so mine was something along the lines of "I identify with Michelangelo and Donatello when it comes to naming art: basic"
The AP US Government teacher at my high school had a list of "dirty" words we weren't allowed to use in our essays. I can't remember all of them, but I know "corruption" and "correlates" were on their. One my friends, being the smart ass he is, decided to list the dirty words for his title.
He got an A on that paper, so I guess it worked out alright.
I did something similar in high school: the teacher told us to make the first sentence interesting, so my first sentence in my Holocaust creative essay was "Bloody heads don't wash up on the beach every day". The rest of the paper had nothing to do with that statement, but was much more mundane and low key. When I turned in the rough draft, the teacher had lots of comments, but not one word about the leading sentence, and when I wrote the final deaft, I ended up rewriting the entire paper around the
first sentence. Sometimes a little smartassery can produce some real creativity.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:00:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Love it!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:43:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just had to cover my face in compilers class from laughing so hard
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me as I'm not a teacher, but it was my friends little brother. They were reading frankenstein, and apparently there are some chapters which start as letters to the characters sister. Anyway, the teacher tells the class to read the first 4 letters by next week and my friends brother does exactly that.
He reads 4 alphabet letters.
puuying ยท 1829 points ยท Posted at 00:55:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For anybody curious, the first four letters of Frankenstein are: "You w".
dmitri72 ยท 1396 points ยท Posted at 01:44:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't but thank you anyway
Pit-trout ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 02:51:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interestingly enough this is the furthest I've ever gotten into that book. I don't really read books, though I do have all of Tolkein's novels on my computer waiting to be read. Im like a page into the hobbit... lol
puuying ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pee pistols? No way I'll stop at 4. I'll shoot them all.
jconfer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:59:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My sophmore year, my english teaher was obsessed with giving us essay prompts that didnt explicitly have to do with the book's story. Because of this, it was very easy to get a good grade on an esssay without even reading the book. We did Frankenstein, and i didnt even make it through the first letter/chapter thing before i just stopped reading. I still got a mid-90% on the essay
The letters are a little dry, also I'm not a big reader.
Plus being forced to read something makes it dreadful for me
Rehendix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:52:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was well written, but every character was a whiny little bitch. Victor: "My love of my life is dead and it's that bastard monster's fault woe is me, I am a shit for ever creating it" Monster: "You abandoned me, everybody hates me and I am sad and lonely so I will have a tantrum with your family now"
Fluffy8x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But Frankenstein is actually a fantastic book. It's got monsters and killing and love and heartbreak and in general a lot of death. What's not to like?
Rehendix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a staple of a good Victorian Gothic. But seriously, if you think the characters in Frankenstein complain, don't even bother opening Wuthering Heights.
_the_new_ ยท 659 points ยท Posted at 22:26:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Gave grade 2/3 students an activity where they had to draw foods from every food group. When I went around checking, I noticed one student had some odd things in his sections for grains. I asked him what he drew and he told me lettuce and spinach. When I asked why he thought those were grains, his face went white and he said, "You mean that doesn't say 'greens'?"
It was adorable.
[deleted] ยท 193 points ยท Posted at 02:11:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My family moved from Washington state to Texas a few months in to 3rd grade. I got assigned to a reading group.
For the longest time, I didn't understand why my group was the "grain group" and all the other groups were named after colors. One day it just dawned on me the teacher had an accent and I was in the "green group."
Told my students to write the essay question at the top of their page. Fully half the class wrote 'The Essay Question'.
[deleted] ยท 2839 points ยท Posted at 20:53:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I had an English teacher that would frequently do dictation for that entire class period.
Way too many kids in our class would literally write down "ellipsis", "semicolon", "parentheses", "hyphen", etc. before they realised they were punctuation marks and not words.
This was in 12th grade...
Edit: Guys, please. There was more to it than just the students brainlessly copying word-for-word from the teacher's mouth. You can argue all you want that dictating is a "lazy/ineffective" teaching method, but I personally felt it was much easier to learn via dictation than textbook. It had definitely improved my grades.
Nuranon ยท 607 points ยท Posted at 22:32:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you got dictated stuff in the 12th grade?!
arudnoh ยท 669 points ยท Posted at 03:23:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey man, Cuba and Venezuela got dictated for decades. Compared to them, 12th grade is nothing.
hamspiced ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 04:05:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you knew shit about what you're talking about you'd know that the big dictator of Yugoslavia was Croatian.
Helium_3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tito wasn't a particularly bad leader. In fact, he managed to keep unified one of the least unifiable areas in the world. Once he died, however, serbia tried to ban the militias that the other member nations had in a bid to stop the breakup (Tito himself had instituted them). It didn't go over too well.
It's like a lecture, except you're trying to copy stuff down verbatim.
d4b3ss ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:11:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe I was ever in a class like that. Is that common where you're from? I'm American. Seems like something annoying, mindless, and unhelpful.
I'm an American with a Bachelor of Science degree in a liberal art with a minor in a hard science, and private schooling in high school and middle school. I don't recall ever having to take dictation, with the exception of writing down quotes for journalism class assignments in situations where I could not use a recorder.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:41:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's really a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, which in my college was awarded to ag comm students only because of the required hard-science minor. Said minor could be with the agricultural science, natural science, environmental science or food science programs at the college, within the university.
It's still a BSc, just a BSc Ag. People in the college who majored in crop science, plant pathology, food science, dairy science, meat science, and so on also got BSc Ags as well.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 11:40:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Reading something > Hearing it > Reading it and copying it > Hearing it and copying it.
Don't get me wrong, that's still below a lot of other ways of learning, but the teacher has still 'added value' over the students simply reading handouts.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
JustusGS ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:29:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Senior in college and I'm pretty sure I have literally never been dictated to in my life. What the fuck kind of value are you supposed to be getting out of that?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:23:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really like word for word? In most classes I just don't take notes cause I'm an auditory learner and taking notes distracts me.
LManX ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:20:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not 100% on this but I believe in other countries, professors profess and don't teach. That is, they are only responsible for putting the information where you can get it. Getting it into your brain is your half of the investment, so they aren't concerned with what kind of learner you are. If you want it, you'll find a way to learn it.
JustusGS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but there's a huge difference between a lecture, in which you're responsible for taking notes and making sure you retain all the important bits, and dictation, where you're required to copy down everything they say word-for-word, including punctuation.
Like, most of my physics lectures were just the teacher talking slowly as they wrote on the board, basically dictation.
I was the same, I never wrote shit down but because they were writing everything and taking forever it just never sunk in. I preferred slideshows but barely anyone used them (and they were also a big bright in the morning).
It ended up that everyone I knew who took notes ended up getting way better degrees than me (ended up with a 2ii) and other people I knew who didn't. That's not to say it won't work out for you of course, I am also super distractable but in hindsight I would recommend just drone writing the shit out in the edge case that it might actually drill into you.
Then again, uni grades didn't end up really mattering, I spent most of my final year making an android game and now I'm employing two artists and releasing on PS4/Steam game in Q1 so it turned out alright. It matters if you wanna do a PhD or something obvs.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:56:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Germany got dictated to once.
Never again.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:39:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
nothing
For future cases, the German "nix/nichts/egal" (nothing) translates to "never mind." Thought it would be a good FYI.
viloca ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:56:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing made sense. As in,
what did you say?
Nothing.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:21:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I speak both German and English. Saying "nothing" when you mean "never mind" is how you say it in German. It may be that the situation is what you said, but to me it sounded like "Yeah?" "Oh, never mind." Either way, additional knowledge doesn't hurt!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confused, I was dictated stuff since maybe Grade 3, and I don't think it's absurd for someone to have a dictation class now and again. Is it that strange nowadays?
JustusGS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never even heard of a class like that, myself, but I'm American just finishing up college. Was your education elsewhere in the world or a while ago? What was the purpose of such a class, and why would it ever be superior to just letting students write whatever notes they deemed necessary in order to get all the information?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:04:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think the idea of a dictation class is to write down EVERYthing the professor/teacher said, but more what you needed to remember what they said and the phrasing they used.
I'm in Canada (there shouldn't be that much of a difference education wise between us?) and I'm fairly young (<25) and I've had dictation classes since probably Grade 9, when I took AP English.
The idea was that we were to do all this reading, then come in and have the teacher talk about what 'professionals' thought about the writing, then the projects were typically us digesting multiple books/stories and such.
For a Religious Studies class in University, the prof would often do dictation instead of slides or anything like that so we could really feel the messages spiritually, he would ask us to not take notes as well. I didn't go to a religious institution, but he liked to do that so that we thought more critically in the moment rather than when we reviewed our notes, too late to ask questions or really participate in the discussion we had at the end of the given dictation period.
For English and for a few of my other classes it really helped me and a few classmates to have that sort of structure in the class. But, I knew a few students (okay, more than a few) who would never review their notes from dictation periods. Needless to say, they didn't do very well.
I'm absolutely shocked you have not had a class like this while in college. I mean, a slideshow based class is essentially dictation, it just lets students read it on the screen. With my classes it was just readings I had to do, otherwise I'd have no idea what the class was about or have anything to add. I'm really confused myself...
Edit: Quick edit, I realize you used the phrase "whatever the student deems necessary" which I think I would say that the majority of students in High School or younger don't really know what they need. The method I was taught I didn't use because I needed to, I used it because it got my substantially better grades than when I just wrote down what I felt I needed to. (I had classes I did this while in High School, and I didn't do well.)
JustusGS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I'm still a little unclear on what you're describing here. You say your professor would do dictation but also that he asked you not to take notes. How can both be true? What exactly is the method you were taught? I suspect what you call a dictation class is what we would just call a lecture class: you do the reading, come to class, listen to the prof, and take notes as you deem necessary. That's very common, though I think many institutions (especially smaller ones) are beginning to phase that out in favor of discussion-based classes.
The actual definition of dictation, as I understand it, is telling people what to write, verbatim, as if you were having someone transcribe your speech or something, and that seems to be what is happening in the OP here. It's about a teacher truly dictating, with the intention that students would copy down everything they said, word for word, down to punctuation--thus students writing "semicolon" instead of ";" and so on. I think that is what people were so confused about--simply lecturing is all well and good, but that doesn't seem to be what's being described in the story. I'm not sure what the point of telling high school Seniors where they should be putting hyphens is.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:17 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhh geez I got pretty confused cause it was a while ago since I read this.
Alright, we were working with two different meanings of dictation. I was told that dictation, as a student, was whenever the teacher would speak for long periods of time without questions as to make sure everything was covered (or just long periods of the teacher 'just talking'), then detailed explanations in smaller groups when I was younger (Grade 3 as in my original comment and older) until a more structured dictation class like you're describing in my English class I mentioned and the University class when it was "write this down like this." semicolons and all. But then my Grade 3 comment was much different. I suppose I meant then that I had spaces in the day where we were told to write things down exactly so so it didn't sound absurd to me that some University classes would be purely that way.
So I don't know. I think I got something confused originally or given bad information at a point that made me underestimate the seriousness of 'dictation'
JustusGS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:51 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, makes sense. Sounds like Canada must use "dictation" where American schools say "lecture." TIL!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the 7th grade I had a science teacher who put the text of his lectures up on the overhead and expected us to copy them verbatim into our notebooks. He regularly collected them and read ~150 copies of his own notes, marking off if you abbreviated things or skipped parts. He was very serious about the notes being perfectly verbatim
Bmuzyka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:30:20 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did. Grade 11 and Grade 12 Physics. The teacher would put his lesson up on the projector from pre-written transparencies, and he would literally read them, and we would re-write them. He would stop and take questions and give examples throughout as well.
That method actually worked really well with me. my mark in that class was in the high 90s.
Varthorne ยท 1022 points ยท Posted at 21:02:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
To be fair, if said kids actually knew how to spell "ellipsis" (or "comma", for that matter), I'd be impressed.
The same kind of "impressed" as Ron Burgundy was when Baxter ate a whole wheel of cheese, despite having pooped in the refrigerator.
EDIT: Wow, I did not expect so many replies. And it's pretty clear that one person did not get my reference. Anyway, I get hung up on spelling. I find it sad how frequently people misspell really simple words. I was exaggerating when I included "comma", but I think I still made my point. Back in high school, given the way we had been taught/trained over the years, people usually tried to copy what the teachers said verbatim (though I don't think any of them ever went so far as to write down punctuation), because it was easier to get everything down than to risk missing something important.
Also, I was somewhat trying to be funny. Clearly, I failed miserably and I publicly apologize for it.
This is the last I will say about this.
[deleted] ยท 133 points ยท Posted at 00:47:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You would be impressed with high school seniors knowing how to spell "comma"!?
You'd be surprised. For research for some grad classes, I learned that something like 70% of high school kids can't write at a college level. I forget the exact figure, but it might be higher
The problem is that, for the most part, the teaching part of learning to write is stopped way to early in education. I don't know how long you've been out of school (or maybe you're still going), but do you remember the last time you had writing instruction? I mean things like grammar, syntax, style, etc.
When I was in high school, my first two years I took honors English and AP my second two. My writing instruction including spelling (senior year advanced placement English) and vocabulary (junior year AP). Also remember that most high school "English" classes are actually literature classes so you learn to write lit reviews and such. Now, that's not inherently bad because everybody needs practice with writing, and lit is a good way to get that practice. But there's almost no professional writing taught, and, at least for me, lit writing instruction amounted to "here's this piece of lit, read it, pick a type of lit-related paper, research, and write it" then the teacher would mark off things that were wrong. There was never really any discussion about how to write well, explanation about why the mistakes made were mistakes, or really any proper instructional techniques actually towards making students better writers.
For source, I have a bachelor's in English Professional Writing and a master's in Instructional Design and Development
technically yes since there are adults who have never attended high school, driving down the average. However! I would also argue that today's high school senior is fundamentally dumber than, say, twenty years ago. Excuse me while I adjust my walker and swallow my Geritol, but I blame it on the rise of communication technology making it easier to communicate while not necessarily focusing on form. You may know how to use an apostrophe, but to not call it a "comma on the top" doesn't come naturally.
Damn kids, lawn, et cetera.
The ease of use form factor of so much of our daily interaction has lead to some pretty staggering drops in what we used to consider common knowledge. It always has been this way and always will. Generations before me and millennia after.
Even before that, textbook companies were gradually making their textbooks easier to read. It makes sense from the point of view of learning science or history, but not for reading skill. That alone was considered responsible for kids being two reading grade levels behind when they got to college. I'm sure it's worse now, because now in classes like that they hardly assign reading, but use videos and games to "increase student engagement". The English teacher is left responsible for most reading skill.
Good points. I learned a large part of my vocabulary from picking up books that were a little beyond my level and exposing myself to harder words, and having to work out the meanings through context. I read for fun, I read everything I could. I don't know many people like that anymore. A few friends, and most feel like they're book snobs because they read A Song of Ice and Fire instead of watching Game of Thrones.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I guess I'm just sad to see reading going back to the "activities for nerds" category.
kaetror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish. My government made it a universal responsibility to monitor, assess and report on a students literacy, despite non-English teachers getting no training or guidance.
So now, as a science teacher I have to make my assignments suitable for assessing literacy. Massive pain in the arse.
kaetror ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:11:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with that. My spelling has seriously degraded since Google managed to make the autocorrect on my phone non-retarded. Writing stuff on the laptop and having no clue how to fix a word because Microsoft word doesn't have autocorrect is a pain.
There's also a thing in China about this. People can recognise symbols but can't draw them from scratch. Because you only need part of the character for autocorrect to finish it people struggle to draw characters by hand as they've rarely had to write a complete version.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't only base that comment on the fact that most adults don't have a diploma, but mostly on the idea that people will forget most of the stuff they don't use everyday. In high school, a lot of this stuff is used and discussed very often, so it's still "fresh" on their minds.
I absolutely agree. There are some corollaries from geometry that I just don't even remember anymore. Use it or lose it, I get that, especially for nuanced things like that.
My gripe is against adults of any stripe, new or old, that can't spell common words without the little red squiggle telling them if they spelled it right.
The recalcitrants are the worst. You correct them, and they insist on spelling it wrong anyways, because that's how they've always done it. Barf.
askryan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would be. As a former teacher, I was amazed at how horrible the spelling and grammar was on many of the papers turned in to me. So many of the mistakes were on the simplest words too. From kids were supposed to be "the smart ones," no less.
twobits9 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think it was a lack of intelligence that caused them to copy punctuation. It was probably because when they were furiously copying anything he said, the probably wrote down words like "comma", and then realizing they had just copied punctuation.
If a 19 year old is in 12th grade and not two years into college as he should be, I wouldn't be surprised if he couldn't spell "comma". And no, a 17 year old isn't an adult.
I was in 12th grade at 19, and I wasn't held back and started school at an appropriate age. I don't understand why you're assuming people at that age are so stupid, because they're really not. Are you a bitter old man who likes to complain about the kids, or something?
I have no clue what you are referring to, but I have had an ex-refrigerator violated too.
My drunk uncle was sleeping on my parents couch because my mom took his keys. He wasn't quite right and didn't know where he was as he stumbled past the bathroom into the kitchen. He opened the fridge, pissed into the crisper and then walked into the hallway closet where he snored until sunrise.
He let his german shepard shit on the lawn. I stepped in it while playing frisbee with myself later that morning. It was actually a pretty typical weekend at my parents house at that time.
Just like when "the mailman came over to take our garden". I wasn't told until recently that it was actually the police confiscating all of papas pot plants.
To be fair, if said kids actually knew how to spell "ellipsis" (or "comma", for that matter), I'd be impressed.
Extra Credit: Make "ellipsis" sound sexy.
Submitted: "She hung on every period of his ellipsis, breathless inside her parentheticals."
Result: An awkward call to the parents.
Aramz833 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:55:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the teacher lectured? I'm pretty sure dictation would imply that your class copied what the teacher said word for word during the entire class period. Was it a class for learning English as a foreign language? I don't understand what your teacher expected you to learn from simple diction.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:25:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
dictation would imply that your class copied what the teacher said word for word during the entire class period.
Yes, that's exactly what we did. She was the only teacher I knew who did this.
Her method made it way more easier for us (students) to revise the work, and study what needed to be studied for the course. Meanwhile other teachers just threw stencils at you and expected you to figure it out for yourselves.
A lecturer in my uni course did that, he taught fluids in second year so I was 19. Word for word, meant you had to be at his class as the notes weren't going up online and word for word then he would throw in lines that made no sense to check if people were listening and not just copying. He is the best.
I had an English teacher that would frequently do dictation for that entire class period period
Way too many kids in our class would literally write down quotation mark ellipsis quotation mark comma quotation mark semicolon quotation mark comma quotation mark parentheses quotation mark comma quotation mark hyphen quotation mark comma etc period before they realised they were punctuation marks and not words period
I had an English teacher that would frequently do dictation for that entire class period full stop
Way too many kids in our class would literally write down quotation mark ellipsis quotation mark comma quotation mark semicolon quotation mark comma quotation mark parentheses quotation mark comma quotation mark hyphen quotation mark comma etc full stop before they realised they were punctuation marks and not words full stop
This was in 12th grade ellipsis
Dhallia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught 12th grade for many years. One year, my student teacher was dictating something for students to copy, and a really obboxious one yells out interupting, "how do you spell semicolon?" He was still getting hell for it later in summer school...but that's a different story.
I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old in junior school we had a teacher with a slight lisp. She was dictating a story to us and included the punctuation so for example she would say 'full stop' at the end of sentences and 'comma' as and when. Everyone in class thought she was saying 'Connor' instead instead of comma and it lead to so much confusion. I still wonder about Connor to this day.
troxy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:48:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wrote a whole bunch of "Greater than or equal to" before I knew I could just write >=
That's why you need an escape sequence, the compilers are stupid.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you mean by dictation? Like, the teacher would say words and you guys would spell them?
Level126 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an English teacher that would frequently do dictation for that entire class ..
ftfy
asmj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this, but I was grade three, and word for coma was in a dialect that was new to me (was sent to a school in a different region for 6 weeks). Teacher thought I was being a jackass and gave me a huge F.
sweetnez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:52:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work at a bank and I still get people (employees of said bank) who assume when I say "space" it means to write the word. Even when talking about an address.
U.S. 12th grade or Europe 12th grade? If I remember correctly there's a difference
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't even know what an ellipsis was until someone tried to critique one of my stories claiming I wasn't using enough of them. I had to google it. =A= Periods.
Even after googling for the definition I have no idea what dictation is and how it is a teaching method. Why would a teacher ever need to say something important out loud instead of just writing or typing it
I had a similar problem in French this year. Was really freaked put that there were so many words I couldn't understand in the dictation test, until I realised she was reading out the punctuation as well and I had just never been taught the word for comma.
at entire class period.
Way too many kids in our class would literally write down "ellipsis", "semicolon", "parentheses", "hyphen", etc. before they realised they were punctuation marks and not words
You don't need to put the edit man. Everybody learns differently. Some people ar e better visual learners, audio...etc We all use different learning styles to attain the knowledge we need to complete the task at hand.
violbabe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in 11th grade and its the first time I hear of ''double spacing''. And I proceed to double space between each word instead of double line spacing.
elf631 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:12:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was checking out/editing a short comic book that a younger friend of mine had drawn for a writing course in his freshman year of uni, and I noticed that all the ellipses had only 2 dots. When I pointed it out, he just stared at me. I said they needed 3 and he asked why. "...because it's an ellipsis." blank stare. "It's an actual punctuation thing." "Oohh, I didn't know that!"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:50:50 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To people that have trouble handwriting things, it makes remembering anything you wrote down impossible because it takes all your mental concentration to form legible letters.
Seriously? You don't think reading stuff aloud and having students transcribe it is totally phoning it in? I had a history teacher who would have us transcribe overheads all the time, you don't even engage with what you're writing. The next year we were given the option of history or geography, I chose the latter. Took me a while to realise that maybe I didn't hate history, but she was the issue.
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:34:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is the difference between dictation and handing you a textbook?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:41:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is worse isn't it? At least a textbook has been edited?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:54:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meaning multiple people worked on making sure it was accurate and informative, rather than just one person.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:58:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I decided not to be condescending just in time to get the ninja edit off.
I guess it depends how you define learning effectively. I'd expect a year 12 English teacher to be encouraging people to engage criticially with a text, discuss it, make assertions, back up their assertions.
I live in Australia though, I have heard once that a semester at uni in Australia ruined a friend from the US's grades because the emphasis was much more critical and it was not what they were used to.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom taught 8th grade remedial reading and one of her students stole the teacher's manual. He might have gotten away with, but for the question How was the main character's childhood like your own? he wrote: "Answers will vary."
Is that not correct? I've heard it used before, meaning "literally half", as in not exaggerated. Not " roughly half" or "about half", but " fully half". You might call 9 slices of a 20 slice pizza to be "half a pizza", but it wouldn't be " fully half a pizza".
Kritigri ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:24:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's correct, it just sounds odd because its an oxymoron under certain contexts.
Bobshayd ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:38:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it might mean "at least half" but with the connotation that it's pretty close to being half and probably is exactly half. I think that's effectively what you were saying.
It's correct, it's just an oxymoron and therefore slightly humorous.
Texan0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully can also mean "at least", indicating "no less than half".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that's a correct phrase and one I hear and use a lot.
GV18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never heard the phrase used. I would argue it doesn't make sense, because you can't have a full (i.e. while) half. I've heard "exactly half" before, but never fully half.
In my defence, colloquialisms rarely make sense. I thought this was a general expression - thinking now since it seems a lot of people haven't heard it that maybe it's just a Scottish thing!
This is a legit expression. It means, "Something around half the students did this, which was a number far greater than I had expected." The "fully" part doesn't refer to the total number of kids in the class; it refers to the the absolute maximum percentage of that number that OP had believed could possibly misinterpret the instructions.
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jsau0125 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:27:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Half again as much
Thalaas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:27:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh WOW that brought memories from my days teaching English in Korea.
"The answer is on the board! ON the board." I walk up to the board and tap the answer. "On. The. Board."
What did the student right down as the answer for his work? On the board.
Xwolfy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar thing happened in my Grade 12 class. Our teacher gave us a detailed rubric and exemplar. The sample cover page had a title and a subtitle below it. Almost everyone put
:
Semi-Detached
after their essay title.
ravyrn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a similar tale. My mom was a parole officer, and was based at two units. One for people with mental disorders such as schizophrenia and the other for people with learning disabilities/intellectually challenged.
One of her offenders she was interviewing at the latter unit, and she needed them to sign a form. She told the offender, "I need you to write your name here" and pointed at the signature portion of the form indicating where they needed to place their signature. She apparently wasn't paying attention, because when she got back to her office to complete his parole case summary, she looked at the form, and written in print in the signature line, she found "name here".
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:13:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like a room full of students with a bright future in computer science.
kemikiao ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:37:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My high school English teacher gave one of those bullshit "read all of the questions before answering because if you don't follow this instruction literally the last question says to not do the assignment" fucking assignments in class. And then acted so fucking smug that some of us "fell" for it and proceeded to lecture us about following instructions actually.
After that, I did EXACTLY what she said. "Write your name at the top of the paper"? I wrote "Your name at the top of the paper". She gave us an assignment where we had to "watch TV for half an hour and write about what we watched" so I wrote my paper about watching a unpowered TV for half an hour. Fuck that teacher.
Is this a weird phrase? Perhaps it's a Scottish thing. It's just an expression!
AdamsDJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's one of those cases where you don't know who're the smart asses, and who're the dumb asses.
aatteber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was this for a programming class?
It seems like the correct response for a programming class because professors like to force students to think about how a computer would interpret a statement.
I had a professor that would say a keyword or sentence during class that was to be written on the assignment to work as attendance since the assignments and due dates were written in the syllabus and submitted online and a lot of people would skip as a result. So many professors had their unique ways of taking attendance other than calling out names in class so if this was a college class I could understand the mix up.
I had a few teachers in high school who would do shit like that. They would use it as a trick, "Ohhh, I told you to write 'The Essay Question' you wrote the name of the essay. You should have done exactly what I said." Fucking seriously?!?!
wehappy3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught high school English for six years and this sounds painfully familiar.
OhCleo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember the very first essay our class had to write in high school (age 11). Teacher told us to write "Essay" on the title line. Before then our primary/elementary school teachers had always called them things like 'written work' or 'projects' or 'stories' or whatever, so a few of us (yes, me included) legit wrote "S.A."
nomchomp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I keep notebooks with each of my classes. When we set them up the first day, I modeled by writing "Ms. ....." in the top right corner, and told them to write their name in that spot. I couldn't help but giggle durring notebook checks when I saw that 80% of kids wrote my name, but not theirs.
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McMrChip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:44:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my history teacher at high school. The first lesson we had him, he showed us how we should write information on our books (So he could identify who's who and where it should be if it somehow got lost. That sort of stuff.
Anyway, he said "On the top line, write your name, but don't write "Your name", you need to write your name as in the one that identifies you. On the second line you need to write "History" and our room number of "18". I'd be worried if you don't understand and wrote something other than them. And finally write my name on the third line, but don't write "My name", write my name as in me and how you would identify me. Trust me, this sort of stuff has happened in the past."
We had a good year in history after everyone managed to get their name, the word "History" and "18" and our teachers name on the front of the book.
Ha, it's insane how specific you have to be! I once showed an example of how to fill out the info on the front of a notepad which said 'student name' where they needed to write their own names. You can probably guess what a few of them did.
Kevtron ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:44:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I tell students to email me with the subject being "class name and time. Your name. Subject"
Now I always have to remind them that "your name" means to write their actual name...
wlee1987 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honest question: Why are teachers so insistent on making students rewrite/rephrase the question? I never saw it as anything more than a waste of time and space.
Nope Im from the US. Massachusetts even, you don't get more American lol.
I mean I guess I can understand them wanting us to restate the question, just to make us think about it differently and to be sure we understand it. But it doesnt work like that with kids, they just think of the least amount of work to move the words around.
What do you think of this statement? Education doesn't need to be fun, but it does need to be entertaining. This is something I've always believed. I've learned more from a single teacher who just actually talks and makes thing interesting than from every teacher who-just-drones-on-word-after-word-from-a-textbook-and-oh-my-god-I-can't-keep-my-eyes-open-and-I-haven't-learned-a-thing.
Sure sometimes you have to kinda drone on, but as far as Im concerned if I (who actually wanted to learn in school) can't keep my eyes open in ANY of your classes, you are doing something wrong.
Definitely. Engagement is everything. Anything which makes students laugh, introduces a competitive element, allows students to exercise choice, engages creativity or existing interests will keep students engaged and focused, and will make them care (even just a little) about what they're learning.
For history class, we were instructed to include a "yes, but" paragraph in our papers, in which we outlined an opposing viewpoint, and why we disagreed with that viewpoint. Half the class started that paragraph with the words "Yes, but..."
I'm not a teacher, but I can recall a glorious incident from high school involving a classmate of mine.
Picture it: Purcellville, Virginia, 2001. Our U.S. History teacher asked us to choose a President that we wanted to write a short paper on using only the school library reference books. The girl next to me in class chose George Washington. When she didn't hand in her paper, the teacher asked why. Her reply was that all of the information she could find in our library was about George Washington; not George WaRshington. She wasn't kidding.
Edit: Holy shit, there are dozens of us Valley grads on Reddit! Dozens! I guess I shouldn't be surprised...because Purcellville. LVHS'03
In my school we only had regular and AP. Most students who had been in TAG just took all the AP courses. I'm not sure that it meant we were ready for it or got a lot of out it. But I don't remember there being a lot of requirements. Maybe there were. I just remember assuming I would take AP courses, so that's what I signed up for.
Ah okay. Yeah that's a little different from mine. Ours required that we had completed the honours course prior to being allowed to take the AP, so I guess we had to demonstrate we knew the material at a high school graduate level (which I guess is what they considered honours).
I guess it would depend on the size of the high school too. My school was fairly large, like 1800+ students, and was definitely heavily academia based between the IB and AP programs.
Mine used to be like that too, but one year the school wanted to be more egalitarian or something so they changed the criteria to be based solely on PSAT or SAT scores. Suddenly the AP classes became overcrowded (since there's only so many teachers qualified to teach them) and our passing rate plummeted.
Wat. That has to be one of the dumbest ways to determine whether a student is suitable for an AP class. Like I don't even know anyone who bothered trying on the PSAT and if I remember the SAT/ACT tests properly they had nothing to do with anything you would have learned in the AP courses.
Hell, I didn't even take my SAT and ACT tests until the beginning of my senior year when my courses were already decided.
Do you know if they reverted to the old system when the passing rates dropped?
No idea. They only started it my senior year. I don't think they care about the passing rate so much as just the number of people in AP classes because somehow that's a metric for how good the school is.
My high school also used to have selective enrollment, meaning that you needed good grades in middle school to get admitted. But since it was funded by the county and "normal" people couldn't get in despite paying the taxes the supported it, they sued and forced the school to switch to a pure lottery system.
Man, that's a whole lot of politics involved with a public school. Mind you, there were private schools that would bus in student athletes from across the state after school 3-4 times a week for practices and games, so if that's only for athletics at a private school...yeah.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:21:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ugh our high schools in the area didn't even offer IB but I remember when I was applying to colleges from a full AP load my transcript would be taken less seriously than peers from other states that offered IB, took IB, and were so self-absorbed in their supposed better academic standing....and all these years I assumed IB must've been a hard track to get into (funnily enough I found out about a month ago the workload and requirements expected of a friend's school's IB program and it was identical to my school's AP/Honors track) *sigh(
I found it was, but knew a lot of friends in the program. IB is a full program rather than just taking intensive courses in certain areas. Generally runs through most of high school, and there's two types of courses you can take; HL/SL (High level)/(Standard level). Standard are normally honours level, while HL are AP level. They're pretty similar as far as difficulty of classes go, but you tend to have less choice in classes in IB.
aeb1022 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did students generally pass the exams? And what's TAG?
Yeah, students did well in the class itself, in terms of grades. It was hard to get an A (I got a B and I usually got As). You had to work hard to get a B, but most students did work hard.
TAG is a program for advanced students, usually in elementary and middle school. It unfortunately means Talented and Gifted. I never liked that name, as I thought it was rather insulting to say that some students are talented and gifted and others aren't. And most often it was based on where you started early in elementary school and then you just stayed in TAG or regular classes through the rest of your school career. I think it was a very bad idea that put an idea in kids' heads very early on that they were either bright or not.
In our school when you met with your acedemic advisor or counselor you could tell them you want in that class but they would either push or sway you in the direction they seemed best for your aptitude. Many people want to be in there cause you can apply the class towards college credit which can, down the road, save you money. My brother was a standing sophomore when he made it to college. You just had to pay for the test which was like 100 bucks back then. Saving a year or semester of debt in college is worth it.
Yup, think mine was $85 per test or something similar. The issues I had for my AP test results though were that I was applying for schools in Canada despite taking the tests in the states, which wasn't a problem but you needed higher grades on the tests (4s or 5s) in order to get the uni credit.
Prerequisites at my school were just an A in the preceding course or a teacher's recommendation. As were pretty easy to get at our school though, so it wasn't saying much.
Ah. I'm Canadian myself, we were posted in CO for the duration of my high school. Don't think any of my friends did AP classes as far as I know. Seems to be more common in the states, or at least was between my friends down there.
Huh, interesting. Yeah, private schools are really big on APs. In my grade 12 year I only took APs for my academic courses (+ gym and theatre). Public schools don't offer so many, but I know a decent number of people who do take the few they have.
God damn, and how many courses did you have? Our school limited us to 3, could only do 4 if you got permission because of the demanding workload. Taking AP Euro was a bad idea.
Well, it is kinda interesting comparing the differences between the two countries. I lived in smaller towns until Colorado, so I hadn't even heard of AP or IB. Think I know maybe 2 or 3 people here who took IB.
Do you know if IB or AP is more common here? Think AP was in CO.
Only 4 courses (math/phys/chem/eng), although one girl did 7 in one year. She got a full ride scholarship to yale, with her flight paid for and everything though.
AP is absolutely the more common variety here, I think only one or two schools in the city have an IB program, so if you want to do that, you have to go to those schools.
You guys had AP Eng? Shit, we didn't have anything that cool. One kid took AP Calc, we had AP Chem, Bio, couple of history ones, English and I think that's about it.
7....god damn. That's insanity. Guessing she was valedictorian?
That seems about par for the course. Guess IB is harder to maintain in a school since you need the whole system rather than just a couple courses.
"AP English Language and Composition", which passed for English 12 as well as the AP course. Again, though, private schools. The whole benefit of them is that you're able to get into the university of your choice by the time you graduate if you're smart enough, because the school can facilitate your learning very well. We had about 15 kids (out of a class of ~80) in AP Calc, and the other science APs had no more than 10. AP Economics, though, had a shitload, because the only prerequisite was math 10, which meant that grade 11s and 12s (and some grade 10s) could take it, so there were 2 full classes - in total about 40 people - taking it every year. The culture is just that everybody is assumed to do at least a couple of APs by the time they graduate; be it Stats, Econ, Psych, Calc, Euro, etc.
I actually don't know, because she graduated the year before I got there. But that was the story, at least.
Possibly, but at least in my school district only a select few AP classes have prereqs, and they were mostly math and science. Pre calculus to take AP Calculus, Algebra II to take Statistics, and so on.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:26:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't think AP courses were anything special, tbh. They're just regular clases.
Well, I guess it depends on the AP course, but they're advanced for the reason that it's possible to get college/uni credit if you do well on the final exam. Realistically, each prof kind of decides how much you work. Although I do agree to an extent, most of them weren't all that much harder, but hard enough that they were beyond what was expected to graduate high school.
Like AP English and AP Euro history were both straight ahead, but after 5 years of Uni I've still never done as much work as I did in that AP Euro course, it was crazy. AP Bio however, was actually rather difficult. Not overly so, but challenging enough.
Depends on the school. I know the public schools near us treated them the same as regular classes except you study for a test at the end of the year. Our school really made them college level courses, to the point that when I later was taking my college courses (at an Ivy League) I felt a little overprepared and kind of pissed that my credits weren't all taken (since the classes in college felt like they were at the same level as my high school AP/Honors classes....except my credits didn't count towards them).
DenikaMae ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:40:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? The ones at my school were for Elitist assholes. My school counselor even said, "You're not prepaired, or smart enough to take AP classes."
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[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:29:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, he said he got accepted to Berkeley, he never said he went.
Amadan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:57:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, you don't understand, they had to form pairs beforehand, and she didn't do it.
pdpedro77 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:33:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In our schools we had to have a recommendation from a teacher and pass an entrance exam or show academic excellence from previous courses. The AP room was a pretty elite status and they expected a ton out of each student. Not a bad trade off though, figuring you get college credit if you pass the standardized AP exams.
Edit: and yeah, school counselors can be assholes with no recourse against em. I wanted to take some courses at the community college instead of electives in my last two years of high school. Unfortunately the CC required a recommendation from the school counselor to attend without a HS diploma. Counselor said, "You don't want to do that. These are the best years of your life. Focus on enjoying high school while you have it." Eff you lady, those were some of the worst years of my life and I sure could have wasted my time in much better ways than watching a clock at the State's expense.
DenikaMae ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:11:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I actually was doing really well. 4.0 athlete in Football, wrestling, and track, I was in the Marching band, A punk band that played school events no charge, and I was in the student government. At first I just assumed I could skip a grade, but they said, "but you should be with the other students your age.", and then this shit with the counselor and the AP classes happened, and I basically gave up.
I was shut down at every turn when I was trying to better myself, and I kinda sunk into a huge depression and ditched school. Because of my personal situation, having fun and also doing well academically were literally everything I had to look forward to. I still struggle with my depression, but I ditched nearly 1/3 of high school just to sleep in my car in a parking lot at the beach.
Eventually, I just wanted to do what I had to to get by, and that led me astray for about 10 years.
It was only then I went back to school, transferred into UCLA, and got my degree.
I'm working for my family now, but it's pretty sweet. We have no real competitors, because they couldn't survive the recession, and we've been expanding for about 10 years now.
okay your story makes more sense now. And frankly maybe you were a lot less mature way back then than you remember being. I am not saying you were not intelligent enough ( you almost certainly were ) but psychologically you may have not been ready ( especially for that environment) if your reaction to geting turned dow was to skip school that says a lot for where you were in your life at that time. You may not have been the same person when you got turned down from AP classes as you were when you got accepted to Berkeley.
You should of course be congratulated for turning your life around of course. I am also glad ( though a little surprised) to hear you say you enjoy working for your family, when you insinuate that you had a bad family situation during HS.
Yeah, I agree. Clinical depression is a serious issue.
It was immature of me to think it was nothing, and that it would have just gotten better on its own when it clearly didn't.
Thanks for the response though, I always appreciate trying to get more out of my past experiences, and you've made a solid point with what information I was able to convey in a handful of paragraphs.
Completely unrelated, but I love the username. Are you a fan of unexplained mysteries, and cryptozoology? Do you have a personal encounter?
Megneous ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 03:55:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never understood why people took AP classes. Just go to university instead. Most states in the US allow conversion between university and high school credits at around half based on the number of hours you sit in class, so to get credit for finishing your high school math class, you just take two university math classes.
I entered uni at 15 and graduated high school with almost 3 years of university completed... Early entrance to university is a much better way to challenge yourself and get ahead than AP courses. Looks much better on transcripts when you apply to schools as a freshman with 3 years of credit too rather than a few AP classes.
Good on ya for successfully taking that on. These are assumptions based on my experience and those around me, but I would assume:
1.Getting college credit at HS for free (state sponsored) is rather enticing for both parents and students.
2. Most don't know or haven't thought about dual enrolling at a CC or University while still in HS.
3. The system and status quo highly discourage advancement outside of the norm. College is for post high school, end of story.
4. If you would like to enroll in a course or level that is not offered in your district, the school district is likely obligated to pay for or subsidize the cost. By no means are they willing to do this without a fight.
4 is more a fact, my brother was in this situation and had to fight aggressively to be able to take his advanced Calc at University while in HS. They fought to the bitter end.
I think your teachers were the elitist assholes, being accepted into an AP class doesn't make someone into an asshole.
DenikaMae ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 02:55:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only 4 of them were not part of the "Nerd" community. They were a part of my group. The girl in the group treated guys like used tissue, and the boys? Well, they were straight up dickheads, but very funny, and well liked dickheads who were in my band.
The rest were the type of nerds that took their breaks in one of the teacher's classrooms, and would either blow you off if you tried to have an enlightened conversation with them, or tried to prove how outclassed you were by talking over your head in a very patronizing manner.
The staff was a pretty mixed bag. It was the administrative staff that was the real problem. The actual teachers were mostly decent. I had the meanest teachers, and I found most of them to just be tired from students not trying, and an administration that was incompetent at best.
I feel like your outlook on these people might be a case of sour grapes; I am also biased considering that everyone in my school is extremely nice, and in AP classes we are generally worked too hard to be condescending. Yes, some of the students may have been dicks, but a few bad experiences with them can't categorize the whole group. It's a bit odd that you described your conversations as "enlightening" though; you appear to have the desire to appear smart combined with an apparent disdain for the "Nerd" community. This looks like an example of "those who lose to me are scrubs; those who beat me are tryhards."
Keep in mind, I basically summarized the whole thing. There's no way I could expect people to read pages worth of context.
Sour Grapes for sure, but you have to keep a few things in mind now that you have me going a little bit further into this.
I knew all of these people for about a decade's time worth of schooling, and in fact I was in band with them for 3.25 of my 4 years in high school.
This was a decade ago. It was a bit different from what you're used to.
I fear my use of "Nerd" was misleading. The designation at the time in our area was actually a bit different than it's used in most instances. A nerd where I lived, and during my adolescence, was an intelligent position of conceit in which everyone else was talked down to, and made an outsider under the premise that they weren't good enough to keep up.
If you were smart and friendly, or into comics, or gaming, or coding, or anything else that was very niche, you were considered a Geek. I was a Band/Student Government/punk rock/sport geek. Price of admission to our group was being brave enough to go into the madhouse that was the student forum, and say hi. To be a key member, you had to be able to talk shit.
Ostracization in our school was based on polarized positions. The Jocks, and The Nerds. My group of 65 people from all four classes filled the range inbetween, and bled heavily into either group at each end. We were representatives of basically every group in the school, and we'd send people out to other groups as signs of goodwill letting people know of all happenings.
The only time a "Nerd" by our definitions was ever screwed with, was because they needed to be taken down several pegs.
However I do remember about 2-3 other people in those classes that were alright. I think 1-2 were gamers. They'd stay in the yearbook classroom and play Starcraft, I think they were the ones who first introduced me to Diablo II. One other one I don't remember seeing very often, but I remember him because he was an eagle scout. My dad told me at the last minute that he helped the guy with his big community project he needed to do to earn his eagle scout status, so a bunch of us went to the ceremony. It made his mom pretty happy, and honestly, his project was impressive.
That makes more sense; I still feel like you have some form of selection bias towards the class (elitist assholes tend to stand out) but I can accept that AP classes created a form of elitism. In my school they don't scale grades for AP and honors classes, so the people in AP classes receive more sympathy than admiration most of the time.
No Kidding? Honestly, I never thought I'd get into any UC, but I got into all of them. The only school that turned me down was Cal Poly, which was the one school I really wanted to get into...until I found out I got accepted to every UC I applied to. I applied as a shot in the dark. I didn't even visit a UC campus until Orientation.
all this talk about top tier UC's and i'm just here at uci because of family pressure. at least there's a big circle k int'l that helps keep me sane during hell week
whoa really? In my high school you had to have gotten a B in AP/Honors English and History the year before or an A in regular history or English classes the year before to be eligible for the next year's AP English or History courses....and if you were rising into an AP/Honors class from a regular class it was at the teacher's approval.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:49:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, many schools unfortunately follow that model. I find it illogical and harmful for a number reasons:
Discourages risk-taking for the sake of a clean transcript
Limits self-growth throughout high school (if you start off non-honors, you remain there)
Less preparation for college
Exposure to the advanced version of material helps students decide whether a career in that material is advisable
Eh agree and disagree. Agree that it limits growth and makes it harder for someone to move up to an honors track, but I was that student (poor public middle school didn't prepare me for a private college prep school where most of the kids came from much better middle schools) and it wasn't impossible - frankly if the student wants to be in the harder classes they'll make it happen. I do wish schools like mine though made it a little bit easier, since taking a community college course or summer school to show you can move to the next level isn't always feasible - maybe let the student audit a class for a month as a trial run, and then enroll at the teacher's discretion.
Disagree because making it too easy (ie: that just anyone could jump into advanced courses without a prereq) takes away a lot of the appeal for the advanced students who want/need to be there. I know for myself and many others the advanced courses were the only thing remotely challenging about a school day and mixed or regular classes (I had one AP class that had no prereq and it was no different from the regular classes I tried so hard to get out of...awful environment) provided a really shitty environment to learn anything or prepare for a big exam or college apps. The AP class I had later on that didn't require a prereq, and was therefore more like a remedial or regular class when you walked in, was really awful and I feel like despite everything the teacher tried the 5 students that really SHOULDN'T have been there (class of 15-20ish) held everyone back.
I think trial-runs for moving up the class tier would be great though. If a student really wants to take a class they can take it probationally for the first month, do the work, and then at the end of the month if they still want to be in the class they meet with the teacher and the teacher can decide if it's a right fit for them - that way it's easy to tell if a student actually is interested and wants to be in the class, just might need some extra help, or really shouldn't be there.
jacobbaby ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:05:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right?! Was there no textbook?
Gryphon82 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:07:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My high school history teacher was similar. He lectured from the same handwritten notes for at least 20 years. While we did have textbooks, most of the material was taught from those notes. He pronounced sovereignty as soverenity, Tecumseh as Tekemish, and I don't recall how he said Sacagawea, but it wasn't quite right, either. You can imagine our consternation when we spent a couple weeks learning about Tekemish only to take an exam about Tecumseh.
aeb1022 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:20:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol this is awesome. Reminds me of my 8th grade history teacher- she had the same lecture style (I may still have several notebooks full of handwritten outlines that she narrated) She had a thick southern accent, however she was always sure to spell everything out for us ("ole, o-i-l!")
I have no idea how he got "-ish" from "-seh". That would drive me up the wall if I had his class - I'd have to seriously bite my tongue to stop from correcting him.
Gryphon82 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:28:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, he was kind of a joke as far as his teaching went, but he was the varsity basketball coach, so... y'know.
I'm from (rural) South Carolina, and while no one I know would say that the South won the civil war, I'd bet at least 90% of them would agree that the civil war was justified and not fought over slavery but state's rights. Right or wrong, that's just what's taught here. The AP teachers are no different.
State's rights, tariffs that were exploiting the South... and slavery. Slavery was acknowledged as a contributing factor but my teachers always stressed that the average Confederate soldier didn't own slaves, they were just defending their homes and all. Also that slaves were really important to the South's economy at the time, since it was mainly agricultural, and there was already a ton of economic disparity between us and the industrial North.
Not to mention it's commonly held that the first shots of the Civil War (by the South on the North at Fort Sumter) were intended only as warning shots, and that Lincoln just used that as an excuse to attack us soon after and avoid looking like the aggressor in the situation.
Edit: not commenting on the validity or rationality of any of this, but that was how it was justified to me, and that's why the majority of the South still manages to be massively proud of our history even though it contains some very questionable decisions
I went to high school in buttfuck North Carolina, and I never considered to question my teacher when she told me that the war was indeed fought over state's rights, and not slavery. Man the south is a weird place.
As I traveled the country, I learned that MN and WI had comparatively amazing education systems that taught a lot of subjects more in depth. In most Northern states, kids get taught "South wanted slavery, North didn't, North won. Let's spend a few weeks watching movies about how bad slavery was." In most Southern states, kids get taught, "Here's a list of ways the North was screwing the South, and not letting us determine our own destinies. Here are some pictures of the mess they made when they finally started a war with us."
Most people I know from WI and MN were taught, "It was kind of a sloppy mess and there were a lot of assholes on both sides. Issues at hand included states' rights, slavery, economic disparity and taxes that unfairly targeted certain industries."
States' rights...to own slaves. Or rather, newly-admitted states' rights to become slave states.
PRMan99 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:21:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
California, my teacher told us both sides' opinions. Helped us to understand the war from both sides.
(He was the baseball coach and he was excellent.)
I'll never forget the day in class (during the height of the Cold War) where he said:
"The Russians aren't sitting over there saying to themselves, 'We're evil, we're evil, we're evil.' They think they're right too. Nobody would go to war for something they thought was wrong!"
(That doesn't mean that 99% of history teachers in California aren't 100% worthless. I don't want you to get the wrong impression.)
Aeonoris ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:05:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I see both sides of the argument. Slavery is shitty, but at the time everyone had been going along with it for several hundred years. You can't expect another people to change their culture so easily. It's the same thing we're dealing with in some of these Islamic countries. The only difference is that Sherman knew how to end a war and we don't anymore.
When I was in AP history we were in the pilot year for the SOLs (standards of learning test). Over half our class failed, and the SOLs are supposed to be testing the basics. I'm not sure how they did on the AP tests, though not everybody in AP classes took the AP tests.
All I can remember from AP US history is watching Schindler's list and the teacher anxiously fast-forwarding (VHS tape) through the sex scenes, which just made the sex go faster. We tried to cram in so much in those 8 months that I didn't really retain much.
JustusGS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the best acronym for a standardized test ever.
drkitteh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Every year, the fucking shit out of lucks. At least we got a free test grade for doing well.
son of a bitch, my class is a pilot test for the student learning objective test (SLOs) and the majority of the class just failed the SLO for my personal fitness class.
It's absolute bullshit.
zack4200 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
student learning objective test
personal fitness class
wait, you're supposed to learn in those? I thought you're supposed to work out...
A guy brought in a bag of dirt to the high school attendance office my senior year, then came back the next week to ask if it was done yet. He read the sign that said 'SOL Testing This Week' and thought we were going to test his soil.
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My daughters' art teacher recorded Schindler's List from TV. They STILL sent home a note because it was TV-14.
I'm absolutely sure he's lying. I mean, think of the context. "The south 'succeeded' from the Union". That makes no sense without a wild misunderstanding of the English language. No way half the people in a high school class would never catch on.
I'm from Minnesota, but when I was in Kindergarden or first grade I had a library teacher that was from Georgia or Alabama, and it was black history month so this was probably the first time I had ever heard of Martin Luther King or civil rights stuff. I don't think she was a racist, but his was like 1983, and she was probably 55 years old, so she told us about the civil war, and MLK, and the civil rights movement, you know about as much as you could in about 20 minutes, and one of the things that stuck with me was how she was explaining about how part of the reason that African Slaves were used was because the had the advantage of not getting sunburned, and that it wasn't just that white people wanted to not work use forced free labor (like somehow it was more understandable, and not one of the biggest attrocities perpetrated in Western Civilization.).
Well you know that stuck with me and 4 or 5 years later I felt like it was some pretty important information to share during some 1987 or 1988 Black History month discussion, while I had a black teacher, and the class was a lot more diverse. Boy was my face red.
I grew up in poor, rural Georgia and never once heard the term "war of northern aggression" until i was well into my twenties. In fact this has come up in conversation many times and not a single one of my friends from the south has ever used that term to describe the civil war. It seems to have become far more popular after the show designing women was on than it ever was in the 70s and earlier 80s.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:31:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I grew up in wealthy, white, rural areas of Mississippi and Alabama, and I didn't hear the term "Civil War" until late in high school. It was always referenced as "the War on Northern Aggression", "The War for Southern Independence", or the "Second American Revolution"
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was about 1994. I had heard "civil war" on TV and stuff, but I had never actually heard someone call it that in person. I just assumed it was some politically correct bullshit term, like "African-American" instead of "Black".
First time I heard "civil war" in person, it was a history teacher who moved here from Ohio. "War for Southern Independence" was by far the most common term for the war around here.
Well-to-do suburban SC schools. Never heard anything other than the Civil War in school or out of school. Heard other inappropriate things at family gatherings, but not biased renaming of the Civil War.
Unfun Fact: The Civil War killed about 2% of the country's population at the time; the equivalent today would be a death of 6 million people.
auddee44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember it being printed in my georgia history textbook in 8th grade...
I'm confident you do remember that. However as someone who has gone through well over a 100 textbooks and probably 100s of them looking for references of where this phrase is taught....well it just doesn't exist. There are a small handful of texts that has something along the lines of "some people call the civil war the war of northern aggression" but there is no textbook that teaches it. You will also not find it in textbooks that pre-date 1980. This is just an example of a satirical term that has entered pop-culture and been adopted by both the small group that embraces it as well as the larger group that uses it to as an insult towards that group. It's just funny that for a term that is supposedly incredibly common it's very difficult to find it printed.
I'd love to take credit for this "idea" but I got it from a folklore and urban legends English professor of mine in college. He had some amazing work in how southerners were very quick to adopt and embrace caricature traits.
I'd also add if you or anyone could find some screenshots of this in a textbook I'd love to see it. It's just very fascinating to me.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:24:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always liked this joke:
In elementary school, you learn that the civil war was about slavery.
In high school, you learn that the civil war was about states's rights.
In college, you learn that the civil war was about states' rights... to slavery.
No the southern states wanted the right to DECIDE the legal practice of slavery. That is why it is technically correct to say the civil war was fought over the issue of slavery.
It's not like they were going to think very much about it before they DECIDED to keep slavery. The only way the Southern economy was sustainable was with the cost savings of using slaves.
To be fair, a lot of it was state's rights. It's no coincidence that South Carolina (who had previously threatened to nullify the federal Tariff of 1828 during the Nullification Crisis) was the first to secede from the Union.
auddee44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree that industry was a factor but what I was taught was that the
civil war was not about slavery at all, just about states rights. They glossed over the fact that the south was not happy that Lincoln won the election because his party was against allowing slavery in new territories. We were specifically told that the issue of slavery had no influence over the war.
I mean by now the vast majority of Southerners know that slavery was wrong, even if some do still have racist beliefs. There would be no reason to avoid the topic of slavery, especially in a higher-level class like APUSH.
So is what I learned the generally accepted explanation or not? Tbh this is kind of worrying, I never really thought about it not being true, as naive as that probably sounds :/
Generally accepted is either: 1) it was about slavery or 2) it was about states rights, one of major rights that predicated it was the right to own slaves, or 3) it was about industry/money, tied to the right to own slaves...
If it helps, most people I know who aren't from the south know even less about the Civil War than most Southerners I know... I grew up in NoVa, so we got a lot of the same lessons, but my grandpa was a civil war buff and we were transplants so I didn't get all of the heritage brainwashing.
Yeah I'd say your explanation is pretty similar to the one my teacher told me (in Indiana). Slavery was the main conflict the two sides disagreed on, but the matter itself was an issue of federal vs. state power. I've never heard of Northerners using slavery to take the moral high ground, but I wouldn't doubt it considering they benefited just as much from the institution (cotton in textile mills).
auddee44 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:34:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took APUSH about 10 years ago and I remember that we did talk about that as the lens in which the south saw the issue but how slavery was a big part of the decision of the southern states to secede as it dealt heavily with sectionalism, as well as the balance of power within congress and the economic implications of the decision to not allow slavery in the territories. To say that it was mainly a states rights conflict minimizes the number of factors that lead up to the war.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:50:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why not? That's what they've done with the Irish slaves England brought to America when it was first starting out. "Indentured servant" is just a way to say slave without feeling bad about it.
PRMan99 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, to be fair, there's a big difference between being kidnapped and made into a slave and becoming one to work off a debt that you owe to someone.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly, plus the indentured servants children aren't forced into it. The indentured servants weren't bred like animals or had their children taken away. They still had rights and weren't killed or beaten or tortured by their master.
Yo_Munny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I found out kids in college in the south do not even know who won the civil war. As a math prof from the winning side, I give a quiz t the beginning of the semester in all my classes, and one question is: Who won the US civil war?
It is amazing how many people down here do NOT know they lost. Thank god I am here to remind them of this simple fact.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:30:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even if it is a history class, you would think students in AP courses would already know the gist of the war.
I had an AP history teacher, during an early-morning saturday review session, pronounce 'the exploration of north america' as 'the expiration of north america'. After a moment of wondering when exactly north america had expired, my still half-asleep brain finally caught up to the intended meaning.
Had an AP Euro teacher who had a brutal accent/lisp/thing from being hit in the head too many times during his football career. My favorite mispronunciation was "Earl" for "Ural". He would give verbal geography quizzes, and would confuse the ever loving fuck out of us with the accent. One girl had a melt down over "Ural" during one of these quizzes about half way through the year, went on a tirade correcting his pronunciations, then stormed out in tears. It. Was. Amazing.
She switched to the other teacher and that was that.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:25:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school our AP History teacher would pronounce seceded as succeeded.
LOL I was working all day today with students and they told a story about Pandas - but one student always pronounced it Penis - so there were fighting penises, penises that wanted to get bigger, and penises that were trying to protect their territory. Made the day go by faster.
My AP World History teacher couldn't pronounce most of the words we learned such as haciendas and Qing Dynasty. I thought maybe she should teach another subject.
In College, I had a math professor who would pronounce "asymptotes" as "assintopes" every time. Needless to say, I had to reeeeeally try hard not to punch her in the throat.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
seceded as succeeded.
To be fair they're so similar that it's impossible to tell them apart unless the speaker pronounces the U and enunciates the extra C in "succeed" or "succeeded".
This fact made my American history class a whole ball of fun.
snerp ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:17:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the Northwest, I've only heard them pronounced as "se-seeded" and "suck-seeded".
rubyit ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:43:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also from the northwest. Is there another way to say it?
Easy, you just redefine what it means to 'win'. Even if the bully beats the shit out of you, you won if you got in at least one punch. You're the hero that stood up to the bully.
Before the brigade arrives, I am explaining this, not endorsing it.
9th grade I had to listen to my earth space science teacher pronounce Betelguese as Bel-tah-geese through an entire lesson. I corrected her, she told me I was wrong, and the pronunciation has haunted me ever since.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My WHAP teacher did the same thing, pronouncing "peasants" as "pheasants", among many other things. I went three weeks into the course before I realized that we weren't talking about small birds.
Needless to say, half of our class thought the South won the civil war.
live in the south, it's an easy mistake to make. Live 5 minutes from my work, pass 3 confederate flags on houses, and on average 4 on cars in that 5 minute trip. Hell it was only this year that they decided it might not be a good idea to keep them up on government buildings.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:17:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You must live in the South.
Ocaji707 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:08:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean Le War of Le Northern Agression?
/s
[deleted] ยท 1404 points ยท Posted at 22:31:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I had a high school history teacher that kept calling General Sherman, of US Civil War fame, the "scrooge" of the South instead of the "scourge." My friend, Jeff, corrected her and got in-school suspension for being a smart ass to the teacher. She had issues, man.
EDIT: SCOURGE. Thanks, high school history teacher.
I had a similar thing with a computers teacher. He was attempting to teach basic programming principles, and was explaining the difference between pre check and post check loops by incrementing an integer within the loop and exiting at a predefined time.
Pretty simple right? Wrong. He claimed the answer to be 5 (I can't remember for sure, but let's go with it). I called him out as wrong and said it was 6. He got furious, yelled, told me to listen to him as he was the teacher and I was the student. Fair enough, I thought, if he were right.
I created and compiled the code, then called his attention to it. I showed him the code, then ran it. He wasn't too happy about that. A class of 30 realised then and there that he shouldn't be teaching them.
Kinda regret that to be honest, they started coming to me for help after that.
As someone that also had a similar experience, it's very distressing to see that the person teaching you can mess up so bad.
I never called the teacher out though, I KNEW what she had said was wrong, but had not enough knowledge to argue it back then though.
She decided to do a single class of astronomy. 'Awesome, the one topic I like!' I thought.
Then she went on to explain how we would be in an ice age if not for global warming, and that the sun is currently a red giant.
If she is THIS wrong on the one topic I knew of beforehand... how many errors has she 'taught' us in all the others...?
Then she went on to explain how we would be in an ice age if not for global warming
Well, this isn't exactly wrong, depending on what they actually mean by that. I feel like she was just really trying to say if it was't for the greenhouse effect we would be in an ice age.
No global Warming = Full blown Ice Age as seen in the movies by the same name.
Like, we get that without global warming things would be slightly colder, but not that much.
And no, she meant anthropogenic global warming, not a 'without ANY warming element in the atmosphere' type of deal.
This can at least spawn this potential logic. Go try that with my newest teacher in college speaking of how the Eurasia region, a small area between Europe and Asia holds a massive strategical importance in resources, rather than being the continent proper. (I THINK he meant the Ural region...?)
And how when the Turin Shroud was analyzed the scientists sequenced Jesus' DNA, which got stolen, so it's possible that a cloned Jesus is living around us.
This can at least spawn this potential logic. Go try that with my newest teacher in college speaking of how the Eurasia region, a small area between Europe and Asia holds a massive strategical importance in resources, rather than being the continent proper. (I THINK he meant the Ural region...?)
Wait, are you saying your current teacher thinks that Eurasia does not refer to the entire combined area of both Asia and Europe?
I even checked online afterwards to see if maybe there was a local region that was named that too, nope.
He has spouted so much bullshit at this point I ignore all he says.
He also tried going into astronomy.
Let's begin with the fact he called it astroLogy.
And went on to say how the Sun is unique in it's composition, that Andromeda will hit us in 3 million (not Billion) years, and that we have found planets in OTHER UNIVERSES.
This is the first teacher I have gotten up and left the classroom not for practical reasons.
That's horrifyingly incorrect of your teacher, you should have called them out on that. How many of their students are walking around thinking our sun is a red giant? We'd all be marshmallows by now if it was!
wilkod ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:41:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Early in high school, I had a science teacher who was not especially on the ball and would generally teach straight out of the textbook.
In a biology-related topic, we were dealing with taxonomy ... or, as he referred to it, "taxidermy". As I recall, his opening gambit was something like: "Taxidermy is the classification of organisms. And if you're somebody who classifies organisms, you're a taxidermist."
I corrected him, at which point he glared at me, said "yes, you're right", then continued using "taxidermy" for the rest of the class.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:00:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to argue with my 4th grade teacher that everything between Mexico and Panama was North America, not South. She eventually took out an atlas to prove me wrong... Then got super silent and begrudgingly admitted I was right.
redditRW ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My son's history teacher pronounced "fascism" "fakism," like factism without the letter t.
He could hardly keep a straight face.
KJ6BWB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:08:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, wasn't he a Scrooge of the South? Didn't he treat Georgia the same way that Scrooge originally treated Cratchit?
My english teacher senior year had like, five degrees so I'm assuming you're one of those "little shits".
Alex_Rose ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because racking up student debt for a decade and then becoming a teacher is what smart people do.
Impeesa_ ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 03:38:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Smart people who don't give a shit about being rich, sure.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 03:47:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Impeesa_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why would it take a smart person 5 degrees to figure out what they actually want to do with their life anyway?
For real? Well, if you're actually smart, broadly speaking, you've probably got a lot more possibilities open. There are a lot of things you could do, but you also might not find them fulfilling and not realize until after, unlike someone who wouldn't have succeeded in the first place if they didn't have a passion for the field. Source: two and a half degrees, not sure what I want to be when I grow up.
After two and a half degrees how old are you? Like "when I grow up" really strikes me as an odd statement.
I completely understand having a lot of possibilities and not finding them fulfilling. I didn't know what I wanted to do out of secondary school, so I took Physics because it gives a broader range of things to do, and then I found after a couple of years I was completely disillusioned with it and wasn't enjoying it anymore. I loved the idea of making video games when I was growing up but I didn't want to work for someone else on their game, but the rise of mobile/Steam suddenly made it possibly for independent developers.
So I self taught code in my second year, released a (foolishly) large android game in third year (which did like 1000 units or something shitty, but I did the music/visuals and I can't art), got funding from Sony the year after and I'm running a small studio, we have our first release on PS4/Steam in Q1.
I could've gone and done another degree in Comsci instead of just diving in since I've never been formally taught code, but I don't get the point, it'd just be ยฃ27k of debt and I'd still be in uni right now instead of running a company and doing what I've always wanted.
And I do understand that I'm lucky that the thing I want to do is basically built on self teaching and experimentation (although ridiculously competitive), and that if you wanted to work at CERN or be a biologist or a doctor or something then you have to have a degree for it, but like.. surely you must have some inclination of things you like, and either it's something you can just start doing on your own or something that has an obvious degree choice?
Impeesa_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:40:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
After two and a half degrees how old are you? Like "when I grow up" really strikes me as an odd statement.
It's kind of a joke, I'm 32 and just kind of hazy on career path still. My background is actually strangely similar to yours - I double majored in computer science and physics, partly driven by an interest in game design, and timed out of a master's in machine learning stuff (thus the "two and a half"). I still have an interest in game design, along with other things totally unrelated to my education like digital art. But it's self-evident that I must not have that passion for any of them, because otherwise I'd be working toward them.
I did the same kind of thing, I wasn't really trying to work towards making games. We had like one compulsary intro to C module in second year and then a few months later I realised I could just dive into Unity and self taught C#.
Like, if you like making games, I would really recommend just screwing around in Unity, it's really intuitive and easy. I got to where I am by winning an award in a game jam (Ludum Dare 28). I would recommend like.. doing game jams because then you can at least see if you have potential, and if you do there's a bunch of career paths (Triple A, contracting, indie) depending on whether you prefer to be employed, safely self employed or risky self employed with freedom.
Games is good because it gives you a good creative outlet, you get to use your extra skills like if you're into music, art, web design, database, writing, acting, video editing, translating etc. etc. you can encorporate literally like any digital skill into it.
Also there's a lot more gender balanced workforce than most STEM shit, because there's so much PR, art, 3d art, marketing, event management, journalism, booth exhibiting, writing etc. which are much more gender balanced fields than physics/comsci, and you get a lot of people from much different walks of life to meet.
Indie's probably the most fulfilling if you're a social person and don't care too much about money and running business shit (unless you're one of the lucky/ridiculously talented ones).
Thnewkid ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A teacher friend reminded me that while a 5th grade teacher may be a teacher, they only have to know up to a fifth grade level in their subject. She said she once talked to a 5th grade math teacher who, when asked to do simple algbra, looker her straight in the eye and said "that's too hard".
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:23:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guessing the friend got 100 dollars and the president came to congratulate her.
Seriously how the fuck would a fifth grade teacher get through HS and College/uni without a clue about basic algebra.
Thnewkid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just barely.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Thnewkid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:59:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is true, but she was talking about how in her school, they were understaffed for some of the higher grades. When they asked qualified teachers if they could teach students from overcrowded classes none of the lower grade teachers knew the material well enough to teach it.
In college my human sexuality professor told me I needed to do an essay for makeup points on Colonel Angus. She didn't really understand my essay at all, but she gave me makeup points anyway.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar... I got made fun of by my 7th grade social studies teacher because she said no president had ever served more than 2 terms and I said "what about FDR? didn't he serve more than 2 terms?" she laughed at me until I insisted she look it up.
22nd Amendment'd
chirp16 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 23:27:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well this is awkward; I was at LVHS same time as you. I think this is the first time I've seen Purcellville mentioned on Reddit. Who did you have for history?
In like, 7th or 8th grade, we had an in class spelling bee. I live for that kind of stuff, so I was excited. The one teacher said "stare-up". First kid got knocked out, and I was next. I was confused, because I was pretty sure the first girl spelled it right. "Stare-up." I get knocked out. 3 more kids got knocked out before the other teacher came over to see what word the first teacher was reading. "STIRRUP!" So the 6th kid got it right. Did we start over, due to the teacher's mispronouncing of the word? No. NO. 12 year old me was PISSED. Still am, actually. ๐ก
cosimine ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:05:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I misspelled wash as warsh during my first grade spelling test. Teacher said it that way, parents said it that way, I said it that way. At 6 I made it my mission in life to fix my pronunciation of wash. I listened to lots of audiobooks to fix other words I assumed I was saying wrong (my school didn't teach phonics to my class as an experiment). Problem was, I was really into British English audiobooks. Now I say lots of things "wrong" but I still say wash right.
In like my third year of undergrad, I (physics major) took a philosophy of science class with my friend (English major). We had a big paper due and we had planned to proofread each others', but she didn't end up getting hers written until the last minute. So we were sitting in the classroom right before class started, and I glanced over and saw that she had written a whole paper about "Newton's Second Law of Thermodynamics," which I regretfully had to inform her is not exactly a thing (n.b. Newton's Second Law has very little to do with thermodynamics, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics has very little to do with Newton). She ended up just scribbling out the word "Newton's" in like seven places and turning it in anyway. How she managed to write a whole paper on the topic without noticing she was calling it wrong is something of a mystery to me.
I don't recognize it much anymore because it's built up big time since I left in 2004 (moved back to the area in 2012 but went further west near Winchester now). It's a great place for sure. I used to live at the end of Telegraph Springs.
Born & raised in Fairfax County! I moved from Vienna after 8th grade to P-Ville (I was supposed to go to Madison HS). So you can imagine how incredibly pleased I was when such a phenomenal stereotype of the "country" presented itself.
Had a professor in College assign an essay where we had to write about the symptoms of something, I can't remember what that something was. Well, she had a very thick Nigerian accent along with a bit of a lisp from barely having half her teeth and pronounced symptom like synton. Took me a while to realize what she meant.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:04:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My grandmother does the same and she's not from the south. Good ol rainy Washington, in fact. Which really grated on me because she always pronounced it Warshington.
afcagroo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I grew up in a small town named Washington. Many, if not most of the denizens pronounced it with that added "r". I still do.
I don't know why my mom pronounces some words with an R placed in it when there is no R. She's not from the South and has only ever lived in the South for a little bit. Ever heard of BenGerman?
In gr9 one dumbass of a girl (my younger bro says her bro is just as bad) thought the Vietnam war happened in our city. Spoiler alert we don't live in nam
Had a similar situation in high school where our history teacher pronounced "super majority" as "supah majority."
So we all took notes about how you need a supah majority to amend the U.S. Constitution until one of us actually bothered to open the textbook.
Rahx3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mother is from Iowa and pronounced it as warsh as well. She also pronounced orange as oinge. I used to say she took the r from orange and put it in wash.
Geawiel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in high school (mid '90s) the teacher announced one day that we had to do a report on a president. She allowed us to pick who we wanted and I picked William Henry Harrison, thinking it would be easy since the guy only lived 32 days as president. Then she hit us with it having to be 50 pages long.
I somehow stretched it out to 50 pages, only to end up pissed when only myself and 1 other person actually made it the full 50 pages.
Sterling proper. The part of Sterling that is whitewashed enough that it tries to call itself "Potomac Falls". I'm not there anymore, I live in Hburg now.
Ah gotcha. My grandparents lived on Amherst Street off Sterling Blvd. until I was 18. You must remember the awful splinters from Briar (Cabbage) Patch Park?! Those were the days.
I go to HBurg about once a month. It's the closest Qboba to where I live in Stephens City.
I have scars from that park. I drove by there when I first moved back from Alaska and I couldn't believe it was the same park.
Harrisonburg is a kick ass town! I would much rather live there than here. It just seems there are more people my age out there.
You've lived in Alaska? I actually lived in Anchorage last summer and I'm going back this summer! At this rate I'm probably going to wind up living there too. (Wow, I just noticed your username)
Yup! I lived in Anchorage from 2006-2012. What are the odds?! While I was born here in VA, I "grew up" in Alaska (20 to 26 years old) hence the user name. ;-)
I got my Associates from UAA in May '13 so I flew back up there for graduation before starting my BA program here. Then last summer (2014) I flew up for a short visit. Ended up meeting Randy Couture at Koots bc there was some UFC event going on. I met my husband there (he's from Palmer) and his dad and one of his sisters still live there, but I don't know when we'll be back. I miss it, but not all of it lol. Mostly Kaladi Brothers and the people I worked with. It's just a different culture and I like it better. There's more emphasis on community and unity.
What brought you to Anchorage for the summer? Feel free to send me a PM! I think it'd be cool to have someone in my area to talk to that's been up there, too!
I spelled "wash" wrong in first grade when I was told to "sound it out". My mom is from Virginia and pronounces it "warsh", so that's how I learned to say it. I very quickly taught myself to drop the accent. I've lived in Michigan my whole life.
When I asked a student to "Show his work" for a math problem, he actually sent me an email with a picture..........
A picture of him writing the answer on a piece of paper.
Smartass.
Awdayshus ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 05:05:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a math teacher who would do "homework quizes". She would assign about 50 problems, and then the next day she would pick four and we were supposed to copy our work from our notebooks, and that's what she'd grade. It was an AP Calculus class, and about a third of the class was on the math team. We figured out that if we just copied the problems from the textbook into our notebooks, we could solve them on the quiz faster then most of the other students could copy their work from their notebooks. The teacher caught on after the first semester, so she started watching when people were done. If the only ones still writing were on the math team, she'd say time was up and we needed to hand in our papers. Most of the time, we'd all still finish, so she started picking the hardest problems to try to catch us. I don't know if it was her intention, but it made us really good at doing math under pressure. The math team went to the state tournament that year.
shockubu ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 07:04:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand this at all. Why would... who does... but learning... What?
Pb_ft ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 10:24:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a math teacher who used to do that. The quiz would be over a weeks worth of homework and we were supposed to keep a folder or notebook of all the homework assignments which she would grade periodically. She told us we had to complete all of this to pass the class, however her break down of graded weight for items proved otherwise and I showed her that by not keeping the notebook or doing the quizzes and still pulling off a passing grade....she did not like me by the end of class.
kblaney ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:59:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a question I put on a set theory test: "Let A={x \in Z | x<2}. Using set builder notation define Ac."
An answer I got was: "Ac = {x \in Z | x \notin A}"... I mean, not wrong...
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:20:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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FUZxxl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:55:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke from the acronym thread earlier that's been passed around today.
Neuermann ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:56:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Oooh, how did I miss that? I was tired I guess, I thought the guy made some Israel mistake or something and pissed you off lol.
Edit: Apparently my phone is anti semitic, it thinks mistake and Israel are the same thing.
pynoobpy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:05 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you mean by Ac? What is C?
kblaney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:03:48 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is read "A complement". Other texts might use \overline{A}. It is the set of all elements in the universal set but not in A... basically exactly what they said, but my intention was to get them to say "Ac = {x \in Z | x \geq 2}" or "Ac = {x \in Z | x >= 2}".
I was notorious for getting marked down for 'not showing work' and the teacher thought I was cheating. One day she makes me go to the board and do a random problem - I say out loud a series of 10 steps (stuff like 2x+2y+4x+10y all divided by 2 = 3x + 6y) and just write the answer to that step and move on. the teacher was surprised I could do that 'all in my head' and was truly amazed by it.
Yeah. That is how I am. I mean if there was a truly hard problem I would write it out- why not? But if I could just fly through it? I used to do my homework in a very precise and time consuming way because.... anxiety... so saving time was key to my getting through college.
KT_ATX ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:19:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This used to really irritate me. As a student, my answer was often "What work? I just know the answer." I thought this was the entire point of learning math - that you could get the right answer without thinking about it. I was exceedingly disappointed to find that was not the case and that I would be forced to show what I considered painstakingly obvious arithmetic for years to come.
FUZxxl ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:56:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry that you have been taught math this way.
Man. That's rough. In my math class the teacher doesn't say it's necessary, but if you write down the work and you just make a mistake at a later point he might give half-credit.
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 02:36:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
steve582 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are the worst
einsidler ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:05:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once submitted a maths assignment consisting entirely of print outs of photos of my whiteboard where I'd done the working out. Mostly because I couldn't be bothered rewriting it neatly.
Got full marks.
Iceash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
come to think of it, damn elementary teachers are patient lol
edit: no wonder my parents sent me to a strict nun.
SMT_YHVH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh boy. When I was in middle and high school, my math teachers would get mad at me for not showing the work for a problem, even if I had the correct answer. I did this for six years.
I used to do that but our math teacher made us explain how we did the calculations in words but I just wrote shit like by using my brain, because math or my favorite is by writing it down
dstenersen ยท 5053 points ยท Posted at 20:58:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, but the student. When I was in my first year of College, my writing class assignment was to write an objective essay regarding Dr. King's movement. Being an idiot, and not thinking clearly, I thought the professor meant to be objective similar to a lawyer objecting something during a court case. In the end, I wrote a completely racist paper and received a 0. I had to explain myself to the dean the next day as well. I still cringe every time I think about that class.
Edit: I'm sorry guys but I can't deliver. The paper was written about 5 years ago. All digital copies are gone and I'm sure all physical copies were burned the day they were read.
SilasX ยท 524 points ยท Posted at 00:51:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Heh, reminds me of the time I had to do a speech about the civil war and I was trying to make the point about it not being as simple as pro/anti-slavery. I was quoting Lincoln and got to the line about:
"I don't believe in equality, I don't want black people on juries, I'm fine with them being slaves". [1]
But just before I started the quote, the black vice principal walked in, and so I frantically followed it with "as Lincoln said", "which is totally what Lincoln believed", "which is totally not what I believe at all but which i'm just quoting someone else saying".
Edit: [1] I looked it up and it was (some version of) this quote:
I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, [applause]---that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality
[deleted] ยท 162 points ยท Posted at 05:01:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Lincoln was a politician, and at the time of that quote, was running for the Senate. That doesn't detract from his later greatness.
For what its worth, as a Presidential candidate in 1860, Lincoln generally wanted to contain slavery to the South, the South didn't appreciate that very much, and the Civil War ensued after Lincoln's election.
During the war, Lincoln said that if he could save the Union without freeing a single slave he would do so, and if he could save the Union by freeing all of them he would do so.
He also said, in 1865, "Yet, if God wills that it [the war] continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.'"
Ah yes, if we could raise Lincoln from the dead to be president, care more about people than oligarchy, and not let negroes on juries, wouldn't that be grand...
no-mad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:20:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have a plan people. Let's move on it. There are two lines of inquiry we can work. We can get /r/science in for the cloning aspect and /r/religous for bring back the dead.
Don't forget /r/occult to help close the rift to a hell dimension that tampering with the forces of nature inevitably opens. I've watched documentaries about it, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Also we'll need /r/dnd to deal with the inevitable Marut.
Maruts confront those who would try to deny the grave itself.
Any who use unnatural means to extend their life span could be targeted by a marut. Those who take extraordinary measures to cheat death in some other way might be labeled transgressors as well. Those who use magic to reverse death arenโt worthy of a marutโs attention unless they do so repeatedly or on a massive scale.
When a marut has identified its target, it walks surely and implacably toward the foe, never resting.
[deleted] ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 05:29:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Personally, I think that Lincoln probably didn't particularly care for slavery very much (it would have been odd for any member of the Republican Party to have been a partisan of slavery or even agnostic on the subject), but was willing to go as far toward its elimination as public opinion would allow. Eventually, public opinion and the defeat of the Southern states allowed for the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which Lincoln championed.
But, yes, as President of the United States, his first commitment was to ensuring that the Southern insurrection was defeated, as it likely would have been for any Republican elected in 1860.
Also, the South's economic power came largely from slavery. Because they had the free workforce they had avoided work and time saving machinery that the North had invested in. A good way to keep them from repeating an insurrection was to cripple them economically.
The best way to cripple them economically was to ban slavery. This would also require that they either invent their own machines or purchase them from Northern states, which would give a nice boost to the North as it was recovering from a lengthy war.
I'm not saying Lincoln didn't want to free the slaves because of basic human rights, but that end result was about a lot more than fairness.
Makes sense. Just something really strange to hear about him.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:12:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure he hated the idea of slavery. I think his dad was an abolitionist too.
LeavesCat ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:00:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He hated the idea of slavery, but he didn't think black and white people were equal. He also didn't put the abolition of slavery over the stability of the country. However, with the country already unstable, it was a good time to push it (plus it made every slave a potential ally behind enemy lines).
I read about a doctor doing an autopsy on a black man in the 1890s. He was shocked and horrified to see the black man had all the same organs and parts as a white man.
You really can't just the past for being the past... there was so much ignorance and misinformation.
soamv ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 06:58:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a viewpoint that Lincoln won the Republican nomination partly because he didn't make any extreme speeches against slavery, as some of the other candidates at the time did.
I wouldn't go that far. Context is important. Lincoln didn't want to see slavery expanded to any of the new states entering the union. He wanted to stop the expansion of slavery so that it could eventually be eradicated from the states it existed in without war. Just going to ending slavery immediately was impossible though. Lincoln was privately for emancipation long before he was able to be publicly for it.
If you forget one second that there was a civil war and look at purely the politics that lead up and through that period, its clear exactly what changes were made that spurred the divide.
It's only due to our greatest dealmaker ever, Mr. Henry Clay, that the war was as late as it was.
Dakaggo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:37:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean without the context of War if he just suddenly said "Alright all slaves are free now" there would chaos. They'd have a war but it probably would've been far less organized and far more violent.
Another sidenote that gets buried because it's muddles the issue is that Robert E. Lee also found slavery immoral and reprehensible.. There were also black confederate soldiers, who were paid equally as the white soldiers, in contrast to black Union soldiers, who were paid less than their white counterparts.
The industrial revolution was in full swing and agricultural mechanization was beginning to become widespread. Slavery would have been counterproductive and obsolete in decades even with no intervention.
The US Civil war as taught in modern schools is sadly very close to historical revisionism.
Jawbr8kr ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 07:45:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't true. Black combat soldiers in the confederate army was adhoc at best. Official policy forbade the arming or enlistment of black soldiers until the last months of the war. The argument was that their performance of slave labor was critical to the economy and support of the army. Though it was most likely to prevent a slave revolt. The CSA even disarmed and disbanded black freedmen volunteer regiments in Louisiana.
The USCT (union army colored regiments) did eventually receive equal pay and benefits including (for some) preferred federal employment post war.
Also Robert E Lee may have found slavery morally reprehensible but that didn't stop him from using inherited slaves at Arlington and only freeing them when required by his inheritance
Aidinthel ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 07:31:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From your link: "I think it is a greater evil to the white than to the colored race. ... The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, physically, and socially. The painful discipline they are undergoing is necessary for their further instruction as a race, and will prepare them, I hope, for better things."
Yeah, what a beacon of enlightenment.
There were also black confederate soldiers, who were paid equally as the white soldiers, in contrast to black Union soldiers
That's a very specific and interesting claim. Can you provide a source? Because I'm pretty sure that's not true at all. As in, the Confederacy literally never had black soldiers, just slaves occasionally pressed into service as laborers for the army.
Slavery would have been counterproductive and obsolete in decades even with no intervention
Seems unlikely to me. Cheap labor never stops being useful, and the greater returns on labor from mechanization actually increase the value of a slave. The introduction of the cotton gin certainly didn't do slavery any harm - quite the opposite, in fact.
He actually makes a number of good points, he just goes too far on them. There were black soldiers fighting for the confederacy, in the last months of their existence they had so few men left that they agreed to free any man who fought for them. I have never before heard the claim that they were paid equally to the white soldiers, nor could I find any website that made that claim just now. However, the note about the union black soldiers not making equal wage is true. Here is a source about the confederate soldiers: http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2015/01/black_confederates_not_a_myth_here_s_why.html I'm not familiar with the root, but the information lines up exactly with what I was taught.
As for the industrialization of farming, you are both saying things that are inaccurate. First: slaves were not cheep labor, if a slave owner wanted a slave that could work hard, they had to take good enough care of the slaves that they stayed healthy. Not to mention, a slave cost a small fortune in the first place. Long term a slave was cheaper than an hourly worker, but that's very long term.
Second: slavery would never die out if it wasn't illegal. That's just idiotic. Tractors made things easier, but when faced with the decision "the work is better now, should I free my slaves, be out a small fortune, and start working, or keep doing what I'm doing?" Which do you think they'd pick.
Slavery is worse at motivating good work than wages, also. I think it's plausible that increased industrialization might have eventually meant that buying slaves was a worse investment than hiring a worker. You can't trust unsupervised slaves with tools or complex tasks, and micromanagement has its limitations, which limits their profitability. Using existing slaves would still make sense, but buying new ones might not. Although presumably the price would decline in response to this. But it still seems like getting people from Africa is more difficult than getting people who live in the area, so I'd expect wages to have a decent chance at outcompeting slavery in the long run.
Dakaggo ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 07:38:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nonsense cheap labor is worthless. That's why everything is made in the US.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 14:37:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The industrial revolution was in full swing and agricultural mechanization was beginning to become widespread. Slavery would have been counterproductive and obsolete in decades even with no intervention.
There's no way that mechanization and the industrial revolution would have wiped out slavery. Why pay factory workers if you could use slaves? Industrialists went hugely out of their way to avoid paying workers a penny more than they had to. Why get rid of your previous investment in slaves for mechanized farm equipment to work your land? Why not just use the equipment to have your slaves work more land and make you more money?
Exactly. What he's saying is Confederate revisionist claptrap, the kind of bullshit you often hear from people who call it "the War of Northern Aggression".
The South was 100% reliant on low cost slave labor, and its ruling class knew it well. Fear of abolition drove the Southern planters to support the Revolutionary War in the first place, and was the primary motivation behind their politics thereafter right through to 1865 (and indeed afterward).
Robert E. Lee only fought for the Confederate army because he was a loyal Virginian. He didn't want a revolution, and he would have fought for Lincoln, but when Virginia went so did he.
KJ6BWB ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:05:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All his life, Lincoln had been against slavery. He'd said as much numerous times. Part of the reason that the South didn't want him as President was because they figured that his "I'd rather not have a war between North and South, and everyone dying, because America is awesome and it would be terrible if it split and everyone killed each other" (I'm paraphrasing there) was just political doublespeak, that he didn't really mean it. It was because of his well known antipathy towards slavery that so many people in the South stoutly declared that if Lincoln was elected, they'd secede, right then and there. And that's basically what South Carolina did, leading the way for the rest of the Confederate states.
People can and do change over the course of their life. That quote was from when Lincoln was running for a senate seat. He could very well have changed his tune.
That's living in ignorance. I understand your whole perspective of this man changed too suddenly but facts are facts. Lincoln didn't care that much about slaves and blacks being gaining freedom from the civil war was completely incidental.
Politicians lie with every breath, they say what they need to say to get into office. Just think of Obama in 2008 saying he didn't believe in gay marriage. You have to look at what they actually do, what actions they take, to know what they're really like. If Lincoln really hadn't given a shit about ending slavery then it wouldn't have gotten done under his administration.
You're talking about a man who not only said he would free all slaves to keep his people safe, he also said he wouldn't free a single save to do the same. He didn't give a damn about slaves, just accept it.
You're wrong on this. Look into Lincoln's private writings. He was a politician and had to maneuver around public opinion but he certainly was for emancipation long before he could publicly say so. He wanted to stop the entrance of new slave states into the union, which is what the south seceded for the in the first place.
He LITERALLY did not go to war to free slaves, despite that being the narrative nowadays. Again, you're talking about politics, and his party has managed to spin that story for several generations to keep African-Americans loyal.
I didn't say that he went to war over slavery. He did, however, want to institute anti-slavery policies that caused the South to secede. After the secession he vowed to restore the union by any means possible and leapt at the chance to emancipate the slaves as soon as it was politically feasible. Have you read any of Lincoln's own writings? It's pretty obvious that the major reason he didn't come out against slavery in a more public fashion was because he was concerned about keeping border states (especially Kentucky) in the Union. Beyond that, your insinuation that African Americans only voted for Republicans because they were tricked by Republican rhetoric is offensive and borderline racist. There were plenty of legitimate reasons for freed slaves to support Republicans. The freedman's bureau and the congressional period of reconstruction were all republican lead initiatives and benefited the lives of that demographic fairly substantially (although not to the degree that they should have). Republicans also had in their favor the fact that they weren't spending most of their time putting on white hoods and lynching blacks, unlike a large segment of Southern whites. It's funny that you should claim that southern blacks were just voting for Republicans because they had been bamboozled by them, because that is literally the exact same thing the Southerners claimed after the war.
I edited my original comment to address the spin issue, not sure if that was before or after you replied. At any rate, I agree that we didn't go to war to defeat slavery (although the South did go to war to defend it).
There's a LOT more really, really racist stuff Lincoln said and did about blacks. He also supported the Fugitive Slave Act. Unfortunately his history has been whitewashed (pun intended) in history books. It would be very inconvenient for hero Honest Abe if school children today learned what he was really like.
I pretty much can't read that without believing they left because they thought their ability to own slaves was being impinged upon.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 13:26:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
because it was integral to their economic success.
They didn't care about Black people either. They cared about money.
verbify ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:50:13 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the main reason people want to own slaves - because of the economic benefits. So do you concede that the Civil War, at least for the South, was about 'rights' in the sense of their right to own other people? That slavery was central to their complaints?
It wasn't just about their own economic success - they were concerned about the fact that slave states couldn't enter the union - not only about their own slaves, but that the institution of slavery should increase.
Also, you did you read the Articles? The notion of equality of races was mentioned in three of the Articles of Secession - Georgia in passing, and in Texas and Mississippi:
Texas:
They demand the abolition of negro slavery throughout the confederacy, the recognition of political equality between the white and negro races, and avow their determination to press on their crusade against us, so long as a negro slave remains in these States.
Missisipi:
It advocates negro equality, socially and politically, and promotes insurrection and incendiarism in our midst.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:06:29 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
That's the main reason people want to own slaves - because of the economic benefits.
So we do agree.
So do you concede that the Civil War, at least for the South, was about 'rights' in the sense of their right to own other people?
It was in favour of citizen rights, not slave rights. Remember, at that time, slaves were no different from furniture.
That slavery was central to their complaints?
It wasn't, because even the house pets were treated better.
Not saying that it was a horrific time period in America, but it just wasn't an important issue for slave-owners at the time.
Also, you did you read the Articles?
No, because you added them afterwards. I will read them now.
The notion of equality of races was mentioned in three of the Articles of Secession - Georgia in passing, and in Texas and Mississippi:
Actually, those references are to how freeing slaves would damage their state's reputation.
No one changes their opinion just like that.
They demand the abolition of negro slavery throughout the confederacy, the recognition of political equality between the white and negro races, and avow their determination to press on their crusade against us, so long as a negro slave remains in these States.
This is clearly about giving Blacks rights, and about how by giving them rights (as long as they're in America) that threatens the current status quo.
It advocates negro equality, socially and politically, and promotes insurrection and incendiarism in our midst.
This is clearly talking about how freeing slaves will bring about a nasty revolution.
It's been two hundred years, you should be able to read by now.
verbify ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:17:05 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For the life of me, I couldn't decipher half your comments. You seem to be making a distinction 'fighting for States Rights to own slaves' and 'fighting to own slaves', which to me seems like a distinction without a difference.
I didn't add the articles later, I added them at the beginning.
Incidentally the bits in those quotes I was referring to were the bits you didn't put in bold. E.g.:
It advocates negro equality, socially and politically, and promotes insurrection and incendiarism in our midst.
This is clearly talking about how the Southern States accuse the Northern states of giving Black rights.
They demand the abolition of negro slavery throughout the confederacy, the recognition of political equality between the white and negro races, and avow their determination to press on their crusade against us, so long as a negro slave remains in these States
This is clearly talking about how the Southern States accuse the Northern states of demanding equality between the races.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 14:44:50 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It advocates negro equality, socially and politically, and promotes insurrection and incendiarism in our midst.
They demand the abolition of negro slavery throughout the confederacy, the recognition of political equality between the white and negro races, and avow their determination to press on their crusade against us, so long as a negro slave remains in these States
Clearly they are miffed about upsetting the status quo.
verbify ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:15:15 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, they are miffed about their perception of the promotion of insurrection AND about the promotion of equality of races. You claimed the civil war had nothing to do with equality - it at least factors in as part of their reason. You can't just ignore half a sentence and claim the other half is the only one that exists. Equality of races is mentioned there.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:23:11 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, they are miffed about their perception of the promotion of insurrection AND about the promotion of equality of races.
So then it's clearly stated that they didn't do it because they liked Blacks, but because they had to to cripple the South.
You can't just ignore half a sentence and claim the other half is the only one that exists.
I'm not, I acknowledge the other clause exists, but that the ending clause dramatically changes the meaning of the sentence.
There's nothing wrong with Lincoln being racist. Not every leader should be mythologized as a gift from Heaven.
Leaders should have flaws, that's what makes them good leaders.
verbify ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:41:38 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not, I acknowledge the other clause exists, but that the ending clause dramatically changes the meaning of the sentence.
It's an 'AND' and not a 'therefore' or 'causing'. There's a difference between:
It advocates negro equality, socially and politically, causing insurrection and incendiarism in our midst.
And
It advocates negro equality, socially and politically, and promotes insurrection and incendiarism in our midst.
And who said anything about Lincoln not being a racist. I know he was a racist. It's obvious he was a racist. You're attributing views to me that I never held. This disagreement was purely over whether the rights of black people and the question of slavery was incidental to the Civil War, or whether the rights of black people and the question of slavery was central to the Civil War.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:52:57 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And who said anything about Lincoln not being a racist. I know he was a racist. It's obvious he was a racist.
This disagreement was purely over whether the rights of black people and the question of slavery was incidental to the Civil War,
Lincoln being a racist would make this the only possible interpretation.
verbify ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:55:46 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A person can be a racist and also not believe in slavery. Lots of people were at the time. Things aren't always extremes.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:35:38 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A person can be a racist and also not believe in slavery. Lots of people were at the time.
Proof.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:41:43 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are painting with a very wide brush and are making factually incorrect statements.
Lincoln absolutely detested slavery, there's no doubt of that.
EDIT: I think Lincoln's views about slaves might have been like some vegetarians views about animals. They don't think animals and humans are equal, or should intermarry or that animals should serve on juries or hold elected office. But they view the killing and eating of an animal as immoral.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 03:42:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are painting with a very wide brush and are making factually incorrect statements.
If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it alongside your claim.
I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, [applause]---that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality
Yeah, he totally hated slavery...
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:49:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, he totally hated slavery...
A person could totally hate the industrial farming and slaughter of animals and find it totally immoral and reprehensible, yet not be "in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the human and animal species." They might not be "in favor of making voters or jurors of dogs" nor of "qualifying cats to hold office or to intermarry with humans."
So I don't see why you can't comprehend why Lincoln could abhor slavery yet think that whites were superior to blacks.
As to evidence to the contrary there are a multitude of letters and speeches Lincoln made:
Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
-- Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865
Or how about this:
I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.
-- Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859
Or how about this:
I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any abolitionist.
-- Speech at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858
Do I need to go on?
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 03:59:17 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A person could totally hate the industrial farming and slaughter of animals and find it totally immoral and reprehensible, yet not be "in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the human and animal species." They might not be "in favor of making voters or jurors of dogs" nor of "qualifying cats to hold office or to intermarry with humans."
Black people are not animals!
As to evidence to the contrary there are a multitude of letters and speeches Lincoln made:
Or...you could accept that history isn't black and white.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:05:40 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Black people are not animals!
Well duh, but there were a lot of people who thought that way back then, and perhaps Lincoln among them. My point was that one could view a black person as no better than an animal yet still detest and want to abolish slavery. Do you not see how those two things could coexist?
Or...you could accept that history isn't black and white.
That's rich, coming from the person who said:
"He didn't care about the rights of Blacks in abolishing slavery," and
"The only reason he abolished slavery was because he knew it would severely cripple the South."
I understand that history isn't black or white, which is why I accept that there existed more than one reason why Lincoln abolished slavery and that he could hold seemingly conflicting views about blacks (e.g., not thinking they should hold political office, yet believing they should not be enslaved).
[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 04:10:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well duh, but there were a lot of people who thought that way back then, and perhaps Lincoln among them. My point was that one could view a black person as no better than an animal yet still detest and want to abolish slavery. Do you not see how those two things could coexist?
I was joking, but seriously, abolishing slavery could easily be incidental, and one for the PR team later on. Remember at the time, everyone thought it was cool to have a slave, even the Black people in Africa who sold the slaves initially.
Two birds, one stone.
That's rich, coming from the person who said:
"He didn't care about the rights of Blacks in abolishing slavery," and
"The only reason he abolished slavery was because he knew it would severely cripple the South."
Well yes, that's two birds with one stone. He didn't care about slavery but abolished it anyways because it was a means to an end of economically crippling the south.
An incidental, but beneficial example of collateral.
why I accept that there existed more than one reason why Lincoln abolished slavery and that he could hold seemingly conflicting views about blacks
He wasn't conflicted if it wasn't his main goal. And he wasn't conflicted because it wasn't his main goal.
And there's nothing wrong with that. There are tons of examples of situations whereby the enemy of my enemy is my friend, even though at the end of the day all three parties involved are enemies regardless.
We can't apply morality retroactively, and there's nothing wrong with making mortals out of gods.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:28:22 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We can't apply morality retroactively, and there's nothing wrong with making mortals out of gods.
I'm not trying to do that. I could care less if Lincoln was pro-slavery or against it, I'm just interested in the facts.
And there is a wide body of letters and speeches where Lincoln flat out says he detests slavery.
As to whether abolishing slavery was his main goal as President, that is obviously not the case (again evidenced by letters and speeches). He was very publicly a Unionist above all other things. But that doesn't mean he didn't abhor slavery.
And as I noted earlier, it's possible to abhor slavery or factory farming or whatever institution you care to abhor, yet not consider those suffering under that institution to be your equal.
ZipBoxer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:57:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You have the patience of a saint.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:23:19 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your understanding of the Civil War is lacking, and smacks of revisionist history. All the economics, secession rights, states rights nonsense was directly descendant from the core issue of slavery. Most of the traitor states explicitly said that slavery was their cause for leaving.
PS Robert E. Lee, for all the talk of hating slavery, while his view of slavery was a bit more progressive than his peers, he did in fact own slaves.
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 04:02:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your understanding of the Civil War is lacking, and smacks of revisionist history.
proof?
All the economics, secession rights, states rights nonsense was directly descendant from the core issue of slavery.
So attacking the economic factor of the states helped bankrupt their moneym-maker - which is what he wanted in terms of ending the civil war.
Most of the traitor states explicitly said that slavery was their cause for leaving.
proof?
PS Robert E. Lee, for all the talk of hating slavery, while his view of slavery was a bit more progressive than his peers, he did in fact own slaves.
Then why was he asked to fight for the North? Why did he free his slaves prior? Why did Ulysses S Grant also own slaves (but not free them beforehand)?
TL;DR: History isn't black and white.
Davis51 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:20:10 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aaaah I forgot to post the links I had I guess that means I'm wrong oh well history isn't as black and white as I imagined and now OH MY GOD YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GOOGLE IT YOURSELF?!
This is accepted frigging historical fact. I am sorry the Education System failed you so thoroughly.
Bits from declarations of slave states, see link for full documents.
Georgia,
Under this equally just and beneficent policy law and order, stability and progress, peace and prosperity marked every step of the progress of these new communities until they entered as great and prosperous commonwealths into the sisterhood of American States. In 1820 the North endeavored to overturn this wise and successful policy and demanded that the State of Missouri should not be admitted into the Union unless she first prohibited slavery within her limits by her constitution. After a bitter and protracted struggle the North was defeated in her special object, but her policy and position led to the adoption of a section in the law for the admission of Missouri, prohibiting slavery in all that portion of the territory acquired from France lying North of 36 [degrees] 30 [minutes] north latitude and outside of Missouri. The venerable Madison at the time of its adoption declared it unconstitutional. Mr. Jefferson condemned the restriction and foresaw its consequences and predicted that it would result in the dissolution of the Union. His prediction is now history. The North demanded the application of the principle of prohibition of slavery to all of the territory acquired from Mexico and all other parts of the public domain then and in all future time. It was the announcement of her purpose to appropriate to herself all the public domain then owned and thereafter to be acquired by the United States. The claim itself was less arrogant and insulting than the reason with which she supported it. That reason was her fixed purpose to limit, restrain, and finally abolish slavery in the States where it exists. The South with great unanimity declared her purpose to resist the principle of prohibition to the last extremity. This particular question, in connection with a series of questions affecting the same subject, was finally disposed of by the defeat of prohibitory legislation.
The Presidential election of 1852 resulted in the total overthrow of the advocates of restriction and their party friends. Immediately after this result the anti-slavery portion of the defeated party resolved to unite all the elements in the North opposed to slavery an to stake their future political fortunes upon their hostility to slavery everywhere. This is the party two whom the people of the North have committed the Government. They raised their standard in 1856 and were barely defeated. They entered the Presidential contest again in 1860 and succeeded.
The prohibition of slavery in the Territories, hostility to it everywhere, the equality of the black and white races, disregard of all constitutional guarantees in its favor, were boldly proclaimed by its leaders and applauded by its followers.
With these principles on their banners and these utterances on their lips the majority of the people of the North demand that we shall receive them as our rulers.
The prohibition of slavery in the Territories is the cardinal principle of this organization.
Mississippi
Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin. That we do not overstate the dangers to our institution, a reference to a few facts will sufficiently prove.
The hostility to this institution commenced before the adoption of the Constitution, and was manifested in the well-known Ordinance of 1787, in regard to the Northwestern Territory.
The feeling increased, until, in 1819-20, it deprived the South of more than half the vast territory acquired from France.
The same hostility dismembered Texas and seized upon all the territory acquired from Mexico.
It has grown until it denies the right of property in slaves, and refuses protection to that right on the high seas, in the Territories, and wherever the government of the United States had jurisdiction.
It refuses the admission of new slave States into the Union, and seeks to extinguish it by confining it within its present limits, denying the power of expansion.
It tramples the original equality of the South under foot.
It has nullified the Fugitive Slave Law in almost every free State in the Union, and has utterly broken the compact which our fathers pledged their faith to maintain.
It advocates negro equality, socially and politically, and promotes insurrection and incendiarism in our midst.
South Carolina
These ends it endeavored to accomplish by a Federal Government, in which each State was recognized as an equal, and had separate control over its own institutions. The right of property in slaves was recognized by giving to free persons distinct political rights, by giving them the right to represent, and burthening them with direct taxes for three-fifths of their slaves; by authorizing the importation of slaves for twenty years; and by stipulating for the rendition of fugitives from labor.
We affirm that these ends for which this Government was instituted have been defeated, and the Government itself has been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States. Those States have assume the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution; they have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery; they have permitted open establishment among them of societies, whose avowed object is to disturb the peace and to eloign the property of the citizens of other States. They have encouraged and assisted thousands of our slaves to leave their homes; and those who remain, have been incited by emissaries, books and pictures to servile insurrection.
Texas
In all the non-slave-holding States, in violation of that good faith and comity which should exist between entirely distinct nations, the people have formed themselves into a great sectional party, now strong enough in numbers to control the affairs of each of those States, based upon an unnatural feeling of hostility to these Southern States and their beneficent and patriarchal system of African slavery, proclaiming the debasing doctrine of equality of all men, irrespective of race or color-- a doctrine at war with nature, in opposition to the experience of mankind, and in violation of the plainest revelations of Divine Law. They demand the abolition of negro slavery throughout the confederacy, the recognition of political equality between the white and negro races, and avow their determination to press on their crusade against us, so long as a negro slave remains in these States.
...(Notice the bit about slavery being divine law? But it was totally about states rights!)
We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.
That in this free government all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal civil and political rights [emphasis in the original]; that the servitude of the African race, as existing in these States, is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator, as recognized by all Christian nations; while the destruction of the existing relations between the two races, as advocated by our sectional enemies, would bring inevitable calamities upon both and desolation upon the fifteen slave-holding states.
Virginia
The people of Virginia, in their ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America, adopted by them in Convention on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, having declared that the powers granted under the said Constitution were derived from the people of the United States, and might be resumed whensoever the same should be perverted to their injury and oppression; and the Federal Government, having perverted said powers, not only to the injury of the people of Virginia, but to the oppression of the Southern Slaveholding States.
It's cute how your reply to being proven categorically wrong is a one-liner that isn't even correct.
Did you even read this reply? Can you honestly justify spouting such strong opinions about history if you won't bother to educate yourself at the most basic level?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:01:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you even read this reply?
When I replied, it was a one-liner denigrating my position.
I niggardly assumed that that was the entirely of your comment.
Can you honestly justify spouting such strong opinions about history if you won't bother to educate yourself at the most basic level?
It was niggling in my mind that an ad-hominem attack were present. This is Reddit after all. People make gross generalizations all the time...speaking of which.
I was quite clearly referring to the extensive reply to your previous comment. A comment that you largely ignored in lieu of making a smartass comment you're now trying to defend as a self-deprecating joke. Really? That's what you're going with?
Your comments in this thread have been quite impressively stupid.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:07:58 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your comments in this thread have been quite impressively stupid.
But you haven't stated why. Until then, it's just a claim. And asking for proof doesn't make someone stupid.
A comment that you largely ignored in lieu of making a smartass comment you're now trying to defend as a self-deprecating joke.
Because it didn't exist when I initially applied. And what was the self-deprecating joke?
So your reply to it - "It's cute how you think I'm an American." - both ignores the litanty of evidence against the claim you originally made (that the Civil war was not due to, or largely fought because of, slavery), and instead replies to an imagined assumption that you're American.
Your comments are stupid because:
1) You replied to a perceived slight that hadn't been made.
2) You ignored the fact that the argument you were so confidently making was demolished, with proof that you requested.
3) Your general style of debate in a conversation you started has been evasive and inconsistent.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 18:53:31 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your comments are stupid because:
1) You replied to a perceived slight that hadn't been made.
That's not on me then.
2) You ignored the fact that the argument you were so confidently making was demolished, with proof that you requested.
I offered a plausible, alternative viewing of the quotes, with reasonable explanation attached.
3) Your general style of debate in a conversation you started has been evasive and inconsistent.
So.. a reply to an entirely different comment, by a different person, that made entirely different points?
An hour ago. So after we started this chain. And after I specifically linked to the comment I was clearly talking about, and clearly made reference to, multiple times.
The one that thoroughly debunks your argument, with evidence, after you asked for it, and was replied to with a dismissive single line answer
Not to mention your apparent inability to comprehend basic points:
Do you actually understand what I was saying? You perceived a slight that wasn't there. It was your misunderstanding. That's on you.
Can you see how any of this might be construed as evasive and inconsistent? I'm assuming you're a real person sitting behind a keyboard, thinking about this like an adult - is this an argument you'd actually try and make in a conversation with a friend? Would you try and defend this nonsense if it were a reflection of you?
If so, you need to seriously think things through more before just hammering away on a keyboard.
If not, you're essentially shitposting.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:01 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're really hugging the line of true and false here.
The abolitionist movement had been in full swing and been actively influencing national concerns for decades, as far as making sure there were even number slave states and free so there was equal representation in the senate.
Stating it was about state's rights v. federal succession of those rights is wrong as it was more incidental to the cause of civil war than slavery was and the consensus has already agreed that slavery was the primary cause here.
Lincoln was vocally against abolishing slavery wholesale due to the states that had opposed it, fearing the consequences that would unavoidably lead to the civil war, but recanted the position later on. I don't think it's generally accepted he did not want blacks to have equal rights, but more that he didn't think it was achievable to do so in his lifetime.
And the Emancipation Proclamation was to weaken the South, but I don't think you can say that was the only reason. It freed escaping slaves, slaves in would-be conquered states. It's not like the Confederacy would enact the order. It would just encourage slaves to escape in the beginning and free the ones who had prior. They could use the newly freed men in the army, but they would still have to conquer that area first. I'm not sure how significant the freed men, from the Emancipation, were to the war effort.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:57:59 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're really hugging the line of true and false here.
No one can state what is true and what is false.
Only what is most true and most false.
All I did was base an argument around the direct quotation of his speeches.
There is no wrong, there is no right, especially in the law. There are only those who can argue a case, and those who can defend against it.
We are lawyers, and we will never give up.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:26:39 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Fine, what you had argued was more false than anything. You disregarded historians and their conclusions in favor of yours that seemed reasonable to you, but lacked a foundation.
There is no wrong, there is no right, especially in the law. There are only those who can argue a case, and those who can defend against it.
Okay, vague philosopher, there are wrongs and rights in the eyes of the law, I'm sure, but we're arguing history here. Legal history, but history. ...and political history, too. Sociology, maybe, with the concerns of racism in society in regard to abolitionism and equal rights. Is that under sociology? I'm getting off track now.
There are only those who can argue a case, and those who can defend against it.
If you can, go ahead, but issues in the Civil War have been debated since then and there's been general answers about most things. If you're curious go read up on it. I know the basics, like the things I mentioned earlier, but the Civil War was never too interesting to me personally so I'm not an expert.
We are lawyers, and we will never give up.
That's fine, Mr. Philosopher, but you ought to pick topics you have knowledge about, first. And admit you're ignorant on some things. That's not giving up, that's learning.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:31:00 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
there are wrongs and rights in the eyes of the law
Only insofar as they are argued to be.
I know the basics, like the things I mentioned earlier, but the Civil War was never too interesting to me personally so I'm not an expert.
Sources
That's fine, Mr. Philosopher, but you ought to pick topics you have knowledge about, first. And admit you're ignorant on some things. That's not giving up, that's learning.
Gross generalization.
Furthermore, ad-hominem attack.
Furthermore, I took issue with your quote, applying a different, valid, stance to it.
No evidence required (as you provided it).
History isn't black and white.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:49:10 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only insofar as they are argued to be.
Yeah, but what does this have to do with the legality of the things we've mentioned? I've stated what I think on those things.
Sources
On me saying I know the basics concerning the Civil War? I've linked things already. Or me saying I'm not an expert?
Gross generalization.
Alright, don't state as fact things that are not factual.
Furthermore, ad-hominem attack.
Okay, I won't call you a philosopher anymore.
Furthermore, I took issue with your quote, applying a different, valid, stance to it.
I didn't provide a quote, that may be the comment above mine and yours that you're thinking of. And the "valid" stance was not valid, that was the point of my comment, to criticize the veracity of yours.
No evidence required (as you provided it).
History isn't black and white.
Didn't say it was, just that your version didn't hold water.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:27:20 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't say it was, just that your version didn't hold water.
Unless you were there, you can't possibly know that. You also can't pass that kind of judgement because the truth is impossible to prove.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:01:12 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it's impossible to prove we sure as hell can get close enough to it to say confidently. That's why we have historians, it's their job to piece these things together as accurately as possible.
Why would you just make up your own views on it that seemed logical enough and then even debate, just to say it's impossible to prove "unless you were there"? That's illogical. You were pretty certain earlier on. If there's anything to be said definitively on the matter it ought to be verifiable in some way to prove as much.
And yes, much "truth" is subjective, but this has written records attached to it, important events, not just beliefs or anything like that which would make it difficult to ascertain "truth". We know why things developed as they did, what the prime movers were, what repercussions were had.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:26:03 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it's impossible to prove we sure as hell can get close enough to it to say confidently.
So then what I say is not wrong. Remember, I based my interpretation on the same quotes you did, and you're not wrong either.
Historians can disagree with one another - it's not a zero-sum game.
Why would you just make up your own views on it that seemed logical enough and then even debate, just to say it's impossible to prove "unless you were there"? That's illogical. You were pretty certain earlier on. If there's anything to be said definitively on the matter it ought to be verifiable in some way to prove as much.
There is no right or wrong in history. There is only what you can prove. My argument was directly entered around quotes. It doesn't get any more concrete than that.
And yes, much "truth" is subjective, but this has written records attached to it, important events, not just beliefs or anything like that which would make it difficult to ascertain "truth". We know why things developed as they did, what the prime movers were, what repercussions were had.
Which is why my argument is based off quotes - written in state records.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:17 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So then what I say is not wrong. Remember, I based my interpretation on the same quotes you did, and you're not wrong either.
I didn't base it off one quote, I based it off of historical evidence and further written evidence.
Historians can disagree with one another - it's not a zero-sum game.
Again, they can, but this not something they disagree on.
There is no right or wrong in history. There is only what you can prove. My argument was directly entered around quotes. It doesn't get any more concrete than that.
It certainly can, seeing as it was just one quote you relied on (if we're just talking about the quote from SilasX). I've provided proof while you provided an opinion dressed up as an answer.
Which is why my argument is based off quotes - written in state records.
See my first reply in this comment. That's not evidence enough to support what you had said.
Davis51 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:04:31 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You also can't pass that kind of judgement because the truth is impossible to prove.
Oh my god this is the motherload of shitposts. Solipsism may seem like a cool idea to you and 16 year old philosopher wannabes everywhere, but you came in here swinging your dick on the table with several verifiably untrue statements about the Civil War, and when proven categorically wrong repeatedly, you decide to start JAQing off?
How the fuck do you even justify your original post to yourself? Take your racist trolling horseshit elsewhere.
Edit: grammar
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:52:07 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god this is the motherload of shitposts.
Ad-hominem attack. Criticize the argument.
with several verifiably untrue statements about the Civil War, and when proven categorically wrong repeatedly
I wasn't proven wrong, it was just assumed that I was. My argument is sound, as it is a valid interpretation of the same quotes someone else used.
Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't make it any less true, especially on subjective matters like political minds of the Civil War.
Davis51 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:51 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Ad-hominem attack. Criticize the argument
I did. It was a shit post.
I wasn't proven wrong, it was just assumed that I was. My argument is sound, as it is a valid interpretation of the same quotes someone else used.
No, it was proven. A lot of people here, myself included, have debunked your racist revisionist history repeatedly. This is not fucking subjective, telhere are figurative mountains of historical evidence against your argument and I am frankly tired of reiterating it. Either provide historical evidence that our sources are invalid, or concede the argument.
And stop doing that childish thing where you treat every subthread as a vaccum and ignore the countless other debunkings of your argument here.
Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't make it any less true, especially on subjective matters like political minds of the Civil War.
I demonstrated that it wasn't subjective earlier when I posted excerpts from the actual declarations of secession. You know, the documents where the southern states explicitly stated that they were revolting over the issue of slavery. To the point where it is overwhelmingly agreed upon by historians that slavery was the objective cause for the civil war. You blithering racist twat.
That's not an ad hominem. An ad hominem means I am discrediting an agent by attacking you. Rather, your 'argument' is so made up of pedantic lost cause white supremecist propaganda that discredits you to the point where the only appropriate way to label you is a blithering racist twat.
Edit: RemindMe! One Year "is OP still a shitposting blithering racist twat?"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:27:02 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did. It was a shit post.
Ad-hominem attack.
A lot of people here, myself included, have debunked your racist revisionist history repeatedly.
Not revisionist. My argument was based off the same quote. OP took the quote out of context (only using the first part), whereas I highlighted the second part (that changed the entire meaning of the sentence).
This is not fucking subjective, telhere are figurative mountains of historical evidence against your argument and I am frankly tired of reiterating it.
You keep reiterating, but provide little evidence.
History is subjective, as one cannot possible have an objective record of what happened (since they were not alive at the time).
Either provide historical evidence that our sources are invalid, or concede the argument.
Why should I prove your claim? I provided an argument based on a quote OP provided. The argument was valid and sound according to the quote, and OP provided no info as to why I was wrong, only stating that I was wrong.
And stop doing that childish thing where you treat every subthread as a vaccum and ignore the countless other debunkings of your argument here.
It's called a tangent, and it's formally allowed.
I demonstrated that it wasn't subjective earlier when I posted excerpts from the actual declarations of secession. You know, the documents where the southern states explicitly stated that they were revolting over the issue of slavery.
And I showed it was more than just slavery, that abolishing slavery was a means to an end of crippling the south. That the south was more evil in only being interested in money rather than the welfare of blacks.
You blithering racist twat.
Sigh...
An ad hominem means I am discrediting an agent by attacking you.
Seems like an ad-hominem. Calling me a racist twat to discredit any arguments.
Rather, your 'argument' is so made up of pedantic lost cause white supremecist propaganda that discredits you to the point where the only appropriate way to label you is a blithering racist twat.
How is it racist propaganda? How does my argument lend credence to neo-Nazi theories? I'm genuinely interested in this because I don't see the connection at all.
Davis51 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:18 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is it racist propaganda? How does my argument lend credence to neo-Nazi theories? I'm genuinely interested in this because I don't see the connection at all.
You have been replying to posta for days, including at least one post containing a link to the lost cause of the confederacy wiki page, which thoroughly links your arguments to white supremacy movements. You keep saying we haven't debunked your arguments, when we have posted countless amount of evidence you either ignore or stop replying to, then go right onto the next poster and pretend it's your first time hearing this.
Oh wait I forgot...
It's called a tangent, and it's formally allowed.
Is this a fucking debate club? Fine then. I formally allow you to remove your head from your own asshole.
Knowing you, i expect that you'll ignore them and be making the same shitposting to someone else next time it comes up.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:23 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My argument was independently based on a Lincoln quote about how he would never accept a negro as one of his own.
From that Lincoln quote (who spearheaded the North in the Civil War), I made the (logical) conclusion that thus, in freeing the slaves, Lincoln was only freeing them because he knew it would cripple the south, rather than by virtue of compassion for fellow man.
This is different from the Lost Cause of the South, as my argument focused on the banality of slavery cause by the North.
So it's not that I'm confirming the Lost Cause of the South (which moves away from slavery to a more banal reason for their War - and applied after the fact whereas mine is applicable beforehand), but merely confirming that the North (and Lincoln) was every bit as racist as the South was, and that his motivation came from economically crippling the South rather than from freeing the slaves (as is taught in schools nationwide).
In this context, my argument is valid and sound, and historically supported (all the while distancing itself from revisionist history like the Lost Cause).
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:43 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your argument is not valid and sound, especially from basing it on one quote from Lincoln. You cannot base such a large action that was many years past the debate this quote is from. Lincoln had always been sympathetic to the abolitionist cause, also having to politically distance himself from it to appease the South, which would be to no avail, obviously.
Even if he felt black people were somehow lesser than white people in a way didn't preclude him wishing they had liberty or that he didn't mind slavery due to those racist beliefs.
Did you ignore the conversation we had about this while you made this comment to another person?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:03 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Your argument is not valid and sound, especially from basing it on one quote from Lincoln.
The other guy did, and you all support him.
You cannot base such a large action that was many years past the debate this quote is from.
The other guy did.
Lincoln had always been sympathetic to the abolitionist cause, also having to politically distance himself from it to appease the South, which would be to no avail, obviously.
There's no way to know that.
Even if he felt black people were somehow lesser than white people in a way didn't preclude him wishing they had liberty or that he didn't mind slavery due to those racist beliefs.
Maybe, Maybe not. But that's not the Lost Cause of the South revisionist material. It would be alternative historical perspective on the North, but certainly not revisionist, as there'd be no evidence of the North getting together to fix their image.
Did you ignore the conversation we had about this while you made this comment to another person?
Nope. He just had nothing of note.
Furthermore, from that Lincoln link:
Views on African Americans[edit]
Known as the Great Emancipator, Lincoln was a complicated figure who wrestled with his own views on race.[79] Lincoln's primary audience were white voters. Lincoln's views on slavery, race equality, and African American colonization are often intermixed.[79] During the 1858 debates with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln expressed his contemporary view that he believed whites were superior to blacks.[79] Lincoln stated he was against miscegenation and allowing blacks to serve as jurors. While President, as the American Civil War progressed, Lincoln advocated or implemented anti-racist policies including the Emancipation Proclamation and limited suffrage for African Americans.[79] Former slave and leading abolitionist, Frederick Douglass once observed of Lincoln: "In his company, I was never reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color".[80] Douglass praised Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation; however, he stated that Lincoln "was preeminently the white man's President, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men."[81] In his past, Lincoln lived in a middle-class, racially mixed neighborhood of Springfield, Illinois; one of his long-time neighbors, Jameson Jenkins (who may have been born a slave), had come from North Carolina and was publicly implicated in the 1850s as a Springfield conductor on the underground railroad, sheltering escaped slaves. In 1861, Lincoln called on Jenkins to give him a ride to the train depot, where Lincoln delivered his farewell address before leaving Springfield for the last time.[82] Through changing times successive generations have interpreted Lincoln's views on African Americans differently.[79]
This completely proves my argument that Lincoln crippled the South economically first, then dealt with slavery - in terms of priority.
And there's nothing wrong with that. But it's certainly not revisionist history - as I've only ever been basing my arguments off your sources.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:06:14 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The other guy did, and you all support him.
I never said I did, or even mentioned it.
There absolutely is, through written records by Lincoln
Maybe, Maybe not. But that's not the Lost Cause of the South revisionist material. It would be alternative historical perspective on the North, but certainly not revisionist, as there'd be no evidence of the North getting together to fix their image.
I wasn't arguing about the Lost Cause of the South, I'm a different person than the person you were arguing with originally in this thread.
This completely proves my argument that Lincoln crippled the South economically first, then dealt with slavery - in terms of priority.
And there's nothing wrong with that. But it's certainly not revisionist history - as I've only ever been basing my arguments offย yourย sources.
Yes, but your point was that Lincoln did not care about slavery and did not because of his racist views, which is untrue.
In a letter to Albert G. Hodges he writes:
"I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel."
... And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling."
He did not believe that being president allowed him to outlaw slavery outright, as the preservation of the union was more important to the nation he felt. But he would push the 13th amendment on his second term.
SilasX ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 04:44:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For the time, that was actually a pretty progressive view :-p
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:05:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, Christ, at that time it was a wholly respectable opinion (and an overwhemlingly popular one in the Southern states) to believe that anyone with any black ancestry could be sold to another man as their chattel property, with the right of that man to own any children that slave may produce.
You only think that because you have a 2015 perspective. Back then, white people didn't see black people as citizens. They were property. They were practically a different species. That was just the view society had for a long time. This only changed because a lot of enlightened and eloquent people were able to show everybody else that this view was immoral.
It would be like someone today saying "It is immoral to keep dogs as pets, but I still think humans are superior to them". It's obviously not literally analogous, but it might help explain what Lincoln's view would have sounded like to the average person at the time.
nnutcase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NGD80 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:00:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality
Ok while you're all busy being offended, I'll just go ahead and ask.....can we say for certain that he is wrong? Crime statistics say otherwise.
wnp ยท 1808 points ยท Posted at 21:22:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm kinda trying to wrap my head around this one -- what did you say that you thought was objective but was seen as racist? Like were you trying to write like a prosecution lawyer against him?
How can you be racist? I can tell by your username that you're black!
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velkito ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:26:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not OP here, but what I can contribute with, is the following badass metal song about the racism-filled war in Rwanda, that also includes a small part of a speech by M.L.King.
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[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:24:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fuck you mixing Ritalin and alcohol with fucking benzos for?! How much of a deathwish do you have?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:30:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:37:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stimulants don't cancel out the sedatives, you idiot. You are alive due to a mix of luck and youth. Both of those are finite.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:11:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:05:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stop thinking you are being smart and controlling this. You are not. Unless someone else is there when you are "monitoring breathing and heart rate" you're still dead if shit goes bad. And it will.
Tolerance depends on more variables than you realize, and will let you down when you least expect it. So will your bodies natural urge for equilibrium.
The only addicts that live to a ripe old age are the ones with an inverse correlation in regards their teeth and number of tattoos.
How many teeth do you have? And tattoos? Unless your tattoos outnumber your teeth by a good amount you need to stop this selfharming bullshit right the fuck now. Trust me on that, I've been in health care long enough to know.
Stop tempting death to come get your dumb ass. Death loves taking nice, arrogant, "professional" idiots like you. Give yourself a chance.
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:57:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope you get out of this with everything intact. Be smarter. Hugs
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:33:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The test I'd really like to see is a neurocognitive assessment before you started using, compared to one taken now. When you hear "intact" you hear bodyparts, I'm thinking cogitation. I hope you get out with a similar personality and I.Q. than you went in with. None of the patients I see ever do.
velkito ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:44:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't miss out on the rest of their awesome stuff!
i wouldn't be surprised if OP does still have it, but no way in hell would he share it. Are you guys aware that you're on reddit? where misinformation and defamation spreads virally? It'd be taken out of context and he'd be crucified
Chuuno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please link to this paper! This sounds fantastic.
fisch09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't a person talking about a dream accomplish nothing in a court case?
brberg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it might get racist, but there are non-racist ways you could criticize King's movement, particularly along the lines of the anticapitalist positions he took near the end of his life.
fknsht ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god that's terrible. But so funny. Did the prof give you a chance to make it up or did you just have to drop?
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:10:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still sad that we don't have an equivalent version of dropping here in Australia. Or we do (in undergrad) and they don't tell us. Or they did tell us and I'm the only one who didn't pay attention.
Either way... I wish I could drop now. Sadly postgrad definitely won't allow that shit. -.-
Sc72 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:40:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure about post grad, but there definitely is for undergrad.
gyrgyr ยท -17 points ยท Posted at 05:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you have undergrad and and post grad, then where does graduate school fit in? Damn you Australians are loony...
The American system is pretty much the same, except that grad school and post grad are interchangeable terms.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 08:03:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait if you get a bad grade on an assignment you just drop the whole class?
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 08:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a top-level student that could probably get an A or A- normally, but somehow completely fuck up on an assignment that'll make it nigh impossible to get that grade, some students can choose to drop the class and retake it again in another semester. Generally, having 1, maaaaybe 2 W's (any class you drop gets a W on your transcript), is okay and excusable, but if you have 3 or more, then graduate schools, scholarship foundations, or some employers who want to look at your transcript for whatever reason will be suspicious. It doesn't look good to have more than 1 really, maybe you can get away with 2.
For the most part, you take the W instead of a bad grade if you get sick for an extended period or time, or get selected for a long jury duty, or something else happens that forces you to miss a lot of class time.
Obviously doesn't work for getting sick but at least in New Zealand you can choose to defer jury duty on the basis that you have university and it would be detrimental to your grades. Is this not a thing other places?
chivere ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:43:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is, yeah. I'm in the US (Texas) and just recently got out of jury duty thanks to being a student.
Usually at the college level there are not too many graded assignments. And again, as I said to that other person; if the prof was unwilling to give him a chance to re-do the assignment and understood the confusion you're going to have quite a biased teacher grading you from then on out.
Here in the UK, you'd definitely be allowed to rewrite the paper and have the previous one rescinded. Even if they did believe you were racist and it was by way of apology.
[deleted] ยท -82 points ยท Posted at 04:24:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did the prof give you a chance to make it up or did you just have to drop?
This attitude is becoming far to prevalent today....
"I pulled myself up by my bootstraps! Kids these days quit too easily!"
That's his protest.
Fever0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's how I saw it when I was a freshman and failed (my only failed grade in all 4 years) a music 101 class I was taking as a knockoff elective but was actually incredibly in depth and was way out of my comfort or interest zone. That fail dropped my GPA juuuust low enough to not continue qualifying for my full scholarship. FML.
In my junior year there was a scheduling mistake and I ended up going into a french 101 class several weeks into. After a few days of realizing how behind I was, chose to just drop it. Such an easy choice that I had wished entirely I considered in my freshman year, but I was too proud/stubborn to drop one in my very first semester.
mash3735 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to see some titties too.
115049 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:38:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or ... I don't know... We make judgement calls based on benefits vs risk? I dropped 1 class my entire undergrad, because I would've gotten no better than a B with his dumbass grading. There was no way in hell I was not going to graduate magna cum laude because I got a B in intro to philosophy when I worked my ass off to have that gpa with all of the math and science courses.
It's entirely reasonable to drop some class to either try to fix a fuckup or make a better choice.
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:36:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The financial cost?
[deleted] ยท -25 points ยท Posted at 05:07:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are you protesting against?
It starts here (and makes sense), but then it works its way out into the real world where its not as cute....
blumka ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:17:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is literally no point staying in that class if the grade is sticking. In the real world you have to stick to your commitments because you have a responsibility to other people to not go bankrupt/be a deadbeat and because it makes a difference in your future, but this is just a numbers game that you play again next time. Without those other factors, its simply the smart thing to do and no different from pulling out on a losing investment.
College is the real world. If not, then when does the "real world" begin? Not every college student is fresh out of high school and still living with mom and dad.
Having an F/D on a transcript looks far worse than a W. Further - the prof would likely harbor some animosity if he didn't understand the misunderstanding - in which case no matter what you did, you're gonna get an unfair grade.
The lack of thinking beyond the obvious is becoming far too prevalent today.
[deleted] ยท -26 points ยท Posted at 05:08:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
in which case no matter what you did, you're gonna get an unfair grade.
It's not an unfair grade, its a deserved grade.
The issue isn't so much that its for the students best, its that it continues out into the real world. Life doesn't just let you drop things and take them again.
Start a Frozen Yogurt business just before the market fell out? I suppose your options are "stick with it", aka "throwing good money after bad" or closing shop and coming up with something else. You're still out the money, just like college, but you're not wasting more time/money.
Screw up royally at work and ruin any chance of promotion/raise? You can start the hunt for another job. Very few companies will provide any sort of negative reference for fear of being sued.
The sunk cost fallacy is exactly that, a fallacy. Just because the stakes are lower in college doesn't mean it isn't the same in the real world.
Sure it does. Bankruptcy, loan-forgiveness, witness protection, moving to a new city or country, getting a new job, divorce, abortions.
ladut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:28:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When my kid brother passed away mid-semester, I struggled to maintain anything resembling decent grades. I eventually withdrew a day before the deadline because the Ds and Fs I would have received were not at all reflective of my potential or work ethic. So do you think I was slacking off or taking the easy way out? Was I just another one of those "kids these days?"
Fuck you and your overarching generalizations. Bad shit sometimes happens to people. It doesn't mean they don't deserve a second chance.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:41:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you really think a major life event like your describing and screwing up because you failed to properly read the instruction are even close to the same thing?
So do you think I was slacking off or taking the easy way out?
I wouldn't have thought either of those things but since you seem to think both of those scenarios are the same, I'd instead just say you're a fucking idiot.
icspn ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:35:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He could mean that the university would force them to drop the class, or put them on suspension. Also, in dire circumstances, and if it's less than halfway through the term you could be better dropping the class instead of failing. It's pragmatic.
Jeffan ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:06:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of the times one failing grade in the class can basically mean there's no way to pass with a good grade. Thats not to say you can't make your way up to a B from say a 60, but if you receive a 0 it's basically game over and your better off just dropping and retaking the course.
[deleted] ยท -22 points ยท Posted at 05:10:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, of course, I get it... my problem is that this line of thinking makes its way out into the real world.
Did you go to college? People have been dropping classes in universities for decades. Also, college isn't real life. Classes aren't real life. Your GPA affects your real life though, and if you can salvage it by getting a W instead of an F, that's the smart thing to do. Not taking advantage of a system like that because "it's not real life" makes you impractical and quite foolish. OP did the right thing.
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:21:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its actually not a terrible way of thinking because a lot of people will fall into a fallacy called the "sunk cost fallacy," which means you spend even more time trying to salvage something or make it better because "you've spent so much time already" when what you really should do is just drop it and start over or try something else.
This applies to all kinds of things, like bad investments, bad project ideas, bad engineering, bad relationships...Heck, I've known people to stick with bad jobs for YEARS because they invested so much of their life into it. So they keep investing even more of their life into something they hate because they can't just give up on it.
Hmm, I'm not liking how this is going for you. Let's put it this way: if this discussion were a debate class (you against everyone else responding to you in this thread), I'd suggest you drop the class before final grades came out.
Apparently you walked through 5-foot snowbanks while fighting off the bears and wolves to get to university when YOU were a boy, did you? And of course, all your instructors were crusty old benign Dumbledores, with hearts of gold.
At my shitty undergrad U it was often the only defense students had against stupid, uncaring or even virulently malignant instructors.
My only failing grade ever occurred because I took the advice of a genetics instructor who was trying to cover up his screw-up - he didn't properly autoclave the fruit fly media; it fermented, killing about 25% of the flies. I was one of a few who had all my fly tubes ruined, so no data for me. I was told at the time that I could still pass if I got good grades on the exams - but then I found out, after the withdraw date had gone by that the lab was a "required component" and I couldn't pass without completing it. Complaints fell on deaf ears.
Later on, an important core course instructor took a disliking to me for unclear reasons, and was failing my lab write-ups; I was writing them up in the standard way I'd been taught for several years at that point and my data was pretty good; I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong. So, I made an appointment with him and asked (I think reasonably) if he could show me on the last lab write-up what I could do to improve; his immediate response was, "If I did that I'd just be writing them for you!" bringing the meeting to a very early and awkward end. He made it clear that he disliked me but the power was clearly on his side so I couldn't even ask why. I did withdraw from that course, my one and only W. I'd wear it on my chest like a medal of valor if I thought that psychopathic asshole would care.
TL:DR - In North American universities, "W" is sometimes your only defense against shitty prof syndrome. Use it.
SilasX ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 00:49:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're not wrong about that being a plausible interpretation of "objective"..
Dr. King, with all due respect sir, you don't know shit....
[To dropped jaws still hanging low]
"I wrote it....from his perspective...the racist lawyer...not me. I mean, I wrote it, but this is interpretive...you know...its not really me.....guys??"
If so, PLEASE upload it (for entertainment purposes only, of course. Then again, you could always double dip for sweetsweetkarma purposes by x-posting to the racist subreddits. Assuming it was cogent and well-written, which I'm not sure would make it better or worse. Again, entertainment-wise).
Curarx ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bad idea considering the whispers of a race war starting on campuses today. They'd probably find him and murder him.
I see what you're getting at but I disagree. She was forced to pay into government programs, but she wasn't forcing the government to pay her out of them. She wasn't stealing it back, they were giving it back.
No, but she became complacent in what she considered theft by going to the thieves and saying, "give me some of that stuff you stole."
If I talk shit about John all my life and call him a bully and a thief, then, go to him and ask him to give me the stuff he stole, then I'm a hypocrite. If I spend my life trying to prove John's a thief and bully, but then rely on him in my time of need and he provides, then my philosophy about him is broken.
This only makes sense if you think that literal, physical bills are exchanging hands. Since it's all just numbers, what you're saying is the same thing as what I'm saying. Once her money is put in, it's not like the government is going "okay, Ayn Rand's cash goes to this guy..."
Your argument is basically only valid if we know she ultimately took out more than she put in, which we don't.
Spelr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:10:37 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Given the state of her health near the end of her life, it's almost certain she took more than she put in.
No it doesn't. I'm just seeing it from a different perspective.
Also, almost all of her works were completed before Medicare even existed. Also, during her most productive era, Social Security was taxed at below 6%. By the time she was collecting, it was over 10%. She likely paid very little into Medicare taxes compared to what she would later receive in benefits. And she almost certainly paid less in Social Security taxes than she took. If you're taking more than you put in, then you're not just "getting hers back". So we can honestly say that she almost certainly took more than she ever put in.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yet it ignores that she also took Medicare aid, as well.
And her needing both proves her philosophy is broken, and her taking it proves she's a hypocrite who, when actually put to the test of her own philosophy of individualism, turned her back on it.
It was all good when she was a successful writer and speaker, fuck those dirty losers who don't pull themselves up by their bootstraps! But the minute she was broke and in a bind she went straight for Social Security and Medicare.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's also noted on her wiki page, though the source is a book.
Jerlko ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:00:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, technically she didn't. The successful people, unburdened by the rest, rose above and created a great nation where shitty people could get welfare.
Pretty sure Medicare is a socialized health care program that directly in her philosophical ideals. Same with social security. But if she was so great, especially considering she was the mother of objectivism and modern libertarianism, she wouldn't have needed either. Therefore, her philosophy is broken.
Smgth ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:42:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Therefore, her philosophy is broken.
No, therefore she, as a person, is a hypocrite.
The philosophy is broken because "me first, fuck you guys" is a philosophy solely for assholes and that's no way to run a society.
Chuuno ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What makes you think I haven't entertained their thoughts?
Chuuno ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:54:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I have no frame of reference for what you have and haven't done, but advising others to take your opinion rather than forming their own is promoting ignorance. Your statement seemed to demonstrate very little desire to explain what specifically you found disagreeable with either author, opting instead to make the purpose of your comment to associate Ayn Rand with L. Ron Hubbard, presumably because you view both of them as loons.
He thought "objective" was in the same manner as saying "I object" in court. Meaning to disagree with something
rekta ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 00:21:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes you feel any better, telling a bunch of first year student to write an "objective" paper with no other instructions is poor teaching.
(Then again, in my humanities discipline, 'objective' is a verboten word entirely and I spend at least half of each semester trying to get the students to stop using it so uncritically).
Dare I ask why? It's been a while since undergrad, but I feel like I knew the difference between objective and subjective coming out of high school and would expect everyone else to, as well.
rekta ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:23:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a useful concept for any high-level humanities analysis. Objective things I can say about King include names, dates and facts. If you're writing an english paper, a history paper, or anything else on King, you would presumably be analyzing his arguments. I can say, objectively I suppose, that King was against racism. I can say he said, "I have a dream." But what else can I say that isn't subjective at some level? I can't analyze what he meant by any particular statement, why he gave the statement, or what the broader issues at hand were. King's own opinions weren't objective; they were based on his subjective experience which were in turn reliant on his social contexts (he was black, he lived in America which has its own particular brand of racism, he was a Christian, and so on).
In the humanities, broadly speaking, what we want is to get students to think about the way that texts (whether it's a novel, a news report, a survey, or a primary historical source) are produced by their social contexts. All sources have biases of some sort. Students, however, see that as a necessarily bad thing because a bias = not objective. Objective is good therefore bias = bad and incorrect. But it's totally correct to say that King has a set of biases that made him ask particular questions and be concerned with particular things. For instance, King spoke quite a bit about the Vietnam War but not to my knowledge about South America. This is because the Vietnam War was a more popular subject among American at that time and because poor young black men enlisted or were drafted and sent to Vietnam far more often than they were sent to South America. You could say King had a bias here and that would be true, but it wouldn't be a bad thing.
That's really ramble-y because it's late where I am and my brain is fried. But the tl;dr is that (1) objectivity is a really limited lens for the kind of analysis I would expect college students to be doing in any humanities discipline and (2) students think of objectivity as good and its opposite (subjectivity and bias) as bad, but the latter are actually the things most humanities scholars are interested in. Letting students talk about objectivity allows them to default into binary and unhelpful modes of thinking.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:56:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
rekta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:25:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once upon a time until I realized how godawful pretentious the graduate students were. Never had an issue with professional philosophers or philosophy faculty, but they sure do go through some growing pains between undergrad and getting that PhD.
Zardif ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 02:21:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Could be worse. In 10th grade we had to do a 15 page paper on a historical figure. I chose da Vinci. After already putting in maybe 10 hours of research, she checked who we were doing it on and denied my topic because he's "too obvious." so I changed to Hitler because fuck her. She says OK that's fine and moves on.
I write the assignment the very first line was "Hitler was a great man." your first sentence is supposed to captivate the audience right? So I write out the essay explaining how is great(not a good man mind you those two words are different). How his determination shattered lives but also humanized him and put forward some of the things he did which benefitted society.
She was pissed refused to even read past the first sentence. I should mention after I wrote this she told me she was Jewish. She gave me a 0 then I complained and she sent me to the dean because of my paper. He read it said I shouldn't have said great because that means good, I argued and said that it merely meant you had a profound impact both good and bad people can be great. I got a C the paper was fairly decent given the standards of my peers but they both agreed that because I wrote it with a controversial viewpoint I didn't deserve full credit. And then because I was hostile towards my teachers beliefs by writing about Hitler when she was Jewish I got a 5 day suspension.
That began my loathing of English majors and professors and my continued writing of subjects just to piss them off.
Another one in college was when I wrote an essay on madea for my english class taught by a professor who also taught feminism and gender studies. I was in a class of 30 women and basically being the only guy I was called on constantly to hear the male viewpoint. So I started saying how madea was a crazy woman and the brother in law did nothing wrong he was just trying to keep the nation together by making her his wife and binding the old with the new leadership. Pissed her and her female cohorts, who all saw her as some sort of hero for killing her kids, right off.
I had an insufferable religion teacher ("don't refer to Jesus as male because that's exclusionary!") who assigned us insufferable essays. One was about a book from the apocrypha that said something like "and if your wife isn't cool, divorce her". We were to show how sexist this was.
I turned in a tome about what a vast improvement this was over "if she isn't cool, take her out back and stone her to death", and therefore Christianity was the origin of sexual equality and women's lib.
The dean ended up involved because I wasn't about to accept a zero for "writing about the religious roots of the liberation movement". I came out alright.
I would like to hear more stories about your classes because honestly that was probably the funniest thing I've read all night.
Zardif ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 03:12:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took an online sociology class and the topic of an online comment thread (where you had to post 1 main comment and 5 comments about others comments) was "describe [something] using the science of sociology." I replied I can't do the assignment because sociology isn't a science. I was told off by sooo many people (at least 50 in a class of 220) how I was wrong and I needed to stfu.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:20:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i love u
Ouma_Shu ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:31:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahahahahah. For real, is sociology not science(never really bothered with it)?
Zardif ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:19:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a "soft science." Some argue it is a science some argue that it is not. I'll let you decide.
SNESamus ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:34:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hate that so much, the fact that great men didn't have to be good people was something we went over the very first week of my 10th grade World History class.
Also I find it weird that da Vinci was too obvious but Hitler wasn't? Isn't Hitler like one of the most famous historical figures of all time?
"I've decided to write my essay about Roger Fuckbythenavele, who was exiled from Chester in 1310. Don't give me that look, you said you wanted someone less obvious."
Yeah, my favorite line from the Harry Potter series is on the first book when he goes to Ollivander's and he is told that something about how Voldemort was 'Great and terrible, yes, but still great.'
Have you watched The Downfall, the German movie about Hitler from where the "Hitler reacts to..." meme originates? I think you'll like it. The only movie I've seen where Hitler is both evil and human.
My phone corrects almost all words beginning with 'r' to Ra, as in Ra the Egyptian god. It also changes could to coil, and my boyfriend's name to Jihad. Maybe OP has a phone just as smart as mine!
Zardif ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:27:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do... I type the word 'i' and it autocorrects to 'u' all the time.
No swype I have never been so lazy to use 'u' please stop suggesting it you piece of shit.
Dudes still taking about engorged shit ALL THE TIME.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:34:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to write a short story with a twist ending or something along the lines of getting the reader to think the story is about something else.
Well being the lazy high school students we were I just grabbed some text of the Internet. I tried finding it but couldn't, probably be found over in /r/forwardsfromgrandma at this point, but it and a few others were pretty popular in the mid 90's and constantly being sent around, they described fairly regular things like, a trip to the dentist but made it seem REALLY dirty.
Our little group ended up getting a night of after-school detention. I suspect she thought it was kind of funny...
Keep fighting the good fight. We have to turn in written chapter notes for my physics class (in college dammit), so to rebel I put some swear words, random jokes, and occasionally write in ALL CAPS.
Yea I ended up sharply veering into STEM subjects purely because I was like cats in a sack with english teachers. Fucking insane 80% of the time and I don't need my work shredded by someone's crazy personal bias. I am way too proud to just pander. I regret not just sucking it up in high school and getting the marks.
I mean, Medea was written to come of as fucking nuts in the original stories about her. While she was wronged by Jason, going to the lengths she did (killing her children) was unthinkable in the culture she was part of. Not only was a mother supposed to nurture her children no matter what, but her children were not responsible for Jason's actions.
Although I have to admit weather or not she killed her children on purpose, by accident or was just blamed for it depends on the poet you're reading. Mythology is funny like that.
She also did a lot of questionable things after. She was just a power hungry woman in general and if her power was threatened, murder was the best option.
to be fair, Hitler was far and away the most popular leader in Europe and the time.
cjh93 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:18:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Da Vinci was too obvious, but Hitler was fine? Wtf?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:53:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is such bullshit; I feel frustrated for you. I had a similar experience once. I wrote an essay for an English class in highschool about how a person is often judged on their external appearance and that can influence how they are treated (to their benefit or detriment. I wrote it with a lot of verbal irony and the teacher ended up saying I was very shallow. I guess it was unfortunate that emojis weren't around to help her realize.
SP25 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think the real crime here is writing a 15 page paper in the 10th grade. Jesus Fuck, what kind of ruthlessness is that?? But total bitch 100% for the Hitler thing as well.
janew0lf ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:23:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of one of my college papers. I was taking a Black Theater class and we had to pick a final topic in the field and write a paper on it.
The night before it was due I was stressing out about it to my friend. He told me to try this little pill called aderrall and it would help me concentrate. I forgot what play in particular it was, but it was basically about a black family living in the suburbs. I found a few books about it and they basically criticized how the family was trying to conform to a white society. I got really into and basically wrote a paper about how blacks should violently stand up to whites. Instead of trying to conform to a white society, they should start their own, even if they have to by force.
After I sobered up from the adderral I realized I basically supported a violent revolution against my own race (I'm white). I did get a 97 on the paper though.
workm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:38:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This ideology is in line with the sentiment of the poem by Langston Hughes that "A Raisin in the Sun" is named after. It is the notion that after so many peaceful demonstrations and protests that accomplish little progress, violence is necessary. It also is in line with the beliefs of the Black Panthers and other rebel groups of the late 60's. I can see how you did well on the assignment.
When I got to college I was in an English course and we passed around papers we'd written... I immediately realized I was sitting next to imbeciles that got into college. We're talking extremely basic word choice and sentence structures... Turns out almost all freshmen are idiots. Also we had an 80% fail/drop rate for physics. Got into grad school, phd research, realized all undergrads are lazy idiots
Man, peer review of papers in Freshman English class is fucking brutal. I don't know how most of these kids graduated high school, let alone made it to college.
College is simply a corporation seeking a profit. It's not that far-fetched for people to get into college and not even be properly educated in high school.
hahahah YES! I want to know how you felt when you were initially given the assignment, how you felt writing it, and how you first realized you misinterpreted the prompt. Also was the professor black.
Haha, reminds me of when our history teacher split the class and had us debate secession aka the Civil War and being a bit of a civil war enthusiast (I even had a confederate flag on my wall, yes, that flag, it was a more innocent time) I kicked everybody's ass and the South rose again during second period in Mr. Dibono's class that day.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:22:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of the time in high school english when we had to write a paper about the Civil rights movement, and present it to the class. This was the mid '90's, and I live in a very white part of Alabama. Half of the papers turned in were about the benefits of segregation or George Wallace's 1968 Presidential campaign.
To fake quote this paper I'm imagining a line like, "and no sir, frankly you did not have a dream. No one has dreams like that. I call bullshit. I bet your dream was about something completely different. Like sharks."
Missy166 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:16:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's cringe-worthy right there! Where did you find info to back your claim? And did you end up more or less racist afterwards?
This didn't go the way I expected, but I'm not sure which is worse. I thought you were going to say you misinterpreted what they meant when they said you were going to be discussing Dr. King's "movements." That would be one creepy essay...
oblio76 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I need to read that paper. You don't know how hard I'm laughing.
Oh man i'm just crying with laughter in my bed how could you fuck up so bad bro
TheFeshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm thinking you wrote a very objectionable paper, rather than an objective one.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My freshman college English teacher asked us to write a paper on why Hitler was right.
The point of the assignment was to make the students see what it was like making arguments on a side that we all knew was wrong, and of course he didn't give any grades for the assignment. No one in the class got past the first sentence on the paper.
This the funniest thing I have ever read on this website. This will randomly cross my mind for the next month as I chuckle to myself on the commute to school.
My brother was once in a class where the teacher basically forced students to do something similar. Choose something to argue in favor of/against, or why a person in history was correct/wrong.
After that, the teacher then went "now write with the opposite stance". One poor kid ended up writing a defense of Hitler, another of Stalin, my brother had to write against gay marriage...
It was kind of funny to find out some of the ludicrous things that some of the students had to now argue in favor of or against.
Jesus...so much cringe right here. I can't imagine how appalled the teacher was when they read it and how embarrassed you would've been when the teacher pointed out your mistake. Christ.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
now I can just imagine a sketch on like, Key and Peele or something where they have short debate topics between two people and they cycle between who argues for and who argues against what, but everytime one guy has to argue against something it's like "Women's Suffrage" or "Civil Rights", then has to argue for things like torture and kicking homeless people out of parks.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:31:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a way, that's quite an achievement. Assuming you're not a horrible racist, writing articulately and insightfully from a perspective which is not your own, is extremely challenging.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, I took a class to fulfill my Gen Ed stuff called Deliberative Discussions (i.e. debates). I made an argument once that people shouldn't be upset about NSA spying if they had nothing to hide, and even my own group turned on me. It was funny watching the teacher scramble when our side started arguing with each other.
I was told to do a presentation on Martin Luther for religion class. I thought that meant talking about the man himself, not his teachings and effect on society. That didn't go too well.
Poobaby ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:44:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For what it's worth, you completed your assignment perfectly. The whole point of writing papers is to be able to do research, make coherent statements, and follow through with arguments. Even if the stance is wrong, if you were able to write a whole paper opposing MLKJr's work, that sounds like a damn impressive paper and some dedication to your assigned work.
I don't know if this happened, but I chose to believe it did. I didn't laugh out loud, but I almost hyperventilated because of all the grunts of joy I made sitting on my bedside.
OP here, although I can't technically prove it, this was a very real event :(
schnit123 ยท 5643 points ยท Posted at 20:01:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a professional writing class, I had an assignment where I had students set up a professional website using Wix. The point was to show them how easy doing that and then spending a small amount of money to host it under your own URL (which I didn't require, I just showed them the steps) would give you a professional looking website. One of my students somehow got it in his head that the website was supposed to be a fictional project and not actually about them so he made a "professional" website for a cat named Mittens including a fake professional profile and resume (skills include laying in the sun and knocking things off of countertops). He was really embarrassed when I told him that the website was supposed to be about his professional experience.
So am I. Or at least, that's what they said when they did tests when I was around 8. I just sneeze a bit more so I don't really care.
Guess it'd be different if I broke out in hives or whatever that's called. I think I'd still have cats. I've always had cats. I still remember the one we had that died when I was 4. He was awesome.
I won't take a pedigree cat though. Most die too soon :(
Defttone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get a really runny nose and i start breaking out in hives... it sucks
arudnoh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:28:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, I'm terrible at making myself look good, but I used to sell cats.
susumaya ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:18:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My best grade ever on an essay was for a a piece I wrote about the colour blue. The teacher told us it could be about anything.
I raised my hand, asked if he really meant anything and he said yes, that he simply wanted us to use all the proper key points and form of an English essay.
So there I went, made a case about exactly why the colour blue was the single best colour that ever was. Since the arguments weren't very extensive, the essay was short, but contained everything needed, and it was obviously concise, which he liked a lot.
blastedt ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 01:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP said it was a prof-comm course. Part of the course goals is to teach you to write your own resume.
Part of the course goals is to teach you to write your own resume. be professional
schnit123 ยท 132 points ยท Posted at 00:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A discussion down below made me realize I probably didn't use the best terminology. I basically had them use Wix to make an online resume, which I suppose makes it more of a personal site (though it's a "professional" personal site). It was more an exercise in getting them to use web tools more than anything else. You'd be amazed how resistant students are to learning any sort of new tech.
natufian ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 02:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was more an exercise in getting them to use web tools more than anything else.
But wait... you just said...
Okay, Mittens Man sympathizer here. He understood your objective and devised a solution to fulfill it, I also would've assumed (correctly?) that it was an exercise in demonstrating knowledge of using web tools and would have done similarly. I'm a little surprised you didn't end up with Lorem Ipsum :/
[deleted] ยท 213 points ยท Posted at 00:57:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I know, my point is if his site worked and had a mock resume it's utilizing the technology in the same way. Now if it was a lesson in creating a professional resume as well - I understand.
Because one part of the point of assignments is to do them as assigned. If my boss tells me to go do a reconnect to an existing system, and instead I go to their neighbors and install a new set up, perfect as it may be, I didn't follow the directions and my boss has every right to penalize my ass.
Ive seen people get fired for using an old letter as a template and not changing the date. (It was the last straw in a lack of "ATD", which is all our boss would write on a document which needed correcting. So we would not be able to bill any time while we searched a 7 page document for an unknown mistake which could be as simple as a missing comma somewhere)
People always bitch that school and uni dont prepare people for the real world. Then they want shit like this to slide through. If my boss told me to prepare pleadings for a matter claiming passing off and i brought him back ones that claimed fraud i would have wasted my time, my bosses time and the clients time. Thats unacceptable in a professional world.
I understand what you're saying, but I could go 50/50 on this one. The student obviously learned the material of the lesson (making an online resume), which was the objective. However, they completed the assignment using different criteria than expected. Though that demonstrates there was some miscommunication, it affects no one.
[deleted] ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 02:12:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This is an age old excuse for poor teaching. "it's to teach responsibility/discipline/following directions/time management!" Every assignment does that. That doesn't excuse assigning dumb shit that doesn't help the student learn the course material, or grading in a way that doesn't reflect the student's knowledge of the course material.
Except a comparative example would be doing something in roughly the same vein as what the boss asks, but completely wrong. I imagine he'd give a shit then.
"Hey, make a website for Coca-Cola!"
Two weeks later
"Hey boss, here's that website for A&W Root Beer!"
The point is, there's an assignment, and part of learning is also learning to make sure you understand what's being asked of you. If I gave my boss at the insurance company the wrong information, presented in the right format, my boss will - at best - be annoyed and make me do it again.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you ever made a wix site? Point is he does understand what's going on if he made a damn site and uploaded a resume. If the assignment was geared towards professional resume writing I can see the point. I just thought it was hilarious what he created and still showed he understood the technology, and I would've accepted it haha
Divotus ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but the teacher had no interest in the information, which is clear to both parties.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:12:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I personally only arguing for him to re-do it because that's what's going to happen to that student in an office setting. If you don't follow the directions right you have to do it over, even if its something nobody will ever use.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 01:27:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because it looks pretentious and isn't more convenient than an attachment to an email. Also, if it's s job in tech, guarantee the hiring manager will judge you. Anyone can create a wix site it's nothing special
Oh, I really wish that were true, but sadly, it is not. I've looked over resumes of people claiming to be web designers / developers who were using Wix for their portfolios. Obviously, they weren't any good at web design/development.
I saw Tumblr being used multiple times as well.
kanks24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:52 on December 10, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is wrong with Wix?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:13 on December 10, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hah late comment. I just meant, if you're a recruiter or a potential employer, a well thought out professional resume is so much more convenient than someone making a website for themselves and sending you that link. And if it's for a tech job and you're trying to make yourself look qualified it's probably counter productive because wix is essentially a drag and drop tool that anyone with Internet proficiency can use.
That being said I've made some decent sites with wix and don't really have an issue with it, just not to send in place of resume to a potential employer.
kanks24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:51 on December 10, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Ok I get what you're saying :D Thanks for the reply, have a nice day :)
sparr ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No ones sending out a wix site to a potential employer
Today, probably far fewer people, but 5-10 years ago?
I would have thought because you were a redditor you would have an awesome sense of humor and loved the fact he made a website for Mittens and given him full points. He followed your assignment and showed mastery of the website. :( GO MITTENS!!! Team Mittens forever.
Would not have put my info on the site either. Hate these kinds of assignments. Why should I have to share personal stuff about my self. Spent pretty much all my school life trying to make crap up for these kinds of writing assignments.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:47:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You seem like the kind of teacher who doesn't really make an impression on your students.
right call. He didnt do the assignment as assigned so ya can't let it completely slide, but good call not fucking him with a rake over the particulars.
Still read it in kitts voice. I honestly have didn't think it was related at all I just saw Michael as the last part and the way kitt says it in an almost snobby way just popped into my head.
โฆit's a pun. It's a sentence that can be interpreted two ways, depending on whether you read it with the literal or figurative meaning of "land on his feet". It's a humorous double meaning. It's a pun.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:37:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
A pun is a word that can be interpreted two or more ways, but /u/Not_An_Ambulance is wrong too. It's a play on words but not a pun.
EDIT: I'm now unsure about any of what I just said here
Well, no... It is an allusion. There are sort of multiple word plays going on. First, there is the fact that the phrase "land on his feet" can mean a literal land on his feet, but also the idiom which basically means that everything ends up okay after some challenge. Secondly, he's ALLUDING to the fact that cats tend to land on their feet at least... in the popular consciousness, if they really do or not is sort of ... complicated.
I mean, all that is what makes it an excellent word play. and, frankly is sort of why I say it's not a pun... without the outside knowledge about cats, the joke is lost. Normally all you need to know is the meaning of the phrases to make it a working pun.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:50:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It could be, I just don't think it is. I'm with /u/_a_n_ on the definition of a pun. The sources I have looked up to double check actually vary on if a phase is or not, so it hinges on that.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:23:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well fuck me I don't know anything. You and /u/pretendingtobecool should fight about whether it's a pun though.
K_cutt08 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:06:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:37:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not a pun.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:49:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know, it's been 18 hours, and not a single person has noted this! Not even the top reply to my comment! Congratulations on having such a unique and insightful comment. I'm so glad that you notified me.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:59:23 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, loads of people told you, because they are all smarter than you. Your sarcasm is subpar also.
I just imagined a board of directors type of meeting, and then when the slide changes, the person points the dot onto the slide, a cat jumps and hits the screen.
The camera then pans back to see one open, spinning, chair, and one guy yells, "Damnit Mr. Mittens! We don't have time for this every meeting!"
Its an amazing visual.
user1492 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:10:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
codesign ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you actually see him doing it? I mean you shouldn't fire them unless you witnessed it, and if you did, you should write a book on how, titled "How to catch a red dotter".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:59:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We waste time Redditing, he wastes time Red-dotting. Seems like a wash.
Ragtop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:23:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's tough man - Spend too long chasing that red dot, and you'll burn yourself out by 30. I knew a guy up on the 7th floor - Chased that red dot right out infront of a car. Left a wife and two kittens behind.
Dent18 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:16:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also fuck Wix
It was a huge pain in the ass to use and you had to pay for everything, and I can't get quite annoyed enough at their daily emails to unsubscribe from the email list but I do somewhat annoyed and that sucks
Basically I had them make a website they could use as an online resume. Personal website might have been a better term but it was a "professional" personal site.
f00gers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:24:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a web designer, yup, never seen a wix site that was good.
As a sophomore in high school, we had an assignment in English to write our stance on euthanasia. But the professor never wrote it down or got too in depth in class about it. (Looking back, it was likely intentional.) There were only 2 of us out of 25 students that didn't write about adoption of the youth in asia.
Auntlake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please, What is the URL to this glorious wix page?
rdxl9a ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have given him and A+ for creativity. Good, thinking creatively is awesome. Student still learned the process and he can do it in the future for his own creative agency! Only the student will probably teach himself to code in html5, CSS and JavaScript, and just do his own website.
alcabCT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the second grade we had to make up our own holiday and make a poster about the festivities of our holiday and what it's called. Everyone called theirs things like "cupcake day" and "panda day" and crap; I named mine something like ZooBalooba day and the festivities included drinking neon colored soda and hula hooping.
I got a good grade but I was MORTIFIED the whole time we had to display them on the bulletin board because everyone else's were so generic. I was probably a bit of a smartass second grader.
We set up a couple fake auction sites at work, to test some auction software from magento. I set up a "paintings by Brutus" site. Brutus the bulldog had a lot of dog paintings for sale. They were all famous dog paintings. I even wrote descriptions about his mood while painting them, how the blue in the blue dog series represented his inability to see color, how the dogs playing poker was his friends over on a Saturday night for a few beers.
He was very prolific.
I spent hours on that site. It was some of the best fun I've ever had at work.
...this is one of those subtle marketing things isn't it? You name dropped Wix, told us how easy it was to use, stated that it was professional, and made it clear that you could host it under your own URL...
Hmmm...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's the thing, I feel like a class should never require me to put information about myself out on a public website. I would have made a fictional page as well, because at the end of the day, if the task is to learn how easy it is to set up a page, it doesn't matter whether it is about me or Mittens. The task is not for me to advertise myself.
It's been awhile since I've taught it but you'd need to get the URL through a site like Godaddy. The cost of the URL is heavily dependent on what it is you're buying. It's a few dollars a month from Wix to host under your own URL though. They have a section for paid options on their site.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you buy a domain name from any legit place, you can point it to your Wix website. It will cost about $15 for most unregistered domain names. Wix possibly sells the domain names directly. I don't recommend GoDaddy.
duckspunk ยท 3011 points ยท Posted at 20:59:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an adjunct instructor, and I've done a lot of teaching at community colleges and tech schools. Most of what I teach at these institutions are remedial classes for incoming students who test poorly on their placement exams. In spite of this many, if not most, of my students are bright and eager and willing to put in the work... even if their dedication sometimes takes them in the wrong direction.
So this past spring I was teaching one of these classes and the final assignment is a research paper on your chosen career. It's a longer version of "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" in APA format. At five-to-six pages, it's usually the longest thing my students have ever had to write, so we spend a lot of time working out different organizational patterns that will lend themselves well to this particular topic. Mostly I ask them questions to help them generate and arrange their ideas: What does this job entail? What are the daily tasks associated with this job? What kind of career mobility are you looking for? What steps do you need to take in order to achieve the career of your dreams?
Well, sometimes students will zero in on one part of an assignment and completely forget about the other requirements. Happens all the time. In this instance, I had a student focus only on that last question, completely forgetting the rest of them. So in a class full of future nurses and IT professionals, I had one guy write a ten page paper (using the required five sources, all cited correctly) on how to become the fucking Batman.
Batman and Joker exist in a symbiotic relationship. Without one the other cannot exist. The absence of a Joker actually implies the absense of a Batman.
SmeeGod ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 01:53:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are talking about comic book batman. Real life batman killed the joker in 2003
blotsfan ยท 102 points ยท Posted at 03:07:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought sleeping pills killed the Joker in 2008.
jberg93 ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 03:51:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was he trolling or was the paper written in earnest? If well written and committed, that's an impressive paper.
I remember having to write an instructional paper for Freshman English. Most kids did something like, "How to Drive a Car" or "How to Cook Mac and Cheese". I did, "how to Procrastinate for an Entire Week an Still Write an Effective Essay".
I know dead thread but I have to tell this. In my high school speech class we had to do a speech. I put it off until the dead line. I wrote a speech about procrastination. The teacher said that the content was good, but I lost points for not having it memorized. The rest of the students put it off for an entire week, and lost no points for being late. I was mildly aggravated.
_Aurora_ ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 22:14:05 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well... describing what being the Batman would entail, the daily tasks associated with being the Batman, career mobility as a Batman...
If the guy did that, he'd probably end up working as some sort of private security contractor but...
[deleted] ยท 103 points ยท Posted at 00:40:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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gini1242 ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 01:16:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This right here is why I miss college.
I had to write a 8 page paper on writing in pop culture once and choose fanfiction for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I had this middle aged 'traditional' lecturer who I totally thought was going to have a melt down when I told her my topic, but I got it back and received a 97 iirc with marks only off because of syntax etc.
I once wrote like 10 pages on why the movie genre of 'horror' is masturbatory in nature, while at the same time being a mirror of society within their given era. It also received an A, and my teacher personally loved it. College rules.
dhporter ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:16:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would absolutely read that.
GWizzle ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:07:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not entirely sure what you mean by horror being masturbatory, but it's definitely a mirror of society in many ways. I wrote a short paper recently based on that premise that focused specifically on how zombies as understood around the 19th century were a reflection on the contemporary practice of transatlantic slavery.
Yess-cat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:38:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even on a simpler level, it reminded me of that front page post recently - the info graphic showing what the most popular movie monsters were by decade. You can see the influence of real world events (ex. 1950s - aliens are suddenly #1)
GWizzle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:51:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I started referencing cartoons in the intros of my college papers. I wrote an essay on Oliver Twist where I talked about Pip from South Park (because he's based on a character from a different Dickens novel, I forgot how I tied that in though), I think I got a low A. For the same professor but a different class I wrote about Cheryl/Carol from Archer as an intro to an essay on Oscar Wilde (maybe got a B+). And finally, I wrote an entire essay on the relationship between George Bernard Shaw and Family Guy, totally got an A on that.
One of my favorite college papers was when I wrote a several-page essay, fully cited, on why video games were a sport, including an argument that Starcraft was the national sport of Korea.
Sijnjau ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I compared The Iliad to Star Wars for a classics class. We were studying Epic Conventions. Got an A. One of my greatest scholastic achievements.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish mine was more interesting. I forgot to study for a midterm in a history class, but managed to pass it with a C. I got a 0 on the whole short answer section, but I wrote an amazing essay on the importance of the mammoth to early man. The essay section was worth 75% of your grade. I only pulled this off because I grew up watching every mammoth documentary on TV religiously. I remember staying up late on a school night with permission from my parents. Just so I could watch the new show about them thawing a mammoth we found frozen whole.
How'd you get 100 if the entire argument of the paper is wrong? Batman and Ironman are pretty much the same person (super rich person who decides to be a hero), except one has a suit of armor that lets him fly and do a bunch of crazy stuff.
armeda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And the other one doesn't need that.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:35:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:59:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could easily argue that Tony's endeavors into creating clean energy for the world save far more people than Bruce using his "powers of deduction" to put a few petty criminals behind bars, at least until the corrupt Gotham police force sets them free. Does it make someone better to beat people up directly in order to save people rather than saving people through the power of technology and intelligence?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The paper I'm most proud of is an analysis of James Joyce's Araby and how it's a big allegory for jerking off. I put it together in a day and got a 98 (it was total bullshit but I knew what my instructor liked to see).
My favorite part about this post isn't the story, but the idea that one of my professors from college could have been surfing Reddit on the university WiFi under a username like DUCKSPUNK. Really makes you think.
So in a class full of future nurses and IT professionals, I had one guy write a ten page paper (using the required five sources, all cited correctly) on how to become the fucking Batman.
Gotta give him credit for proper citation for how to become Batman though. He can't just go plagiarizing other people's explanation on how to become batman.
Oh, please post the paper. Did you have them turn it in electronically?
Orlitoq ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:20:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
five-to-six pages
Damn, I remember when that felt like an impossibly long paper to write. I used to loathe writing assignments that were that long.
Bit by bit school gets you writing longer and longer papers, and before you know it you are writing whole books. By the end of my thyme in grad school the outlines for my papers were often 20 pages long. I don't think I could write a paper as short as "five-to-six pages" anymore...
TheFeshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:31:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had one guy write a ten page paper (using the required five sources, all cited correctly) on how to become the fucking Batman.
I had to do a similar powerpoint presentation. My chosen occupation was an undead avatar of justice, and I included plenty of clips and stills from The Crow.
That sounds horrible. What do you say to students who don't know what they want to do? Just thinking about having to theoretically write that assignment is making me nauseous.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:34:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you share it
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
can you deliver?
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:19:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
was that students name Bruce Wayne or Dick Grason?
Not a teacher, but in my Computer Science class we were learning about making graphics in java, and we were told to try to make a checkerboard pattern. A student who doesn't pay much attention (but is great at coding) only heard the checkers part. He goes of to research on his own how to make a full checkers game and turns it in. He asked why he had us do all of that learning and coding by ourselves. Needless to say, he was a little grumpy when he found out it was just supposed to just be the pattern. The checkers game worked well though.
Edit: tolt is not a word
Edit Edit: tolt is a word, just not the right one here
Edit Edit Edit: according to /u/adcas "A tรถlt is an ambling horse gait, so... =D"
zach2992 ยท 4310 points ยท Posted at 21:24:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if he made a game of checkers than I'm assuming he also made the checkerboard. So...technically he did the assignment.
Professors don't really hand out EC like that. Since students are technically competing with each other he would have needed to offer the whole class EC
No, because that wouldn't be fair to the other students if there was no advertised extra credit. This isn't high school, it's important to make sure each student has the same opportunity, regardless of what they choose to do with it.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 09:03:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except if that's the standard going forward, every student will start going above and beyond the given parameters of the assignment to achieve "the most extra credit". You could assign a 2 page paper and start receiving 10 pages of critique and analysis from multiple people. You can't give out extra credit on the fly if you hope to have an actual baseline from which to grade.
Dent18 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:18:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People who do a shit ton of work without questioning it scare me
DrQuint ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 03:17:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too because they raise the standard.
Back in the day, I had to do some javascript stuff to get a little WebGL animation running. Standard procedure for learning computer graphics.
Several weeks after turning it in, I checked what a guy from a previous year had done, and he had a full C++ application running behind it, with all other sorts of shit done that weren't even in the scope of the project anymore. And his assignment sheet was similar to the one I got, with no wildly different rwquirements. Not so much that he bothered, what confused me for real is where the hell did he get time to do that AND all other assignmentswe'd get that busy year as well. At some point you should just call it done.
The sight of that work made me feel like my grade was dropping just from it existing.
Dent18 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:28:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are a lot of insane tryhards in CS, it seems
Here's a quote from my intro CS course's forum:
I decided against a partner for this one! I really love this concept and I think I learn a whole lot more on my own when I have to get frustrated and struggle! Plus honestly the work load isn't that bad! I've only been working on it for like two days and I only have two methods left!
I think this is a lot of group assignments in general. I was in the Masters of Social Work program (We love people! We want to help people!) but the people who never showed for group meetings, wanted to control the group, didn't do their share...I HATED THEM!
I ended up doing several 'group projects' by myself and just let them put their names on it, too. It was easier to create it all instead of just fixing their work.
Dent18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:29:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm kind of antisocial, but I love group projects
It's nice to have someone to share the workload and responsibility, and to talk to about any difficulties rather than just killing myself trying to figure something out
As long as they don't make us pick groups when I don't know anyone in the class shudder
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:39:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what confused me for real is where the hell did he get time to do that AND all other assignmentswe'd get that busy year as well.
Some people are just better at some things than others. It's good to learn that early on.
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:23:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and you did not give him any extra credit? You monster
He probably should have been penalized for it. Understanding requirements and coding to specifications is an important part of dev. Using resources unnecessarily is a no-no.
You're not doing any favours to a CS student by giving full marks to someone who doesn't read requirements and adds unrequested, resource-intensive features to their projects.
[deleted] ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 02:09:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And students everywhere are lucky to not have you as their teacher. The point of teaching is to encourage learning and get kids motivated to pursue their passions while learning the skills to achieve them.
What you suggest is to punish him for taking initiative to teach himself and go the extra mile to do a good job. You must have had a rough childhood.
Dystaxia ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:18:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with /u/HalfTime_show that the student should have been made aware that following instructions is important. It could have been a very teachable moment beyond the context of the class. I wouldn't have failed the kid or anything but give him a 98 or 99 instead of 100, sure! The mark difference would be negligible in terms of his GPA but it would be symbolic enough that he would read instructions more thoroughly next time.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:24:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your solution is the best, it teaches both lessons without punishing
MasterZap ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, but coding to spec really is an important fundamental outlook that all CS students should have thoroughly emphasized to them. If something like this that would benefit a student significantly more than a higher grade on one assignment anyway sufficiently curbs your enthusiasm for CS, then it wouldn't matter because you should probably look into a different field of study. As in other fields, basic mistakes are corrected in the learning process. It's a good thing.
As a person with almost 10 years of experience working with programmers and contributing to open source projects I can attest to the fact that the teacher made the right call.
Schools and universities are about teaching not punishment. There is positive and negative reinforcement overachieving on an assignment is not a negative. Get off your high horse because you aren't impressing anyone here.
His mistake was with interpreting what the teacher meant by 'checkerboard' not with coding to the spec.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately he is not a CS student he is a highschool student. Also punishing either student for their initiative and learning skills sets them back. Coding to spec isn't a hard thing to learn, you just follow directions, coding is takes effort to pick up.
You shouldn't be a teacher or in CS, you are not right for CompSci either, you come off as too entitled and too self absorbed with your need to follow directions rather than pursue innovation.
I bet you work for another phone app company pumping out clones.
As a CS student who has personally lost points on assignments for going above and beyond, I can perfectly relate in this situation. Sure, when I saw my grade I was pretty upset to have lost points with the blunt comment "output doesn't match" for what I believed was a more thorough implementation and better user experience. But, I could totally agree when my instructor, who I think is a great teacher and who has been outspoken about wanting to prepare his students for careers as software engineers, explained to me that what was best for the end user was coding to spec.
He also further justified the grading scheme by explaining the feasibility of grading hundreds of programming assignments case-by-case by one overworked TA and that the easiest way was to just run the program and match outputs, the same method that lots of online educational resources use for evaluation.
More importantly, what you're trying to frame the argument as is simply misleading. Neither I nor that student would have been punished "for their initiative or learning skills." In fact, CS teachers do understand and praise students' personal efforts at getting more education and experience from assignments and projects in and out of class. It's one of the things most emphasized by every computer science professor I've had as the best way to improve. That is not related to the grading of an assignment. This student did not decide to go the extra mile; he simply did not read the instructions clearly. Just like you will lose points for writing a stand-out but superfluous paper above the page limit, you will lose points for submitting a programming project out of the scope of the assignment. While following directions would seem like it's a basic principle of any kind of instruction, it's especially important to be able to understand and adhere to standards and guidelines in a computer science CLASS, since optimization of implementation is a core concept and study of computer science. Individual exploration in computer science is encouraged, but simply following your own interpretations of project requirements is not, which is kind of what this whole thread is about.
Receiving and following a formal education in computer science and software development as a good student as well as a good coder does not imply any lack of creativity or willingness to push boundaries. Understand that computer science is on the cutting edge of technological innovation. The people who design and engineer your favorite innovative technologies did not simply toss out industry standards for the sake of creative freedom. The geniuses are the ones who comprehend and build on previous ideas and methods to form a unique, more perfect product. Computer science is an applied science, not a theoretical one, and there's no way you can judge my aptitude for it nor anyone else's simply because we first learn to apply it correctly and concisely.
Sorry, I didn't see that this was a high school class. Considering that fact, I totally agree with you that it would be way too harsh.
That said, if it were a university CS class, I'd stand by my comment. Universities should be preparing students to succeed in the workplace, and understanding requirements is important in the industry.
That's like creating the universe to make apple pie
jwalker524 ยท 1814 points ยท Posted at 22:41:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Hot apple pie is totally worth creating the universe for, though. Especially with cinnamon ice cream... mmm.... now I want apple pie, and I hate you a bit. Cheers.
Edit: Holy crap, I didn't notice all of these replies... and now my top comment by far is my most "Fat guy" comment of all time... thanks Reddit! Also, i don't have time to reply to everyone below, but yes Cinnamon ice cream exists, it is amazing, and I do prefer it even if the pie has a ton of cinnamon, I just like cinnamon that much. Cheers everyone.
Not to ignore your excellent reference, but on a side note regarding this particular bit of technology; I have decided all technology has failed me until I can download a pizza from any point on the globe.
If I recall correctly, the first webcam was made by some scientists who hated walking to the break-room to see if the coffee was done, only to find out it wasn't. They set up a video camera and remotely accessed it via the internet on a computer they were using to test whatever it was that they were testing.
then I'm going to take some hagen daaz (however you spell it) and put it in a blender along with the soft mango and whatever juice comes out of it from nuking it.
expecting it to basically be soft served mango ice cream.
More like Googling how to make the universe copying its code, learning what you copied to back up each ljne of code. Then being told all you needed to copy was 1/10th of what you copied. Welcome to College life!
But now you've got a whole self-sustaining system of apple pie making
rylos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FIrst you create the universe, then you create a couple of people. Then you create a snake, to get one of the people to pick you a nice, juicy apple. Then they make up the pie, and you fry it up with a few choice lightning bolts. But the two people see the lighning bolts, and mistakenly think that you're mad at them for picking the apple, and refuse to help out in the kitchen ever again. They eventally devise their own kitchen, but then they keep screwing up the food, so you have to flood them out, except a handful escape in a cooking pot, along with two of every kind of roach.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just copypasted this from a site, guess they had it wrong.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:17:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only way to make it from scratch.
SAGORN ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:42:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Literally George Carlin's idea behind the creation of plastic. His bit was about how the Earth created humanity to produce a metric fuck ton of plastic, and now that we have completed the mission the Earth is killing us off with AIDS, Global Warming, and Ideological Extremism.
That reminds me of a similar misunderstanding I had in CS class. My teacher told us to make the game of life using Java. He was of course referring to Conway's game of life which for some reason I had never heard of, but the rest of the students got it. So there I was setting up classes for handling money, cards, player position, and stats for this game of life while my friends are setting up a simple grid with color options. I didn't realize till class the next day.
Tl;dr: Started programming a board game instead of an interesting mathematical simulation.
[deleted] ยท 630 points ยท Posted at 02:31:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think this prepared you well for dealing with business requirements
lilelliot ยท 238 points ยท Posted at 03:49:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:00:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OH god. Here I was, thinking about how the top and the interior of the tire were different levels and how it could seem the same when described strangely...
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:00:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Each time I see this, there are more little pictures.
Uh, I did a weeks' worth of programming on a small thing, only to be asked at the end how i'd started developing something with no requirements.
They'd given me requirements and then decided they didn't even count as requirements.
zigziggy7 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 04:46:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Major change anyone?
jacer1099 ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 03:02:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My first CS class was C++ and I skipped the lecture when we went over object oriented design. Everything to that point had been procedural. So I read the assignment, and it's pretty straight foward.
I wrote about 1,500 lines of code to do something that took ~30 if I had attended class and understood what the objective was supposed to be.
My version worked perfectly and was pretty fast, but because I missed the entire fucking point I got 70%, which was 70% more than I deserved.
Phytor ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 04:32:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher always required us to make a game for our projects because they involve a lot of logic typically. My first project was blackjack, because numbers are easy.
I made a blackjack game in C++ before we knew about object oriented programming, or knew how to use arrays.
My simple blackjack game ended up being 1400 lines of code, with a different declared variable for each possible card, all nested in a do/while loop in case the player wanted to play again.
Why would you not learn that? I'm fairly sure arrays is like one of the first things you learn about programming, right after loops.
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:15:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm taking a first year programming class. We learnt about loops and if else statements about a month ago, and we learnt about arrays a week ago. The better question is why OP's first instinct wasn't, "Hm... I wonder if there's a simpler way to do this. Let's Google it."
Phytor ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:58:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, I was well aware that there were substantially better ways to handle it, but the teacher specified that he didn't want us using concepts that we hadn't covered in class yet.
His projects are less "make it work" and more "properly display that you understand the concepts I've taught you"
Which makes sense for a presumably graded class. It isn't much good getting an assignment that doesn't at all demonstrate the person has learnt what you've been trying to teach. There are plenty of times when being innovative is great, but that is normally not one of them
Lol, it took us since the beginning of the year to even start making card games, but now I'm making a poker game where I have to call hands[].cards[].value
I think he should have specifically referred to it as Conway's Game of Life and should have shown the example on the board or something? Especially considering there is a very popular board game of the same name. I'm surprised you're the only person in what I assume was a decent sized CS class who had the wrong idea.
No, this was a small high school class, of 13 students I believe. Three of us were so far ahead of the curriculum he typically just told us a concept and told us to implement it to solve a problem, but he was of course able to guide us if necessary.
The Conway's game of life assignment was actually just to learn some basics of graphics in Java, and only three of us got that assignment, at least that's all I remember. Two more students may have as well a bit later.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:54:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
huh, I've never heard of conway's game of life either.
efficient implementations of conway's game of life are significantly more complicated from a computational complexity standpoint than a fucking board game.
Exactly, that's why it was assigned. I learned basic networking, encryption, compression, sorting, graphs, and much more in that same class. Really gave me a great head start before college.
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...
Smgth ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:32:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the mรธรธse with the sharpened end of an interspace tรธรธthbrush given her by Svenge...
Bird and curd have exactly the same vowel sound. It's the sound of R fucking that vowel's sound up, like it always does. But that spawn of R is exactly what he wanted to evoke.
adcas ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:57:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Toh-ldt. Not a word you hear every day unless you're working around Icelandic horses or their derivatives. =)
Aha, that is adorable and impressive. Thanks for the vid!
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:52:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was just about to post that. I was in Iceland this year and got the chance to ride some Icelandic horses. They are the only horse with that gait (other breeds generally have four, Icelandic ones have five). I didn't get to tรถlt myself, but I saw it being done.
adcas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:56:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IIRC there are a few breeds that came out of Icelandic stock, based out of Europe, that can do it. I'm recovering from a bug and can't spell or pronounce them at the moment, though. =P
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:43:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My intro to programming class (Python) did it as an extra credit sort of thing, so it wasn't on the exam. My current class (Java, like the one in the original comment) is only having us do it as a way of learning Inheritance. So far it seems like it's not an important thing for us to learn, just a fun teaching tool.
Its really easy actually! Its a lot easier with images vs using the graphics object to draw shapes.
It is pretty cool! That said, we are using AWT, which... if you look up how to do something in AWT, pretty much the first reply is to use Swing instead, so there is that....
We're using Processing. Which I promise is not just a verb it's also the name of a language/library. I got into an accidental argument with my boyfriend over it because he had never heard of the language "Processing" and thought I saying I was "using processing" which makes no sense.
The college I went to had such a competitive Computer Science program that a kid who did something like this would FREAK the fuck out if they had found out it may impact their grade.
That sounds like a program that's "competitive" in the sense of "the students are over-competitive idiots," not "competitive" in the sense of "a competitive school for CS."
Some programs will force you into being over-competitive idiots. Not any CS program that I've heard of, but the business program at my school only allows a certain percentage of the student body to get 4.0s.
Well, it's one of the top business schools in the country, with a direct line into Wall Street. But yeah, I think it's an exception to the general rule that that would not be very impressive to most employers.
gimpwiz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:34:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the students are that competitive, then they should love the challenge (as long as their other courses aren't fucking them over at the same time.)
What did he have to research? Did he write a checkers-playing AI or something?
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:04:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the assignment is "Make a checkerboard pattern" you can assume that they had just begun studying Java and had no real experience in the language. Even if they knew programming before he had to learn how Java handles:
Graphics
Input (for mouse f.i)
Interactive Objects
Anything related to the actual turn mechanisms
Anything related to the rules of the game
And AI implementations if any.
That's quite a tall order if you're just starting out in a language.
The ai would be hard. I'd you know any other language making it two player be pretty easy. I don't know java and still don't but know cpp, c#, perl, asm and some others. A friend of mine was taking java and offered me some cash to do his project of making a solitaire game. I think I knocked it out on in an afternoon and half of was setting up the environment
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends how you do the AI. The simplest thing to do would be to use checker count as a heuristic (something like each piece is a point, except kings which are three), and brute force the next x moves looking for the highest point advantage. A more complicated algorithm is not that easy.
yeah I agree. I just meant more comparatively. I could see the ai bit taking longer than the rest of the program. I didn't really mean it was some huge challenge to do the ai, just that is probably the spot that would require the most thought, coding, debugging, testing etc. I can see a logic error there being tougher to pin down vs drawing the board/receiving input/testing to make sure moves are valid etc where its pretty straight forward and any issues would probably be more syntax related.
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh shit, I'm sorry. I misread your post; I thought you said "the AI would not be hard." My mistake!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Brute forcing checkers might actually be viable; the implementation wouldn't bee too hard. I actually like Java because the graphics side of it is fairly easy to master. I love C++ as a back end language but I've always had a bit of trouble getting the graphics libraries I dig up to work. slowly got there, but those initial hurdles were fairly rough.
Ehh, it's not too bad. A little annoying but it works
MindS1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just out of curiosity, why were they teaching graphics in AP comp sci? There's nothing even remotely related to graphics in the curriculum. Just run out of stuff to learn I guess?
Haha, I'm sure he learned quite a bit at least! Reminds me of when I made a squadron based AI with cover logic in my game AI class I took for fun. Prof was looking more like a connect 4 or battleship, needless to say I was the only one with something different, well that's what I get for not attending normal class.
I was learning java on a website and the problem was to make a character go over a set of random hurdles, instead of going around each one using about 100 lines of code my friend just had the character move above the hurdles and stay there till the end. Teacher gave him 100% and told us to be creative.
I think the main difference between this kid and a kid who really enjoyed coding was the anger at the end.
I was That Guy in my high school AP Comp Sci class who always did more than the assignment requited. On an assignment for a very similar concept, we were told to use graphics to make a sandwich. All the teacher really required was to draw different, vaguely bread/lettuice/meat-colored rectangles on screen. Naturally, I went on and figured out how to add GUI menu options for toppings and their quantities, as well as how to display images so I could make a sandwich out of actual food pictures.
Ehh, he enjoys coding, but just kinda mad that he did all the work for nothing. And yes you were that guy.
Skutter_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just did an assigment with the java graphics library. Kudos to him for getting it working with that level of complexity. I had a bunch of issues where the compiler outright ignored the class containing the JComponent. Had to compile the files individually. No errors or anything...just really fucking annoying
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like something one of my friends would do. Programming genius with a dose of absentmindedness
I was a lazy, and not particularly amazing design student. We had to make a space container, which is a structure meant to contain space (shocking right?) out of cardboard. We where told we couldn't use staples, screws, other similar things to hold it together. We could sew it together, but for some reason I understood it as not being allowed to use needle and thread, so I used a paper clip and floss. My teacher looked at me like I was a special kind of stupid, but congratulated me on doing more work than I had to. I know the feeling.
liamOSM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of something that happened to me in grade 11 computer science. We were supposed to write a program that calls the "drawMoon" class, supplies various size and location parameters, and draws moons. I didn't realize the code for the class was in a network drive, and all we had to do was write a program to call it. I spent days writing the code for my own "drawMoon" class.
wtfdizzy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a similar assignment in my CS classes back in college, actually. I gained a bit of popularity by getting tripped up somewhere in the assignment, asking for help on StackOverflow, then getting an appropriate answer. After that, all of the following classes knew me as "The Guy Who Read Our Minds", as they all got tripped up on the same area!
LordBass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once I was asked to build a syntactical and lexical analyzer that should output the three address code to any code in a invented language.
For those that don't know, that means breaking down things like a=b+c+d into tmp=b+c a=tmp+d (you must have at most 3 addresses/variables/values for each instruction). That also implies generating labels and gotos for looping and ifs and elses.
I misunderstood the assignment and built an interpreter for the language. That in itself meant I broke it down into three address code and went a step further to interpret it (it ran the code you typed, meaning I had to implement types and all sort of shit). I got half the score for that assignment.
Fast forward a year, a friend of mine asked for help on the same assignment, I just added a variable "boolean shouldInterpretCode" that when set to false would output the 3 address code and ignore the "run code" part. He got full score and an extra for the interpreter. FML.
vambot5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:18:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That kid is basically all of my CS wizard friends in college. Though they just as easily might have heard the assignment, thought it sounded dull, and implemented a functional checkers game just for fun/to show off.
Chupoons ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sounds to me like he completed a future assignment early
I remember having to do this, using DrawingPanel. Man, that was a fun class.
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Happened to me junior year of college.
The assignment: implement a cryptographically secure instant messaging program. End to end encryption, key exchanges, the works.
Date assigned: Thursday at 6 pm. Date due: Sunday at midnight.
Jesus fucking christ. Fine. I finished all my other assignments half-assedly, then sat down and did the whole fucking thing. I was kind of confused - it was supposed to be semester-culminating project, but we still had a full month after the due date till the end of class. But I mean, we learned all the basic concepts at that point, had implemented some proofs of concept; the language had some decent built in libraries for this sort of thing. I didn't get to finish fancy features like perfect forward secrecy, but I submitted it at 11:50 PM on Sunday, ten minutes before it was due, after double checking that it worked on my local machine, and it worked on other machines, and it could communicate on the network without getting firewalled - in other words, that it worked locally and wouldn't die when the professor or TA ran it.
On Thursday, the professor says to me: Hey, I didn't get your submission of your project proposal.
Proposal?
Yes, you were supposed to write a proposal of the security features you would implement, your key-exchange algorithm, and so on.
Fuck me. We had three days to plan a first approach, get feedback from the class (after presenting it) and professor, then a month to implement.
I presented what I did, instead of what I planned to do. The professor waived that part of the assignment. I hated myself.
Oh god Graphics in java. I made a Scrabble game for my APCS class. Getting the clicking and placing to work was a nightmare. So much goddamn boilerplate. Though I got everything to scale, which was nice
Kraymur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't make your graphics in Java, I don't think coffee is good for computing.
There was a guy at my uni who was tasked to implement a Java server which communicated using the HTTP protocol. He wasn't there the day they went over the relevant Java libraries, so he ended up manually implementing the whole HTTP protocol in addition to the already large project.
102564 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
An event in Dantzig's life became the origin of a famous story in 1939 while he was a graduate student at UC Berkeley. Near the beginning of a class for which Dantzig was late, professor Jerzy Neyman wrote two examples of famously unsolved statistics problems on the blackboard. When Dantzig arrived, he assumed that the two problems were a homework assignment and wrote them down. According to Dantzig, the problems "seemed to be a little harder than usual", but a few days later he handed in completed solutions for the two problems, still believing that they were an assignment that was overdue.
I did something very similar. We were told to create a battleship game with a random board in my intro to CS C++ class. Apparently she had said randomly choose between 2 static boards. I was amazed at how much I had to figure out on my own and when I turned it in, I asked her about it, only to find out the actual assignment... I mean I learned a lot, so it was worth it, but it was so much more work than I needed to do.
Maybe not what you were looking for, but this question reminded me of the story of George Dantzig, who solved two famous unsolved problems in statistics after mistaking them for his homework assignment.
Something similar happened to me. I "proved" Fermat's last theorem in my first semester. The teaching assistant put it on the homework assignment as a joke. It was exercise 1d, where 1a-c were really simple, similar looking problems that could be proven with complete induction or refuted with a counterexample.
Of course my "proof" was completely wrong, so maybe the story is not that similar at all ...
Haha, I wish.
But our homework didn't get graded anyway, we didn't even turn it in. We were just expected to solve one "exercise sheet" each week. Then, during a special class once a week, the assistant showed us how to solve the problems.
Why are you being such an asshole? I know he probably spent a lot of time figuring out how to solve the equations because he thought it was necessary for him to pass the class. What I meant was I hope that some kind of situation drives me to have the same motivation he had to do something great. So stop being so rude just because you think that I thought what he did was easy and that I would want to solve something just for the sake of compliments.
Knaprig ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 10:10:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to realize or understand that those kind of things are unlikely (but not impossible because it has actually happened) to happen before you put your productive gears in motion, really... I mean, why can't someone be productive and hope for a miracle at the same time? It has a very little percentage of actually happening but sometimes it's fun to get your head in the clouds. No harm done when you dream as long as you're working on it as well.
Oo, thought of another one - my professor at uni told us about a time he assigned an essay on the male gaze in film. Got an essay back about 'the male gays in film'.
My mom was a history prof at a local college of...questionable academic quality. One of her students turned in a five page paper on the historical significance of that classic book, Uncle Tom's Cabinet.
(Handwritten, can't blame autocorrect for this one).
vaashole ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:36:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually kind of laughed at this one. It's such a small change, but still funny.
Anyone wondering, it's currently published as De Hut van Oom Tom, but it has also been published as De Negerhut van Oom Tom or just De Negerhut.
I assume you don't need to know Dutch to know what it means.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 13:12:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's a term in film studies to refer to the traditional viewpoint of the camera as 'male'. From a purely practical standpoint, traditionally and still to a large extent today directors, editors and cameramen etc were male, so it's in a way a literal 'male viewpoint'. In a more metaphorical sense, it refers to films as being shot through a male perspective, which affects the portrayal of women particularly, but also men. It's an interesting way to analyse a film, and of course now there are 'female gazes' and 'transgender gazes' as well.
Oh, this is cool, thanks for your explanation. I haven't studied film so I didn't know that. I thought it meant a man in a movie literally gazing, with his eyes, at something lol
And you'll spend the rest of your life talking about Leni Riefenstahl and making weird comments during movies about pan, tilt, dolly, trolley, and rack focus, which will annoy the crap out of your friends after awhile.
And...Bryan, if on the odd chance you ever see this, yeah, it's me.
Seriously though. I have no interest in making films or partaking in any way, so I'd rather just enjoy them. I often find that learning more about something takes away the magic of it. I don't even like knowing the actors because one I know their names it's difficult to separate the character from the person.
redclash ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 10:47:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Film classes aren't just about the technical aspects of filmmaking (if they're even involved at all it's probably just mentioned). They're more about being able to see the deeper meanings and symbolism in the films themselves. Everything we see on screen is there for a reason, and a film class teaches you how to analyse what you see to better realise the director's intentions.
It's great to just sit there and enjoy a film, but isn't it better to understand how the camera angles show the audience who has the power in the scene, or something? I think so.
can confirm, have taken a film class. Made worse when I married a film maker.
wombat1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a wombat.
bassitone ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:29:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. One of my major electives in undergrad was, as it turned out, a course primarily on films from Latin America. A separate course in my minor was the same in German.
Interesting as fuck material there
Ulti ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:52:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And then turn all of your elective into film classes! So much fun.
You ever take a horror film class?
It has inspired me to love a genre I once thought to be so simple
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:49:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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mcfly357 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:30:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that sucks man. i was a film major and my school had tons of awesome classes. i took a title sequences class that was awesome, a futurism class, a hitchcock class, and best of all - the body genres (genres that evoke a physical reaction from the viewer, also known as the jerker films -- tear jerkers, fear jerkers, and...jerkers).
long story short, my 20 page senior thesis paper compared porn to professional wrestling, and it was by far the best paper i've ever written. first time in my life i couldn't stop writing. the similarities between the two 'art forms' would surprise you!
grrrbz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not nearly as cool, but I wrote one of my papers comparing professional wrestling (as is explored in Barthes' "The World of Wrestling") to Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares."
mcfly357 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a film major and I'm in a course on American Gothic film. Here's some of the films being screened in class:
The Ring, The Shining, 6th Sense, Nightmare on Elm Street, Bram Stoker's Dracula
Ulti ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:27:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not specifically, but probably the coolest one I took was trash cinema - we watched so many godawful movies that were bad for various reasons, Cannibal Holocaust was one of the ones we got to discuss, along with The Tingler (this ridiculous-ass Vincent Price movie directed by William Castle), so we did touch on horror a bit. I loooove me some horror movies, so I was all over that.
meeeow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:17:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I was in Brussels for a screening once and fucking Deodato was there! Took a photo with him, it was great.
Ulti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hah, way cool! I have always been a little curious to check out his other movies, I bet they're probably equally ridiculous.
Plus you get credits for watching movies. Its actually super insightful though.
mcfly357 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:33:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
true, but it can often backfire.
it's never fun to write 20 pages analyzing a 30 second, black and white, PIECE of a silent film that was found in a closet of a burned down mental institution (true story). i ran out of things to write after about 1 page.
What the fuck could you possibly say in 20 pages? That sounds like overkill.
mcfly357 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:41:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it was more of a film history class than anything. i wish i could remember the details more clearly, but some famous 20s/30s filmmaker made some 'classic' film and people thought all copies of the film were lost/destroyed (celluloid doesn't age well). then like 50 years later someone found ONE of the reels in a mental institution closet or something. but it wasn't the entire film, just a part of it. the paper was supposed to talk about the importance of finding the 'lost reel' while also analyzing the film itself.
the professor was the type that over analyzed EVERYTHING. the type to say the filmmaker 'obviously' used blue curtains in this scene to evoke certain feelings out of the viewer blah blah...when in reality, i bet the fucking curtains in that room were just blue.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never taken a film class, so there are probably a ton of stuff I'm missing out on, but I really enjoy the YouTube channel "Every Frame a Painting." The guy only has like 14 videos but they all have shown me aspects of film making I wasn't aware of. It's kind of cool to go back and watch movies that I've seen several times with the new information in mind.
mcfly357 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
warning: if you take to many screen writing classes, your girlfriend might at some point refuse to watch movies with you because you "figure it out too fast" and ruin it for everyone.
I got weird looks in my film class for saying that you could remake The Cabinet of Dr Caligari shot for shot today and people would think it was a Tim Burton movie.
The tutor agreed with me though.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, it really is awesome, but only if you have a good teacher.
For me, that would ruin it. My husband has forced me to learn how to tell if there is a green screen, or CGI or whatever. Now noticing those things pull me out of the story and into the details. I hate that.
Just like my sociology class (that I took 5 years ago) still has me looking for & counting minorities in film, ads and in real life; examining messages towards different genders and racists; gender norms, etc.
Once you've had the curtain pulled back on certain things, it can never return. You're stuck looking at how the sausage is made whether you want to or not.
6feet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention, everything you watch on TV or at the movies has been created by people who studied film. Once you start speaking the same language as the creators, all your favorite movies and TV shows are suddenly a shit ton more interesting and fun to watch, and you'll realize there was a lot you were missing out on or just didn't notice or understand.
And then you'll be ready for your job as a reviewer for a newspaper!
Or even better yet, a fast food worker!
Agilulf ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:27:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, if you want an incredibly nerdy but accessible and fun example, the X-Files episode "Bad Blood" is sometimes cited as subverting the male gaze. It's split between Mulder and Scully telling their subjective versions of a case. Scully's is very intentionally directed and shot away from male gaze stuff.
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:13:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe, in this case, the 'male gaze' has more to do with sociology, especially in a college setting. Though it was coined by film, the term has gone on to apply more generally in sociological, psychological, and especially gender studies.
For Berger these images record the inequality of gender relations and a sexualization of the female image that remains culturally central today. They reassure men of their sexual power and at the same moment deny any sexuality of women other than the male construction. They are evidence of gendered differenceโฆ because any effort to replace the woman in these images with a man violates โthe assumptions of the likely viewerโ (Berger, 1972: 64). That is, it does not fit with expectations but transgresses them and so seems wrong.
-Maggie Wykes and Barrie Gunter (The Media and Body Image, 2005): โWays of seeing womenโ, pp. 38-47.
It isn't just for Film either. In critical theory you can apply the idea to basically any media portrayal. If you've ever taken an art history survey, basically the entire canon of Renaissance work is an exercise in the male gaze. When you realize every artist you studied is a straight(ish) male of a dominant class, and nearly every paper you read was written by (mostly)straight white men, you can see how a lot of incredible work and discussion are lost in the echo chamber of academia. It wasn't until quite recently that this was recognized and it still is t seen as an issue by many people. I personally like seeing and hearing about different viewpoints. A queer individual will have different thoughts on the creation or performance of a work of art. A woman understands different messages. A person of color could come at a story with a totally different set of cultural values that then pervades the project.
Got a little ramble going. I blame wine!
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 23:53:49 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You and your kind are what's killing movies, games, and sci-fi. Not everything needs leftist politics injected into it.
chocoboat ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 02:30:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a pretty blatant example of "male gaze" in MGSV, where the camera makes sure to get a close up view of boobs and asses whenever possible, as if a hormone ridden teenage boy was in charge of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0cOjDnuMc#t=2m4s
It's not usually taken to extremes like that though.
Yeah. There's also a main character who is a mute female sniper dressed in a bikini and fishnets. The creator's explanation for the character is that she breathes with her skin or something and she'd die if she wore anything more than a bikini. Go figure.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:35:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
this is amazing i heard MGS is kinda of nuts but now I gotta play it
"One of the most famous male gazes in film appears in Casablanca, as Rick's gaze changes from Ilsa to Victor, signifying that he is giving his approval to her to leave with Victor."
It can. I wrote a paper a long time ago on the use of night vision goggles in Silence of the Lambs as a manifestation of the male gaze, how special agent so and so couldn't see, how it gets subverted, etc
SimpleRy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:58:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"And now for my presentation, Blue Steel: A Postmodern Reflection"
There's a classic book on horror films called Men, Women & Chainsaws that analyzes how the mostly male audience shifts between the male gaze of the killer to identifying with the Final Girl who finishes him off. Really interesting; highly recommended.
I read this book for my dissertation and it was really interesting. Another good book is called the monstrous feminine by Barbara Creed, which is well worth a read.
Yes, that's a great book - I had a horror film class and that book was one of our texts. I remember a fellow student talking to me after class one day when we were discussing that book - we were laughing so hard because she spent about 3/4 of the class wondering if she should be offended by the teacher talking about the male gays before she finally figured out what the professor was talking about.
Female gaze is definitely starting to crop up. Thor had the first female gaze I took notice of. You know the shot. It was the one where his abs made you question your sexuality.
The ones I remember being a big deal when I was younger were the full butt scenes in "Robin Hood" (Kevin Costner) and "Nell" (Liam Neeson). I have a feeling lots of VHS tapes were broken by rewinding/slo motion during those scenes.
Yes! I think Rear Window is especially interesting in this context, as it seems to subvert it slyly.
zeus2133 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:29:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What about gay gazes?
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:16:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still part of the male gaze. Camera angles are meant to play up whatever is "sexy" to sell to an audience marketers and associated professionals still think is mainly young men.
Research French Impressionist painting through the subversion of the male gaze. Specifically Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. They were the original vandals in my opinion because women in polite society could only paint a few subjects but they turned those subjects on their head and made very critical commentary on the status quo. Look for lots of veils.
tk-not21 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:56:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And here I was thinking it was going to be analysis or interpretation on the use of eye-level closeups on male subjects in 20th century film, particularly, those found in spaghetti westerns . :P
Although to be fair, what I just described would be a contextual example of the male gaze as you had described.
"The history of cinema is the history of boys photographing girls."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:01:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The easiest example the comes to mind is whenever a female character is introduced and the camera pans from her feet up to her head like it's checking her out but a similar "look at this character's body" shot isn't used for men typically.
Or how in every written work ever when we're being introduced to a female character, even from her own point of view, they will talk very specifically about her tits. Tit-oriented narration will also be included in at least half of all of said female characters' movements, and they will always feature jiggling, swaying, and/or straining against the containment of silky fabrics.
Like, I don't know what it's like for other women, but I certainly don't think about my tits even half as much as these fictional characters think about theirs.
A movie made by/for the male gaze is going to center men at best, and objectify women at worst. I'm completely blanking on an example of a male gazey movie, because I can still only think of how amazing Mad Max: Fury Road is.
A movie made by/for the cis gaze will center cis people. For an extreme example: lgbtq people got real mad about the recent Stonewall movie, which at best minimized the role of trans women and drag queens and other gender-non-confirming people in the riots.
thefran ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 08:57:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that has nothing to do with gaze and is just representation, who comes up with this bullshit
People who spend more time thinking about the subject than you have tonight.
thefran ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 09:22:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah, thinking, sure. i am very familiar with the gaze theory, and feminist butchering of it is just that - butchering. I haven't even been aware of the trans gaze before. what is described here as trans gaze is literally just representation.
redclash ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:53:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're "very familiar" with gaze theory but trans gaze is a new concept to you that needs explaining? Doesn't add up, mate.
thefran ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 11:58:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the precursors to gaze theory predate feminism. as is always the rule, feminist usage of any terms hilariously incorrect. (see also: rape culture) what you refer to as trans gaze is representation.
redclash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:15:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All I mean is that gaze theory is hardly complex, and it lends itself to any prefix. The idea that you'd struggle intellectually understanding an idea of trans gaze, if you were actually familiar with it, is crazy.
Also, no one mentioned feminism...
thefran ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 12:17:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The idea that you'd struggle intellectually understanding an idea of trans gaze
I'm not struggling with anything. I'm far more competent on the topic than you'll ever be, given that I do research instead of repeating memes.
Also, no one mentioned feminism...
You're using the feminist understanding of gaze theory, which is hilariously inept, and then add the "trans gaze" term, which doesn't even fit in feminist understanding of gaze theory.
redclash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:29:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What memes did I even use?
Gaze theory isn't inherently feminist. The idea of the male gaze was coined by a feminist and is/was important, because the majority of media are controlled by males. But gaze theory itself was an idea by Lacan (?) I think. It's just an academic theory used to analyse things.
You even said that yourself earlier - implying that it isn't inherently feminist.
very familiar with the gaze theory, and feminist butchering of it
Dent18 ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 02:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bullshit
thipp ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 23:54:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Alright, now how is that significantly different? Wouldn't it just be the same as the cis gaze of the gender you're seeing it with? This is an incredibly fucking convoluted way to describe perspective.
Imagine a movie being made by a group of cis people, about trans people, with an audience of cis people. Imagine a similar movie being made by trans people, about trans people, for trans people.
The first movie might focus a lot on transition, or things related to sex and dating, or how much effort is involved in passing, or whatever. There'll be an assumption that the audience doesn't know any of these things.
The second movie can assume that the audience already knows how hormones work, how shitty people can be if you don't pass, what a pain in the ass it is dealing with getting your license name changed and all that. So instead of making a movie about 'omg transition', they can have a movie where the main character(s) happen to be trans.
This is more or less unrelated to male/female gaze?
thipp ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So what you're saying is is that this concept is in no way exclusively tied to gender, right? You could have Physicist gaze; that's a pretty similar concept. Basing stuff off the assumption that the audience is familiar, correct?
Isn't that just called the point of view? Why specifically attach gender to it?
It feeds itself: if overwhelmingly, women in media are objectified, women tend to stop consuming that media, so the only people who keep working in it are people who see women as objects...
Soulsiren ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:58:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well, it's not just basing stuff on the assumption of familiarity, but rather accesses a whole bunch of norms related to whatever gaze is being discussed. For example, a non-physicist gaze might be much more likely to use stereotypes of the nerdy, socially awkward scientist than a physicist gaze would be: the non-physicist gaze is more likely to represent physicists (and physics) through stereotypes than physicists (or people marketting primarily to physicists) are.
You could do plenty with a "non-scientist gaze", looking at the way in which science is stereotyped primarily by and for non-scientists. Why is it that it's such a common trope (in action and disaster movies especially) to see the supposed genius scientists (often rather effette characters) fail at the task you'd expect them to be an expert in, only for the salt of the earth, common sense, man of action non-scientist to save the day? Would this be so common if the films weren't being made by and for non-scientists? Can we go further, and argue that it appeals to and perpetuates anti-intellectualism, say, and thus reflects a troubling trend in our society?
What about tropes of the mad scientist? Or the cold, calculating scientist villain?
As for why we see Gender reasonably often, it's probably because in some ways it's more versatile/interesting, because gender comes with a lot more cultural norms and stereotypes than really most other things do. As well as this, there has been a good deal of work done on gender in society, so you can then tie it into wider ideas about culture, and wider work on gender. It's also partly that the vast majority of people are non-scientists, so it's statistically not really surprising that films are going to try and appeal to non-scientists. Similarly, most people aren't scientists, so even if they were proportionally represented in hollywood (which is of course unlikely, given that mostly they'll be doing science, not making films), we'd still expect them to be a relatively small influence in the film making business. These don't really map onto the male gaze though, because women are such a large proportion of the general population -- so we then get the question of why it might arise.
We could call it point of view, but if we're talking about a specific point of view (a male one, a non-scientist one, an Asian one -- you can do it with tons of things) then it's more informative to say "the X gaze" than just "the film's perspective". Also, we tend to narrow down when we discuss a gaze, so it's not exactly the same as perspective generally. If you take a given film, you could analyse it from a variety of different angles -- it might have a male gaze and a non-scientist gaze and an Asian gaze, as well as whatever else. I mean most films usually won't just have one. And these things will sum together to make the films overall perspective. But say we just want to talk about the role of science in The Core, we're probably going to talk about "the non-scientist gaze", rather than just "the film's perspective"; since we're not really talking about the whole of the film's perspective, it's more informative to say "the non-scientist gaze" because it's narrowed down to the actual issue we're talking about.
Because physicists haven't had a century long hegemony on creating films the way cis straight white men have. As such it's worth noting how those vectors of perspective must be acknowledged to truly understand where the majority of films are coming from.
thipp ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 01:34:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, so why specifically gender it? Why does this have to be a gender-specific thing instead of just being "perspective" or "point of view"? It's the exact same concept, and you're really grasping at straws to make it seem like some revolutionary and underground thing that's tackling the iron fist that's controlling the industry, when in reality it's a concept as old as writing itself. This isn't some groundbreaking thing that's destroying some established sexist medium, it's just a perspective.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's got a gendered name because it is a gendered phenomenon.
The fact that cameramen and directors and film writers are generally male is the point under discussion, as it relates to the way gender is presented and dealt with on screen (cameras that linger on women's butts and boobs, movies not passing the bechdel test, who gets to be everyman, that sort of thing).
Are you saying these aren't issues worth noting? Or are you saying we should talk about this stuff without mentioning gender?
thipp ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 04:24:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a gendered phenomenon, though. It's the gendered application of something that isn't gendered at all. This specific issue is gendered, yes, but it's not like this is in any way a unique version of perspective. It's not magically its own aspect of film because it's the gendered application of something much broader.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:09:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, if I understand you correctly, your argument is, "You should stop wondering aloud why you can't have Ford Model Ts of colors other than black, because sometimes other things are black too so Model Ts being black is not a unique phenomenon, and also blackness is not inherent to Model Ts, so it doesn't make sense to ask why all Model Ts are black."
Did I get that right? If yes, I hope the flaw in the argument is clear to you.
Well this would be the question you are trying to answer if you wrote about the transgender gaze. Even the belief that there is no difference would be an answer if you looked at movies from a transgender perspective.
I would assume it would mostly be defined by a much stronger focus on gender roles by characters and how that influences their interactions. Perhaps a transgender character over emphasizes their traditional gender roles out of fear of their own inner feelings that they are in fact not the same gender as their physical sex. Maybe they specifically act in ways that they seem as breaking traditional gender roles. Maybe the author/writer/or directer focuses on non transgender people being more fluid in their own gender expression then they realize. Perhaps the creator focuses on people being stifled by their gender expressions.
My only thought of an example of this is the Matrix and other films by Lana Wachowski, as she is transgender, so there is a lot of hidden references to that experience (the whole blue vs red pill thing is reminiscent of us taking, well, pills)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just have to say, despite taking numerous film classes the meaning of male gaze never fully made sense to me until you put it this simply. Thank you. The downside to film studies is sometimes people try way too hard to describe things in depth and never state anything simply.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, in my classes my professors had sort of explained it that way, but more about the way the male view is imposed on females, rather than the fact that the camera takes a male role, which makes it so much clearer.
Boys Don't Cry is the best example for me - we 'see' the film through the main trans character's eyes (literally in a couple of shots, for example the opening scene where his eyes look out of a rear view mirror). The scene where he's forcibly stripped also establishes his gaze by having the group of characters staring at his naked body include himself, in a kind of dream-sequence scene.
Boys Don't Cry is the best example I can think of. The main character is a trans man, and the first shot is the reflection of his eyes in a rear view mirror. The film then goes on to establish a transgender gaze as primary (in my reading of it, anyway!).
5 years of film theory education, 2 published papers, untold hours of research, and my only use of any of that knowledge recently is understanding references on Reddit. Take that Dad! I can use this degree for something practical!
withatee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to film school and work in the industry and this is the best description for the term I've seen. Often people get really sidetracked in the argument before getting to the important factor that it's originally (and mostly still) a male dominated industry hence why the camera often sees things with a male eye. I kinda miss studying, I took a great class called Race ,Class and Gender in Hollywood - can't really reccomend anyone take it, unless they're in Melbourne, but if there's something similar around or a book of the same nature, hit it up.
Out of curiosity, could you give an example of a female gaze or a transgender gaze film? I'm already kind of familiar with the whole male gaze concept, so I'm curious how it would look different.
I haven't seen Boys Don't Cry or Tangerine, so I'll have to check those out. But, even just from seeing the trailers and hearing about Magic Mike, I got what you mean from that, haha
My film history professor expanded that further, talking about the male gaze of the writers, writing for male leads who's acting conveyed a gaze perspective, etc. Many levels of gaze. This lead to crying fits of laughter from me and my friend as he went on to talk about the "significance of talking about gays in cinema," how "the gays will give you another level of appreciation for a film," and that "we should think of the gays in every film." I'd say that I was immature in college, but the joke still holds up.
Valdrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:50:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's a work with a good, strong example of the last one? Male and female gaze are easy enough to understand, but I have no idea what a camera would focus on for transgender gaze.
It's less of what the camera/plot would focus on, and more of what it wouldn't.
There've been a lot of movies where revealing that a character is trans has been part of a joke, or is a betrayal, or something else negative. There's a focus on the trans person's genitals, or their sexuality, or sordid details about surgery and transition.
A bunch of my trans friends really dig how Stevonnie in Steven Universe has been portrayed: the show doesn't explicitly gender Stevonnie, the in-universe reaction is positive, and the character is apparently Rad As Hell.
There's also Sense8, which the Wachowskis are producing, which has at least one trans character, but I know nothing about it.
This makes zero sense to me. The camera is either a neutral, sex-less third-party through which I'm watching the seen, or the camera is through the eyes of a person (who can be male or female).
I guess the argument is that the camera can't be neutral, because it's operated/directed/etc by people who bring their own inherent biases and what have you.
I still don't understand "a way of looking." I look at things/people. My wife looks at things/people. Sure, we might have different expressions on our faces while looking, but if you're taking the perspective from our eyes (e.g., the way it would be if our eyes were replaced with the crew's camera) would be the same.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:07:07 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not about that either. It's like, if there's a shot of a really gorgeous woman walking into a room, and the camera does that slow up and down pan of her body, that's an example of the male gaze, because the camera (and the camera operator/director/etc) are simulating the gaze of a male who is attracted to her, and therefore making you the audience member look at her in that manner.
soisawc ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 00:42:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In this college level class which costs easily over a thousand dollars we'll be covering the complex topic of: people often have individualized viewpoints.
You're grossly misunderstanding the concept of "the male gaze" in cinema and visual media in general.
It's not about people having different perspectives. It's specifically that in film women are often framed differently than men. Women are often filmed in a manner that reflects how men may perceive them.
For example, if you're a guy checking out an attractive girl, your eye tends to look at parts of their body individually (legs, chest, face, butt, etc.) - women are often filmed in the same manner where they are divided into pieces with each body part getting a close-up shot. The audience is now experiencing what it's like to check out a woman because of the way the woman has been shot and edited by the filmmaker.
Women are also more often the subject of voyeuristic film styles, where the position of the camera gives the distinct sense that you're watching private moment.
Alfred Hitchcock films are used as examples very often when discussing the male gaze, because his films deal with voyeurism quite often.
himit ยท 248 points ยท Posted at 21:23:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's basically about how films and other media are often shot to please male viewers with gratuitous shots - a really good example are female characters in action video games wearing bikini armour.
Media produced for the female gaze is much rarer but it does exist. A great example of female gaze-focused mainstream media is George of the Jungle.
Thive ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:34:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait... George of the Jungle?
_Aurora_ ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 22:02:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who else is pissed at bikini armor? I just want to make a full recreation of myself IRL/a certain female character.
"Bikini armor. Bikini armor. Bikini armor."
OK. Where the f*** can I get FULL armor that makes Lucina look like a fighter, NOT a stripper?
Soulless ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:56:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TERA online is, and shall always be, "The quest for pants and a shirt."
magnakai ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:13:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lucina's armor isn't that skimpy. It's not like Olivia's or Nowi's. I assume you're talking FE here.
kjata ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:06:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And those two have the excuse that they're a dancer, who needs mobility and won't be on the front lines, and a fucking dragon, who doesn't give a shit because she turns into a fucking dragon, respectively.
Definitely. Sully's one tough chick. Too bad I don't really use her much, I love her character, but I prefer Stahl's stat growth.
_Aurora_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:53:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I mean. When I'm remaking Lucina and trying not to make her Olivia.
BlUeSapia ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:08:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
?
Under which context would Lucina have bikini armor? The most revealing outfits she has in FE are the Archer reclass and the bathrobe.
Vauxhaven ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 00:51:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lucina doesn't have bikini armor. That's the annoying part, I think. There aren't any options for armor outside of bikinis, so it's really damn hard to recreate Lucina in another game.
_Aurora_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In some games, I manage to score legit non bikini armor.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:17:06 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you heard of the blog BikiniArmorBattleDamage?
jjeeper ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 01:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean there was a solid 10 seconds of Thor bathing in Avengers 2 and Thor 2
Diredoe ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 06:04:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's actually arguments that the first Thor movie was shot with the Female Gaze in mind - notice that pretty much none of the fanservice was centered around Jane, but almost all of it around Thor, with him walking around shirtless and the camera panning up his body.
OK. I was thinking of 'fanservice' as the scenes where the fan blows air onto a character's hair to make it flow in the wind; showing off it's shininess and length.
Also in the first Avengers, Steve Rogers is introduced with a long, slow dolly in on his ass.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:38:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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bungopony ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 01:22:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guy here. Mamma Mia felt like the script had been written by someone who had never met an actual man in their life. Is that how women feel watching other movies?
othellia ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 02:03:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A few. Certain directors come to mind more than others...
*cough* michael bay *cough*
i_706_i ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 06:14:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just finished watching the two GI Joe movies back to back. It's an experience in terrible action movies that make no sense and will make you question how they were made, BUT the female characters are beyond offensive. They are solely there to be ogled and hit-on by the male characters, which not only do none of the male characters find odd, but neither do the female characters themselves.
I'm a highly skilled military officer but sure, comment about how you'd like to spit on my ass before you stick it in me*
Not sure if you wanted only film examples or other media, but you know how in anime when you see shots of handsome male characters with sparkles or stylized roses around them... that's a visual pun on literal female gaze. c:
Male gaze in anime is why we get panty shots and jiggly boobs.
Female gaze in anime is less... direct. You'd think the female equivalent would be, like, crotch shots?? But that doesn't happen (and if it does, it's for comedic purposes).
Female gaze manifests as, like, a character stretching before jumping into a swimming pool, and showing the flexing of their back muscles: http://i.imgur.com/gWAnxqr.gif
or extreme close-ups of an attractive character's face, especially their eyes (framed with long, pretty eyelashes): http://i.imgur.com/tjjsPcv.gif
i_706_i ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Female gaze manifests as, like, a character stretching before jumping into a swimming pool, and showing the flexing of their back muscles: http://i.imgur.com/gWAnxqr.gif
Is that from the anime about the swimming club with the greek adonis guys that are always half-nude? I watched a trailer for that and thought I had wandered into a yaoi site.
It is! The show is called "Free!" (exclamation mark included). There is in fact very minimal suggestive content in the show at all, and by "suggestive content" I mean, well, stuff that would be the equivalent of panty shots that male-oriented anime gets all the time. There's one close up of a butt (in a tight, briefs-style swimsuit) that's played for a quick gag, and one scene where one character playfully shoves another in a locker room, with character B struggling to hold up the towel around their waist for a second or two.
Really, it's the apex of what I was getting at in my male gaze vs. female gaze descriptions. We're so used to "fanservice" to immediately mean "sexual" from the prevalence male gaze, that even a pretty accurate and natural portrayal of a swim team and their friendship gets immediately thrown into the "oh, this must be a sexual thing" pile. In reality, the "pandering" shots in the series are harmless things like splashing water at each other after sneaking into a pool at night, with slow-motion cam to make the water droplets look like sparkles. Lady-fans are easy to please. '-'
This is not a film, but I was watching a video of a metal band with a friend, and they were wearing tight leather outfits. He said something about how that was kind of gay (and clarified he meant it literally). It never occurred to him that maybe they were wearing those tight leather outfits for women.
himit ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:44:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone else said magic Mike. I'm more of a reader tbh so I can't really give you a list of examples as I don't pay that much attention to media. The iron man movies sort of count, IMO.
LvS ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:01:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People in the western world in general seem to absolutely lose their minds over fanservice. It's like you're killing their first born or something honestly.
You're not wrong, my girlfriend gets all hot and bothered whenever we talk about George of the Jungle. I had to throw out our DVD copy, it was causing problems.
path411 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:06:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, that makes this topic a lot less interesting. I thought it referred to something like how looking at the exact same scene/actors, a female/male might look at and identify different parts of the scene. Maybe even something like female/male directors would use different camera angles/etc.
himit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:08:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently in film studies that's what it does refer to, so I'm a bit confused. TBH I got my definition off the internet so it may not be true, or could be an alternative, more colloquial use.
y4my4m ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that the kind of useless shit you learn in women studies?
himit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're a peach, aren't you? No fucking clue, I come from countries where we teach useful shit in universities.
y4my4m ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 08:44:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry I didn't mean to oppress you with my comment. It's just that "Media produced for the female gaze is much rarer", I don't buy that for a second.
himit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't buy that you have a girlfriend, either, but why don't we both learn to keep our traps shut if we don't have anything nice to say?
Aridius ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its all to do with the viewpoint of the film being from a 'Male' perspective. Some stuff to do with Mysogony, Scopophilia and "Woman as Image, Man as bearer of the Look"... etc.
Unless there is a nursing baby attached to it, and a lullaby playing in the background. And even then one should be wary of what is going to happen next.
akaioi ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:46:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You cite that film where the camera sneaks in one too many cleavage shots, and the actress notices. She sashays up to the camera and angrily scolds it, saying "My eyes are up here!" Camera's all, "I've made my choice" and doesn't waver.
God i hate hearing women complain about the "Male Gaze". Sorry I think you're pretty. Don't blame me, blame 4 billion fucking years of evolutionary imperative.
quwertie ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 02:25:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Basically market analysts have spent a lot of money to find out that men like looking at women, and women like looking at women. People assume women like looking at men, and call stuff sexist because it has pretty women in it, when really that's just killing two birds with one stone.
I'm a woman and I don't really want to watch women. I don't really get much from the camera panning over tits, and frankly I've always found it weird and a little obnoxious.
I must be defective!
quwertie ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 12:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So you're an outlier. The existence of outliers does not deny the trend. You would see a lot more half-naked men if you were the trend.
For example, recent studies that say that women are aroused by images of other women but failing to acknowledge earlier studies that confirm that these same reactions they are measuring as arousal result also from looking at images of food and puppies and clothes and clouds and..... Pretty much everything. Maybe it's time to recognize that neuroscience in general is skewed male and scientists have little understanding on how female arousal works.
Not to mention how much of that is cultural. Clearly considering how much women of other cultures go crazy for male on male gay porn, what your referring to doesn't ring true. Because of the male gaze in TV and movies and porn, maybe our society has learned to sexualize women? Let's not forget that, just as Americans ar saying "we sexualize women because women are just sexier than men," the ancient Greeks placed the male physical form as much greater.
Please don't get started on this discussion until you know what the fuck you're talking about. It's really boring for me to debunk ignorant bullsht, and I'd love to have a meaningful discussion with someone who isn't entirely talking out of their ass.
quwertie ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:41:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, this has nothing to do with porn or arousal. It's just what makes people interested in an ad, which happens to be women for both genders.
Just because advertising execs do something doesn't mean it's optimal. Media doesn't just respond to culture, it also sets the culture.
Those Carl's Jr. And Hardee's commercials are doing much more to turn away than to attract female consumers, I guarantee it. it just so happens that male audiences are more commonly targeted.
If men and women both prefer looking at women, I wonder why only 1/5 of roles in TV and film are female? You're staring at the actors aren't you? "There's too much money for it to be wrong!"
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Male gaze" is actually a legitimate term that's been twisted by Tumblrites. John Berger talks a lot about it in Ways of Seeing, and it's something worth examining.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
How do you think it's been twisted? I actually think Berger, of all people, might go further than the 'Tumblrites', given his Marxist leanings.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:36:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because there is a point to be made by saying, "Most media is created for male consumption." Yes, I know there are exceptions, please don't quote them at me, but they are exceptions.
Being critical of what we watch, and trying to do it better, should be more or less what we want out of artists.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:42:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree, but I'm asking how you think the term has been twisted i.e. what's wrong with the 'tumblrite' use of the term/how do you believe it differs
Unless you just answered that. I'm a little confused, honestly.
I was in this small literature class in college and the teacher was explaining the parameters of the paper we had to write. It needed to be interesting, something about social commentary, but you couldn't write about extreme controversial things: bestiality, torture, euthanasia...things like that.
She then went on with a sigh and a smirk about one kid the previous year that either misheard her, or was being a smart ass because he wrote a paper about "The Youth in Asia."
I've been in that situation in History class. My instructor kept talking about The Gaze and since I hadnt read the book i kept thinking he was talking about The Gays and I was REALLY confused
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LMAO!!!!
kerofbi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something like this happened to me once. I was in a class discussion about Heart of Darkness, and I stopped paying attention for a moment (or so I thought), and when I came to, all anyone was talking about were the "gays" in the book. I was very confused for the next 10 to 15 minutes trying to remember where homosexuality was ever a part of the book.
Along the same line, I took an ethics class a few years back and one of the topics for an essay was euthanasia. The girl that sat next to me wrote about the ethics employed by youth in Asia.
It's a term in film studies to refer to the traditional viewpoint of the camera as 'male'. From a purely practical standpoint, traditionally and still to a large extent today directors, editors and cameramen etc were male, so it's in a way a literal 'male viewpoint'. In a more metaphorical sense, it refers to films as being shot through a male perspective, which affects the portrayal of women particularly, but also men. It's an interesting way to analyse a film, and of course now there are 'female gazes' and 'transgender gazes' as well. (copied from previous comment)
alamaias ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of how Ilareal in Heroes of the storm says, "there is no place where you can hide from my gaze", but I like to imagine he has an army of homos hunting us down
dsetech ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this a male glaze. My essay would have been equally wrong.
A teacher whose first language wasn't English asked us to submit an assignment "in distinct pieces of paper", meaning, well, that the each of the two parts should be in its own sheet of paper.
Guy next to me turns in two pieces of differently colored, differently sized pieces of paper.
Honestly I would have asked for clarification. If you hadn't explained I would have been just as confused.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:38:07 on December 6, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed way too hard at this
Back2Bach ยท 2405 points ยท Posted at 20:09:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
An organ student I once taught misunderstood when I told him it was generally okay for him to practice in church most any time, as long as it was quiet enough so as not to interfere with the minister when he was present.
One Sunday in summer he was substituting in a church and started to practice the closing hymn on a soft stop while the minister was preaching the sermon - thinking it would be okay because it was relatively quiet. And, of course, he was asked to silence his organ-playing as it was in competition with the spoken word.
[deleted] ยท 2436 points ยท Posted at 23:09:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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BlUeSapia ยท 1448 points ยท Posted at 00:12:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What were you thinking, he was teaching math to a small intestine?
[deleted] ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 01:04:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a shitty student
The_Munz ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:43:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't get tipped onto the floor
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:46:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nmeta(N+2)me
stephj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:49:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Siigh upvote
Atario ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a kid at the mall with my mom I once saw a shirt that I thought said "multiple organ donor" but actually said "multiple orgasm donor". She didn't buy it for me and it took me a while to figure out why.
/cries because Monday night is Organ Music Night on our local NPR station. Last week it was the Star Wars theme. I wonder if I could include a full stop reference in here.
Xhihou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:33:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... does your local NPR affiliate have an online stream? That sounds seriously amazing.
S'ok. I'm too unknown to request things like money :P
mediaboy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:45:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pm me then. Have concert series in spring on history of pipe organ for some local churches. If you'd like me to have a brand new piece by yourself, I'm happy to discuss my needs and the organs in question :)
I do, but I have concerns about scheduling and when I'd actually be able to sit down and complete the piece... The next two months for me are going to be very busy. I don't know when you would want the piece by or rather, how soon you'd like it, so if the two
month business is an issue, that's fine too :P
In otherwords: yeah! It might take a little longer than I'd like to complete it though.
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:38 on November 29, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I'm always looking for new material. It just changes when it'd be done :p
I'm probably doing some summer concerts and additional lighthearted pieces welcome. Incidental music suitable for interludes and postludes in churches always welcome. Can provide you with some recent things that have been done in that regard if it'd help?
In that case, I would be ecstatic to put together a piece.
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:24 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So postludes tend to fall broadly into three categories: seasonal, festival and general.
Seasonal postludes relate to the church season that the sunday is currently in. So this advent I'm playing this prelude one Sunday because the chorale it's based on is related to Advent. I'm also playing Walking in the air (yes that one) for the family service because it's Christmassy. When we get to Lent and Passion it's more things like "Jesus died for me" (which I can't find on youtube, but is once again based around chorales). The majority of seasonal postludes are based around appropriate secular/religious music. There are long, long, long lists for this.
Festival postludes relate to the particular Sunday in question. So Remembrance Sunday gets Walton because of the long-standing links between Walton and the entire British patriotism thing. Some pieces were written for specific sundays too. I guess you could include postludes on a hymn theme (like this one on nun danket alle gott) simply because I tend to segue from the final hymn into this postludes and it wouldn't work if they didn't segue.
General postludes are everything else. So you gets fanfares, processionals, more processionals and marches, short voluntaries, toccatas and more toccatas and more toccatas and more toccatas. I can do pretty much whatever I want as a postlude if I'm honest. We're currently having a month of Bach and nothing but Bach, because I figured "why not", but as you tell from the multitude of links, my organ is pretty good at being loud and my church is happy with a wide variety of music.
All postludes are supposed to be about 5-8 minutes long, but if they're short then I just improvise around the hymn tune or throw in a fanfare or repeat a section or something. Or play it in the right key, then transpose it up a tone. It's cheating, for sure, but it works.
This selection of music is basically a highlight run of the last 6 months and some ideas for the next 3 months.
Incidental music throughout the service tends to be much lower key. Its mostly there to avoid awkward silences whilst people do things around the church. Mendelssohn crops up, as do things like this. I can get away with things like Nimrod with some careful stop selection, and things like this Elegy work well too. Length varies dramatically. Even things like this can be changed to be more reflective through stop selection.
Summer concerts tend to want something frivolous thrown in occasionally. I haven't done a summer concert on the organ for a while, but on the piano I used to throw in things from stuff like the Gershwin song book and similar. The kind of thing you'd get in lounges I guess. If you can find a way to translate that to the organ then wowzers. I've been struggling, which is partly why my organ concerts tend to be in the dark months when people quite like having a concert full of relatively serious music in the evening, rather than an afternoon of light entertainment.
In terms of the organ, this is the organ specification. I do play at other churches, but this is the one where I play most frequently (around 80-100 services/year). If you'd like some samples of me playing the organ to get an idea of how it sounds (as I know specs tend to be pretty terrible for that kind of thing as organs differ so greatly) I can probably get you that within a couple of weeks too :)
As you can tell: I can probably find a place and time to perform almost anything you write for the organ. I play for around 150-200 services a year, not including a dozen or so concerts. I get through a lot of music and I can't afford to spend any money on anything at the minute, so anything you want to send my way in return for an audio recording will be appreciated, used and added to the six foot high pile on my bookcase.
Dude, organs are awesome, you're not the only one. They can do so many awesome things. I don't get to play with ones that aren't virtual very much (the old family farmhouse that gets used as a vacation home has a century-old pump organ that I need to figure out how to bring back to 100% functionality sometime), but I love the sounds you can create on one. Even small organs have a sort of majesty to them. The Interstellar soundtrack made me a very happy man.
Also, if you need advice on restoring organs I might be able to assist if necessary. My dad has A LOT of knowledge there, and I might be able to ask him with specific things needed.
Though restoring these things to functionality is a total nightmare...
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine is in need of small alterations to the console. Unfortunately it's historic and so I can't alter the console.
The location.and size of the swell pedal mean that I cannot play easily in B Major or any other key with c# and d# because you can't slide between them.
I am convinced the builders put it together wrong when they reassembled it, but haven't met them yet. They're still tuning it but they're like ghosts. I'll lay in wait in the church, disappear for lunch, and by the time I'm back they've tuned the entire organ. Spooky.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:14:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone at mass is just looking around at each other confused but all decide to stand up because it's time to sing? I guess? Oh wait, no, priest motions for us to sit down. It's just our idiot organ player thinking he can practice during church.
I've wanted to try playing an organ but I don't attend a church anymore, do you think I could just ask to borrow any churches organ? Also I have no experience, just piano.
He probably would have gotten away with it if the thing had an Aeoline.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In second grade, the teacher asked the "teacher's pet" girl to go outside and dust out the chalkboard erasers (yep, I'm old).
The teacher meant to do it outside on the sidewalk. The girl did it outside the classroom on the carpeted hallway.
Janitor was not amused.
xv323 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't explicitly state it, but when he says "practice" he means to practice you religion, in a church. It was badly phrased, and I probably would have made the same mistake.
When my bio teacher was in college the students were told to bring in a stool sample for analysis. Each student figured out to bring in a piece of their own crap in a baby food jar or similar small container. All except one student who shit it a 1.5 gallon glass jug. Just opening it emptied the room. The student, who may or may not have been fucking with everyone, then "accidentally" tipped his shit bomb onto the floor.
But the article mentions that they use the "2 finger method" to discern whether the hymen is intact. The examiners are female doctors too, but I haven't read enough to know the purpose of that test either.
It's a joke. I think it started out with some anon on 4chan who (possibly joking, but who knows?) started a thread complaining about being unfairly failed on his penis inspection at school, which resulted in lots of "I think you got molested anon".
What the actual fuck? Not only do they halve to go through something as messed up as being prodded by a stranger in their privates, they halve to shave too?
What if they're on their period? Is that a FAIL? I'm kind of angry at this.
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:41:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh yes the day where they stuck a rod in your penis and jerked it around to see if it was all there. I no longer had split urination problems after that.
I spit out coffee on my monitor, while simultaneously trying to hold back laughing, and now my co-workers are looking at me funny... This is hilarious.
I wouldn't expect many places to do this. I know in my degree course (not med, but related) we had analyse our own urine. We had to wee in the loos, then walk back to the lab (through the entire medical school) with a pot of hot, fresh piss. Three times.
Yeah, like these, but 500ml capacity. They had a lid so you couldn't spill any (of course it didn't stop me pissing on my hands, or my lab partner spilling hers all over the bench and her paperwork!), but they were slightly transparent so you could definitely see it was urine in there.
That's worth its own post actually. Way too hidden in here.
Also did your lab partner have problems with the soiled paperwork? I imagine some loose leafs of paper can be rewritten, but a book or a test sheet would need to be turned in for replacements.
Luckily for her it was just the practical handbook and the technicians had plenty of spares. We had access to them online too if anything happened to our copy. I imagine the next time they do that practical they'll have a warning about not picking up the pots by the lids!
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:38:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, no. We practice that kind of stuff on standardized patients, and don't run labs ourselves.
khahk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe not as bad, but our school made us pee in a cup and test our urine. There was like 50 med students huddled over two puppy pee pads dipping test strips in our urine. It smelt pretty bad.
Shin-LaC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:04:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a start.
tthershey ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 01:54:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a physiology professor who said she used to have students analyze their own urine samples in lab. One girl saw something strange in her sample, so she asked the prof what it was. Turns out it was sperm...
Had another professor who said she used to have students do UAs until one student discovered she was pregnant in lab class.
Sinai ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:16:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We did urine analysis for my analytical chemistry lab. Had to do yours and your partners'. On that day, I learned I definitely do not have a pee fetish, because my lab partner was smoking hot and I still treated her piss like it was molten lava.
In our class, there was a guy who had a sperm cell in his mouth swab. :D
He was discussing with his labmates and the neighboring ones about what it could be, and they were sorta excited about this 'strange cell' for wich they called the teaching assistant over. Poor dude, he was a bit of a shy one. He didn't get teased over it or anything, but still.
It's not unheard of, we had to do it also for a clinical lab, to do some (easy) tests on it. Why would that be weird?
And also, because we were supposed try out some of the things we asked our patients to do, so we would know what things were about. It takes a little bit of planning to collect a good stool sample, haha.
We did get the appropriate containers though, didn't have to ruin our own tupperware.
I also had a physiology class where we used our own blood specimens for analysis. The first part of the class was a safety lesson of how to handle dangerous specimens appropriately.
Don't rub it in open wounds, don't eat it or bring it near any other mucues membrane, don't prick yourself if the vial breaks.
Am I missing something? Why does this seem like such a big deal in these comments, is there such a big disparity in how 'blood' is treated around the world?
Sinai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:20:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf you have to get a lot of fucking paperwork done to work with human blood. It's literally easier to get cocaine for your lab work.
Really? I'm in a huge university with a shit ton of different science programs, so I know they wouldn't do it without permission.
We have a lot of dead bodies in the basement too for our anatomy class. The cadavers smell weird. There are cut off wieners in jars.
msiri ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my class they said we weren't allowed to do blood anymore for liability reasons, and the urinalysis we did used synthetic urine for educational purposes.
It's pretty common in a lot of upper level biology classes at my school. One professor was a parasitologist and would pay foreign exchange students for them because students from certain regions tend to be full of them.
In college we were learning how to do urinalysis. The proff gave us extra credit if we used our own. Most of us agreed after pondering which was worse- using our own and walking down the science wing with pee or using the can of pee that was purchased from some god awful supply store.
I don't get it, how can you expect to ask your patients to give you a urine(/or any other, for that matter) sample if you're to pussy to do that yourself.
If you can't get over that, you might have chosen the wrong career track...
I wasn't in that career track. I went to a small school so my science classes were in the nursing program. I went with it. A lot of people didn't. Like I said, I trust my own rather than whatever was in that jar.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My American Literature Honors thesis was entirely composed of feces, actually.
I had to do this at my tech school. I'm a medical assistant and it was to learn the lab work behind it. I also did some urinalyses on other students in my class, gave injections, and drew blood. So it wasn't too weird to bring poop to school.
xenodius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:52:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did my own urinalysis in animal phys 4 years ago.
I taught microbiology lab sections in grad school and on the first day we would make the students do a perianal (around their butthole) swab and plate their ass bacteria on a Petri dish.
mplsatom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:20:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was probably a biology class with some level of specialty, such as microbiology. Not common nowadays, but most people who attended college before the 2000s (and had a microbiology class with lab) probably did this. I know of a teacher who went to school in the '70s and they had them do stuff with their blood...
I feel like this would make me extremely nervous. What if my stool is too runny? What if I only get hard little rabbit turds. All the other kids will make fun of me.
Actually getting ready to do this for my Phlebotomy class. According to the instructor "If you guys don't know how to submit a stool sample, how will you be able to tell your patients how to do it?" Makes sense. Although part of me wonders if she just likes to see how many people she can get to bring in shit every semester.
Biology, college. People are generally mature enough to handle things like fecal matter and diagrams of genetalia without giggling or anything of the sort, and there's stuff to learn from the feces of an organism.
TL;DR: You can learn stuff from poop and college students are mature enough to handle it like adults.
I must admit; we did giggle with the fecal matter and with all the other 'grose' stuff, but I don't see what's wrong with having a little bit of fun during your lab assignments. It's not like poop is a grave matter that needs to be adressed seriously, isn't it?
Also: diagrams of genitalia are not funny, but those plastic or pluche practice dolls, especially the older ones can be hilarious.
My SO is training to be a veterinary nurse. He sent me a message one day about collecting our dogs' urine. I thought he was joking and laughed about it with guys at work. I didn't want to talk about it the next day.
This must be something specific to med school, and/or specific universities. I've been through Bio I and II, and microbiology classes now and never heard of this.
Yeah, at most you swab your lab partners mouth/ear/cell phone or whatever, and make a culture out of that. Or go collect some pond water for study. No poop, though.
(This response was specific to micro. Bio l and ll have other strange and wonderful offerings.)
Just finished my second year of biomed. Didn't have to do this either.
Whether it comes in the postgrad or not, I don't know. But I'll be doing Veterinary postgrad, so I'll be too busy having to stick my arm up the back end of a cow to worry about something as banal as shitting in a jug.
I had to do a pee experiment for anatomy. Every 20 minutes we had to pee in a cup and run some basic titrations on the urine so as to see how quickly our bodies process excess salt or excess water.
On the first day of lab for my micro class we all went to the bathroom with a Q-tip to do a perianal swab. Seeing the faces of the people who clearly hadn't read the lab procedure beforehand was priceless.
Diredoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to spit a lot in a test tube for micro (dental caries testing, and boy did that suck on multiple levels), but never had to bring in my own poop.
TheLordB ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Worst I had to go through was shocking ourselves for science in physiology.
mplsatom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not really a common practice these days. Used to be though!
I dissected dogfish in my bio classes, and my friends dissected cats for their anatomy class, don't think I've ever heard of a regular bio course that asked for stool samples.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:28:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What if you left it to the last day and then couldn't poo? Or kept putting out weird poops?
Xenalien ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:41:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or you have bowel problems and you have to tell the teacher that you already pooped today and won't be able to do it again for 5 days.
Just think if someone had diarrhea the day they needed to collect it. Also I agree. Bringing in your own poop seems really awkward. I don't know what it is about poop but it seems too intimate.
Notice this was when his teacher was in college...I'm betting at least 3-4 decades ago. Was a bio TA for 6 years....there's no way in hell that would pass safety regs nowdays. We can't even use real cow blood for osmosis experiments.
One day my bio teacher showed up with a bucket of fetal pigs and scalpels. Didn't say a word for an hour and a half, just let us figure it out. College bio is a ride
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:40:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the first I've heard of anything like this happening.
I'm laughing hysterically imagining this kid holding a glass jar full of his own shit, like a proud father holding his kid on his first birthday. Just grinning, nodding, maybe making some funny faces.
Our Bio teacher in sec. 5 told us if someone brought a semen sample, we could look at it in the microscope. Some kid actually did it. For clarification our school had a kick ass Bio program, so it wasn't too far fetched. We had a human fetus, and dissected pigs and pregnant cats and shit. Also, the teacher could be rather eccentric.
A prof in the sixties, had a wife who miscarried. So he asked to keep the fetus, put in a mason jar, filled it with formaldehyde and sealed the top with wax. By the time I saw it, the form. was very murky and due to be changed. But no staff was willing to change it because it would have smelled atrocious.
Seems like that would violate the idea of patient confidentiality. "Class, take a look at Sally's feces if you want to see the effects of Hepatitis B on digestive fauna!"
SigurdZS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:41:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
High school biology student here (at least I think the american equivalent of it is), we do this sort of stuff all the time. One of the more memorable moments is being up to my elbows in the respiratory system of a sheep and then blowing down the thing's trachea to see how lungs worked. You don't take this subject if you're squeamish about body parts.
beharr ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 23:44:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's not high school level, dude. Most American kids take Biology when they're 14-15. That's fucking wild
SigurdZS ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:54:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah, I did a bit of googling and found out it would be the equivalent of the upper end of Senior high school. This was in 12th year.
we had that in elementary school, only it was a cow. We even got to make it moo....
early '90's 3rd grader, in Michigan.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:55:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think when I was in high school we did a fetal pig or something one year and then in the highest level bio course we did a fetal lamb (but there was a catalogue of what to pick from). We didn't really do it legitimately though, our teacher just said go to town and we pulled out what we could.
Bringing human shit to class still seems weirder than that. '
ETA: fetal pig, not mouse.
yottskry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:51:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher did the same thing with us, except he blew into the lungs and then turned to talk to us. The lungs blew right back at him ;)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:47:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean in high school, Biology was a requirement. 9th grade here in America (usually around age 14/15). The worst we did was disect owl poop.
In my College degree plan I have to take Biology as well (Or chemistry but I suck at Chem), so it's not really a choice. We have never had to do anything like this though thank god.
SigurdZS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:52:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Having done a bit of googling, I guess this would qualify as the very end of senior high school, it was in year 12. Your school system is weird. Biology was a choice at that point, at least.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:26:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, haha yeah my only choice for senior year was AP Physics. Another one of my worst subjects.
I go to a private school that teaches Bio junior year, but the public schools in the same district teach bio freshman year. Slowly school systems are changing to Bio junior year I think, because it makes more sense to teach chemistry before bio than to have to start bio with a chem unit, and then take a full year of chem after that.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:23:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in public 9th-10th and we had bio 9th, chem in 10th. Then I switched the Private halfway through 10th and it was still chemistry. However, public school offered a bio/chem course I believe that introduced both at the same time so when you took actual chem or bio it was easier. I had to take Physics in 11th (god awful) and then went to a different private school for 12th and our only option was AP physics. We couldn't choose anything else.
vambot5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my school district, the standard science course was Physical Science (a grab-bag of "science" stuff that did not go into biology or chemistry) for 9th grade, Biology for 10th, and Chemistry for 11th. There was no mandatory 12th grade science class, but you could take Physics if you wanted. EDIT: For students who were bad at science, you could take Earth Science instead of Chemistry. This class was commonly known as "Jocks for Rocks."
For advanced students, you could skip Physical Science and go straight into Biology, so that by your 12th grade year you could take AP Chemistry and/or AP Physics, BUT, and this is a big but, your 8th grade science teacher had to sign off on it. My 8th grade science teacher hated me and wouldn't sign the paper. Not because I was bad at science, but because he was super chummy with the popular kids and didn't like that I was an arrogant freak kid who wore nail polish in class. He doomed me to a high school career being totally bored in science class, spending most of my time flirting with classmates and pissing off the noob teachers (the good ones only taught the advanced classes) who didn't know their shit by asking pointed questions pointing out the flaws in their lectures.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:25:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it depends where you are. Public for me was bio in 9th, chem in 10th. I switched to private halfway through 10th and it was still chem. Physics in 11th grade. Switched to another private school for senior year (we moved a lot) and the only senior science class they offered was AP physics.
I think it's been the same for my brother who has stayed at the private school I graduated from the whole time. Bio, Chem, Physics, AP Physics.
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odd84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:26:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What would be illegal about it? You're there voluntarily. If you don't want to do it, then you can leave. If you want to work on other peoples' bodies, you have to be willing to work on your own samples too. Same with animals. Any veterinarian school will work on students' pets when they're learning to do fecal floats, blood draws, x-rays, etc.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bravo. I just snorted laughing so hard I woke up the SO. I'm hoping he finds this story as amusing as I do. Also maybe I should stop reading Reddit in bed...
I'm in a Japanese pharmacy waiting for my prescription to be filled and am near tears trying to stifle my laughter from this. I think I'm failing to be inconspicuous.
While this is funny, I was really hoping you were going to say that someone used a knife to cut of a small piece of a sitting stool... That would be awesome.
We had to bring in our urine for a bio class in college, and I remember feeling very self conscious about walking into class with a jar of my own pee. This is way worse.
My wife just asked me, "why are you laughing like that?" I read your comment... she's not laughing.
benk4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was told to bring a stool sample to the vet so she could check for worms. Thinking that involved poking through it I brought the whole turd. From my great dane. It probably weighed a pound and a half. The receptionist was not impressed.
I0I0I0I ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My grandmother did similar when she was pregnant with my mom. Doctor asked for a urine sample at her next visit. She brought a huge jar of it, like 3/4 quart.
I had a friend who had to do this, except he drank a bottle of green food coloring beforehand. Apparently whatever procedure they were doing involved diluting the sample with water, and he said the result looked like a melted shamrock shake. The professor didn't believe it was actually poop at first.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have no idea if this is real but the imagery just brought me to tears
What kind of a biology class did you take? We did urine samples for endocrinology and human physiology labs (blood too if you wanted to do research) but i've never heard of a stool sample used in undergrad biology .
I had a microbiology teacher a year or two ago (his class is why I want to become a pathologist), when we got through the section regarding worms and waterborne organisms that cause horrific diarrhea he told us he had a stool sample that he always carried with him in his briefcase. With disgust on students' faces he started chuckling to himself and pulled out this (not the exact image but it's the exact item he had):
This will get buried but just letting you know your post had me crying laughing inside an airport in Thailand like an insane person for a solid 15 minutes straight. Thanks for the laughs dude.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When my bio teacher was in college the students were told to bring in a stool sample for analysis
Why
Keetlady ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the time we had to bring a urine sample to bio class and everyone brought it in a little pill bottle, but one (obese) girl brought hers in an empty Skippy peanut butter jar....full.
wnp ยท 3588 points ยท Posted at 19:21:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was an English teacher in Japan, about 10 years ago. I worked with a Japanese person who was their primary teacher, I was mostly there to provide native pronunciations and to kinda make it more 'fun' I guess.
I rotated around to different locations, but the particular place I'm thinking of was a middle school second-or-third year class. Once every month or two, we'd do an in-class writing assignment. Usually they understood the prompt and the difficulty was in just expressing themselves in a foreign language. I get that; it's hard.
This prompt was, "describe your perfect day."
It's meant to be about 4-5 sentences long. At the other teacher's suggestion, I gave a sample of my perfect day, which was something like, "I went to Makuhari by train. I ate delicious steak at Outback Steakhouse. I met Yuki Kajiura. I asked her out and we went on a date." You know, simple enough to understand but a little outlandish -- I doubt composer Ms. Kajiura would actually want to date me -- since it's supposed to be "perfect". (We talked a little in class about who she was, a lot of the kids were interested that she was the composer for Xenosaga/some .hack/Noir/etcetc. some didn't care.)
A few kids got the gist of what they were supposed to write. The majority, though, just described... a day. I don't know how this failed to get across, but I had responses like,
"I woke up at 7:53 am. I ate breakfast with rice."
(actually I'm cleaning this up a bit, as I recall that one kid spelled it 'bockfelst', and 'lice'. Gross, kid, don't eat lice.)
and
"I woke up. I went to school. I went home. I did tax."
(seriously kid, your perfect day is doing your taxes?)
Overall they were mostly pretty decent sentences I guess but I don't know how they conceive of an utterly regular day as being "perfect". It didn't seem to be a cultural thing either; I conferred with the other teacher about this, she too thought it was weird.
wnp ยท 3846 points ยท Posted at 20:26:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Found where I actually recorded some examples, back in the day.
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My perfect Day I get up at 9:00 Sunday morning. I said "God Morning" to my mother and father. I eat ramen.
Pretty standard answer. I wonder if they were just trolling me and the other teacher?
~~~
My Perfect Day I woke up at 8:30 Sunday morning. I ate bread. I went to my friend fome. I played TV games and study mathematio. We listened music. I had very good time.
At least this one seems slightly better than average, I guess. A "very good time".
~~~
My Perfect Day I woke up at 6:00 Tuesday morning. I ate it bockfelst with lice. I went to school. I'm going to playd soccer. It was nice day
The one I mentioned before.
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I woke up at 11:00 Sunday morning. I said "Good Morning" to my dog. I cooked omlet with rice. I like it very much. Then, I read book. I had a nice day.
Mmmmhmmmmm.
~~~
My Perfect Day I got up at 7:00 Sunday morning. It was cloudy and very cold. I went to park by wark.
She means she walked to the park, but I like to imagine that "wark" is like a slang for "Chocobo" (similar to how "wan-wan" can be a cutesy name for "puppy" or "dog"). Going to the park by riding a chocobo would be pretty impressive.
~~~
My perfect Day I woke up at 9:00 Saturday morning. There was Britney when I woke up. I like Britney.
He means Britney Spears. I'll give this kid credit, he had higher aspirations than most.
~~~
My perfect Day I woke up at 10:00 Sunday morning. I said "I'm hungry" to my mother. I had a nice day.
Yyyyyyeeeppppp.
~~~
I woke up at 9:30 Saturday morning. It was nice day! It was sunny. I decided to go to a Yugoslavia. I enjoy Yugoslavia.
Another one I commend for the high aspirations. I always wondered, though, why specifically Yugoslavia? It doesn't exist anymore! It didn't exist anymore when I did this assignment! I just -- I have no idea.
(Edited to add line breaks where they originally were)
I like how many of them specify a time of the day. This is interesting to me because if I were to write about my perfect day, I definitely wouldn't have a wake up time in mind let alone 9:30 on a Sunday morning
wnp ยท 309 points ยท Posted at 21:36:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's interesting. Thinking back, that may have been something that the other teacher suggested to get them started, if they didn't know how to start out. If so, that'd make it make more sense, I think. My memory is pretty hazy.
ValiOsu ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 03:30:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my friends actually has a similar story, except he is one of the students.
He is half Japanese and half American(?).
Well basically he HAD to know English because his dad always spoke it at home, so he always got a gist of these types of assignments (he had an English teacher from overseas)
One time the class was assigned "what are your plans for after graduation", and as anyone would guess, they literally WROTE what they'd do when they graduated.(they were read out-loud)
Here's the one that he told me about(would provide imgur but on mobile right now and it's a pain) :
"When I'm leave school, I will go home and eat ramen with my sister and brother.
Then my mum will buy Video(I think this meant video game) for congratulate
After that I will go sleep"
Fluffy8x ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:37:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It could be that some of them were using some of the only sentences and phrases they knew? String them together in a vauge day like sequence, assignment done.
There was probably an example sentence on their assignment or in their textbook that went something like "I woke up at [time] on Sunday, said good morning to my parents, ate something, etc etc." It's not all too different from Americans learning another language, and I definitely remember writing sentences like this in language classes.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:27:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids in Japan just have higher standards for themselves
Ploxzx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:36:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair as a kid 10am is really late. I never remember waking up that late on the weekends.
I suppose it's different because the languages are a lot more similar, but whenever my spanish class describes a daily routine, we all include the time we wake up. It's just kind of a thing.
I'm an ESL teacher and one of my favorite things is finding examples of where the student knows a word, but "hears" it in their accent and tries to phonetically spell it. One of my Arabic speaking students once wrote that he eats "bobcorn" when he watches a movie.
Russell Peters tells the story of how his Arab friends told him to check out the party scene when he went to Lebanon.
"Russell, in Beirut, you have best barty."
"Best what?"
"Barty."
And then he discovers that the nightclub is an actual bomb shelter. Not a former bomb shelter, a current one that does double duty as a nightclub when they're not being bombed.
DaVince ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:55:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an Arabic teacher who taught us how to use Adobe Bremiere and filming in front of a greensacreen. I figured it had something to do with y that. :)
That's funny. Yeah the thing with the Arabic accent is that, at least in my experience, it obscures meaning less than a lot of other accents. For example, I had a Vietnamese student whose grammar and vocabulary skills were quite high but she was really difficult to understand because she basically didn't use closing consonants.
Thanks for digging these out for us to read though. That was fun haha. Some of them did sound pretty good though. Breakfast and rice and soccer? Count me in!
Because the city in question, despite any official name, had always been referred to by folks in the region as "the city", much in the way that folks near New York City refer to it as The City.
In the local dialect, that sounds very similar to "Istanbul", and always has (or similar). Taking into account linguistic drift in pronunciation, it's been called Istanbul for centuries earlier than it was ever called Constantinople.
So when the Turks decided to finally rename the city from "Constantine's City", they just called it what the locals called it.
Was talking to a guy on a plane in 2006 who told me he was Yugoslavian. Just assumed it existed and didn't think to verify it on a map or anything. Yugoslavian identity has been addressed elsewhere ITT actually; it's pretty interesting. TIL.
Actually my husband is from the USSR. He's not a US citizen either, so I like to tease him about being a citizen of a non-existent country like in that Tom Hanks movie. Actually I don't do that, but it's crossed my mind.
Thanks, this would explain why I talked to a guy who described himself as Yugoslavian in 2006 (which was partially the reason for my assumption that Yugoslavia still existed).
njofra ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:15:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is a lot of nostalgic people who wish that Yugoslavia never fell apart, and it's not that rare to hear someone to say he's Yugoslavian. I think that about 2500 people said they were Yugoslavian in the last census in Croatia(2011)
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:59:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting! The guy I talked to was sitting next to me on a transatlantic flight from Germany to the US, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't you (unless it was). This thread has been super informative though; thanks!
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in Southeast Europe, created from the two remaining republics of Yugoslavia after its breakup in 1991. The republics of Serbia and Montenegro together established a federation in 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (abbreviated FRY, sometimes and as FR Yugoslavia; Serbian: Savezna Republika Jugoslavija (abbreviated SRJ, sometimes and as SR Jugoslavija), Serbian Cyrillic: ะกะฐะฒะตะทะฝะฐ ะ ะตะฟัะฑะปะธะบะฐ ะัะณะพัะปะฐะฒะธัะฐ (abbreviated ะกะ ะ, sometimes and as ะกะ ะัะณะพัะปะฐะฒะธัะฐ)).[1] In 2003, it was reconstituted as a state union officially known as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, transitioning to two independent nations by 2006.[2]
Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ was President of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000, which was 15 years ago, but still in our lifetime (I was in high school at the time). So that makes more sense than "It dissolved 25 years ago and no one spoke of it since, and here you are still thinking it's a country, you idiot!" which is the vibe I'm getting from most people ITT (except actual Serbians/Yugoslavians).
LordZeya ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:36:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The weirdest sensation is knowing your parents were born in the same city as you, but in different countries.
1992 was a quarter of a century ago. That was when the original entity of Yugoslavia dissolved. Serbia and Montenegro then readopted that descriptor as part of its original name. We can get into a debate over whether that qualifies as a continuous existence or not, but it's much the same as whether Russia continually existed through the era of the USSR in that it depends if you're referring to a place or a nation-state.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:28:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But he enjoys yugoslavia.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:05:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm from Serbia and USA bombarded us back in '99. so many Serbians pretty much hate the USA and Americans.
But it's really hard to explain to them that the USA is fucking big and they think of Europe the same as we think of them, a one big ass country so people don't know shit and most of them think Yugoslavia is still a thing.
We're also apparently really bad at not bombing civilian targets, which leads to some very understandable anger.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:10:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As I know, pretty much all of it were civilian targets. There was no real reason to bomb an already war destroyed and poor country except to make it even worse.
It was like seeing someone that just got really beaten up, running to him and kicking him in the face a few times just for shits and giggles.
But like I said, most Americans don't even know Serbia exists, let alone what's happening in that part of the world.
I think its referred to Yu-gi-oslavia know, its moved to Japan, a common mistake.
Their anthem is much better now though,
"ITS TIME TO S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-SLAV!"
"Will you help me? I just got off the bus. I'm from Czechoslovakia!"
"Well then, sir, I'm afraid I have some very bad news. Your country has been dissolved! I don't know when you got on the bus, but it must have been in the 90s...because your country no longer exists."
I've ridden the buses in Prague and could picture this happening. Not that they're bad or anything, just that I could picture this. "Fuck, wait, I'm in WHAT country now?"
CE2JRH ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've spent some time in that area. It is beautiful and relatively cheap. If you get a chance, go.
I was in North Korea a few months back and to get on an airplane from this rural airport you have to weigh your suitcase on a big steel set of scales and then chuck it on the back of a tractor. The scales had this huge "Made in Yugoslavia" label on the front. I remember thinking, "Holy shit! That hasn't been a country since way back," but I guess it's not super important. I should've been more worried about absolutely everything else, including the shitty ass plane, which probably pre-dated the scales.
RIPBenny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:39:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NaNowhyMo ยท 128 points ยท Posted at 20:46:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ooh, I had to do an assignment like this in French when I was 12ish. It was a spoken assignment, so I went off and learnt all this French to describe my perfect day- everyone else in my class was like "I went to a one direction concert" or "I went to the beach with my friends."
I described in detail my 12th birthday party on the black-sand beach near my home town. Oops.
I honestly don't see anything wrong with that. Your birthday could've been your perfect day.
NaNowhyMo ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 00:02:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And the fact that it basically translated to "I was 11. There was a beach behind where I lived. The sand was black. It was my birthday. I was 12! The sun was very bright. The water was hot. My friends and I ated cake in the beach. We swam on the sea, and they watched a turtle. A boy kissed me. We all stayed until night-time. I got a new swimsuit blue bikini and a black bike. My cousin have fireworks. The stars were pretty. [my hometown] is very good."
Proditus ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:24:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That actually sounds like a pretty damn good day. Even as an adult my birthdays have never seemed so fulfilling.
I was thinking he/she was talking about a long time ago, like 10-20ish years ago, when he/she was 12, I didn't notice the one direction statement which would imply it happened recently.
Huh, makes sense, you described the best day you'd ever actually had, not the best day you could imagine having. I wonder if that's what all those Japanese kids did.
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:46:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds me of a past job I had where I was tasked with remotely training a team of people in India. I'd accidentally use phrases like "that's not my cup of tea" or "she's got her head in the clouds" and the India team would drill me on what those phrases meant. I explained as best I could but they started using them all wrong like: "I'm clocking out for lunch- if the shoe fits!"
puuying ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:28:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sleeping until 11, saying good morning to my dog, cooking omelette with rice and then then reading a book for the rest of the day sounds pretty darn perfect in my opinion.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:46:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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lagerbaer ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 21:20:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The kid saying Good Morning to their dog though. So kawai.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:08:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The correct word is kawaii; the second "I" is pronounced like in the word Hawaii. Kawai means dry.
brickmack ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 21:39:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if typo or you just have the weirdest phobia ever
Ahhhh the life of an ESL teacher! No-one understands how hard we twist our brains into knots trying to decipher complete gibberish. Mostly my students just sound like they're having a doge battle in class (wow, this listening was very effort, much difficult).
I teach English in Japan now. This is pretty much par for the course. I wouldn't be surprised to get the same exact writing from my less motivated students. Especially the "I said 'I'm hungry'" one.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:49:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, the first day on my vacation
What I did on my summer vacation
The first day on my vacation, I woke up
Then I went downtown to look for a job
Then I hung out in front of the drugstore
The second day on my summer vacation, I woke up
Then I went downtown to look for a job
Then I hung out in front of the drugstore
The third day on my summer vacation, I woke up
Then I went downtown to look for a job
Then I got a job
Then I hung out in front of the drugstore
The fourth day on my ...
(cheech and chong - sister mary elephant)
preposey ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:40:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This just reminded me that Britney Spears would probably make a good alarm clock. I'm going to set one of her songs as my alarm.
I'm teaching in Japan right now, and in my experience Japanese kids are really only interested in providing the "right" answer, because that's how they've been taught to handle school. Creative writing or open-ended questions with no "correct" answer are therefore in their minds gaijin bullshit and/or a waste of time. Some kids are easier to break out of this shell given a bit of time, but some just can't fathom answering a prompt like "Describe your perfect day."
I ask kids how they're doing and with newer students who aren't used to my bullshit I either get a "imfinethankyouandyou" or a look of confused panic before they duck into a textbook to look for the correct answer.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's pretty much how it was back then, too. The other teacher was on my side, trying to get them to be more creative, for these specific kinds of exercised, but I feel like she was kinda working at cross purposes 'coz like every OTHER activity they did, worksheets/quizzes/etc, she graded the normal Japanese way (has to be exactly what answer key says or else it's wrong, kind of thing.)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's interesting and a bit weird especially considering one of my favorite fiction writers is Japanese, Yukio Mishima. Does that attitude carry on into adult life or no?
I know a guy named Yugoslav and he was from Yugoslavia. They came to the States as refugees and he was so quiet and sad everyday. I asked him a couple of times if he wanted to go back and he said yes, but it didn't exist anymore. So sad.
Lost it it at your interpretation of: Park by wark.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:50:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
d. I went to park by wark.
I love you because you thought to imagine that a chocobo might be known as a 'wark' :) you heard "waarrkk" in your mind's ear and thought 'a chocobo is nearby! '
You are the best.
enki1337 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Any day I eat ramen I generally consider to be a pretty good day, especially Hokkaido style ramen. Dat nice meaty broth. Mmmmm.
The reading a book all day one actually sounds like a pretty good day. God knows, when i discovered the Tomorrow series that's basically all i did for the next week. Well, and listened to Sabaton
Loving how every single one of them specified when they woke up.
Iustis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:30:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They probably had fairly recently learnt time in detail, so it was a good way to add word count
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reading these makes me think they interpreted this to mean what their perfect day was. Like, they thought you wanted a day that actually happened. Your example was clearly fictional, so I don't know how they would get that.
Or they did not know what 'perfect' meant. They might have thought it was just another word for "good".
ShasLa40 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
mathematio, mathematics for the sensual mathematician.
I am an Eikaiwa teacher and the spelling mistakes are currently transporting me back to work on my day off.
So thanks for that I guess.
emigogo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm laughing so much about this kid going back in time somehow and visiting "a Yugoslavia"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like the students didn't have the vocabulary to describe their perfect day. However, I like to think that they have learned to enjoy the moment and can enjoy every day as being a great day.
Jberg18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly these all seem like perfect days to me (spelling and grammar not withstanding). Spending time with friends and family, sharing a meal with people they love is something I see as a perfect day.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I woke up at 9:30 Saturday morning. It was nice day! It was sunny.
I decided to go to a Yugoslavia.
I enjoy Yugoslavia.
He had higher aspirations than you or the rest of the class. He time travels in his perfect day.
It would be impressive because (0.1%) riding a horse to a park would be a reasonably interesting thing to do, and that would be a near-equivalent, and (99.9%) they are fictional, so suddenly a fictional thing being real would be mighty surprising.
To be fair my perfect day is basically sleeping in, hanging out with my pets playing video games and having omelet rice for breakfast. ...but I'm also a very uninspired 27 year old.
Perhaps 'ideal' day might have gotten across to them better, but who knows now.
Even if they mistook it for just describing "a day", those seem like pretty happy lives. Like this:
I woke up at 11:00 Sunday morning. I said "Good Morning" to my dog. I cooked omlet with rice. I like it very much. Then, I read book. I had a nice day.
That's a pretty awesome day. Kid has a dog, and good food, and read a book. That's pretty nice.
I'm laughing so hard I'm crying, and also reminiscing about how when I was learning German in college, I had to write about my perfect day and, because I didn't know what else to say, part of my answer was "I go to work with my friends." Perfect day involving work? Yikes.
cluckay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Yugoslavia one made me burst laughing
GollyWow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
went to park by wark
That could have meant wharf, if the student lived near the ocean. Or, if you carry the r and l thing a little farther, walk, intended to be walking.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like how most of them end with "I had a nice day."
Actually, wark is an obscure Scots (a language that evolved from middle English, sometimes mutually intelligible (sounds like a Scottish accent), sometimes not (sounds like a Scottish taxi driver)) word meaning building or fortress. Its where the name of the London borough of Southwark comes from as far as I know. I've seen Engrish signs from China saying to steek the door, another Scottish word meaning close, so I can imagine your student made the same mistake. Googling English words, not realizing there are a lot of Englishes around the world, most of which use words understood nowhere else. "I went to park by building" makes perfect sense. The r/l confusion is probably more likely, but isn't that more of a Korean thing?
I laughed too much! Thanks for sharing this haha. Maybe japanese kids know Yugoslavia from games too. I remember during early days of PlayStation every other country is named after Yugoslavia or any fictional abbreviation of it. Especially those Ace Combat games.
Smgth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
why specifically Yugoslavia? It doesn't exist anymore!
Because in his/her perfect world, there IS still a Yugoslavia, as I imagine is true of all our perfect worlds...
asmj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
why specifically Yugoslavia? It doesn't exist anymore!
It does for those who love it. Welcome to r/Yugoslavia!
Currently in Japan. Currently grading writing assignments. It's kind of interesting how low they shoot with "My dream job" and "My perfect day." It really seems like the culture doesn't encourage such far-fetched prospects and impossible happenings.
Currently a teacher at a Japanese junior/senior high school where we emphasis writing skills. This is the quality of work I get from 90% of my students (I teach junior high 1st through 3rd grade specifically, but have taught high school 1st grade) even when we write an example together as a class before they do their own. A few years ago, we had the 3rd graders write about their ideal trip to practice usage of "would". Got the same caliber as what you've posted here.
Exist50 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like they were just being lazy and using the words/sentences they were most comfortable with.
This entire stupid thing made me laugh the hardest I have in weeks. At the same time, I taught English in South Korea so I toootally get it.
damngurl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason the Yugoslavia bit gets me. Like, the whole thing?
Li4m278 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I decided to go to a Yugoslavia
How many Yugoslavias are there?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids don't have grand desires. Japanese don't express their desires and like things to be ordinary. So it's not surprising that Japanese kids' idea of a perfect day is wake up, good weather, have food, no school, end of day.
I really love this. It's incredible for me to wrap my mind around how non-native English speakers have such a hard time with it when I don't have trouble speaking English. Thanks for finding these, I really enjoyed them.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap, I laughed for like a minute straight reading the one about Britney. I was on the toilet I bet my family heard me. Totally worth it man, made my week!
I woke up at 9:30 Saturday morning. It was nice day! It was sunny.
I decided to go to a Yugoslavia.
I enjoy Yugoslavia.
Another one I commend for the high aspirations. I always wondered, though, why specifically Yugoslavia? It doesn't exist anymore! It didn't exist anymore when I did this assignment! I just -- I have no idea.
I'm an ALT with senior high school kids and I constantly get stuff like this. It's a riot. Recently, we had to brainstorm about the good and bad points of cell phones, in which one student wrote "heart eyes" meaning the light from the phone can hurt your eyes. I couldn't stop laughing. I drew a picture of a face with heart eyes, then gave a quick English & kanji comparison. She will (hopefully) never make the heart/hurt mistake again.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Japanese person, I can vouch that any day with rice for breakfast is a good day. Like Bob Ross, "Everyday's a good day when you paint", Everyday's a good day when you have rice.
I laughed so hard that I cried. I'm studying in Japan now and this kind of thing happens a lot here. My favorite is my Japanese friend she wanted to ride another girl's bike and said "please ride me!" As in please let me ride your bike. Lol
zemotion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah I read this in Japanese pronunciation it's perfect.
oh man, I can't wait to go home a study mathematio!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:59:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I too enjoy a good Yugoslavia once in a while.
NIRC1997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think they were trolling ... they wrote it that way because it was easy enough and it was the words that they can remember. I used to this when I was learning Italian and didn't memorize enough words to form better sentences haha
Haulage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:51:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The wark comment had me stand up and go out because I laughed do hard. Nice
kaeroku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it possible they were just struggling with phrasing thoughts in English, and thus opted for simplicity?
It sounds like many of them say "I had a nice day!" They have the idea that it is supposed to be a good day, just are unsure how to describe what makes a day good to them.
Frankly I have a hard time with that myself, and English is my native language. It's because of the subtleties, the little things that make up the parts of what makes something magnificent. And I can see struggling with THAT more than the language itself.
amyeh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure what I laughed at harder - their boring days or your excellent commentary
Maybe they were just more familiar with more mundane English words and phrases, and kept the assignment simple? If you asked me to do the assignment in Spanish it would turn out like some of the better ones, but still not that crazy, because I'm not fluent in Spanish.
JimDixon ยท 297 points ยท Posted at 21:03:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they didn't understand what "perfect" meant. Maybe they thought you meant "Describe a day perfectly."
wnp ยท 189 points ยท Posted at 21:08:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's possible some of them thought that, but... I donno, that seems to be an odd part of an assignment prompt, usually "do it as well as you can do it" is kind of assumed, don't need to specify "aim for perfect". Eh. Maybe, you might be right. I think the Japanese person English teacher explained the prompt to them in Japanese though, so, they'd've have to have been not paying attention to her.
One other thing that occurred to me as I think about this -- it's possible some of them thought I meant "describe the most perfect day you have actually experienced," which would understandably result in some more normal/mundane days. If this is the case, it would mean that some of those kids thought I actually went out with Yuki Kajiura. Hah.
I think most likely is that they just didn't have the words to actually express what their real perfect day would be, so, instead of trying to get help from us teachers (which we would've been happy to give), or use a dictionary or something, they just decided to take the path of least resistance and write about boring days using the vocabulary they already knew.
puuying ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 00:31:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they thought it had to be the best day they'd actually experienced, then I feel bad for the kid who did their taxes.
I used to have a hilarious picture similar to that, kind of an average day of a Japanese guy that was really the most horrid day ever. I'll try to find it later.
"describe the most perfect day you have actually experienced,"
...
I woke up at 9:00 Saturday morning. There was Britney when I woke up. I like Britney
Yeah, he definitely experienced this first-hand.
wnp ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:13:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. I know. But you're right. Most of the assignments the students did (the ones you posted just now) were hilariously mundane. They probably misunderstood the assignments, like you said.
But damn, if I woke up, and a young Britney Spears was sitting at the edge of my bed, that would be my perfect day. ;)
Yess-cat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On TV perhaps?
sueca ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:04:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when I was a kid studying Spanish. I knew a bunch of random adjectives, but far from all of the basic standard ones that you'd need to describe anything in a prompt. So when prompted to write shit I preferred being grammatically correct (actually using adjectives) than answering the question in a coherent way. The system of how we got points on exams rewarded this way of doing assignments too.
RockDrill ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 00:41:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are way over-thinking this imho. I remember being a lazy language student. If someone asked me to describe my perfect day, I would think to myself "Well my perfect day involves lots of words I don't know. I just know how to talk about regular things like going to school... so I'll say that is my perfect day".
wnp ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 01:33:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How's that different from "decided to take the path of least resistance and write about boring days using the vocabulary they already knew."?
Maybe he didn't leave his lazy days behind when he stopped being a language student. He might've decided not to read the whole comment before responding.
It's not really, I'm just saying that since 'perfect' is subjective the students might feel they can justify using their everyday vocab. Rather than just ignoring that part of the assignment.
I'm in AP Italian in my high school. Whenever I get a prompt like this, I don't actually try to give an honest answer. I just think of a few nouns and verbs I know that fit the prompt and fill in the syntax and grammar later.
Maybe your students were just simply bound by their limited vocabulary. Maybe they only knew how to say "good morning," and "I woke up at 7:00."
A common prompt in my Italian class is "describe your perfect meal" or some variation. I always work in "le uove strapazzato" and "la pancetta." That translates to scrambled eggs and bacon. I dislike scrambled eggs, and I love bacon but only eat it on special occasions. Yet, I still write about them simply because I know how to say them in Italian.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:50:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The had probably just learned the past tense, and used the grammar fresh in their mind.
2nd years are usually not so good at future tense 'I will' and 'I am going to.'
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:09:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do they understand the word perfect? Just curious.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's an internet video-games man. One of the games he played consistently spelled "dunno" as "donno" so he made a running joke out of it. That's why I asked.
they just decided to take the path of least resistance and write about boring days using the vocabulary they already knew.
I'd say 99% chance that's what they did. I've been doing it for two years in my Japanese classes. I even can write more complicated stuff now, but I still write as simply as I can get away with because it's a pain in the ass sometimes.
they'd've have to have been not paying attention to her
Is this what you were teaching the kids? JustkiddingbutpeoplegetangrywhenIleaveasmiley,soI'llwritethis,instead.
MJWood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:45:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they were not able to take the hypothetical seriously.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:52:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Possibly they thought "a day conducted in the ideal manner", which in such a culture might well be thought of as being punctual and productive.
JimDixon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:28:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's more or less what I was thinking.
I think to get to the bottom of this, we're going to need to hear from someone who's fluent in both English and Japanese. There is probably more than one way to translate "perfect", and different words may have different connotations in Japanese. Even in English, it seems to me that "ideal" would be a better word than "perfect" to get across what OP had in mind.
OP says that he worked with another teacher, and his main role was to model correct pronunciation in English. I suspect OP is not fluent in Japanese.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:52:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We are of one mind, on this.
"Describe the ideal form that a day ought to follow"
"Get up early. Education. Basic food. More work."
"That is correct"
When I was learning German we would throw sentences in that were grammatically correct albeit a bit nonsensical because we didn't have a full understanding of the language yet.
For example: If was asked to describe my perfect day auf Deutsch I would say"Ich reite ein Triceratops." "I ride a triceratops" because triceratops is a cognate. My theory is that the word for "tax" was a cognate or just a word that stood out to him.
I mean, listen, we're talking about taxes, not a game, not a game, not a game, we talking about taxes. Not a game. Not, not โฆ Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. Not the game, but we're talking about taxes, man. I mean, how silly is that? โฆ And we talking about taxes. I know I supposed to be there. I know I'm supposed to lead by example... I know that... And I'm not.. I'm not shoving it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I do. I honestly do... But we're talking about taxes man. What are we talking about? Taxes? We're talking about taxes, man. We're talking about taxes. We're talking about taxes. We ain't talking about the game. We're talking about taxes, man. When you come to the arena, and you see me play, you see me play don't you? You've seen me give everything I've got, right? But we're talking about taxes right now.
MIKE6792 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:44:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you an accountant that skipped tax deadline?
fuqyu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:52:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the gain, that I go out there and die for, but taxes?
Dude, we're talking japan, the country where they have a word for litterally working yourself to death, and being at the top of the grades at school, is a huge boost to popularity, it wouldn't shock me if doing taxes is a cool thing to some kids there.
Lovehat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
asian...
NDaveT ยท 860 points ยท Posted at 20:45:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were probably confused by you getting a "delicious" steak at Outback Steakhouse. Maybe they thought "perfect" was sarcastic.
wnp ยท 424 points ยท Posted at 20:47:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was the only actual real steak available in anything shorter than about a 3-hour train ride to Tokyo.
Local diner served "hamburger steak". Basically, imagine an oversized hamburger patty served as a steak. That's what passed for steak in the town I was in.
If you like steak, you'd've learned to appreciate the Makuhari Outback too.
Isord ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 21:38:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The hamburger steak actually sounds good. Just not as a steak.
wnp ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 21:50:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I got it a couple times, it was alright.
I didn't go to that local diner very often, because I was in a point of my life where I felt awkward going to that sort of restaurant by myself. Like, all the tables are 4-seaters, I'd take up so much space if I went there! (Never mind that this is pretty normal.)
I would, however, go to a place down the road from that place, which served kaiten sushi, and you could sit at the bar and just pick up sushi off the conveyor belt. That place was awesome.
I wanna try this at least once, eat at a conveyor belt sushi place. I mean the sushi itself might not be amazing, but it sounds like fun.
wnp ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:23:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I loved it! Especially because kanji was always a weak point for me, and a lot of times the menus had mostly kanji, so... if I went to a sit-down restaurant where you had to order, I'd have to kinna go back and forth with the server to figure out what I wanted that they actually had...
Kaiten-sushi solved that problem by letting me just pick up whatever plate looked good. (Which, in my case, was usually "sushi that is fish". I didn't care so much for squid/octopus/fish-eggs/shrimp/regular-egg or what have you, but I liked every kind of actual fish.)
The new thing is robot-delivered sushi, where you order off a touchscreen and it comes straight to your table. The conveyor belt places are mostly switching over now, though a few off-brand places still have 'em. It's pretty good value: a plate is typically ยฅ108 for 2 pieces of nigiri, and it can be totally decent.
There's a conveyor belt sushi place where I live in Washington State. It's your typical americanized sushi, but the conveyor belt system is super cool and quick. I can sit down, immediately start stuffing my face, get my check and leave in under 30 minutes on a lunch break! I love that place.
Mmmslash ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:54:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You might see this on menus listed as a "chopped steak".
I have seen many surprised faces after they ordered something called a steak and what they got instead was a meat patty.
Haha Yeah I meant the whole served with rice and Worcestershire.. Not so much the hamburger patty!
Contrary to popular belief Australia DOES Have hamburgers! They're all made from kangaroo though. ;)
Yess-cat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, the rare double contraction, spotted in the wild.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the second time in recent memory someone pointed that out! I just had to go check this wasn't you.
Anagoth9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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blaghart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel bad that I read it as "ow-toe-backa stay-k-house"
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that considered a Salisbury steak?
jwws1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in Osaka for work, I was surprised that they had steak for so cheap at a diner. There wasn't a picture for reference and I was eating out with a group of coworkers who also called it steak. I was surprised that I got a hamburger patty. I asked them if I got they got my order wrong and they said that my patty is a steak. But yes you can get a real steak if you go to a nicer restaurant and that stuff is amazing.
What about wagyu steak? Isn't Japan famous for this kind of steak? I always thought you'd be able to find these cuts at butchers all over the country just like there are butchers all over the states but maybe that's my ignorance speaking.
fuafua2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think we taught in the same area. Makuhari was definitely a great place to escape to when you wanted the comforts of home. Outback was crazy expensive, though.
you live in japan and you eat steak and cheese. Jesus man.
wnp ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:13:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was there a long time, I mostly ate Japanese food, but I sure missed me some steak. Likewise, now that I'm back in America, I occasionally eat sushi! And Indian food like palak paneer! And Vietnamese food like pho! It's incredible, you can eat things that are from other places besides where you're physically located now!
I once read an article about sushi in Japan and America that concluded that you can get some extremely delicious sushi in the US because there was no pressure to conform to traditional sushi. (More freedom with the dish).
Outback is the chain for steak in Japan. I don't really know why. Japanese-style beef places all serve meat cut very thin, so if you want a proper steak for less than ยฅ10,000, you go to outback..
in japanese, perfect and complete are both written as KanZen; asking for their complete day and perfect day could be the same sentence.
wnp ยท 267 points ยท Posted at 21:28:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My memory is imperfect and incomplete, but I really feel like the other teacher gave them a better explanation than just translating the words -- that's why she had me give my own example, she emphasized it'd be a really good day and all that.
But, yeah, some of 'em might not have paid attention to that bit. It's possible.
in japanese, perfect and complete are both written as KanZen;
imperfect and incomplete
I see what you did there?
wnp ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:13:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
heh, yeah.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:40:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How many of them actually believed you dated what's her name then
Megneous ยท -15 points ยท Posted at 03:48:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're forgetting the fact that in any large group of randomly selected people (which students are unless you're at some fancy school), a large number of them are going to just be completely incapable and useless for anything above basic necessities of living.
Think back to your high school days. How many people from your grade are actually what you would call "successful"? For my school, it's about 2%. The rest never left their hometown, got shitty jobs cooking or serving food in restaurants. The lucky ones work in dangerous factories where they could get their hands or head degloved by the equipment. Some are in jail.
You don't need to look for an explanation. The students were likely just not intelligent.
Not entirely. In Japan, it's more likely that they were lazy and didn't give a shit, but the school system pushed them up to the next grade repeatedly despite the students never turning in homework or actually completely a test. Japan doesn't really hold kids back for low grades, so you have kids who are actually intelligent but want nothing to do with school getting pushed through the school system without picking anything up until they can drop out after graduating 9th grade.
Megneous ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 13:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've lived in Japan for years, thanks. I know quite well what it's like.
But you don't seem to understand. Normal people are not intelligent. That's why they're normal. It's silly to expect normal people to perform well in school, regardless of what country they're from. If everyone made As, we would no longer accept Cs as the average. And let's be honest- at the current standard, only understanding ~70% of what you're taught is pretty awful.
so you have kids who are actually intelligent but want nothing to do with school
Again, intelligence is the minority. That's how bell curves work. You can't just randomly wave to a group of kids and say, "Oh, they're so intelligent!" If their IQ is under 130, they may be a hard worker, but they're not intelligent. If they're under 160, they're not exceptionally gifted, under 180, not profoundly gifted.
There are real categorizations for these sorts of things. You don't get to just decide who is and is not intelligent. It sounds like how every parent thinks their kid is "smart, but doesn't try." No, unless your kid is in the top 5%, they're not likely to be "smart." And being in the top 1% would actually be recognized as smart by just interacting with them.
I was wondering this. I don't speak Japanese (or any other language other than English) but I teach speakers of other languages, and I've seen "perfect" used by speakers of more than one language in a way that suggests they're translating it more as "complete" than our typical use of "perfect." Even in English, the perfect verb tense/aspect is generally used to talk about completed actions (or actions that started in the past that are still ongoing).
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:09:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your username is perfect for this comment.
But yeah, I wonder if the connection between those two definitions is common in other languages.
Haha...yeah, I thought of that while I was writing the comment. I was created for this moment!
But it's interesting if you look at the etymology, it comes from "from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere โ(โto finishโ)", so that makes a lot of sense. And Google gives this as one of the definitions:
absolute; complete (used for emphasis).
"a perfect stranger"
kaeroku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:59:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right.
We actually commonly misuse 'perfect,' at least by it's literal definition. Instead the students should have been asked to describe their "ideal" or "fantasy" day.
Yeah I think it's one of those words whose meaning has now changed because of use. I wouldn't say that using it to mean "flawless" is wrong. However, in interlanguage situations like this I think you're right that "ideal" would be more easily understood.
kaeroku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:14:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right. But "flawless" is still within the realm of "perfect's" original definition. "Complete" and "perfect" and "flawless" all share something which "ideal" doesn't, and that is: imagination outside the bounds of the original context.
I'd agree that perfect and flawless have extended to include that as a part of their definitions through usage, but I'd say that because of the shifting of their meaning, they are less clear. They require context clues, rather than providing them. As language strives to enable communication, clarity is a priority, especially for those who are learning.
I'd say "fantasy" is as strong (and as weak) as a word like "perfect" because it suffers the same problems. In this case, it captures the concept of "imagination outside the realm of context," but as that is almost entirely the meaning of "fantasy," it fails to provide the "grounded in reality" baseline which is required for what (I infer to be) the intent of the original question.
Hence: "ideal" is the ideal term in this question of terminology. :)
SilasX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap! That's crazy that English (and Latin for that matter) have the same double meaning of perfect!
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:43:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perfect would be written as kanpeki in most cases, and either way, the word that translates from perfect here would be saikou (the best).
I agree. I think "saikou" would be a better interpretation and probably get better answers. But honestly, a lot of students will just pick boring things because they'd rather just copy what they know from the textbook than dare to think of something original.
mnakai ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:26:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While it's true that "kanzen" can mean "perfect" in certain situations, it's usually (as you said) reserved for "whole" or "complete". Instead, "perfect" is usually translated to "kanpeki".
Source: am Japanese
whyzed ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not true. Complete is kanzen but perfect is kanpeki in Japanese. The first character is the same but they are two different words and concepts in Japanese, same as in English.
more like, i see box sets advertised as 'perfect' when they mean complete. others have said that kanpeki is the way to say it properly, but clearly not everyone says it properly
Valdrax ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:48:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From my own experiences in college, sometimes the content of the foreign language essay is shaped more by what vocabulary words you remember than your actual thoughts on the matter.
I love Yuki Kajiura more than I should, but as a composer. She's made my life measurably better ever since I first saw .hack//SIGN. However, she's not very pretty and we couldn't be more than friends.
wnp ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 20:07:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hehe. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. She's not like drop-dead gorgeous but I think she's sufficiently cute and between that and being super-impressed with her talent, I'd have been ecstatic at the idea of going out with her. Not now, so much, since I'm married now; this was like 2005-6.
Yeah, I have the same deal with my girlfriend concerning Ronda Rousey and Emilia Clarke. Also Ming-na Wen, but she's a wildcard.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, nice.
Funny, Felicia Day and Emily V Gordon are on both our lists. I can't remember the rest of hers, though. Maybe Khal Drogo? Eh. Not like it's ever gonna matter. :P
I think you may really have missed what these kids were saying. They are generally happy. To them, a perfect day is what they have most of the time. They are content to be with family, eat well, and be with friends at school. I am envious. They are not looking for some hyperbolic extreme. Perfect is calm and unconflicted.
Perfect day: 3/10
Perfect day with rice: 11/10 would recommend.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The cultural aspect is stronger than you're suggesting. I lived in Nagoya about 12 years ago and would try to ask my host sisters "what's new?" and variations of that.
They would respond "Nothing!" with these huge grins, because that was the best possible outcome. They enjoyed living life in a way where everything went according to expectations.
Illyich ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:38:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Love Yuki Kajiura- glad to see someone else does too!
That's pretty awesome that you're a huge anime nerd and you get to teach english in Japan.
wnp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:20:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, yeah. It was pretty sweet, at least, for a little while.
I've actually been told that the JET programme tries to weed out people who are huge anime nerds, but I didn't want to misrepresent myself. When I went in for the interview, when they asked me why I wanted to go to Japan specifically, I just kinda laid it out on the table -- yes, I do like anime and Japanese video games, they're among my main hobbies, but they're not the only thing about Japan I'm into. I also love the food (except Natto), and I think the language is beautiful, etc etc.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:49:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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wnp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, that may have been over-stating it a bit, I don't think they explicitly wanted none, but just, from what I gathered, a high percentage of applicants were people who didn't really have much deep appreciation or understanding of Japan and basically had no reason for wanting to be there aside from "I like anime!"
They wanted to avoid having the situation over in Japan being "all the foreign people from JET are just people who like our cartoons"
If that is what they responded with, did they really understand, or were they just describing a regular day. Which leads me to believe they believed the day you described was an ordinary day.
setsuwa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:13:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If my experience teaching English in Japan is any guide, they just didn't care.
I had a student once write "Today when I get home, I will kill my grandfather." He thought it was hilarious and the teacher didn't see the problem.
You probably have a lot of responses but honestly I understand why some wrote it this way. I'd say a normal day is a good day, possibly even 'perfect day'. If you ask me "describe what your perfect day would be" it would not be over the top extravagant. I like normal days, they are good, changing it would be different but not necessarily better. I also think the connotation for good and perfect are different and that could easily be mistaken.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:36:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Japanese don't seem to do much out of fhe ordinary. Teacher probably just thought itwas weird as they didn't write "going to Disneyland" (seriously... that shit seems to be like religion for them).
In other news: maybe they just like doing tax. Don't question their lifestyle!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those regular things are probably more "common" words in their text books. I know the biggest problem I had learning Spanish in American high school was how "PC" and "average" the stuff we were taught. Great, I can find the library or a couch, but none of it was very conversational unfortunately.
fig_bush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah this is what I do now. Were you through the JET program? I feel like my kids would do the exact same thing, only because those normal sentences are the ones they actually learn and know. They (my kids) probably have no idea how to describe their perfect day in English, but they sure know how to say the same 5 sentences.
When you were talking about who Ms. Kajiura is they might have thought that you had actually ran into her and asked her out, which would cause them to think you were describing your day yesterday or something.
Back in high school I took Spanish but only knew pretty much enough to pass. Four years of Spanish class later everyone was much more advanced than me because I had basically been passing by the skin of my teeth every time. I remember when I got the same "Describe your perfect day" prompt and I basically had to fill it up with sentences that I knew. Waking up, brushing my teeth, eating, etc. The class was on Spanish and the content didn't matter as much as the syntax and grammar. That'd be my guess to what happened in your story. They just wrote the sentences they knew.
Sabreens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Question on a test: What did you eat for breakfast this morning?
Answer from a Japanese student: I ate a bowel of flosted freaks.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The only thing that concerns me is that your perfect day, the best day of all possible days, has you eating at Outback Steakhouse.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I probably could've been a lot more imaginative, like, "I had steak flown in direct from Australia and cooked for me by master chefs" or what have you, but there's a certain upper limit on what's reasonably understandable by the kids.
(they had an embargo on US cows at the time due to mad cow... maybe still do.)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha yeah, you're right. Although you probably could have said you wanted to have some Wagyu A5 or something and they would have understood pretty well. Japan has some pretty great steak too.
There is more reason in that. I, for one, enjoy the thoughtful and productive pace of daily routine. Life feels kind of empty without dishes to wash and food to cook (besides, I dearly love cooking, and cooking for my family even more so). Much more prone to appreciate a day when there is nothing about which I didnโt know ahead of time than surprises, even the pleasant ones. Though never really averse to a bit of adventure either. Itโs justโฆ routine is very much tied to the kind of careful, meticulous work which yields long-term returns. That makes life meaningful.
wagashi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I kind of understand a lot of the more boring ones. I took a Russian class a few years ago, where we had to describe what we were doing for spring break, then we had to describe our perfect vacation.
First I said "I want to stay at home in <<city>>." Then when we went around for the second time, I said "My perfect vacation would be to stay at home in <<city>>." She laughed and said "Oh, You can reach higher than that."
But for me, that is a dream vacation. I don't like flying (not because it scares me, but because I hate the process of going through TSA and using the tiny, disgusting airplane bathrooms, and the people in my isle always want to talk to me. I don't want to talk to you, strange man in the seat next to mine. It's weird. You're weird.), I don't like hotels unless they're super fucking nice (which are expensive, and I hate spending money because I'm a goddamned miser), I don't really enjoy going to theme parks or seeing nature or walking miles on end in the sun so I can go see a big fucking statue or whatever view it is.
Then, you have to come home, unpack, get all the mail that's been piling up and you're behind on everything (emails, laundry, the work you missed because you were out of the office, all that shit that you brushed off because "it's vacation") which is basically just overloading yourself when you get back, cancelling out any relaxation you get on vacation.
I may be coming off as a bit of a grump, but best vacation scenario for me is I stay home, relax, maybe take a walk in the park or go get a massage in the very nice hotel in my city, eat out with friends, have a beer at the Irish pub close to my house, sleep in. No planning, much lower cost, and my friends all live there so there are people to enjoy it with.
They just didn't understand the word "perfect", so ignored it and hoped it wasn't important to the meaning of your request. Thus, many answered the question "describe your day"
Nice, I was wondering if an ALT in Japan would have a funny story. Huge misunderstandings seem to occur every lesson if you don't go around and check on students while they're working. There are always at least one or two who weren't paying attention or having learning disabilities that make it hard for them to understand what they're supposed to do.
Just commenting because I work at Outback and I really regret not ordering food today. Fantasizing about steaks now tyvm.
narp7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It seems like this is a cultural thing. People in Japan aren't very comfortable discussing their personal interests. This probably carried over into the assignment.
Oh shit, sheโs my favorite composer. I knew her from watching Fate/Zero and Kara no Kyoukai. Search up Fate/Zero Yuki Kajiura OSTs and you will be blown away from her composing.
JPCOO ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't decide whether this was a misunderstanding or just a cultural mindset. My impression of Japanese culture is that it can be pretty rigid about certain social settings. Is it possible that the class wasn't used to "outlandish" aspirations for their day?
Xenosaga/some .hack/Noir/etcetc. some didn't care.
As a huge Xenosaga and .hack fan, today I learned. Today I cared.
Cereborn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Based on my own experience in Korea, I don't find this at all surprising. It's a combination of lacking full comprehension, not wanting to put any work in, and coming from a school system that does not promote that kind of creative thinking.
To be fair, that prompt sucks ass. "Perfect" is too vague of a word. Even if you do understand, that would take some seriously heavy introspection to divine what would make a day perfect. Honestly, if I was in school I would have been completely stumped by that prompt.
Maybe they just thought Sensei-sama totally got it on with Kajiura?
TTangy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:12:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if you had not thought of this, but I know when I was learning spanish and I had a shit vocabulary we would some times do activities like this. With a limited ability to know things you like to do in other languages all of us in the class ended up describing basic things because thats all we knew how to say/write.
jbsinger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
After you lose what is most important to you - your loved ones, your job, your house, your health.
A perfect day. You wake up in your house at 7:30 in the morning. Your health is good, and you have the food you like for breakfast. Say hello to your SO, go to work. Get home, have dinner and do your taxes. Go to bed and fall asleep.
You think that is weird because you don't realize that putting all those things together is a kind of miracle.
I was in a similar role, also about 10 years ago, and observed the same thing. I concluded that the real problem was that they lacked comfort with an adequate vocabulary to describe the perfect day, so they just described any old day.
Stax493 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this same job last year. Same assignment, same sort of shit responses. I like that in 10 years Japanese students still don't give a shit about English.
I like to think your students think you are the coolest person in the world and just casually date celebrities in your free time, inbetween building giant robots and blasting super villains away with energy beams.
Durrvish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I woke up. I went to school. I went home. I did tax."
How could one get their foot in the door doing a job like this? I'd love to teach English in another country during the summer.
wnp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:56:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do some research into the JET programme, that's the one I was on. For JET, you have to have graduated college (before you go, not before you apply), and you have to go through an application/interviewing process that is pretty selective...
there are other programs too like NOVA and AEON i think? Or, there were, 10 years ago. I don't know what the options are now.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:05:00 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe this is because they mistranslated the word "perfect" as "ๅฎ็ง" which could also mean a "complete" day.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:17:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At university: when is your birthday? June 12th. Later in the lesson it comes up again and he changed it to April 23rd. I asked him why he had two birthdays, he didn't know. "Maybe one was a mistake I think". Not a cheeky fucker, good kid though. Just panics
My conclusion is that, as I thought was commonly known, "L" and "R" are often confused by Japanese and Cantonese (which I understand are different, but please correct me if I'm mistaken) speakers.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:34:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, that's accurate. I can't speak to Cantonese, but in Japanese, there is no distinction between "l" and "r". There are japanese characters for the sound which, to Western ears, sounds roughly halfway between the two. The japanese characters are neither "r" nor "l", but are usually romanized with "r" (e.g. ra ri ru re ro).
Due to the fact that they're usually romanized with 'r', you'll sometimes see people claim "Japan has an 'r' but not an 'l'", but I feel that this is misrepresenting the fact -- they actually have neither; they have ใใใใใ.
So, this kid knows that "rice" is pronounced in japanese characters as "ra i su", but he forgets how it's actually spelled in English. He remembers it ends in "ice", but he incorrectly guesses "L" for the first letter.
It's totally an understandable error for a kid with his level of english instruction, I always told them I'd much rather they write a little bit more with a few mistakes than worry so much about mistakes they don't write anything.
But it's still funny, because ... I mean, eating lice! :)
I guess when I said "draw your own conclusions" I mostly meant "draw your own conclusions about how racist I'm being." It's pretty racist to mis-represent asian people as mixing up l's and r's just to mock them. But, in this case, I just literally replicated his actual text he wrote. If that's racist, then reality is racist. So, I don't feel that I'm being racist, there. And I'm not really trying to mock him so much as just enjoy the amusing words that come out of it.
ColoniseMars may or may not have been joking, I donno.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FUkin weeb
[deleted] ยท 5929 points ยท Posted at 19:22:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4181 points ยท Posted at 21:32:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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onlytoask ยท 2284 points ยท Posted at 22:16:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the exact same thing in seventh grade. I was completely baffled as to why the teacher would want that.
[deleted] ยท 405 points ยท Posted at 00:59:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did it in eighth. I was like, ah yes, the double spacing I've heard my older sister talk about. Teacher gave me a weird look when I handed it in and asked if I'd double spaced it. I was like, "Yup, I sure did!" so proudly. Other kids has been asking each other what it meant, but I knew already. He was like, "Are you sure?", looked at it, told me it wasn't, and I proceeded to argue my case for several minutes before he gave up and told the person at the computer beside me show me how to do it....
I did the same thing in 8th grade on this 5 page research paper I was assigned. Last day before I printed it out, the librarian tried to help me and saw all the blue squiggle lines and explained to me how to do it. Paper was way longer than I thought.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:40:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing better than forgetting a paper is supposed to be double spaced, then realizing it is when you thought you still had halfway to go!
Or worse than realizing at the end of page 12 it was supposed to be double spaced, so you just lost 5 hours of sleep researching, writing & citing a 24 page paper. So frustrating and so exhausting.
Wait. Double spaced is a blank line between every line?? Wtf, that's weird. Never had to do that. They'd just use arrows and circle stuff or whatever. I turned in my last report with the Google Docs link. Got some comments back. It worked nice.
I rewrote the entire text (6 pages) in 3rd grade. Turned out that the assignment was to list adjectives related to the topic of the class... 5 or so words and that was it.
It's very difficult to stop what you were taught was correct back before digital word processors existed. This was standard typing rules back in the day. I'm 34 and learned it that way, even as word processors came into widespread existence. I don't any longer, but it took a lot of conscious thought to do do, when typing is pretty much supposed to be unconscious.
I think you mean subconscious. I personally find typing while unconscious very difficult.
T2AmR ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:40:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this made me laugh
Oakcamp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tell that to drunken me
Cianalas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I only just now remembered that's how I was taught to do it, I had completely forgotten! It's been years since I've typed that way, it was such a pain.
Dislol ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:41:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am now acutely aware of the lack of double spacing after a period in comments in this thread. Its really fucking with my head because its how I was taught and I've never given it a second thought since I was 6.
You'd hate my texts, because I double space after periods in those, too. Mothafuckaaaaa!
Let them do what they want, dude. Don't put two spaces after a period if you don't want to, but trying to make them do it your way instead of their own isn't going to work. Especially if it's by claiming that the second empty space placeholder in a series of two empty space placeholders has a mental disease.
It doesn't even actually have a brain, if you noticed.
[deleted] ยท -19 points ยท Posted at 02:06:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Many colleges/universities in the US follow the research & citing format of either the MLA (Modern Language Association) or APA (American Psychological Association). It keeps all the papers consistent with font, font size, margins, headers, footers, sources etc.
The MLA handbook's examples show one space after a concluding punctuation mark, but also states that there is nothing wrong with two spaces unless an editor or instructor prefers otherwise.
The APA rule is 2 spaces after a concluding period in words (not numerical data). So thousands and thousands of students are taught every year that this is how to do it.
Add in people my age who learned how to type on an actual typewriter, and have been repeatedly double-spacing after periods FOR YEARS, and there needs to be compelling reason to change the muscle memory.
I haven't seen a reason compelling enough for me to change my focus to spaces after a period.
Tom908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Preface: This is what I remember from my middle school years on the school paper and yearbook. That was 20+ years ago, so I am sure some of this is wrong/changed.
When printing was first invented, typesetters used small blocks of wood with letters on them made of metal (where you get uppercase & lowercase was where those physical letters were stored).
In the beginning, nothing was standardized: spelling, punctuation, spacing, etc. Over the next few hundred years, things became a little more organized.
Most of the metal letters were about the same width (measured in 'em's). However, 'j', 'i', 'l', 't', 'f' were on 1/2 an em wide, as was almost all punctuation. A few letters were 1.5 ems wide (w and m).
By mixing the physically more narrow letters with the physically 'regular' sized letters, there were lots of irregular spaces.
Because the gaps between letters were inconsistent, it was much more difficult for the reader to automatically detect the beginning/end of a sentence. This greatly interrupted the flow of writing & reading.
The solution was to use two full spaces between sentences, which indicated clearly & immediately if a gap was to separate sentences or just a casualty of character width.
When I was in middle school and working on the school paper, we still had to calculate out not only how many letters per line, but which letters, so we could allow space for headlines, bylines, photographs, etc.
I still remember what our teacher repeated all the time, "Don't JILT the F!". It was a common phrase to help us all remember which letters were 1/2 em. (Ms. Isler, you were an awesome teacher!)
Generations of copy setters, typists, and now a generation of early keyboarders were taught the double space method.
(There is a lot of disagreement about when, who & in which order things moved from proportional typesetting to monospacing, and which method actually mandated double spacing or not).
With the easy access to computers and various fonts, the elimination of calculating by hand the spacing for letters, photos, margins, etc. the double spacing kind of lost its raison d'etre.
Like many other things, the necessity was gone, but the convention remained a strict rule for a long time following.
It's just recently that society has gotten around to recognizing that double spacing isn't technically necessary anymore, so why are we still doing it?
We're in the middle of the transition between my generation (40s) who had the two space rule ingrained into our marrow and don't understand why it's suddenly a big deal, and the younger generation which has abruptly become indignant about it.
TLDR: Until very very recently, double spaces following end punctuation were necessary for readability purposes due to the differences in character width. Now it's not necessary, but it's been a generations long habit & many people see no need for change.
Tom908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:06:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I understand now, i didn't hear it before today so you can see how i can be confused.
Of course. It's esoteric knowledge that only people in the field who are interested in details like that who would know. Every career field has jargon, history, fun/unfun facts that others wouldn't know.
I have learned so much bizarre, specific things from reddit. I love this site.
Favorite so far: The difference between poisonous and venomous. The first is when a substance is ingested, usually from a plant. The second is when a substance is injected through the skin with deleterious effects on the body, usually from snakes, spiders, scorpions, etc.
I did the exact same thing in... shit I don't even remember when, probably sometime in 6th grade. I was always like ??????????? is "double-spacing" made the same mistake as you and OP.
KJ6BWB ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:20:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still don't get it. So you want to make notes? That's what the margins are for. You think it's easier to read double spaced reports? Really, do you have your browser set to display all font with double-size line spacing between each line? Thought not. Just seems like a waste of paper.
[deleted] ยท 766 points ยท Posted at 21:46:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Did the exact same thing in middle school. I felt so dumb when my dad showed me what double-spaced meant and that there was a feature in word that did it automatically for you.
edit: I stupidly hit the space bar twice between each word like the HungryMoose1. I spent hours making sure I did that way thinking it was correct. Then my dad informed me that I misunderstood what double spaced meant. It mean an extra space between lines, huge palm meets face moment.
dr_franck ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:53:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
there was a feature in word that did it automatically for you.
Back in 2008, my friend who was an honor student(!) and was new at uni with an Engineering degree did not know that Microsoft Word could automatically add page numbers. She was painstakingly putting little text boxes with page numbers, and trying to make sure that it didn't get moved around. She once did this with a 100-page research paper.
You could have just done a find and replace for ' ' with ' ' . Alternatively, you could have added an auto correct for the same thing. Work smarter, not harder!
lhamil64 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:07:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like your spaces didn't render.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:15:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im 28 out now, we're talking about me as a dumb kid in seventh grade. Took me awhile to learn about working smarter not harder. lol
I did the exact same thing typing out my first ever paper. Freshman year of high school. Only I was told by my teacher I didn't double space. I said yeah I put two spaces between every word. He smiled and said double spaced meant an extra line between the words. I got extra credit because my paper was twice as long as it needed and "exceedingly excellent" as he put it. He just made me bring in a double spaced version the next day so he could read it.
I was forced to do this for a year because WordPad (on Windows 95 no less) was the only thing I had. My mind was blown the first time I saw someone using Word and applying double-spacing.
GCSThree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's like the people at my work that can't figure out how to put a line break in excel. They just put a million spaces until it goes to the next line.
lhamil64 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhhhhhh noooooooooooo.
CBSU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could've replaced every space with two instead.
Mwootto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dang. I had to teach my dad how to use a computer's power button...
prodmerc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I spent hours making sure I did that way thinking it was correct
Damn, son! You could've just typed with one space, then use "Replace" to replace them all with 2 spaces :-D
Hey man if you are told forever what a "space" is and you do a "double" space. I don't see how you would be expected to know that. Guess they were preparing you for the corporate world. :p
I believe it is and line spacing is just the option to set the distance. That being said with no explanation the first time you hear the phrase putting 2 spaces after each word is exactly how you would interpret it.
Nixie9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:19:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have I gone to the past? You're using word processors, the other guy is using typewriters, we have computers now, have we changed universe? Where's r/mandelaeffect when I need it.
mrisump ยท 93 points ยท Posted at 21:43:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Make the space between lines double in height. Makes adding comments underneath a sentence easier.
We don't really call it that in the UK. "." is generally known as "a full stop". I had never heard it referred to as a period until hearing non-Brits saying it online, but I guess it could sound weird if you have never heard it before.
Why. Can't. We. Have. This. Amazing. Feature. On. Our. Laptops.?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You. could. probably. find. a. word. processor. or. browser. extension. that. does. it. for. you.
Or. write. one. if. it. bothers. you. that. much.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/u/FieryAssMonkey is typing on their phone, and when they press the space bar twice in quick succession it makes a period and then a space (. ) instead of two spaces ( ).
It's called "double interligne" ( writing between the lines) in French. I didn't know you use "space" in English which is also used to name the lateral space between words.
Saint947 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to "manually" double space everything by pressing enter twice after each line on the page until a teacher saw me doing it and wondered wtf I was doing.
fisch09 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
College professor included in the rubric to double space before every period. And only indent evening other paragraph. I was the only one to get bonus points all year.
I DID THIS! Sixth grade literature... I will never forget the look of derision that evil teacher gave me.
dead10ck ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:51:09 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God, I used to tutor at my community college, and you have no idea how many 10+ page papers I saw that the student actually hit enter manually, at the the end of each line, to "double-space" it. Any time they needed to make an edit of any kind, they'd need to fix it up manually, for each line that it trickled down to.
Oh geez. I got so mad at my mom the first time she ever asked me to double-space a paper I had written for school and then asked her to proofread (I must have been around 10, too). I did the exact same thing with adding an extra space between every word. When I took a new copy of the paper back to her, she handed it back to me and stressed the words "double spaced" without explaining what it meant. I added a third space between every word. Same reaction.
I got so upset that she wouldn't acknowledge my double (triple) spacing that I put every word on a new line, printed THAT out, and handed it to her. She was angry at me for wasting so much printer paper, but at least I finally learned what double spacing actually was...
My older brother did that in his first high school paper until I told him how it was really suppose to be. He was super upset and told me I was wrong. He left it like that and had to fix the paper after turning it in.
When I was in 7th grade I was assigned a five page double spaced paper. I thought double spaced just meant two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence. Ended up writing like twice as much as I needed to. Luckily it was creative writing so not nearly as difficult as a research essay or something.
Don't feel bad, I'm in university and one of the smartest kids in ym class did that...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't feel bad. When I was 6 my teacher told me to do finger spaces between the word so I would put my index finger after the word and write on the other side of the finger.
jeneffy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that in first year of college. I'd never heard of double spacing before.
I was marginally smarter than that. I wrote my paper as normal, then used the replace function to swap every instance of a space with two. Still made no sense.
They asked me to do this in elementary, except they actually wanted the two spaces between every word in order to include room for teacher corrections. It was weird.
I once had a teacher demand this exact thing because it was easier to read...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where I'm from, you learn what all these terms meant in primary school writing classes. Personally out of all of them, double spaced seems the most pointless out of the lot to me.
lhamil64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I first got a paper saying double spaced, I knew it meant having more space between the lines, but I didn't know you could just increase the spacing. I literally hit enter twice at the end of each line. Luckily a teacher came by and explained what I was doing wrong.
I did it the same thing in sixth grade. I was told to correct my draft and double space this time, though I thought I already had. So I meticulously went through and doubled checked there were two spaces between each word.
I asked my mom what that meant when I was 11, and she told me that I was supposed to put an extra space between each line. I understood that as hitting an extra 'space' after each sentence.
For some reason, in 8th grade I had to write a science paper. I chose to write it in notepad for whatever reason and so I took double spaced as hitting enter twice after each line (I wasn't a smart kid) My teacher wrote "What the hell is this?!" On the top of my paper. I think I deserved that one.
I teach high school freshmen who still struggle with this concept. The best is when I tell them to skip lines (when writing by hand). They have no idea what that means.
I did this too! My dad was watching TV right next to me when he looks at me like I'm a fuckin space alien and goes "you don't know what double spaced means, do you?"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I purposefully did that numerous times to lengthen papers that were too short.
I'm in college and I just found out this isn't what double space means
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so pleased to find so many people who also did this.
malbane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually had a teacher that wanted 2 spaces after every period, supposedly to make us think about what we were writing more or something. I just searched for ". " and changed it to ". " once i was done
In my first year in college, our creative writing lecturer asked for our essays to be "double spaced". The entire class debated for days over whether he meant two spaces after every word or just after every full stop. Yeah....college.
salawm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, me too! I missed the first few days of school which resulted in this. I also missed the first day of 4th grade, which was the day we learned the word "lavatory" and that it's abbreviated version was "lav". Up until then, we'd always have to ask for a bathroom pass. So when I asked the teacher for the bathroom pass, he said that's not what we call it and to sit down until I remembered what we learned. So I sat down, confused as hell, and observed the other students. They asked for a lav pass, but I had no idea what they were saying. I raised my hand and asked, "Can I have the lab pass?" the teacher said yes. On my walk to the bathroom, I pondered why the bathroom was a laboratory and concluded that urine was a chemical we shouldn't experiment with.
I did this too! I thought it was so dumb, she's totally not even going to be able to tell whether it was double spaced or not. I got it back, marked down because it wasn't double spaced. I remarked to a friend that I didn't think she'd be able to tell if I'd double spaced and, indeed, she had not. Then my friend told me what it meant. That "Word" would do it automatically. I thought telling me to "use spell check" was really weird phrasing. My friend told me that "Word" would check my spelling for me?! I asked my dad where double spacing was. There was no double spacing, no spell check. It was 1996. I was using a Macintosh Plus from 1986.
That is the story of how my father bought my family's first color computer.
Did that in 8th grade. Luckily, I saw the person next to me not doing that and deleted what I wrote and asked for help.
jfjacobc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this in a high school dual-credit english class, only my professor never said anything about it, so I kept doing it. In the end, it probably saved me close to 5 pages of writing over the course of the year.
I did this whilst concentrating on my baton routine (was a majorette and competed for 17 yrs)... Learned my lesson when I landed a leg trick and about bit my own tongue off :( lots of blood and tears on a very expensive costume lol
[deleted] ยท 915 points ยท Posted at 21:01:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not like there's any reason for either system. Both are arbitrary metrics, used to indicate a sliding scale from failure to competence. Rainbow-Eternal Gloom would be just as valid a metric as A-F.
I know, but 1 to 10 is way less clear imo, from the point of view of someone that doesn't know, is a 1 high or is a 10 high? How do graduations compare? Way more confusing than letters.
I don't know if that works in the same way, 1-10 could be bidirectional, it is confusing in the sense that 1 could be good or bad and so could 10, it isn't as explicit as it is with A-F or Rainbow-Eternal Gloom.
It would be more efficient to line up the stencils beforehand and trace out the letters altogether, instead of doing one at a time. Even better, why not just ink the letters so that you can just press the stencils to the page to write the essay in one go? You could even make multiple copies instantly and whoops we just invented the printing press again.
[deleted] ยท 1220 points ยท Posted at 21:17:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly I'd accept this as a teacher. I mean, I'd say next time type it but I'd say you put hell of a lot of effort in something like that and it can't be overlooked O_O
[deleted] ยท 1161 points ยท Posted at 21:19:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Zurrkitty ยท 91 points ยท Posted at 01:07:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know of at least one teacher (US high school) who kept "special" assignments like the ones in this thread in a binder. I never had a class with them, but according to other students he liked to hold a short ceremony (complete with an 'acceptance speech') when something got put in.
bobby8375 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:07:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's pretty good. I had a teacher, who assigned one major term paper among other assignments/tests, who gave out "awards" (candy bars) to students who hit various milestones in turning in the paper: the first submission, the last submission before the deadline, the first submission AFTER the deadline, the last paper turned in at all (one time he called this out and gave to no one because he was still missing a paper...yikes), closest to the assigned word count, longest paper, etc.
The opposite happened to me. My physics teacher specifically stated that homework must be handwritten. I turned mine in and he called me to his desk after class saying, "Cap, I said handwritten, not typed." I took an eraser and erased something on my homework, and he was shocked that my handwriting looked as if it were typed.
Well I don't have the original homework in question, but I do have some organic chemistry practice sets I was working on. It gives you a hint at what my handwriting looks like.
tombue ยท 1568 points ยท Posted at 22:44:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's really nice looking, but I'd never thought someone would think it's typed. Even though it's a different homework, the lines aren't perfect. Was he drunk?
Well, the same physics teacher was passing back homework and somehow my homework was a bit wrinkly. In the margins, he wrote, "Sorry! I spilled some beer! :("
So, there is the possibility that he was drunk =p
[deleted] ยท 327 points ยท Posted at 00:54:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Took this gen ed music course my freshmen year of school. professor was this goofy looking old dude who wore ripped jeans and a wallet chain with combat boots but still wore a blazer and had a whitepony tail.
he's starts talking about our midterm paper and is just like "yeah, and you know, it's gonna take me and my associate Jack Daniels a few weeks to get through grading those messes"
guy was a legend
radrmd216 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:47:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A whitepony tail is way better than a white ponytail.
Another student got his homework returned with crayon drawings. The teacher had to explain to the student that his son decided to draw pictures on his homework with crayons.
He was rather clumsy.
rekta ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 00:08:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor once who was always returning stuff with crayon and marker and glitter on them. He said it was his kid, but I choose to believe that he sat around in his office coloring and playing with glitter glue all day on the university's dime.
Haha, it wasn't bad at all! I found it hilarious! The kid was kind of sad because he wanted to use his homework to study, but there were a bunch of weird crayon drawings on them!
Well of course he didnt know even the protons and neutrons havent got a fixed and known place they just move so little that you usually dont take it into account.
tombue ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 23:19:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher: "What particles are in the core and what in the shell?"
Insecure bad student raises her hand, tries her best: "Protons and neutrons in the core, electrons in the shell?"
Teacher, as insecure as the student: "No."
The same student tries again: "Neutrons and electrons in the core and protons in the shell?"
Teacher, still insecure approves.
I nearly literally flipped my table. I never wanted to punch a teacher so hard. No problem with not knowing something. No problem with not knowing something that has to do with (for many people) complicated, boring physics subjects. But a big problem with not knowing a pretty simple thing about atoms and misguiding students.
How fuck would that object even work? I don't think it's possible to exist long enough to study it.
The same teacher gave me a 4- (just a little bit better than failed) in politics and economics. I got the 1 (equivalent to A) in physics because I regularly saved the fucking class and made her speechless with a project about beta plus decay (she wanted to give me a 2 (B) for it at first because it wasn't nice or some shit).
She's one of the two teachers that I never want to meet again.
othellia ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:53:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of teacher teaches both physics and politics/economics?
tombue ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:20:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A teacher that shouldn't even teach one of these subjects.
My last chemistry teacher teached arts and chemistry.
Most of the good teachers in Germany are teaching in Gymnasium and Abitur (highest school form, if you have Abitur you can go to university, if you don't you have to do some shit before you can go to university). The other school forms aren't worth as much, so they get the bad/new teachers.
Does Gymnasium mean something different in German?
In English speaking countries Gym is a synonym for physical education and Gymnasium is the indoor building you do it in, so I'm a little confused now.
Also, your teacher was a dunce.
tombue ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:26:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, Gymnasium is a form of school. It's similar to high school or middle school, after Elementary you either get into Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium. Gymnasium is the "highest" form of it and the end of Gymnasium is the Abitur, the highest school graduation (except university).
igordog ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:06:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gymnasium comes from a Greek word meaning naked. That'd make highscool even more awkward.
tombue ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:25:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gymnasium is the latin version of the greek word. Gymnรณs means naked.
I believe it's just high school in Germany isn't it?
KwisatzX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:39:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Poland Gymnasium means middle-school, you normally spend 6 years in elementary, then 3 in gymnasium and 3~5 in highschool (then university). There's only one type of middleschool and different types of highschool.
Or at least that's how it was for a long time, it seems gymnasiums in Poland are going to be eliminated in 1~2 years in favor of 9-year primary school.
Pit-trout ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:35:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And now think about 10th grade physics lessons. Do we really need to discuss that we only know the probability where the electrons (or the protons/neutrons) or is it enough for most of the people to know what makes up the core and shell?
I made a presentation about beta plus decay and pretty much nothing that I said was known by my teacher or by the guy who is doing his science (math, chemistry and physics) Abitur.
Most people learn it in university, not in 10th grade in a schoolform which doesn't allow you to go to university after you graduated.
Quiinton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:02 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Physics teachers give zero fucks. I regularly got back my problem sets with lemon chicken sauce on them, and we did some really stupid things during class that the teacher just did not care about (exploding batteries, inhaling helium, a good amount of variation on "burning things/setting things on fire").
Best class ever.
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:14:47 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a really cool physics teacher once. PhD, knew a shit ton, if he didn't know something, he said he'll look it up. Always relaxed. My favourite teacher.
Quiinton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:05 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, my 9th grade science teacher was a PhD as well, astrophysics - he was mildly disappointed I wasn't also going into astrophysics, but he was a really good teacher.
SimpleRy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From what I understand from my brother who is finishing up a PhD at Rochester (and also named Steve Rogers, weirdly. I checked ops history to verify it wasn't him), physics professors essentially have so much pressure and things to do, they have no life outside of physics. Add stress and esoteric knowledge to that mix and see how long you can stay sober.
The same thing happened to my math teacher, apparently he was bringing home some beer in the same bag and managed to spill it over everyone's homework...
I disagree with the other guy. I could see how someone could think it was typed. Maybe not a standard font, but I imagine if you purposely wrote it really focused for a paper at first glance it could look typed (and it would probably be more aligned when you are not writing a bunch of molecules (?).)
I actually tested it with my friends. I stood 10 feet away from them holding up my homework for them to see and from that distance they all thought my homework was typed.
That's only the second semester of ochem. There's another class that I didn't take called Advanced Organic Chemistry, my friend has told me horror stories.
Yep! He has told us in class he drinks a beer while he's grading our tests/hw/quizzes. So it wasn't a shocker when there were beer stains or red wine stains on our papers.
The best part was when his son drew stuff in crayons on someone's homework. It was hilarious.
I submitted a lab report in high school and got back a photocopied version of it. There was a quarter sized black mark near the bottom of the page and next to it was written "I got blood on your paper, sorry about that."
disclaimer - I didn't downvote you, and don't know why you were. I think we just interpreted OP's story in different ways - I assumed teacher just glanced through the pile and saw, next to messy handwritten assignments, OP's neat and structured print, and thought it was actual print. Whereas you probably thought that the teacher had read through the homework already and never once picked up that it was type. If that were the case, I'd be checking the teacher's water bottle and sending him to specsavers.
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're sober and look for more than 5 second (more than the first glance) you should be able to tell the difference.
Don't worry about people reducing my internet points, they're worthless so I don't care who up- or downvotes me.
1976dave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(probably) not OPs teacher, but approximately 90% of my grading is done with booze.
GollyWow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It looks a lot like comic sans to me.
tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what type of Comic Sans you use (small joke) but Comic Sans MS (are there even others?) isn't as wobbly. It looks similar at the first glance, but for example look at the l's. In Comic Sans MS it's a straight line, just tilted l. His l's are a little bit wobbly instead of straight.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They said that's not the same homework but that these are other examples.
crc128 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know... could be comic sans...
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd quote one of my other comments, but I think you can just look for them in a few seconds.
That's exactly what I thought...sure, I guess it looks typed if the prof squinted. Or was drunk.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's up with all these people who tell me the same thing? It's faster to just skim trough the responses and read my other comments about Comic Sans.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:56:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:10:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why do people use this as an excuse so often? Over 90% of my internet time is on the phone at the moment and I pretty much encounter none of the problems many people encounter.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:23:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You didn't done me "a terrible wrong", I was asking a simple question.
Ain't nobody got time for that.
But you had time to rant about me without answering my question, why the "I'm on the phone" part relevant is.
First, second or third pic? Haha, ochem was my WORST subject in college. Second semester was the worst for me. Took me three tries to pass this fucking class!
Edit: So basically, I have no idea what you're saying. Lol.
Dude I'm in gen chem and I'm already switching sciences. I don't know how you guys do ochem. I should add I'm a Computer Science student being forced into environmental sciences as part of my degree (IDK WHY, I already did all my damn GURs)
Different things just click for different people. Ochem just clicked for me and I was good at it so I loved it. On the other hand, Pchem made me want to slam my head into a wall pretty much every other day.
Cianalas ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:37:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am the same exact way! I struggled with chem 101 & 102 but as soon as I got into organic it felt like grade-school stuff in comparison. I think it's because I'm super visual so I found it easy to imagine what was going on, where all the numbers & math in physical chemistry meant nothing to me.
I was the same. I hated every chemistry class except organic chemistry, which was visual and also tied all of the other ideas together. I probably would have continued with it except the lab freaked me out.
BWOcat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you still have your notes from Orgo or any tips on studying? It's my second time taking the class, I just can't get it in my head :c
Cianalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they're not making you work with models already buy yourself a set. It is a huge help to see a physical representation of the molecules. I also watched a lot of YouTube videos of people working with the models because the way my prof was explaining it wasn't getting through to me. One day it all literally just snapped into place. I was watching a guy "flipping" a cyclohexane & I was just like "OH!"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:04:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
precisely why i dropped CS and got an art degree. happily working as a software developer being self-taught, now.
Thats awesome man, I'm jealous. I have a really hard time focusing on my own and find it much easier to learn in school.
I actually have a question, I want to attempt to further my knowledge, but don't quite know where to go. We've been covering basic concepts using Python (My school focuses more on concepts over specific languages). So I know strings, lists, functions all the basics etc very well. Where do you suggest I start learning next?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would suggest starting projects rather than just learning concepts. Find something simple that would be useful to you and just go from there. I started out making a small app to keep track of surf sessions I had, what board I used, the wave size, eventually grew into adding graphs and such.
Web development is also very easy to get into (that's what I do for a living right now). You can get a lot of stuff done just with javascript, and you can make full web apps (both server-side and client side) pretty quickly. But my suggestion is just to start small easy projects to practice concepts with.
Because it's how the universe was created and with that knowledge comes the ability to manipulate it. Chemistry is everything that isn't theoretical physics.
I was more just commending them for their efforts, because I suck at Chemistry. I actually find it insanely interesting, but taking chem, calc, and a CS course in the same quarter is too much "manipulation" esque courses for me.
Pacify_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:10:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, why are you doing chemistry as a Comp Sci student? That is beyond weird
I concur, but to answer your question: my school requires you to finish a science sequence (chem, bio, geology, or physics) and I went with chem. Its an odd requirement and I personally think physics is the only one that really suits it.
Other than that the only reasoning I have is that our school is VERY big on its environmental science program, and may want to get more students interested in that, or applying CS to it.
Pacify_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:35:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is pretty interesting, definitely an unusual requirement for CS
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ochem is a lot of pattern matching and memorization. The pattern matching part isn't dissimilar to routine algorithm questions (you actually are writing an algorithm, just no loops!).
-C.S. Major who took OChem2 because my adviser said, "Oh you might as well do it, you already took gen chem!"
I'm good at that first part.. Not so much the memorization part. If my advisor said that I'd cry. Luckily it worked out in my favor and my chem credits won't go to waste.
It's not memorization, people who say that don't truly "get" what's going on and are actually pattern matching. If you really understand it, you follow the electrons and the answer becomes apparent and obvious.
I feel ya. We're doing electron config right now and I actually understood that very well, but when it came to stuff such as stoichiometry, I understand whats going on, but applying it to an actual problem became.. well, problematic.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Um, there's a lot of memorization in regards to all of the different reactions and reagents. The pattern matching part I was when dealing with synthesis questions once you've seen enough of them you get a feel for how they go.
It's been a long time since I've taken it, but you know how you can be like, "Okay so I end up with structure x, there's only a few reactions to get that structure from, and I know how to get to one of those reactions from my original structure..."
Exactly. One you see the general rules behind reactions, all the mechanisms make sense. You have to have a solid grasp about acids and electrophilicity/nucleophilicity though. Once I got that down, ochem2 was a piece of cake. Just had to remember to match the proper reagents with the proper mechanisms to get the certain reactions/rearrangements, but rewriting mechanisms just made sense when I knew how the electrons were supposed to flow.
I'm in the first semester of it but it's super fast paced, the only way for me to keep up is to ignore other classes. Thanks, I'm hoping I can tough through it
I was a Chemistry major with a Film minor. So I had to take the chem classes. Not fun.
bexyrex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:35:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I briefly considered chemistry as a major in highschool (before applying to college yes I had the major crisis very early lol). Went to a gifted program for chemistry and came out saying fuck that.
Although no lie orgo 1 was fun. Orgo 2 I dropped like a hot rock. It wasn't helping my feelings of depression etc and was putting me in tears and fear that the professor would call on me in class and I wouldn't know the answer because I was so fucking lost. Every chem class I've had has arguably been the worst class ever in college. Calculus 1/2 were easier. Hell physics is easier.
You are missing a crucial reduction of benzylic alcohols also, but it's really only used for making meth anymore, so whatevs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
stupid AND self deprecating, nice
jwws1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was my worst too. I had to take 3 semesters of it for my major. Beginner, intermediate, and a lab. Although the lab was fairly easier. I was so good at drawing cyclohexenes by the end of it all.
masta666 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:24:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good luck! Just keep practicing and don't give up on the mechanisms and the reactions. ALWAYS do them on paper so you practice drawing them out. If you don't understand ask your professor.
One time a college professor made me come in and read my blue book aloud to her because my handwriting was so bad. I really think it's legible but whatevs
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:07:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your handwritting is outstanding. Is there any way to save a user? You might come in handy
I took ochem over the summer for 6 weeks. Labs four times a week....BANE OF MY FUCKING EXISTENCE! Ugh. Hated lab, every fucking minute of it. Luckily it was my third time taking it so I used my previous year's lab reports to help.
atimholt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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I do not want to be an organic chemist! No! I want to be a talent agent or studio executive =p I minored in film back in college
MizTaKes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what do you write with?
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 22:36:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen some like that on /r/handwriting or /r/penmanshipporn. Can't link it easily from my phone, but if you search I bet you can find it.
I was using a normal mechanical 0.5mm lead pencil.
SinkTube ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:30:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then he should have noticed at a glance that it couldn't have been printed. Unless he has access to a really weird priner that uses pencil lead instead of ink.
2059FF ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:51:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this a thing? Could this be a thing? I don't know what I would do with it but now I want it.
SinkTube ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:59:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose it could be a thing, but it'd be expensive and largely pointless.
2059FF ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:59:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have no idea how he thought my homework was typed. His eyesight wasn't that great, so I guess that's why he thought it was typed. But still, I wrote my homework on lined paper!
SinkTube ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:36:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are allowed to turn in homework written in crayonpencil? If I do that I get a zero because the teacher goes by the logic "if I can erase it, there might as well be nothing there".
edit pencil, not crayon.
SinkTube ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:59:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, crayon... I meant pencil... I'm not a native speaker, and although I'm rather fluent, sometimes I mix up certain words. This is one of those times I guess.
SinkTube ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:03:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No worries, it happens. What's your first language, French?
I had a professor demand all homework be turned in on engineering paper. So after he gave me two deductions for poor hand writing, I did the homework in MathCAD and fed engineering paper through my printer.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because if it were typed, I could've just looked up the answers online and copy and pasted it. Granted, I could've just rewrite the solution on my paper had I found the answers online, but I would still learn that way lol
bzdelta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This happened to me the when I filled out a W4 for my first job. My boss thought I'd typed on the form (which he said would void it) and I said no I was just so scared I would mess up I made extra certain to make it perfect.
I had the opposite problem where my teachers required me to type everything for a little while before i was to smart to say no fuck you. They stopped handing out worksheets in classes I was in becasue they could not read half of what I wrote down and after a little while I refused to do it differently than the other kids becasue it was unfair for me to have to go home scan a worksheet then modify it to type on it then print it when other kids just got to go home and write theirs.
kaetror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm always amazed with the students that have really neat handwriting, like typeface neat. Always Joke with them that they must be part typewriter (they don't get the reference).
TheFeshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I had the opposite. "I know I said handwritten, but... take this back and type it. And all the future assignments too. In fact, you should probably have the school look into declaring this a disability so you can type everything."
Needless to say, handwriting is not a subject I am good at. Fortunately, technology happened and I haven't had to write literally anything in over a decade. Except my name, I guess, and if I ever turn in a legible signature on a check I fully expect my bank to reject it.
That was my ex. He had shit handwriting and would always marvel at mine. He had to type EVERYTHING. The TAs wouldn't let him write out his lab report because no one could decipher his handwriting. I could though =p
Hipp013 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:52:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When someone calls a remark meta, it usually means it's a funny reference to another popular post on reddit at that time. Basically an inside joke that you'd only get if you'd checked every thread's comments on the front page at the time.
The only thing I can think of is a few weeks, maybe months, ago there was a thread asking "What phrase sounds like a compliment but is actually an insult?" And "Bless your heart" was one of the top comments.
jj77875 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:11:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right?
RBomb19 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:18:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cool.
Cool cool cool
Tmbgkc ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meteta as fucka.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cup of tea?
Denziloe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blart.
whittler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Comment couldn't be more perfect!
I grew up in the South and have been out west for 20yrs and now I'm back in the South working on the road. Needless to say, my accent is coming back, y'all.
Hey, I was just trying to help them understand the meaning of 'Bless your heart'. There evidentially seems to be issues there understanding the obvious...
infez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:46:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't mean my comment literally. I just continued the thread of rewording "Is that the best comment you can think of?"
My 12th grade math teacher made us turn in projects (stats class, had to record the price of cereals and do math for them) in Comic Sans. It was written in the syllabus: must be submitted in Comic Sans. When asked why, she said it was because reading our projects would otherwise be too boring. I wish I was making this up.
She also used to routinely not show up to class and they tried firing her but before they could do that she left on maternity leave.
My default is arial. The assignment was a template, formatted with Comic Sans. I didnt write the template, but I did write the actual rest of it in Comic.
I don't know why he didn't just accept yours since it was neatly written.
He screwed up and got given an extension to correct the error. That's fair enough - especially since it was easy to resolve. Good work ethic is also important - and if you don't know what something else means in future ask someone and you won't have to do extra work to fix it later.
It was a summer assignment and the instructions were sent out via the mail. In retrospect I should have tried to email him and clarify, but it was one of those moments where you don't assume you're misinterpreting anything.
kel-c ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:46:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god, this gave me flashbacks to Drafting class. First assignment before we learned how to draft floor plans was to fill blueprint paper (12"h x 24"w) with the alphabet over and over again at different font sizes. We had to turn in 3 perfect sheets. I got a total of 6 sheets thrown out before 3 "perfect" sheets were accepted. To this day I get compliments on my handwriting, but oh the hand cramps that resulted from that!
I don't write the bulk of exams in this but I do fill out the identifying info doing this..I believe I adopted Times New Roman as the font. Sometimes I completely space out while doing it until I finish, but I'm proud nonetheless afterwards. My professors have since encouraged me to bring up OCD with a professional, but I don't think it interferes with my life enough so whatever
Hipp013 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ocyries ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's more effort than I ever put in during grade school. Have an up vote you motivated person
monley2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This kind of applies. Our grade 7 French teacher goes to give us back a writing assignment and says, "Now, one of you used the Internet to translate. Your were not allowed to use the Internet for this so you lost marks." He gives me back my paper first and says, "Next time, make sure you translate it to French." I translated it to German. He marked it anyway. That day we learned he spoke 4 languages and almost got eaten by a shark while in a plastic canoe. Coolest teacher ever.
We had a little addition quiz but there was a printing error on mine (late 70s ditto machine era), so I fixed the printing error and continued on with my addition. Turns out there was this new thing called "subtraction" the class had learned about while I was home sick.
kcgnarly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it helps, I once volunteered to take the class science project notes home and type them for the board in the science fair (younger classes did one together, and I was in 3rd grade). My teacher reminded me to type it double spaced, so I typed the whole thing with two spaces between each word. She was not amused.
I tutored English in college... you wouldn't believe how many fully grown adults would type to the end of a page and then hit enter... they'd complain to me that Word capitalized the following word on the next line even though they weren't done with the sentence. X(
In your defense, I have never heard someone refer to typing a paper as "type-print" and if someone said that, I would have to ask what the fuck they were talking about.
You never thought to ask what he'd meant before writing out 12 pages?
paescu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:43:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In german we say "Dasselbe in Grรผn" which basically means "same difference/one and the same thing", but is literally translated to "the same thing in green". A teacher was explaining a math problem and said something like "Now let's do the same thing in green with that over here" and a friend of mine took a green pen and proceeded to write down everything again, in the color green.
A teacher told our english class that the essay we handed in needs to be double spaced (more space in between lines of text for her to write notes). My friend however just pressed spacebar twice between every single word of that 2000 word essay.
sprout92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Transferred from shitty public school to a really nice private school in third grade. Teacher asked us to write a paper double spaced, which I thought was putting two spaces between each word since I had never had any of that kind of training at my old school. I was pissed when I found out.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude hope you kept it that's damn impressive. Should post a pic of a bit if you did for that sweet karma
You made me remember of something I did for a group project. When I was in primary school. I worked so hard on a report and I wanted it to look professional, so I wrapped each page in saran wrap in order to make it look as if it was plastified. On the school bus, I showed my crush, and he just made fun of me "why do you want to keep it fresh?"
KibanyaG ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:20:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This happens a lot in my Law School no less.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:06:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It wasn't too absurd. It was for a drafting class in stage design, so I figured he just wanted us to make this crazy paper to help train us to have steady hands when drafting.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:59:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
he was asking what teachers think you wanker,
your opinion is invalid.
Ugh that reminds me of when a socially inept boss told me to "get a pen and paper" so I can take some notes (he'd come to my desk). I was like "okay, I'll just open a document and type it." He's all "nooo, just a pen and paper." Derpy derrr... So I ignored him and opened up Word, since (like many people) I can type much faster than write.
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This kills my hand, my handwriting, my grade, and my tendinitis.
Bravo.
gertzkie ยท 6603 points ยท Posted at 20:57:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Friend of mine had an assignment in his photography glass to take "unusual photos of usual things", as he told it.
All the other students got the gist and took unusual perspective photos, pictures through water droplets, etc.
He hiked up to an overlook spot that was an old military outpost and took pictures of his cat, whom he had carried up there.
The teacher was amused, nonetheless. "I know this trail. It's like a 3 mile hike? And your cat was cool with that?!"
They're called Belly Flops and they only put in the the traditional flavors. None of that Harry Potter bean nonsense. I've only ever gotten them in Fairfield, CA at the factory. It's midway between San Fran and Sacramento. Maybe you can order them online? You get a gigantic bag of oddly shaped beans for like half the price. But you typically only get what was in production the day they were packaged. So you may get a bag full of Buttered Popcorn (gross) and Cotton Candy (yum!) and Licorice (meh), you get the picture.
One can now buy them online, but the smallest they come is a two pound bag. Or you could buy the two-pack of two pound bags, or the ten-bag case of two pound bags.
I went to the jelly belt factory in Wisconsin and the old guy who walked in right before me was the millionth (or some big milestone) customer, and he won a lifetime supply of those things.
Neuermann ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:46:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, if you had gotten in that line 4 seconds before you would have a lifetime supply of them.
Yeah, i was about ten at the time, and I remember holding the door open for him while I was waiting for my mom to get my baby brother out of the car. I'm still pretty pissed about it, I love jelly beans.
Bgst55 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:50:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some people... I mean, we are all just human beings. Some people need to realize that being blatantly rude is really not ok. But at least you apologized before you typed it out and sent it to someone you will never even meet.
Holding safely. You have an athlete's heartbeat dear sir.
d311h0p ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:23:21 on January 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Father's Journal: Day 167. As I crossed a small mountain range, searching for my lost son, I imagined that the echoes of "Where are you son?" bouncing around the mountains were on fact other Fathers searching with me. In my loneliness, this served as a comfort.
LeafyQ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bruh I dunno how to tell you this. But your cat is super amazing.
vambot5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:11:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most of the chickens I have had would be much easier to carry up a trail than either of my cats. Once you got them tucked under your arm, they would sort of go to sleep, and if they freaked out, you just put your hand over their head and they would calm down again.
From some reason this has made me cry laughing. I'm in bed shaking with laughter trying not to wake the wife.
All I can picture is a cat on a cliff pulling an expression like "what the fuck is this shit? Where the fuck am I? "
Delvakiir ยท 4883 points ยท Posted at 00:34:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can just picture him, cat slung under one arm and camera in the other huffing his way up the trail.
Cat, "Meow?"
Him, " Shut up kitty this is for a project!"
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Wdwdash ยท 2023 points ยท Posted at 02:05:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kitteh
[deleted] ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 03:45:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITS MAH PEHT PIEEE
Delsana ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 08:27:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read this as Catman (from Fairly OddParents basically Adam Wests voice), was much funnier.
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kjata ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:18:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, the plumber is the shit man. Also the pipes man.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:17:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. This is shot at a 5.6 aperture using a low-light filter. You can see the grain from the high-speed film. There's sort of a penis in my mouth right here and the low depth of field keeps the background soft.
afcagroo ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:03:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college who had a Siamese cat. It spent a lot of time sitting in the window looking out. I felt sorry for it, so I decided to take it to a local park in my car. Bad decision.
It spent most of the ride over and back latched onto my shoulder, except for the part where it went underneath the brake pedal. When we got to the park and I put it out on the grass, it just cowered. It only took about 2 steps and then just froze up.
My cat is similar. Except he actively tries to sneak out the front door. I am never worried about it though because he gets maybe a foot out before getting overwhelmed and running inside.
I took my cat to the beach once. I thought he'd love it because it was the world's biggest litterbox (to him), and had birds to chase and stuff.
As soon as I put him down (was so sure he'd adore the trip I didn't even consider a leash) he teleported into the plants on the dunes. I had to track him down, tunnel under huge clumps of sea grapes, grab him and carry him back home.
It spent most of the ride over and back latched onto my shoulder, except for the part where it went underneath the brake pedal.
Do not ever let a cat out of captivity in a car that anyone intends to drive. How are you this fucking stupid? Every time I drive anywhere, or even cross the road, I'm at risk of being taken out by one of you retarded fucks.
afcagroo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:09 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did a lot of stupid things when I was young. In my defense, I simply had no idea that the cat would be so nutty in the car. Now I know better.
But if I were to accidentally run someone over, I'd like for it to be someone like you.
a cat on a cliff pulling an expression like "what the fuck is this shit? Where the fuck am I? "
Followed by: "Damn it, now I have to find a new secret lair and consider firing my owner."
LeafyQ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:20:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It garnered one of those barking type laughs from me - you know, when you're just not expecting something to be really funny and it totally catches you off guard? But the world slowed down around me and I remembered that I'm in a quite quiet cafe, so I tried to stop it. The resulting sound was far more embarrassing than if I'd just let myself laugh at the damn thing. And now people won't stop shooting glances my way to see if I'm dying.
tiredmom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:31:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You made my evening. My mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer today and either way the prognosis isn't great. I've been numb since hearing this and just couldn't cry, then picturing your comment made me have this ugly cathartic cry, so thank you.
Yeah, that whole tempur-pedic claim about jumping on the bed and not tipping over a glass of wine? It's bullshit. When I silently shake from reddit-induced laughter, the bed wiggles and my husband wakes up.
"You wan me to smile?! Are you fucking shitting me???? You've carried me up here, AGAINST MY WILL, and now tell me you've done it all to get a photo. Fuck off, cunt. I'm going home....yeah, not my problem you can't find your way home, jackass. See ya."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My girlfriend hit me because I woke her up laughing lol
Askada ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:36:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't laughing that much on the story itself, but this comment.. oh god
julioh33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:20:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was having the same thought but for some reason reading yours made it infinitely worse. I blamed the dog when she woke up. Too ashamed to admit I'm still browsing reddit
Hey, some cats are like, mega chill. My black and white cat, Pandora, is super chill. If you approach her, she flops over and is like "Scratch my belleh!"
EDIT: I love how my top post is about my fat, lazy cat.
GV18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get the joke, but that sounded worryingly sexual to me, to begin with.
Jorion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:13:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Amazing
Riley_T ยท 736 points ยท Posted at 22:14:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat chance does that too! Except he does that whenever someone is in the same room as him and he likes to do it dead-center of room so he's in everyone's way....
Bobshayd ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 00:34:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then you push the cat around the floor with your hand on his belly, and he purrs happily, and you make "pchooooo" noises.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:36:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My parents have wood floors and after they got them waxed back in the day, my brother and I would play shuffleboard with the cats. As in, our awesome chill ass cats would just flop over on the ground and let a couple of little kids slide them across the floor toward the other. No cats were ever harmed in this process.
Bobshayd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat no longer has balls to lick but he'll still go to town on the area when I'm making dinner then just give me a look like I'm the weird one for interrupting him when I was in the room first
He must be related to my Whiskey... She won't acknowledge you until I have company over. When I do, she's all over the floor like "oooooh I'm so neglected and abused!! Please rub my belly because my human is a bitch"... And then asks for milk the next morning like the slooty one night stand kitty she is
The question is, do you call her Panda? I only ask because our cat is named Pandora but we call her Panda, which baffles people because she is not black and white. Someone once asked if I knew what pandas looked like.
I know! She's the biggest, chubbiest, dumbest kitty ever! She's also fluffy!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I have to say, my cat would be totally chill being carried up a mountain. I brought him out to a park (on a leash, in a dog harness because they don't make vest harnesses for cats and the string ones look painful) for a picnic (because I'm crazy). A lady with a dog walked up and was like "A cat?!"
Dog barking, the lady approached my cat, who was sitting on the picnic table. She put her face close and he just gave her a headbutt. A stranger. In a strange place. With a strange dog nearby.
My cat has a certain way she likes to be patted, and of course we let everyone she meets in on this, and so she has no reason not to expect that every human will just automatically do this for her. This consistency has led to her developing a tendency to just sort of plop onto her side in front of you, make direct eye contact, and smack her tail impatiently until you do it. I think if a burglar broke in she'd just plop down in front of them and look up expectantly while thumping her tail.
My families black and white cat, Simon, put up with being carried like a baby, stuffed under a milk rate to play vet or petshop, he even let me paint his nails once (I was like 11, sue me). He was great!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Weirdly enough, my SO's grandmother has a black and white cat named Pandora. That thing is a straight up demon, I wouldn't scratch that cat's belly unless I wanted to lose my hand.
My old man than just passed away, Biscuit, was chill as FUCK about everything. We taught him to walk on a leash and took him on a cross-country camping trip. He was the strangest cat I've personally ever encountered.
My cat's super chill, but if I dragged him on a three mile hike to take his picture at some sketchy old military base, he'd kill me and leave me at the end of the trail.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat Butterbean is the same way. He's 25 pounds and a Hemingway cat.
Whenever I visit my buddy his cat will come right up to me, roll over on its back and meow. The second you get close enough to rub its belly it will scratch the fuck out of you. Ian, your cat fucking sucks.
A highschool friend had a pair of cats that were literally the chillest in the world (they were mother and daughter, if memory serves). Anyway, one day I came over after school. I was wearing extremely large pants, which was the style at the time. His folks told me he was in his room, so I picked up one of the cats, undid my pants, and slid her down one pant leg, leaving her head poking out of my fly.
I did this so I could walk into his room and say, "Yo tengo un gato in mis pantalones."
Mine too :) loves being carried like a baby, will lay anywhere you put him, you can drag him across the bed into your arms and he'll just flop out like "This works too."
icos211 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat does this whenever you tell him "No" to something.
My cousin had a cat like that, except when you scratched her belly she would proceed to maul your arm, like an Ocelot that has been trapped in a room with nothing to entertain it except the thought of murdering your face.
I did not like that kitty.
senopahx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, super chill. We're watching a movie right now.
I'm glad you specified that it was your black and white cat, I was wondering which one of your cats it was.
NateGT86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My black cat Ninja does the exact same thing!
audeus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i have a cat called Pandora too! great name. Though mine is all black, except for one white spot under her chin, and she is not a fan of belly scratches.
I was horribly depressed a few years ago and my mom dragged me along while she visited my great aunt. I had cried a lot that day and I laid down on the couch, and her two Norwegian forest cats hopped up, one by my feet and the other on my chest and they cuddled me the whole time. It was the best thing ever.
My cat gets pissed if I give her any kind of attention outside of when she approaches me and demands it for five minutes before biting me and running away pissed.
I live in a small city, and my black cat, Bagheera, will follow my girlfriend and I on mile long walks to the park and back (so two miles all together).
We just make sure that he crosses the busier streets safely.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:21 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My black and white kitty is the same way,good ol' Freddie Mercury (Merkitty?)
cakez_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:51:57 on December 11, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd give Pandora so many belly rubs! I love other people's cats but I can't have one of my own because I am super allergic. :( But usually when I approach friends' cats, they just look uninterested or just sit there while I'm petting them all excited.
I had the same assignment. Everyone else had pictures of family or their car etc and a brief written description. I went out behind the dorms to a creek/runoff ditch and took pictures of trees growing through tires, washed out tree roots, and had a song quote for each one.
Got an A+ and the professor asked to keep my project for a teacher's workshop she was running over the summer.
Edit: trees were growing through tires, not growing tires
Slamwow ยท 106 points ยท Posted at 02:15:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Were the song quotes relevant at all? Or was it like:
Mostly relevant. The tree through the tire for instance was "Just 'cause you're in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow." -Tupac Shakur
On the day we turned them in I quickly realized I spent more time on this English project than anyone else. It was an engineering school so a freshman photographic language arts project was low on priority for most people.
I freaked out because it was 40% of our grade and misunderstood "Looking Beyond the Ordinary".
I didn't have the same assignment, but in a Chinese class that I did in college we had an assignment where we were supposed to show pictures of a family vacation and explain (in Chinese) what we were doing or how we felt in those places. I didn't really have any ready access to any vacation photos so I just improvised with some crude photoshops of me in stereotypical situations in different countries.
I just had fun with it and made some silly BS pictures, although my favorite one by far was the one where I was in Japan. It was just a picture of me going Godzilla on Tokyo, breathing fire and that kind of thing. Shit, I actually still have a copy.
I succeeded in making the teacher laugh and got an A.
Well I spent hours on an English project I could have done in 15 minutes and still gotten a B. Turns out Freshman English isn't graded too harshly when your school has Polytechnic in the name.
MQ2000 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:44:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds really creative, nice one
Kepgnar ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:42:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never got them back, lost the negatives (yes it was back in the days of film).
rezachi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:36:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was similar, take 3 pictures of the same thing in different contexts. I had a rear differential/axle assembly from a 1976 Monte Carlo in the bed of my truck for weight, so I took a picture of it peeking through the snow. Then I crawled under one of the hick's jacked up bro truck and took a picture of that the same parts on that truck. Then I took a picture of a janitor bending over picking something up.
I used the caption "Rear End".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a photography class my senior year of high school - first time they offered it. I had been on a camera kick all summer, and spent most of what I'd earned buying a Rebel XT, 70-200F/4L, and a thrifty fifty.
I would literally take pictures of garbage and consistently get some of the higher grades.
I was never a dick about it, but I always felt like I was cheating...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
-The teacher was amused, nonetheless. "I know this trail. It's like a 3 mile hike? And your cat was cool with that?!"
We had a cat in South America than would walk with us a good two miles then return home. Always thought it was weird, not normal behavior for a cat. Do any Redditors have cats that do that?
I've had a few cars that would go hiking with me. The longest hike they took with me was about 5 miles. The funniest thing was that they'd try to protect me from what they thought were threats. Chainsaws on the next ridge were especially threatening and they'd get between me and the noise, bristle and growl at it.
I took a photography course and the professor forbade cat and flower pictures since for some reason they're so common that they pissed him off. Sure enough he took us to a photo exhibit of other photography students from other classes and I shit you not like 80% were cat and flower pics. It's like a fetish or something.
G_Morgan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:30:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like he followed the assignment down to the line. His was the most unusual photo of a usual thing. Everyone else just did weird perspectives or water droplets.
phySi0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see how this was misinterpreted.
nolaokie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So first off, I laughed so hard I was crying after I read this. I was imagining someone hiking up a trail, cat under on arm and camera equipment under the other.
My question was, at the 1.5 mile mark of the hike were they regretting there idea for the project? I have had several cats and I cannot imagine trying to take them on a 3 mile hike.
I took photography as an adult education class at a junior college. The teacher turned out to be very cool. But I wasn't quite sure I'd read his personality yet for the first assignment. He told us to photograph "lines." Since we are in the south, I desperately wanted to turn in just a bunch of photos of "lions." But I didn't. I told him about it afterwards and he was like, "that would have been hilarious."
I read this as a teacher who is literally spanish and translated an assignment into spanish so she could read it more easily, with an assignment for, say, a french class...I should probably look for more obvious interpretations. D'oh!
Amadan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:39:41 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ANY FALLOUT FOR THAT KID?
If I was his parent, I'd buy him the Spanish version.
srivats2 ยท 256 points ยท Posted at 01:03:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student in 5th grade, we were asked to write a short essay about peer pressure and how it has affected our own personal lives as an English assignment.
Almost none of the kids knew what it was but one guy in particular wrote two pages about how a pear can apply enough pressure on a tree branch that they would fall to the ground. There was nothing remotely correct in the two pages, not physics nor the language or the interpretation.
Would you say that you couldn't handle the pressure from your peers that you would have felt had the essay been bad?
srivats2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:15:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most certainly. My school was ruthlessly competitive.. I still feel the pressure lol
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:03:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is hilarious!
inkredibel ยท 1100 points ยท Posted at 19:52:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm not a teacher but my dad used to be.
He once gave his students an introduction which they should use to write a story.
It went somewhat like this: "Bob and Tim were out on the sea in their rowing boat with nobody around to see them, when it suddenly got colder. They felt a storm coming up and a black wall (of clouds) forming on the horizon".
One student continued it like: "They kept on rowing, trying to escape the storm, when suddenly, with a bang, they hit the wall."
I hope this makes sense in English, as this took place in Germany.
Edit: Put "of clouds" in brackets because it wasn't there in the original version.
fuqyu ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:12:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never seem to hear about that movie in person, but apparently the internets loves it. This makes me happy, it is by far my favorite film with Jim Carey. Well, not by far. He's done a lot of good stuff.
The fact that you felt the need to include "of clouds" in there shows that it was a perfectly reasonable misunderstanding. I'd like a word with your father.
OpiWrites ยท 640 points ยท Posted at 20:30:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here: Recently, we had to do a project about future technology. One of the things we had to talk about was making the product "green", as in environment friendly. Well, let's just say that one girl thought it meant literally making the project green. She was sufficiently embarrassed when she realized her mistake, and many laughs were had during their(her group's) presentation.
sylfire ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 01:49:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What product did she turn green?
Shin-LaC ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:23:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a joke for our ethics class presentation, the Asian kid in our group launched into a detailed description about youth in Asia and flashed a picture of kids playing soccer. Then we lead into euthanasia by explaining how everyone's always wanted to kill someone for something, like ruining your group project, and here's how it could be legal. The rest of the presentation was solid and all on topic. The teacher was a hard one to crack but she got the joke and laughed and we ended up with an A.
The class sat there in stunned silence as he rattled on about soccer and other sports kids play in Asia though... they thought we were dead serious.
Well, teachers sometimes ask for weird things with no further explanation.
JustusGS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but I mean... surely she justified it in her mind somehow, since she never even asked her groupmates about it or anything. What was her thought process there?
Not teacher, but embarassing moment as student Junior year of high school in AP history. On test we were asked something like "Make a sketch of Teddy Roosevelt based on his ideologies" Rather than summarizing Teddy's politics, I actually drew a little Teddy on the test with a spectacle and big stick. (speak softy and carry a big stick). For what its worth, my teacher shared it with class and he accepted my answer. :S
[deleted] ยท 1342 points ยท Posted at 23:55:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Since when is "Make a sketch" a summary?
Ironfruit ยท 332 points ยท Posted at 00:16:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you phrase it like that, but I'd interpret "making a sketch" as a drawing too.
Sadsharks ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:15:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah... that is, draw the rough details.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:24:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A sketch I writing means to be very discriptive. I've written character sketches, in which you outline the characters physical appearance, beliefs, goals and general attitudes in a couple short paragraphs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:10:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not out of the ordinary to use that term but usually you would say "write a sketch." As in "write a character sketch" meaning "describe the character in words" kinda like you would draw a character in a descriptive manner, like a model sheet for a cartoon or something.
If I heard "make a sketch" I'd assume drawing. That's on the teacher for bad phrasing!
[deleted] ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 01:37:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a lot about this dude's response that suggests English is not the first language of anyone in the story.
He lives in Memphis, TN. So, no, he does not speak English.
pcyr9999 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless this is in the southwest, they speak English. AP is an American thing, and there's no real reason people in another country would be studying American history in enough depth to merit an assignment like this.
Also, juniors take APUSH (AP United States History), so it all lines up.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:26:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not teacher, but embarassing moment as student
Yep, no way is this a native English speaker.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 04:37:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a message board, not GrammarCon '15...That's perfectly crafted given situation formality.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:59:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're kidding me. It's not about formality, it's about basic writing.
Maybe because you're not native you don't understand that people write in a casual manner online? It often involves missing out words or punctuation that aren't necessary for people to comprehend what the sentence means.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:29:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do, but that was not casual manner. That was poor writing, not casual,
Not teacher, but embarassing moment as student Junior year of high school in AP history. On test
still dont mean he wasnt native english tho plus many ppl dont care about typing properly
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not about typing properly, I'm ok with your ppl or lack of punctuation. It's about wording a phrase that almost doesn't make sense.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[I am] [n]ot [a] teacher, but [here is an] embarassing moment as [a] student.
Everything omitted is a modifier that could be readily inferred. I despise English fir its verbosity. The language is neither well suited for poetry nor getting a point across, why is it so common?
Scheur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:51:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm*
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:27:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're comparing that to not using Caps Lock?
Scheur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if I wrote an i am on an exam I would still get points deducted (not a native speaker either).
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who would write "i am" on an exam, though?
You're taking my point too far, typos and these small mistakes are common in Reddit, that terrible phrase building is not.
Scheur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:17:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if you write an essay or a short story you might use I am. I do agree that it is phrased in a way that makes it hard to understand. Just nitpicking.
dekrant ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:12:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But they're learning about Teddy Roosevelt? Has to be like Puerto Rico or some other Caribbean country.
cariagno ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A character sketch is what I assume the teacher was going for, like a description of a person's character
isit2003 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:18:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Political comic?
fuqyu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's kind of antiquated terminology, but I'm 30-ish and have heard this from cranky old teachers before. Interestingly, all those teachers were also assholes.
Chem1st ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My first thought was this was a tie in to political cartoons and made perfect sense. It took me a minute to remember what thread I was in.
I feel like your incredulity is misplaced. Normal communication in English is full of idioms, metaphors, and figurative language. This one, honestly, is pretty blatant. It's like those SAT word comparisons that you may have done. [Sketch] is to [Picture] as [BLANK] is to [An analysis of Roosevelt, his politics, and his place in American history]. It's just asking for you to hit enough of the high points to suggest the larger picture. I assume it would have been clearer in context, though, apparently, not clear enough.
kylehe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always heard it called rough sketch.
"Create a rough sketch on Teddy and his policies."
It was a current phrase up until the 1940s. Still used among some educated English lit types. But also it may be that they were speaking British English.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm British. I can confirm that it isn't a standard thing in British English.
In older literature the author would "sketch" a/the character(s) for the reader describing them. Citing as my source Little Women and a Wikipedia article that probably exists.
We have pretty much the same wording in German as well... Everybody asked what kind of essay "a sketch" was supposed to be, the structure, what should be included, etc.
Like a character sketch/profile.
This is the sort of shit I remember from school, where it all totally makes sense until you get home and re-read the directions, panic, question your future, and develop crippling anxiety.
When your AP History teacher is just like the other dickheads that make us do art projects it is.
That's one thing I do not like about school. This is PreCalculus, not "make a perfect-fucking-tetrahedron and expect it to fly when combined with other ones."
roninjedi ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 00:43:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When they started teaching that lectures were bad and that it was better to do lots of littler activities and projects all semester. It annoyies me and i am hating the class im in focusing on it. Basically the idea is the kids can show what they know in some fort of art/dialog/representation without having to write or take a test.
Education as a whole has been pushing in that direction for at least a hundred years. Some combination of stubborn and lazy will ensure that only a few determined teachers follow through
Im not saying assignments are bad perse or that it should be all lecture. But the teacher i have wants it to be just 90mins of kids doing assignments and activities. I feel like i acctually need to at least be in front of the class and saying something instead of letting them teach their selves.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:15:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really hope you pay better attention to details when mapping out your lesson plan. Your posts are full of spelling errors, incomplete ideas and did not convey the information clearly.
Dhallia ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:23:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had 2 students just recently respond to "draw a conclusion" with a picture. They weren't wrong and it gave me a chuckle so I don't ecided to accept it.
I just had something similar happen in a my 8th grade ELA class. I made sure to explain to subsequent classes that when I said "What conclusions can you draw from this evidence?" I didn't actually mean draw a picture.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's something I would've done... Can totally see how you got there.
fcuke5r5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't blame you. One of the questions on my history test was "Draw one of your teachers transforming into a fruit or vegetable." Based of this photo.
[deleted] ยท 1524 points ยท Posted at 19:30:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My missus is a teacher, with the younglings did a "dress up with what you want to be when you are older" and the school provided heaps of costumes. Got heaps of doctors, lawyers, firefighter etc. This one larger kid found a thin silk tiger onesy probably made for a 4-5 year old and dressed in that. Busting at the seams. As she was a student teacher at the time she had to document the work so I have seen photos. It's hilarious.
wnp ยท 679 points ยท Posted at 20:30:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In elementary school, we were assigned the task of researching a famous character from history. On the day we presented, we were to come to school dressed as our historical figure.
At the time, I was extremely into World War Two - probably since I played way too much Medal of Honor: Frontline - and the choice seemed obvious.
I spent the whole day wearing all khaki, with my hair parted, a costume faux-soulpatch sticker on my lip, and a little swatstika armband I'd made out of construction paper.
I don't remember being in trouble. It was more like a shrug of the shoulders than a slap on the wrist. My mom helped me make the armband! They did ask us to dress up as our subjects, and it was too late for me to change to a different person.
I was told not to wear the armband outside of history class. I can't remember if they let me keep my "mustache" on, but I probably snuck it where I could.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:45:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Silk and tiger print for a 4-5 year old?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kids choose to dress up as always surprises me. My school recently had a "throwback Thursday" theme, where you could dress up as anything from the past. 2 middle school boys decided that they wanted to dress up as babies... So they wore onesies with adult diapers over them, large dummies and bonnets. I was very tempted to take a photo and keep it for when they graduate.
Well that's good. :) I know a lot of teachers and it can be pretty scary how hard that stuff can come down on you.
And on other cases, scary how hard it doesn't... I know a former care home worker whose coworkers would take pictures of their residents in compromising positions and share them between each other like it was a big joke. Eesh.
Sounds like the foodstamp kid that only had one parent that preferred to cook at McDonalds.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:12:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could she be in preparation to end up being a FPS?
Edit: this was wrong to say, but being addicted to FPS, that's where my mind immediately went when a larger girl puts on a much to small costume/outfit.
SG_Dave ยท -15 points ยท Posted at 22:52:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A couple years ago, one of my teachers said that when we sent her emails, we don't have to be super formal. She also told us that the year before, someone had started an email with "Wazzup woman".
I had a teacher I would have tried that on. She was cool.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:56:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wazzap woman
ZenKeys88 ยท 288 points ยท Posted at 00:46:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a young piano student, I was learning to memorize pieces. We were using a common method in which you memorize the first page, then the second, etc... My piano teacher suggested I work on a piece back-to-front for the next week, the idea being that I had played the first pages much more than the last pages, so I should practice the last page, then the second-to-last-and-last pages, then the third....and so on. However, I didn't fully understand her as she didn't go into these details, so I spent the whole week trying to learn the piece COMPLETELY backwards, like note-for-note backwards.
[deleted] ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 05:06:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did any of the pieces say hail Satan when played?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:49:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach percussion and we talked about this the other day. A couple interesting ways to keep your hands going are to play phone numbers against a metronome or turn a sheet of snare music you usually play upside-down and play the whole thing from the new top to the new bottom
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:39:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"You're playing all the wrong notes!"
"I'm playing all the RIGHT notes, but not necessarily in the right order"
In nursery school we had to color in a bee with crayons. I asked if I could do the whole thing in black. The teacher said whatever just make sure I do the whole page. I laughed and asked "the whole page?" She ignored me so I colored the entire page black from edge to edge. The teacher told my parents there was something wrong with me and it was the only time in her career that she's ever given out homework.
Kiyoko504 ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 02:49:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I will never understand teachers, They openly willingly give a toddler the color black, but as soon as they use it, "Oh no something is wrong in there heads" how about something is wrong in their head for not double checking what they said. Faults on her.
lol that just reminded me of something I did in preschool! We did worksheets of letters; I clearly remember it was the letter F. Anyway, that day I decided I was going to be a little kid and scribble on my homework so I colored the whole page black with my pencil. I got in trouble. Haha
I was almost held back in the 1st grade for scribbling all over my papers. They were concerned I wouldn't pass any of that standardized tests because I would mark all over the scantrons. I was perfectly up to speed in every other way. When my mom asked if they had asked me to stop scribbling on my paper, they said no. She was like "well let's try that first....".
omg I love when teachers accidentally omit the most logical thing to do. It makes everyone feel stupid and makes for great stories later...
lilafee ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 12:30:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that nursery school as nursing school, and I was only a tiny bit confused for a moment. Sounds like something our instructor in nursing school would have made us do.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:43:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm the student but I was in improv as a teenager and our coach split us up into groups of three and was having us do like teamwork exercises. so one of them was "tie your shoelaces together" as the rest of the groups physically tied their shoe laces to the other members' shoe laces my group just tied our laces "together" as in at the same time as a group. our coach was impressed/baffled
Leelluu ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 03:17:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ZorbaTHut ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:17:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a "teambuilding exercise" in high school. We paired up with random people and then the teacher told us to arm wrestle with our partner, "and every time one of your arms hits the ground, you get a point!"
My partner and I instantly realized that the teacher was going to pull some cutesy thing about how cooperation means you score more points than competition. Meanwhile, the pair next to us were flinging their connected arms back and forth like a convulsing monkey. We decided to actually arm wrestle.
It turned out we'd correctly figured out the "exercise" - the teacher went around the room and asked everyone how many points their team had, making it clear that she didn't care about individual points but group points. The pair next to us had about sixty points, but had hurt their arms. We had one point but we'd had fun.
This was not the intended outcome and the teacher was not pleased.
If you're just trying to maximise total points between you, the convulsing monkey routine is easily beaten by letting one person "win", then lifting both your arms off the desk by a millimetre before dropping them back to the desk for another point (and repeat).
KJ6BWB ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:33:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess "pair points" would be a better term - the intended point of the goal was that if you cooperate to fling your arms back and forth as fast as possible you get more points. Whereas if you fight each other you get fewer points. The teacher hadn't said that the person who wins the arm wrestling competition gets a point, they just said "if one of your arms hits the ground, you get a point".
KJ6BWB ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:34:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tappity tap -- they never said arms had to reset to the "upright noon" position before another point could be earned. If one person is really strong and just taps away like they're trying to do Morse code with that arm, they'll get more points than the person flinging their arm back and forth and cooperating.
Oh. I though you were supposed to tie the other person's shoelaces while they tied yours at the same time.
KJ6BWB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:32:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not a good teamwork exercise -- it's a pain to untie shoelaces after they've been knotted to the person next to you and you've been yanking on your shoes and tightening the knot.
A better exercise would have been for you to normally tie the shoes of the person on your left, while the person on your right ties your shoes, and everyone individually ties each other's shoes at the exact same time.
Why The Sun? Isn't that effectively assigning students to write about filth?
Ironfruit ยท 103 points ยท Posted at 00:05:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Science when our teacher told us which part of the sun was the hottest a student put up his hand and asked "Isn't page 3 the hottest part of the Sun?" I fucking died, we all did.
The Sun is a British tabloid. British tabloids are well known to feature topless women on page 3 (the first page you see after the front page, which obviously can't feature tits itself)
The Sun is a British tabloid. British tabloids are well known to feature topless women on page 3 (the first page you see after the front page, which obviously can't feature tits itself)
Yeah.. I've never.. errrh... been there... either.
GV18 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:21:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were studying different forms of media in my English class. We got split into groups and got given a different form each. My group got newspapers, and I specifically was given the S*n. I initially refused, but was then told I'd get a detention if I didn't do it. So I stood up during my part and said "It is apparently a newspaper. Personally I believe it to be no more than a collection of papers filled with bullshit and lies, barely good enough to be used to line a cat's litter tray." I was going to get a detention either way, so I figured in for a penny and all that.
tsengan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It'd be a fun sociology assignment?
[deleted] ยท 869 points ยท Posted at 19:37:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the student said that on purpose I would give him an A for creativity and wit alone.
[deleted] ยท 1893 points ยท Posted at 19:39:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd make a pretty bad teacher
[deleted] ยท 810 points ยท Posted at 19:41:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kaeroku ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 11:04:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you mean because teachers don't normally teach creativity and critical thinking, or do you mean you think a teacher rewarding those qualities is the sign of someone who is not good at their job?
It gets real old real fast. I asked my Korean kids for an example of something ancient last week and Jerry (fuckin Jerry) raised his hand to say "my grandpa."
andKento ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is a few tales i've heard about people turning in exams and getting top grades with witty answers like this. They claim to be true, but i don't know if i believe them. In one the task was to explain "what is laziness" the student wrote "This is" and handed in the paper.
In High School I was told that Europe doesn't have our (America's) taboo against nudity on TV/film/print as long as it's not actually showing sex. I was told that the censors in Europe were the reverse of the ones in the US; they freely show nudity but put very heavy restrictions on gore.
A quote I'll never forget from a guy in my Government class while we were discussing this: "Here we can see a guy get his brains blown out but God forbid we see a boob"
More true in continental Europe than the UK though. I remember going on holiday to somewhere in Europe and seeing a huge ad on a bus advertising fruit. A topless woman was hiding her boobs behind two giant fruit. That wouldn't fly in the UK. People here do laugh at the attention nip slips get in the US though.
Oh, I heard about that newspaper actually, that actually makes sense about the replies that were sent
[deleted] ยท 1804 points ยท Posted at 19:24:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
once we where told to all set up a sensible email that we could use for all university related application. Pretty easy and a useful homework. One guy though completely misunderstood how email worked. He travelled over an hour to visit a university he was applying to so that he could set up his email there as it looked better. He then thought he had to go back to that same computer every time he needed to check it. He believe it would only work on the computer he set it up on. No matter how much we told him he thought we where all making fun of him and where trying to get his identity stolen. For 2 years he did this I dont know what happened to him I like to think hes still there to this day.
forman98 ยท 1285 points ยท Posted at 21:03:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The opposite thing happened with one of my wife's middle school students. Her school has laptops for every kid and they do everything in Google drive, so it saves it and you can access it everywhere.
This one kid missed an assignment because he couldn't find the paper he wrote on his computer. My wife asked him when he wrote it and he said "This weekend on my sister's computer. I saved it, but I can't find it."
He assumed every computer was like his laptop that used Google Drive.
Man, I never thought about how nice Google Drive must be for students. I once fried a flash drive and took my PC to school but couldn't get it networked to the plotter. I wound up yanking my hard drive, cracking open a school computer, plugging it into the school computer's motherboard and setting it up as a slave drive to print a final project. (My home internet was out so I couldn't email it to myself).
EDIT: I was too broke to buy another $30 or so 4gig flash drive.
EDIT 2: It was a 512 mb drive
Edit 3: I should mention that it was a drafting class, I had to print 15 pages at 22ร34. There was nowhere but the classroom I could print that out.
xorgol ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 23:08:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my school opening up a computer would have put me in so much trouble. Also, couldn't anyone lend you a drive?
Octacle ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:40:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Desperate times call for desperate measures. ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
Yeah I wasn't supposed to do it but the towers were under a long desk. By the time I realized I couldn't print from my computer (dumbass me forgot about drivers, it was my first computer) everyone I was friends with in class had left and I panicked.
Luckily the professor didn't walk around or ask me any questions about how I got it printed.
wilbs4 ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 01:14:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude... that's just incredibly impressive.
Top 5 best ways to print out an assignment at school:
Rip out your own hard drive, put it in the school computer and print.
Rip out your own hard drive, put it in the school computer and print.
Rip out your own hard drive, put it in the school computer and print.
Rip out your own hard drive, put it in the school computer and print.
Cut all of the letters and words out of magazines for 5+ page paper.
HS senior here. Our entire school district got google apps accounts. so everyone uses it on group projects. really convenient. Also Google drive is the most convenient thing in the world for switching computers. Can work on an essay at home, in the school library, on my phone between class or at lunch, or on my tablet.
One day google drive was down during lunch. (only for like an hour) The library was full of panicked students trying to print essays or unable to work on whatever assignments they had. Really funny first world problem.
Zardif ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:54:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I loved Google docs when in college. Fuck flash drives.
You young whippersnappers. When I was your age, the whole college freshman class had the same first assignment in English. Go to the computer lab. Get an email with our name and .edu.
The year prior I'd been on Compuserve for all of ten minutes. Some guy started sexually harassing me on the first chatroom/bb I went on. So my folks made me get off the internet. I guess at that point there were no other options (or at least none my parents knew) to avoid people like that.
Anyway, forced email. It was so lame. We'd all (vaguely) heard of e-mail, but it was a really technical thing for people in the government and huge companies like IBM and EDS. Regular people would never need it.
The next few years we checked email weekly. The only messages we got were from the college, sent out on Mondays.
By the year I graduated, email was becoming more well-known; computers were still too expensive for most people to own one though, so we were still all at the computer lab.
It wasn't until 1996 that I worked somewhere an email address was actually necessary, and they gave us one per their naming convention.
zack4200 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
mcfly357 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:58:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i remember once having to vacate my 512 mb ipod shuffle (the one that was basically a usb stick) of music to save an essay so i could print it out at school. wow times have changed.
thefran ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i have a 32 MB flash drive
it's very nice looking, i wish i could just stick an SD card in there or something
In 2005 it may have been less than a 1GB. Flash drives used to be expensive because flash storage wasn't cheap. I remember buying a 1GB SD card for $40 back in 2005 and that was cheap at the time.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:40:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Cereborn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
128 MB here. I could have gotten a 256 for an extra ten dollars, but pfffft. Who needs that much space?
apaniyam ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:01:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What shocks me is how many people don't use it... Since the latest endnote clone is just as good, there is no advantage to using word at all.
yadec ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:30:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've purposely shifted away from Google Drive because it lacks insane amounts of features. I mean, Google Slides doesn't even let you insert an audio file, there are absolutely no way you can precisely place anything in either Docs or Slides, and something with the kerning or whatever makes documents look different compared to Word. In fact, because the font looked so different, I remember there was one incident where a teacher took a point off for "not using Times New Roman" when I did, but just in Google Docs.
On the other hand, Microsoft Office has every feature you can think of, and with newer versions, directly save to and integrate with OneDrive. With Office Online or Office 2016, people can work together just like in Google Drive, but with many more features in Office 2016 than Google Drive. I'm quite happy with this change.
apaniyam ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:38:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not I said no advantage to word, not other office products, which are still indispensable. University however is defined by portability, which I feel crushes the potential minor formatting differences on word. Not ever forgetting an essay is a very important feature.
yadec ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:12:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's probably no advantage to Word when it comes writing a university paper, but whenever you want to write something more casual, or make anything with a hint of design, Docs falls short. There's also significant mental strain in having to switch between ecosystems all the time, so I just chose whatever works every time.
It's the same reason why I switched from Mac, to dual-booting Windows, to Windows. Windows has no advantage to Mac in 99% of cases (and Mac is better in many cases as well), but I end up having a lot of those 1% cases where some special Windows software I need can't run properly in Wine, so I need Windows. And it becomes a hassle to switch back and forth so much, so I now use Windows only.
If Google Docs works for whatever you're doing, fine, it's some excellent software. I'm just telling people a second option if they get frustrated like I did.
EDIT: And OneDrive is portable, it's cloud storage, just like Google Drive, and files made in newer versions of Office default to saving there as well. Just wanted to make that clear.
nearlyp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:15:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I imagine a lot of universities and businesses pay for Microsoft 365 or whatever the business suite is called. Onedrive for Business is a couple things but Sharepoint basically makes it so the organization's local storage servers are available on the cloud. I've seen values as high as a terabyte at some universities, though I imagine anyone actually trying to use that much storage would draw some IT attention. If your school provides all of Microsoft's products for free with that much storage, it's a tough deal to pass up. For the most part it's as feature complete as Google Docs and even has some better options.
taolbi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know that the school had wifi (2005), and this wasn't a laptop, it was a full tower. And unplugging the school machine's jumper and plugging it into mine (along with their mouse, keyboard, and monitor) got me an unfamiliar login prompt that the lab's default login 'student' password 'just hit enter for every station wouldn't cut it.
Also I didn't know a damn thing about computers except how to put one together and run the cds that came with the pieces. And I only knew that because I couldn't afford to buy one and heard building was cheaper. (It was, that computer ran 5 good years, 7 total.)
So what I knew how to do was move around hardware, and that's all I had to work with.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:13:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is awesome haha.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:29:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It worked well for group projects, but other than that it's not much better than other word processors unless you use multiple computers.
Are you thinking of Google Docs? Drive is cloud file storage.
nearlyp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which are pretty heavily integrated--your Docs file gets saved to Drive by default. I'm actually pretty sure you can't open/save a local file using Docs. You could upload to Drive or download a gdocs file from Drive but aside from the occasional offline use, I doubt anyone is doing much of anything with Docs without using the cloud.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're right. I was referring to both without distinguishing between the two. However, my original point stands.
Yeah sadly its blocked at my school... It was blocked. I just graduated. Shit. I'm old.
Lapulta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Google Drive is definitely one of the best things I've ever found on the internet for students/myself. Right up there with OneTab, AdBlock Chrome, and StayFocused. I still carry a jumpdrive in my purse just in case, but Google Drive is brilliantly handy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I admire your tenacity, I feel like this is what I'd do after crying and drinking about my lost work for a while.
A little late to the thread, but this just reminded me of the old trick of corrupting a blank word/ppt and throwing that on a flash drive to buy another day to work on a project. I have to say, I did this once in high school for a PowerPoint presentation and it worked like a charm!
College student here. Can confirm, it's fantastic. Until your university's wifi decides to crap out on you. Or a county-wide power outage strikes. Both of which have happened within the past two weeks.
pfft, I had to use floppies, had to buy them from the librarian if we didn't have any on hand
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I swear to god I never cried as hard as I did involving computers than when my first laptop crashed taking everything. Including my stories. I was heartbroken. After that, my friend taught me about google drive and I NEVER looked back. FUCK OPEN OFFICE.
Rudirs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's amazing how much flash drives have gone down in price. I remember in middle school or something first trying to get one and they were like $25 at least for like 250mb or something. Now you can get 32 gig for pretty much the same cost, maybe $30.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, try having a floppy disc get demagged by the metal detectors that were installed the day before you final essay was due.
Google Drive is a godsend as a student. I can do work simultaneously on my phone, laptop, etc. all while sharing it with others, collaborating, seeing the revision history, and having proof that I'm the only one putting in work on a group project :(
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:44:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still have a 128 MB flash drive in my drawer. Good times. notreally
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:39:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am a student, can confirm, Google Drive is probably my favorite piece of software in the last 10 years
It's really nice....until I transferred schools and lost five years of work because my account somehow got wiped.
Lehk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol I remember taking 3 floppies just in case one was corrupt or otherwise failed to read on the school computers, and also backing up a copy to my yahoo email inbox.
Chromebooks are wonderful, they're cheap and work perfectly for accessing the internet.
Malcolm_Y ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 01:07:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, for 95 percent of people a Chromebook is all the computer they need.
PLament ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, have a chromebook. I also have a desktop for the occasional use of steam or to program for a class, but I don't use it anywhere near as much.
Yeah, I have been setting up all my offline older relatives with the jitterbug version of a laptop using Chromebooks. If they can browse The Facebook, Amazon, Google, and The Email, that's all they need.
Although I admit finding it a bit painful to set up separate desktop icons for Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Gmail. And the less said about 3 accounts with the same username/password the better.
Do they have the ebay? I got my great-grandmother onto computers just by showing her she could buy shoes online. She didn't progress much farther than ebay, but she was happy with it.
I have a chromebook but it broke after a few years because I kept opening and closing it too much. I would close it, than realize I had to do one more thing, and open it right away. or I would open it, than decide to go online later and close it right away. Now I use a mac and make sure to only open or close it if I'm sure I want to use or stop using it.
Malcolm_Y ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:37:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, to be fair, if you had treated the Chromebook as carefully as you do the Mac, it might still be working. Just curious, did you get the Mac because your computing needs increased, or for a different reason?
I had the Mac from before the chromebook. But I stopped using it because a few of they keys on the keyboard had stopped working. Also the hard drive was messed up from incorrectly installing a Linux partition. After the Chromebook broke, I finally took the Mac to a repair place to get it fixed. The warranty had long expired.
Whenever I opened it, it would start to turn on, but then the screen would flicker and it would stay on a white screen. I tried turning it off and on again, but it didn't help.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
maybe just the data cable for the screen isnt properly in its socket anymore. if the screen is broken you probably easily get a replacement since its a mass product. or it was just coincidence and its an unrelated hardware or software problem.
The beauty of Chromebooks is that they are essentially disposable. If you break it, grab another one. They are really inexpensive, and they don't need any set up.
I just bought an ASUS Flip to replace an older Chromebook that has a failing power connector. This is probably the third or fourth Chromebook that I bought for myself (plus a few more for family members). They get used for a while, and then either get passed on or retired. At around $200 per device, I don't spend that much thought if I want another one two years later
Cereborn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about that. I work in a store that sells computers, and I frequently have people get all excited about Chromebooks because they're cheap. But once I explain to them that all they can do is access the internet, they are quite disappointed.
Google docs is good enough for a large number of use cases. Anybody who only needs light word processing a few times a month is perfectly fine with that.
Same for spread sheets.
And Chromebooks have been able to print for years now. Many modern printers have support for cloud printing right out of the box. Others can use a Windows PC as a helper.
elypter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:42:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
just because ice cream is perfect for hot summer days doesnt mean that all you need in the kitchen is a freezer. technically you could live from only eating ice cream but then dont complain about the concequences.
bgaesop ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a chromebook and it's honestly pretty miserable. If I could write offline then maybe it would be okay, but half the time when I do it it just erases whatever I wrote as soon as I reconnect to the internet, and it can't even handle that many tabs being open. It's really not that great.
Metalsand ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 04:36:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loooooooooool.
They are utter pieces of shit. I hate mac computers, but I'd choose them any day of the week over a Chromebook. Those things are most effective at being lobbed like a Frisbee, but not much else.
His parents probably told him that as a kid so he wouldn't waste the day online. Poor kid.
Alched ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 01:35:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus I can't imagine how sheltered though you'd have to be in order to not realize this until you are 25. Poor guy if any of this is true.
JustusGS ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 02:52:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of how in Sweden (I think? Somewhere in Northern Europe) they tell kids that you can only eat candy on weekends, so then even when they grow up and realize there's no actual reason not to, they still think it's super weird and transgressive to have a piece of candy on a Thursday or whatever.
Swedish here. Only eat candy during weekends. Thought everyone did that
115049 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 12:14:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
American here. Eating Swedish fish on a Tuesday morning.
6feet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:36:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aww, there's something adorably sensible about that. Did anything ever cause you to stop and think about it? For example, if you were watching a movie where a character eats a piece of candy, would you notice it and assume it was the weekend in the movie? Did you ever notice anyone in real life eating candy on a weekday, and did it alter your opinion of that person ("what a rebel/glutton/doofus who doesn't know what day it is...")? I want to know all about this strange, new way of life that's so very different from our own!
I shall do my best to answer. I have never thought about it being weird, neither has it changed my opinion of anyone. In Sweden, when i was a kid, we recieved a small amount of money every Friday to buy candy. It was like that for everyone. Grown up version is called "fredags mys" or Friday cuddles... Basically involvera chips,movie and alkohol with family or friends.
eldonkr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:32:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know why, but that is like the coolest thing ever.
Cereborn ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:18:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet Swedish Reddit is full of arguments about weekday candy eaters.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:45:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"the ice cream trucks play songs when they run out of ice cream"
You know what, fuck you dad.
ctetc2007 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:01:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that ice cream truck is out of ice cream when it's playing its music?
I recently learned my parents (probably) lied about Halloween. "The mayor sets up times for kids to start or stop trick-or-treating. That way drivers know when to be really careful. So we all have to be done by 7:30."
I'm 41 and not sure if our town was that small/regulated, or if they were lying so they didn't have spend the whole night escorting us around.
Thewal ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 23:15:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha! A+ parenting there. "Sorry Timmy, today's Saturday so you'll just have to play outside!"
gr8ca9 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Waaaaaait.......you're telling me the Internet is NOT closed on weekends????????????????? Mother. Fucker.
JCoda413 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:29:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My brother had to create an email account in middle school, but couldn't use his real name for identity purposes. So he used his middle name, and our extended family surname for the profile. However, he didn't realize that his account name, not just the email address, showed up in the sender's address line. Now his middle name is our great-grandfather's first name, who passed away in 2005. So when we were planning a trip down to go visit our great-grandmother, still alive, he sent her an email that went something like, "Hi, I know it's been awhile! The family says hi, and I miss you! Love you, see you soon!" All she saw was a letter from beyond the grave of her deceased husband, and called around the family to say her goodbyes!
Cereborn ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:20:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's an amazing story. It also warms my heart to remember the days when people didn't put their real names on the internet.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:35:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are you talking about? I still don't.
Cereborn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:06:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm talking about how Youtube kept sending me messages to change my username to my actual name, linking it to my Google+ account. And after weeks of declining, Youtube just went ahead and created a separate account under my real name.
6feet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:48:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Facebook has now locked me out of my account, because they want to verify that I'm using my real name by having me submit a scan of my photo ID. They gave me one week to submit proof of my name. Apparently it's going to become a site-wide policy, they're just starting with a few flagged accounts before they expand and get everyone.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:03 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well they can eat dicks if they want my real name. I've been hearing that for years though.
6feet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's been a couple months now probably since they locked me out, and my sentiment at first was that they could go kick rocks. Now I'm starting to get annoyed though, 'cause there are some apps I wanna use and they won't log you in if you're not logged into Facebook. Plus I miss being able to interact with my friends- I moved a couple hundred miles away and haven't made many new friends, and sometimes it feels awful lonesome.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've had a facebook under my pseudonym for six years now, never had one problem.
Cereborn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:29:01 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to use a craigslist type site that was local to the community I lived in at the time and I swear to god it closed on Sundays. The main page would be blank and had some dumb message about enjoying a break from the Internet and going outside, every Sunday. It was just so dumb you had to laugh.
jakielim ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When did that happen? I may understand if it was the 90s.
He must have been shopping at B&H photo. Their computers observe the Sabbath and won't do any actual work that day. But you can still browse at that doesn't require the CPU to do work
duckspunk ยท 334 points ยท Posted at 20:46:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught a course over the summer that was hybrid online, so all the assignments were turned in via email. I had one student email me to say they couldn't email their assignments because they didn't know how to use email.
My coworker does something similar. Our loan origination platform is browser-based but she thinks she can only log in to the system at her own computer. I've told her she can log in anywhere but it doesn't sink in. If she is working from a different computer, she'll call my extension and have me look up something in the system for her. I used to try to get her to log in her own damned self but now I just look it up for her and get on with my day. How are people so computer illiterate?
Well, I'm 41 and wouldn't do that, but I was also an electronics tech in the military. Does she just not have a computer-skill background? Any chance she's power tripping with you or flirting?
She's a married female and so am I. I guess it's not impossible that she's flirting but highly doubtful. Also probably not a power trip. I think she's just really that dumb about how computers work. She also was freaking out that the sound on her computer wasn't working despite not having speakers. She thought her monitor doubled as speakers.
Wow. I can see about the monitor/speaker thing. Since so many pieces of tech have multiple functions, it can be hard to know what process comes from which piece of hardware.
Can you set aside some time to tutor her, with the expectation that she either gets it or has to wait for your help? There have to be more important things you should be doing.
"Gina, I'd love to help you, out. I'm in the middle of a big project right now, so I'll call you back in 2 hours. That's the best I can do."
She either has to find someone else and advertise her ignorance and get their help, or try to convince a boss that your stuff isn't as important as her stuff.
Send her some resources (libraries and senior centers often have free classes). Again, after those class dates have passed, "Gina, I know you want my help, and my help was connecting you to other places you could learn how to do this. You chose not to take advantage of those learning opportunities. I'm working on tasks assigned to me by my boss right now; your problem will have to wait."
Stretch out the periods she has to wait. Sadly, you are basically going to have to wean her off of you...and she will probably react like every other baby.
Fortunately, the stuff she needs me to look up is super fast to find - the VIN for a vehicle, stated odometer, etc - and takes literally 2 seconds to do. Our boss has sent her to several Excel classes and she still requires my help on even the most basic of tasks in Excel but that is only about 10% of her workload. As an aside, I'm going to be expanding my department next year and for the briefest of moments she thought that she might put in to be my employee (even though she's an assistant manager of her department) until I told her the advanced Excel tasks that would be required and she quickly changed her mind.
I sound like such an enabler, and I totally am, but my aforementioned expanded department and I are moving buildings next year and I won't have this problem because it won't be so easy for her to call me to do these things for her. She'll have to find someone else then and I'm just dealing with it until that time comes.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not gonna lie allot of people did make fun of him. I wasn't one of them as I was bullied my self. He wouldn't listen to anyone though even the teacher.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:51:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish, lets call him Mike
odd84 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:31:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You keep writing "where" when you mean "were". These words do not mean the same thing and do not sound the same. "Where" sounds like "wear". "Were" sounds like "her".
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
InternD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:24:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Kevin
bp_516 ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 02:06:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work with delinquent teens, many of whom are also special ed students. We were doing research papers on the computer, and they had to use MLA citations for quotes to support their papers. Students were generally confused about why they weren't allowed to just copy/paste entire articles and finish the assignment a week early. My shortened reaction was to say "if I read your paper and you don't know what all the words mean, you fail."
One student copy/pasted an entire article, then spent a week looking every word up in the dictionary.
bp_516 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 14:48:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As the kid normally refuses to do anything in class, I gave him the minimum passing grade. He did technically do what I asked, even if he didn't follow the directions. He also cited his source correctly.
Wiiums ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 23:35:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For high school summer reading, one of my classmates read a book called The Wrath of Grapes, which is about wine, instead of the Steinbeck classic The Grapes of Wrath.
I am not a teacher. But as a student I had a huge fuck up on a final exam (IB exam for those who get what that means). English exam: read a passage and comment on it. The prompt for the literary commentary was Ani Defranco's song "Both Hands". Now, if you listen to the song you quickly get that it's a beautiful nostalgic and melancholic song about a relationship that isn't working out and how hard both people tried to make it work (a perfect song about the feeling of saudade).
[just for context: the female English teacher taught at an elite all-boy high school so she was always trying to get us to open up emotionally and get in touch with our souls through literature and break through the 'boys will be boys/alpha male/sports/pre-frat/nomeansyes' mentality we all had (or had to pretend to have to get by)]
However, this was a written final exam. When READING the lyrics there is no music to give the words context, so I had no idea that the speaker of the 'poem' was female or that 'both hands' were being used to pray... TLDR: I wrote a 15 page paper on how "Both Hands" is about a guy who wanted the girl he was gettin' down with to give him a hand job with both hands while she stared deep into his eyes and then when she does it he ejaculate on her body with his seed and is proud of the masterpiece jizz art he created; the subject of said jizz art being the tale of how intense and difficult it was to get the speaker to finally cum but that the couple worked together and became closer as a result.
In my defence, this is the excerpt from the song that inspired my pubescent mind to wander into the depths of my own former sexual frustrations and come up with whatever garbage poor Mrs M. had to read:
"and both hands/
now use both hands/
oh, no don't close your eyes/
I am writing/
graffiti on your body/
I am drawing the story of/
how hard we tried"/
It wasn't until years later when I listened to the song for the first time and realized my horrible misinterpretation. Also, it was an IB exam, so an external marker read it too.
Still got an A.
fuckitx ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 10:44:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
AHAH holy shit. And still an A..Also how in the hell did you go on for 15 pages about that..? That's amazing
"IB, therefore, I BS," as my childhood friend would say.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:54:12 on December 9, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am in the IB, can confirm this is a real test, cannot confirm is mistake was justified.....
picatel ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 03:01:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Actual teacher, but late to the party...
In a grade 6 social studies class, we had a discussion about what things people think of when they think of Canada (maple leaf, beaver, red and white, hockey, etc.). I then asked the kids to write about whether or not they thought that was an accurate representation of the country.
A Jehovah's Witness student gave me his paper with a Bible and said, "You're going to need this to read my essay."
It was all about how worshiping symbols is evil. That wasn't the question at all, but whatever.
lollity ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:53:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
do you have a copy of the text?
picatel ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 12:02:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, sorry, I quit teaching and purged all the memories of that terrible chapter of my life.
When I was in high school career class, the assignment was to write a paper on our dream job and how we could get there. One guy wanted to be a farmer, but instead of writing about how he would do it, he wrote his whole paper on how to properly milk a cow.
I was the student in this one. This was more misunderstanding the material rather than the assignment, but it's kinda funny.
Back in college, I was in a small class where we were reading passages of a book every week and then discussing them. One week, one of our assignments was to find some of the author's source material (it was all cited in the endnotes), read it, and report back the next week ready to discuss.
Well, admittedly I waited longer than I should have to begin the assignment, but did start it a few days before class. Except I couldn't find any good source material to use for the discussion. All of the ones I would have been interested in were by some Latin guy named Ibid and I couldn't find anything by him at our library.
So I went back and said I couldn't do the assignment because despite being heavily referenced, I couldn't find anything written by Ibid. Everyone had a really, really good laugh at me.
Edited for clarification
-del2phi ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 02:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I too have an Ibid story.
I turned in a report once and some of the references were repeated, so naturally I used Ibid, as clearly taught to in English 101.
Get the paper back from the TA, and written at the end, in bright red ink, "Improper reference formatting. -5" Grad student didn't know what Ibid meant, and docked my for it. Wouldn't even give me points back when I told him it was standard practice.
Revriley1 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 03:51:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When was this? I cannot believe a grad student had not once heard of or seen 'ibid' anywhere in his studies. Had he never once read anything with footnotes before? How did he make it through high school or undergrad without once checking a book or article's footnotes? How was he in GRAD school I don't understand
ldAbl ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 04:47:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It depends on what school you're from.
I'm from the school of anatomy, physiology and medicine, and I've never heard of ibid until today.
Same. That is not how you reference in science. Also, I must have not payed attention to the footnotes in my philosophy/English/history classes, I guess?
Well, certainly I know that different fields often use different referencing patterns. Gives me a pain every time I write something for archaeology vs something for history.
I guess I'm finding it strange that people have managed to go through high school/secondary school without ever picking up a book with ibid in the footnotes. I thought that at least for a history class everyone would have picked up at least one book with that sort of footnote style.
In high school/secondary school? It was required at mine that we had to take three years of history. (I imagine that everyone takes it in middle school, but I suppose you're less likely to come across scholarly source material there).
Was history not a required subject at your school? Not even for the first one or two years?
Had a "social studies" class which does include study of history, lumped in with some other subjects (such as civics). Learnt about the Declaration of Independence there, which I had never heard of before. Mandatory for only two years (the first and second of high school's five years).
No scholarly sources used at all that I can recall. Just photocopied worksheets and copying things from the whiteboard.
Huh. We had to do essays/research papers for our classes, which often required referencing proper academic secondary sources. I was in Honors/AP history classes though; I don't know how rigorous the regular history classes at my high school were.
Of course, the academic standard and homework varies from high school to high school/state to state/country to country. So maybe some high schools are more lax regarding source material and assignments.
Did you never have essays assigned, then? Now that would be truly bizarre in my eyes--not critically wrong or anything, but I firmly associate essays with history classes (and English, and foreign languages, and...), so it's hard to conceive of a history class without at least one assigned essay per semester/month.
If you did have to write an essay...well, you say you didn't use scholarly sources, so did you use any sources at all when it came to homework? In other classes? English/literature classes?
I dunno. My high school tried to emphasize the importance of sources and research (as best it could, that is), viewing the ability to research and source stuff as relatively important for us to learn.
There was the occasional research project, but no particular reference formatting was requiredโor even inline citations at all.
ldAbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:36:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I recommend Endnote. It let's you switch between referencing styles very easily.
There might be a better alternative, but that's just what I use.
supbanana ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:58:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm applying to grad school, going to graduate with a bachelor's degree next May, and I didn't realize what Ibid meant until OP posted about it. I've seen it before but always assumed it was a name and never gave it a second thought.
I have never heard of it before but I've also never been an English major.
Mundius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:36:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Computer Science here, never seen ibid in any CompSci course, but I did see it when I took history. And only history, not in my economics, marketing, or philosophy classes.
For some reason I thought philosophy also used ibid (which, indeed, historians love the shit out of)--didn't see it there? Huh. Maybe I'm misremembering the philosophy articles I've read here and there.
Mundius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, I'm surprised that I haven't met it yet. I thought it'd be here already.
BOOOO. I'm sure that guy got the academic karma that was coming to him. Some say he's still living on a measly grad stipend, improperly marking undergrad papers to this day.
-del2phi ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:31:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Last I heard he was living the dream and making bank.
Sonja_Blu ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:44:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually not standard practice, it's really antiquated and not acceptable in most citation formats. I haven't docked any of my first year students, but I'm hoping it won't show up in my third year students' papers.
-del2phi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When, where, and in what disciplines did you get your masters? You certainly see it a lot in older sources, but it's not something done in most disciplines now. Most of my research is cross disciplinary and it's not done in any of the areas I work in.
Classics for one, which may explain that. The other is discourse analysis, which is completely in the French and German traditions. Planning on doing another in comp ling, so I may have to change some habits. Edit: the where was the university of buenos aires.
This happened to me in philosophy (Arts student here, majoring in philosophy like a moron). Until now, I thought she was just docking me points because we weren't supposed to know about Ibid until we were postgrads or something.
Engend ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:56:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For most of my life, whenever someone used the phrase, "'Nuff said," I wondered who this 'Nuff' person was to have such widespread wisdom.
DaVince ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, I learned MLA citation style (and you probably did too) and they don't use ibid anymore. Seems to be used in Chicago Style.
TenF ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:00:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was in 2004/2005. Like I said in my post, I waited longer than I should have to start the assignment, scoured the references in the back of the book (the physical book) we were using, then looked up Ibid in our school library system (yes on the internet), which came back with errors. I had only just discovered wikipedia that year (along with firefox and trillian!) and didn't think to use it to search for ibid. I must not have tried a google search because that surely would have pointed me in the right direction; most likely I abandoned it as un-doable and worked on something else. It was a really small class and I don't seem to have taken it that seriously, unfortunately.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:43:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Explanation accepted. I had one class I didn't take seriously and didn't do well in at all.
Haha I totally have to read that. One reason I thought that Ibid was a guy was that our school had a fiction periodical called "Ibid's Musings." The fact that it was for fiction should have tipped me off, but I'm not too bright. Lovecraft would have confused me even more.
"The trouble with you, Ibid, is that you think you're the biggest bloody authority on everything."
-- Terry Pratchett, Pyramids
yomoxu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:08:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was younger, I thought Ibid was the greatest scholar in the world, because he was cited in everything. It wasn't until high school that I learned what it meant.
The opposite happened to me. I solved for abcd when it was multiple choice
Hallmarks ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 01:11:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked my class of adult ESL students to practice past tense verb forms by writing their autobiographies. The next day, one student handed in a paper about her Buick Skylark. It was blue, and she loved her car. I corrected her grammatical errors and returned her paper without letting her know her mistake, but she caught on from looking at other students' papers.
osmiumos ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 23:07:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but was in this class. We had to write about organisms, a fellow student wrote about orgasms - we were about 13/14 I think. It was from the type of student you'd least expect to make such a mistake, I'll never forget it.
Not a teacher, but was the student who misinterpreted something... I was walking into Physics class and not paying attention. The teacher was at the door and apparently counting off students as they walked in (10 at a time) to form teams. When I walked past him I hear him say urinate. I looked at him and said "urinate?" He says yes, urinate.. I said, what, right here? He says no, YOU ARE AN EIGHT.
Gark32 ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 05:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then again, who would describe any author's style as a specific language? I mean, I wouldn't say that Kafka's style of writing is linguistically German.
xkulp8 ยท 1127 points ยท Posted at 22:07:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure it is. Try using 25-letter words and randomly sprinkled umlauts in English.
I read it sarcastically, as if he were irritated at being called by a less-preferred name.
hektur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is eszett less used? I had always called it that and heard it called that by my German profs. I didn't even hear of 'scharfes s' until I went to Germany
I've had exactly the same experience, so I don't know. I've heard (though can't back up) that "scharfes s" is more common among younger people. Either way, I'd imagine that /u/scharfes_S prefers being called /u/scharfes_S to being called /u/eszett, which is where I was aiming with my joke. :)
For what it's worth, Wikipedia says:
"Dem Lautwert entsprechend wird es in Sรผd- und Westdeutschland sowie รsterreich als scharfes S bzw. Scharf-S bezeichnet, in Nord- und Mitteldeutschland sowie in Nordrhein-Westfalen und den westlichen Kantonen der Schweiz entsprechend dem graphischen Aussehen als Eszett [ษsหtอsษt]"
metans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that what it's called? My German teacher in secondary school had a slight lisp so he always pronounced it as "ethethett"
And now, 14 years later, I finally understand what he was trying to say.
The fact that you used an eszett in a place for the proper pronunciation makes me so so happy. Thank you for making my night!
โกยฐโ(เฒ เณเฒเฒ เฒฟ)โยฐโก
If I ever make a metal band, it will be called Sรผperflรผรถรผs รmlaรผt.
Maxnwil ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:47:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I completely support this. Can I be your drummer? I don't know how to play the drums, but I do know how to be enthused about performing with Sรผp-Lรครผt
Yeah of course. We'll have one or two guys randomly strumming guitars, you can flail enthusiastically at a drumset, and I'll yell incoherently into a microphone. In other words, indistinguishable from most amateur metal bands.
Probably because they use those accents in Swedish.
KngHrts2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just finished reading "The Girl in the Spider Web" and I would have just assumed that these were all locations in the story.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wi not trei a holiday in Sweden this yรซr? See the lรธveli lakes. The wรธndรซrful telephรธne system. And mรคni interesting furry animals. Including the majestik mรธรธse. A Mรธรธse รธnce bit my sister....
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly glanced over that and didn't even perceive it as English. It wasn't until your comment that I went back and actually figured out it was English. Nicely done.
If you read this out loud you end up sounding like Sir Bedevere from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:04:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A Mรธรธse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the mรธรธse with the sharpened end of an interspace tรธรธthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian mรธvies: "The Hรธt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mรธlars of Horst Nordfink"...
xanisian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:25:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not enough harsh sounds. Sprinkle in some more ck and ch and rrrr
You are using way too many umlauts for a German sentence. :)
7734128 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was surprisingly difficult to read as a Swedish person.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:19:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does German have words like "industrializationalization"? Definition: The process of making something have more to do with the process of making something have more to do with industry.
Jerlko ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:24:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They could if they wanted to. The German grammatical rules basically state that if you want to put words together, you can.
Hell, they could probably just take the definition and make a word that would be the equivalent of: "Processofmakingsomethinghavemoretodowiththeprocessofmakingsomethinghavemoretodowithindustry"
Only it wouldn't be wrong, just unnecessary.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:43:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty certain German compound words only consist of nouns. So you might have something like "cactusbirddonkeymilkdrinker", but in English it would be "cactus bird donkey milk drinker". In fact, those are grammatically equivalent, it's just that English spelling requires spaces in compound nouns, so it's not too obvious that it's grammatically one word.
In the example I gave in my previous comment, I was demonstrating English's flexible derivational morphology (when you add an affix that changes the meaning or grammatical function of a word), and I'm wondering if German derivational morphology is as flexible.
animar37 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:14:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, am German.
And although I have never heard something like "industrializationalization", but it would be "Industriealisierungsisierung". For reference, "cactusbirddonkeymilkdrinker" would be "Kaktusvogeleselsmilchtrinker" (yeah, it's that easy).
Also, as you may see, there's an s between "esel" and "milch" and also before the second "-isierung". That's pretty much the only difference between English and German derivational morphology, if I'm not mistaken. But I have no idea when you have to use that s, I just put it where it sounds right (most important rule of the German language).
Funny example, Kafka's style was pretty German though right? He favored paragraph-long complex sentences, which in German, puts the main action verb at the very end. That verb was often the key to making sense of his convoluted sentence. You read the whole paragraph/sentence, just thinking "WTF is going on here", and then you get to that last verb, which hits you like an epiphany, bringing clarity to the whole mess.
I've heard enlightenment (in the Buddhist sense) related to the moment when you get the punch line of a joke, extended. That's like reading a good Kafka sentence.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:51:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could argue that you need to use the same language to completely reproduce the style of writing.
Olakola ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:14:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is one author that invented a language in Martin Luther. German as a written language and most of its spoken words did not exist before the reformation
This is often cited, but not absolutely correct. Already around 1350, the "Frรผhneuhochdeutsch" was used as an over-regional written language. The Luther Bible was an important stepstone, since it's widespread proliferation helped to develope a standard, but it was nevertheless an amalgamation of east-middle german and southern dialects, not a complete "reinvention". The so-called "Lutherdeutsch" is mostly a national mythos, much in the same way as Dante Alighieri is said to have single-handedly "invented" the modern Italian language.
Olakola ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:06:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The issue at hand is that I personally have only acquired the knowledge from school about this story. We were told that written German did not exist before Martin Luther and everyone basically used Latin. Martin Luther also invented a lot of words in order to properly write his theses. If you could show me some proof of what you claim I would greatly appreciate it since this is the only variation of the story I know and youre bringing up something that is completely new to me.
Thanks in advance.
Dr_Mottek ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:51:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Sure :) Written german has existed already during the middle ages, see for example the texts written by Walther von der Vogelweyde. The problem was that these texts were mostly used regionally or in very specific contexts. The corpus of "Mittelhochdeutsch" is nevertheless comparatively small compared to the latin one, as Mittelhochdeutsch was considered profane.
Gradually, this changed, until the developement of Frรผhneuhochdeutsch during the 1350ies. For a small corpus of texts, view: http://www.korpora.org/Fnhd/
Linguistic productivity (that is, inventing new words) was the norm at the time, since syntax and vocabulary varied vastly between regions. Now, Luther didn't invent the whole written german language, but instead used and modified it to make his bible translation. Gradually, his version of Frรผhneuhochdeutsch was accepted as a norm, since the Luther Bible was the most widespread book in German at the time.
As for the morphological differences between Frรผhneuhochdeutsch and Luther-Deutsch, I'll have to owe you the answer - time to brush up on Linguistics ;)
Edit: To clarify: I'm not disputing that he didn't set the "Gold Standard" for German at the time - his influence on the German language is undisputable. What I'm saying is that he didn't sit down with a latin alphabet and tried to figure out how to write "Hund", "Katze", "Maus" ... others did that before him.
RPofkins ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:53:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course style is language related. Choice of words would be part of style. Particular ways to use a language's grammar could be part of style, etc.
No, Machiavelli wrote in Italian. Latin was heavily used by the church... but not in day to day life or for works not necessarily intended for religious scholarship.
I was doing it more for the shtick than the accuracy. I know google translate isn't the greatest for being correct on translations, but good enough for the joke to land
Had to do an essay about Leonardo Da Vinci. Turned in four A5 pages written with ink and quill mirrored, in Leonardo Da Vinci's handwriting. It was in English.. but still probably a nightmare to correct...
Reminds me of an exam I had in my German class. We had read Faust and one of the tasks was to write on a certain subject out of Mephistopheles perspective. Since Goethe's Faust is written in rhymes I wrote the whole task, two pages, in rhymes. While doing that I somewhat panicked because it was harder than I expected. Got an A+ for it though, the only A I had in years in German.
All you need to do is just own what you're doing and you're all set
pluvoaz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do this type of assignment several times in school. Dr. Seuss (that was fun because I could make stuff up), e e cumming (lowercase & no punctuation) and as Shakespeare (iambic pentameter with technical jargon is hard!) are just a few I remember. This is a really popular English assignment, it must be in the handbook.
Not a misunderstanding, but a Russian kid at my school did something similar when told to translate a German passage for homework, and translated it into Russian.
Note: I know this is a common urban legend (I first heard it as a friend of my dad translating Italian into Czech), that's where he got the idea.
That makes more sense. I don't know much Italian, so I just started writing "studia" (from the Spanish estudiante but without the e) and picked the one that looked the best from my phone's suggestions.
Reminds me of the story of the student in American History class who, when they were given an assignment to write a letter home from the perspective of a Chinese immigrant to the U.S. in 1870, turned in a letter written in Chinese.
Not a teacher, but this happened in my American government class. We were all assigned an american president to do a report on. The teacher gave each student their president and gave 'Laura' Lyndon B. Johnson, but said to her "Laura you are doing your report on LBJ". The next day Laura storms in all upset and flustered, and screams at the teacher "Mr Smith, do you think this is a joke?!? There is no President called Elby Jay! I stayed up all night trying to find Elby Jay and turns out he NEVER EXISTED".
Tsorovar ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 03:02:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least she didn't do her report on 'El BJ'
oblio76 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:38:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, doing a report on El BJ would have really sucked.
RJiiFIN ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blown, quite frankly.
smelldog ยท 132 points ยท Posted at 23:10:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach high school American History. This year, my students were asked to write a five paragraph essay on how Native American tribes are diverse. Mind you, we spent two weeks on different regions, different tribes, and how their lifestyles vary. We had two class periods (90 minutes each) to work on this. You guys, I GAVE them the damn thesis.
This child wrote an essay on how all Native American tribes are the same. They all lived in longhouses, wore breekcloth (not even breeches, but breek). The absolute best part: THEY SPOKE BENGALI AND HINDI.
I literally could not even grade this because it was just so completely wrong.
In elementary school, we had a class mate who's name was pronounced "evens" (I think it was spelled yvens or something of that sort). In math class, the teacher assigns "questions 1-30, evens only"
About half the class showed up the next day without it.
jaenjain ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 01:55:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a book report assignment, with the book list consisting of science fiction novels. One of the books was titled "Double Helix" and was a young adult level mystery. One student didn't pay attention to the author and picked up Watson and Crick book on discovering the double helix structure of DNA, a higher level biology book. I was flabbergasted when he turned in his paper. He felt so confident trying his hand at reading a book of that level, he went from a low B student to one of my greatest students of all time.
Storm137 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:36:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's impressive... But now I'm interested in this Double Helix YA novel. Who is it by if you remember it? :)
realised ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:02:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but the student making the misinterpretation. Had a first-year CS exam, question was "Write in pseudo-code (half English half code) how you would program the game of Tic-Tac-Toe". Well, for whatever fucking reason, I read "...Tetris." So I had a lengthy explanation of the way I had scoring set up, the randomizer for the tetrominoes, and how I would use if-statements and loops etc. to figure out how to stack the tetrominoes. I got the exam back and had failed because I got a 0/30 on the final question.
Asked the teacher if he could, just this once, re-grade the test based on my misinterpretation. Got a 30/30. Teacher was a bro.
kairon156 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 04:30:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher was probably reading it trying to picture a game of tic-tac-toe and couldn't figure it out.
My son is quite literal. When his 6th grade teacher asked the class to write a paragraph and tell her what they thought of the stories they'd read that week and which was their favorite, he wrote, "All of the stories sucked."
After a very angry email sent to me, we had a teacher conference, where the teacher told him the exercise was to get him to write a summary of one of them and that his negative attitude was not acceptable. He said, "Then why did you ask for my opinion if all you wanted was compliments? Just say you will only accept compliments so I can write a fake one."
Kid is right! If the teacher can't handle differing opinions, he shouldn't even have asked for one. Although I would understand if the opinion consisted of only one sentence which was "They all sucked" without any basic explanations.
Nyxalith ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 05:08:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I admit, I would have made them rewrite it to explain WHY they all sucked.
Yes! Exactly. It would have made his lack of context and quality effort the issue instead of his teacher's hurt feelings that a sixth grader thought her choice of educational content sucked.
YogiLeBua ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 11:24:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"All of the stories sucked" without an explanation is generally not allowed. We were always told that it doesn't matter if we liked the stories or not, but it's easier to say you did. If your child had said "The characters were boring/ unrelatable etc" he probably wouldn't have got in trouble. "All of the stories sucked" is generally a sign of a disinterested child
Or of a child with a high IQ, autism, dyslexia and dysgraphia (which he is). But because he LOOKS like a disinterested child, his lack of engagement or 'inappropriate' responses are judged as oppositional. But teachers in the US are not required to have even minimal training on recognizing or adapting for children with exceptions, while children with exceptions are mainstreamed into their classes. It's led to some pretty difficult years for kids who are outside the norm.
"All of the stories sucked" without an explanation is generally not allowed.
But because he LOOKS like a disinterested child, his lack of engagement or 'inappropriate' responses are judged as oppositional.
I'm sure that would be easy explained though, regardless of how well the teacher could work with it. I have only basic knowledge of autism and I'm not in the US so I wouldn't know what it's actually like in the class room. It seems more the fault of the teacher in this case, if they knew your son had autism
You would think it would be easily explained, but it's not. He's been on an IEP since 3rd grade (individualized education plan for special ed), but he is so articulate and intelligent and speaks to adults as if they're peers that most of his teachers either think he's just lazy or elitist and get personally hurt or insulted by his unfiltered, direct communication. It's a work in progress, and he's far better, but I have no intention of "trying to make him normal". He is created exactly as he should be, and my job is helping him learn to embrace his unique talents and gifts while learning to navigate a world that is quite different than he is.
I'm with your son in this one. The teacher should say what she really wants rather than reframing it as an opinion piece.
PubliusVA ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:20:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to like the stories to have a favorite. Your favorite out of a group of stories you dislike would be the one you dislike least. He could have explained which was the least bad and why.
Hanta3 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 09:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was me up until late high school. I had so much trouble with writing prompts because I was just too analytical. I eventually figured it out, but it was really hard on me. I constantly made horrible grades in writing classes when in reality I was a pretty good writer.
Something as simple as "what did you learn from this" would through me into a confused spiral if I already knew it all and didn't learn anything new. I would fail the assignment. I cried a lot in these classes because teachers were frustrated with me.
shovelkun ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 13:25:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always hated evaluation questions like those because I never did have anything I could change or anything that I learnt from the assignment!
You're implying that a child with underdeveloped communication skills is acting like a arrogant idiot because they don't know how to read past a literal interpretation of something. Reading in between the lines is an ability that has to be developed. I think you've mistaken my phrasing of "too analytical" as a humble brag. I was just describing my weak social skills in a certain area as a kid.
Feels. Back in the day there was an in-class writing prompt about "How Could the World be Improved?" or something to that effect where you write for like three minutes and hand that in. Well, being the angsty teenager I was turned in a good few sentences of "some people should just die/be killed" which, hell, I'm sure plenty of people might think at least once in their life. Ended up getting suspended and had to meet weekly with a counselor for the remainder of the year because I should have "cleaned up my opinion."
Sorry to laugh at your troubles, but thanks all the same. Sad that what sounds intelligent, insightful and brave on a NY Times editorial usually ends up sounding like fodder for lockdown drills in a high school ...
pgaiser1 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:02:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I take it you responded, "So, you'll only take compliments, is that it?"
Storm137 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 05:11:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I gotta agree with your kid. I deal with whiners like that in writing, they just wanna hear how amazing they are and how prolific their writing is when in reality they suck, they need to put down the crappy anime tropes and LEARN.
Though I do think he should've written a full critique. Just to rub the salt in a little.
lollity ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:29:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The point was probably to write a critique, so only one sentence would not have been sufficient.
In English class we were assigned a poem and told to set it to music. Most of the class understood and picked a song that related thematically and compared the works. Others picked instrumental work and read the poem to that music.
I performed "when I have fears that I may cease to be" to the tune of "when the saints go marching in" in front of the class with aplomb.
dylansan ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:38:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One song to the tune of another. A classic game, always fun.
I'm a fan of Nicki Minaj's Anaconda to the tune of Stars and Stripes Forever.
mdragon13 ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 23:39:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was once told to write about what I saw at the guggenheim museum. So I wrote about the bathrooms, the cafeteria, the lobby...
I hardly mentioned the art lol. 3rd grade was a fun time.
Storm137 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:25:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh let's face it. As kids we don't wanna be at museums for fancy pictures. We want dinosaurs, we want stuff to climb on and of course if the bathroom is self flush it is considered probably part of the best part.
My favorite part of the Museum of Science and Industry was the ice cream.
(I was seventeen too. I had never been until I was almost an adult)
Hoberto ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Museum trips really would be better as college or work field trips.
Sure, it has nothing to do with my current career, but I'd love and learn much more from a lectured tour of the art museum now than I ever did in grade school.
Not a teacher but as a student we were required to draw a picture of a person we loved. I was in first grade and drew a picture of a girl in class. We proceeded to sit in a circle and discuss all of our answers. As everyone said their parents, I said the girl's name. I'm still not over the embarrassment.
Unfortunately I did not. First grade me was too embarrassed to actually follow up on it and I moved from the city the following year :(
[deleted] ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 03:11:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to write an essay about the differences between the European and Japanese theaters of war in WW2. One student wrote about the different films released in the two regions during the time.
One of my 6 year olds, instead of writing her name on the lines at the top of the workbook page, keeps writing ABCs there. Like Aa Bb Cc until she runs out of space. I try to tell her that's for practicing her name, but she is just bewildered. It's kinda cute but I fear for her logic skills.
Not quite a misinterpretation, but last year I had a class of 3rd graders (I teach English in Japan) and one girl was the doodling-on-everything type (I can sympathize). She brought in her homework and there was a tiny drawing of an apple with a face, which she had labeled "appo". She was doing her best to spell English from memory. :D
That was absolutely my favorite misspelling I've come across.
I did too, and then I became an Illustration major. No one can stop me!
So now I give extra stickers to kids who doodle on their homework.
poopnado2 ยท 293 points ยท Posted at 19:50:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will be lame because I can't quite remember everything, but when I was teaching undergraduate biology we gave groups of 3 a really simple assignment. They had to use a "reaction time" test to compare a control vs a treatment group of people. The reaction time test was a ruler that was dropped between a person's thumb and forefinger. They had to grab it as quickly as they could, and the position they gripped the ruler at was used (with an equation) to measure reaction time. Some groups tried distracting the treatment group with music, or compared people who just ate a big meal against people who who hadn't. Anyways, it was pretty simple.
One of the groups had designed an elaborate reaction time test of their own...I think they actually designed 3 reaction time tests using words and colors on a computer screen. I don't even think they tested them on people, I think they just made up these new tests. They were kind of cool, but it wasn't the assignment. They had spent many hours on this, and they were totally shocked when they got to class and realized that they had totally missed the mark on a really simple assignment. I had given everyone a grading rubric that outlined what they were supposed to do, so I don't know what happened there. I don't understand how all 3 of them ignored what I told them in class AND the grading rubric. I think I had them do it over again for a couple of docked points for the next class.
They had spent many hours on this, and they were totally shocked when they got to class and realized that they had totally missed the mark on a really simple assignment.
Sounds like an important lesson in corporate committee-led project planning
I just take the colored stickers off and put them in the correct places.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:47:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
stfu you rude brick
SgvSth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:08:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think they actually designed 3 reaction time tests using words and colors on a computer screen. I don't even think they tested them on people, I think they just made up these new tests.
Vibe here. Did these tests have the person shout the actual color of the word while the word was the name of a color?
I taught several undergrad classes in grad school, and one of the enduring lessons from that experience was: No matter how much you emphasize something, whether you say it or write it down or both, someone will always miss it.
One day we were doing a world culture assignment and each group was given one country to give a talk on. I had two idiot girls who always chatted in the back of the class and never paid attention. Well, the following week when it was their turn to present, they started showing all of these pictures of Sea World, Shamoo, and whales, and whale watching. I was like, WTF girls? They said, "But you told us to do a presentation on whales." I had to break it to them that their assignment was Wales, as in the country, not the sea mammal. The rest of the class thought it was funny.
Not a teacher, but I know of a student whose task was meant to be answering something like 10 maths questions in 30 seconds. The teacher told him to try to 'beat the clock' - he proceeded to punch the clock.
wnp ยท 554 points ยท Posted at 21:46:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a sophomore, the band director asked this freshman kid to "hit the lights." He was gonna switch 'em, but then this upperclassman leaned over and said, with a straight face, "don't flip the switch, just punch it."
we all, including the director, watched the freshman for about 20-30 seconds as he stood there dumbfounded, seemingly trying to figure out which of the two actions he should actually take. poor guy. :)
[deleted] ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 22:38:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Twizzar ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 23:30:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe you when you said you were joking first time
Today it rained at my school. There are some portables classrooms on the exterior of the school. I was walking to my class and I watched a kid at the other end of the rows of portables drop a book. As he leaned over to pick it up, his open backpack spilled all over the wet sidewalk. He stopped moving and just stared at the mess.
fireaero ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
poor guy. :)
wnp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:44:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Intentional! I feel bad for him, in a kind of "I'm still glad it happened because it was hilarious" sort of way. I hope he had similar experiences with classmates having funny moments when he got older, too.
Rosko789 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you may have gone to my high school
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It must be a coincidence, I think I'm over 10 years older :)
unless you had a pretty long delay before college, maybe?
I think the appropriate sarcastic response is, "but I can't reach them, they are on the ceiling."
ldAbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a friend like this, who's not really capable of thinking for himself.
He brought two left shoes to his gym class, and upon the teacher finding out, asked him whether he had two left feet.
He said "yes". Despite clearly having a left and right foot.
tk-not21 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:50:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I PUNCH THE INITIATIVE!
Amadan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When a friend of mine was in high school, his class was notoriously rowdy, in a notoriously rowdy school. The teacher got fed up with the clamor and yelled "last desk - out!" (to put it in cultural and linguistic context, more or less equivalent to "you guys in the last row - get out, and see the principal"). The three guys got up, picked up their 3-person-wide desk, and threw it through the open window they sat next to. Much hilarity was had, except by the teacher.
Or... you could just use math as a word and follow singular/plural rules. Your logic does make sense though, not that I'll ever use the term maths.
Leharen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shouldn't he have punched the clock anyway after he was done trying to beat the clock?
codeki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:34:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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SteevyT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:19:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Occasionally if my wife tells me to flip the lights off, I'll stand there for several seconds just flipping the bird in the general direction of the lights. She's sometimes amused by it.
Off topic, but I always loved the "special" people in boot that when told by a drill to "beat your face" literally punched their face instead of doing push-ups....
theniam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of a certain vine where there's this clearly drunk dude telling his mates that he "is not fucking drunk". So one of them asks him if he could tell the time. Drunky turns to the wall clock besides him, points at it and says " I am not fucking drunk". To a clock.
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:25:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a graphic design and marketing teacher in high school who wrote me a pass to go literally "hit the road", and waited until I went and smacked the pavement out front, because he was trying to teach us to speak clearly.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:41:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
found holly holm
[deleted] ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 23:03:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Typical "not a teacher, but..." When I was in college taking Spanish I, one of the questions I remember having to answer was, "ยฟCual es tu comida favorita?" (Which is your favorite food?). I was a rather lazy student and assumed the question was asking who my favorite comedian was; I responded, "Mรญ comida favorita es Dane Cook."
Actually just listened to one of his first CDs the other day. Forget which one. Whatever one had the traffic accident bit on it where people come out of their houses and shit. Still funny. Then he started trying too hard.
zach2992 ยท 237 points ยท Posted at 21:37:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what did Dane cook?
MacFatty ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:04:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mi espaรฑol es horrible tambiรฉn, pero tengo un examรฉn viernes y no voy a sacar una buena nota porque I am so confused by the concept of reflexive verbs.
Leaguerr ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:13:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for that beginning of that comment. That's been driving me crazy. I don't care if you aren't a teacher or not! What was the story?!
Kyncaith ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:35:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I remember having a classmate say, "Me gusta comer hamburguesas con queso y mis amigos."
"I like to eat cheeseburgers and my friends." He meant with.
Amadan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:04:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Chinese class... had a Kevin. He never understood anything, and resorted to repeating what others said. There weren't many students (I think 5-6 or so) and me and him were the only guys in the group. He was a big, macho-looking guy. One day, the teacher was teaching about counting. In Chinese, like in Japanese, you can't just say number+noun as in English; there is an extra word in between, called classifier, and usually relating to the shape of the counted noun. So for example, snakes, pencils and skirts all share the "thin long thing" classifier. To solidify the learning, the teacher went and asked everyone "How many (long things of) skirts do you have?" I went first, "I do not have skirts." The next couple of answers followed: "I have two (long things of) skirts." "I have one (long things of) skirts." "I also have two (long things of) skirts." Not understanding the question in the slightest, the Kevin thought it prudent to repeat what the previous student said.
Haha, this was like 8 or so years ago. He's not anymore!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Spanish, I once told a story about going on a date to my favorite restaurant and having "entrevistas." Entrevistas means interviews. I meant entremeses, which means appetizers.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? I'm in the first semester of Spanish 1 and I'd have a hard time mishearing that.
Obligatory I am not a teacher...
One day in Spanish class we were doing presentations and it was this guy's turn. The teacher said 'avienta te' which is a phrase used to tell people 'do your best'. But its literal translation means 'throw your self' so the guy just stood up and threw himself to the ground.
I taught a philosophy course for a few years. I had students write assignments that would convince me that they were not a figment of my imagination. One student wrote an essay about how he WAS a figment of my imagination. Turns out, it was actually really good, and gave him an A+. I'm pretty sure it was also the only assignment he did all year.
jakielim ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 03:13:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, I swear I read a story on another AskReddit thread just a few days ago, where a redditor convinced his professor he was a figment of professor's imagination when he had to write the same essay.
Sonderer ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:52:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too! Agh this is gonna drive me nuts!
squamosal ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 06:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is amazing. Did anyone share this with him? Well I guess I could just do it myself. Brb.
Sonderer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:07:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks kind stranger!
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:37:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a pretty common topic for an intro to philosophy class.
jsmith456 ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 02:37:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One student wrote an essay about how he WAS a figment of my imagination. [...] I'm pretty sure it was also the only assignment he did all year.
Ah, that is probably because he was just a figment of your imagination. (I know, I know, that's the joke.)
Tora-chan ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 03:02:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a redditor not to long ago posting how he wrote a paper to his professor on how he was a figment of the professors imagination. Betting that was your student!
kelsifer ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 08:08:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or this guy also read that post and decided to repost in a new thread...
One time, wayyyy back in elementary, I was to write a short paper on Woodstock, the music festival. I wrote it on the Peanuts character. Teacher loved it, gave me an A.
My History teacher in high school who also taught Current Events told us a story about a student that misinterpreted the thing they were supposed to research. It may be the teachers fault for not having this written down and only speaking it verbally.
The teacher gave them the topic "Euthanasia" and they turned in a well done paper about "Youth in Asia". Teacher was an asshole though and made them re-do it on the correct topic.
In all fairness, I thought "euthanasia" was "youth in asia" until 7th grade. Whenever somebody was telling me about how bad it is, I was just thinking, "racist much?"
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:08:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jezuz, I didn't know what it was until grade 11. Same thing though, always thought they were talking about youth in Asia, and wondered what the fuck those kids got up to that everyone was so offended by.
In seventh grade, I knew the concept (and the word) euthanasia. Somehow the topic of mercy killings came up, and I busted out that word from my vocabulary. My social sciences teacher had never heard it before apparently, and wrote up "youth in asia" on the chalkboard, and promptly proceeded to humiliate me in front of the class. Unfortunately, while I knew the word, I didn't know how to spell it properly to correct him...
I hope years later that asshole thinks back to how fucking wrong he was, and burns in shame at his ignorant arrogance; burns with humiliation that a student might just have had a better vocabulary than he did.
I just hope he burns. Of course, there's a good chance the old drunk is dead now.
"We must put an end to youth in Asia. Youth in Asia has gotten out of hand, costing many lives. And, do you know who it affects? The terminally ill. But, it doesn't make sense. Why would youth in Asia want to hurt the terminally ill? In conclusion, this was a stupid essay and assignment."
Even worse, like you, up until 7th grade I thought it was youth in Asia but then I figured Asia wasn't somewhere struggling, so they probably meant youth in Africa.
I thought the same thing until one day I realized I was the Grand Dragon of the local chapter of the KKK and I KNEW I goofed up something along the way.
At least you were taught it. GCSE year (16 yrs old), R.E exam. The essay is "explain euthanasia and various religious reactions to it" or something like that. Literally no one in the hall knew what the fuck euthanasia is - teacher had to go to the front and explain, but without making it obvious that he was helping with the exam.
So, he interrupts an exam to remind us how much time is left, then says something like "I wonder what christianity thinks about mercy killing?" or something equally cryptic - I shudder to think what some people wrote on their papers...
I'm 23, and I know that anything can be looked up online.
Proditus ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're 23 like me, you'd know that a lot of kids were only just using computers for the first time when we were in 7th grade. That's about the time when it first became common for pretty much every family to have a computer. So, if we go back a few years further than that, maybe assume that someone was in 7th grade in 2000, you'd see that a lot of families don't even own computers, much less have them hooked up to the internet.
This is a question on the census. 51% of households had a computer in 2000, 41% had internet. I was in 7th grade in 94/95. Home internet was so uncommon the government didn't even ask about it.
I feel very privileged then. I was born in 1991, and my family had a computer when I was about 4, my grandparents maybe a year or two later. Although it helped that my dad worked in a computer shop. I remember waiting for the dial up tone to go online when I was about 7-8. And I live in NZ, which is miles from everywhere else, so our options were (and still are) limited. And no, my parents weren't rich, we had no money.
Proditus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah, I was in a similar situation. My father worked in IT, so we had a computer in the house ever since I was born, and kept up to date with technology trends. But my experience was far from typical, I think.
Flailed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You posted in the wrong thread. This is the one you're looking for
Or in their late 20s. IIRC most people didn't have ready Internet access until the late '90s, If you're 28, not having Internet access when you were in 7th grade is not that strange.
I would have done it on the Megadeth album, just on general principles.
psbwb ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:15:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But the was the beginning of Dave's career slump.
Skwiggity ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:56:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think Youthanasia was the last Golden Era Megadeth album. Its the least metal one but there are some really good songs on there.
psbwb ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:10:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ehh, I think Rust in Peace was the last "Golden Era" Megadeth, but Countdown to Extinction had some good riffing on it.
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Smgth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:50:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Remembering back to when those albums came out, I really liked Countdown but I remember feeling a little let down by the black album. It was TOO much of a departure for me as budding teen metal fan. I mean, I still listened to it and I went to the concert when they came, but I died a little inside....
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Smgth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:59:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was definitely a big deal to me at the time. The seething anger faded after a couple of decades, replaced with a general bitterness...
This reminds me of a paper my friend wrote back in high school for Religious Studies, "If muslims betray Allah they will be thrown Into the lungs of hell" etc.
Turns out our teacher was a Megadeth fan and did the same thing in his comments..
"Nick, this kind of work leads to a Symphony of Detention"
zach2992 ยท 92 points ยท Posted at 21:29:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have an intense desire to actually assign kids to do an essay about youth in Asia, and then have a majority do it about euthanasia. Then those kids will all make fun of the kid who did the one about the youth in Asia, but that kid gets an A and the rest fail.
Jathom ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 22:07:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I could do this. I teach 8th grade World Geography. We aren't even close to our Asia unit. I could make this happen...but would it be an abuse of my power?
I'm also supposed to provide written instruction for assignments, so that might ruin the joke.
zach2992 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:20:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm also supposed to provide written instruction for assignments, so that might ruin the joke.
"Write a paper about the topic mentioned in class."
Eh?
codeki ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:40:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I think doing a paper about the youth in asia (about both education opportunities which from what I've heard are a bit different than in the USA) and about the male to female ratio and the shit that that could lead to....
lol this might be funny...but I feel like the topic might just be a bit too adult. Like prostitution, mail ordered brides, and an encouragement for homosexuality is supposed to be a part of that gender embalance. again, EXTREMELY interesting...but lol an 8th grader doing a paper on THAT!?
I'm a grade 8 student, and we generally don't look over the written assignments too closely. Just make the title something relevant, while not actually "Youth in Asia".
If you are my Geography teacher, I will know the assignment. I will be prepared. But I probably wouldn't tell anyone.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:48:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the only problem is that I'm a math teacher
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Word problem involving the number of youths in asia and the euthanasias.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:50:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not an assshole move. He let the student rewrite the paper. I've had several professors who would have given you a bad grade and that would be that.
Sure, but professors are generally more protected than teachers. There's a ton more to being a professor than teaching whereas a teacher pretty much is entirely focused on their students doing well.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:34:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They're pronounced almost exactly the same, "Youth in Asia" is a reasonable topic for an essay, it was never written down, what possible justification is there for rejecting it?
tion24 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:15:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This also happened at my high-school but the teacher accepted the latter.
Xannin ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:06:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How does him making the kid redo the assignment bad? He did the wrong thing and should expect full credit without doing? I would make him redo it, but I would not dock it for being late.
Doing two reports would be pretty shitty. The kid probably felt like enough of an idiot already that I would have just graded the paper he did and made him give the class a brief presentation on euthanasia.
Xannin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It would suck, but it would also teach him to clarify in the future rather than just assume they wanted a paper about Asian children. A kid completely fucking up and then a teacher saying, "Oh that's fine," doesn't teach the kid shit.
jel1995 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:32:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
my history teacher would make us do current events by taking a newspaper article and writing a paragraph about it. He was also an ass. One week my classmate dug up an article from the previous month about said teacher being arrested for drug possession to do his.
roryt93 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:29:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes I have also seen Ali G.
bruNope ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:02:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was he Ali-G by any chance?
katasian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:27:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a perfect mistake. I would've given the kid credit and made a mental note to write assignments on the board as well as speak them.
Was this a different class? Or was the history class also current events? If it was a history class dude was a total asshole.
-del2phi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought Euthanasia was "Youth in Asia" for longer than I care to admit. People would be all "We must make sure to end the evils of slavery, genocide, and youth in Asia in the third world." And I'm like "Yo, that's not cool dude."
Hazcat3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But surely, surely the teacher had just spent 20 minutes reading a newspaper article on Dr. Kevorkian or Terry Schiavo so the general subject would be obvious to anyone conscious (not having experienced euthanasia, in fact).
Cyglml ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did every history/writing teacher tell this story? I swear my social studies teacher in Junior High school said the same thing.
In the teacher's defense this mistake apparently happens in every class in every school in America based on the antedotes so it should be something people are on the look out for
I remember my mom picking me up from elementary school once, and she had a friend in the car. She was telling said friend about her late mother (my grandmother) and how she was suffering until the very end. "Dad and I even discussed youth in Asia, but because it's illegal..."
I cut in, "Wait, then where do the Asian kids go while they're growing up? And how would they help Grandma?"
They burst out laughing and kept talking, ignoring my question. When we got home I googled it, and thankfully it suggested the correct term...
Reminds me of the time in highschool where I told a kid I didn't like that he was responsible for H1N1 and abortions, and he told me I was responsible for Euthanasia. I had no idea what he was talking about, I thought he was blaming me for the over population in China
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought they were talking about the dude that got run over my the tank. Could never figure out why the teens were so pissed off in Asia. Figured they didn't have good rock music.
Merhouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had the exact same misunderstanding about fornication.
I thought they were saying "Foreign Occasion."
My whole thing was about GIs who meet women abroad.
Platicake ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 21:26:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this happened to me literally earlier today. We had a debate assignment and our team spend a good chunk prepping for our thing. We were so ready, until we found out we switched up the pro's and con's of our side of the debate. The entirety of our debate consisted of helping the argument of the other team. A class vote was done for best argument. We lost 27-1. :(
[deleted] ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 22:55:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That 1 pity vote makes it worse.
Platicake ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 23:36:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If we could convince one person, thats enough for us!
"We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong Il is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit! "
I accidentally joined the wrong side after arriving in class late once. The 'con' side that I was supposed to be helping had left the room to work elsewhere just as I arrived, so when the teacher gestured in the direction of where they were I followed his pointing to the next team over - the ones I was supposed to be opposing. I then spent an hour feeding them the arguments I thought would be good, until the teacher saw me and asked why I was working with them. Joke was on them, I disagreed with the issue anyway.
koghrun ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 22:51:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student side:
Fifth grade we are in math and learning about circles. Radius, Diameter, Circumference, Pi: all fine concepts that people are getting. Then we start talking about the formulas. Radius is just r. Diameter is 2r. Then she writes ฯ * r2 on the board. (Pi times the radius squared.) "That's the formula for the circumference of a circle." We do a few examples then math is over and we move on to the next subjects, but she assigns homework A sheet of 15-20 problems "Using the radius given, find the diameter and circumference of the circle" or something like that.
Next day, math again. We are checking the homework in class. I'm getting every answer to diameter correct, but every circumference question wrong, except for when the radius was 2. I look to my left and right and everyone else is getting the same answers as the teacher. I ask the teacher about it and she does one of the problems on the board. She uses the formula for circumference ฯ * 2r (Pi times twice the radius). I say that I used the r2 (radius squared) formula for all of them. A bunch of students look at me like I'm questioning the blueness of the sky. "It's the same thing!" says a girl next to me with the sarcasm of a 40-year old housewife.
Eventually, we figure out that while everyone in the class who took notes had ฯ * r2 in their notes, there were only three of us that knew that squaring something was not multiplying it by 2. Everyone else, accidentally did the assignment correct because they had not yet been taught exponentiation. Three of us did it as assigned, and got all the answers incorrect. The teacher was nice about it and only counted the homework for completion not correctness. She also went over the whole thing again, this time with the correct formula.
Thurokiir ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:03:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but a student. I was ESL A few years ago, in 5th grade, as I had just arrived to the US. We had to use some words/phrases to form sentences for English class. Most of them were easy: like, walk, shirt, burger, etc. but the one that confused me the most was "home run." I was thinking for like half an hour how to write a sentence with "home run". So, not knowing what a home run is, I just wrote "after school, I home ran home." Needless to say, I got that sentence wrong.
I had a vocab list and it said "mikan" = "mandarin"
and on the next line it said "orange" but I missed that.
Spent the next month saying the Japanese word for "orange" instead of "Chinese language"
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Uufi ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:55:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Japanese book had a section on how to say different countries, nationalities, and languages. It's pretty basic stuff. Also half of my classmates were international students from China, so it could easily come up a lot.
But OP didn't actually learn the word for Chinese language, anyway. They learned the word for Mandarin orange and thought it meant the Mandarin Chinese language.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still misinterpreted, but this would be common lesson 2-3 material... You learn the Japanese word for Japanese (Nihongo), and in the process grab a few other common ones for semantic reference (Eigo = English, Chugokugo = Chinese)
DaVince ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:35:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ใฟใใใ่ฉฑใใพใใ๏ผ
aezart ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:09:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ใใใใไธญๅฝ่ชใ ใ
(I am very behind on my Japanese review, does that make any sense?)
DaVince ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:37:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It does, albeit without any politeness. (It's fine :p)
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 00:48:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, baseball is an American sport. It's not really played anywhere else, and unless you talked about baseball specifically in class, I can see why you wouldn't immediately understand that phrase.
[deleted] ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 02:07:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The japanese are crazy about baseball.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:31:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball in common in Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Venezuela, and throughout much of the Caribbean. I wouldn't say that's "not really played anywhere else". I mean, it doesn't stack up to soccer, basketball, or volleyball, as far as team sports go, but it is comparable to hockey, and comparable/close to rugby and cricket in terms of overall reach.
Wow. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I also confused sneakers and snickers. Kids laughed at me when they offered me a snickers and I said "I already have" and I pointed to my feet.
what country are you from? most Latin American countries & a decent number of Asian countries know baseball so I'm guessing you're not from either region?
My sister tutored a 6th grade student whose assignment was to write a 5 paragraph essay. The syllabus for the essay included a very structured model of how the essay should look, as well as an example.
The student turned in a >20 paragraph story about goats. The teacher didn't even put a grade on it, just wrote at the top of the page, "Honey, this is not what I asked for."
Not a teacher, but in 4th grade we had a group project about The Renaissance and my group got Martin Luther. After I spent the week pleading with them that Martin Luther and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were not the same person and that the 1960s were not the renaissance, our group leader turned in a fantastic presentation about Dr. King.
jfc47 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:17:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahahaha.... what was their reaction when they found out you were right?
It was so long ago I can't even pretend to remember, but I'm sure little me gloated at least a bit.
hallipeno ยท 132 points ยท Posted at 22:20:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I took world geography in high school, we started with North America. The day before our first major test, a student asked what parts of Canada should we focus on. The teacher said, "None of it." I thought that was weird because he'd been so tough on us to learn all of the rivers and mountains but figured it was some weird ethnocentric thing (I'm from Texas; a professor at our community college wrote on a campus map that Texas was "God's Country" and the rest of the states were heathens, so not studying Canada wouldn't be that weird).
I focused on the US and Mexico that night and came in the next day ready to take the test. Turns out the teacher did not say "None of it," but rather "Nunavut."
LB-426 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 07:42:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Noo-nah-voot. You can do it! Spread the word!
ZacPensol ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 02:30:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, and I'm late to the game here, but when I was in elementary school in the 90's, our teacher had us all write descriptive short paragraphs where we pretended we were tourists visiting a jungle. She wanted in-depth descriptive details, what we're wearing, what we see, etc.
When it's over we're all taking turns reading aloud our stories, stuff about seeing birds, and plants and wearing bright shirts and sunglasses and such. Then this one kid goes.
We're walking through the jungle. We're wearing all black: black turtlenecks, black pants, black masks, black gloves, black boots, and purple socks. We each have guns as we walk past different animals as quietly as we can...
The teacher cut him off, asked him what was going on.
He thought she'd said "terrorists", not "tourists".
Side note: interesting how the go-to description for a terrorist has changed since then.
ZacPensol ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:30:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really don't remember much of what he said all that well, but the purple socks bit will always be with me. I guess it was his way of injecting humor into what he thought was strangely dismal subject matter for an elementary school class.
I would probably laugh my ass off if I worked as an elementary school teacher. I volunteer at my son's school regularly and sometimes I correct math worksheets the kids have done. I love when a kid (must have extra time) makes little (unrelated to the subject at hand) drawings on their paper. This one kid last year in the 3rd grade class never signed his name on his paper. There are always a few of those, but this particular kid always signed his with Star Wars characters' names. Another kid would write his name, but it was always followed with "luvs Anna", or whichever little girl he was crushing on currently.
In graphics class we had to photoshop a fake coffee table book. I did mine on canadian photography or some shit. My friend made a book about coffee tables.
Edit: I'm guessing the Kramer thing is some sort of Seinfeld reference?
starm4nn ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 23:41:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kramer?
gr8ca9 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meet at my place, we'll discuss the project over muffins.
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:29:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Kramer made a coffee table book (a book to be displayed on coffee tables), about actual coffee tables (so it was filled with pictures and articles about coffee tables), and it actually had cardboard legs you could extend to turn it into a coffee table.
It was a pretty silly side plot of an episode of Seinfeld.
Many years ago, in elementary school, I remember that the teacher required us to write about "checks and balances". So I researched the Federal Reserve system, how paper checks get processed, etc., etc.
Apparently everyone else in the class correctly wrote about the interaction between the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the government. It had never occurred to me.
As a Canadian I find this very confusing and irritating.
SgvSth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:51:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Er, "checks and balances" basically means what power does each branch have over the others to balance out each other. If the Legislative Branch makes a bill and passes it, the Executive Branch can veto it.
We have separation of powers in Canada (though to a more limited degree than the United States; the executive and legislative power is fused). He's annoyed because we spell the relevant negotiable instrument as "cheques".
In Canada we spell it Cheques because Check means something completely different. So because I know you use the same word for two things it completely messes with my head. I don't know much about law either.
Tefmon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:41 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Canada (and the rest on the English-speaking world outside the US) the financial instrument is called a "cheque", so the confusion would make little sense unless the assignment instructions were purely verbal (as "cheque" and "check" are pronounced the same).
Additionally, the Canadian government operates on the principle of "parliamentary supremacy" (with judicial independence) as opposed to "checks and balances", which means that in Canada, the executive branch is directly responsible to the legislative branch, and the executive cannot go against the will of Parliament.
[deleted] ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 01:47:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taught Swift's A Modest Proposal for several years (high school). Each year, there would always be a handful of students who literally thought Swift was advocating cannibalism of Irish children. No matter how much I clarified that it was sarcasm, these students would pop up. So, I finally started putting on the corresponding exam the simple question, "Did Swift actually want people to eat children?" Sure enough, even in this format, I would get wrong answers. Funny, but infuriating.... but that's teaching high school, right?
redlerf ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 04:22:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read that as Taylor Swift's rather than Taught Swift's. My couch is now covered in milk and cereal.
I, too, read that as Taylor Swift's, not Taught Swift's. No where did it indicate that A Modest Proposal was a book or a written work, so I'm actually thinking WTF? T. Swift writes songs about things *other than ex boyfriend's? * e.g. Cannibalism of children? Really?
I don't know but if they did they at least didn't have a teacher standing in front of them saying "it's not real. It's satire. He doesn't want to eat kids actually."
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:58:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Correct. Sorry. It's been about 25 years.... :)
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:04:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
misread as Taylor Swift. 10/10 would be confused again.
aezart ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:21:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Poe's Law in action. Is it legitimate? Is it a parody? Is it a parody of a parody? It's often impossible to tell.
Although you did tell them.
snipthm79 ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 02:08:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I told kids to draw a thermometer for their image to show heat when doing vocabulary. I got like 10 pictures of very phallic objects that I of course shared with my colleagues. We started keeping a folder of every dick that gets drawn by a student accidentally. If people would like to see some I can upload them tomorrow once I get to school.
Storm137 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:20:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
Remind me bot remind me of this tomorrow.
SgvSth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:21:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am here to remind you that you did not format RemindMe properly. Guide Here.
Storm137 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:02:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you. I'm sorry, I'm still figuring Reddit's various functions out.
Alright let's try this one more time...
REMINDME! 1 day.
SgvSth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:23:50 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if it worked, but here is your reminder.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:55:04 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry everyone!! I totally forgot to post the pictures. I'm not at school where most of them are in a folder but I found a few pictures to appease you until I can upload the others
When in 4th grade, I had a really bad problem of not paying attention to what the teacher said a lot of the time, so when we were discussing a project on the solar system, my mind jumped to aliens.
Of course when I told my mom about it, she went with it. We made an alien out of old mannequin parts and dressed it up like a biker.
Wait wait way. The only thing you knew about the assignment was that it was on the solar system, nothing else, so instead of writing an essay, or doing a presentation, you made a biker alien and thought that probably fit in with the assignment somehow?
I feel like there is some info missing from this story :D
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:04:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were supposed to Cosplay as planets like that one Simpsons episode.
pipipiper ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 23:08:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am not sure if this counts but a few years ago one of my 13 year old student's wrote "World War II was the main battle for middle earth"
This Kid was totally not wrong, maybe just a budding Anglo-Saxonist. "Middangeard" (pronounced "mid-an-yard" [no, I'm not gonna IPA that shit right now]) was an old English poetic word for the Earth.
We were discussing satire in my freshman comp class, and covering A Modest Proposal. I assigned students a response essay - quite a few were delightfully snarky and did quite well, but one young lady's response was more limited - she just kept talking about how gross it was to eat babies. I took her aside, talked to her again about how AMP was a satire, and asked her to try again. Same thing - "I just think it's gross to eat babies." Talked to her again. Explained satire. At length. Asked her to try again. Her last venture began with "well, maybe if nobody wanted the babies...."
Also, not quite a misinterpretation, but one of my students began an essay she'd written about herself beginning with "Most of my clients don't masturbate in public, but...." It was quite a hook, although I'm not sure whether or not it was a deliberate device (she was a home health care worker).
I told my high school seniors to "right justify" the last name and page number for their essays. Multiple students just typed the word "justify" in the upper right hand corner.
That's where you'll have the persons name/info/whatever written on the right side of the paper, instead of the rest of the writing which keeps the clean left side line.
We were always just told "Write your name, date, and class in the top right corner in the header." None of this "justify" shit. That always confused me as a kid reading that in word.
Sure, when you write. But for typing and figuring out how to make the computer do that... In word when you hover over the symbol it calls it that. Might need a different term, but a single compact term instead of a phrase is helpful for that.
Multiple students just typed the word "justify" in the upper right hand corner
I'm picturing a trend of "Justify" papers, written by folks who fancy themselves "Justifiers" who "justify any analysis of this topic" and are "damn good too". But they can't be any geek off the street, they gotta be handy with the gavel if you know what I mean. Justifiers, type up!
Right justify and Left justify comes from typing with a typewriter. It predates margins in a word processing program like, well, Word. You used to have to set the tab stops on your typewriter to set the margin, and Jesus Christ just writing this exhausts me, thank GOD for computers.
I will admit typing drills in typing class paid off in the long run. I can type as fast as I think.
aard_fi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:08:01 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a native German speaker I directly understood it. Absolute basic word processing terminology, which nowadays you should learn early on in school, but unfortunately even office workers spending most of their time in word processors don't know (together with not really having a remote clue on how to properly use a word processor)
Not a teacher myself but... As a punishment the teacher told a girl to copy the glossary at the back of the book. She came back the next day and had xeroxed it. Teacher was torn between furious and laughing.
I'm not a teacher, but I was a bit of an ass as a student, so I have a couple: in my ninth grade geography class, we had to color a map of whatever region we were studying, and there was at least one new map per week. I enjoyed it, but thought it was a total waste is time, so to entertain myself, I started using strange colors for the maps. My best one was using different shades of blue for the countries in south Eastern Europe, and greens and browns for the seas. My younger siblings reported my maps were used as examples of how not to do the assignment for years after.
Another was in tenth grade, when we were reading Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in English. The teacher gave us a list of about 20 vocabulary words, and told us to "put each of the words into a sentence, so I asked if I could put then all into one sentence or if I needed to write a sentence per word. The teacher told me it wasn't possible for me to put all the words into one sentence, but I could put multiple words into a sentence. Challenge accepted! Ten minutes later when I turned in my single sentence, he said again that he didn't believe I could do it. I got full credit. Heard about that one from siblings later, too.
fairysdad ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 01:47:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully it wasn't one of those sentences that go like "W, X, Y, and Z are all words used in Julius Caesar" where the actual meaning doesn't even matter.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Albert Cena
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:07:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was just my schools Geography teachers were a joke. Our final exam was a one hundred question multiple choice test. Basically questions with a/b/c/d and t/f. About 10/100 of the questions weren't even Geography related, bullshit like "which street in my town has the most Tim Horton's".
Artess ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:49:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
which street in my town has the most Tim Horton's
Isn't that question basically on the Canadian citizenship test?
Is it really? Well I was born here so never had to do it, if it is that's probably pretty sad.
Artess ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, I was making a joke =)
I mean, I have no idea, it actually might be, but probably not.
Artess ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:47:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had those assignments in grades 6 through 9 in history classes. After spending fifteen minutes on colouring the map you really start to understand where all those things are happening. To this day I approximately remember the borders of each partition of Poland
We had a 9th grade French assignment that was "Color in Europe and name 10 countries correctly in French. Extra 10% for every extra country". Only assignment I ever went full Hermione and got >100% on.
Where did you go to school? (Country/State) We studied Julius Caesar in 10th grade too but the questions were harder I think, needing us to write pages of analysis (rather poorly done of course, we were 15!)
When I was in second grade we got a textbook which was full of short stories. Each story was followed by a set of questions you answered to test your reading comprehension. It was probably 200 or 300 pages, which as a second grader was a ton. The teacher told us to "cover the book" by next week. She meant that she wanted us to put a book cover on it to keep it clean (not sure if this is done everywhere or just in Texas). Anyway I mistook "cover the book" to mean we had to complete it. So I spent the next week reading every single story and answering every single question.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 02:54:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
10 Years. Banned without reason. Farewell Reddit.
I'll miss the conversation and the people I've formed friendships with, but I'm seeing this as a positive thing.
<3
cam5478 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:14:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So got bored and read the Wiki page. Apparently it's called the recorder because you're supposed to learn it by heart(a whole bunch of Latin stuff led to that one). That is definitely the best Seal of Virginity I've ever heard: Having learned the recorder by heart ( unless you're this guy of course.)
fuckitx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:49:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time on a written test the last question was something like: "How do you spell Brontosophoroustrate." It was written on the just like that. My first thought was, "shit i can't spell that." Then i realized it was a freebie.
jakielim ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:56:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
middle school vocab class. Match the word to the definition. Teacher forgot to randomize the answers so it was 1:A, 2:B ....
One guy was freaking out b/c he didn't feel like it should be that easy, so he refused to turn the paper in with the answers in order. Everyone else did.
I teach in Vietnam and a lot of the teenagers are heavily influenced by South Korean pop culture. For Halloween I had them write a scary story.
One girl wrote of how her beloved Korean pop star had recently gotten a girlfriend. This was the most horrifying thing she could imagine. But it's OK. They then broke up. So now my student is free to stalk and marry the Korean pop star of her dreams.
Really gave me a good chuckle.
Patrho ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't think this should be in here honestly. If that is the most horrifying thing she can think of that is good really, maybe ask the shit in the world would stop happening of people can't think of horrifying things.
This is my misinterpretation. I grew up in a really shitty household with abusive parents. My gifted and talented teacher noticed this, and she tried to take me under her wing. She would comb my hair in the morning when I got to school, bought me underwear when she learned I wasn't wearing any, brought me lunch, etc.
In the summers, she taught poetry at a state college. She would take me with her just to get me out of the house. So as a fifth grader, I was taking a college poetry class.
I usually kept up pretty well. But one assignment had the prompt: "Two roads diverge in a wood. We know which one Robert Frost chose. Which do you choose?"
I had no idea that it was talking about a famous poem. So I did the entire assignment by explaining that I took the road on the right, and why.
Unfortunately, I'm not. I moved out of that town, and I haven't been able to find her on Facebook. For all I know, she could have passed away. I feel bad that I didn't keep in touch with her.
lollity ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:15:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did you take that road? Also, how are you doing now?
I took that road because I write with my right hand lol.
I'm doing much better now. I've been married for 12 years, have 3 kids, just dropped down to part-time to spend more time with my family. I still talk to my mom on a VERY limited basis. I completely cut out my asshole stepdad. Surprisingly enough, we're doing pretty well financially. I'm not the 1%, but I don't have to worry about how to feed my kids. It's a completely different lifestyle from when I grew up and legitimately went to bed with no food on many nights, and had no heat in the winters.
I was a student for this one. We were given a timed writing prompt about how Beethoven's Sinfonia Eroica (Heroic Symphony) had to do with Napoleon and how great he was.
I spent most of my time wondering why I needed to write about how erotic Napoleon was. I was very creeped out.
A classmate of mine back in high school had to do a presentation on a well known indigenous Australian. He chose a footballer, but ended up confusing two indigenous players, Michael O'Loughlin and Michael Long. His presentation was a weird conflation of two football careers, and he even used both names interchangeably in front of the class. When the teacher interrupted him to ask which player he was talking about he just looked confused and soldiered on.
Muzer0 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:40:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When she was young, my mother was told to bring a tangerine into class. Not being from a particularly healthy or wealthy family, she didn't know what a tangerine was. However, for some reason, she happened to own a tambourine. She brought it in.
courtnoo ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:45:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My students were assigned to do a little research paper on black lung when we were learning about labor history. One girl turned in a paper on some heavy metal band named Black Lung.
Not necessarily an assignment, but still a misinterpretation I had during preschool and 1st grade.
Whenever there was an in class group project/assignment my teachers would say "work with your neighbors". I would either not work with them or do so reluctantly because none of the other students lived next door to me.
JMCrown ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:31:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me but something I witnessed as a student. In 3rd grade we had to all do book reports. One girl who was painfully shy gave our teacher a cassette tape and the teacher naturally thought that she recorded her report because she was nervous about speaking. So teacher plays it in front of everyone. After about a minute, it becomes obvious that the girls is literally just reading the book word for word and recording it. I felt bad for her because she was obviously shy and thought she was doing the assignment. The look of displeasure and disappointment on the teacher's face when she shut off the tape player was crushing.
Storm137 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:35:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She made her own audiobook. I'd be impressed.
sound2503 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:29:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not mine, but I once overheard a woman telling her friend about an assignment she had in nursing school. She had to draw and name the human heart. By "name" her professor meant "label". She drew a heart and wrote "CHARLIE" on the top of the page. ...I hope to god I never have her as my attending.
You hope to not have her as she perfectly followed the instructions given to her? If the teacher said name and not label that is clearly on the teacher. Who the fuck says 'name' in place of 'label'.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:29:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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aezart ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:28:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anthropomorphizing creates sympathy towards the subject. Clearly the teacher wanted the nurses to care more about the heart.
My dad used to always tell me this story from when I was younger. I was practicing pitching and catching with my baseball coach(technically he was my teacher and pitch/catch was my assignment). I have no clue why he even tried to help me out considering every game he had to run to my purposefully appointed outfield position and tell me to stop doing cartwheels mid game. So I was a ditzy child as most of us were and I could not catch the ball during this pitch/catch practice to save my life. I remember him throwing it one more time and I didn't catch it and he says ," Make sure to keep your eye on the ball son, remember eye on the ball". I followed his advice very literally and proceeded to pick up the ball and put it on my left eye, and then my right because I realized I was a righty so why would I keep my eye on the ball with my left eye?
If the cartwheels weren't a sign enough that I was a lost cause, I'm sure my sweet ball to eye skills did the trick.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't say balls to the wall. THAT would've been awkward.
JCoda413 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:48:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard I keep having to wipe my eyes. Thanks for being a sprite of a child.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in 3rd grade I misheard project instructions and thought I had to make a candy wrapper and bar. Turns out we just had to make a wrapper, but I spent like 3 days making a homemade chocolate bar.
KatJit ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom teaches 8th grade Georgia (the state) History in Georgia (the state). Inevitably every year at least one kid turns in an assignment with facts describing Georgia (the country). Like they don't even realize the place about which they are writing doesn't sound anything like the place in which they live.
When Russia invaded Georgia a few years back, did you think they were invading the US?
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No. I literally never heard anything like that. I don't keep up with a lot of the news unless I absolutely have to, because a lot of it really upsets me. I never even heard of a country being called Georgia until tonight.
Storm137 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:10:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:) You learn something new every day.
Though this whole thing brings up a funny memory.... I was browsing DeviantART and this chick has asked the random people of dA (who are basically trolls most of the time) to help her with her homework. And this chick is convinced Arizona is a country. Even when explained it's a state, she claims she's Canadian and can't fathom that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:34 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:54 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know that is really rude. You know you don't have to type everything that comes to mind right?
Not everyone knows everything. And something THAT obscure? Most ADULTS probably don't know that!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:16:44 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:16:55 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And you amazingly believe that? From your posts you're not American yourself so you have really no room to say anything. Being from a foreign country doesn't make what you're saying any less of being an asshole.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:43:22 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:44:59 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You apparently do because you CALLED me a perfect example of one.
Not a teacher, but when I was in grade 8 we had an assignment for social studies to make an anti-racism poster. A genius in my class didn't notice the "anti" part and made a full blown racist poster with stuff like "death to Jews" and "die Pakis die" on it. The teacher nearly had a heart attack when he saw it.
[deleted] ยท 163 points ยท Posted at 01:32:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone posting "not a teacher, but a student," is misinterpreting this very assignment
SgvSth ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:55:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 7th grade everyone in our English class had to illustrate a vocabulary word: and they were supposed to be as nice as you could make them-- posterboard, map pencils, the whole nine yards. Well, this one girl in our class, a SUPER sweet, super Christian girl was a great artist, so I was looking forward to seeing hers.
Her word was "rapture," and she drew..... the Rapture. With Jesus and everything. It was so cringey-- but she had put SO much work into it, and it looked really nice. It was awkward having the teacher explain that she didn't mean THAT particular version of rapture.
kairon156 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:32:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What other "rapture" is there?
Ubuntuful ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
"Leonora listened with rapture"
kairon156 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:44:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've honestly never heard of the word rapture used in that way.
Woah, I've never heard that before! I live in the states now, but when I moved here from Canada as a kid, everyone made fun of me for calling them "pencil crayons." Who knew colored pencils had so many names?!
Ha! Pencil crayons, that's awesome. I guess we called them "map pencils" because we predominantly used them to color maps in social studies... I just asked my son (10) what they call it at his school and he said "colored pencils." I'm going to have to investigate now.
Well, I took a poll on facebook about "map pencils vs. colored pencils" and the results were pretty unanimous (it actually went on a lot longer than this, I just grabbed it as an example). Fortunately one of my friends was able to explain the origins for me! : )
Not a teacher, but when I was in high school we were assigned to read "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison over the summer. I read "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells. Didn't realize my mistake until when class started and we had to write an essay about themes in the book. I just wrote my essay about the book that I had read; the teacher was understanding about it and gave me like half credit.
Nick0013 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:57:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A story that a student teacher told me: It was some class on European history and the class was assigned to write a research paper on the influence that Martin Luther had on society. Apparently, one student wrote a fantastic paper that was very academic, excellently cited, and very insightful... on Martin Luther King Jr.
fuckitx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:41:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And yet she couldn't realize that none of that happened in Europe..
Spidey16 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:22:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mother is a primary school teacher. Part of her curriculum was to teach the kids about Wales (the country) but she was only verbally told this, she never saw it in writing.
So for several weeks her and the students spent hours of class time researching Whales! The different types of whale, how whales reproduce, how whales feed, whale migration patterns, how whales differ from sharks and fish (ie: what makes them a mammal), even art lessons in which they painted whales.
She put so much effort in and the kids learnt so much about whales. The only time her supervisor picked up on what she was doing was when she put in a request to take the kids on a field trip to the beach as whales often migrate up and down our coast here in east Australia.
They never learnt about that little region of land next door to England, but they had such a great experience learning about marine biology!
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:05:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Might be a bit late but my parents love this one. When i was 5 years old our teacher was teaching us about Jesus' resurrection and how a seal covered his tomb. She asked us to draw it and because im the genius that i am, drew the animal protecting Jesus' body.
English teacher. In one of my first years teaching, I had a low-performing class. Getting any of them to turn in any writing was nearly a miracle. But I had a few kids who really worked hard. We had been working on essays, and we were reading The Old Man and the Sea. I told the students that they needed to include quotes to prove their points better.
The next essay that followed, I had one student turn in a short, but earnest essay that talked about Santiago's struggle, and how it reached a peak when Santiago screamed to the sea, "I'LL GET YOU, FISH!!" This line never appears in The Old Man and the Sea.
I guess I forgot to mention that the quote should actually be from the book itself.
I'm not a teacher, but I remember the first time I've ever misinterpreted an assignment... and it's pretty embarrassing.
I was in the 1st grade when my teacher handed out the world's most basic assignment a 1st grader could ever get. It had only one question on the entire page and I still got it wrong. I remember that day clearly because it was precisely when I was diagnosed with ADHD. That damn question only asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. So I immediately wrote down "giraffe" and sprinted towards the playground.
12 years later, our elementary school teachers finally gave back our assignments at graduation. I looked down upon my 1st-grade assignment and that's when I realized, I still want to become a giraffe. And I will, goddamnit. Iwill.
I was the student. Was supposed to buy and read The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Accidentally bought The Pearl, a collection of Victorian erotic stories. 15 year old me was very confused.
Had an ESL class made up of refugee and migrant kids. We were learning about Indigenous Australians and after a few lessons on dreamtime stories, I got the students to write their own. One of them, a giant sweethearted kid of Kenyan descent wrote a story about why white girls shouldn't be worried about going out with black guys.
Not a teacher, but one notorious meathead was in a class where your essay was to be double-spaced.
So he typed every sentence, then hit enter twice.
His formatting for the whole essay was the same as this comment.
Last I checked, the kid was pushing buggies at a supermarket full-time.
Achatyla ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 21:57:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once submitted to a writing contest and had never heard of double-spaced. I went through and put an extra space between each of the almost 3000 words.
brickmack ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 21:53:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher ask for a 3 page double spaced paper, and thought he just meant 2 spaces after every word like this. Got docked for writing too much...
Valdrax ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 23:03:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In HTML, all white space is treated as a single space. That's why your "like this" example doesn't show at all.
Valdrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Inspect elements with your browser's developer tools on the page, and you'll see that it's <p> tags, like I said. Dunno why. Breaks would make more sense to me.
...Assuming it isn't sending different HTML to different browsers, now that I think of it. I'm on Chrome.
To be fair, he didn't exactly misinterpret anything. He knew what you meant and how to turn it in. Just obviously didn't know the difference between "double space" and hitting enter twice
Alched ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup I did that all the time in 7th grade and I don't remember any teacher ever correcting me. Didn't find out until next year when I took comp.
yeah, I'm pretty sure every 7th grader thought of the novel idea of type in size 24 font and hit space twice to achieve the "5 page paper" limit in 2 pages, max.
xorgol ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:24:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hitting enter twice isn't even the right way to do it, it's much better to change the line spacing settings.
I remember my teacher telling me to double-space a paper in first or second grade. They had never used that term before so I thought it meant press the space button twice every time, and I tried to do that but kept forgetting and gave up.
I actually knew an idiot in my senior english class at a prep school do this, he was in all honestly an idiot.
DNDnoobie ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 23:53:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was doing a gel electrophoresis lab on DNA fingerprinting with the backdrop being a murder mystery. One student couldn't get the comb out of the gel. I told him to gently press down with a finger on the gel and give the comb a wiggle.
He looked at me and said, "but they will think I'm the murderer if my DNA fingerprint is on it."
A few years ago I was taking an Artificial Intelligence class. This was a graduate level course at a University. There were a lot of foreign students, maybe half the class.
The final assignment which we were working on for about two months was to create an agent (an intelligent bot) that would play minesweeper and win. The harder the difficulty of minesweeper your agent succeeds at, the better you do in the project. Three of the students, out of about 15, had totally misunderstood the instructions of the project. On the final day where we go up one by one and have our agent play minesweeper, these students went up and presented their minesweeper game. That's right, they had written their own version of minesweeper instead of writing a bot that would play minesweeper. One student went above and beyond by making his own version of minesweeper as well as a bot that would play it.
The professor was not pleased because the whole point of the final project was to have a competition.
top bot vs the top game - losing group all get's 0's! problem solved!
veglt ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:20:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids were suppose to draw a dream they have for the future and think about how they were going to work towards achieving that dream. A young student drew one of his nightmares. He must have felt awful when he was drawing it.
Not a teacher, but I had to take a women's studies class in college. The teacher kept talking about how women were expected to be "pure and chased." Wrote my final essay about how we see men as the predators and women as prey and how women have to seem pure by trying to elude the advances of a man. She wrote on my paper that what she meant all semester was "pure and chaste."
I teach ESL geography in a nearly all-Hispanic high school in Houston, Texas. We just went over a bunch of land forms and the kids were instructed to make a comic strip using a certain number of land forms. To make it a bit more fun and structured, I told them to make it about an alien coming to the U.S. and is surprised at the land forms they see.
I guess there was a lost in translation moment for all of them because when I got them back the next period they were nearly all about illegal immigrants coming to the U.S.
I messed up pretty bad in high school biology. We took a trip to the local forest to collect "owl pellets", which are little balls of vomit that are filled with mouse bones. The assignment was to "construct a complete skeleton" using the bones. I collected about 6 owl pellets, dissected them, and made a brontosaurus skeleton. Apparently we were meant to construct a complete mouse skeleton. My teacher was so amused she decided to accept the assignment anyway. I think it's still hanging in her classroom.
Kdrama ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure how related this is, but I'll share it. Took a world religions class. Thought BDSM was short for Buddhism, wrote it on the board.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Attachment is the root of all suffering
Vs
Attachment is the root of all pleasure.
In year 7 I went on holiday overseas with my family. When I came back 2 months later, my English class was finishing up reading The Hobbit. I was lazy and never got around to reading it.
When they finished the book, we got an assignment where we were supposed to create a travel brochure about a trip to Middle Earth.
Having not read the book, my assignment was all about lava, fire pits and the Earth's core.
This my own story. So, Freshman English and History class (which in all honesty was a total joke) were blocked, so we would go to 2 periods of English one day, then 2 period of history the next, so the courses would kind of go with each other, so when we were learning about the Greeks in history, we would learn about their gods and myth and writings in English class, that sort of thing. What I didn't realize was english has gone on to the next unit and history hadn't. So, we get this assignment in English, where we were learning about propaganda and all the "tricks" advertisers use to get you to buy their product, like bandwagon, shock value etc (those are the only two I can think of atm). We were supposed to find 3 real life examples of these propaganda tricks, then write a short paragraph explaining what kind of techniques it was using and why it worked. Again, not realizing this has absolutely nothing to do with the Greeks we were still learning about in history class, I spent over 2 weeks in the library in all my spare time looking up products Greeks would use, and made up my own "advertisements" for them. I thought the assignment was to do 3 OF ALL THE propaganda techniques. I was freaking out! I was in a total panic that EVRYONE was able to finish their project in about a week, and after 2 I was still not done. It was then I found out I was totally doing it wrong. At this point, I just said fuck it and turned in what I had done, hoping maybe my English teacher would give me a break and see that I did put a ton of work into it. I got an A not only in English, but the teacher sent it to my history teacher and he thought it was so cool he actually hung one up in his room, and my little brother said its still hanging up (that was about 12 years ago). So, totally fucked it up, ended up being pretty awesome.
funknjam ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 12:26:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once asked my classes to visit a local nature sanctuary with the instructions of finding and identifying as many native and invasive species as they could for extra credit. They were to take a closeup picture of the plant and then take a selfie with the plant in the background (so I knew they weren't just ripping pix off the internet). They were to take those pix and put them in a simple Power Point and turn that in.
One student submitted a Power Point with him standing in the hallway of his home holding up an iPad with pictures of different people on it. He took more than 50 pictures, every one with him holding his iPad with a different person's face displayed on it. Anyone with non-white skin was identified as "invasive." Anyone with white skin was "native." These were just random pictures of random people. Cringe factor 1000.
Disturbingly colonialist thought pattern in a youth right there. Whoo boy. O.e
I don't know how to put this any better so; did he know that was epic level cringe worthily racist, or was he that stupid, OR was it more of a sociopathic social disconnect/"disturbingly literal" thing? (Imho, all still indicative of racism on some level, but context.)
GoAwayWay ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 00:19:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So it wasn't for an assignment, but I was judging a speech tournament for high schoolers, and I was in the impromptu round. Kids would open an envelope which contained the mystery topic (usually a word, a name of a famous person, or a quote) and had 2 minutes to come up with a ~5 minute speech about that topic.
For this round, the topic was destiny. This kid read it as "density".
To his credit, the kid tried really hard...but there is only so much your average 15 year old can say regarding density.
Density is one of those things that gets brought up at some point in pretty every science discipline whether it's earth science or physics.
Also, I always wonder why any schools bother doing physics freshman year. I know that some put high school freshmen in physics as a blanket policy. At that point, math skills aren't typically developed in most kids well enough to support useful physics skills that aren't solely conceptual.
(I happen to have a physics degree and am also a high school chemistry/physics teacher by trade.)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:37:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except inadvertantly, through their every word and action.
Did it start with: "Lorraine, my density has brought me to you..." ???
Nosiege ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:37:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was a student. A Japanese teacher asked us to translate Japanese numbers into Roman Numerals.
They meant Arabic Numerals, and everyone in the class went along with the standard 1234567890 deal, except for me, I wrote them all down in actual Roman Numerals. Everyone got it right because it was what she intended, but I got an extra mark for actually doing what it said, rather than what she intended.
jef2000 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A 9th grade student kept failing to turn in assignments. Each time, he would claim that he turned it in. After this happened several times, I asked him where exactly he was turning in his papers. He was not turning them in to the box on the table that literally had a big sign over it saying, "Turn Papers in Here" with a giant arrow. No, he was putting them in the box under the table. The blue one that said "recycling."
When I was in grade 8, there was a kid in my French class who when handed in an assignment, was accused of using google translate. When he asked the teacher how she knew, she said it because it was in Spanish.
Here's for you, guy who sorts by "new". You get The Taco Story. My public speaking teacher says that she tells this to every class now as an example of what not to do.
One of the lessons she teaches for giving speeches is parts of the speech, starting with a good hook. ANYTHING, she used to say, that will grab the attention of your audience. One of her students, who she described as "not a bad kid, but quiet and a little awkward" took this to heart and started his next speech assignment in a way that she will never forget.
He walked to the front of the classroom, put his palms together over his head, and scanned the classroom slowly from left to right while he said loudly "TACO... TACO... TACO." While that seems funny now, apparently the delivery was so creepy that no one laughed except the presenter who threw his head back and laughed like he just reanimated Frankenstein's Monster. He then proceeded to give a completely monotone speech about video games or something.
Monst3rr ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:01:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Poor kid will never forget that moment of his life.
I'd broken up with my fiancee the evening before and was pretty down. The kids (13-14 year olds) asked what was wrong and I just said 'someones just taken the jam outta my donut'.
They get a note to go to the library, despite never ever wanting to do any work ever, and vanish for half an hour.
When they get back I ask them where the bloody hell they went and they sheepishly replied 'miss we went to ask the canteen and the home ec room to get you some jam for your donut to cheer you up'.
Held back the cuteness tears and ended up having an awesome day from that adorably misguided gesture!!
I teach job skills as a part of my high school class. We had been talking about interviews and interview questions. I had them answer the infamous "what are your strengths/ weaknesses" questions. Here are some of my favorite for the weaknesses:
I teach middle school and one project was to make a "junk art" contest model of a plant or animal native to our area. One student chose to make a prehistoric whale (Basilosaurus) because, "Florida used to be under water, the rules don't say it has to be currently alive. Basilosaurus swam over where we are right now when Florida was underwater." I allowed it, it did follow the rules as they were written.
Edit: marine dinosaur to whale
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:04:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Basilosaurus was a prehistoric whale, not a dinosaur.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:07:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Immigrant here. Grade 3 and we were to draw something christmas related from a list. I got stuck with 'elf.'
I was pretty confident in my drawing but the teacher probably thought I was slow. I drew 'Alf' the alien, I had no clue what an elf was.
eland_ ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:40:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will get buried, but when I entered kindergarten I only knew a few words in english, since my family had just immigrated. The teacher asked us bring in "dirt," a word I wasn't familiar with. She also happened to be holding a bagel (her breakfast) in her hand. I associated the two and brought in a poppy seed bagel the next morning. We were going to be planting flowers.
When i first moved to an english school in 4th grade, on the first day of the course, all the kids were teaching me the bad words. First class the teacher tells us to complete the 'sheets' she was about to hand us, I burst out laughing confused looking at the other kids...I thought she'd said shit.
Speaking on behalf on the girlfriend who is a primary school teacher... she set an assignment for her 8/9 year old kids to write about life as a Victorian street child. One kid started off his story on a cold night in London but then quickly jumped straight over to condensing the story of Lord of rings with multiple references to 'Azog the defiler'
was expecting a story about the kid in class named Victor living on the street.
kaiyotic ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:52:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student. teacher asked us to draw a real life item in rainbow colours. The other kids drew rainbow coloured grass. rainbow coloured house etc... I drew an oil spill on a road on a summer day cause that was the only rainbow coloured thing I could think of
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 23:45:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but w/e. We were supposed to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison for class, a story about a black man who realizes he is practically "invisible" in a institutionally racist society. I didnt think there were 2 books with the same exact name out there (copyright? Idk) and accidentally read the one by H.G. Wells, a story about a scientist who literally turns himself invisible but can't turn himself visible again.
Invisible Man vs The Invisible Man. Understandable.
Yess-cat ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:56:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to think they were the same story; about a black man who turned himself invisible and couldn't undo it, but discovered it didn't matter anyway because institutionalised racism. Or something.
I've learned to always write down the author of the book as well as the title, as a result.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:52:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I took a fitness class and the instructor told the class about the time they had a female exchange student from Sweden in the class. She had asked her and a male student to come up to the front of the class and show off their upper bodies. Apparently in Sweden women aren't modest about taking their tops off for this sort of thing and, well...the boys in class weren't upset by this.
I used to teach a middle school ESL class, and I once gave the students an assignment whose prompt was something like, "Write one page of a day in the character's shoes." Can't remember the book we were reading at the time.
Anyway, one kid literally wrote about himself exploring the main character's shoe... except as a character from GTA. He described this "dank-ass smelling, forever dark-ass place" Shoe-opolis where he "t-boned mothafukas," "blasted hookers," "hijacked helicoptrs," "banged dem bitches," etc...
I was just happy that the assignment was longer than half a page (which is what I expected from him, since he hated doing any sort of work), tbh...
Assignment: Write a three page film evaluation. Choose three different elements of a movie (acting, music, FX, writing, sets, etc.) and write about them.
A few results: Exactly what was assigned.
Most results: Here's a five page summary of the plot, which may or may not be accurate.
Worst result: Criminal Minds is my favorite show. Here's four pages about why I respect the FBI and why I'm afraid of serial killers.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:57:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:15:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but the student. I decided to create a profile just for this one.
In preschool we were told to draw a picture of our mother for a display that our parents would be seeing in a few days. I, being a very literate preschooler, thought about this assignment for a few minutes. "They only told me to draw a picture of my mother", I thought "and my mother is not the clothes she wears. Furthermore they did not tell me to draw a picture of my mother with clothes on." I then proceeded to draw a naked picture of my mother. She saw it a few days later at the event and proceeded to have a panic attack.
ajquick ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:01:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student. It was 4th grade and we were asked to write a small little thing about where our ancestry or heritage comes from. I didn't really understand what the big deal was. I assumed this was for students that were from other countries, or had parents that were from other countries. My classmates had to go home and ask their parents, I didn't know why it was so hard for them. They came back with their ancestry's origins written out in percentages. 25% this, 75% that.. etc.
I just had to write out one line.
100% AMERICAN
On that day I received an F.. but my mullet grew 4 sizes. I still know nothing about my ancestry's origins.
My grandma tells a story of my dad who in high school had to write a two page paper for getting in trouble. Since the teacher gave no direction in what to write, he completed a two page essay of absolute nonsense, the first line being "when come around, waffle head lively."
I was once given Saturday school for excessive tardiness, spent the whole day unsupervised strolling through the school listening to my ipod eating out of all the teachers hidden snack drawers, A- detention
Not a teacher, but there was this one time my high school chemistry teacher made me write a paper on the Love Canal incident. I somehow managed to interpret that as her wanting me to write a paper on Tunnels of Love, aka those crappy boat rides through dark tunnels in state fairs and stuff. Ended up handing in a two page paper on a carnival ride for a chemistry class.
On the bright side, it made her laugh so hard she let me do it over.
I can answer from the other side. I was in a psych class called Stereotypes and Prejudice. One of our final projects was to write about a stereotyped group in a popular mainstream movie that wasn't overtly about racism. All of the examples she used of movies with unexpected subtones of prejudice and stereotyping were comedies, so I did my paper on Shrek and the way they gloss over the stereotpying of ogres and other fantastic beasts. I got to class and almost everyone else chose a dramatic movie based on real events and groups of people. I felt so awful. My teacher actually loved it and thought it was a well written paper with a great example because it demonstrated how feelings of otherness and exclusionism are so present in our culture they are a staple of even childhood classics. But until I read her grading notes that she loved it I felt like the worst person.
For my Honors 10th grade English essays, I turned in works of satire. My teacher was recently out of college and also a browser of reddit.
We had a creative writing assignment. I wrote about how anti virus programs give computers autism. For a book report, I read about Scientology and wrote a news report satirizing a pro-Scientology stance in comic sans. I got extra credit.
I think I still may have some of my essays saved in my google drive.
In 12th grade I wrote a poem that was intentionally obscure. I adored my literature teacher, everyone did. But I was always arguing with her about symbolism in poems and literature because I'm such a literal person. When she assigned us to write a poem, I took extra pleasure in asking her if she knew what I had written about. She didn't.
DIMGOD ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 23:59:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:44:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a work of art
Sefiren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you handed that in or something like that to a college/university, I would wager that you'd get in.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:54:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We sometimes forget that teachers are humans too. You remember the adults when you were a kid? This you now. For me i'm 26 and i still remember the time when i thought of people that old as serious adults. Yet here i am... doijng shit all the time.
DIMGOD ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
don't worry bro I know OP personally i'm just fuckin with him
Omg it wasn't until I started reading the thread on misread acronyms that I realised BBC could also stand for Big Black Cocks. Could not figure out why anyone would have trouble researching the BBC...
Reminds me of that one time a lot of people clicked on a clearly labeled NSFW picture because OP said he'd misunderstood what "BBC" stood for.
Kongcha ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:54:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but freshman year of high school the teacher told us to write our paper so that our ideas are illustrated. I literally drew a picture. He used mine as an example of what not to do.
emptysee ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:54:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. One of the girls in my Social Studies class way back when wrote her paper on Sequoia trees. We were supposed to write them on Native American tribes.... I don't even know what happened there.
I once did an entire project about Auschwitz a comparison of Propaganda compared to Truth. I did it all in German, even had some files on the Gas Chambers if Reich survived, you know like future plans All in German, not legit files all copied of course. did not think to translate them, got a B.
Well it was not a paper as much a sit was a bunch of pictures with statements describing the Propaganda VS Truth, like things they showed to the German people like how the Jews were given fun games and lots of food. one pic I found which was a rare piece of photo was a propaganda photo of the front of Auschwitz with a big Farris wheel.
Like the first few portions were all propaganda photos, then I got to the horrors of the different methods of gassing and the photos of those that were found on liberation day. It was worthy of a standing ovation. Didn't help that the some students called me a Nazi the rest of the school year. As none could pronounce half the words I spoke as German uses the back of the tongue and throat.
student, not a teacher but pretty good misinterpretation happened on my part.
it was the grade 9 geography exam, and much of the year we were studying political cartoons. we would have to analyze them, express what theyre referencing etc.
Well, on the 2nd page of the exam i noticed a large blank box with now lines inside of it. i didnt bother read the question cause i thought, "oh only one thing she could be expecting.. she wants me to draw a comic of my own!"
halfway through this stick people masterpiece my teacher comes by and absolutely breaks down laughing. she even picked up my page to show the class how not to answer that question.
it was not my finest moment.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:03:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
basically picture a large empty box on a test with a question above it that entails a written response.
now in that box picture an image of a globe, stick people, and speech bubbles instead. that was my response.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahhh, okay, I get it :) That's pretty hilarious
lugabs11 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:30:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On a recent test in my English class, my 8th graders had the following instructions, "Make an observation about the passage and draw an inference from it."
They drew actual pictures.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:52:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair... I'd assume you meant to draw a picture too.
I was the student that misinterpreted the assignment, it was AP English and I recall the subject saying "Write a fairy tale in your own way" so I wrote a comedy about a bear. It turns out we were supposed to rewrite an already existing fairy tale.
Poor choice of wording on your instructors part. Actually rather sad for someone teaching writers craft.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:41:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not so much misinterpreting an assignment as much as I misinterpreted what the teacher said (I'm still pretty sure she said it so I'm sticking by my story)
Around Easter time my 1st Grade my teacher was explaining the death of Jesus, coming again in 3 days and the book of Revelations. I'm pretty sure I heard her say that "3 days after Jesus was crucified, on the day of easter, he would rise again and bring upon the worlds end."
Me and another kid started crying and had to be picked up from school because well we were basically 6 year olds being told we had a few days to live and that there were no street sharks in heaven.
I have a religious misinterpretation too. There is a line they would always say in church, "jesus was crucified under pontius pilot" I didnt think much of it, and my family stopped going to church when i was about 8. Well years later in my 12th grade theology class, the teacher was talking about pontious pilot, and it clicked so hard that i just busted out in the middle of class with "wait a second, pontious pilot is a person? I thought it was a mountain!" I thought pontious pilot was the name of a geological feature where it all happened. In all of the paintings ive seen of the cruxifiction, there is this huge mountain in the backround. Then later he ends up in a cave, so it makes sense that he gets cruxified under, or in the shadow of, a mountain. The class laughed at me.
In high school, our college-level geography teacher assigned us countries for a project. He assigned "Merica" to one of our not-so-bright girls... She came in the next day with the response, "I couldn't find Merica anywhere! Is Merica even a country?"
Here she had thought there was an actual country named "Merica" and didn't catch on to the Prez-Bush joke... When our teacher figured out she was dead serious, he left the room without saying a word and didn't return for the entire hour.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I discovered that midnight is an ambiguous time for a deadline. Technically 12:00am begins a new day, so is midnight on Nov 16th the night of the 16th or is it the previous night? Once I realize this caused confusion, I made the obvious switch to 11:59pm. So 11:59pm on Nov 16th is now unambiguously the night of the 16th. Except when I still get students emailing for clarification. Mind you, these are college students.
aezart ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:45:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Switch to 24 hour time, solve all your problems. 24:00 on May 10 is 0:00 on May 11.
Not a teacher, but a student at my old high school was supposed to write a project on how drugs have helped humanity (penicillin, aspirin etc).
He came to class with a PowerPoint presentation and essay about why marijuana, acid and MDMA are great drugs and everyone should use them.
The worst part was that he had to present first, meaning he wasn't able to see other people present and realize he fucked up.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:15:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LOL
Holaacu ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:09:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember our language teacher one day told us the following story:
She was working with 8th graders, and in the day of the final exam, a few kids raised their hands. after saying she would not answer any questions at all, they stopped with their hands.
it was much to her dismay when she saw that these students, in the poetry section, had not understood the assignment"measure the length of the verses, and explain why is this so". they had literally taken a ruler and measured how many centimeters long it was, and one even tried to explain that this was because of the font and writing style, and wrote 4 paragraphs about the use of longer sentences, larger letters or spaces, and how this affected the poem.
JLR- ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:20:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taught grade 1. The assignment was to draw a liquid, solid and gas that was in their house. One of the students drew a picture of her dad farting for "gas". Technically right but not the answer I was looking for
anteni2 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:21:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were studying distortion in art. Homework assignment was to draw ourselves in the reflection of a spoon (or another metallic surface). My friend drew himself as a spoon, including a tiny school tie which went all the way down the handle.
Even though he did completely the wrong thing, he still got a better mark than me, which says a lot about by artistic abilities.
My first literature class in college was with a notoriously tough professor and I never actually looked at the syllabus, because I'm smart like that. The first three assignments were to read excerpts from The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and Crime and Punishment. I read all three, in their entirety.
It wasn't until we got into our next series (Homer), that I addressed him with concerns that his class was too time consuming. Upon realizing my mistake, he laughed at me so hard he started crying.
animar37 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:52:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't quite get where the misunderstanding was, care to explain?
I was supposed to read small excerpts from each of the three books. Instead, I read each book from cover to cover. All three are very long books considering the amount of time between assignments.
animar37 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:07:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah one of those a week, plus a four page summary, was soul crushing. Luckily that amount of work right off the bat helped me work into a good rhythm for the rest of my freshman year and my GPA reflected that.
Also, I really like Dostoyevsky now.
dtorb ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:28:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is far too late but:
In high school science, the teacher gave us a research and presentation project in which we chose our own topic having to do with bodies of water and aquatic animals. We are given a class to do preliminary research to decide our topics and at the end of class we tell the teacher our topic. It became the turn of the girl behind me and she says "The Ocean Flow..." which the teacher under his breath says "Oh, ok you mean the currents of the ocean, very interesting."
Two weeks later we all present and it comes to said girl, who holds up a poster board which says "The Ocean Floor" and the teacher says "I thought you told me you were doing a presentation on currents..." The girl responds "No, I told you I was doing the Ocean Flow, did you not hear me?!" and begins to lay on some attitude. "Yes, and by flow I assumed you meant currents, as in the flow of the currents in large bodies of water." One of this girls' close friends pipes up from the back of the room "Yo! He thought you meant you was doing the ocean flow not the ocean flo..." at which point I sat back and enjoyed the ensuing (and awkward) argument over proper pronunciation of words.
Osi0425 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:52:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shamed student here. My junior year of high school, I took a Shakespeare class. At the end of our studies of Hamlet, we were asked to write an essay on which character we thought was the most dastardly. I was a bit surprised at the teacher's language, but no one else reacted, so I buckled down and spent the next hour writing about the character I thought was the most bastardly. I had never heard the word dastardly and had no idea what it meant.
dalecat ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:18:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Middle school teacher here. Gave the students a packet that was stapled together consisting of 5 pages. Assigned only pages 3 and 4 for homework. The pages were not numbered. One student came to me the next day and told me he couldn't do it because the pages were not numbered. I told him to just count and he would be to find pages 3 and 4. Even his parents couldn't figure it out. It was a baffling moment for me in my teacher career.
Mcginnis ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 17:43:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher in elementary school give out basic counting homework. Basically color the 3rd house, color the 5th cow, etc. however, me being a lefty and confused as to which way to start counting from, I counted right to left. (I'm Canadian, we write left to right). Anyways I got all the homework wrong and complained to my mom. My uncle was like "kids got a point, the assignment didn't say to count form the left"
hmorani1 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:08:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Couple of first graders get on stage but are so nervous they can't sing the national anthem. So the teacher hands them a book that has the lyrics written on and starts singing with, she told them sternly just READ. Turns out the teacher slipped some fingers and told them to read the index. They were too afraid to say anything and they start singing the index in the tune of the national anthem. Funniest and truest shit ever.
Boontz13 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:12:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 6th grade health class each student was assigned an infectious disease to research. We were supposed to write a paper, an oral report, and a visual board to use during our presentation. You could tell my teacher was irked when I walked in without pictures on my presentation board (Dad said no pictures). I was 20 seconds into my presentation when the teacher emphatically stopped me and asked "What are you doing?" I said "I'm doing my presentation on genital warts!" She said, "No, General Warts. GENERAL!" She told me my presentation was over and laughed hysterically for the rest of class. I knew more about genital warts, as a 6th grader, then most will ever want to know.
kevvok ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:35:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, both DuckDuckGo and Google auto-correct "general warts" into "genital warts," so I feel like your teacher may have not thought that assignment through well enough.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Newbirns, bahaha. And when you can easily edit!
Sad
voixxy ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:51:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just...how can it be a typo when you spelled it that way consistently in the entire post?
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voixxy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:46:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
shrug it was just an observation. As a teacher, yes, we are expected to be able to spell. Just poking fun. Your responses speak much more about yourself than me.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:18:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't early introduction to foods hurt their tummies and possibly cause allergies?
I'm not an expert, but I have a friend who is a virologist.
A couple of months ago, he mentioned something about exposing young kids (about 7-10 months) to small amounts of things that are commonly associated with allergies, like peanuts. Doing so would allow their immune system to develop with the ability to handle these substances. He wanted to identify if part of the reason these allergies seem to be more and more common has to do with parents preventing their kids from having any exposure to these things.
I have no idea what, if anything, he found.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:16:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I meant early introduction as in wheat cereal at 3 months, jars of baby food at 4.
From what I heard introducing possible allergen except dairy at 7-10 is ideal. But Im not a professional. Also, breastfeeding moms should eat peanut butter so peanut proteins get passed through the milk is something else I heard.
I'm not sure how valid the peanut thing is since my mom breastfed 3 kids in a country where peanuts are not a common food, and none of us have peanut allergies.
I don't know, but I approve of the use of "tummies" as the correct medical term for a baby's stomach.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:28:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the countless people telling me I should give him solids, and an ex friend trying to shove her mashed potatoes down my 3 month olds throat to *help him wean"
Shudder...
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me you punched her in the fucking throat.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:44:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:46:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh most certainly. I couldn't stand her "motherly advice". It was like she was passive aggressively trying to one-up me and control me, and, her advice was bad. So bad..
She was my friend pre-kids... The differences in how we raise our children just made us grow apart.
soapyeggs ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 00:39:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A purposeful misinterpretation, and I'm not a teacher but anyway. My old religion teacher liked to be creative when punishing students, once he told someone to write a 2-page essay with the title "Essay in a Balloon." The guy comes in the next day with a blank page with "Essay in a Balloon" written on top inside an inflated helium balloon. The teacher approved.
Not exactly a mixed up assignment but funny non the less, teacher walks in my 9th grade class and says, "today we're going to work on double negatives." One female replied, "tssk, don't nobody need no help on no double negatives!"
In third grade my teacher asked us to summarize a book we read. "Give me your version of the story in your own words" she said. I went home and wrote down every sentence but changed it just enough so that it'd be different. Example: Magnolia was a gorgeous city and the denizens all led happy and fruitful lives to the beautiful city of Magnolia had citizens that all led wonderful lives. EVERY SENTENCE. It took me like 14 hours and when I turned it my 70 page summary of the book, she gave me the most pitiful look. I'm sure she didn't even read it. Boy was my face red when everyone turned in a paragraph. Still got an A though.
izz0i ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:59:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher or the student but there was an assignment to write a response to a poem that involved cranes (as in the birds). Guy ended up writing an essay about construction cranes. Bless him.
JustusGS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:02:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: A very compelling case for always providing written instructions.
Teach English at a Japanese university. Assignment was a 300 word essay about Japanese stereotypes. Student gave me a 50 word paper about Pioneer and Panasonic.
I had to score some science fair projects for a lower grade when I was in high school - I was a senior and these projects were done by sophomores. Each student was assigned a topic. I was completely confused when reaching one poster that had a table listing the accuracy of horoscopes for a few people over a couple days. Such as "Jimmy, Horoscope=True. Sally, Horoscope=False".
Why are horoscopes scientific? I looked at the card with the topic assignment on it and it read "Astronomy". It took me a second and then it clicked...
This didn't happen when I was teaching; it happened way back in second grade. The teacher was presenting a project, but I wasn't paying close attention. We were supposed to dress up as a famous character from a book, but I just heard the famous part. I came in dressed as a famous historical figure. I figured everyone would be Abe Lincoln, George Washington, or someone a 2nd grader would know. I decided to go all out and dress like someone no one else would be dressed like. Class presentations day came, and there I stood, amongst such characters as Peter Pan, the Cat in the Hat, and Mickey Mouse, dressed as Gandhi. Mahatma Muthafuckin' Gandhi.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:11:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't exactly answer the question but in the first grade we had to do a presentation on a famous Canadian. One of my classmates chose John McIntosh. He said he couldn't find a picture of him so he brought a framed picture of a McIntosh apple he had at home. I still laugh at it to this day.
When I was in primary school, I had to research Elvis and write out what I found out and some interesting facts. Didn't have internet back then, so I asked my 15 year old brother, he thought it would be hilarious to give me facts about Hitler (yes Hitler), so I go into school the next day and hear everyone read out their homework, slowly realised that I had been punk'd.
Xiphias_ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:35:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read on a science paper from a student: "If it were not for decomposers the animals would just lie there and rot".
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:47:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher but the student, our English teacher set us homework of going home and looking up the ancient Greek god Hymenaeus...sometimes shortened to Hymen.
TL;DR- English teacher sent a bunch of 11 yr olds home to look up "Hymen" on the internet.
eldonkr ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:58:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to write a cause and effect paper for a college class. I couldn't think of a good topic, so I wrote my paper on the cause and effect of not having a topic for your cause and effect paper. The alternate title, because all of my essays have alt titles, was "Using rhetoric to obscure lack of content"
The next semester I had a similar class with a teacher I didn't like, so I did all of my papers on topics I knew would piss her off. I put extra effort in to make sure that the formatting, grammar, etc was perfect. Passing a class only because the teacher had no legitimate reason to fail you is awesome.
I'm a teacher now, but I still remember this from grade 4 when I would have been 9 years old. The teacher split us all up into groups of 3 and each group received a different assignment task. The teacher didn't explain each project verbally but handed cards with the task outlined on to each group.
I am vague on the wording of the assignment because it was a really long time ago, but my groups task was about volume and we had to use cups to measure water and see how much we could hold using them. For some reason, the other 2 classmates in my group interpreted the assignment task from the teacher as being to drink as much water as humanely possible using cups. I remember knowing they had misinterpreted the task but stayed quiet because I thought it was funny and it sounded more interesting to see how much water they could drink than the actual task.
Long story short, they both gave everything they had to the task and they both ended up projectile vomiting like crazy.
When I started learning algebra, there was a question about finding the nth part of a pattern (n being a variable that you were supposed to make an equation with). I thought it meant every part that ended in "nth," so I found the seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and so on and so forth until I got tired.
Not a teacher. When I was a student, we watched a film on Africa. Our teacher told us to write a review of the film. He want a summary. I wrote a Siskel and Ebert style teardown of thing complete with jokes.
Next day, out of nowhere, he tells us we have to read them.
This is great. Now I get to preform. And my stuff is HILARIOUS.
Top notch. Worked all night on it.
The first person reads. Really dry stuff about what the film was about. They obviously didn't get the assignment. Wait for the teacher to say something. Teacher says "Good job" and the next person reads a similar summary.
Something is wrong here.
I'm next to last. When the teacher calls on me, I try to explain the problem. I didn't understand. I wrote a critique. I maybe shouldn't read it out loud. It's not what was asked for. He tells me I have to read it.
So I did.
It killed. I mean, this is 7th grade, so it's not hard to make kids laugh, but they LAUGHED constantly as I tore this old educational film a new one.
When I get done, I sheepishly walk to hand the paper to the teacher for grading, and he says to the kids who are still cracking up, "It won't be nearly as funny when he sees the grade."
0/6 F. And a detention.
As a post script, a girl in my class came up to me in 7th period and said that she totally was on my side because "the filmstrip called Zimbabwe 'Rhodesian' when it hadn't been that in years." She admired the way I was willing to stand up against the substandard material they tried to foist on us.
3 or 4th grade, art class. Doing a special section on native American art. So we get the assignment to "Make you own paint like a native American would". Double check - yup it says 'paint'. Weird, but I go home, find some berries, mash them up, mix in some ashes or dirt or something - make paint. Do that for 3-4 colors. Boom - paint!
Next week everyone brings in their paintings, I bring in my paint.... teacher couldn't understand why until I pointed out the spelling error in the assignment, it honestly said to make paint. Sadly, the rest of the class did not get 0's.
๐๏ธ jmjf7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:39 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
not a teacher, probably not a real anecdote, I read it somewhere as a joke.
Johnny was doing match homework and he was mumbling along with it "2 plus 2 son of a bitch is 4", "4 plus 3 son of a bitch is 7"
His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, "What are you doing?"
The little boy answered, "I'm doing my math homework."
" And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?" the mother asked. "Yes," he answered.
Infuriated, the mother called Johnny's teacher the next day, "What are you teaching my son in class?"
The teacher replied, "Right now, we are learning addition." The mother asked, "And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?"
After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, "What I taught them was, two plus two, the sum of which is four."
I've told this before but it's worth telling again.
In my sophomore year, I had biology and one of our assignments was to match the DNA with the DNA on this crime scene my teacher made up by decoding stuff or whatever. It was a huge thing and he made it into an actual murder story with characters and back stories for each of them. He added a cat as a joke.
After the assignment was said and done, he said that we all needed to write a story from the viewpoint of any suspect and how they carried out the murder. He said we could even do the cat.
One kid chose the cat. My teacher expected a funny story about a cat getting pissed at his owner and wielding a knife or something. He goes up to present it and he starts meowing. Then, he starts woofing because the news anchor was a dog who was covering the murder scene. His entire page was covered in "meow". I was laughing myself to tears and my teacher was so amused that he just let this kid meow his heart out.
Probably one of the funniest moments I've ever had in class.
When I was in high school, I took a creative writing course. One day, we were discussing describing objects. The teacher assigned a quick paragraph for us to describe something in the room. We would get an A if she could figure out what it was with ease.
I wasn't wholly paying attention, and misunderstood the directions. I proceeded to write two paragraphs of deeply emotional prose from the chalkboard's point of view (still making sure not to mention that it was a chalkboard I was "describing"). I got full credit for it, but the teacher had a good laugh while explaining what I had missed.
tygloalex ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:41:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I write random shit on the board to see who copies it. One time I wrote a formula involving large arc (la) and small arc (sa). A kid asked me what la and sa were so I put la sa and rotla on the side: large arc , small arc, and raiders of the lost arc. Almost everyone copied it down and no one bothered to ask what it was.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:19:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What did they do wrong?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:19:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were ask to write the sentence verbatim but someone thought the sentence was a part of the instruction.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:39:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, so they were supposed to write "fall seven times, stand up eight"?
zifyoip ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:52:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was teaching a calculus course to high school students as part of a summer program a couple years ago. One morning, about halfway through the course, I gave my students their projects. Each team of three students got a different optimization problem to solve. For example, one of the teams had a problem involving a light hanging from the ceiling of a room, and the question asked what height the light should be hung so as to maximize the illumination at the corners of the room.
I had two intermediate deadlines before the final deadline, so that I could make sure the students were making good progress. The first deadline was for the "mathematical modeling" phase, which involved drawing a picture of the problem, establishing variables, writing mathematical expressions for the objective function and the constraints, and so on.
Around noon one team, the team with the light-hanging problem, asked if they could meet with me the following morning to show me what they'd done for the modeling phase. I was impressedโthey had just got their problem that morning, and they planned to have the first phase of it done by the next morning. So we set an appointment to meet, and they headed off to their afternoon classes.
A couple hours later two of the members of this team stopped by my office again for a clarification: "Do you want the model made out of clay or cardboard?"
My English 101 teacher told my class this one. She once gave out an assignment, When the first draft was due one kid had a bland title. So she told him to make it more interesting. He comes back next class and has his title in 3D word art with all kids of funky colors. He wasn't being a smart aleck, he was completely serious. She had to have a sit down discussion with him about making a good title.
Maybe it was she who needed to be sat down for a discussion about titles...
ChuTur ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:35:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked him to draw a curve with a saddle point. The kid drew a fucking centaur with a saddle.
elhaupto ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:30:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in one of my classes we were supposed to write an essay on the values of facing and overcoming adversity. A friend of mine managed to mix up the terms "adversity" and "diversity" and ended up writing a big white supremacist essay.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:36:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but in my highschool bio2 class the teacher was talking about how cats most likely came to America from Wales and a student said "wait cats evolved form whales?"
Was once in a sculpture class where our assignment was to make a sound sculpture.
Gathered a bunch of Buddhist chanting machines, deconstructed them, soldered them to old school speakers, and constructed a giant weiry shiva sculpture that made monk chanting sounds. My eyes got 1 degree weaker from all the squinting. Mad respect for those chinese kids that do this every day. (No, it's not because they're naturally born with squinty eyes).
I show up to class seeing everyone made recorded sounds. One guy just overlapped his grunting sex sounds over his girlfriend moans and car crashes.
I wasn't the teacher but I was helping my old calculus teacher out in senior year. He also taught algebra and in his previous class he assigned extra credit. All the student had to do was tell him the one millionth digit of pi. One girl misunderstood and printed off pi to a million digits and turned it in to him. There were over 200 pages of numbers.
A little late to the part but back when I thought 5th grade, there was an assignment in the
subject "Religion" to write a story of a nun in their perspective.
Anyways, a student who was completely against religion in all forms wrote about a fake nun that was an assasin whivh was planning to kill everyone in the monestary...
When I was in middle school, my geography teacher asked me to name a non-government organisation, so I said the IRA, I didn't know she meant a charity. Also another story, not mine, rather less funny and significantly more heartbreaking: a teacher friend of mine asked her students to do a creative writing project about a fantastic holiday, so most of the students wrote about going to the moon and things like that, except one student wrote about going to Lowestoft (a nearby coastal town which is an absolute shit-hole), it turned out his parents had never taken him out of his home-town and that when his grandmother had visited once she had taken him to Lowestoft.
In 1st grade, my little sister's teacher wrote a long passage on the board and told her students to copy it down. When she ran out of room, she asked the class if they were finished so that she could erase the contents of board and write the last couple of sentences down. When everyone in the class said they were finished with that section, the teacher erased everything she had written while my sister followed suit and erased everything she had just copied down.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:59:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but witnessed a fellow student gloriously mess up an important essay in 11th grade.
It was an english (as foreign language) essay about pro/con of capital punishment. He mistook "captial" punishment as monetary punishment. The 10 pages of how to reduce jail population and save money by generously applying captial punishments for minior crimes were hillarious.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:07:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is going to get buried but it reminded me of something I did as a kid.
I misunderstood my maths textbook when I was in primary 1. It was a chapter about coins, and how the units of their values were either in "dollars" or "cents". The textbook had an activity where it said something to the effect of "colour the 'dollar' coins red and the 'cents' coins green in the box below", and there was a blank area under the question.
5-year-old me was throughly confused, not with the units on the coins, but as to how colouring the coins can magically make them appear in the box on my textbook, and in red or green too. If there were a bunch of drawings of coins for me to colour in, I would have had no problem. But it was a blank area. I had enough sense to know of course I wasn't supposed to go and colour in actual coins. How can any random bunch of coins interact with my textbook? So what I did was flip to the back of the textbook, where there were a bunch of coin stickers (clearly labelled as material for another activity in the chapter but whatever) and proceeded to colour those in instead. Not too shabby for 5-year-old logic. I knew that whatever this magic is, it has to be confined within the bounds of the textbook itself. It frustrated me that, of course, nothing appeared in the area below the question. And now I'd ruined a bunch of stickers too.
Turned out we were supposed to get real coins, and use the correct colours to do rubbings to create impressions of the coins in the blank area. The question was either poorly worded, or using concepts (e.g. rubbing) 5-year-old me hasn't acquired yet.
Not a teacher but as a student we were tasked with summarizing a 12 page story we read. So I went home and asked my parents what a summary was and they said I had to rewrite it in my own words.
So I rewrote the whole story how I thought it should go. Twelve fucking pages, 5 hours, and in the third grade and all I had to do is write one or two paragraphs.
Not a teacher but when I was in first grade, the first piece of homework we had was a find-a-word puzzle. The teacher told us to find the words listed on the side, so first-grade decided to cut out all the letters in the find-a-word and glue them to the page, spelling out the words on the side. When I got the work back, there were just a bunch of "???"s on it. I have no idea what the teacher must've thought.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 14:05:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've told this story before somewhere on Reddit. I am a teacher of English as a foreign language from Hungary.
My first job was at this school where all the "also-ran" kids from the town were 'collected".
So first lesson at this class and I started to talk about the English language when all of a sudden, this guy from the back shouts in English: "I AM A BIG PENIS!" I almost died of laughter inside but managed to keep a straight face. Apparently, no other people in the room understood anything other than "penis" and clearly the guy wasn't sure either what he wanted to say.
Now, to make it clear, you can use the verb of existence in Hungarian to express possession as well. It was quite clear that he meant to say "I have a big penis".
I took the opportunity to explain the difference between the verbs "be" and "have" in English and how they correlated to their Hungarian equivalents.
There was a huge laughter when they managed to put the pieces together and the class virtually unanimously agreed that he was right the first time.
It was funny as hell, I have to say, but I couldn't show that of course.
Plot twist: just this morning I saw a mugshot of the guy at the market, he is wanted by the police.
Student experience. 1st day of web design class. Our teacher tells us we're going to learn HTML and to design a website. I'm like are you fucking kidding me? You haven't even taught us shit and you want us to start making an HTML website? So I'm supposed to just teach myself and at the end of class you'll judge how I taught myself?
Fuming I open up my text book, learn the basics of HTML and make a website.
I ask him to come check and he tells me I was just supposed to design a layout for the website, and that we'd be learning to create it in HTML the following class, so I'd already completed the next class's assignment.
I high school spanish I was to do an assignment in which we created a fictitious non-profit organization. The idea of my presentation was to "feed the children," I somehow decided that "cortar" meant feed, long story short "cortar" means to cut and my presentation wound up sounding like a South American genocide initiative.
High school English teacher. I once assigned extra credit opportunities for my college bound sophomores that included writing a three page short story without using the letter E. There were several other prompts/assignments and I received a fair number of assignments. However, only one student attempted to write a story without using the letter E. She simply wrote a regular story and neglected to put the e into words where it belonged.
So, h r story look d a lot lik this. With th spac s and all.
And yes, I had explained that the story should use words that don't contain e.
No need to fail her, just no extra credit given. She was totally confused when I explained (again) what she should have done.
JustusGS ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:48:07 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, wasn't there a moderately popular novel about a town that gradually loses the ability to use certain letters, in the form of lttrs that bgin just laving thm out of words lik this? She was probably thinking you were referencing that.
I'd love to give her that much credit, but she was really confused even after the second explanation. When it finally clicked for her, what I was asking for, she responded with, "But that's, like, impossible. Es are in, like, every word ever."
Student story: Intro to Java programming class in 1998, teacher gave us an assignment that required the use of several java classes. I did not know that a large library of classes existed that we could call, so I wrote my own. Got the file structure correct so that they could be called and return correctly. I delivered it on a floppy with instructions that it had to be run from the disk due to hard path designations in my code.
Teacher thought I was an idiot for not paying attention to the assignment, then invited me to join his advanced group.
Late to the thread so I fully expect this to go unseen.
However, back in school I had a IT lesson that required us to write information on phising so it could be put on the school website. My friend thought we were supposed to create a fishing website. We came back over the weekend with our written work, he instead had two orders for fishing poles.
Again, not a teacher. In 10th grade English we were told to memorize Macbeth's Soliloquy and that she would pick a random person to recite it. She picked someone who recited it perfectly. I called out, "That's IT?!"
I couldn't figure out where it ended, so instead of memorizing 1/3rd of one page, I memorized two pages. Teacher took me out to the hall where I recited the Soliloquy++ for her and earned an A++ for the assignment.
We had to do a persuasive speech. That was all we were given, we could pick any topic as long as it was successful persuasive - it was more about making sure we could argue effectively, and I think the class voted on whether or not they were persuaded.
Anyway, friend of mine did "why we should say cunt more". Full marks!
jakielim ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:32:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't even remember, was a few years ago. Something about not letting words control us, or something.
Jphu1291 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:18:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(Not a teacher). Kansas Redditer here. While visiting CA, I met a girl who did a report over Kansas her freshman year. The teacher told her to write a paper over the Middle East so she pulled up a map of the US and went a little east of the middle.
Im the student, genuinely misinterpreted the prompt,
my biology teacher gave the same prompt every year to all her9th grade kids, I was in 9th grade this year and when presented I didnt read the prompt at all, just listened to what she said,
she said "your essay is a short story about an environment mystery that you solve on your own, the example given is a bunch of bubbles in a lake and what caused them"
Now reading the paper (which I didnt do) it said something completely different, which was make your own mystery based around someone finding bubbles in a pond.
so basically I write a story about how a dragon escaped from its owner and burned down villages and how eventually the story concluded with a family in the ghetto capturing the dragon and cooking it for a party.
She gave me a "B" for it, and wrote on it "This has nothing to do with what I told you to write about"
I talked to her after class and she laughed hysterically and told me that the only reason I got a B was because it was funny and it kind of fit the whole mystery theme
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:36:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I had an essay question years ago on a GCSE mock exam paper, it was something along the lines of
"How would the Eco system of the lake be altered if waterboatmen were removed?"
So I wrote a very detailed and well written answer about how the lake would be overrun with fish because the men in boats would not be fishing them anymore...
No one ever told me what a waterboatman was!
This might be irrelevant but it's about a disconnect between the teacher, and well, herself I'd say. Her instructions for a presentation I had to do were to pick either a poster or a powerpoint. I picked a poster and she docked me points and wrote "a powerpoint would have been the more professional choice." Ok...? Her other instruction was that my speech had to be between 10-12 minutes. I spoke for 10 1/2 minutes and she said "you should have spoken closer to 12 minutes to which she docked me more points. I ended up dropping a full letter grade because of that assignment.
hate teachers like this. College capstone course (basically the last course using everything you've learned). We had to reverse engineer a given multitool, discuss the design including pros and cons, improve performance of the tool in some way, discuss the manufacturing impact of the improvement, provide detailed drawings and analysis for the new parts and how they work.
The types of things you would lose points on your final paper for - not professionally printed and bound - 10 points, no picture on the cover/title page - 10 points, picture on cover but not in color - 5 points. Misspell the teachers name - 5 points. 40 points were assigned to the 1 page summary. The remain 25 points were spread out over the rest of the 72 page document. Yes, 72 pages was the average length for the class. So about 1 point per 3 pages. The teacher felt his name was equivalent to 15 pages of work.
Note - none of these grading points were given until after the assignment was turned in. Here I felt the analysis of the engineering system and discussion of the design process and manufacturing process was important - nope, need pretty pictures in color and ego check for teacher.... got it.
Little late, and I'm not a teacher, but I took drawing anatomy in college...
First assignment was to draw a figure in motion.
So I came in with this awesome drawing I did of a jelly fish snagging a fish. Its tentacles were squeezing it and everything, I thought I did a really great job of showing motion in the first drawing.
Turns out drawing anatomy is about drawing the human anatomy. I felt more than a little stupid, but still left class that day feeling like I did a badass job at what I thought the assignment was.
I know im too late for this thread but when i was like 9 i had to take a test. One of the questions said something like "tell the story of 4 3 and 7". Apparently this means put them into the right equation idfk. Long story short i wrote a whole story for the numbers. The teachers must have got a kick outta that.
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine printed out and brought a picture of Dorian Gray when asked to bring The Picture of Dorian Gray
MacAdler ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:52:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They had to do a paper on the Victorian Empire and they had to use encyclopedias from the library. She went ahead and did the paper from uncyclopedia.wikia.com . Never have I laughed so hard.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did they have to use encyclopedias?
MacAdler ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:12:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Part of it was on how research was done before the internet, and then compare the information with online sources and their notebook. Validity of sources, how the content changes, etc.
Edit: online for inline.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:37:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I see
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:52:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
obligatory "not a teacher," but I like to think my third-grade teacher would tell this story if she went on reddit.
I only missed one day of third grade, but it turns out that was the most important day. My teacher assigned us a writing assignment, which (unbeknownst to me) was based on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. I wrote my "I had a dream" speech based on an actual dream I had, that big black spheres (basically chomp chomp from Mario) appeared and went around eating people and taking over the world.
cam5478 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:29:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You obviously missed MLKs dope Mario 64 speedrun in the I Have A Dream Pre-Show.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:42:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made a Scorpio instead of a trebuchet for physics and the teacher didn't accept it because it looked like a bow.
teacherk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Assigned my 7th grade honors social studies class a double-spaced essay. Received numerous essays with two spaces between every word.
Abadatha ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:39:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but one of my teachers (English 11) gave out a "10-15 page research paper on any subject, including bibliography in MLA Format." Turn in a well reasoned and written paper to receive a C because apparently she only graded the first 15 pages, leaving me with 20 more pages ungraded.
why the hell would you write a 35 page paper?!?!.. I was expecting this to be so I wrote 15 pages on "bibliography in MLA format"
Abadatha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:25:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To much matter on the subject I chose, the history of the United States marine corps.
Jass1995 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:40:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uni student here. Still make this mistake but at least I can catch it now.
In our papers we have to use double spacing. I thought it meant that between every word I had to use two spaces (instead of 'blah blah' it was to be 'blah blah'). Got royally screwed by the lecturer and submitted a new one. Except it was double spacing in the sense that I pressed Enter twice between every line. Lecturer gave up and just took it.
Pretty late but a relevant story. In 6th grade, we were all told to bring in a winter poem. Naturally, I went with the Calvin and Hobbes snowball poem because it was great.
Oh, lovely snowball, packed with care
Smack a head that's unaware
Then with freezing ice to spare
Melt and soak through underwear
Fly straight and true
Hit hard and square
This, oh snowball
Is my prayer
So I bring this in and the first hint that anything is wrong is that all of the other kids' poems suck. Like, what are they even reading? Second sign that something is wrong is that the teacher is going nuts over my poem. "TheJoePilato, this is amazing! This could end up in Ripples, the student art magazine!" To which I respond "i mean, i guess?"
Turns out the assignment was to write a winter poem. I had to apologize and give a speech about plagiarism and about how it wasn't fair to the other students that I'd brought in a professional poem, all despite my repeated pleas that it was a misunderstanding and that I'd never cheat on anything in my life! I'm not still bitter about it but I'm still bitter about it.
Actual teacher here. One of my colleagues who teaches kindergarten was testing her students on beginning sound recognition. For example, she would ask " what sound does balloon start with?" and the student should say "buh". When asked what sound "pig" started with instead of saying "p" one of her students actually oinked.
mes251 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:11:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back in middle school we were asked to write an essay about the troubles in and around Crowslanding road, a section of my town where gangs are notorious and violence is of the norm.
At the time my English wasn't the best and I understood the prompt as "why crows landing on the road was bad" in my little 6th grader brain I had gotten the image of a crow plague.
It wasn't until years later that I looked back on this and realized me mistake.
In my defence the instructor said something along the lines of " you guys have heard on the news all about the problems over on crows landing right? Just write about how those problems affect people in our community."
Needless to say it was one of the most confused essays I have ever written.
Not a teacher, but when I was in 7th grade we had to write a story about the underground railroad, and the kid next to me wrote his paper about a subway train.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My college prep English course was reading Waiting for Godot. Basic essay assignment on symbolism (let the juvenile bullshit machines spin up). One girl wrote a very long-winded essay about the symbolism of "blood" in the story. It took me 3 pages before I realized she had misinterpreted all of the slang dialogue--"ah, my bloody leg"--as referring to actual blood. Had to give a C: A for effort; F for being a moron.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:09:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just for context. This was also the same student who in my freshman western civ elective course started asking questions about the draft during the Vietnam War as if I was referring to the NFL draft; she was asking about how they determined which states got the first picks.
With the first pick in the draft, the Air force selects...... Jim Smith!
Chants in the background: J E T S - Jets, Jets, Jets!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:23:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught improv to elementary school kids for a while. They had trouble coming up with scene prompts, and my favorite was when I asked for a relationship and some kid yelled, "Peanut butter and jelly"
Not a teacher but when I was in year three the teacher gave us a sheet of statistics or something and told us to create a graph of it any way we want. I thought that included what the data was about since it wasn't specified. So I spent forever creating this beautiful graph about Nerds. My teacher called my mother into school and told her I was a horrible cruel girl who uses derogatory language and I was going to end up in prison with no friends. I tried to explain they were a kind of lolly and I wasn't trying to be mean to anyone but she told me to shut up and called all sorts of names.
The next day my mum sent me to school with a box to give to the teacher as a present.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:07:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a fucking idiotic teacher. Nerds are awesome.
She felt the downfall of society was going to be caused by people using the internet for everything. She didn't approve of us using computers outside of our mandatory computer lessons twice a week.
I thought that everyone knew what Nerds were. She thought I meant the smart people kind of nerds and I was supportive of slavery. I just wish she had spoken to me and asked me to explain myself instead of calling my mum and telling her I was a delinquent.
Yes but because everything t that school is done online she has to use it. She teaches my best friends brother at the moment and he told me she's retiring at the end of next year. Apparently she is really looking forward to throwing out her laptop and becoming a normal person again.
jini1871 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:52:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In our fashion design course students were asked to research 'muslin' of Bangladesh but somehow one of them ended up researching 'muslims' of Bangladesh. Made for a very interesting report.
Mujyaki ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:39:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked some Japanese kindergarten kids to draw their favorite ไนใ็ฉ - which literally translates to "thing you ride" or vehicle in English. All the kids drew cars, planes, trucks etc.
Except one little girl. She drew an elephant, which I thought was very cute and imaginative.
If you asked a million adults in Japan to name a ไนใ็ฉ, not a single one would say elephant.
I teach new entrants (age 5). I was doing a maths assessment on one and I said, "Count backwards from 10." She got up, turned around so she was facing away from me, sat back down, and went "10, 11, 12, 13 ..."
Had to hand it to her, she followed the instructions. In a way.
A human sexuality instructor had a funny story, one of her regular assignments was to have each student rent and watch a pornographic video before the semester was up (this was 1990, before the Internet as it is known today); she just referred to it as the "adult video assignment." Anyway, one day, a female student raised her hand and asked, "do we have to show our faces?"
Essay prompt for middle schoolers was: Agree or disagree with the statement "Two heads are better than one". One student clearly was not familiar with the idiom, and spent two pages debating the pros and cons of literally having two heads on the same body.
For a sixth grade writing class we had to read The Invisible Man by HG Wells. This was before sparknotes and wikipedia was a thing and I only used computers for making word art on class reports. I went to the local library (and actually had to sift through a physical card catalogue) and borrowed Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison instead. The book was about a black man facing intolerance and racism with something about wanting pink nipples thrown in there. I was pretty confused in class when we started talking about a man who turned himself invisible.
We were set an assignment last week to do a poster explaining conceptual art. A friend of mine wrote his poster, crumpled it up and put it into a small portable bin. It was a conceptual piece about how a lot of people think conceptual art is trash.
Since so many not-teachers are sharing I have a small story too.
As a student a teacher once asked me to prepare a "debate" for the papers everyone was required to read for next session and then hold that debate with the class. I took that literally and prepared questions based on the text that I hoped would nurture a debate and have people talking to each other, trying to see the pro and cons of different things and play devil's advocate here and there etc.
Well what the teacher actually meant was that I simply go through the text with the other students and maybe ask a question here and there to make sure they understood it or give them some kind of task to make it easier.
The teacher was quite shocked that I "misinterpreted" her assignment so much, but she was pretty adamant about me being the one making the mistake for misunderstanding what a debate is.
Worst part though was that I actually wasn't alone in this mess, it was supposed to be a small group project and two other students were assigned to the same task. Problem was that these two were pretty lazy and had no idea what to do, so without intending to brag, I took charge and tried to shoulder most of the work, which I did.
But since I misinterpreted the whole situation it wasn't just a problem for me but for my teammates as well, but they were sure to distance themselves from me and kind of backstab me to save their own hides and make me take the fall and responsibility.
I came to the States in 3rd grade, and one of the first assignments was to type up an essay we wrote in class, double spaced. After a while, I was starting to get really annoyed with the double spacing format.
At last, I finished and proudly turned it in to my teacher, only to have her burst into laughter.
Yeah, turns out double spacing isn't putting two spaces between every word.
phlux22 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:27:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A bit late to the party, but this happened in my country.
TLDR: Final Exams of the year, a teacher dictated the answers to the group taking the exam. The teacher said "Go Ahead", indicating to start. Some of the students then proceeded to all write Go Ahead on their exam papers.
Had a friend studying computer science at University. The assignment had a part where you had to attach screenshots of your work to show the designs and such. He wasn't aware that you could do a screen print, so he took his camera, took pictures of the computer screen, and attached those as part of his assignment.
No teacher here, but this happened to me as a student during my most important exam before entering college. In Spain we have a group of exams called "Selectividad" (which means selectivity in english), one for each subject we study. In the math one (which was one of my favourite subjects), I had to solve a couple of equations which seemed something like this:
x = ay + b y x = c + d
So, after fighting with these equations for more than an hour because the second equation had that pesky yx on one side, wich made all the solving full of decimal numbers and operations, the teacher suddenly speaks aloud to tell all of us: Please note that, in the exercise, the "y" is a "coordinated conjunction".
I just couldn't understand what he was talking about, and kept staring at the paper, trying to figure out what he meant. And then it came over me...
Well, you see, in spanish, the word "and" is just "y". That "y" in the equations was just joining them together and not part of the equations at all.
I had to cross out all of my work until that point and try to solve the new (and infinitely easier) problem in no more than 10 minutes because time was running out already, with very little free working space on my paper because we couldn't use more than what we were given. Couldn't get the final solution, but at least got to pass the exam with a 6/10.
-Xerim- ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:07:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a Teacher , but a really funny mistake:
A friend of mine was told to present a paper about Charles Darwin...
When he looked up his homework at home his handwritten "D" looked like a P and so it occured that he held a presentation about Mermon Parwin, who is a afgahn singer.
My friend was in a Latin (like the language) class in high school. She had to do a big final project on an important figure in latin history. She chose Jennifer Lopez. Somehow she thought latin America and latin were the same thing. She spent like ten hours over the course of two weeks on this and her mom even checked over it for her. She received a zero percent (yes a zero!) for the project. Had to redo it for half credit just to pass the course.
I am a teacher, but this happened to a colleague of mine who teaches religion (Catholic school). He was giving a test where one of the questions was "How are we made in God's image?" The student responded "We are made in God's image when a man and a woman love each other very much. The man gives the woman sperms, which need to find the egg. Many sperms die, but some make it to the egg where they rest there for 9 months, and then a baby is born."
Needless to say, this one made its rounds in the faculty room.
I was a student teacher in a class the teacher described as "You could follow the trail of grease from auto shop directly to my door."
It was high school English, and they had to do vocabulary words, one of which was "relent: to soften." When using it in a sentence, 98% of the class used the sentence "The pillow was relent."
There was this girl who was like 18 in my ESL (English as second language) course, and she was definitely the worst student ever. By the end of each course module, there was a test, nothing too hard, but she managed to fail it seven consecutive times.
On the 6th time, she decided to try it - previous tests had been all blank - and answer the problem: What's the question for someone's age?
Her answer: 'what birthday happy?'
On the 7th try, she gets the same test, same questions...and her answer to the problem from before...?
Oddly of note, despite being an AP English class, only that girl and I even attempted the summer assignment. No one else did and that bit the teacher had to re-structure her curriculum for that semester.
Not a teacher but posting the story of my twin sister. In grade 3 during an exam the question was Form a sentence out of any 5 of the words given below.
She sat there counting something on her fingers for a long time and then final asked loudly, "Do we really need to have EXACTLY five words in each sentence?"
Not a teacher, but my freind did this. In fourth grade, each student had to draw maps of their houses, school, etc..., and had to make a legend for each of them. Friend didn't know what a map legend was, so he wrote stories about each map.
Happened in my 10th grade class. We were learning about the origins of certain words and my teacher called on the quiet girl in class. He asked her about the meaning and origin of the word meander. She looked down for a second, embarrassed, then said, "Well I know it comes from the Meanderthals." The teacher looked at her quizzically and said, "You mean the Neanderthals?" And gaining her confidence, she said, "No, the Meanderthals, because when they were hunters and gatherers they would, you know..." and she made a motion with her hand like a fish swimming through water, "...meander around."
God bless the teacher for holding his laughter, the other kids were not as forgiving. Although, I guess I'll never forget what meander means...
As the student...I was in an advertising class in college and we were supposed to create an advertisement for a Kia Soul specific to a local car dealership. I made a 30 second stop motion claymation video wherein a succubus was attacking the town that the dealership was in and the car dealers used the Kia Soul to vanquish the demon. (In retrospect, soul music could have been nice too) Highlights included my friend's homemade rap music and the demon being run over with the car, spreading bloody tire marks all over the scene GTA style. When it came time to present, I realized that everyone else had simply made a storyboard!
Not a teacher but my friend is and her assignment to her English class was to write a number poem (http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/number). All the students had to read their poem in front of the class. One student came up and gave the most inspiring performance that went something like this: "Six one nine. Seven eight two. Nine nine, seven two." Needless to say, the class was in stitches and the story is repeated year after year to show what a number poem ISN'T.
JustusGS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:40:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eight six
Seven
Five Three Oh
Nine
Bblack06 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:41:00 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a first grader, my teacher asked the class "what do you want to be when you grow up?" This was when Dahmer was still going strong and my parents had talked of a "serial killer" at breakfast that morning. Me, eating "cereal" thought it was the funniest thing as I started smashing cereal with my spoon. Proceeded to tell me teacher I wanted to be a "serial killer" when I grew up.
[deleted] ยท 121 points ยท Posted at 20:14:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fourdots ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:36:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is really a misinterpretation, rather than a funny error. We had just gotten internet at our school. I was teaching children how to use it, and how powerful a tool it is.
So I said to the students to go home, pick one item you want to know more about or don't know anything about and use the power of the internet to find more information about it [presumably by bringing it to school, and then using the internet at school]. Then write a page about what you learned.
Some kids had a war medal, postcard of the eiffel tower, one dude had a rock. But there was one kid, let's call him Kevin, who wanted to know about his mom (or dad) dildo's. Asked me what to search for and to help him find out what it is. I noped out of there.
TL;DR: School gets internet access, teacher wants to show students how amazing it is. Tells them to bring in an item to look for information about online. One student bring a dildo.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:05:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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lollity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I noped out of there" is internet slang for "I refused to do that", with the implication that whatever you're talking about is disgusting or something similar. For example, "I noped out of there" can also be used when you see a giant spider.
That reminds me of when I was in High school. This is about 10 years ago
We were tasked with doing a presentation that had a visual component. Ie, bring in props, or project something etc. We chose downloading with bittorrent
So our presentation is going great. Near the end we asked the class
"What do we want to download?"
Someone yelled out "Paris Hilton's sex tape!"
Class cheered. So we started downloading her sex tape.
At the beginning of the year a teacher wanted us to write down 3 qualities of ourself. My friend put "quality 1, quality 2, quality 3" on his paper. He isnt the brightest...
Not a teacher, and the misunderstanding was wilful, but still...
In biology class we'd spent the entire session carrying out an experiment and recording results. The bell rings, everyone starts grabbing books and bags and heading out. Over the ruckus, the teacher yells that "homework is to take your results and make a table".
One kid, ultimate smartarse, spends every spare moment he has in the woodwork shop, designing and building a top-notch folding card-table, topped with green baize, and with the results of the experiment inscribed into one leg.
I told my homeroom students that this month's theme for their grade was "Engage/Inquire". Two of them blurted out, "But Mr. BigDude, we're not in choir!"
In year 5, my teacher asked our class to write a story that ended with a cliffhanger. Me being too embarrass to ask what a cliffhanger was, literally ended the story with someone hanging off a cliff.
A teacher told my friend that once in his World Religions course someone who had been assigned to do a project on Martin Luther did the entire thing (a significant portion of his overall mark) on Martin Luther King, Jr.
realised ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:08:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder if you are both talking about the same person:
Not me, but some other person
My mom and I went to a seminar that discussed about the TOEFL test. The representatives there said that there is an essay section in that particular test. Supposedly, this one person who took it was supposed to write an essay about "poverty", but misread it as "pervert". So instead of writing about being poor he wrote about hentai LOL
My teacher wanted us to turn in an essay on turnitin.com, well my friend wanted to know how accurate the program was as far as plagiarism detection went, so he copy and pasted the entire Wikipedia page about Elephants and turned it in. Unfortunately for him you can only turn in one assignment per student.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:43:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me, but a friend of mine was late for an exam so she didn't really read the question properly before starting the essay.
The question was about weavers. She wrote a whole essay about beavers. (And submitted it.)
Not a teacher, but in high school I was taking sports medicine. I didn't study for the test so when I read the first question, "how do you handle/treat a wound" I replied, "with care". I got half credit for trying.
My students were required to participate in the school's science fair. It was a three month project, so there were milestones every so often. Turn in your hypothesis, test procedure, things like that. When it came to the actual science fair, one student didn't do it. He had successfully submitted and discussed aspects of his experiment. He said, "I didn't know we actually had to do the experiment." I attempt to be understanding. These are kids, and anybody could misunderstand something, but WTF? I didn't even try with that kid. I had no followup questions, no alternative assignment, nothing. Big F.
Storm137 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:10:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here in California, we have to give English Learner students an English test called the CELDT. There's a spoken portion where I ask the students questions and they answer me, which is all done verbally. One of the questions is: "what is an election for?". At this point, I should mention that the student is a 9th grader and in 9th grade, our students have to take Health class, which includes sex education. Anyways, the student, looking straight at me, answers: "to have sex". We're not allowed to stray from the test script, so I just kept a straight face, marked the answer incorrect, and moved on. It wasn't until a meeting with all of his teachers present that it clicked; his nutrition teacher had just finished talking about his giggly nature during the sex ed portion of class, as he only understood small portions of the topic (because of the language barrier), including the word "erection".
It was middle school and we were learning about plantation life in the south. The last question on the test said illustrate plantation life. I drew a picture of slaves in a field.
I got a 0. The teacher meant illustrate as in write out how it was, not draw a picture.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:30:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depending on the rest of the question, I kinda feel like that was your teachers fault.
If it said "write a short essay illustrating life on a plantation" or similar then yeah, you dun messed up.
But if it just said "illustrate life on a plantation" then the teacher is a twat for not being more clear.
allisa11 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:27:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1st grade teacher: What sounds do you hear in "cat"?
/c/ /a/ /t/
"dog"
/d/ /o/ /g/
"jump"
student jumps
Kinda similar. I was raised speaking Spanish and learned English in school. In 1st grade (my English was so so) my teacher tells us to put our things up and I put all my items in the air and held them there until I realized putting things up=putting them away
Not a teacher, but two examples from high school English come to mind:
1) Throughout the year, we could choose books from a list my teacher curated to read and do a project on. One of the selections was Ellison's "Invisible Man." One kid showed up with a poster about "The Invisible Man"...as in, Wells.
2) We were assigned to write an essay about the final sentence (as in, judgment) in "The Merchant of Venice." One kid wrote a whole essay about the last sentence of the play.
Actually, I think it might've been the same kid both times...
Student here. One time, in college, we were told that we could bring in a 5 by 7 inch notecard with notes for writing our final, a three page in class essay. We could fill up the notes with quotes from primary sources, write down ideas for topics, and just generally prepare anything. I got started pretty late the night before, and got about halfway through preparing when it occurred to me that I could just write the entire three page essay on the notecard, and just copy it out in class. So I pulled an all nighter, made my notecard-essay, copied it out and went to my dorm room to sleep.
I got a B.
I taught an English as Second Language class in high school. One of my Chinese students had chosen to read a novel about two girls escaping slavery via the Underground Railroad. The book happened to contain the N word in dialogue from slave owners.
She later wrote an essay in which she had to connect the novel to other things she read and/or her own experiences. She wrote that Ns (but using the full word) were sneaker than her because they managed to escape trouble, while she got into trouble. She also said Ns were not smart (taking a slave owner's statement in the novel as fact) and that it was strange that these Ns were as smart as she was.
Though it's wrong to use hurtful slang against someone. I think it's perfectly okay to use the word nigger when talking about the history of black savory and keeping it in that context.
Though I'm white so I'm not sure how much my opinion matters on this topic.
Clearly the student didn't understand the history of the word... but I agree. Saying "the n-word" infantilizes a very serious topic. If you are going to discuss racism, I think you should say "nigger." That said, if you use it to refer to someone or to hurt or attac them, I will think you are an asshole.
Yeah, you said black savory instead of slavery. Black savory sounds like a type of spice you'd find in spicy cooking. I bet it would taste better than black slavery.
Kind of late to the game, but I finally have a reason to post this.
We were told to write a paper from the point of view of a historical figure in an important event. We were also given free reign as to how dramatic and "cinematic" our papers could be.
So we get to the next week where everyone is going to read their paper in front of the class. I had written on Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" and up mine was by far the class favorite as of the end of the class.
Just one paper left, this guy named Pete. Jock. Pretty boy. Widely known to be dense as a stump. Dude wrote the entirety. Emphasis on entirety, of the movie '300'. The worst part, is that the teacher didn't stop him until the "Fight in the shade" bit.
The "I don't want to live anymore" look on the teacher's face was pretty priceless. But she told him that he had clearly worked very hard and let him sit back down. He got a B.
He was pretty proud of it, stating that "all I had to do was watch the movie with my dad and write it down"
This was in my Freshman year of high school, by the by.
Not a teacher but I remember in middle school we had an assignment to make posters of the different geographic zones(?). This was in Savannah, GA and one of the zones is "Savannah" and a girl thought we were supposed to put together a poster of local wildlife. I think she got a pass on that one because she didn't realize until she was standing in front of everyone presenting. I felt so bad for her, she looked so upset.
A couple months ago I was hired to fill in for a counselor at a day program for kids as an archery teacher. I do at least know enough to keep the kids from killing themselves or each other.
One kid draws back the string and just sort of...holds it.
I tell the kid he's got to let go. He gives me this very quizzical look and promptly lets go of the bow. The limbs of the bow do what they do and snap back into position, propelling the bow directly at the kid's expectant face.
The only think that went through my mind when the kid hit the ground was the old Unreal Tournament announcer HEADSHOT!
He got to sit the rest of the archery class out.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:24:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
honestly, I'm impressed. It's hard to let go of a bow with the string drawn.
Kids picked a song to play on guitar, had two weeks to work on it. Girl says she didn't know she had to do anything for two weeks... She just sat in the practice room and assumed we weren't doing anything... She wasn't sped... I even checked on her and she said she was good (she just held the guitar in her hands and would play one chord or two of a song when I asked to hear what she did)
stuckit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, sped! I haven't used sped in probably 25 years at least.
Not a teacher and not really an assignment, but today my professor noticed that a student was pretty crammed into his small desk. Trying to help the kid out, the professor told him that he could use his desk (meaning that the student could put some of his extra binders, etc on the professors desk). The professor then shortly left the room to get our tests from his office. While the professor was gone, the kid stood up and then SAT DOWN AT THE PROFESSORS DESK. The professor, who is a pretty awkward guy, came back into the classroom and it was silent. He had to politely tell the student that he can't sit at his desk during class. Pretty big misinterpretation.
i gave an assignment to do a presentation on an abstract word. freedom, liberty..etc.Well a kid in my class shows up when its time for his presentation and has all these tupperware containers. In them are omelets, scrambled eggs, poached, over easy, all things egg. I asked him his abstract word and he said "egg", its so versatile". HA..i laughed a bit, but we all ate the eggs. He put so much work into it(or his mom did).
Not quite a misinterpretation, but on my first student teaching in a kindy class we were doing some work on resilience and learning not to give up. I was marking some written work the students had done on not saying "I can't do it" and one child had used a U in can't instead of an A... an entire page of sentences that are going to be really fun for the parents at their learning journey! A few examples had they been spelt correctly:
I hate can't.
Never say yes to can't.
When something is hard I won't choose can't.
eltibbs ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:02:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Math teacher here! Had a student volunteer to solve a math equation on the board. She got as far as the square root of X = 2. My students would work backwards to solve equations. She asks what the opposite of a square root is and the class responds to square the solution. 22 is four so X = 4. She didn't understand and when they told her to square it she literally drew a square around the 2...when had we ever done that in math class?? Idk.
I had a teacher that fir the final let students anything they put on their paper. Well you had about 5 minutes to write things down from your notes. However, one student got the national merit to stand on his paper and drew his shoes. The teacher allowed them to work together but there is now a clause in his rule.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What does the 1st sentence mean. Not being rude, just do not get it.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:14:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had 2 or 3 books on our course syllabus and during the first week of class my professor told us to "Go online and read a review of one of the assigned readings". When he asked us the next class about a review that we read, this girl in the front starts talking about something totally unrelated to the course. He says, "Which book was this a review of exactly?" and she proceeds to tell us that she googled the words "assigned reading" and read the first review she found. So she probably read a review of a book on a totally different professors course that was posted somewhere out there on the Internet. Nobody knew what to say so we just sat there silently.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:15:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in grade school, I had to choose a state and create a brochure about it naming some of the various things that we were required to talk about. One of these things was that we had to draw the seal of the state. I chose the state of New York, so on Google I looked up "New York Seal." I spent hours drawing the sea animal version of the Seal, until my dad came in and made fun of me, haha
Benjo_ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On a standardized test, there was a article about students raising funds by running. On the test, we had to write a composition on that story. So my friend decided to right his piece about a zombie named funds, who was raised from the dead by students during their run
I teach high school physics at a low income/low level school and every year have them write argumentative essays to help them develop their severely lacking writing skills. One of the topics is about whether light pollution is a meaningful problem. Instead of writing about the effects of artificial lighting, the student wrote his paper about low levels of pollution. I ended up giving him credit because this was a student who had just started doing work and turning his study habits around and was really proud of his paper. Couldn't break his confidence at that point and he ended up doing pretty well in the class by the end of the year.
When I was a kid, maybe grade 2 or 3, I had to write this timed exam that was supposed to test things like how well you follow instructions and basic logic comprehension and such. I was ESL and when I saw "Underline every other word" I got confused, and after thinking about it for a while underlined all the words but the first.
I teach preschool to ESL students. The previous unit was about toys, this one is about family. I asked "Do you have a sister?" I knew not everyone would understand, but lots of them said yes. I asked one of the strongest students "You have a sister? Big (with "big" gesture) or small(with "small" gesture)?"
- blank stare -
For a college writing course I once assigned a paper on what I called "The Narrative of Decline." I showed the students a bunch of examples of people saying "AHH, everything is getting worse!" and had them try to suss out why that sentiment is so prevalent (despite data to the contrary).
I had one student who wrote his entire paper on how to decline an invitation to a party. He was a really nice kid and English wasn't his first language, so that's probably the reason. Still, it was a surprise!
Not the teacher, but the student. In 3rd grade, we had folders with references. Mostly, metric units, English units, information on the (at the time) 9 planets. Our homework assignment was to write the metric units over the customary units (so we can memorize comparisons i.e. a gallon is approx. 3.74 liters). I did exactly as she asked and wrote out
metric units/customary units
And just doubted that she was sane since this assignment didn't make any sense. This took up two lines on a full sheet of paper and I turned it in. She called me back to her desk and made me cry for clearly being stupid and wasting her time.
heill ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:58:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
When I was in 10th grade we were talking about MLK's dream speech and the teacher called on me to give some characteristics found in the speech. I said self-righteousness. I had no idea that there were any negative connotations around that word until like a week later when I was thinking about why everyone reacted so strangely. I thought it just meant that you believed yourself to be right or something.
EDIT: Said, not sad
wyleFTW ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:59:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In first grade we had a word problem about some guy eating apples. It was probably something along the lines of "Bob has 12 apples then he eats some and ends up with 8. How many apples did Bob eat?" Then there was a blank space below where we had to draw a picture of the amount of apples he ate.
In my first grader head I didn't know if I was supposed to draw 4 apples or not because those apples don't exist anymore, he already ate them. I thought I wouldn't get points for that, so I intricately drew 4 apples cores and hoped that I did it right.
In fourth grade our teacher put his hand up and asked for five, not sure how it went, but we were all supposed to stop talking immediately kind of deal. Well, a friend of mine stood up, with the whole class watching him quietly, and walked to the front of the class (from the very back) and give him a high-five before walking back to his seat. There was a good 15 seconds of dead silence before we all busted out laughing. Pretty sure the teacher got mad and sent him outside.
In high school English class we were told to write a thesis pertaining to "to kill a mockingbird" as that is what we were reading in class. A kid turned in a paper that said "the sis is scout finch" He got 100%....
Gavcradd ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not so much an assignment, but I'm walking some high school students through the process of setting up a website using Dreamweaver (pro web editing software, I teach Computer Science / IT). We get a few steps in and I say "now in this box, give your website a name". Most students either make up a "www.my website.com" domain or pick a descriptive name like "music website" etc.
One boy types in "Dan Smith". Dan Smith was not his name, nor the name of any of his friends, it was a human name he'd just christened his website with. I found out he'd done this when the person sitting next to him couldn't stop laughing, causing a chain reaction of students looking over, seeing what he'd done and then laughing uncontrollably.
Years later, every so often I'd hear "you remember when you called your website Dan?".
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:34:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: People who mistook Euthanasia for Youth in Asia.
G8kpr ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:35:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In grade 3, we were going to learn the Recorder... Our teacher asked if any of us had "Recorders". Me and a couple people put up their hands. She noted our names and that was that.
A week later, a box of recorders came in and everyone got one, except me and about 5 other people, who had assumed she meant "tape recorders" and had no idea that a simple flute like instrument was also called a recorder.
We had a History lesson called South Indian Art & Culture and we had an assignment on "The authors mentioned in the textbook".
We all do the assignment over the weekend. The teacher starts collecting the assignments. This one girl hands hers in and the teacher frowns. The girl goes "What's wrong ? I wrote about the authors of the textbook like you asked"
The dumb bitch literally wrote about the dudes who wrote the textbook instead of the poets and playwrights mentioned. Pretty sure the teacher thought she was trying to screw with her. It's safe to say she got an F and that we laughed at her until the sun went down.
I am the teacher. I misunderstood the assignment. There was a "superhero day" at the school, K-12. Teachers and staff were encouraged to participate and kind of encourage the students.
I spent six hours making a Captain Falcon costume. I glued racquetballs to a baseball helmet, spray painted a gold falcon onto it, used a storage container lid to make a translucent visor, made shin guards that look the part, got "the knee" looking semi decent, bought fabric by the foot to make his scarf, and used a lampshade with extra fabric to make the weird shoulder pad. Oh, and I got Kobe ones to go with it. Fucking giant welding gloves. Douglas J. Falcon is clean shaven, so I shaved too.
I was never early to work. I showed up twenty minutes early for this shit, and just stood in the hallway making the "show me your moves" pose. I was mistaken for SEVERAL (troublesome and generally unsavory) students. I only answered "are you x?" with "HYESZ!" or "cawm awn!" Students were fucking floored. Nothing of any educational value was learned in any of my classes that day. I kept the costume on for 8+ hours. I went out to buy lunch dressed that way. During a planning period I went to check my mailbox, and a little girl said "OH MA GAWD YOU'RE CAPTAIN FALCON."
Staff member responsible for those kinds of events must've thought I was insane. I hated school spirit shit. I hated pep rallys. Come to school dressed as the greatest superhero of all time? HYESZ!
Ilookedridiculoustotallyworthit
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:15:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm the student. Was meant to analyse an advertisement and I was given a photo of a couple stepping out of a car in Rome. At the bottom it said 'Susan'. I was like okay, maybe it's a car company I've never heard of. So I write the entire essay's draft. I then write it out on to the computer, print it out. On the due date, I asked my friend if it was good. He replied with "Huh, I thought Susan was a clothes company." My stomach dropped. This paper took up a huge percentage of our grade and here I was the idiot who couldn't tell the difference between a car company and a clothes company.
I am positively, ridiculously late, but when my sister was in 6th grade, she was told to write about euthanasia, but she thought the teacher said "youth in Asia."
Student here, but I can remember the first time one of my teachers told me to double-space a paper. I of course proceeded to put two spaces between every word of my paper. My teacher was quite amused at my stupidity.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:33:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In year 7 I wrote my exam about why being able to stand during an exam was important. I got in depth with back problems and distractions. The topic was, should students sit exams. I thought it was a typo, and I had never heard of the term before.
BoyceKRP ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:54:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda related, I was teaching swimming lessons at work last week and had my student working on backstrokes. Trying to get him to develop rythm and coordination, I told him to start singing out a 4 beat measure, '1,2,3,4' and he starts singing Uptown Funk. He's got a pretty bad cute lisp, so I heard "Up, down, fuck you up" and had to stop lessons to ask him where he heard it. He told me his music teacher at school, that was the most startling part. Mom clarified the song though after lessons haha
Not a teacher, but my classmates and I were given were given a term paper in a morality & ethics class back in high school. The paper we wrote was on a randomly-assigned morally controversial topic, such as abortion, capital punishment, etc. My friend was given "euthanasia" (mercy killing) as his topic. He interpreted it as "Youth in Asia" and proceeded to write over a dozen pages of Asian infant and adolescent demographic trends over the past few centuries, economic and cultural roles that children play in different Asian societies over time, and many other research topics about Asian kids.
My teacher was so amazed and amused by my classmates' term paper that he still keeps it hung on the wall of his classroom.
I had a good laugh about this one with my coworkers, but the common eye might not find this funny. Who knows?
I'm a tutor at Kumon (it's a shitty math and reading center in case you don't know. Yeah, it's shitty, but they pay me and I'm getting college internship credits towards my degree).
I have a kid who I think originated from the Middle East. I don't know though; he refuses to tell anyone where he's from). Anyways, he's is not a native English speaker; therefore, his grammar is off a lot, his spelling isn't always right, and he can NOT read directions (usually out of laziness and IDGAF-ness, but often it's also a literal misunderstanding).
So here I am grading some homework. The directions say "Combine the sentences into one, separating them with commas." Problem #1: Andy likes cars. Andy likes ice cream. Andy likes school. Answer SHOULD HAVE BEEN: Andy likes cars, ice cream, and school. Answer I GOT: Andy likes cars, Andy likes ice cream, Andy likes school. The kid literally replaced the periods in between each sentence with a comma.
TL;DR - ESL kid misunderstands directions, takes them extremely literally. I got a good laugh out of it.
Oh believe me, I really hate the program. I don't know the math stuff because I suck at math (I'm an English major in college, so that's the tutoring I do.) Everyone I know who ever attended Kumon hated it. The kids I tutor despise it.
haha i would despise it if i went to a tuition center. i don't get why they do that though, parents I mean. I know American schools are inefficient and don't teach students much but isn't there room for parental education?
We do recommend that parents home-grade and correct with their kids, but one argument for the centers are that this is our job. We're extensions to the schools (not that I necessarily agree with them but that is the argument). Also, a lot of our kids come because they're behind in school. The school curriculum is moving too fast and they need extra help. Or the kids need an extra challenge (for those students who are working above grade level). Another argument is that parents may not know the subject that well either. Especially with students like the one I described originally, who is not from the US originally. He has no support at home. As do many of our kids. Parents don't have time, or the knowledge, to help their kids.
Well, we lend answer books to parents so that they can do that. But a lot of times, it's correcting wrong answers that parents can't help with. They can only check to make sure the answer is right, you know? That's where we do come in; if the kid can't figure out what he or she did wrong, then we can explain the process to them.
It's actually not. He has successfully completed a multi-comma splice, which is not an appropriate way of writing. It's a run on sentence without the conjunction "and".
No, you couldn't. Commas are not "just meant to be a slight pause". We use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, AND yet. We also use them after introductory clauses, phrases, or words that come before the main clause (also known as prepositional phrases).
Heard this from my girlfriend. This happened in Taiwan (she is Taiwanese). The language teacher ask the elementary students to make an essay. The teacher wrote the theme or the topic of what their essay should be about. She wrote: "Mama de shou" (in Chinese) which means: Our mother's hands. Some students understood it wrong, what they read was: "Mama de mao" which meant: Our mother's body hair. This happened because the Chinese character of hand and body hair is pretty similar (try googling it). And because of this the students wrote essays about their mother's body hair.
That reminds me of one time in beginner french class, we were learning reflexive verbs. When we got to "se raser," which means to shave (yourself), my friend got excited and shouted out in french, "Is it true that french women don't shave 'sous les arbres' "? I knew he meant "sous les bras," under the arms, but what he actually said was "under the trees."
Teacher told me to read the next paragraph of a thingy the class was reading. It had something to do with penises. I read the entire fucking thing pronouncing penis like Venice with a P. I did not realise the word PENIS was the word PENIS.
Late to the party, but we had an assignment in English class to create an "original book cover" for a book and ad a summary, fake reviews on it, etc. There was a student from Myanmar (Burma) who took original literally as in use the ORIGINAL book cover. So he photo copied the book cover and then in pen, crossed out some of the reviews on it and wrote in fake names.
The teacher accused him of plagiarism, until the whole situation came to light and everyone including the teacher got a good laugh out of it during class.
My sentiments exactly. I feel for these kinds of threads, Reddit should have a computational intelligence-based feature that filters out posts that are similar, but made by different people (e.g. filter out all the responses involving confusion of "euthanasia" with "youth in Asia") as though they are unique experiences to the posters, it gets rather bothersome to read the same thing again and again.
How this would work is the feature would analyze all posts made to a particular thread and based upon the word choice of each individual post, group them together (e.g. responses that mention "double spacing" and "press the spacebar twice" are grouped together as they convey the same thought). Then, the option would be given to hide the posts completely from the page; that way, you and I can keep reading about other interesting experiences.
I say "a particular thread" and not "the entire website" as the most popular kinds of post will vary by thread, especially in a subreddit such as this where unique questions are often asked. Not all will be memes.
Student here. Not really a misinterpretation of a teacher, but an extremely exciting story nonetheless.
We were in our fifth year of high school and were given the task to create a news report in videoformat. We had to include fictional news items.
A couple of friends worked together in a group and decided to stage a hold-up at one of their parents' pharmacy, as it would make a good news item for the task. They had everything: location, props, actors and pretty realistic looking guns. So they went ahead and filmed a hold-up, but they forgot to close the curtains.
A pedestrian saw the whole thing and immediately called the police. Five minutes later a tactical response team storms into the pharmacy, thinking it was a real hold-up. The whole "GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR" was even caught on tape. Well, lets just say the police were pissed and it became a popular discussion topic at school.
In middle school we had these standardized tests that I assume everyone had. Pretty easy, but a pain as well. There was a writing section and the prompt was "What is your favorite grade?" I wrote about 3rd grade I believe because I learned to love math from this teacher blah blah. The next period we were talking about our answers and we discovered that this kid had thought they meant letter grades. So he said his favorite was an A. Because it was the best I guess. Would have loved to read that essay. Most bullshit ever probably. How do you even argue that...?
Had to do a presentation in highschool on a famous WW2 battle. Everyone did powerpoint presentations and gave out boring handouts. Me and my friend showed a 20 minute video with commentary of D-Day. We just recorded ourselves playing Battlefield 1942 for the entire weekend. (What we were going to do anyways.)
Not a teacher, but there was a guy in art class who wrote an entire essay on post modernism, describing how people would time travel to the future and bring artwork back with them.
mixu1308 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:00:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were in math class, and our teacher announces that we are going to start learning about polygons. My friend, trying to be a smart ass, says out loud (btw he has a very loud voice) "oh, so we're doing polygamy?!" The teacher starts laughing so hard that you could see a tear or two.
dripberg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:12:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he pronounce it (pah-la-ghami)? Cause that would have been awesome!
I teach English to a basic-level class at a university in Japan. At the end of our unit on daily routines, I asked them to write an e-mail pretending they had returned to Japan after studying abroad and staying with a homestay family. They were to thank the homestay parents and tell them what their daily lives were like back in Japan.
One of the e-mails reads:
"Dear maser," (was already quite confused here)
"Thank you for taking care of me and broser after faser died. You work very hard to send us to university, I really appreciate it. I am very busy studying hard everyday..."
and that was when I realized he wrote a very touching e-mail to his real mother.
That reminds me of one of those cheeky-student joke emails that made the rounds, of students who either didn't follow the rules or followed them a little too literally. Students were asked to pretend they were a Chinese immigrant and write a letter to their grandfather back home, telling them about America. And one is a long letter, written completely in Chinese (which of course the teacher cannot read).
"It is ok to take a look at Wikipedia to get an overview over the topic and find first sources" was interpreted as "We may copy and paste the Wiki article, change a few words and pass the assignment".
RoskoJ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:16:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
During an elementary history class we were instructed to "write our own history" report. I basically wrote a gundam wing fan fiction about napoleon invading Europe...
OhioMegi ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:18:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I teach prek, so they don't really have assignments. But when I was in high school, I took an IB course on American literature. Our final project was to pick an author and "become" them for the class period. There were only 6 of us, and we had to sign up with what author we wanted.
Well, one afternoon, we come in and our teacher was just sitting at her desk. She points to the list and says "there is something wrong. Fix it." And that was it. We spent close to 30 minutes discussing what was wrong. It finally dawned on one of us- NO ONE HAD CHOSEN AN AMERICAN AUTHOR!! You'd think one of us would have chosen someone we'd already studied, but no. I never felt so dumb.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:19:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but one time my history teacher was talking about gerrymandering and one student asked who he was, needless to say he got teased quite a bit whenever this topic got brought up.
Not an assignment but still a funny misunderstanding. Teaching English in Korea. Handed a student a worksheet and asked them to go to the staffroom and make 2 copies for me. He comes back 5 mins later with the sheet I handed him and 2 coffees, looking perplexed.
The koreans have a symbol ใ which is used for f and p. Kid thought I asked for 2 coffees!
I remember back in second grade, my teacher (literally the worst teacher I've ever had) gave us this one assignment early in the year. It was supposed teach us about rounding, but there were no instructions on the paper and the teacher didn't tell us what we were supposed to do. It literally just looked like a bunch of pyramid-looking things with lines along them and numbers at either end. None of the kids knew what the fuck to do. There was an open house sorta thing that night and it quickly became apparent that none of the parents knew what the fuck to do on the assignment either. She explained it (obviously) and that was that. But, looking back, that really set the tone for the rest of the school year.
gesika6 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:10:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a student's perspective (mine), when I was 18 and in driver's ed, the one rule our teacher had was when doing a paper assignment that we should never leave a question blank and he would give us 0s if we did it even once. Well, one question was, "Define PBT.", and I had no clue, but not wanting to get a 0 I wrote what first came into my head, which was, "Probably Bananas or Tangerines." He had many classes during different days of the week and in our last class, all of his classes got together in one room for a final exam. As he's passing out the exam he reminds everyone about his 'No questions left blank" policy, and at one point he says, "and please, if you don't know the answer, at least TRY to make an educated guess, not like when a certain student thought PBT meant Probably Bananas or Tangerines, not naming names...(coughJessicacough)" The whole class was roaring with laughter and a few looked at me and said, "THAT was you?"
sinanis ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:49:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in year 5 or so, we had to write a little essay where we should discuss the idea of "Hunde auf Rezept", which means somethings like "A Prescription for Dogs" (as in service dogs for people with a disability etc.) Now, in German the word "Rezept" can either mean "prescription" or "recipe". One of my classmates then wrote his essay about the idea of eating dogs.
rices4212 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:49:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Looks like I'm 17 hours late so no one will see, but I'll leave this for you op because I thought it was pretty funny. After the first 9 weeks, I switched grade levels with another teacher. My partner teacher had the students write goodbye letters to me. The first one I opened and read was addressed to the principal and had nothing to do with me leaving, so she clearly didn't understand what she was supposed to be doing. Everyone else's was sweet /funny though
I once worked with a summer intern who was studying economics at a fairly exclusive university. The professor had asked them to write about some business set in Peoria. Apparently most of them had never heard the saying, "Will it play in Peoria?"
(For those outside the US, it basically means, will simple folk in the heartland understand, usually asked of sophisticated works.)
They assumed Peoria was the name of a hypothetical country, which colored their analyses since they could not know anything about the economy there, making it a pretty useless exercise. Apparently, the professor was pretty pissed off that well-educated, well-traveled 20-somethings had never heard of Peoria and the intern was shocked to hear that we all knew that it was a city in Illinois.
When I was about 6, one of my assignments was to write certain words "without looking". So here I am with my hands covering my eyes and my mom had to explain to me that my teacher meant not to just copy the words but actually pull them from my memory.
Tsukeo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:14:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were having English class (in Norway). Just a simple task to write about a movie. A friend of mine copied a Wikipedia article in its entirety (with formating and everything) and another one of my friends wrote in Norwegian for some strange reason.
mandi318 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 16:28:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am not quite sure if this applies, but I gave a President Report over fall break. They drew names out of a hat and had to make a presentation on the President. The kid who pulled Bill Clinton's name had an entire presentation on his affair. It is now hanging up in the teacher's lounge.
Not a teacher but a student. So we were supposed to have a pilgrim themed day at school and dress up and eat like pilgrims. So my mom being an immigrant and me being in the 3rd grade took the assignment literally when my teacher said in a letter that we should bring a meal that consisted of 'meat, cheese and bread'. So instead of a lunchbox with a turkey sandwich in it, I showed up to school that day dressed as a pilgrim with a picnic basket and in it an uncut loaf of bread, a massive turkey leg and a block of cheddar cheese. Safe to say I was really confused when the teacher didn't have a bread knife for class that day...
I was called Bilgrim for the rest of elementary school (Black Pilgrim).
Also way late, but it was an interesting one. My students one year had to write a cover letter for a job application describing their accomplishments and interests. One student turned in a two-page description of his ideal girlfriend. No career aspirations, just "What I really want in the future is a girlfriend [proceeds to ramble about her]". I thought he was joking at first but nope.
This is really late and probably won't get seen by anyone...
Not a teacher, but in college a teacher told me that he got his students to do a presentation on different types of genres in film. One kid got 'black comedy' as in like dark comedy. anway he stood up and did his presentation about things black people find funny, with videos pictures etc. The poor guy didn't even catch on that he did the wrong thing until he sat down.
Me: ok so in The Outsiders how can we tell that Dally likes Cherry? What's the text evidence?
Student: on page 26 it says he buys her coke and cocaine is really expensive so you wouldn't do that for someone you didn't care about.
Me: wait...no...it's Coke like coca-cola.
Student: oh. OH. Ok nevermind I think I need to rewrite my essay then.
I had a geography class in college and there was a 40 something in the class who struggled for half a class trying to find Yugoslavia on a map. "It no longer exists." didn't seem to mean anything to him. "But where is it on the map?" ..... just and endless loop, till the prof dug out a really old text book...
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:28:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I remember in high school our English teacher gave us a creative writing assignment where we had to describe life on the lam. Bro-y kid in my class who wasn't the brightest, wrote a
three page paper about his adventures riding through the world on his fluffy pet lamb. Got an A because the teacher thought he was trying to be clever...whoosh.
My daughters class was recently given an assignment: decorate a paper turkey as something else, so that the turkey doesn't get eaten on thanksgiving! My daughter dressed it up as Santa, it looked pretty good. When I was dropping her off one day I looked at the other posted in the hall. Someone decorated theirs as a pizza.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:05:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. My final project for my one class this semester is to choose a novel/author and give a presentation on why that work/works should receive a class-awarded Nobel prize. I chose Metro 2033 for the impact it made in Russian literature. Wrote up my presentation in English, sent it to my friend who is fluent in Russian to translate it for me.
If she wants to teach a non-Spanish class half the time in Spanish, she's getting a Russian presentation on a Russian novel.
nrith ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:07:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Former student here. The first time I was told to write an essay, I wrote that it was an "S.A."
SCM1992 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:41:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but abcamp counselor: we had kids age 10-12, boys for me in my cabin. The last day of camp is a theme day to have an exciting conclusion to the week. One week, I and my co-counselor decided to do a military theme day. All the boys (about 20) were all given nicknames al la Full Metal Jacket, private snowball, joker, wiley coyote, et cetera, and all started out as privates. Woke them up at 5 in the morning, went for a run (without medical exceptions, who were made to learn some trivia and repeat it back. Lots of screaming, yelling, and laughing, fort building, and field promotions were granted based on merit, something we thought would happen maybe two or three times. Turns out, these boys really loved being respected and given responsibilities. We wound up with several staff sergeants, sergeants and corporals, and the entire camp knew by the end of the day and wanted to join the "Marines". What's more, all of my boys became loads more respectful of the other counselors and just helpful in general. Responded to staff with yes sir/no sir yes ma'am/no ma'am...it was amazing.
Despite the success of the theme, I felt really guilty for calling myself a Captain without earning that title and we didn't do it again. But I learned something valuable by giving a kid with little support some respect and responsibility even the orneriest boy became an excellent human being.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:09:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a young piano student, I was learning to memorize pieces. We were using a common method in which you memorize the first page, then the second, etc... My piano teacher suggested I work on a piece back-to-front for the next week, the idea being that I had played the first pages much more than the last pages, so I should practice the last page, then the second-to-last-and-last pages, then the third....and so on. However, I didn't fully understand her as she didn't go into these details, so I spent the whole week trying to learn the piece COMPLETELY backwards, like note-for-note backwards.
Jass1995 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your teacher asks you to memorise? Hmm. Mine always said never to memorise but muscle memory usually kicks in when I'm playing the song for the umpteenth time. That's interesting.
I got a punishment when I was five. The teacher wrote something on the board and told me to write 'fifty lines of this' (pointing at the board). I was there for about five to seven minutes. I had literally written 'lines of this' fifty times.
me_suds ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:37:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you had the right idea but really should have just been "this" 50 times
oblio76 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who can write 50 lines of anything when you're 5 years old?
jkbrodie ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:34:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked my grade 7s to write a letter as if they were someone in New France. One girl wrote the letter in French. I don't know any French.
Gompa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obligatory "Not a teacher, but a student". This was long ago, around age 8-9. One time the teacher was talking about air travel, and how to be a good passenger on a plane, and the next day we were going to do a "Practice flight" with chairs lined up in a row.
Now I was apparently not paying attention, and all I heard was that we were going on a trip to Sri Lanka, and went home scared about being so far away.
blove301 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school our class was assigned an English Lit. oral presentation . We each had to select an English author, poet, etc. to research and deliver a 5 min. presentation. We were encouraged to have our parents come watch, I think to give us a bigger audience. It came time for 1 of my classmates to present and he stood up and gave an A cappella rendition of D'yer Maker by Led Zepplin. The craziest part is he sang the entire song, and never cracked a smile or anything and the teacher let him. It was both the funniest and most awkward thing I have ever personally seen. The same guy later ordered delivery pizza to the end of the bench (where he sat) at a basketball game. He was a lunatic.
In college, my brother (an engineer) was given a box with a store bought cake inside. In his class they were told to frost the top and use different candies and other food items to create different rooms in a building that the cake was representing.
My brother, being the literally person he is, didn't even think to look insde the box and just assumed "frost the top" meant put frosting on top of the box. He didn't even notice it seemed weird. Apparently about halfway through frosting the box his professor came over and asked what the hell he was doing.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:26:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I worked in a metropolitan public library with some really smart librarians back in the 80s. One day, a man called in and got a librarian who moved here from London. The man asked her to gather some information on Boss Tweed (the former New York state senator.) Except he just said "Boss Tweed." she spent an hour going through fabric books looking in vain for any reference to that particular type of fabric before one of the other librarians asked her what she was working on and took pity on her.
mento6 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but me when I was a student. It was around fourth grade and we were assigned to type a short paragraph, double spaced, about a musician and the story of his life. This was basically the first time I had to type up something and I had no idea what double spaced was, so I ended up putting two spaces in between every word I was writing.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:09:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in third grade I started counting off students for a group project in halves to show off/practice my math skills. The teacher heard me when I got to 1 1/2, which was a girl. The teacher thought I was counting the girl as a half and refused to listen to my explanation, rather sending me to the principal instead.
Ah shit i misinterpretted the thread assignment
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Former Percussion Director with a competitive marching band.
I had a band parent record our entire competitive show. I gave copies to each of my percussion and front-line ensemble students and asked them to write two or three paragraphs of what we should have done.
One student (A supremely talented percussionist and who i secretly knew in my heart was better than me in almost every single way) got a copy of the entire score for the show from the director and rewrote every percussion/frontline part.
It sounded amazing. I wasn't even mad.
He's graduating from college this year with a Bachelors in Music Education, and I couldn't be happier for him.
isu1857 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:21:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh not an assignment but...
My kids are assigned a number between 1 and (class size) so that I can file away papers more easily.
On an assignment, next to the space where the kid's name is written is "Number: ______" to record that number. One of my kids wrote down his telephone number and was dead serious that he didn't know I was looking for his class number.
Halfway through reading Red Badge of Courage we were assigned to write a letter home from the war front as if we were in the American Civil War. I suspected that the teacher didn't even bother to read our papers half the time and I wanted to test that theory. I began my paper:
To My Dearest Dog Wesley,
Bow wow wow bark bark ruff ruff.........
An entire page of that. Fully punctuated and everything.
I took three years of Italian in high school and ended up switching to Spanish in college. Throughout the term I routinely mixed up the two with pronunciation and would get corrected by my Spanish teacher when she would say, "Bueno, ahora en espanol..." She also told me that she had to learn Italian to get her PhD in Spanish. Our final consisted of a 3 page paper on anything Spain. So my paper started out in Spanish talking about the Moors but slowly morphed into Italian by the end of the second page and the entire third page was completely in Italian. She let me rewrite it and turn it in the next day and was nice enough to not dock me any points, but not before she put me on display in front of the class and hand me back my paper with a big red "Bueno, ahora en espanol" on it.
Euouae ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:26:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Things get glued to faces CONSTANTLY. ....... I teach preschool
I used to teach environmental education in elementary schools. I would visit 4th grade classes each school once a week for a lesson. This particular lesson was about habitat loss in north american wetland areas. I talked about how bulk heading impedes travel from water to land, how strip mall parking lots cause runoff of chemical pollutants, invasive and non-native plant and animal species, etc. I handed out paper with a wavy line thru that represented water and they were to fill in their wetland. The students drew pictures then we put them all together to show a river connecting the wavy lines.
Anyway, one kid interpreted 'strip mall' by drawing pictures of scantily clad dancing girls. It was funny and I clarified for the class what I meant by strip mall... A big parking lot with multiple storefronts. I tried not to laugh or smile too much but I'm pretty sure I blushed a little.
Late to this but nonetheless... I teach English in Korea and have for some time now. The language barrier can sometimes result in interesting things:
I told students to double space their essays so it would be easier for me to leave a comment. One student misunderstood and wrote on half of each page, but only wrote on the right or left side of the page, not leaving a line in between.
I give students really random topics to do impromptu speeches to practice for their toefl tests. This one girl, I told her to talk about pineapples for 40 seconds and she ended up talking about sponge bob which isn't completely off topic I guess. She talked about why a pineapple was a good house.
I have my toefl students prepare research and then make a presentation about it at the end of the semester. One student submitted their PowerPoint for evaluation early and I suggested they put in a quiz to make sure students were listening. They did. The quiz, however, was about superficial things about their ppt. "How many pictures are in this ppt?" "How many slides were in this presentation?"
God I love them. So great.
Edit: while teaching phonics you hear some great things. Spelling tests... I've seen whore, shart, poo, and others when they are definitely not the targets.
Okay, actually a sort of teacher in a preschool class. We have a mix of ages, and it's the three-year-old kiddos who are usually last to understand.
This time? They did not understand Duck, Duck, Goose. After modeling it ourselves, and then having a student do it perfectly...when one of our very young threes was chosen, he went around the circle, "Duck, duck, duck, duck....DUCK!!!" and then started running like he had just tagged the other student goose.
We gently corrected him. "You're supposed to say goose when you want them to chase you."
So what did he do? Started around the circle again, "Goose, goose, goose..."
It was the most fun I've ever had playing that ridiculous game.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:39:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly... When I was four, that was one of the first cheating techniques my cousin taught me. I usually played fair but they played dirty including in ridiculous games like that. Saying duck was biding your time to find a reliable route to the bathroom that had a lock cause when my cousins played... They played like it was the last thing they'd ever do.
This reminds me of one time in Design Technology we were asked to draw a desk tidy, the thing you keep all your stationary paraphernalia, I didn't do this though ...... I drew a tidy desk.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Assigned a paper on the pros and cons of euthanasia. Got back a paper on the pros and cons of youth in Asia...
zeenies ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:36:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of a friend had a to do a report on controversial topics. His subject was euthanasia.
You can imagine the shock on everyone's faces when he started to give a presentation on "Youth in Asia".
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:37:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taking a Japanese capstone course with four other people, one of them being a Chinese genius guy who's lived in Japan since he was a kid. Totes only took the class for credits and didn't give a fuck for the class.
Business Japanese. Writing about how current events could effect business in Japan. Teacher says "You can write about anything you want." And he took it and ran with it.
He ends up writing about Schrodinger's cat, like, full blown essay in really hard to read Japanese and turns it in. Teacher gives him an F because it had nothing to do with business. Absolutely fucking hilarious. "But you said we could write about anything!"
In health class the teacher assigned us a paper about anything we wanted. The entire class knew this to mean anything health related. Timmy, on the other hand, wrote an entire paper about how Weezer was the greatest band ever ever and chronicled their entire discography and all of his concert experiences. The entire class giggled from the first sentence to the end as he read aloud. Poor Timmy.
In high school, the A.P. English class was supposed to read Invisible Man. A friend instead read The Invisible Man and was confused as to why everyone had such a hard time getting through it.
JPA5210 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:43:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom was a fifth grade teacher and regularly had tests over specific numbers multiplication tables. She announced that the class was going to have an "8's" test the next day. A little girl went home and told her mother (in a strong southern accent) that she was having an "aids" test. Needless to say her mother was not happy at all.
Not really an assignment. In 5 th grade my English teacher was asking for the German translation of the term question mark. He asked me . I knew question meant Frage and I had a classmate named Mark. So I answered "frag (ask) Mark ".
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
As most the people in this thread, I'm not a teacher, but I'll share.
My freshman year of college there was a kid who lived down the hall from me. He liked to drink beer and play NHL and so did I, so naturally we became friends.
One day, we are sitting in his room and he asks me to proofread an assignment. It was a short paper on Platos "Allegory of the Cave", so basically a stereotypical freshman year of college assignment.
I start reading it and it seems like he writes well enough. Then he starts going into a tirade of how absurd the premise of the allegory is (despite it being, you know, an allegory). My favorite line was "What mastermind was behind this plot? What were his motives?"
The whole thing came off like he was offended that the story even existed.
I have no idea how he ended up doing on it, but it's still one of the funniest things I've ever read.
mbw4688 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:53:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As an American MBA student studying in France, I was supposed to teach a class about "insurance in Europe". I thought I was just supposed to talk about insurance companies in Europe or something. Seemed too simple but whatever.
The professor was confused; my presentation consisted of maybe 5 slides of insurance companies founded/headquartered in Europe and lasted just a few minutes. I sat down and he proceeded to teach the class about risk assessment/mitigation or something. Oops.
Passed the class but I'm sure this professor will forever think of me as the stupid American that didn't give half a shit about his assignments.
I know I'm late to the party.
When I was in middle school the teacher wanted us all to have put papers "double spaced". I didn't know what that meant and it was before I knew about ask jeeves. So I meticulously went back and added an extra space between words.
I was given a F for not following directions
Not a teacher but back in high school we are supposed to do an impromptu speech with 3 minutes of prep. The topics are drawn and one student got "mercy killing" except he rambled about war and the military etc. Everyone was confused until the time was up and the teacher was able to explain euthanasia to him.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:21:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Bill138 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:33:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Liston, not Lesnar.
stuckit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but now I want a picture of Ali over Brock Lesnar.
dalmintz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
maybe not a misinterpretation, but when I was in middle school, our teacher assigned a paper on plagiarism and how to avoid it. My idiot friend plagiarized it and got caught. Teacher and principle thought it was so ironic they let it slide.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Few weeks ago we got a redundant assignment from our professor. One of the questions was "how will you study harder?" The class coordinated to simply put "I will study harder". Next class we were able to listen to a fifteen minute rant from the instructor.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm late to the party but this is too good not to share- when teaching a lab class in chemistry (to first year university students) I found a student stirring a beaker of liquid with his finger. When asked what the hell he was doing he replied "i'm checking to see if my finger turns red". Thankfully he had messed up the earlier step so he didn't burn his finger and actually turn it red - in what was supposed to be an acidic solution that would turn litmus paper red...
bro4all ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:34:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Happened to my group; the english teacher wanted each group to name their group as a nice imaginary character, and then add the villain part to the end. So my group ended up named" jiggly buff the rapist" which he later changed to the " scary fellow" ):
I recently found this in a box when my parents were moving out of my childhood home. The assignment was to describe how to do something. Apparently I just copied the directions from a box of brownie mix
7Arach7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:38:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(Obligatory not a teacher)
Okay, so here we go - In middle school, we were learning some spanish vocab like two weeks before the exam (final vocab to learn). The teacher, to help us out because he knew we'd procrastinate assigned us to write all the verbs from the vocab from the chapter. My friend didn't hear that last part - so he went through our entire textbook, found every vocab section, and copied the english and spanish of every. single. verb we had learned, all in that night. Unsurprisingly, the next day, when I met up with him that morning, he was complaining about it. Lets say he wasn't the happiest person that day ;D
TODAY: a student was supposed to use their textbook to create a timeline of a story. We made a large timeline on paper. After 20 min. I noticed he had nothing else added to the blank timeline. He had done every drawing IN THE BOOK on the page of the story. 7 in all. ((there were 26 kids around him doing it correctly))
For a portion of a summer project this past summer, I had my incoming 7th and 8th grade English students make a soundtrack for the novel they read. I specifically told them to "pick 7 songs and include the name of the song, the artist, and three to four sentences explaining what event in the novel they thought the song would pair well with."
I had four students write songs lyrics, and one who set his to music.
They all got full credit, because, come on... effort.
We were assigned a report on the various planets in our solar system once in elementary school. One little girl got up and spent 5 minutes straight speaking about the Roman god Neptune rather than the planet. It was amazing, she went up there with no shame and went for it. Always admired that.
Mew_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:41:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to write an essay on an international ethical issue surrounding public relations earlier this year, stupid me I thought we had to go research one and do all the legwork ourselves, with no essay question etc and I worked super hard on it.
Turns out I'm an idiot and didn't read the 'assignment guide' (I was just going off this 3 sentence paragraph on Blackboard) and we were all meant to write about a pre-chosen specific ethical issue detailed in the guide with a question and all the usual stuff.
My lecturer said she was initially going to fail me, but then caved when someone else did the exact same thing as me and I ended up getting a better mark than most of the class who did the assignment correctly. I felt so stupid.
Mr5miley ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:41:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I saw this during my first year exams. We went into a giant gym for our first set of university exams. They split the gym into six sections and each section has two exams. They use a checkerboard so it's harder to cheat. A guy from my class, let's call him David, shows up a few minutes late and gets seated in one of the last open spots. Twenty minutes pass when David, a few rows over, raises his hand. I hear voices and then he gets up and goes to a different section.
It turns out that he sat at a Japanese language exam for the first twenty minutes. They took the paper because he wrote on it. No, not just his name. He tried to balance the kanji symbols.
It's second year and suffice to say, he's no longer at university.
Not a teacher but...... In second grade I was out for surgery. I had my tonsils and adenoids removed. During those few days I was out of school, my class did a small unit on "what is realistic fiction." The day I came back to school was the day my teacher announced the final project of the unit. We were to write a realistic fiction piece. I had never heard the phrase realistic fiction before, but I just decided to figure out later. Fast forward three days of working at home and in class writing time. Our teacher was going to look over all of our rough drafts, and hand back edits. I handed my piece in, quite pleased with my writing. Five minutes later my teacher calls me into the hall. I had taken the phrase realistic fiction as a chronological description. I thought my teacher had told me to write a piece that started of as realistic and would end in some crazy sci-fi adventure. My teacher didn't make me rewrite. I learned what realistic fiction was, and she was reminded that second graders should not be left to figure things out on their own.
Freshman year of college we had to write a paper and do a presentation on discourse communities for English. Basically, the project was to be about how people communicate in different communities, their specific slang, and . Most people did pretty normal stuff. FPS gamers, the anime club, cyber defense team, etc.
Then there was the kid that did his project on "people that work at CVS pharmacy"
Up until last year (My freshman year) I was homescooled. So the first week of school, I wasn't sure how hard this school thing was going to be. So, on the second day of school my math teacher gave us homework. He has a different kind of style then some of the other teachers. So his assignmets would be something like "Page 234 Problems 1,6,97,57,3,3,7 etc" I didn't understand this. I thought those were all page numbers and we had to do every problem on said pages. So there I am, doing 200 plus problems crying to my parents saying "regular school is too hard, I wanna go back" My dad is fed up at this point and tells me to email the teacher, I do. And he replies saying that is definitely not the homework. The good part that came out of it all is that I had no homework for a couple weeks.
Not a teacher, but when I was in high school we were supposed to do a research on one of many sociopolitical topics and present it to the class.
A friend of mine got Xenophobia. Everyone half-assed the assignment, but this girl really took it seriously.
She finished a hard cover, 40 pages study on the Chernobyl disaster.
Not the brightest but hardworking...
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:13:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure there's many books on Chernobyl but I wonder if she could have gotten hers published.
Dojodc ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:50:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach Taekwondo, and once when I was teaching a group of young students this five year old wouldn't stop moving like there were ants in his pants while I was explaining the drill. Every time I started to talk he would start wiggling. So, I finally tell the kid to stand still and I finish explaining and we start doing the drill. I was facing the front of the class room moving with the students to show them how to do the moves and I catch that same kid from the corner of my eye not doing anything. I tell the other kids to keep going and I go over to him and he's standing straight as a board hands by his side and I ask him "Kid, what are you doing?" and the kid, without turning his head to look at me said "You said to be still"
Extra credit: What is your favorite part writing convention? (In music theory, part writing concerns how individual voices move from chord to chord in relation to each other. No parallel 5ths, or keep common tones when possible.)
A student answered: "The national convention??" As in, thinking there are conventions dealing only with part writing... That's like mathematicians holding a convention devoted solely to addition.
Having a discussion with my EAL class and I said, "you know what my pet peeve is? Do you know what a pet peeve is?" An eighth grade student said, "I bet it's a mouse!"
Then it quickly derailed into a conversation about when I was going to bring my mouse to school...
Diredoe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:03:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite an assignment, but the idea is the same.
In a math class in college we just finished going over a really difficult chapter, and the professor said that she'd break her usual rule and allow us to use one single index card for notes to bring into the test.
Before class I'm chatting with one of my classmates, and he asks me how many notes I made of the material. When I told him that we were only allowed one, his face just went white. He had something like ten...
dartimos ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:03:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More of me misinterpreting what the answers would be but...
I really wanted my students to know about their family history. The assignment was to talk to their grandparents about a story from their youth. Teaching in a Hispanic community, I received many stories about "swimming across a river."
I'll be honest, being a ghost-skinned carpet-bagging teacher, I didn't expect those responses.
karione ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:17:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well, it was an English 200 level class in the US and just as the class was ending our professor told us write a 300 word essay about holocaust and to submit it next class. Me being an international student didn't know exactly what she was referring to. I though she was sick and why would she want us to write about these stuff. So I wrote about a movie I saw when I was a teen, "Canibal Holocaust"(most graphic movie ever). Only after when she was reviewing the essay I got to know about the Holocaust she as referring to. She did not say anything regarding my content but just graded my english.
noobloid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:17:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Classmate was called to front to "check" an equation on the board.
Late to the party but true story: a friend asked students to draw factor trees for a set of numbers. When he received the list of numbers back, the student had written "fact" next to half of them and "tree" next to the others.
zt4ci ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:26:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher, but I recalled a moment I had as a student in 8th grade Spanish.
Our teacher gave us a quick 10 question verbal quiz. The quiz consisted of yes or no questions, so she instructed us to respond to each question with "Sรญ' or "No."
I taught a course for secondary ed majors on integrating technology in the classroom. For their final project, they had to choose a free software tool and use it to create a lesson plan and assignment for their future students and then create one sample student project - so if they used a wiki, they would create the lesson plan and assignment and then create a wiki as if they were the student completing the assignment, etc.
I had one girl choose Google SketchUp, which was a great idea, but for her sample student project, she drew a building on a piece of paper. She sketched what the screen of Google SketchUp would look like. So to demonstrate the potential of a 3-D modeling program, she drew a 2-D picture of it. I never could figure out why she thought that was the best way to complete the assignment.
This was posted just minutes ago and it applies. For our Physics class we can earn up to 10 participation points (informally known as Bucket Points). Various ways to earn them are homeworks, attending class, making an instructional video, etc. One of the easier ways has been to attend guest speaker lectures.
Well, this girl just posted on a public forum for the class:
"Dr. <Teachers Name>,
I see in the syllabus that I can give a public lecture for 2 bucket points. Would you mind if I ran class on Friday at 9am to get these points? I think I've got a good grasp on radiation. Let me know if this works!
~<Student Name>~"
The forum post has about 20 likes and nobody has told her that she misinterpreted the syllabus.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but when I was in kindergarten, our teacher gave us workbook pages to complete on Monday and simply said to "bring the workbook pages back on Friday" and so I did. Without completing any part of it. Oh well!
I once wrote a paper and a friend came over and hit alt-f4 as a joke... Thinking I'd just cancel the prompt asking if I wanted to save.. Yes, no, cancel. I thought it was asking if I wanted to close the application so I hit no... It closed without saving...
Not a teacher, but when in college I had a public speaking class and the speech assignment was to compare yourself to a fictional character. I had a player from the football team in my class and he spent his time talking about how his life was similar to Michael Oher from the Blindside.
Note: I went to an SEC school where football is the number one priority. He obviously got an A.
Lossa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:47:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Music teacher: gave my junior high students an assignment on the soundtrack of their lives, where they choose 8 songs and say why they're meaningful to them. A student chose RHCP "Californication", saying it reminded her of her cousin and the trouble they got into together.
Teacher asks "can someone name one of the five senses?"
I eagerly raise my hand, "The Penis!"
I though she meant one of my "sensitive" areas, not senses.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:50:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher but I was half asleep one day in class when we were talking about famous math mathematicians, I don't know why but I thought my teacher said math magician, so he had an assignment to make a comic strip about a mathematician and I made something about a magician who solved math problems, when I turned it in my teacher just started laughing. How I feel looking back at it
During my Mechanical Engineering undergrad, we had a technical communications course. We had an assignment near the end to prepare a technical presentation. You know, on something technical and relevant to our field. People generally did things on engines, cars, rockets, mechanisms, etc.
My religious friend, bless him, decided to do his technical presentation on Syphilis. I loved it, but he got an F.
My wife went to an open audition for a theater production of The Thing About Men. All the auditioners stood in a big circle and the director would give each one a character to improvise. My wife was asked to "show us a woman pushing a baby carriage." The director mumbled the word carriage, and my wife didn't miss a beat. AAAUUUUUUGGGH GOD DAMMIT YOU DID THIS TO ME!!! I hear it went on for about a minute before she noticed all the dropped jaws, followed by uproarious laughter.
She did get the part. She actually played eight different small comic relief parts. Won a local theater award too.
bumbuff ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:32:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well...there are more students than teachers.
EnRicque ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:09:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Way back when I computing, first time sitting at the computer, teacher asks me "what is a mouse?" I answered "it squeaks and eats cheese" he was not amused..
I was in 4th grade and missed the entire "state map of Pennsylvania" lesson due to some other classes I was in that pulled me out of regular ed a couple times a week.
Come back to a test on the map of Pennsylvania - counties and rivers and such. I didn't know what I was even looking at since it wasn't labeled "Map of PA" so I thought it must be the United States.
Failed me for putting Texas, California and the other 5 or 6 states I could remember into the map and drawing my own border lines. I had to stay after and do a special project just to pass 4th grade :[
In all honestly this is why I am always "that guy" asking extremely simple questions to the teacher to further r educate myself to the nature of said assignment mentioned. I would never randomly bring a stool sample into a college and not ask myself "Wait..."
Early in elementary school I was in the spelling bee. It was getting down to the final round, only a few people left standing. The word I was given is "lure". In my head I pictured the red light-up sign for the liquor store, which, as the child of a non-drinking family, I had somehow always imagined was a fishing shop. Referencing this image in my mind, I say "lure. l-i-q-u-o-r." I can't remember what the adults reactions were, I was in a whirlwind of defeat and confusion.
Zarnees ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In first grade, my teacher was teaching us how to write letters. She was giving an example on how to format it and she said, " you want to write Dear So and So." I was young and never knew so and so meant place the person you want here. So I ended up writing a letter to so and so about the weather. The teacher didn't take this light heartily. I can recall her yelling at me and telling me I'm stupid. The entire class played along for the rest of the 5 years there...
Oh God, I didn't misinterpret an assignment but a fact...when I was in high school I went up to my history teacher to ask her how in the world Matthew Perry from the show "Friends" opened Japan up to the West. After she finished laughing she said the actual person who opened Japan up had the same name, the actor was mentioned to help us remember his name. That's what I get for not properly paying attention.
50% of the class plagiarizes with 5 students turning in the same paper and then denying they copied each other.
fuckin China
braiel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a school assignment or anything like that but it's kind of fitting so I'll tell it anyways.
This happened back when I was about 11 or 12 and I was doing some baking with my mum, we decided to make this caramel cake mix thing so my mum was getting a pan ready and I started to follow the instructions on the box. The box told me to beat the cake and I didn't really clue in that they're called beaters for a reason, so there I was beating the ingredients with a spoon flinging it all over the kitchen...my mum found it funny at least.
I had to write an essay about the Situationist International which is essentially a theory spun off from Marxism but more existential (I welcome clarity here). Anyway the main concepts were dรฉrive which is essentially wandering or as I interpret it living in the moment and not living by a routine in order to take advantage of every moment every day and dรฉtournement which is a purposeful diversion from the status quo through art; essentially taking a cultural or pop culture symbol/logo and altering it for the purpose of creating an ironic definition.
So in the essay I wrote about the fact that while writing the essay I was taking shots of vodka and smoking weed - and admitted that I was writing it ten hours before it was due all within the context of the objective: conveying I understood the concepts of the Situationist International and that I was putting these concepts into action by breaking from the status quo.
Anyway I got a D- fought it and got a B+ once she understood what I was trying to do.
TL;DR - had to write an existential essay, got high and drunk, wrote about getting high and drunk while writing the essay to show I understood the concepts, got a D-, fought it to a B+.
TL;DR - take two - wrote essay, got high & drunk, fought bad mark, got a good one.
EkriirkE ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:40:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In High school English, after reading a book, the teacher had us begin a collective paper on some topic of the book. She began by stating "Please write the 10 commandments on the top of your papers". I only know 1 or 2 of them, so I raised my hand and asked
"What if we don't know the ten commandments?"
She got pissed and yelled at me "Just write the ten commandments!"
"But.." then a classmate chimed in "She means the words 'the ten commandments'".
When i was in elementary grade 6, the teacher asked us in a test how human reproduction works. That was the last essay question of the exam so my exhausted younger self was not thinking clearly and wanted to go home immediately; thus, I wrote a very vivid yet different explanation.
Instead of explaining how the sperm cells meet the woman's egg cell and what not, I described how the male will carefully insert his package into the woman's vajayjay and thrust it in and out until the fluids come out. That's all without mentioning about the sperms or the eggs, so it's basically just the pleasure of having sex.
synopser ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:04:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student, in my foreign language final the question was "please introduce your country in 1000 words or less". I wrote a very thoughtful piece on how American gained independence from England in 1776, fought a brutal civil war, and a few culture things about how we like football and cheeseburgers. I got it back with a very low score (I'm not THAT bad at Japanese). Turns out the question was "please introduce a famous place in your country".
My friend back in high school had the same teacher for the same subject as I did but just at different times. He had her class first followed by myself in a later class. The assignment was to write a couple of pages on WHO we admired the most and why. When I went to turn in my paper I noticed my friends paper was on top of the stack for the previous class, so I decided to read the intro. The first sentence was " The person I admire the most is football.". I busted out laughing so hard that the teacher knew what I was reading. I will never let him forget.
danluke ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:26:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not necessarily a misinterpretation of one of my assignments but a student made a flyer in my computer applications class advocating for the saving of trees. Then he printed it out a bunch of them on pieces of paper.
Not a teacher, but in my final year of university I took a course on Equine Nutrition and Health. We had to do an assignment on horse behaviour where we were supposed to watch a video of horses in the wild, and basically chart any behaviours we saw every 10 seconds or whatever and make a pie graph of how they spent their time. When my prof sent the link to the video, she said please watch up to 1:58. Now apparently this meant 1 hour and 58 minutes, but I interpreted it as 1 minute and 58 seconds. I thought it was a bit odd, since it was a 2 hour video, but I thought hey, I'm just glad I dont have to sit here and watch horses for 2 hours. I ended up doing the entire report based on the first two minutes of the video. When our TA was handing our assignments back and I went up to get mine, he said he needed to talk to me privately and pulled me aside to explain my misunderstanding. He was really apologetic and I guess assumed I'd get mad that he had to deduct marks for my error, but I just found it hilarious that I'd misinterpreted the assignment so extremely. Ended up still getting 78% despite the "deducted marks" so whatever, and I didn't have to spend 2 hours watching horses in a field! Win win.
shlam16 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:49:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Grad student here who marks assignments for some classes at uni.
One project required the students of an astrobiology class to choose a paper specifically from the journal 'Astrobiology' and provide a scientific critical review of it. Pretty low level stuff. One student chose "Life The Universe And Everything" by Douglas Adams and wrote what came across like a year 10 English report.
I took basic Astronomy in college and loved the class, until we got to the writing a paper part. We were supposed to read an article on astronomy and summarize it in a paper. I read one from Astronomy Today and it must have been a long one because I had to do a ton of side research to understand it and my summary paper was 12 pages long. I got a C because I was apparently supposed to use an article from like Newsweek or the paper or something.
shlam16 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:07:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a pretty fun unit. Another cool assignment they have to do is to create a mission to one of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn in the search for life. Design the specs of their little lander/drone, highlight why the moon was chosen, which equipment is included and how it will help the search, etc. It's actually fun to mark the good ones.
Nearing the end of my freshmen English class, we were to write a short poem of our own. It was a Friday and I wasn't really interested in writing a poem, so to look busy I scribbled down the Gilligan's Island theme song. I figured I would just write a poem over the weekend and turn it in Monday. I was wrong...
At the end of class, my teacher asks us all to turn in our poems. Shit! Well, it's all I had so I turn it in...
Monday I missed my afternoon classes for a dentist appointment, but Tuesday morning I find out that my teacher (who is more than a little flighty) loved my poem, read it aloud to the class, was confused about the part with Gilligan and the skipper, etc. She had apparently never seen or heard of the show! But instead of letting me get away with it, my classmates ratted me out... dammit!
So Tuesday afternoon, I had to stay after English class and discuss plagiarism and its punishments with my teacher... all because she didn't tell us to finish that damn poem by the end of class.
I'm not a teacher, but for my music appreciation class we had to go to a concert and write an 8 page essay on the experience. The essay was supposed to be double spaced, but I didn't realize that and ended up writing it in single spacing, so it was basically twice as long as it needed to be. Not really a funny story, but definitely an experience that has taught me to read directions more carefully.
Very late to the show here but I'll give it a quick go.
In grade 10 science class at a Catholic school, I was the quiet kid at the back of the class. I always did my homework and did well on tests, so the teacher never had to much to worry about with me.
The lesson one day was about bacteria and its replication. So one topic that came up was (baking) yeast. It was a very slow class and not many students were into the class material. I had missed the part about it being about baking when she asked the question "can anyone explain the process for which yeast operates?".
I looked around and no one had decided to answer. The night before I had receieved knowledge from a commercial about applicators for yeast infections, so I launched into a full explanation about yeast infections and how you have to insert a pill into your vagina with a long narrow applicator.
After my spiel about yeast infections, the teacher and class were silent. The teacher cleared her throat and very kindly told me that infections would be covered in a later class but maybe not that infection in particular.
After class she had a quick chat with me about the different kinds of yeast and that I should possibly follow along more closely to the material next time.
Happened to fellow students, not necessarily misinterpreted the assignment but just fucked up hard.
In PE in grade 10, we had to do a presentation on a drug in groups of two. My group did heroine, another had ecstasy, etc. These two girls did their presentation on rohypnol. While the content of their presentation was on topic, they spent the whole presentation pronouncing it "roofenol".
Zeo373 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:20:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but when I was in 1st grade our homework assignment was to draw a sandwich.
I drew a witch conjuring up a sandstorm. A sand witch. I don't know why it never clicked for me.
Not the teacher, but as a student. I was taking an easy A online class, Music Appreciation, and I don't remember the exact wording of the assignment other than to choose from various musical eras to write a paper on. I saw what I thought was "modern" or something like that, and proceeded to write my paper over the British Invasion. Teacher explained this was a "classical music" class and dealt with Beethoven, Mozart, etc. She said it was still a good paper and gave me a B+.
One of my brighter students calmly told me me that he intended to turn in everything (daily assignments, multi-week projects, etc) the following week, which was a week after final grades were due. When he saw my face of "Why would you think you can do that!?" he started crying, and I felt bad. Pretty sure that hosed his graduation.
In my philosophy class in high school we had a class about the ethics of euthanasia. I look over at the girl next to me and she's taking notes on "youth in Asia"
t0mserv0 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:20:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Twist: girl next to you is actually hyper intelligent dog
Like a lot of posts, I was the student, not the teacher. Basically, it was a 5th grade history class. We were supposed to make this sort of timeline "book" with pictures & factual information about certain events in history.
I thought I was supposed to do the whole thing in a week. I ended up getting my mom to help me because I was so flustered with it. It turns out, I was only supposed to do the first "page" of the book by the end of the week. There were something like 10 pages.
The only good thing that came out of it was that I had it finished before anyone, so I didn't have to stress about doing it like my friends did.
The teacher did not look impressed when I told him I finished the whole thing. He kind of sighed, but gave me full credit for it anyway.
corybomb ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:36:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will get buried, but oh well.
One time in middle school our class was assigned topics to debate. Our teacher read aloud our names with a topic, and a classmate of mine was given "euthanasia." She came to class the next day with a presentation full of little Asian children.
I'm the student in this story. One of my teachers in elementary had an unusual way of telling us to turn our booklets over when we were done writing.
"Please lay your notebook on the face." (Something is lost in translation here which makes it sound a bit awkward in English.)
She meant we should put them onto the desk face-down.
This sounded strange, but I wasn't old enough to question teachers. I leaned back in my chair and awkwardly tried to balance my notebook on my face.
GKorgood ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:48:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: "euthanasia" == "youth in Asia"
yafflehk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:54:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2280300013/centaur.html
this poem is like catnip for misinterpretation, it's a fairly innocent reminiscence about a little girl pretending to have a horse, but the kids just freak out. "She has killed and skinned a horse and is wearing the skin" is one of the best interpretations I have seen. "This is bad, even for a poet" "Is she masturbating?" and so on, it's great.
I was the student once in this case. Teacher gave us a list of artist to study over the holidays. I misread the sheet and studied Monet instead of Manet. Glad I did because it jump started my love of paintings of the era. Monet is now my favourite classical artist insisted on seeing his work the last time I was in Paris.
Was quite funny when I handed in my work cos i was explaining it to my teacher and he commented at the end that I wasn't supposed to have done Monet. Got marked well I seem to remember though, put a decent amount of work into that assignment.
Couple years ago in german class (in germany) we had an examn over the book "Effi Briest" from Theodor Fontane. One guy was writing furiously and he had to have written around 20 pages after 2 hours. The teacher went her rounds around the class, came past him and stopped. She looked shocked, then amused, then pointed to something and the guy just said something like "Oh god why".
He had made a 20 page explanation how Fontane was dealing with his experiences in the second world war and nazi-germany until the teacher finally pointed to the year the book was published in: 1896.
I had a teacher ask us to write an essay on euthanasia. Couple of days later one of my friends turns in a 6 page paper on the youth in Asia.
kozikus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:50:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was an Environmental Engineering undergrad. This was back in junior year of college. In the industrial wastewater treatment class, the professor assigned us different types of industries and asked us to follow the IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) guidelines of the EU, as it has the best available practices from every sector. (For those who are interested, this directive has been integrated with others later and is now known as the Industrial Emissions Directive.)
Anyway, during our presentations, we would obviously start with introductions, including a brief explanation on the IPPC and why we were using it as a source. A girl from our class started talking about IPPC briefly (without actually expanding on the abbreviation, just saying IPPC everytime), however it was obvious that her version of the IPPC was extremely different to what we learned about. The professor than asked if she knows what the IPPC means (the abbreviation). She said: International Plant Protection Convention. The professor was so angry that she didn't let her finish the presentation and picked somebody else to do theirs. To this day I wonder how the rest of her presentation went trying to relate industrial wastewater pollution in the x sector to the protection of plants and plant products moving in international trade (according to Wikipedia :D).
When my mum was younger (around 10 years old) her teacher assigned a 'bring a toy to school day' my mum misheard, and brought her 3 year old neighbour into school.
Last spring my friend and I were taking Integral calculus in college and apparently he wasn't listening to our instructor who was telling us to NOT do problems 15-22.
Unfortunately for him he executed all 7 of those problems as well as the rest of the assignment. But he got to do 7 problem of lengthy & rigorous Riemann Sums. He didn't understand why it only took me an hour and half to do the assignment when it took him 6.
If only he had the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus...
Alarid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:14:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. We needed a specific cover format for our assignments (our name, class, and so on), but I couldn't remember the format so I asked a friend if I could copy his.
But I didn't just copy his format. I copied everything. Name, class, assignment. Everything. I didn't realize it until I got the assignment back.
Fionex ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:19:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was maybe 10? Asked to draw a table for four people playing in a knockout tournament, drew a table, four chairs, a carpet and a surrounding room (think I made it a kitchen). I was quite proud of my artistry but got 0 marks for the question
When I was in Jr. High, for health class, the teacher gave us a piece of cardboard, and a share of assorted beans and macaroni. The project was to glue them to different parts of the digestive system. It was an arts and crafts project.
Everyone did their project similarly. Some were exceptional where they did a great job to make sure there was minimum gaps between the beans and macaroni.
Then there was this kid. All bitching about how his mom forcefully boiled the beans and the macaroni before they were glued on because that's what made sense to her. The cardboard was sagging.... The teacher surprisingly took it with a grain of salt.
I was an extremely nice kid. But oh my god...I think I shed many tears biting my lip for the hour...and probably laughing about it years and decades after.
flodnak ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:32:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
English as a foreign language teacher here, high-school level.
A few years back, we had a practice exam using questions chosen from previous national exams. One of the questions they could choose for their short answer question gave them the lyrics to Dolly Parton's song "9 to 5" and asked them to write their own interpretation. One girl, who was one of my best students that year otherwise, wrote that the song was meant to encourage people to work harder and listen to their boss.
I mean, it's not even wrong. It's just not from our planet.
I was actually the student. In third grade we were required to memorize and perform poems by Shel Silverstein. Mine was about night time so it made sense when the teacher said "Wear night clothes to the presentation. Parents will be there." I was pretty embarrassed when everyone showed up in little suits and dresses. At least the teddy bear I brought didn't judge me too harshly.
Not a teacher but this happened today. Group project for history, we were supposed to write an exposรฉ on a ~1900's progressive reform problem. These 3 guys who have no clue what to do present their project on the band "Exposรฉ". They talked about their top hits and what they're doing now, etc..
When I was in year eight we had an assignment in history to write an essay about our "woman of the millennium" for a display in the classroom. I went home and mentioned it to my dad who was completely into it and offered to help. Because I'm despicable I let him dictate to me entirely a page long stream of consciousness about Margaret Thatcher and how wonderful she was, first female PM, Iron Lady who was not for turning, Falklands War etc etc. The problem being, I'm from Liverpool where Maggie was.... well frankly she's despised. I never even got a mark back for "my" essay, and a week later a lovely board went up with everybody else's essays on Princess Diana, Elizabeth I (who I most likely would have written about myself if I'd been bothered) and Emmeline Pankhurst. I would say lesson learned, but I'm 28 now and I'd still rather hammer nails into my eyes than write an essay.
In 11th grade Spanish 1, we divided into groups and had to do a presentation on a spanish-speaking country of our choice. I can't remember which one I chose (maybe Spain?), but looking over the rubric, we decided I would talk about local dishes and traditions.
I interpreted dishes as plates, etc.
The day of our presentation, we got to the slide about dishes. I gave the best dang talk about painted ceramic bowls and plates of Spain ever. The teacher was so amused she let it slide and gave me full credit. I realized my mistake afterward.
I'm an art teacher so misinterpreting assignments sometimes works out quite well. I did however, have an 8th grader my first year make a pattern using 69s and rainbows. Another one made a weed leaf pattern. The pictures were nice looking but I needed to confiscate them. I didn't report the students. Figured that was enough
Also had a first graders draw a sword fight on his sketchbook. They swords looked just like a man's genitalia... the whole package lol. Good times
Svenzoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:14:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher, but sort of TA.
I was helping my grandma teach a class at a local community college called a "Transition Class". It was meant to help older students who were attending college for the first time or hadn't been to college in a while. Anyway, it was the first night of class and we were doing the normal "Hi, I'm so and so" introductions and explaining why the student was going back to college. There was this one student who was clearly a man, dressed as a woman who introduced herself as Liz and then sort of had this awkward answer about why she was going back to college. Turns out she had come to the class thinking it was a class about transitioning as in transgendered. I felt so bad but she got a kick out of it, and then we helped her find a support group near by. I always wonder if she went through with the process.
I didn't make prefect in school (because I was a badass), but they had this other title "lead student", for which every class voted, and I got it in my class (because I'm awesome?). It was kind of a nominal thing, and a bit pointless but when parents day swung around, the head of our year made a point of using the "lead students" in important roles to raise our profile or something. I was supposed to be orchestrating and overseeing all the parking for the whole night.
I forgot to ask what time I should be there (clearly prefect material), so I asked my mate and he was like "5 to 7".
I rock up at 5 minutes to 7 like a boss only to find the whole thing wrapping up. Found someone who was on my team in the car park (looking pretty frazzled) and he was all like "where the fuck were you??" ... ooooooooooh 5pm to 7pm
I am a teacher, but this happened when I was in elementary school.
I was sitting in the public library one day, reading a book on the history of the kings of England. It was a really old book, written in a very dry, academic style, with a lot of antiquated expressions. Came across a passage on William the Conqueror, that went something along the lines of, "William, the bastard, could not easily become Duke of Normandy."
At that age I didn't know the traditional meaning of the word, and was shocked and scandalized this book would so suddenly and emphatically curse out a future king. I stared at the book and hissed out "BASTARD!!??" in shock.
My mother is a teacher, currently bunch of 10-yr-olds. My fav is the kid who had an assignment to write several anthonyms. He did well except last example, where he was suppose to write anthonym for 'brave'. He simply wrote 'pussy'.
Wetbung ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:09:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT a lot of teachers who are not great communicators.
exonumi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:32:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I'm still a little bitter about the time I was assigned a semester-long assignment to research a novel-- no short stories-- using only contemporary sources. I was assigned the author Rudyard Kipling, but technically speaking his most famous work, The Jungle Book, is a series of short stories. So I read Kim instead, for which I swear only 2 contemporary reviews were ever written. I just tried to do my best, but the paper was an unsubstantiated disaster. What really got me was my teacher's comment on the last page, "Why didn't you research The Jungle Book?"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend from school took his cooking utensils and ingredients for his written cookery exam. His teacher was not pleased.
noorah ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:48:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but have worked as a TA for an introduction to programming course during uni days.
While we were discussing basic repetition constructs, an assignment was given to the students with a question to display students' name a certain number of time. The question text didn't actually say "using loops" as it was understood because that was the topic we were discussing.
One particular student didn't get the implied part and came back with twenty lines of print statements with his name in it.
Needless to say that after that all assignment questions contained exactly the constructs that needed to used and not relied on students' understanding.
k3npach1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:39:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a friend who apparently because of a lack of time for his English paper spelt essay as "S.A" and spelt his name as "N.Ame" ( D.Ave Mathews " )
Also not a teacher, but an exam question asked me to discuss the liability of the leader of a mountaineering group who all fell into a crevice and died. So, I assumed the leader had also died and discussed accordingly, only to fail it totally. So I went to see the lecturer, who said of course, I should have known or at least assumed that the leader did not die.
In English class, we spent a whole lesson on nationalities, as in people from England are called English, people from France are called French etc Next day, pop quiz, teacher writes on the board "10 adj that end in -an" "6 adj that end in -ish" "3 adj that end in -ese". It didn't occur to me she was referring to nationalities, probably missed half of her verbal instructions, so I proceed with "van, man, can..." "tarnish, English, distinguish..." "cheese...". I got the grade back (something like 10-20% because running out of ideas I did in fact put some nationalities in my lists) then was pissed off at the teacher for days until I realized what the actual prompt was.
Not a teacher, but the first time I was told to double space a paper I thought that meant to hit the space bar twice in between each word. I got halfway through a paragraph and remember thinking "Why the hell would she want us to do this?!". So I looked it up and realized my mistake.
Oh my god, I think one of my students might be doing that now. One of them has a weird spacing issue in the lines themselves. It has never occurred to me before this thread that someone might not realize it refers to spaces between lines, not between words.
This one's a little off base from the basic concept but it's a funny story anyhow. In 11th grade we had an assignment to read a book about civil injustice that we could choose ourselves. We would talk about it in front of the class and discuss the lessons taught in the book. Deciding to go for an obscure but interesting one, I decided to read "Klan-destine Relationships" by Daryl Davis. Daryl Davis, if you didn't now, is an African-American blues musician who has befriended members of the KKK as to understand what makes them like they are. In doing so, Davis has caused many branches to dissolve as they realize that their racist brain washing is completely wrong. His book isn't popular, so I figure it'd be a fun report.
NEVER READ THAT BOOK -- ESPECIALLY FOR ANY SORT OF ORAL DISCUSSION. In the book, he focuses a large chunk of his stories to how members of the KKK are mistreated because of how they are, and goes as far as to compare how people treat them to how black people were once treated. I'm not joking. This is a real book. And I had to explain the story of the book in detail to a class-full of my peers who had read books on racism, hatred, and bigotry about how the KKK is apparently mistreated by mean people. It was the most horrifying thing that I've ever had to do. Nnng!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:25:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ichigoli ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:58:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When trying to get the kids to count off instead of trying to do a headcount every time we went somewhere I was trying to explain that they each had a number (1-17 which they already had assigned and knew) and when they heard me say "count off" they would say their number loudly so we could all hear it. Went to give it a practice run and cue everyone shouting their number at once.
The other aids and I cracked up and tried to explain it better.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:36:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a college communications class, I got a teacher who asked us to do a project about our culture. I came in dressed in a kilt talking about the Scottish Clans, while everyone else gave a sort of family history maybe 1 or 2 generations back. As it turns out, I was the only one who got it right...
mel2mdl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:47:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher, but this is my aunt's story. She taught a "Special" class. The instructions said to draw a bar graph. Student had no idea what a graph was, but he drew a beautiful bar. It was an western saloon, with double swinging doors and a long bar. The bottles were not labeled, but very clearly drawn.
This was on a state mandated test too. She had to take a break to laugh as she wasn't allowed to say anything.
Not me, but my Spanish teacher. We have to do this assignment where we make a book for 1st graders on good hygiene in Spanish. She told us a story where a dude turned in his assignment, and she looked through it and there was a picture of him taking a shower with a little black box over his dick (this made the entire class laugh), not anything else. Then she finds out who took the picture: his girlfriend. That dude must've been mortified. I learned that day to be careful when the assignment calls for pictures.
In science the assignment was to make a song about photosynthesis. I photoshopped Shia Labeouf next to me with a plant in front of us as we both shouted "Do it!" then the plant grew. Worth it.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:16:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:42:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Epic.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:22:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was little I had a math word problem that said something along the lines of "Tom as a bowling ball and a scale. He wants to know it's weight. He can't place the ball on the scale, it will roll off. How can he do this?
I said to duck tape cardboard on the sides of the scale. Seemed pretty fucking intuitive to me. I got it wrong and I was really upset. The teacher said my solution won't work, and that he had to weigh himself with and without it and minus. Still to this day I'm mad at that bitch, my method for weighing a bowling ball is far more efficient to a kid just learning math.
I had a similar question in elementary school about a dog that keeps jumping off a scale. My answer was "Put a fence around the scale".
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:07:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Greatest troll ever!
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. Damn.
Damn.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:14:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I asked one of my students to complete a calculus assignment for homework, he thought I meant do meth, beat up his girlfriend and get her pregnant
You must've stopped her before she got to the meat of her presentation GENOCIDE: EUTHANASIA OF YOUTH IN ASIA. Everything before that was fluff to get you emotionally invested
Not quite an assignement but a concept in general. Was in grade 9 science class and we were talking about vacuums and how there was no air (thus no pressure) inside one. After 2 months of talking about vacuums in our daily lessons a girl suddenly raises her hand and says "Sorry its just... I just really don't understand whats so special about vacuum cleaners". The class erupted. Teacher lost it. Don't think she asked another question for the rest of the year.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:17:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone in my English class a few years ago thought that "double spacing" meant adding 2 spaces between each word, instead of one.
Not a teacher, but in 3rd grade we were given a project to research a famous athlete that was assigned to us, dress up like them, and present in front of the entire grade and their families. One kid was given the baseball player Bing Crosby, but misunderstood and researched Bill Cosby. Now let me tell you, this kid was as white as snow so when the day came to present, he painted his whole body brown, and came in the classic Bill Cosby sweater. The teacher was confused and so were all the kids and parents watching since they thought it was about athletes and not comedians. After he was done, the teacher told him about his mistake, he left the school crying because he was embarrassed, and to this day I still laugh about it.
picatel ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:04:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Umm, Bing Crosby wasn't a baseball player, was he? Didn't he sing "White Christmas"?
Not a teacher, but a teacher told our class about this one time in social sciences.
The students needed to write papers on a topic the professor drew from the hat. The professor would than after drawing a topic for a student proceed to tell the student what the topic is, and then would write the topic in his clipboard next to the student's name (this part is important).
Once all of the students had their topics (controversial and current issues), they were told their presentation dates where they would present their thesis to the class. So one of the students came back and did their presentation. And the teacher was baffled, because instead of assisted suicide, which was the topic the student was assigned, the student did their presentation on child labour in Asian countries...
Since the teacher never spelled out on the board or gave the students their topic in anything besides verbal form and euthanasia and youth in Asia, sound very much alike, the student still had their paper graded, not sure how they did though.
jsneeb ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:59:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here, I once in 8th or 9th grade brought a compass ( tool of navigation ) to my geometry class because our instructor had told us for the next lesson we needed a compass ( like the tool to sketch circles) I only realized my mistake when I, like a total dumbass, produced the compass from my backpack while everyone else had the correct tool.
ggoran ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:10:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a student not a teacher but its a funny story nontheless.
Back in high school I would never study for any of my English language classes homework or tests but rather just do them on the spot and hope it worked out fine, and they usually did.
On this one test there was a rather strange question: What do you think about The test?
The capitalisation of "The" didnt mean anything to me at the time so I just thought it was a really strange question to put on a test but I was somewhat excited to be able to provide my own thoughts on the exam as well!
So I began to note down what I thought was positive and negative about the test and my overall impression of the class as a whole like mentioning that I think the verbal part should have more emphasis because to me it felt that it was lacking compared to written English.
Once the exam was complete and the class was walking out to our lockers I found my best friend and asked him what was up with that strange question and he just looked at me with this WTF face and told me that "The test" was actually a short story you were supposed to read in preparation for the exam. Oh shit
Fast forward a few days when we had our next English class which was just about to conclude when she casually mentions that everyone may now leave except for me - I got a 30 minute lecture from her about her teacher plan and why things were structured as it was. I guess she took my critiscism quite personal ยฏ\(ใ)/ยฏ
So I'm not a teacher and this will get buried, but here goes. I was in a class and we had a test about osmosis/diffusion. Basically, the lesson was about how due to the biology of slugs, they shrivel up with exposed to salt. The teacher put a comic strip of two slugs driving on a road with a road sign that read "Great Salt Lake 2 miles ahead".
The test question asked us to indicate why this would be the worst vacation (answer: because the slugs would shrivel up and die). When the tests were returned, the teacher couldn't stop laughing at one kid. Turned out his answer was: "This would be a bad vacation because slugs can't drive".
israblof ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:42:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: No Teachers
pivot5 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:26:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still hilarious
n0remack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:46:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck I did this in university.
The point of the assignment was to write/draw up a policy for the government.
However, completely missing the mark...
I wrote an essay about how we need to not use nuclear energy (It was just an easy topic to use because there are a lot of sources of information on, lets not start an argument).
I seriously interpreted the assignment as "Your argument as to why this policy needs to be in place"
To this day, I still don't know what the prof was asking for, and embarrassingly I had the lowest grade in the class (He gave me a 50, out of pity, I think...)
It was a good class though, and he was a great prof.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:08:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a giant folder I have of them somewhere. Personal favorites included when I ask kids to bring a rock in, I've gotten anywhere between a copper pipe and dried up animal poo. Another was a teacher I worked with asked the students to do a paper on euthanasia ....and they wrote about youths in asia
It's pretty often that I'll assign something like "Problems 1,3,15-17,21,50", and a kid will interpret that as "1,3,15,17,21-50" and complain about the excess work.
Ugh. I'm a 27-year-old grown woman and seeing those numbers written like that gave me flashbacks all the way back to elementary school of boring ass math problems that I would dedicate my evening to hating hating hating.
iamkuato ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:12:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is not particularly interesting, but maybe it will help someone.
My kids screw up because they don't take the time to read the parameters of their assignments or the grading rubrics. They tend to do something they are comfortable doing instead of doing what has been asked of them....kinda cross their fingers and hope for the best. Maybe I'll be generous or something, they think.
:)
Sometimes I am. But only if I think it is the best way to help the kid.
What do you think your data has to do with the properties of water?
"it doesnt"
Why do you think that?
"Because of my opinion."
Relate it to your data or the class you ass.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:14:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher told us to produce this 2 page essay in double space, for an in-class test to determine our skill level. So I typed it up making sure I hit the space bar twice between each word. The next day she told me to visit her after school as there was an issue with my essay.
That was the day I learnt what double space meant.
drcl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:32:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
technically she should have said double line spaced.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:43:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She got a good laugh and gave me a decent mark thankfully.
Not a teacher but as a student in like Jr. High this super advanced brilliant kid moved from India and started in our class.
Teacher intro'd him and started the lesson by talking and writing on the board. She said you have to do this one 3 times (and wrote 3x) and this one four times (4x). New kid puts his hand up and answers what he thought was a mathematical problem.....nah dude it wasnt 3x - 4x like some equation... it was 3 times and 4 times, like visual instructions to the info being verbalized currently.
My friend said aloud "you're too smart for your own good" in a friendly way....first and only time I heard that and agreed with it.
gtluke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:20:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"who does team four play"?
Health / phys Ed teacher.
Not me. I think it's an old joke or maybe it happened.
I'm a former substitute teacher and while I never had any major assignments to give, one of the hardest things to explain was something like, "You have to do numbers 1, 2, 4 and 7." It took about five minutes and the best thing to compare it to was this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Does intentional misinterpretation count? In my high school CS class we had to write a program to make something pick up a bunch of dots on a grid, and the faster it did it, the better. But since the teacher didn't specify how, he just made the thing (it was a picture of an animal or something but i don't quite remember exactly what) as big as the entire grid so it instantly picked up all the dots. The teacher was so salty but he still technically won.
8th grade teacher asks us "What were some causes of the industrial revolution?"
Girl promptly raises her hand and asks "What time period did that war happen?"
Girl wasn't the sharpest, she thought she was really good at singing though.
mdmonger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:27:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I told my students we would be watching some necking videos in class hoping to get a chuckle out of them before explaining that necking occurs during tensile testing. I thought they still considered necking to be giving someone a hickey. Nope. Me, "What's so funny?" Overly excited student then opens his mouth and nods his head back and forth. Shit.
Teaching IT. I told my students to create a folder called firstname.lastname on the shared drive, and save their work in that. Not long after, numerous students were either complaining that someone had deleted their work, or that a message popped up when they tried to do it.
They were literally calling their folders firstname.lastname
My Gran is a retired primary school teacher and one week she was teacher her class about shapes. She asked her pupils to bring in something in the shape of a sphere. Of course, one of her students brings in a homemade spear the next day.
As a student I was writing a history test and one of the essay questions was something along the lines of 'is it possible to imagine modern society without the Ancient Egyptians' I wrote a whole essay on the boundless nature of imagination. As well as an actual essay answering the other option.
Yeah I handed in both of them, I remember I made sure to put in the conclusion of the first one that it wasn't my real essay. I don't think she gave me any marks for the first essay just for writing it, there was very little to do with the actual question. When she handed it back she just glared at me and said not to go on tangents.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I was a student...
In 3rd grade I had to define carpet. I guess I was confused and said it was a pet you keep in your car
Not a teacher, but one time in my SAT class we had to write a pratice essay. I forget what it was about, but two kids who had no idea that it was going to be read by the teacher (some were read outloud) and had some pretty amusing results.
The first one involved The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck. We had read it earlier that year and wrote a paper on it. This kid wrote an essay about how he convinced the English Teacher that "Olan was a bitch-ass-hoe".
My friend wrote a zany, albeit fake, story about how his clan in Clash of Clans attacked a rival clan in real life. He was pretty shocked when he realized this was getting collected.
wingzone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:51:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took an architecture 101 class in college(mid 2000s) at UT. Everyone was given a different important American building to write 4 papers on over the semester. I wrote the first paper on the Crown Plaza Hotel in Austin. Hardest paper in my life to write. Turns out my assignment was Crown Hall, a famous Ludwig Mies van der Rohe building in Chicago, not the bit rate hotel in Austin.
mowbuss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:00:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Urgh. In year 9 english class we were tasked with creating a brochure for any topic relating to the WW1. I didnt listen and just heard "any topic". So i went about creating a brochure on Lemons! And all their wonderful uses! Was an inside joke with myself and a few friends at the time. I got a good mark considering i missed the point of the assignment.
Not a teacher. In one of my art history classes, we got given an essay to write relating an artwork to a quote by JFK. All was well until a bunch of us started discussing what we wrote about. Turns out one of my classmates didn't know JFK was a person. No prizes for guessing what a great quotesman JFK airport was.
Impossible. All my moron (read most) students ask me 12 times what they're supposed to do, so there is never any misinterpretation. Unless it's the due date. They misinterpret that bitch all the time.
Gusta457 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:22:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but a student. My teacher told us to write a paper and put it in double space. So after I wrote it I went through the whole thing and put two spaces in between each word.
Not a teacher, but I once had a teacher provide us a list of historical American figures to choose to write a biography about and give a presentation to the class. One of them was the outlaw and bank robber Jesse James. When presentation day came, one of the presentations was all about Jesse James the custom motorcycle designer and all the things he built on Monster Garage on the Discovery Channel.
Sithis74 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:25:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher here, I asked my students to make a profile of a greek god (I teach history) one kid made a Christian god but with greek attributes. Including feta and a greek flag. I gave him an A for effort
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:29:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In biology I remember a question as part of a lab that was something like "what shape has the optimum surface area to volume" The question was meant to lead you to the conclusion of why cells are round, but I just interpreted it as what shape has the best surface to volume ratio, and I was like a REALLLLY long rectangle would have a great surface area to volume ratio.
Not a teacher, but this happened in my high school drama class. We had an assignment to create a collage of images and text about the technical dramatic terms we were learning about. (Examples of tableaus used in theatre for instance).
Sounds like a very artsy, bullshitty assignment, right? Most people quickly forgot about it. So a girl in my class texts her friend, another girl in the class, the day before it's due: have you done that gay collage for drama yet?
Her friend hands in a collage on LGBT rights the next day.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:35:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a student plagiarize on a paper, and so I allowed him to rewrite the paper with proper attribution and a grade deduction so he would at least learn how to properly cite. He turns the rewritten paper in, again with unattributed sources and whole-cloth plagiarism. Okay. For a further grade deduction, I allow him to write a short paper describing plagiarism and giving a few reasons why it's bad. He turns in the paper, and the fucking thing is rife with plagiarized passages. FML.
As a small child, I was told to count the number of triangles I could draw in an octagon. The intention was that we would draw regular octagons and some diagonals, which would be piggybacked on for the rest of the lesson.
I drew some diagonals, then divided the triangles created by those diagonals into sets of smaller triangles, then divided those triangles into sets of smaller triangles, etc. It was a lot like a Sierpinski Triangle, but an octagon and I left no pattern of larger triangles.
How many triangles can you fit into an octagon? Easily hundreds.
Mochme ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:41:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not the teacher but when I was in first year uni one of my professors told me about a student who wrote a paper about bengal tigers in the Zoo which was all well and good until they learned that the paper was supposed to be about biodiversity of native birds between urban and rural environments.
My professor in community college told us to add a "Work Cited" page at the end of our papers. One awesome dude turned his paper in with the last page titled "Work Site!"
I teach kindergarten and we were focusing on phonemes. I put on the board __uck hoping my students would respond with "yuck", "truck", or "luck" as that is the word stem our curriculum guide said to use. As I saw my students going through their mental roladexes one student says "buck" and I knew it was only a matter of time. Sure enough the next student says "fuck". The funniest part is that none of the students had any idea what was so funny.
HawksGo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:43:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my freshman year of high school they assigned a 5 page paper double spaced. I never knew what that meant so I literally hit the space bar twice after every word. I was so freaked out she would know if I missed one!
Sagefox2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:49:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but a friend of mine had an assignment to find the average weight for two groups of 20 pennies. One pile being old pennies and the other being new ones. What you were suppose to do was put a pile on the scale and divide the pile by 20. But what my friend's group did was fine the weight of all the pennies individually, add them all up, and then divide by 20. Her group was so confuse how everyone else got done so quick.
1) I started a full-time MBA program a couple months ago. During orientation, we were given a small bag of random Legos to build "whatever we wanted." I put my head down and constructed a really abstract piece that I thought looked pretty cool. Time was up, so I picked up my head and saw that everyone else had built an actual object (airplanes, bridges, boats, cars, etc.). Luckily it was just a warm up, so I never had to describe it to the class, but we had to pass around our Lego models for a few iterations, and people were asked to describe what they have now. The person who eventually received mine got called on and their response was basically, "uhh.... I have NO idea what this is." I laughed very hard on the inside.
2) Completely unrelated to school, my father grew up on a farm in Italy. His cousin, who has some sort of mental illness, took a liking to my grandmother growing up, so she was over their house almost everyday. One day, my grandmother asks her to make a little pasta (from scratch), and she will come back and cook it with sauce when she is done feeding the animals. My grandmother comes back, and her niece made one portion of pasta (it was supposed to be for ~ 5 people). My grandmother laughed it off and made something else. The next day, she asks her niece to make pasta again, but this time a little more. My grandmother goes to feed the animals and comes back to her house FILLED with fettuccini hanging to dry on every surface.
Not a teacher but when I was in middle school my teacher told me that our essay had to be double spaced. Double spaced for her to be able to read and insert comments. I have always typed single spaced up to this point and being the naive creature of a child I was, I literally hit the space button twice after each word. I turned it in thinking what the hell this is a waste of time and this is defiantly not enough space for her to put comments in. The more embarrassing part was that we had to peer grade it as well. The other students all had puzzled faces and mine turned bright red as I saw the format of their papers.
This still haunts me. When I was in third grade our teacher asked us to write our own "I have a dream speech." She neglected to even tell us what MLK did and what his speech was about. So I write about a dream I had the night before. My teacher smiled and said wrong kind of dream.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:41:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I had a dream that my four little siblings lived in a nation where people weren't judged by the color of their skin!"
M_jar5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:56:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a twacher but in sixth grade STEM (science, tech, engineering, and math) class we were tasked with building balsa wood bridges. We would draw the template of the bridges out onto the paper and arrange the wood pieces on it, gluing them together so they resembled the 2D drawing and then putting the large pieces together in the 3D. Almost the entire class glued the wood to the paper.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher must've been called a twacher when the superiors found out, though.
Not a teacher. In the 6th grade we were assigned The Gettysburg Address for a history/public speaking assignment. Simple, memorize the speech and recite it at a podium.
I shit you not, when the day came to deliver the speech, but before anyone had done so, one girl's confused hand shot up and asked "Were we supposed to memorize all the left and right turns." Yes, she was serious. No, I won't ever forget it.
amg78 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:59:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This JUST happened: I was absent one day...so I left a note for my Teacher's Aide to "take down the bulletin board in the hall, and move it to the whiteboard inside." Simple enough, right? Nope. Somehow he read that as "Take down the whiteboard inside," and proceeded to recruit one friend from class, talk the custodian into giving them screwdrivers, then physically took my whiteboard off the wall. He was totally upset about it, but his only "punishment" was he had to explain it to the maintenance guy that came to repair it.
This is the most exciting but in English we were reading Frankenstein and one of the assignments was to draw a monster.. (meaning create your own monster) and yeah one of the students drew me a can of Monster Energy.. creative :)
Not a teacher. In history class, we were assigned to write a paper about Martin Luther. Half the class ended up writing about Martin Luther King Jr. Not a single one of them wondered why we had to write about a civil rights leader when our lesson was about Protestantism.
frizlvr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me, but these guys I went to high school with were given an assignment in a psychology class to something against the social norm and write a paper about it. The idea was to go into an elevator and face the occupants, sing loudly in the line at the McDonald's, etc. Not these guys....They staged a kidnapping.
Had a teacher notorious for never giving an A. He had never given out an A in his entire career.
So, exam time comes around, I hand in the essay, next week teacher opens up the lesson with, luckynumberlucas you did something historical. Your writing got an A. Whole class basically went apeshit.
He proceeded with "however, your formatting was an F" (wrong font, not double spaced, etc)
Total grade: B+
To this day that makes me furious thinking about it.
Not a teacher, nor is this a story about school. But when I was about 11-12, I approached my friend and asked him if he wanted to make some money painting trees. Where I am from, it is not uncommon to paint grapefruit trees white. So... I invite him over and he told me he was going to get the paint for us. I was like sweet I'll get the brushes. He came over with watercolor and pieces of paper. The whole time he thought we were going to be painting pictures of the trees and selling them on the side.
I'm not a teacher, but one of my mom's students decided to write about his true love. Chocolate cake, and how he adored seeing it in the afternoon after school. Then he he droned on about how he is Ant-Man, and living in a world of ingnorant fools.
The scary part was that the prompt was simply, "how do you like the 3rd grade?"
I teach college physics. In a class about pendulum motion I drew the pendulum on either side of its motion (a simple drawing of a string and ball pulled to one side). After much discussion of the motion, the velocity of the ball, the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy, a student asked me what pendulum motion had to do with the "house" I had drawn on the board as he interpreted the angled string as a roof line. He must not of heard a word I said in the five minutes preceding his question...
cyelfie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but one time in my eighth grade journalism class, our teacher had us write some sample newspaper articles. And one of the things we went over for the assignment was how our essays should be structured - most important information at the beginning with less important details towards the end. As opposed to easing into the story then writing a conclusion. The way she described the structure was "inverted triangle."
One kid in class ended up turning in his assignment with the paragraphs spaced out to look like an upside down triangle.
Back in high school, we had to do a a homework that consisted in answering some questions about civil conflicts around the world, and an essay about this work. A friend of mine misunderstood the instructions and did an essay about THE WORK, like, how it is a human right and shit.
Mine's a bit different. Every year in elementary school all grades put on a choral music program and spend the year of Music class learning their parts. It always has a theme and when I was in 3rd grade the theme was dinosaurs. Anyway after we were done singing the music had one of those cheesy endings with a big finishing chord. Our teacher told us to smile on that chord, probably as a joke, but I took her literally. My mom filmed the performance and there I am at the end of the song, totally somber-faced, and then put on the stupidest fake smile on that last chord. I thought the whole class was doing it. I was in the front row too.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:23:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And it's on film too.
Your mom is going to pull that out every time you bring a boyfriend/girlfriend home.
In college we had to give presentations that were taped and sent in to be "graded" to make sure we were learning how to use technology in the classroom and public speaking.
One of the guidelines was to "get the audience's attention at the start" and "be interesting."
One of the guys got up, took out body spray and a lighter, did a brief flame-thrower (sprayed a quick blast at the flame), calmly put it away, and then gave his presentation. https://youtu.be/b6Z-gjkmsrM
I don't know how the graders reacted...but the class was highly amused.
This will get buried, but teaching in Korea, my girlfriend handed out a word search to her first/second grade students (all beginners at learning English).
Anyways, one kid saw the words, but was circling the letters he found, not the whole words. So each letter was randomly circled throughout his paper.
There's a very popular word search puzzle that features this style of circling the letters instead of the words. When you get done circling all the words, the remaining letters form a word that relates to the title of the puzzle [as do all the words that are in the word bank].
They were in the newspaper every day where I grew up.
Wife is a middle school science teacher. There was a lab where the students needed to pick clues out of an envelope. She told the class to draw the next clue and more than one drew a little picture of the clue.
On the other side of the coin, I once had a class with a Korean teacher who spoke somewhat disjointed English.
I can't remember the exact details of the project, but the handout she gave us had ambiguous directions that could be interpreted in two different ways. When several of her students spoke up asking her to clarify, she simply waved her hand and said "Just read the handout."
"But Dr. [name], we did read it and it's confusing."
"No, you didn't read it, or you'd know what to do."
"But we did. Can you just tell us if you want this or that?"
"Read the hand out again, and this time pay attention."
I'm not exaggerating to make her look bad. This is a pretty true representation of what happened.
When we turned in our assignment, predictably, about 50% of the class did the assignment wrong. Consequently they were docked points when they "didn't follow directions."
IsTofor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student who misinterpreted the teacher. 10th grade World History class. We took a test about the French Revolution. A week before test day we had a substitute teacher who showed a movie and of course the class acted up. So the teacher put us on something he called "lockdown" or something like that.
Last question on the exam was an essay and it was "How do you feel about 'lockdown'?" 15 year old me thought it had something to do with the French Revolution so I BS'd an answer because I was confused as hell.
Teacher later read the essay questions out loud (didn't name names), got to mine, read it, class laughed because obviously the dolt who wrote it was confused as hell. Kid who cheated on tests sitting next to me pointed at me and said, "it was him!" Props to the teacher for insisting it wasn't me.
I'm sure at least one of these posts is about me, as a chronic misunderstander.
jheins3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:45:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to the party, but my mom was a teacher in a rural school in Illinois. One of her students had cussed in class in response to a grade (Something along the lines of "Goddamn It")... In which she had responded with, "I am going to start a swear Jar and every time you kids swear in my class, you will have to put a Quarter in the jar" (she wasn't really serious, but jokingly warning them).... The class clown of the decade says, "How much will a 20 get me?" ~pulls out a crisp 20 dollar bill....
tl;dr student tries to prepay for a swear jar.
Kaikebob ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:46:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My philosophy teacher told me one year when he assigned the paper on ancient Itallian philosopher Niccolรณ Machiavelli, a huge stoner in his class who hadn't done any work so far came back with an entire essay on Tupac's Makaveli album and when he found out he got no credit for it he dropped the class.
Not a teacher, but to this day, I remember the worst misinterpretation I've done with a teacher's assignment.
Back in early elementary school in some sort of English class, we were writing our answers to a series of questions. The teacher told us to write them "In complete sentences."
I misinterpreted the teacher, thinking she said to write them in "incomplete sentences." It made no sense to me, but I thought she was gonna have a lesson about it or something. I kept this up for about a week before the teacher had to reprimand me.
Q1: If a plague of insects occurred, describe one impact this might have on the food chain.
Answer: Well.. all the insects would die.. so the frogs would die too
-.-
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know someone who on a biology test misinterpreted a diagram of a kidney and labeled it as a testicle.
kcsimmon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a writing prompt back in middle school that was 'Describe your favorite dessert' and a friend of mind wrote a brilliant essay about the Sahara Desert.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:59:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to write a research paper on school vouchers and one girl was rather confused and shared her paper on "school vultures". I had to peer edit and grade her paper and it was like one paragraph wrong so I gave her a D+. Our teacher said I was too kind.
qeruso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in my college creative writing class one student turned in a paper about French war heroes. The professor didn't take it well.
10th grade lit teacher asks class to write about a 5-10 minute experience that changed your life, in a lot of detail. so basically, Find a "important experience" that only lasted a few minutes, but explain it in great detail.
my friend ended up writing about how this girl he liked came over to his apartment, and ended up hooking up with his brother in the bathroom. and he was really bummed out. it was the girl he "loved" and she came over to hang out, only to end up in a bathroom with his brother.
hah.. he kinda missed the point of the assignment and he spilled his guts to the entire class too
tecopad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:31:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one's short: One of my foreign exchange students repeatedly uses "erotic" instead of other English words like "electric" or even "exotic" on my geography assignments.
I giggle each and every time.
2Twice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Way late to the party but I got this one last week on a quiz.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:28:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
36?
2Twice ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:30:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Correct! +2 pts for you!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:10:11 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When i taught pre-kindergarten. We focused on one letter of the alphabet each week. I asked them for words that start with the letter N. One kid said "Nana. The kind like your grandma & the kind like a banana." Ok then...
i was the student. In my 8th grade German class, I was asked to go up to the board to write the German equivalent of an English statement. The structure of the sentence was perfectly fine, but I had no clue how to spell the name of the person referenced in the spoken sentence. So other than asking how to spell it, I too a stab at it. The name was Knut. I, ignorant of its meaning, wrote Cunt.
I once assigned a complete the sentence activity with a word bank they were instructed to use multiple times. I had several students come in with random words they thought fit in the sentence in the blank. -face palm-
not a teacher, but when my father was a kid a teacher told his class to put some more elbow grease into their work. my little father proceeded to cry to his parents when they wouldn't take him to the hardware store to get elbow grease
Not a teacher, but back in high school my teacher assigned us where the wind blows. I misheard and read Gone With the Wind. Really different books. and now i always imagine Rhett butler with angel wings.
So it might have been a miscommunication between British and American English but I received an assignment to compare the Greek the legend of Hercules to the modern one. Which I thought meant compare Sam Raimi's the legend of Hercules to the ancient Greek myths. I watched all of the seasons of Legend of Hercules including Xena as a point of feminist comparison and started to write my 30 page paper on the topic. Before the assignment was due. Being a British university and I'm an American student I had done more than was expected, and she was very confused as to why I was looking at a TV show when she meant Disney's The Legend of Hercules. Sam Raimi you are the reason I got a B okay let's be honest a C in Greek myth.
A little late, although not a teacher.
I was taking an English class and I had one of those teachers that was known for giving an essay every week. We were learning about MLA format and using roman numerals to list things in a paragraph. She had given us a topic to write about, so I stood up all night the previous night fixing my work and typing around 5 pages.
I turn it in and the teacher just looks at me and eventually tells me that she just wanted us to show how to format it and write just one word for each Roman numeral. Still got a 100 on it though, which was nice.
Not a teacher, but if my 5th grade teacher were here he'd probably tell this story.
I was supposed to read October Sky as a summer reading assignment. Being the responsible student I was, I almost immediately lost the assignment paperwork and somehow forgot the book name (even though we watched the movie on the last day of class). So what I ended up reading was The Hunt for Red October, which was one of the driest reads of my life and a little beyond my 5th grade comprehension. I turned in an essay for it and everything. My teacher took pity on me and gave the essay a B even though I read the wrong book and wouldn't be able to participate in the class discussions about the ACTUAL reading assignment.
Ristake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:19:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I remember we had to draw topics out of a hat, write and then present a speech in front of the class.
One kid pulled the topic, something Lint, and it was meant to be a speech about the person and what they accomplished. He wrote and presented a speech on lint, the material that forms from fabrics in a clothes dryer.
Pretty funny, the teacher was amused and I doubt I'll ever forget this speech happened.
D-Evolve ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OK...so I'm reading this...and still not able to tell if he was meant to do it about dryer lint or not....
Reapero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
New wave of teacher questions on ask reddit again yay
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Me, somewhere in the second half of elementary school. We could submit words for dictation, so I often searched for new words in the dictionary. So the class ended up facing vocabulary way beyond their level (how can the know random animal names or advanced concepts), teacher eventually caught on and said to stop using too complicated rare words.
Not a teacher but it made me think of a funny story one of my teachers told me once about reading instructions.
On a Bio final, a student meticulously filled out a diagram with the parts of an ear. They turned in their paper and the professor starts laughing and point to the top of the page where it says "Female Reproduction". It was a diagram of a vulva/vagina.
At my first semester in primary school, teacher told us to finish homework on textbook Page 1, and next day Page 2. I didn't remember which day it was but one day she told us to finish Page 29. Most of us finished the page we were at the last day way up to Page 29.
Not a teacher but this happened last week in my engineering class. The assignment was to build a square toothpick bridge. With a hollow center, like as if a car were to drive through it. One guy showed up with just 4 ladder style beams laid out in a flat square.
For my English final we had to draw a family tree for the book Macbeth. My friend just drew a really elaborate tree.
Taygon55 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:50:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student but I remember in middle school, my teacher wanted us to research the origin of vampires. I may have misheard the assignment because my memory is fuzzy on details. She could have very well said a disease specifically. She wanted us to write a small paper on a disease that made sunlight dry out and crack the victims skin making them bleed and some believed they needed to drink blood, usually goat blood if i recall correctly, to survive. I however wrote a paper on Vlad the Impaler.
Porphyria. You may have started off on the right track but then went off when all the articles talked about how the disease is sometiimes linked with the vampire myth.
Taygon55 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no. I think she purposefully vaguely asked for the origin of the vampire myth, so we could learn how to research stuff. She may have asked for a disease that may have caused the myth of bloodsucking but I may have not caught that part. All I remember is she asked for the origin of vampirism and I came into class with the wrong origin.
Ah.... so she asked you to research if there might be a disease at the heart of the myth and to research thaht disease. I still say a paper of Vlad the Impaler could be a viable answer if you foused on his psychopathology.
Taygon55 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She very well could have specified and I missed the detail of looking for a disease. I don't remember her correcting me on looking in the completely wrong direction. It kind of sucks because it was one of the few research papers I enjoyed doing as a kid and I was embarrassed of doing it completely wrong because every kid I asked got the same disease in their paper.
kblaney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:50:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught Tae Kwon Do for several years. When telling children to write their name clearly in print on an attendance card one of the other instructors he phrased it as "block letters" how he remembers calling it back when he went to school (he was old enough to have a teacher who thought his left handedness was from the devil). Got a lot of stuff like this.
When I was in nursery school the bathroom was located outside the classroom and down a hall. Whenever any one had to go the teacher always said, "go with a buddy." My best friend and I took this quite literally and would routinely sit on the toilet together.
Not a teacher, but one of my friends thought that making a character sketch meant that he had to actually draw out characters as opposed to describing them in his report.
Smiha0 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that the first time we had to do one of those! I had forgotten that lol
Freshmen year of high school, English teacher assigned us research papers. Kid picks the topic euthanasia, proceeds to write a paper about the youth in Asia.
I was any 8 years old when the teacher had the class draw their heroes. Almost everyone turned in pictures of their parents or older sibling or such. I handed in a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger as I remembered him from the movie Commando.
We do a school wide science fair every year. Every kid. Every grade. 6-8. Kid was in in-school suspension the day we spent in class brainstorming our "science fair questions" ie the question you want your science fair experiment to answer. I tell the in-school lady that he needs to come up with 3 potential science fair questions and give them to me. Again, this is something they do every year, this student has done this 2 other times in his life... here's the completely not sarcastic answers I got back the next day:
What is a science fair project?
What do I want my science fair project to be?
What is something I can do for my science fair project?
(Just pretend they're written in over sized, barely legible letters, and nothing over 3 letters long is spelled correctly if you want the full experience of working in my school)
My teacher in my high school biology class told us to make a Facebook Profile for a certain part of a cell. Little did I know, she actually just wanted us to fill out information on a blank screenshot of a Facebook profile.
To this day Cilia Sharpey still remains on Facebook, never to be fully explained.
And the whopper is that I got a B on the assignment...
CZILLROY ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:01:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend had to write a book report in like 5th or 6th grade. He somehow interpreted that as he was suppose to copy the book word for word.
When I was in middle school we were supposed to read two novels over the summer. I misinterpreted and thought we could pick one to read. The day before school started I found out we were supposed to read both. I didn't have time to read the second book so I just read the blurb on the back and BS-ed my way through the quiz. I ended up getting a better grade on the quiz for the book I didn't even read.
I hate being late to these things but I have one. I was the student not the teacher. It was one of our first writing assignments in 7th grade and we had to type out a paper. The teacher wanted the paper to be double spaced. No big deal right? Wrong. Between every. Single. Word. I put two spaces. Both my parents(who were also teachers) and the teacher of that class have still not let me forget about it.
TL;DR put two spaces between every word when teacher asked for a paper double spaced
A little late,
I was a student learning alphabetical order. My teacher gave us a sheet with about 100 words on it. He put them in groups of 5. I thought I had to put the 100 words in order.
Teacher misinterpreted this one. Kind of our fault, though.
We had to make up a skit in French class. Ours involved the forcible redirection of an aircraft, but we didn't know the French word for this, so we asked the teacher. She answered, and we preformed our little skit. It took a bit of thought for the class to figure out what we meant by "bonjour Jacques."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:09:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My history professor has an assignment where you pick a chapter in the textbook, read it, and then write a subjective paper on whether or not the chapter is a good teaching tool. Seems like a weird paper, but the professor actually helps edit the textbooks, so she wants to know.
Anyway, some kid analyzed every chapter from the book and came in all exasperated with a stack of pages on the due date.
Teacher assigned us an essay on euthanasia. I proceeded to write a long and detailed essay on China's one child policy.
Mexkimo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was at a campus were middle school English students had to come up with a country and create a flag, describe customs and geography etc.
Had a kid make Cock Island. About "Roosters"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an assignment in grade 9. We had been talking about confidence a lot in school because of a bullying incident. The theme class to class was about confidence for the week. The assignment due Friday and it was to speak French for five minutes. To help you build confidence in the language. "Speak for five minutes in French class" was the title. 5 days later I spoke for 5 minutes in english because I thought we were to speak about confidence. A speech of sorts.
i think i was in 5th or 6th grade when this happened. i can't remember the specifics anymore but seeing this post just made me remember it hahaha. our class was divided into groups and each group was given the class period to look over books in the school library and put together a brief presentation about some part of the united states. my group was "economy". i was confused and kind of dumb and got "economy" confused with "ecology", and i guess my whole group was confused and kind of dumb because they just went with it, so we ended up talking about saving animals and shit instead of, you know, economy stuff. haha.
Not a teacher but had a teacher tell a story where he assigned a paper on discussing euthanasia at the end of the week to have a student turn in an A+ essay on youth in Asia on Monday.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At the end of an online quiz I gave my AP spanish students, I asked "What is your name?" in Spanish. Then I thought I'd be funny and follow it up with "What is your quest?" and "What is your favorite color?" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Well... Instead of funny answers, I got really heartfelt responses about how their quests were to make their parents proud and be the first in their family to go to college.
Not a teacher, but in culinary class in high school if we ever missed a lab (cooking session) we could make up the points by creating a Powerpoint presentation about whatever we cooked that day.
One dopey wanna-be gangster white dude in my class missed one too many labs by the end of the semester and at the beginning of class on a Monday we all gathered in the classroom half of the kitchen to watch his presentation.
Apparantly he didn't understand that the presentation had to be about whatever food we cooked last and thought that he literally could make a Powerpoint about anything. So there we are as a class watching him give a fifteen minute presentation on the background and lifestyle of Juggalo culture in extreme detail- everything from the purpose of face paint to their favorite drinks, to whatever stupid Juggalo carnival he planned to go to. Meanwhile the culinary teacher just watched from the back, trying to contain her laughs.
I'm not sure if he got credit or not, but damn was he proud of that presentation.
Taught in Japan for 8 years, now I am managing, but was observing some high school students last night.
They had to introduce themselves and then ask me one question, about me.
One kid, no confidence, squeaks out, "what time is it?" Everyone laughed and told him, about the teacher, in Japanese, to which he quickly self-corrected, "how old are YOU!" Had the biggest smile too!
I told him 7:00pm and tried to stop from laughing after moving to the next student.
I have 8 years of great moments with students here!
Not the teacher, but a lucky witness. We had to give a presentation about certain subject in a certain country which was given to us by our teacher; the economy of Blangladesh, for example.
This girl comes up and starts talking about the gorillas in Uganda. We were all very confused since we had all talked about social science subjects. All of sudden, in her moment of epiphany the teacher yells: "I said guerrillas, not gorillas!"
In my old school on the final, our science teacher said that as long as we gave our graph a name, it would be correct. One kid named his graph, "Representin da hood." The teacher still gave him full points for it.
gredgex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student, once I accidentally wrote an entire essay on how the printing press saved Martin Luther's wife. Turned it in only to find out the essay was about how it saved Martin Luther's life. Still got full credit, teacher said it was amusing and original!
When I was in 2nd grade, I was assigned to be the class cleaner. Basically kids were chosen to make sure the room was tidy after the first half of the day before lunch. Now my mom cleans houses professionally so I figured I had to do as good a job as her. So I spent like 20 mins picking up every piece of scrap paper and junk off the floor.
This wouldnt have been bad except I really had to pee but I had to finish cleaning first.
Ended up peeing my pants.
Not a teacher, but when I was around 6-7 I had to do a spelling test. I got 9 out of 10, the word I missed out being 'hospital'. I told the teacher that my spelling was correct, and she took out the textbook to show the actual spelling.
I took the book, crossed out the word, wrote down my own version and stubbornly retorted that I was correct as seen in the textbook.
Somebody once told me that in his English class, everybody had to give a presentation in front of the class, which topic varied from person to person. The topics could be anything, but the teacher decided who presented what. A guy in the class had to do his presentation the next class, so he asked the teacher what his topic was. The teacher replied, "Your topic is: how computers kill jobs."
So in the next class the guy goes in front of the class and starts his presentation. First, he spoke about the history of computers: when they were invented and so on. Then, he says: "Ok, now I'm gonna talk about Steve Jobs." So he starts speaking about Steve Jobs, his life, his successes, and so on, and so on. The teacher, suddenly says, "Ok, so when are you going to speak about the topic I assigned to you?".
The guy replies, "But... I am. I am speaking about how computers killed Steve Jobs."
The teacher says, "Your topic was about how computer kill jobs. JOBS." Everybody in the class started laughing, and the guy just said, "Well, the only thing left for me to do is laugh as well."
I've got a good one from a few weeks ago. 8th grade English. Have a good number of ELL students. We finished our first essay & were writing a reflection on it. 1st question was: What did you like about your paper and why?
Kid writes: I like paper because it gives me something to write on. Also, when I want to draw, I can do that too.
I about shit myself. Wanted to write "Hilarious, A" at the top, but was advised against.
In AP English L&C in High school, one of the first writing prompts we received was to write a paper based on whether or not one could feasibly argue the statement in the prompt, after reading a chapter discussing what can and cannot be argued.
The prompt went as follows: "The Surgeon General of the United States released a report that concluded that smoking is bad for your health"
Simple enough, I get to writing on how you can't argue it because the information given came from the highest authority in the land. Most of the class did the same.
The average grade ended up being about a 64/100. As it would turn out, everyone in the class except for one guy was under the impression that we had to determine if we could argue the information the surgeon general presented, when really we were supposed to determine if you could argue the fact that he said the information in the first place (you can't).
Needless to say, that assignment got curved graciously.
Well not a teacher but I heavily fucked up on the AP US history exam back in high school.
The prompt was to write about slavery post 1774 or something around that time and I went ahead to write that since this was after the civil war all slaves were free and things were really great compared too before.
Right after taking the tests everyone was talking about how they wrote about the time period right after the American Revolution. I was really confused as to what my mistake was until someone let me know that the civil war was in the mid 1800's.
TL;DR : I'm a moron who misinterpreted a history question and wrote about the wrong war.
FunkaTV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm it's practically the same place as Hawaii?
I wish I saw this in person, but in my final year of high school we had an English assignment where we had to re-enact a scene from a Shakespeare play. We were encouraged to use props (so most of us dudes chose a sword fighting scene from Romeo and Juliet, of course). One guy in the other English class decided to be a little more abstract, and dragged a rubbish bin in from the outside lunch area. The teacher, I'm guessing after seeing sword-fight after sword-fight, allowed this.
He had pre-staged his performance with a bunch of paper in the bin, and I'm guessing some form of lighter fluid - legend has it during his performance he's lit up a match and thrown it in the bin, inside the classroom - suddenly flames, slightly singed ceiling, much louder than normal smoke alarm, and a significantly more startled English teacher who was now wide awake after seeing scene after scene of terribly acted out sword fights.
brberg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Heard this one from my technical writing professor: The assignment was to make a causal argument. One of the students turned in an argument peppered liberally with slang.
Not a teacher, but my friend had an assignment on CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) and wrote it down as CDD, and wound up doing a paper on some protein database.
I told my class of 7 year-old Korean kids to draw a picture of yourself riding on a horse. One girl drew a picture of herself riding on a hose, as in a hosepipe, with water shooting out the end of it.
Arkroy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still remember when i did my first crossword puzzle in pre school
Obviously the instructions were find the words in the puzzle and circle them. I circled the words in the word bank lol
Not a teacher, but I was in a college course (bear in mind, not a good college) for IT and we had to do a short report on E-commerce. We had to give a brief summary of our paper. There was one girl in the class who was quite reluctant to share, but the teacher encouraged her to go on as he knew the quality of the school and did not care how bad it was, he was willing to help if there needed to be changes. This girl in the class had her paper on sex toys and instead of giving a summary, read the entire paper verbatim. It was extremely difficult not to laugh about this as not only was this incredibly inappropriate and way off the mark, but other than the girl who was reading her paper there was not one person in that room looking at her in total disbelief that she had screwed up royally. I don't know why the teacher did not stop her, but after she was done, the teacher stated "well that was... interesting".
First grade, teacher holds up addition flash cards and calls on somebody to solve them.
Card says "8 + 0" or something to that effect.
Calls on me, "0 + 0 + 0 = 0" (they were written like the 8 over the 0, plus sign on the left, and the line under it all)
Que laughter from just about everyone.
Thus my fate was determined. Good at math, terrified of public speaking.
bumbuff ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:35:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one is away from school:
I was coaching a bunch of 14 year old first-year players. One kid had the usual attitude problem, so out of habit with better teams I tell the kid to go do lines. Lines are where you skate straight up and down the ice stopping at each line. I usually make them go backwards on the return trip.
So, anyways, he takes me literally...he skates to the nearest blue line....and skates across it between the side-boards. Over to the red line, same thing. Then on to the next blue line, ringette line, and goal line, and then back.
We let him keep going. Made the rest of practice interesting.
Got to the end of naming the solar system to the first graders. Pluto was the classes answer from first to second last.
I Asked what the last planet was. They were stumped (like really, you just repeated it numerous times). One of the students I got to know quickly replied "penis"
mad at first.
died of laughter later on that day
Student here. This memory always stuck with me as one of the stupidest things I've done.
It was after I moved to North Dakota-from California- andI was a couple days into the school year as an eighth grader. I was sitting in my math class (pre-algebra) when we finished the lesson. Our school had these super cool smart boards that were new to me, and on the next slide it said "Do 2-36 evens, and 54-72 evens." (Rather something along the lines of that; I don't recall the specific numbers.) Me, looking at the screen and not really knowing how the class worked just yet, thought that this was going to be a real easy breeze. So I pulled out a piece of paper, whipped out my trusty mechanical pencil, and began listing the even numbers between the two. I somehow assumed this was the assignment, and kind of smirked at my other classmates working so slowly. When I finished in less than a minute, leaned back in my seat and tossed my pencil back isn't my backpack, my fellow peers freaked out at the speed of my assignment-finishing skills. I really, truly don't get how my brain didn't think to actually do the numbers of those questions that corresponded to our math books.
I don't want to sound cocky, but I thought I was a pretty intelligent individual. I realized about half an hour later that I was an idiot.
daria_87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:45:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my mom is. This girl once wrote a paragraph describing how she wanted a car with hairdryer, mirrors and washing sinks.
She misinterpreted my mom's question about "how would you improve this saloon car?"
Student here and not a specific assignment, but when I was a younger student. I thought double spaced meant literally that. you press the space bar twice. no one corrected me after the first one, and it went on for years until I talked about it in class. The whole class laughs at me, literally everyone, even the teacher who doesn't pick on anyone or doesn't believe in being mean and is nice lady with a good heart, she couldn't stop herself from chuckling and then full blown laughing too. I've had my fair share of dumb/embarrassing moments but this is one of my top. Also they didn't let me live it down. If was in an argument or debate, "well atleast I know how to double space" or "hey PeteyPark, remember that time when you didn't know how to properly double space?" I also went to a small highschool, so everyone heard of it. It sucked but im not gonna lie I can't help but chuckle at it as well.
on my first or second day of 1st grade in elementary school, the teacher gave the most ridiculous homework assignment. something crazy like pgs 7-10, 15-18, 21-30. i go home and start the homework, only to realize it's damn near impossible for a 6 year old to do. however, my mom made me finish it so i don't embarrass myself the next day for not doing the assignment. i stayed up till midnight in tears resenting my teacher.
turns out... the she said "preview" those pages, but i didn't know what that meant at the time and assumed she meant "do". i stayed up doing all that work for nothing
Not a teacher, but in 8th grade we were given prominent people in US history to give a speech on. My buddy gets John Wilkes Booth. He goes to the library and gets a conspiracy theories book, and gave the wildest tale of the assassination I have ever heard. Deafening laughter ensued.
Former Student: In a grade-school project on alliteration, we were each given a letter and had to write a poem using that letter. We were also assigned numbers for the project to sort us all, which I took to represent the NUMBER of unique items we should use.
Cue me panicked at 12 A.M. hunched over my mom's Betty Crocker cookbook, skimming the index for enough "B" foods to fill my 15 word requirement.
(I also assumed--erroneously--that we could ONLY used words beginning with our assigned letter, and so I brought them all "by bike".)
I asked some questions about the evolution of a murder of crows, and one student answered that it would not be beneficial for the crows if one of them had been murdered. :/
wdrake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:56:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I put two spaces between every word the first time I wrote a paper that was supposed to be double spaced :/
Wasn't my student but a friend/colleague of mine. I don't know if 'misinterpreted' is the right way to go or if she was just trying to take the easy way out. We're English teachers in Thailand but we teach University students. A creative writing assignment was given to a class. One of the stories handed in was a play-for-play retelling of Frozen.... I don't know how she thought she would get away with that.
Assignment: write a 4-page mini literature review on any topic that interests you in psychology or neuroscience. It should be quite a specific topic, given that you only have 4 pages and only need to cite 5 papers. Email me your topics for approval by Monday. Proceed to discuss acceptable levels of specificity, giving examples of good and bad topics for 10 minutes.
Email: Professor synaptica, I would like to write my paper on child
behavior.
Teacher says it has to be very specific because the paper is short. Child behavior is a huge subsection of psychology, and is thus too broad. The student was not specific.
hanna-xo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:13:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time my year 2-3 class had to make a poster about a celebration, holiday or festival from around the world and one boy made it on "The Charlie Charlie challenge".
Not a teacher but my little brother got an assignment on euthanasia and wrote about the youth in Asia.
kaos11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:36:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 7th grade we were studying the middle ages and specifically to the story we were studying surfdom. I know now surfdom was the bottom of the social classes but in 7th grade I failed to understand this. Our assignment was to write about surfdom in the first person and what it is like. Here comes the fuck up, I had no idea what a surf was I wrote about smurfs. Yes smurfs, little blue people with white hats where every other word is surf based. I really smurfed up.
Tl;dr: 11yrs old needed to write about surfdom in the middle ages wrote about smurfs instead.
gbs5009 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:35:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kaos11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:07:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
See it never stuck
DCLX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:36:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was like 10/9 the teacher told us to describe "a well painted image"
I live by the sea, and almost 40 km away theres a dock
So I always liked ships, I interpreted "well painted image" for a drawing,
I started thinking, HOW, THE FUCK. DO THEY TRANSFER PETROL TO THE MAINLAND???
So I thought for a few minutes, then somewhat drew her a ship, and an underwater opening, you know like those Evil bad guy lair entrance where it opens up and a flying ship goes up?
That, and like 25 divers carrying petrol hoses down from the ship to receptors inside that opening that are strongly inspired by a car's tank.
She didnt get it, and failed me.
I remembered it a few weeks ago, and was like OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH
Sorry late for the party
Lanko ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:50:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher. This story is about a fellow student way back when I was in highschool.
We were taking a media arts class, learning how to create films the tricks behind special effects. (matte painting, compsiting, 3d animation etc)
One of our final assignments was to recreate a scene from a popular movie. The movie was chosen by the teacher, and each scene was drawn out of a hat. The idea was that as a class we'd piece together enough scenes from the movie that'd we'd have our own version (of at least a portion) of the movie.
I remember one of the guys was pretty upset that he drew the parking lot scene. his whole shot was an establishing shot for a house party and a car pulling up and parking, he didn't even get to be in it.
He asked the teacher if he could spice it up a bit. throw in some effects or something since he was feeling cheated. The teacher was all for that. Yes absolutely! get creative! make mistakes! Go wild! She was feeling pretty proud that her students were taking it upon themselves to challenge themselves.
Cut to monday morning and she's... pissed. Like visibly holding back anger. She gives us a 1 hour rambling lecture on film safety and public safety, common sense. Oh and don't break any fucking laws while your filming. I don't remember the details but I Do she barely stopped herself from dropping the f-bomb a couple times during that rant.
Her daughter was a friend of mine, so after some prying it was revealed that that poor teacher got a phone call late on saturday night. Two of her students had been pulled over for reckless driving at like 2am. They had flat out insisted that they were doing it as part of their homework assignment and so the cops were interested in speaking to her about it. The parents were also pissed and blaming her for it. I guess they had gone so far is threaten/frighten her with criminal negligence charges for having given them this assignment.
After some asking around I was able to get my hands on the video they'd taken. I loaded it up, and there were these two fucktards. Wearing their football equipment in their car, FILLED TO THE CEILING WITH PILLOWS, COUCH CUSHIONS AND STUFFIES! And they're racing at 100km an hour around a street corner and pulling the turn as hard as they can in an effort to FLIP THEIR CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT!
At some point they had decided that doing the special effects that they had requested be tacked onto their assignment was actually really hard. Since they had requested it, they felt they couldn't back down. Instead their master plan to ace this assignment and impress the class was to do the real thing and pass it off as special effects.
If they had just kept their mouths shut from the begining and done the original assignment, they could have just filmed their car driving up the street, pulling into the parking lot and turning off their lights. but no.
This was actually the teacher's FU. Had a friend who was working in the UK as a supply teacher for kindergarten. For safety, they have the kids change into their gym clothes (this was a uniform school) in the classroom altogether. So my friend was giving them instructions to get their gym clothes, take off their pants, etc. Unfortunately, in the UK, "pants" means "underwear".
Not a teacher, but when I was in High School, my English teacher told me this story.
In the writing exam, you get a bunch of assignments to choose from, you only choose one.
Some kid had done ALL of them. He had never ever encountered this before, so he phoned up the marking agency and basically asked what the hell he was meant to do, and he was told "Just grade the best one."
The one he chose as being the "best" was as follows:
"I like Satan stuff. I like Satan music and Satan movies. My friends think I'm a Satanist because I like Satan stuff. I am not a Satanist though."
britta97 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:54:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my European History course, the assignment was to do a report on any of the topics we had covered. Some examples the professor gave were Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation, etc. One student gave a spirited account of Rosa Park's busride.
Not a teacher, but a friend and I found a loophole in the criteria for a physics 11 project. We had to make a projectile launcher and the teacher said the volume could not exceed 30x30x30cm, well my friend and I took that as total volume and we built a kickass air cannon that I still have. We were the talk of the school for days. With next year's class, he specified that it would have to be able to fit into a 30x30x30cm box.
Metamere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:06:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a Chinese language class in uni where the teacher gave us a set of different topics, and told us we would have to select one topic from a set of different topics to discuss during the final exam, and so we should prepare accordingly. She explained this in Chinese, as with everything, and I missed that we would be making the selection during the final exam. So, I prepared for one of the topics, instead of all eight (did she think it was my only class?). My performance on the final exam came down to luck of the draw. I felt like I was drawing lots for some horrible fate.
Not a teacher, but as a student I was assigned a two page essay, double-spaced.
I had never heard "double-spaced" before. I assumed it was 2 spaces between each word. I tediously typed out a 2 page essay with 2 spaces between each word...
Despite my protest, I still got points taken off my essay for not double spacing.
For a moment, I pictured your essay the way it would have ended up had you texted using double spaces between all the words -- It. Would. Be. So. Hard. To. Read. I'm pretty sure you would have questioned your teacher's motivation (or sanity) for insisting on that format!
My stomach hurts from laughing at the stories in this thread. 10/10
Pnutt7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:19:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 1st grade we were told to right about our aunt (which I pronounced AUNT but they pronounced ANT). My family had just recently moved from Boston to North Carolina so I wasn't familiar with the southern pronunciation. I just sat their confused why everyone had pet ants to write about. They held me in class during recess, and it finally clicked when they explained to me that it's the "sister of my mom."
In my last year of high school I also took on a tafe course so I was fairly busy, and missed every Friday from school which meant I missed a 2 hour biology block.
We had an assignment where we had to keep a plant journal. Since I was away the day they assigned it I missed the details. I ended up writing a daily journal and picking flowers to write about how they made me feel about my day...
Nothing to do with the actual assignment and to this day (8 years now) I still don't know what I was meant to do.. and I still cringe about it.
The teacher was great about it tho. Very understanding and she enjoyed the creativity. She read an extract.
In my English finals exam, we got to select a topic to write a text on. Mind you, this happened in Germany. A female friend of mine chose the subject "All men are equal", only to ramble on how men are always looking for sexual intercourse and constantly hurt your feelings. Her legacy still lives on.
In third grade my teacher took of points on my informative essay because I used the word "fridge" instead of refrigerator.
In fourth grade my teacher took off points for every time I used the word grandpa or grandma in my book report instead of grandfather or grandmother. Which was ridiculous because they were never called grandfather or grandmother by there grandkids. I got a 50 on that book report all because of that, other than that she was an awesome teacher
Arch_0 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but back in uni I did a report on something and it was completely not what was being asked of us. I put a lot of time and effort into it. My lecturer was nice about it and laughed saying it was really good but he couldn't pass me with it. He gave me a week to resubmit and I gave him a really rushed, basic report that just passed but I think he sympathised with me and didn't give me much hassle for it being so crappy after he'd seen the effort I'd put in previously.
Was the student, in grade school we had a short story that I really hated, but had to do some report thing on it, can't remember most of it now, other than I spent an entire page saying how awful it was compared to Godzilla and how it was really really really bad, I basically filled a booklet saying it was bad over and over and drew a picture on the front and called it a day.
Teacher literally ripped it in half and said it was crap in front of the entire class due to some issue with the class (I think a high fail rate for what was supposed to be a simple project?), despite that he was still one of my favorite teachers I ever had, something must have set him off that day considering he was probably one of the nicest teachers that have ever taught me.
More recently back in Highschool I had a hell of a time ruining everything in auto. Teacher says reinstall the ball bearings on the classes test brake assembly? Stuff them in backwards, wonder why it was so hard for me, break the ball bearings, beads everywhere, teacher staring at it scratching his head wondering how in gods name I pulled that off. Oil change? Nah, don't need to check the oil container before emptying the car out, or that after cleaning the floor not triple checking that the filter is on secure. Putting a tire given to the class on a rim? Blow it. Teacher brings in a junker for the class to mess with? Cars really shouldn't be lifted where I lifted it the first time, crisis averted by friend yelling.
I was a walking disaster in there, and I still somehow passed because I was honestly trying as hard as I could, and most of the time I was halfway competent, just stupid mistakes. Pretty much determined after all those in one year that Auto probably wasn't for me.
Not a teacher, as the vast majority of posters here. But, we had to make a fake newspaper, with subject matter mainly relating to Somali Pirates. Well, one member of the group had the assignment to compare Somali Pirates to the way pirates are portrayed in the movies. He talked about how the pirates in movies are just actors, and how they aren't really missing legs. Of course, this dipshit also asked why the Egyptians didn't use dinosaurs to build the pyramids.
Not a teacher but something which happened whilst I was at school. We were in a Geography lesson and we were naming the seven natural wonders of the world as the teacher but them onto the board. Niagara Falls came onto the board and one of my friends who wont mind me saying he isn't the brightest knew the answer, he automatically threw his hand up into the air and of course the teacher chose his as he was surprised that he actually knew one of the answers.
'Go on then, Charlie. Lets hear it'
'Viagra Falls Sir, Viagra Falls!'
We still laugh about it now.
Kaaraii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember in third grade I got in trouble with my bitch of a teacher, and she told me that i had to "write out this page of the textbook" so I literally wrote down every single word on the page of the textbook. She was some pissed, but fuck lady that's what you told me to do?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:28:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
confused. What did she want you to do?
Kaaraii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:49:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She had wanted me to do the questions on the page. I instead wrote every word and paragraph on the page onto a lined sheet of paper.
Not a teacher, but back in primary school we had to rewrite the story of thanksgiving. Only I thought that by rewrite, the teacher meant I had to change the story. I ended up writing about a group of dinosaurs that snuck in and murdered the pilgrims. I didn't do so well in that class.
I majored in Digital Media, and in my 400 level photography class I was disheartened after assignment 1 didn't go well. Teacher specifically told me "I see your work and it is like you're hitting all the notes but not playing the music." Needless to say I was pissed, and a little hurt. So, being the lax student I am, I skipped a few classes to cool down about it. I kept up on the reading and everything in that time, and showed up for the Assignment 2 presentation pumped to knock it out.
"Self Photography" was the assignment and I was sure I would slam dunk it. As such, I volunteered to go first. I get 3/7 of the way through and the Professor stops me and asks, "Why are you in all of these pictures?"
I was flabbergasted. I tried to mutter out an answer, but somewhat thankfully he cut me off again and explained that "Self portraits are photos that depict the object's self"...
Not a teacher, but when I was first told to "double space" my paper, I put two spaces between each word. The entire paper took so much more time to write and my teacher did not want to applaud my effort.
In elementary school I had my 6th grade teacher assign a paper on some book we'd been reading that needed to be double spaced. I didn't have a computer at home so I wasn't very computer savvy. I ended up heading to the computer lab and started typing up my paper, adding two spaces between each word. I turned it in and the teacher never said anything but a kid pointed out mine looked weird and told be double spaced meant, spaces between the lines. I still cringe thinking about it.
Not a teacher, but my 7th grade embarrassment. We were doing reports on vitamins and how they affect health, etc. I chose Vitamin D. I also chose to abbreviate it on the paper (and pronounce it in front of the class) as VD.
I have another story. During the course-end test of my ESL classes, the students had to listen to a recording of a lady speaking about her books on science and metaphysics, and then answer a few questions to check their listening skills.
For the first question, they had to answer: Who is conducting the speech?
This girl's answer: 'the Physical Box'.
It ended up becoming a meme among the teachers of the school. We even made a papercraft box with the all-seeing eye on it and said it was the deity of bad test answers.
first journalism class in college we were told to look up a story from the AP - Associated Press - read it and interpret the writing. Well I'm a music guy, I looked up the AP - Alternative Press- and critiqued a story on Senses Fail
hmm this was 2011 or so, so it was probably right around when he started speaking out on gender issues. I don't remember exactly but my best guess is it was on that. That, or it was after they released Renacer and he was saying, yeah we'll lose fans for changing our sound but idgaf im gonna do what I want.
We have standardized tests and at grade 10 there was a literacy test with a mandatory pass to graduate high school.
My friend, during the multiple choice section, interpreted the question differently. It said to answer closest to the right answer. If the multiple choice was answered A, he selected B instead. Unfortunately, he failed. He did end up graduating after retaking it.
1 of my favorite responses to a quiz: Q: Besides battle, what other biggest threat killed soldiers? (The answer is disease) Students answer: "Women that will set you up"
I'm not a teacher, but my older brother of five years was given a book report in 9th grade and the only instructions were to prove you read the book. Being the person he is, my brother sat in a room and recorded himself reading the entire book cover to cover in one sitting. Like 600 pages or something. Nevertheless 5 years later I get to the class and he gives us the project. Proceeds to tell me he doesn't want any of that bs and tells the class the whole story
gemh489 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:31:20 on December 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not an assignment, but a case study in an exam. Intro prac exam, the students had to do an intro health assessment interview - just rapport building, exploring the client's health.
This one kid comes in and sits down, and proceeds to mispronounce the condition in his case study, multiple times. Not only that, but the mispronunciation was for a different type of condition that was NOT related to the subject at all (and actually didn't exist), and it was obvious he had not been attending classes. He also did numerous other things wrong, so ended up failing. When marks were released, I received a long email from him about how I was unfair in failing him, as he was "exemplary" etc etc. I responded politely, pointing out that he had confused the actual condition in the case with another, unrelated/non-existent condition, and that he needed to consider how he might approach a similar situation in the subsequent (and more important) exam. I didn't hear from him again, but he did start turning up to classes.
At the end of the semester, the students had to address three case study scenarios and perform a specified task for each. A different marker took each case. This kid comes in, cool, calm and confident. He comes to me for his final case, and out of 100+ odd cases, happens to pull THE SAME ONE as for his first assessment with me (seriously, <1% chance!). And proceeds to make the same pronunciation error as the first time. I stopped him and asked "are you sure it is Condition X?" "yes." "You are 100% sure it is that?" "yes." "are you sure it might not be something else?" "Absolutely sure." "ok." The student acting the case knew what I was getting at, and struggled to keep a straight face.
The ACTUAL condition was Rheumatoid Arthritis.
The condition the student identified it as: "Haemorrhoid Arthritis."
A bit late to the party, but here it is. When I was in kindergarten my class had a lesson on the warm and cool colours. The thing was, I had not attended that particular class, but I still had to do the assignment, which consisted of covering small pieces of paper with pastel colours and indicating whether that colour was cool or warm. Me, not knowing what was meant by 'warm' and 'cool' simply touched the coloured pages with my finger and proceeded to name them all 'cool', as they all felt relatively chilled to the touch.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:18:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in the middle of my first practicum experience, it was a kindergarten class, and my professor was there evaluating me. I was already nervous about leading an English lesson on poetry and was walking my students through their 5 senses. I asked if any of them could tell me one of their 5 senses and my sweet little kindergartners all raised their hands and said nickel. I had no clue what was going on with them! Well they were learning about money and money value in math and thought I had said 5 cents, so they were right! Just not the right I wanted at the time! Lucky for me my teacher found it hilarious and had to leave the room, because she was laughing so hard!
18BPL ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:43:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite a misunderstanding, I was in a JavaScript class and we had an assignment to quite literally "Draw Something." We needed to use at least 1 each of a circle, a rectangle, and a line, 5 total shapes, and at least 3 colors. I sat around for a while wondering what to draw, when the idea pops into my head to draw a dick. Thought about it for a little while, decide, screw it, teacher can't get that pissed. To make it satisfy the 3 colors rule, I made it red, white, and blue because 'MURICA. He wasn't particularly pleased BUT I did satisfy the assignment so he had no choice but to take it. Yes, this was, of course, an all-guys school.
In my high school european history class, we had to write a paper about Martin Luther, the protestant reformer. One of my classmates mistakenly wrote his paper about Martin Luther King JR.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like 1 out of every 2 people have done this.
obligatory not a teacher but had a friend who was absent call me for the homework assignment. the topics were gay marriage, euthanasia or female voting. she wrote hers on youth in Asia.
Not a teacher but I once had to do an assignment on Ancient Roman art. Everyone else did the usual pieces of the frescoes and what-not, but I decided to base mine solely on the sexuality presented through art pieces and so added 'Pan Copulating With A She-Goat' to it. My teacher didn't know what to make of it and said it wasn't quite what he was expecting, but that it was a bloody good read nonetheless and started a good conversation amongst the other teachers, so I got a high mark.
I was teaching a college writing class where the students sent several weeks on a research paper, and they submitted portions of it each week. One week they were supposed to submit their references, as in the research they were referencing in the paper. One student submitted a document with her personal references, including her neighbor and pastor, with phone numbers and everything.
I know I'm late to the party, but I have to share this one :) also, not a teacher myself, but my father was a professor at temple university.
Anyways, when my dad assigned his class to do a report of sorts on euthanasia, he figured it would go well, no problems there. But when one student handed his report in, there was something wrong with it. Although complete, his student legitimately did his entire report on the youth in Asia, I shit you not. I don't have the specifics of the story since he told me it awhile ago, but if I remember correctly the poor kid got a zero. A for effort though
As a student the single greatest assignment I ever had was a technical writing course. We were to write instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Little did we know a passing grade was determined by how edible the outcome was when the teacher attempted to follow them. Mine was the only perfect sandwich. (I have done phone support b4 so I figured I would write it like giving instructions over the phone.) Others were quite hilarious.
Pb_Blimp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:20:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but a student, almost wroute a paper on youth in Asia.
Akaze2 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:22:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this one person in my class a few years ago was assigned a presentation on euthanasia. Well presentation day rolls around and it's his turn to present. He starts presenting on the youth in Asia rather than his assigned topic of euthanasia. He didn't understand what was wrong with his presentation until our teacher spelled it out for him.
My mother, a public school math teacher, would assign "Alice in Wonderland" to read for her geometry class, and they would have to write a paper on it afterward.
I think it was about 7 years ago, one ESL girl wrote a paper about Allison Wonderland and her pet rabbit. It was great.
Personally, in my high school physics class, we had a question on a test about how to slow the momentum of a spaceship in a frictionless vacuum. So in my hypothetical, instead of doing all the math my teacher wanted me to do, I crashed it into a planet. Problem solved!!
Wrote a 96 page paper for a civ class in 9th grade was told to write about and discuss articles at length a minimum of 7 pages with 12 articles I took it as 7 pages for each article = 84 pages with the 12 references for a total of 96 pages he gave me a 97 because he had to read the damn thing.
In high school physics our teacher instructed us to build a speaker from scratch so we could learn about the physics behind speakers. Everyone went out and bought magnets and coils and tried to make a speaker. The day we bring our speakers in for testing all the speakers are very quiet and sound terrible. The teacher then hooks up this one kids speaker and it startles the class because it was perfect sound and was very loud. Turns out the kid misinterpreted the project and built a speaker from off the shelf parts and he had to redo the project lol.
In high school, I had a class called Death in Literature. For one of the writing assignments, I was assigned to write a paper on, what I thought the teacher said, was youth in Asia. I was not sure how that corresponded to the class, so after class I asked the teacher, what does writing a paper on kids in Asia have to do with this class? After some laughing, he informed that my actual assignment was on Euthanasia. So glad I cleared it up before writing the paper.
climb026 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:58:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, although I did see that skit a few years later and had a good laugh about it. It's really easy to confuse the two!
wtrwt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:00:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine misinterpreting a question in exam.
C/C++ programming was a part of our curriculum in our first year of Mechanical Engineering followed by an end semester programming exam(oral and practical).
So, we take the exam,come out of the room to overhear a friend of mine wondering why the examiner asked him a bizarre question-"what is volume of prism" to which he had answered rightly as "baseXheight=0.5ach".
A moment later, the examiner comes out looking for this friend of mine with a "?" appearing on his face and says how in the hell is the answer to the question "what is polymorphism" is "baseXheight"
Does it count if I completely misunderstood the class?
In my 9th year I saw an elective class for "forensics." I had wanted to be a Crime Scene Analyst for a while and thought "perfect! Hands on dead things."
First day the teacher does a q&a. One student asks, "when are we gonna see dead bodies?"
Laughter erupts... My life as I knew it was a lie!!
I kept quiet out of embarrassment, and stayed the whole year. I ended up with an extra English credit so I didn't have to take British lit. My senior year so I guess that was nice.
For those who were ignorant like I once was. Forensics in terms of English is "speech and debate"
dunkonit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:25:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In a history of opera class in college, (I took it for multiple credits- both history and music, I was not a music major,) I was assigned to write my final paper on Peter Sellars. I wrote the paper on the Pink Panther guy and how his entire career was related to Opera. Turns out there's a Peter Sellars who is an Opera director too, and the paper was supposed to be written about him. Teacher gave my an A minus, and told me how cool it was to read the paper. This was my last 2 required credits to graduate.
I teach freshman English at a mid-level university, and we get all types. At the beginning of each course, I ask each student for a diagnostic (they don't know that's what it is) piece of writing so I can judge where a student's writing level is. The common prompt is "Explain a time you communicated well." 90% of these are motivational speeches for their sports team during a big game or a valedictorian speech.
One girl, though, didn't understand what I meant and wrote out a spaghetti recipe for two pages. And I mean literally "And then I told my boyfriend to boil the water. When the bubbles came up, I told him to shake out the pasta and measure it with his hand. Once he did that, I told him to break the pasta in half and put it in the boiling water, but to turn the water down so that it wouldn't boil over."
Needless to say, she did not pass my class.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:42:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, her writing might have been boring but I gave you and indication of where her abilities sit which fulfilled your need. And getting someone to complete a task can be pretty challenging. 'Communicating well' can have several interpretations.
Our Catholic Morality teacher was assigning us papers on controversial issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, etc. A friend of mine got "euthanasia."
2 weeks later, the teacher calls my friend up to the front of the class and asks him to read his paper, titled, "Youth in Asia."
"What do I think of euthanasia? They should be in school, just like the American kids."
I remember we had an assignment to discuss proper treatments and punishments for various crimes. My friend had a great time recommending euthanasia for everything from shoplifting to prostitution.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:20:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The theology teacher was great about it- old, mumbling man who saw the humor in the situation. My friend earned an A on the assignment- the teacher was very logical and understood how that could have been misinterpreted.
Student here. I remembered another one. I was in P.E. (gym class) in like 4th or 5th grade. We were being introduced to a game where you walk around the gymnasium on the outer edge holding some foam balls. In the middle of the gym there pins and when the teacher shouted "Go!" we would all roll our ball to hit down some pins. Like bowling. Anyways, during the instructions, the gym teacher said "Remember, if I shout 'Go!' -" That's when I, and I alone, rolled my ball because I heard 'Go!'. I remember hitting a pin down and exclaiming "Yeah!", I was proud and excited until I realized no one else threw their ball. I was then told by my crabby teachers to sit out for the game.
Edit: Clarified who I was
jdc4aub ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:39:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher tell us a story (I assume to be true) about how a guy at Stanford(?) came into class late and hurriedly copied down everything that was on the board, but wrote the homework assignment down wrong, and had a very hard time solving it, but did eventually. When he turned it in to the professor, he mentioned how difficult it was and the professor took a look at it. The student solved some famous equation that no one had been able to solve before and the teacher had put on the board as some example.
It was my freshman year of college, analytical and rhetorical writing, the professor had us write a research paper on the subject of euthanasia. Two weeks and 12 pages later she got a paper on the youth in Asia.
To this day, I still don't remember what the actual assignment was, but I re-wrote Romeo & Juliet in its entirety as if it took place in the old west. I was so excited when I turned it in. My teacher called me up I think at the end of class or the following class and said that I didn't understand the instructions. Then I was just confused, went to lunch, ordered doubles and did the robot for my friends.
In a test, students were asked to describe one important social psychology experiment. One student wrote about the "1000g obedience experiment." Took me a second to understand what he was talking about.
Well, 1000g in french sounds exactly like Milgram, the guy who performed the experiment.
It's not a great case, and I wasn't the teacher; I was the student. At my sexual education class in fifth grade we were all asked to draw the human genitalia. I was a kid, so I took my teacher's words literally: "OK, kids, your assignment for next class is to DRAW a penis and a vagina". It was a weird task for me, but I did it anyway. As usual, I asked for no help toy parents or elder siblings, which is why I ended up sketching a sauce-like organ with two hairless balls in the background... As for female genitalia (I was a boy) I put the pencil on paper and then freaked out: " What the hell does that look like?!" I did no searching and thank God back then we didn't have internet access so I came up with a bunch of confusing lines with legs. Next class we, nerdy guys, we're checking up our assignments of all classes before handing them in. This friend of mine takes out her awesome drawings which included parts and functions of every organ. I got embarrassed but managed to remain calm at my stupidity: "Oh, that's what Miss X meant. Fuck." Next time, fellas, make sure your kids get their assignments right.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:13:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
The teacher meant to draw a diagram of the reproductive system for males and females. Images that would label the parts. He took it literally and attempted to draw a penis and a vagina like you would see if someone dropped their pants
As far as homework goes, that one is just asking to go wrong.
yurieu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:53:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guy in 7th grade made a presentation of Joe Green (Baseball player). My teacher had told us to make a presentation on Giuseppe Verdi, who had the nickname of Joe Green.
What makes this all hilarious is that we were in drama class studying opera, there was no reason we'd be talking about baseball.
In 9th grade we did an assignment on animating in flash, only the teacher didn't know how to animate in flash, so I actually taught some of it. I told them to press f5 to add a new frame. One girl yelled at me because she was pressing the f key and then the 5 key and it wasn't working
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once heard of someone that had a high school group project on euthanasia and showed up the day of the presentation with material on "youth in Asia"
I was a lab instructor in undergrad and taught for the computer science department which, at my school, also distributes the lab instructors for this pointless class where we teach our students how to use excel and Dreamweaver. It really is a very basic class and we have projectors to show the students step by step what to do. come the end of lab, i tell my lab to name the lab "My_Workbook1" ...when i went back to grade, some genius actually named his project "my underscore workbook1." I was not amused.
As a student-- in 2nd grade, we had a writing assignment that was to be double spaced. I put two spaces between every word and the teacher never corrected me.
Two separate projects in one week. One a short one in class during the week requiring the student to design an experiment that tests some homeostasic mechanism to see if it is necessary for life. The idea being that if you removed part of the feedback loop you could then monitor which of your chosen organisms die. I made sure to mention multiple times over and over that it was just an experiment design and no one was to actually kill any animals (I know what my kids are like.) The second one was to be done at home and involved a model of a body system and the levels of organization for it.
Ended up getting a message to call a very frantic parent in the middle of the day. The kid had told his mom that he had to go catch some frogs and then do an experiment that would kill them. He was then to dissect out the levels of organization for the muscle system. The office was rolling with laughter as they watched me try to talk this parent down.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One year of high school we had to do a speech on Gallipoli,
I somehow got it in my head that we were supposed to do it as a first person recount. I left it to the last minute and wrote it up the night before. I got to school and all my friends were talking about their speeches and i asked my friend to see his. Not only was mine a poor effort in comparison but his was more like an essay detailing the key parts of the operation where as mine was more like a soldier dealing with the horror of it all. Lucky for me that friend was boss and offered me his spare speech (He was from singapore if your asking). Needless to say i read his out verbatim and got decent marks. :)
FalkenXV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't happen to me but a friend of mine saw a girl do this not understanding but blatant disregard to the objective. They had to draw a still life for class, it was of a ceramic dog and it's pretty self explanatory. She turned in a drawing of realistic dog with fur and expressions. And she got an F on it because it wasn't the assignment. And couldn't understand why as she was "better than everyone" and "the other one was boring" and "it's art school I should do what I want"
She never changed and ended up failing that class.
bumbuff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People forget to tell students that part of going to school was learning to conform (slightly) and doing what you're told so you could get a job when you were done.
When i was in the fourth grade we had a strict no eating after snack time rule. But i had a bunch of extra cheezits left over from snack time. So, i ate them in secret, keeping the bag under my desk and slowly eating one cheezit at a time. I felt like I was in mission impossible by how careful I was being. Well, my teacher caught me and promotly said "Stop eating in class! Put that food away!" I was caught off guard and spit all the cheezit-mush in my mouth onto the ground. I wasn't the most popular kid in the class...
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:34:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had to participate in a class debate on the topic of raising and slaughtering horses for meat. In the email I got from my prof, it said I was on the side of "Against" which I took to mean against slaughtering horses for meat. But apparently the debate title was actually "Should we NOT slaughter horses for meat?" and therefore I was FOR slaughtering horses for meat because of the double negative. Stupid way to word it imo, and basically I showed up with points prepared for my competitors' arguement, not mine.
Not a teacher, but this happened to me once. In my senior English class, we were studying 6 word stories, and we're challenged to come up with our own in a way that describes ourself. I tried to make mine pretty deep and meaningful, so it was "Waiting for something, don't know what", so describe how I felt about life. Yeah, pretty lame. Well I was asked to go first, and when I read it, everyone just looked at me kind of awkward and the teacher said "Huh, ok...", the rest of the class read theirs, which consisted of stuff like "Soccer team goalie, also really smart" and other stuff that's actually about them. Kind of embarrassing.
Pretty late to the party but when I was about 10 years old I was in school and we were each given a topic to write on and give a presentation. Each topic was pretty political and my table was asked to write about "Keeping Animals in Zoos" as a topic. I wrote a whole presentation about how it is important to keep animals in zoos because otherwise they could hurt people and what kinds of bars and cages could be used. I totally missed the point of the exercise.
antsugi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:16:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Greastest as in best, or greatest as in magnitude?
I feel that your question could be misinterpreted, and I find that rather amusing
Something from my own schooltime: our topic in educational science were small stories teaching morals. We studied the old, rhyming ones a lot and focused on dissonance with modern morals. As homework, we were supposed to write one of our own. Of course it didn't need to rhyme, that would have been unreasonable to expect, and it didn't need to be long.
I forgot about the assignment and had to do it in five minutes before the lesson begun. My panicked brain, only knowing half the assignment, didn't understand it didn't have to rhyme and could just be a few sentences. So I wrote a beautiful, oldschool rhyme of substantial length that taught children about giving wallets they find on the street to the police.
I was never able to replicate that, my poems are shit. My teacher was very surprised and heaped glowing praise on me for ages.
hughie-d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but during my first semester in a Journalism degree, I started seeing this chick in the class. It was pretty cool as up till then I knew everyone I had "hooked up" with from previous social circles. Anyway, we receive our first assignment from our Mass Communications subject - The Title of which was something like "How has technology affected the industry (implying media since we are studying journalism, not a giant reach)", a title topic I thought was fairly straight forward and handy enough to research.
However, the following week I rock around to her place on campus for a snuggle the night before with the intention of dropping in my assignment the following morning and then going home for the weekend. My snuggle buddy/classmate was pretty hyped & proud about how good her assignment was and she wanted me to read it.
So I did, and the first few lines were about the development of tractors, slurry pits and fertilizer; intrigued by where this was going and how it was related to Communications Technology, I read on in earnest. After two paragraphs of farming technological breakthroughs, I glanced at the title of the essay again and it clicked. Because she came from a farming background, she assumed the "industry" meant farming and she had zero references in her assignment about the internet, radio, television etc.
Well being the kind hearted soul that I am, I told her I spotted one or two typos and it would be a good idea to let me fix them on her laptop. I basically put in a TLDR paragraph about how the media communications changed the landscape of communication (basically my conclusion paragraph), except with a line like "as we can see farming and communications have advanced side by side and many of the lessons learned from farming can applied in communications in general" and I pressed save.
The following week in class, the lecturer said that roughly 30% of the class failed, he also said that there was one lunatic in the class who tried to tie in unrelated industries to communications with incredibly tenuous links. However, he was forced to give them a pass because they at least tried to argue how they was similar. I never told her about it, but I remember her being super pissed at her passing mark.
TLDR Fling from 1st semester in Journalism degree forgets what subject she is studying. She writes 2,500 words on the technological advancements in farming instead of the development of Mass Communications technology. I add hastily written paragraph trying to demonstrate how the industries are related into the middle of her essay. She receives passing grade and doesn't know how I helped.
Not a teacher, but I remember one of my follies way back in the day. It was 7th grade, and my English teacher said she wanted our essay to be double-spaced. Well, this was the first time I had ever heard of double-spacing so I hit the spacebar twice in between every single word.
jflb96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but at one point in primary school my teacher decided that / means 'and'. She gave us out a written assignment to pair off and 'write the questions/answers for an interview, then carry it out.' The group interpreted as 'write the questions for an interview' because what good are just the answers outside of Mock the Week? We then had to stay behind for only doing half the work she thought that she'd set us.
jflb96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still feel she should have used the less ambiguous '&' or even just the word 'and', rather than assuming that a group of ten-year-olds would know that.
As a student once, my teacher gave three options for things to answer and said something along the lines of "answer the first one then pick your own" but I was pretty tired writing the test. Anyways, turns out I ended up writing my own version of the problem we were doing including a full solution and explanation. I didn't even realize what I'd done until I got the test back and read his comments... Something along the lines of "eh, better than most answers, 3/3". I loved that teacher.
I once took a Media Law class and we had a big 20 page research paper due at the end of the semester that was a large part of our grade. we also had to present it and go over it with the class.
One student wrote his about the illuminati and his presentation was pretty much just a slide show of celebrities (mostly rappers and basketball players) who he claimed were a part of it and random illuminati symbols. His presentation had absolutely nothing to do with anything we had discussed in the class and and the quality of his claims were sub-tabloid material but he presented it with enough conviction that you could tell he was serious about it.
Whenever I think about it I wish I had read his entire report.
bartonar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine once did a "draw a labelled diagram of, and explain the function of the parts of an organ" on the Pipe Organ.
She got a better grade than I did.
logos__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:44:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't the teacher, but the student fucking up an assingment. Once, in chemistry class, we were supposed to boil water and then guide the vapor over some other substance. In the same experiment, we were also supposed to do something with isopropyl alcohol. I interpreted this as "Set a bunsen burner below the isopropyl, vaporize it, and guide it over the same substance."
Luckily the teacher stopped my setup before it burned off someone's eyebrows.
Not me but my mother. One of the questions on her exam had the students define five of the 20ish terms she had down. One student defined every single one. Note that it was very clear that you should be doing only five. She barely had time to do an incomplete answer for the final question.
I went to a Catholic college and everyone was required to take a class called "Biblical Traditions" about looking at the bible as a historical text. One of our assignments was to pick a symbol from a list provided by the teacher and write a 10 page essay about what it means/when its used etc. One girl picked "Yolk" for her essay. Problem was she didn't realize that the teacher meant like oxen and yolks and instead thought it was egg yolk. She found the only 2 references of eggs in the Bible and wrote her whole paper around it. Teacher gave her an F for not writing about the right symbol.... She was kind of a b****
....the kind that goes on oxen is spelled "Yoke". So either the teacher spelled it wrong, or the girl didn't even look at the spelling of the word she chose.
The teacher I assume, yeah there's always that one teacher, They don't quite explain but get hot headed when you fuck up and everyone else is to blame but them.
Several years ago, was supervising the provincial Literacy Test at our International boarding school. One of the questions asked students to argue the merits of teaching Physical Education in school. Seemed like a pretty reasonable question to me until I heard several of our ESL students after the test discussing their arguments for why it's so useful that we teach them physics.
daniyyz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
question: What can conclusions can you draw about blah blah blah
answer: student draws a picture of the end of the story.
Gleger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A buddy and I purposely did a whole project/oral presentation on Pluto the planet instead of Plato the philosopher in history class. Teachers reaction was priceless.
I teach 3rd grade, and "drawing conclusions" after reading a text is a common task. One boy must not have listened to my explanation of the instructions for his homework and drew a picture of the conclusion of the story. Took me a second to figure out the mistake, and I might have laughed a bit too hard when I did. Luckily, he was a bright kid and laughed, too, when he realized the mix up.
kryz5150 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:00:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. Just transferred to an international school from my local high school. Teacher asks for a 5 page paper double spaced as the mid term project. I had never heard of it at the time so I thought it meant character spacing. I wrote the entire paper hitting the spacebar once inbetween letters and twice inbetween words (i didnt know about the character spacing setting in MS word either) Needless to say I learned my lesson on double spacing that day...
ryan21o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a teacher now, but my story is from the ninth grade. We were doing vocabulary work and my English teacher wrote the list of words as "Define:
Juxtaposition:
Etc...."
Anyway, my friend started off by defining the word define. He didn't even get that he had some something strange. So funny.
My mom is a teacher. She made up a multiple choice study guide. One kid memorized the ABCD answers of the guide rather than the content of the question, responded in the same order on the test, was confused when he failed.
Teacher asked this kid who wasnt paying attention in class to explain what Warsaw was. He stood up in front of the class and explained what a 'morsel' was.
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bring Your Own Technology.
So you just did as told. A typewriter is technology.
Cicale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Recently told one of my 6th grade students to "paint a picture" when using details. She came in the next day with a picture she drew of her falling off the monkey bars
From the other side of the desk, when I was a very young elementary school student abroad in Belgium for a semester, on the very first day I was given a math test at my host school. At least in this particular region, the handwritten (on a chalkboard - I'm ancient) number "1" very closely resembled a "7" to these young American eyes.
I got every answer wrong because - for example: 10 * 50 =/= 3500 (which is 70 * 50, as the problem appeared to me). Since I couldn't explain myself in French, all the kids and teacher thought I was a complete idiot.
I'm not really an idiot - I'm even considered pretty good at math from time to time - but ever since that trip I write my "7"'s with a line through the middle. So people in the States think I'm weird.
I feel somewhat vindicated, as the Wiki says: "[One] is sometimes written with horizontal serifs at the base; without them it can resemble the shape of the numeral 7..."
I heard a story that a mother told. Bare in mind that this happened in Argentina and we speak spanish.
So the kid goes to his mother and says that he has an assignment to which he has to bring cow meat (translated: carne vacuna). Although that was a strange request, she bought a piece and the child put it in a tupper. When she took him to the school, the mother asks the teacher what did they need the meat for. And she replies, "oh no I didn't ask for cow meat (carne vacuna), I asked for th vaccine's card (carnet de vacunas).
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im a teaching assistant and recently the teacher asked the class to do a poster about themselves in English. One kid somehow completely misunderstood (even though it was explained in his native language) and submitted an A4 sketch of the Queen's face. It was the best drawing I've ever seen, so much detail that it almost looked like a black and white photo. Poor kid must have spent hours on it but the teacher had to fail him because it was completely off topic.
Teacher wanted us to make a sort of collage depicting an emotion. But he ran out of time as he was explaining the assignment, and as we are all walking out of class "Oh and it has to be a landscape!"
So the next meeting... he got 30+ collages that were all landscapes like of fields of flowers/tall grass... or a cemetery to denote sadness/ etc etc... and when he was like "why is everyone's collage so scenery focused?" and someone said "You said it had to be a landscape!" and his response "OH! I meant it had to be IN landscape... as in that it was oriented horizontally rather than vertically...
3xphate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im not a teacher, but I heard that my friend got asked by a philosophy teacher about objects you see. It seemed like the teacher tried to explain and wanted the students to think in a philosofical way. He asked my friend: "when you see a white animal with 4 legs and with black spots, how do you know its a cow?" Which my friend responded with "Im not stupid I know how a cow looks like"
My students were supposed to research images related to movement, in a sign language class. I didn't think I needed to stress it was 'physical' movement, because a bunch of them brought in pictures of the civil rights movement.
Well I read the wrong one. Lol. He read the report and asked to see me after class. It was a fun to read book about nuclear bombs going off destroying most of civilization
๐๏ธ jmjf7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if this counts, but I had a professor tell a story about a student that typed two spaces between every word.... she thought that's what double-spaced meant.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Jesus. If you reverse the question, I was always the student who did the assignment wrong because I missed vital parts of the instructions. Or the assignment was very open ended and I took some... Artistic freedoms.
Worst ones... Hmmm. In Pre-Press(required college class for Graphic Design majors) we had to design a typography book for lyrics of a song. Awesome! I love creative assignments and I went super elaborate with it. I illustrated the whole thing, had unique styles of type, and even made it so that the song played when you opened the book. I thought I was hot shit, until I got a 40% back on the assignment. Funny thing about Pre-Press... You're supposed to write out specifications so that any printing/editing companies(or whoever is supposed to theoretically mass produce your work) can exactly reproduce the piece(in an efficient and cost effective manner). Well, I did literally none of that. I got nearly full points for every creative part of the project, but completely missed the point of the assignment.
Ah, my other favorite... In Photo 2(Color photography college class required for Graphic Design majors) I kept dosing off during the explanation of the assignment. Standing up, and all. My teacher was pretty sure I was narcoleptic. Nah, just didn't have time to sleep between work and my 18 credit semester of all student classes and a lab science. So yeah. FML. Our class is supposed to each take pictures of things, see how those images correspond compositionally, and crop them so that they fit together, forming a pleasing new composition. He literally cut a corner off of one picture, fit a second picture into that corner so that some of the imagery lined up, and glued them to a matte board. Simple right? That's what I thought. I took two rolls of films, got great focus, awesome simple curvilinear compositions going, and my white balance was beast. Cool. I hate photography so go me. I do exactly what he did. I fit two picture together, by cropping one so that their compositions fit together nicely, and seal then onto a matte board. Yay! I do that 3 more times and show up with them for the big critique where we hand them in. I get there and everyone else has these big elaborate photography compositions going on. They look great! And here I am, having exactly copied the example project the teacher made... To give a vague idea of how to begin the assignment. Pretty sure I got a C on that on. Oops. I would've had so much fun collaging them too. Shitnuggets and such.
Then there was the time I painted my assignment for drawing class...
I'm pretty shit at listening to directions. Take that teacher-oriented question!
afronaut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:42:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reytan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:46:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In sixth grade, a classmate responded to some kind of homework prompt which ended with the phrase "draw your conclusion," by drawing an actual picture. The teacher was really nice about it and said it was creative of him, but everyone else thought he was pretty dumb.
Not a teacher, but when I was in first grade I remember seeing something on the board that said I had to "write all the words I knew" down on for a piece of paper for hw. So I go home and write like 7 words before running out of ideas and then get up and go play outside. I go into the class the next day and I realized it was actually my first spelling test words on the board, and that I was an idiot.
roh8880 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have misunderstood so many assignments, I came here looking for my writing instructors.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student, not the teacher. I was in high school around 2000 and a bunch of us were taking a typing class. The class was required for students in a special college prep track that let us earn college credits in a major field like Biotech or CompSci while in high school, so of course, we could all type and use a computer.
We had assignments each day, and then when we were done we could do whatever we wanted. I guess we must have been getting through the assignments too fast, because the teacher assigned us to re-type our textbook. The whole thing. It was hundreds of pages long. So we all set out typing, and a couple weeks pass with us each typing for maybe 30 minutes a day and the end is nowhere near.
Of course, all being smart kids, we realized that we could digitize the book much quicker for the teacher if we split up the book. So a couple weeks in we pass around a slip of paper, sign up for chapters and copy down everyone's email addresses. We are emailing chapters to each other and quickly compiling a digital copy of the book.
I don't remember if someone in the class turned us in, or if he somehow just found out, but I remember standing in the hallway with a group of other honor students taking responsibility for a cheating ring and asking that he please not punish everyone as it had been my idea.
He gave us a stern lecture and threatened to block all of us from joining NHS. I guess he never went through with it, because I got into NHS.
In hindsight, it's really funny, but at the time I was mortified. I somehow had totally missed that it would be considered cheating.
plokool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:53 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In late elementary school we occasionally would have letter writing assignments with some useful theme. One I remember in 4th grade was a complaint letter to a company and I wrote about some not-so-great popcorn kernels.
Then in 5th grade we had a similar assignment, but writing to the principal about problems with the school bathrooms. What the teacher didn't make clear, however, was that these were supposed to be real problems with the bathroom. So I, of course, started making stuff up. There were some truths, like the heater/vent/whatever that had a big hole in it and people stuffed it with paper towels. But then I started talking about how there was broken glass all over the floor and toilets that would back up while you were sitting on them and launch you into the air.
Fortunately, I wasn't the only one who made this mistake and some of the other stories were wilder than mine. I remember one kid had said there was a wall where people wrote threats to each other. I think it was mostly the boys who did this and the teacher (a woman) got freaked out by it and asked us if what we wrote was true.
So we did a project where we chose an event to research from the song, We didn't start the Fire- Billy Joel. I chose JFK Blown Away... I did an entire project (8th Grade) about the Sex Scandal between JFK and Marilyn Monroe. My teacher wasn't happy. My class thought it was golden.
I was in my first year, and I was taking a full course load. Chemistry, physics, biology, math, etc. In Chemistry and Physics we had weekly labs, with reports, and in the "Procedures" section we just wrote, literally, "refer to lab manual".
In Biology, there was a lab worth 30% of our grade. I wasn't sure how to write up the lab report, so I asked the professor. She told me "just refer to the lab manual". I got a 0, and when I tried to explain neither she nor the dean listened to my explanation. I did not get a high enough mark to pass the course.
Well, maybe I would have failed some other course, but that's what got me out of the biology field.
IrishEv ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:52:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school we had to doe a senior inquire to graduate. It was a 15 page paper about any topic. A friend of mine tried to convince the teacher to let him do it on why magikarp turns into Gyarados. The look she gave him was a mix of destain and exhaustion
Not, a teacher but I had a religion teacher who would always reference an essay that he made his seniors write about Euthanasia but received an essay on youth in Asia.
New profile and new to Reddit . Please take it easy on me, don't know the format or anything.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its okay, the post is written like you've been on reddit a year or two
Charak-V ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here, not teacher, since I'm hard of hearing I made some typical mishaps:
Was told to write a short story, it was only suppose to be half a page. I just heard write a story, ended up writing a 20 page story.
Was told to quote lines from a book and piece them together into a poem, ended up writing an original poem about the main character.
In elementary, was told we were going to have a spelling test and that we were to study. I didn't know there was a set of 10 words I was suppose to know, I ended up trying to read an entire dictionary and broke down in front of my Mother. Imagine being only 10yo and be told to read this in one sitting.
For science, we had to make a diagram of A planet. Ended up trying to make the entire solar system, would of been cheaper too.
Plo-124 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:27:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This wont get much attention but,
Our school was trialling an online test, where every person had their own account premade.
The teacher wrote on the board "Username: JohnSmith2015" since nobody has been on this test before, and I was the only one smart enough to replace "JohnSmith" with my real name.
1337_IT ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:29:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my father was an officer in the military. In the 1970s the British built a supply camp in the Gulf and he was in charge of this place. One day there was a panic in the canteen (mess). One of the cooks had told a new kitchen hand to go put marmalade on the tables for breakfast. So the guy not understanding had spread several huge tubs of marmalade all over the tables
Louiecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a girl that confused double line spacing with double word spacing. That's right, she literally hit space bar twice between every single word in this entire report.
dkl415 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:35:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10th grade World History class. I assign an essay and tell the class it has to be double spaced so I can more easily write comments as feedback.
Student turns in an essay that's single spaced. I accept it anyway, because I'm just glad he did it. I ask him why he didn't double space it. He says he did, and it took him forever. I look at it again, and realize he hit the space bar twice instead of once. It took him HOURS just to do that part.
from personal experience. in college we had 2 months to write a 20 page thesis on Ralph Ellison's "invisible man." I wrote it on HG Wells, "The invisible Man." I pretended to have a learning disability and made it out okay.
Not a teacher, but in 8th grade, we were supposed to make a project that explored different regions of the world. Didn;t matter what, but it had to be informational. I got really excited and made my project a board game based on my favorite anime at the time, Inuyasha.
The game involved characters going to different regions of the world, battling monsters which earned you points that you needed to win the game. The whole thing was super elaborate. Each character had their own unique deck of attack cards that you drew at random. Late in the project-- late the night before the assignment was due, my dad found me upset because I had so many cards to cut apart. My dad took a look at my assignment, saw it had very little to do with learning and had much more to do with battling and bassically yelled at me until I was crying and making a new game from scratch that was a half assed-dumb downed version of the game I had been working on for a good month. The game used Inuyasha characters going to different regions and randomly drawing cards that were facts about the different regions.
I obviously missed the point of the assignment and when it was all said and done, I had a D+. I had gotten really involved and worked really hard on a thing and then I had to scrap it at the last minute. School... school was all downhill after that...
When I was in college my first day in some marketing class the teacher tells us to "draw our brain" obviously some dude draws his actual brain.
He was the first to present and I swear this dude did such a good job presenting he made the entire class second guess the abstract nature of the assignment.
travisdy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:41:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In most of my classes I assign a "Reaction Paper." I have a set of assignment instructions that is very specific including a tailored list of videos, podcasts, etc that students are supposed to be "reacting" to.
Every semester I have at least one person who doesn't read the instructions and writes about random stuff. Sometimes it's the book chapter we are covering. The weirdest one was when a student watched a YouTube video I made then clicked on one of YouTube's suggestions that appeared on the page after my video. The video they wrote their paper on? A preacher giving a sermon.
Just in case I didn't make it clear enough, there was no connection whatsoever between class content and that video...
Student here. Grade 1 teacher told us in exam; if you write only answers and not questions , I'll give you full marks (some strictness was enforced to write whole question and then answer). My fucked up brains interpreted it as, if you write only questions I'll give you full marks.
Well, I didn't get why dad was trying to hide his laugh while I was telling him what I interpreted was is what teacher said.. I got a big fat zero.
"Work with a partner" turns into an absolute free-for-all
melanga ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:15:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some students have long-been stereotyped for not paying attention in class and of being serial day dreamers during times when they should be sponges, taking in as much of the teacherโs knowledge as possible. Sometimes this is the case,
Ok, so in my high-school we were talking about euthanasia (the process of killing someone else to alleviate pain) in my philosophy class. However, we only briefly discussed it near the end of class, a sort of "think about it tonight, write a paper about if you are for or against euthanasia and we'll discus it in class tomorrow".
Well I fully support the youth in Asia and I was completely confused as to why I had to write a two page paper about the youth in Asia. On top of that I was significantly confused with why anyone would be against the youths that are in Asia.
Not a teacher, but a student who misinterpreted. When I was in sixth grade, my dad took us out of school for a week to go on vacation. Had to write a six page paper when I returned, and the rubric stated that it needed to be double-spaced. I assumed that meant hitting the space bar twice between every word. C+ paper ended up being a D+ as a result.
Not a student but in high school we had to do a senior phys ed assignment on ergogenic aids in sport. A quick google would have avoided this issue yet one student turned up with a very impressive report on AIDS and why they have an unfair advantage in sport. He failed.
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nrw28 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:13:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I knew a kid in high school who had to do a project on a sensitive topic. While his presentation wasn't what anyone was expecting, he did do a good job talking about Youth in Asia.
One time we did this weird imagination exercise that I guess was secretly a BS pop psychology session. The teacher read aloud to the class, telling us about vague situations and asking us to fill in the particulars ourselves. It was basically like "Imagine you are in a forest. Describe what you see. You follow a path through the woods. How do you feel. You come upon a house. Describe it." That sort of crap.
At one point, we were supposed to encounter an animal of some kind in the forest. The teacher asked me what animal I saw. I said it was a badger. There was no reason behind it, I just figured it was an animal that would live in the woods. But when I told her, she says in front of the class: "Oh" -- then checks her notes for a moment -- "Do you hate yourself?"
Awkward silence, then... "Uh, no?"
"Oh. Okay then."
Granted, the more I think back about my experiences with this teacher, she was pretty flakey and probably getting senile. Or this was some baloney personality quiz she saw on Oprah. I just remember that this was the teacher who showed us the movie "Gandhi" and insisted he was played by Kevin Costner. Or used the classroom as her own personal soapbox where she'd read us Leonard Cohen lyrics over and over, just because she thought they were cool.
Well that was why I messed up. His directions were unclear. I was the only one who got a high grade. The rest of the class bombed. I ended up taking the instructions as best I could and made the rest up. It was a music theory class.
Our teacher made us do a paper on euthanasia in grade 8. He said our opinion didn't matter so don't say "I think XXXXXX." I didn't get it so I kept writing "People like me think, people like me believe for the entire 3 pages.
Oops.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:26:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would you care to tell us what that means, exactly?
Milkdew ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:47:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
7777th comment.
Habsfan97 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 22:21:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my friend missed a class so he didn't have the explanation for the assignment. Our essay was supposed to be about euthanasia he wrote it about youth in Asiaโฆ needless to say he failed
bebarce ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kid in my wifes sociology (if i remember correctly) class did a report on "Youth in Asia"
Topic was euthanasia...guy talked about youths in asia
Caithloki ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:03:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teach, but this is my misinterpeted assignment, euthanasia in law class, I thought we were doing a project on youth in asia... not my proudest moment in school...
ok so, Ive do some vollenteer wrok and I was working with a guy that orginizes vollenteer projocts for groups and schools and stuff. Well for the schools he also has to make it sort of a learning experiance and he had the kids draw pictures of other orginizationns or things that they would like to help out when they get older. One child drew a globe with lots of diffrent kids on it with the words "I Support Youth In Asia"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:53:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let me guess... English is not your first language, is it?
My philosophy professor once told me that he had a student one year who rarely showed up to class. One of the few times he did, he found out he had a paper due in a week on the ethics of euthanasia. He showed up to class a week later with a paper on youth in Asia.
one time in elementary school my teacher was being this dumb cunt and was all "today we are gonna be learning how to draw conclusions" and me being the dumb shit i am/was i got all my FUCKING ART SUPPLIES OUT OF MY BAG AND SPREAD THEM OUT ON MY DESK WITH A BIG FUCKING SMILE ON MY FACE BECAUSE I FUCKING LOVE TO FUCKING DRAW. and she told me that this was a writing assignment and thats when i discovered cocaine
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 00:46:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college I took a class called "Death as a Fact of Life", with a professor nicknamed Easy A Gray. The class was assigned an essay topic about our opinions on euthanasia. One kid after receiving his test score back angrily went up to the professor for an explanation of his F. He shamefully admitted that he wrote the essay on "Youth in Asia".
My best friend's dad had an assignment in high school to write a report on "youth in Asia." The topic was actually "euthanasia." After the teacher was done laughing he still had to rewrite it.
AS0206RK ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 00:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm not a teacher.
Once our English teacher told us that the essay has to be double spaced. He painted at a student that he's not using double space and told him to do so. He looked at my paper, I was getting excited that I'm using double space (pressing spacebar two times after every word), he didn't correct me. I don't know why? Later on, I figured out that I had leave a blank space in between every sentence.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:34:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was asked to do a project on euthanasia in junior high.
Not a teacher, but my first year at community college, in comp class, our first essay was supposed to be a narrative essay, which means tell a story. On guy wrote an essay about a story, and basically did a simple research paper about the different versions of Red Riding Hood through the ages. It was a pretty decent paper, but the old versions are kinda gruesome (murder and/or rape) so it wasn't exactly something I wanted to hear read aloud in class
Senior year English, we had to do a debate on a topic that my teacher gave us. He split us up into "for" and "against" sides and gave each group their topic. He gave one group the topic of "euthanasia" and told us about how one year, he gave out that topic and the "for" group prepared an argument supporting child/adolescent development in Asia.
Your original comment doesn't clarify that, it just says students fucking up, which is the whole point of the thread. You should have said ITT: Students, not teachers, or something.
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giganto_portmanteau ยท 4569 points ยท Posted at 01:50:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Former Seattle high school science teacher here. I had one particular class which was very literal, and I was cracking down on homework being late. I said, "this assignment is due on Wednesday, so to get full credit, email it to me before Thursday so that I can start grading it in time before we meet again." One student actually named Kevin asked what time it should be emailed so I said by midnight. He said midnight would be Thursday (fair point), so I clarified 11:59pm would work. Another kid said he'd be in Arizona (another time zone) and asked what he should do. I smiled and announced "11:59pm Pacific standard time." This should not have been a time crunch for anyone. This one girl emailed me Wednesday night at 11:21pm saying,"Here it is. Sorry it's early. I stayed up an extra two hours waiting for 11:59 but I'm just so tired and my dad wants me to go to bed. Thanks for understanding."
Thurokiir ยท 1683 points ยท Posted at 04:56:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man that is glorious. I would have fit right in, all my assignments are turned in at 11:59
Jhazzrun ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 08:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the worst thing is when you try to send it at 11:59 and then the "sending" thing doesnt fucking work!!!! arghh.
OldeHickory ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 10:27:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
pro tip: don't actually wait until 11:59 until to turn it in. 11:55 allows for fuck up time.
henker92 ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 10:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pro tip, don't send it at t-5 min if you can. I always send my work in advance (not too much, but with a reasonable margin). Your mind is more free doing that.
littlenymphy ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:56:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to get my work in at least a day in advance just in case there were IT issues.
Despite my university being given awards for it's technology/IT-based degrees whoever was working on the IT system was really bad and things were always breaking.
LovePolice ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:20:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't worry. This is a widespread problem in universities from my experience.
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oblivionraptor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:46:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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serg06 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you guys being serious right now because I'm really fucking confused
henker92 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:04:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confused by ?
serg06 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:42:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confused by who on-purpose hands in their assignment at 11:59, wtf
henker92 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:17:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a student, a LOOOT of my peers did that (French engineering school).
They said it was to "double check" until the last minute, when actually everyone knows that it is for them to delay the work as much as possible and send whatever was finished on the deadline.
For some people it works well as they need to have the stress of the deadline to work better. In the end, I still think that you will have much better results by starting early. If, for any reason, you have some struggle doing the work, you have time to react. This completely surpasses the fact that you may work a little bit less productively. Another thing is that you cannot be under stress 100% of the time. At some point you will break.
aard_fi ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 10:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People usually don't check (or don't even know how to check) mail server timestamps. The displayed date field in the email is a field where you can just put whatever you want. So unless they actually shut down the mailbox at 00:00 you can easily get away with sending it later.
If you don't overdo it you might even get away handing it in a few days late now and then -- "oh, now it just popped up in my mailbox, but it has the correct date, so I guess it was just stuck somewhere"
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:53:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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bundabrg ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 11:11:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Use telnet and speak SMTP.
aard_fi ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 11:19:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on your mailclient. Some may require a plugin/extension to allow it. The point is, it's a client UI thing, not a limitation of email (see exchange comment below). Worst case just change your computers clock (thought that might screw with other running applications). You could also just send that one mail via different means -- it's quite simple to put together the email in a text editor and manually send it via smtp.
Note that Exchange has a serverside setting which replaces the date of incoming mails with the server time. I think it's usually off, but if you have an Exchange system, check first if that's configured. Most other mail systems don't do that.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:50 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's when your clock is late and the mail server actually closed at the deadline.
Invisiblelol ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 08:21:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what time zone?
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 08:25:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went back to college as an adult. I would finish my assignments right away. .. 8 week research project I'll power through it as if I'm at work teachers would give me shit saying it looks bad turning in it early. So it was this weird guess when it's supposed to be handed to not look like a slacker game
thepenismightiersir ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:51:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They clearly wanted an 8 week vacation and here you come giving them work to do!
Thurokiir ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:15:22 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I also returned to college as an adult, though I learned the opposite lesson from my work. Take every second given and interact with your boss as much as possible.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:16 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Silly Sebastian
juanes3020 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:13:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
mine are like 12:05 :^(
mufasa_lionheart ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:27:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So we're mine, but i think for different reasons than those kids. Usually I was finishing mine up at 11:58
Sirspen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:46:48 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've submitted the last five papers for one of my classes between 11:56 and 11:59.
NeonGKayak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that wasn't because you were literal but a procrastinator. And so was I :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:05 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dud, she was a high schooler... Ew
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:19:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do that... Sorrryyyyyyy :S
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 08:17:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yo me too!!
bubblegumkiss ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 07:31:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Such a cutie haha
LifeHz ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 08:00:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Kevin
Quenz ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 11:49:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now, because of that guy in the other thread, we don't have "Let's name him Kevin" anymore.
Now people are clarifying that he's "actually named Kevin".
Polish_Potato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:10:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's that guy again, huh?
LetMeGetThisStr8 ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 06:27:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is great. Nice bundle of laughs. Perfect ending before bed.
Thanks.
georog ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 09:51:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, don't kids know about cronjobs nowadays?
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 11:56:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Protip - Outlook has a way to write an email and schedule when it will be sent. You can write a bunch of stuff, and then have them sent out at like 5:12am, 6:52am, etc to make people think you're an early-rising gogetter, while you sleep in til 9.
hogger85 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 13:01:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It does require the client to be turned on and running outlook though as it sits on the local machine not on the outlook server.
PRMan99 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:55:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Works great until they say, "Oh, good, you're up. We need to meet with the NYC office so I'll schedule it for 6."
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:44:32 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Another ProTip (credits /u/magic8ball): Outlook not so good.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:02:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Better to use at so you don't end up sending the email every night.
fingerofchicken ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:49:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But are you sure it wasn't Pacific daylight time?? Your instructions are still unclear.
_spoderman_ ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:18:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Kevin
DJCaldow ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 08:42:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Maybe this is a result of recent American grammar changing the word 'by' to 'on' so the kids don't know that there is a difference anymore. Edit: Was genuinely opening up a discussion piece. An example is 'on accident' instead of 'by accident'.
seestheirrelevant ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:00:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I drove on the school.
DJCaldow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:52:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should really watch that, someone could get hurt.
anarchography ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:16:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Stand on Stephen King
Randomd0g ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:25:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should have taken the opportunity to teach her a valuable lesson about email scheduling.
thatoneguys ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LMAO. I have now read like 50 of these stories, and yours is my favorite even though it's not on top. Priceless.
joelthezombie15 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:52:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait. Isn't Arizona and Seattle in the same timezone?
imhoots ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 12:13:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No. Arizona is on its own timezone. No daylight savings time, no nothing. Leave us alone.
joelthezombie15 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:20:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But when daylight savings isn't going on we are in the same time zone.
esoterik ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:59:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure it's the opposite of that. Arizona is technically in the Mountain Time Zone, so when Daylight Savings Time is on for the rest of the country, Arizona doesn't spring forward and is therefore on Pacific time.
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:55:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Half the year, yes.
Sang0kai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She could have set up an automatic email to be sent at 11:59PM !
Lost_Afropick ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:51:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This means that the dad also had the same confusion as the girl. In a kid its cute. From her dad though....
rabbittexpress ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:58:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did I ever tell you of that one time I hosted "Celebrity Jeopardy"...
piedude3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:39:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I tried to do this but fell asleep before 12.
shagolee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:36:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People don't know how to schedule emails? I admire her dedication despite her misunderstanding
krsj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:50:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here was me expecting this to be a kevin story.
fullhalf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:25:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
damn that's so cute. it makes me want to molest her. do you remember if she was hot?
Wolf_Am_I_And_Shadow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:16:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and this was a high school student tisk tisk
pm_me_ursecrets ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is too funny :P
9me123 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:55:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought Washington and AZ were in the same zones?
WardedBolt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:34 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit we found him
Badvertisement ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:31:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
not Kevin this time, it was Kevina
Morel3etterness ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:15:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lolllll nice
589547521563 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:44:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Autist class?
[deleted] ยท -20 points ยท Posted at 09:17:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The story by the original poster: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/219w2o/whos_the_dumbest_person_youve_ever_met/cgbhkwp
Copy-pasting other people's posts in hope of karma... I don't have a word for that.
seestheirrelevant ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:59:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why wouldn't you just link to the original post? This screams of Karma theft. The worst crime of all
Paladins_code ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:25:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It used to be that natural selection took care of these type of people.
Ninjacide ยท 6063 points ยท Posted at 03:26:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher, but this story was from when I was a student.
In debate class we had to debate euthanasia. The kid who was supposed to argue for it went first.
He started talking about how necessary it was, and how terrible it was that we didn't use it more before. He was giving all these examples of people that needed to be euthanized: people who needed amputations, people with cavities, babies. It became very clear very quickly that either this kid was a monster or he was talking about something else.
The teacher asked him: "Charles, are you talking about euthanasia or anesthesia?"
The kid replied: "I have made... a terrible mistake."
I still quote that to this day. Cracks me up every time.
mad_mister_march ยท 1695 points ยท Posted at 08:48:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well Mr. Jones, the x-rays seem to indicate you actually have a number of cavities. I'm sorry but we're--
"Look, I swear, it's just leftover broccoli on my teeth! Please! I have a wife! It was just broccoli!"
noooo_im_not_at_work ยท 254 points ยท Posted at 10:26:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"We'll give you a few minutes to inform your wife, but then we're going to have to put you under."
LakewoodWarrior ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 17:09:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Six feet under
Mistamage ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:16:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a mahogany box.
SlendyD ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:25:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mahogany doors.
Mistamage ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:35:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mahogany plank.
stuckit ยท 534 points ยท Posted at 05:25:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Alright, this one just cracked me up.
ThisGirlsTopsBlooby ยท 192 points ยท Posted at 09:54:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I pretty much lost it at Euthanize the Babies
[deleted] ยท 290 points ยท Posted at 11:56:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The cavities did it for me.
"How's it look, doctor?"
"Well, unfortunately it looks like you have a cavity developing in your number 2. You need to take care of that, or we're going to have to put you down. You need to floss like your life depends on it, because it does."
Varyyn ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 14:31:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Their whole lives are crying and sleeping. Sounds like severe depression. We should be merciful and put them out of their misery.
ThisGirlsTopsBlooby ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 15:11:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the right thing to do
Tarquin11 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 14:00:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You would probably enjoy A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
NotShirleyTemple ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:47:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they'd listened, the famine would have ended so much sooner.
ThisGirlsTopsBlooby ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:07:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that because I think infant euthanasia can be humorous?
Tarquin11 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 14:27:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is exactly because of that.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:49:33 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/bandname
gene445566 ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 08:10:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am laying in bed just giggling like a schoolgirl because of this.
Alnaut ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:39:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Same here, this was great
StonedGuru ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:51:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sitting in class giggling...
slipstream42 ยท 182 points ยท Posted at 06:11:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do not support Youth in Asia
[deleted] ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 08:08:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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prancingElephant ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:13:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a comedian, right?
NarcissusGray ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:50:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Sacha Baron Cohen in his Ali G. persona.
He is also known for his portrayals as Borat, Bruno, and Admiral General Aladeen.
bookschocolatebooks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:19:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah my sister thought that's what her high school debate was about... decided the debate club wasn't for her after that one!
purpleefilthh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:04:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck the Asian Youth! (cmon, just joking :d)
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:53:47 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
calm down Jared
bchevy ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 06:24:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a story of a similar vein. In middle school, we were practicing speeches on different topics just to get the hang of public speaking. One of my classmates was assigned euthanasia. Naturally, since we were all in middle school, he didn't understand the word, and thought the teacher said "youth in Asia". As soon as he started his speech with an emphatic "Youth love Asia!" everyone cracked up (naturally) and then he was corrected by the teacher. He didn't like public speaking much after that.
quantumhovercraft ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 10:01:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who's assigning middle school kids the topic of euthanasia?
the_cucumber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:30:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Countries that allow it I would guess. I remember seeing an erectile dysfunction poster in health class against smoking. Euthanasia wasn't nearly as shocking.
bchevy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:35:33 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late reply but it was in Oregon. One of the first US states to allow it IIRC
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:00:07 on January 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, in the UK we learn about euthanasia age 11 too, in religious education class, even though euthanasia is illegal here.
My RE teacher was the weirdest though. I remember he forced his class to learn how to knit, and on the first lesson of the year, he told us RE was like knitting, we needed to learn to knit to save us from exam stress, and he planned to unstitch and rethread our brains.
But yeah, we actually debated euthanasia when we were 11, as well as abortion and fertility treatment. I think it's because the school system in the UK is only divided into primary and secondary, not into junior, middle and high, so the transition point in how teachers treat you comes when you go to secondary at age 11. At that age, swearing is more allowed, sex jokes aren't pure evil, and we can debate euthanasia.
the_cucumber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:58 on January 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. Where I'm from in canada we had all three separations of school, and we actually learned about thay stuff in the final year of elementary (grade 6/ age 11 as well).
Reading this now though seems kind of heavy for children of that age! I just started working with child refugees last month and can't imagine my kids talking about this stuff, they're just babies! (When I wrote this comment I hadn't been exposed to child developmental stages since I went through them myself!)
Perception is a strange thing!
Fandumb ยท 107 points ยท Posted at 06:50:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Coming from asia to America as a young child, when I first heard about "euthanasia," I automatically thought it meant "Youth-in-asia," and I was like "Cool, I was a euthanasia a couple years ago"
purpleefilthh ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:04:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
BEST....TRIP....EVER
Blackwater6 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 08:44:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hello darkness my old friend
poptimist ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 08:06:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my friends in high school defined euthanasia as "pleasure killing" on a test.
purpleefilthh ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:05:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"oh I'm so pleased" <dies>
reqorium ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 08:36:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Super rare that I legitimately laugh out loud. This did it. 10/10 quote
_BibliophileBookworm ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 04:31:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This, is fucking beautiful.
vechmaster ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 08:07:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you, I have just found my new phrase to say when I mess up:
"I have made... A terrible mistake"
stalkedthelady ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 08:51:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You both need to go watch Arrested Development before you embarrass yourselves further.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:33:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it embarrassing if they've been saying it for longer than the 8 years that Arrested Development has been out?
Amorine ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:28:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am crying. This is hilarious.
jdizzle000 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:48:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this is my favourite so far
cjh93 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:04:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've made a huge mistake.
kpatable ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:32:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is spectacular XD
smiles134 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:52:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm fucking crying
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:32:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's hilarious!
partyturtles ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:49:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One day a friend of mine asked me "Did you know I was born immature?" Confused and amused I replied "Did you mean premature?"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:29:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude this is the worst mistake someone could make
blacksombrero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:26:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similarly, I recall someone at school asking why we were discussing the youth in Asia...
GomuGomuNoKush ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:17:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I have made... a terrible mistake." Not as serious as mine... I fear...
lightwell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:22:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes. We need to euthanize the babies more often.
elroy_jetson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:26:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this made me laugh extremely loudly. thank you reddit friend.
bliow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:26:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only one cure for that.
astralparadox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:33:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm dying at this. Best story here
somelittlepumpkins ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:49:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And now my stomach hurts. Best laugh I had in ages!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:18:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he realized it and didn't try the typical "fight tooth and nail" approach. Hilarious.
UndiesinEngland ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:28:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First thing in a while that actually made me lol, thanks.
tallyblade ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:04:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Paging Dr Kevorkian
Piemasterjelly ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:06:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow even with that its not the dumbest thing I have seen relating to a speech on euthanasia
I was giving a speech on how technology might one day make the human race immortal and touched upon how societies attitude to euthanasia would probably have to change
Some girl gets up from the back of the class literally crosses herself and walks out of the classroom shooting me the evils
john_dune ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:08:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You monster, I almost laughed loud enough to wake my sleeping daughter.
kieranshaneegan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:17:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For the longest time I thought people were talking about the youth in Asia
Johnappleseed4 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:23:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That quote is golden!
LadyMichelle00 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:29:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for making me laugh as I am just waking up. Set the tone for my whole day.
DanTeeBee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:46:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher once asked my class what were our thoughts on Euthanasia.
A kid in my class replied: "They all look the same."
hothotsauce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:48:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't debate against the value of youth in Asia, that could've gotten more awkward.
cosmo_bucks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:04:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OMG this cracked me up!! I'm saving this line!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:11:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People with cavities should totally be euthanized though. Such terrible human beings
MalHeartsNutmeg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:40:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Charles, are you talking about euthanasia or anesthesia?"
"Euthanasia."
CameoLover79 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:00:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Speech class in college and one of the other groups had Euthanasia as their topic. One of the guys in the group was East Asian. He looked at his group as they pulled their desks around in a circle and, with a smirk, said "Don't worry guys - I know all about the youths in Asia - Obviously, I was one!" The look of horror on their faces was one of the best classroom moments of my entire education.
Nephrastar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:02:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My High School speech teacher told us of a time when she was in college where they were talking about euthanasia and she confused it with "Youth of Asia" for a bit. She got a bunch of mixed reactions when she starting talking about that with her professor during lecture.
Scummycrummyday ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:09:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was horrified but for some reason the obvious anesthesia never even came to mind.
JerkyChew ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:51:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to define euthanasia on a test. I didn't know the answer so I wrote "Chinese teenagers" and got partial credit for my effort.
Chopsuey53 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And thus Gob was born
mandi318 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:32:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher on reddit while my kids are working on an assignment silently. I read this and laughed so hard. All my students are asking questions and I just murmured something about how an email another teacher sent me was funny..... Man. This was the best thing I have read all week.
paolaa_tv ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:23:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I. cannot. stop. laughing.
Droids-not-found ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:31:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I burst out laughing at this one
IJustWantComment ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:48:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Euthanasia=Drug to give someone a merciful dead.
Anesthesia=Drug to reduce pain.
aspen_it_is ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:18:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds me of when I was a student, my high school English class were preparing for our yearly 'Solo Talks' on a topic that 'sparked different opinions'.
One day we had a Physics teacher cover our class (I guess the normal teacher was out sick) and he asked my friend what her chosen topic was.
"Euthanasia" She replied
He nodded and then said "Well, what you have to remember is that they are not much different to you or your peers, despite the different upbringing and cultural heritage"
Yup. Dude thought her talk was on "Youth in Asia"
pm_me_ursecrets ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:33:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahahaha!
FaithlessMunky ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:04:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is truly brilliant. Also, a terribad mistake.
babelincoln27 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:12:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for making me laugh in geology recitation. I'm supposed to be learning about dino death.
nillut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did a similar thing in an English lesson where I was supposed to hold a presentation on Ramadan.
I hadn't prepared at all, so I copied down some cliffnotes from the Swedish Wikipedia page on the subject. On my way to the lesson I realized I didn't know the English word for "fasting" ("fasta" in Swedish) so I asked my teacher. She thought I said "fastna" which means to "get stuck", and told me as much.
So I started talking about how "during the month of Ramadan most Muslims get stuck. However, pregnant women and children don't have to get stuck" and so on.
Eventually one of my friends raised his hand and asked what the fuck I was talking about...
ISpankAvocados ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:14:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a friend in high school who was supposed to debate the negative side of euthanasia but instead began his debate clearly having done no research or anything and began ranting about how bad "youth in asia" was.
justessforall1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:26:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My college course class had to be told Euthanasia was different than the "youth in Asia". I wish I was kidding.
MKibby ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:30:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just laughed so hard and loud at this story. Luckily I'm home alone because it was honestly obnoxious as shit.
iShart2000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:48 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar story but a classmate wrote a paper on Youth in Asia instead of a paper on euthanasia like he was meant to.
Crossfiyah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a friend ask me, "Why are we always talking about euthanasia? What about youth in America? We should worry about our own problems first."
fruxzak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First time I heard the word euthanasia, I heard it as "Youth in Asia"
ReservoirKat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:25 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a kid, I remember the preacher in my church going on and on about how euthanasia was a terrible plague that was becoming legal in more and more places (I think this was shortly after Kevorkian or another "angel of death" trial).
My parents noticed me getting really angry after church when this happened, and they asked me what was wrong.
"I don't like it when he talks like that," a young me replied. "It's just racist. He wouldn't talk that way about white or black kids."
My parents about died laughing.
meatduck12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:31 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/u/Nicodemius /u/Benny57358 every comment in here is amazing, but this is one of the best
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:33:54 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I... I have made a terrible mistake." I kek'd.
meatduck12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:09:14 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just realizing that is a WOW reference. But then "top kek" doesn't make any sense. "top lol"?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:01 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How the hell do you know it's a WoW reference?
meatduck12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:08:45 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The great Urban Dictionary
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:09:45 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know where top kek came from, all I know is hearing kek when... nevermind you wouldn't get it.
metao ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:22:07 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The first time I heard about euthanasia was an eighth grade religious education class (Catholic school). I wasn't really paying attention to the class, because religious education was a joke, but I was sort of surprised when youth in asia was brought up as a hot issue. They're not Catholic there, I reasoned, so the church was probably concerned about them all going to hell, or something.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:10:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This should be the top post.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a Kramer moment right there
exyccc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:46:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was about to say why didn't he Google it... But then I realized this might be a story from like 1943, how are you? 100?
[deleted] ยท -21 points ยท Posted at 03:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Milk4Life ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:36:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do it yourself.
LostFlute ยท 965 points ยท Posted at 01:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a teacher of a community college library course, I assigned a student the task of compiling a bibliography of books for high school students on the Middle Ages. Half of the bibliography contained books on mid-life crisis, empty-nesters and menopause.
eekstatic ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 09:06:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I must be cut from the same cloth as this student because I thought you meant a bibliography for high school students...if they were living in the Middle Ages. So I thought all the mid-life crisis stuff was a hilarious gag about the short life expectancy for Medieval folk.
Oops.
LostFlute ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:20:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It did take me a good 10 minutes to figure out why s/he might have included books on menopause.
A_kind_guy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:34:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought exactly this, I don't know what that says about us to be honest.
eekstatic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:47:44 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it might say that our former teachers are probably somewhere downthread telling on us.
Sefiren ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 03:34:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well... they aren't wrong LOL
LostFlute ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 13:18:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! And I actually would have given them mostly full credit if the whole bibliography had been on "middle age" instead of the Middle Ages (the purpose of the task was to build a comprehensive bibliography...no matter the topic). But the rest of it was related to the medieval period, so...yeah.
Sefiren ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:52:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well if it was mentioned or in the instructions that the medieval period was the focus, then the kids need to focus lol
CaninePajamas ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:31:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This actually made me laugh out loud. 10/10 would read again.
EDIT: Came back a month later and read it again. Still making me laugh out loud.
IJustWantComment ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 18:55:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hypervelocityvomit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:01:11 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
20/10
Pi_Maker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i love this xD
DamnGeneticLottery ยท 326 points ยท Posted at 01:54:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Time to share my most embarrassing moment my first year teaching. I had a foreign exchange student from France in my ELA class. The assignment was to write a personal narrative about an important moment in their life. Instead of reading the essays, I had my students read them aloud (if the were comfortable)- this was my first mistake. The student, who will be referred to as J, goes up to the podium to present. Now, I need to point out that J did not speak often in class, and we've been working hard to get him speaking to his peers. I was so proud that he was willing to share his story. He stands up there with his essay and let's this wonderful story unfold. He proceeds to tell the class about his first time having a night emission. He said he went to school and told his friends (he was young) what happened. They suggested that he go home and wank. I thought for sure I was not hearing this story correctly at this point. My second mistake was not stopping the presentation. He was so soft spoken and matter of fact that I had not caught on to where the story was headed. He then proceeds to tell the story of the first time he jerked off in the bathroom. My class was in tears. I had no idea what to do and sat there dumbfounded. I asked him why he would share something so personal. J responds that a narrative is a story and personal means something you wouldn't want to share. Made sense to him. I ended the class with "What happens in 5th period, stays in 5th period." Students asked all the time what happened in 5th period, but as far as I knew, no one shared.
Pluky ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 11:34:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess you just broke your own rule then... Period 5 is meant to be classified! Funny story though
Kyphros ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 13:17:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh mon DIEU!
hypervelocityvomit ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 10:27:48 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He sacre blew his load...
fuckitx ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:51:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahahaha
pannenkoek2012 ยท 1303 points ยท Posted at 22:09:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once the teacher asked us to do problems 1 to 10 for homework. One of my friends did problems 1, 2, and 10, thinking the teacher said "one two ten" instead of "one to ten".
shiitakefuckrooms ยท 1063 points ยท Posted at 00:17:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hey thats better than me. In third grade I wasnt paying attention, so when the teacher said do pages 260 problems 1-30 and 45-50, i did all the problems on pages 1-30 and 45-50, and 260 in my math book. it was a rough night
sharkykid ยท 324 points ยท Posted at 01:52:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thats some dedication.
shiitakefuckrooms ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:16:07 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There were definitely some pages that were left undone lol
pivot5 ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 02:15:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How are there up to 50 questions on page 260
dizzyzane_ ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 02:27:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A3 textbooks with 8.89px sans-serif font
ParkandRides ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 04:02:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuuuuuuuuuck
dizzyzane_ ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:38:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The worst thing is that they actually exist.
Old, but still exist.
ferozer0 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:47:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Ayy lmao
doomneer ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:50:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It probably started on that page.
FF3LockeZ ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:01:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Third grade math problems are shorter than your math problems.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:51:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The back of some math textbooks have some rapid fire questions with no actual content on the page. So It's just 50-100 questions one right after another with no real spacing between them.
shiitakefuckrooms ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:04:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its third grade so they were pretty short problem. basic multiplication i think
bfaithr ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 03:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a good thing that was third grade. Imagine making that mistake in college shudder
[deleted] ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 04:01:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made that mistake twenty-seven years ago, and am almost halfway done!
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 11:12:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd spend two minutes trying to do the assignment, 5 minutes looking for the solutions manual, going to reddit while I waited for the torrent to finish downloading, then panicking 5 hours later when I remember I was waiting for the torrent to finish and I spent the entire time on reddit and it's 3am and I have to wake up at 8 for this class fuck it it's just a homework grade if I get a 94 on the next test I can totally make up the difference and maintain a C in the class I'll just start studying for it as soon as I get out of class.
owattenmaker ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah now in college 5 problems is a weeks worth of homework.
shiitakefuckrooms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:03:52 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fuuuck that would make me cry
Bluj4y ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:27:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
35 total problems in third grade? Im in 11th and i think ive done that much in total this year
juhsayngul ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:27:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least the assignment was a subset of the work you did.
hreai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:01:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my first day of high school in the US. The math teacher told us to do all even problems on page 155, I didn't really catch the even part so I just ignored it and did all the problems on page 155. It took me forever and I was wondering why we got so much repetitive homework, I really didn't see a point. The next day I found out I should have only done every second problem. Did it again with the odd problems though!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:34:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You got 260 problems but an inadequate grounding in mathematical problem solving ain't one.
One of those 260.
Thought I'd clarify, just in case you're still not paying attention.
THEAFKRager ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:39:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf you did more homework in 3rd grade than I did in my whole highschool career
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:35:00 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm cracking the fuck up. That sounds like a rough night.
electrithm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:29:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did the teacher react?
shiitakefuckrooms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:38 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well i actually wrote the answers in the text book so her reaction was asking me to erase them.
TheEighthWhorecrux ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:28 on January 8, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You lie!
occasional_dragon ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:51:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds me of something that happened to me in first grade. I was told to "cover the textbook" for my homework on the first day of school. I thought that meant read the whole textbook, and I remember crying at the table after dinner because I was so overwhelmed. My mom finally called another class mom only to find out I was supposed to just put a physical cover on the book.
Rayquaza2233 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:41:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was actually a point of contention in my high school because sometimes we had to do 1, 2, and 10 on any given night and other times we did 1-10.
dekrant ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:19:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teachers always wrote it on the board and iirc they said "through" instead of "to" as much as possible.
jorellh ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:05:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
527 days shipping
Valsartan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work in a pharmacy. One time we had a newly Canadian African man come in for a prescription. I told him to come back "around 4:30 or 5:00". He gave me a weird look, then I saw him again at exactly 4:35.
stevenorkney ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:13:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know someone that did something similar. We had to do three questions in a four question paper. Each question was split into parts a, b etc. These parts were all linked to the general theme of the question.
We came out of the exam thinking "damn that was hard, I didn't finish in time" (there were a lot of laborious time-consuming questions). My friend agreed. I asked him which questions he tried...
"1a and b, 2 c and 4 a"...
To this day, I don't know how this was possible, considering almost every exam we do is exactly the same format.
DrQuint ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He should have said "1 through 10", it's what everyone uses to avoid confusion in this exact scenario
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher should have said one through ten
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:07:32 on January 13, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was asked to do at least 4 problems and did problem four.
SaavikSaid ยท 4344 points ยท Posted at 20:46:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This happened in my first (or second) grade class. We were given black construction paper and chalk, and told to make a skeleton on the paper with the chalk.
One of the kids started having some difficulty with the task and the teacher - along with the rest of us - realized he was gluing chalk in the shape of a skeleton onto the paper, and had run out of chalk pieces.
Suuupa ยท 3519 points ยท Posted at 21:52:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, "make" is different than "draw"
Fraerie ยท 3005 points ยท Posted at 23:23:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also fairly inspired given both chalk and bones are primarily calcium.
discobranson ยท 1138 points ยท Posted at 23:46:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
doot doot
[deleted] ยท 199 points ยท Posted at 07:44:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I knew exactly what I would see when I clicked that "load more comments" button.
BlUeSapia ยท 232 points ยท Posted at 00:19:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
chalk mr skeltal
LordEnigma ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 05:44:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Chalkmate, atheists.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:43:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 02:30:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
draw mr. skeltal
David_Mudkips ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 08:15:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
draw me like 1 of ur french fuccbois
mr_fucking_sketal ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 02:38:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You rang?
The_Ghast_Hunter ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 04:57:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thank and updoot
redheadedalex ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 08:20:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking thank
Slarm ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:07:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
False Skeltal! You are Mr. Sketal.
No doot. No thank.
tcwer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank
Is_A_Velociraptor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:08:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thank
DarthAngry ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck off
mr_fucking_sketal ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:48:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You seem salty, friend :^)
RyeDraLisk ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:59:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
no calcium for u
thank mr skeltal
mathdhruv ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 02:49:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank Mr. Skeltal
ontopofyourmom ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thank mr skeltal
brenobah ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank
Binkusu ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:19:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How does this comment have over 600 updoots? Over 1200 if you doot doot.
Luckster36 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks mr skeltal :)
bob905 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:33:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thanks mr skeletal
Freholly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never understood this, but i always asume that it has something to do with skeletons. Still makes me laugh
Deutschenhund ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:56:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks Mr skeltal
john_dune ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:02:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the skeleton's name was JOHN CENA! THE BONE CHAMP IS HERE!!
Pseudofailure ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 02:18:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I remember those relaxed summer days, drawing doodles and stick figures on the sidewalk with bones. What a wonderful, innocent time it was.
roastbeeftacohat ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:10:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
although care must be taken to avoid the Helvetica scinerio.
SteveBuscemisWife ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:40:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to get off mr. bones wild ride
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 00:42:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
May Mr bones bring you calcium
Fraerie ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:49:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ask an Australian who was around in the 70s about Mrs Marsh (see it does get in).
Kraymur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:46:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
doot doot
IluvatarAintDead ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:26:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's the real artist of the group.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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nowhereforlunch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:45:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But you're making the skeleton out of calcium whether you glue the chalk to the paper or draw with it.
SWIGGITY_SWOOGITY ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:45:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐บ
the_nidificator ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:02:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, chalk is made of dead cretaceous oceanic microorganisms' skeletons, so it's like skeleton2 . U skelly?
mofukkinbreadcrumbz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And with few exceptions cylindrical in shape.
tragii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Going to start writing on the sidewalk with bones from now on.
vechmaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe the term the yoof is using is: "Doot. Doot"
Fraerie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:17:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could someone please elucidate?
real-dreamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:26:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Delicious delicious calcium. Sucks that as an adult I have to buy my own chalk. It was nice to get it for free when I was younger.
toby1248 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:28:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
actually both bone and chalk are primarily oxygen
abtei ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:35:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
AND Glue, you can make glue out of bones!11
Zikara ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:48:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, I am certain the child was totally thinking about the calcium content....
FresnoChunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:30:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks Mr skeltal for calcum for strong chalk.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bones are not primarily calcium
Xyzzics ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:06:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thank mr skeltal
rhyddry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doot doot
AdmiralFace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:38:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In terms of individual elements, sure. However, Calcium makes up only ~40% of the mass of calcium carbonate making chalk mostly not calcium.
tealshark20 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:13:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
gotta have that mineral
serg06 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I already made one teacher, it's under my skin."
Cobbleking32486 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:30 on April 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
we are mostly water. bleach is mostly water. therefore we are bleach.
Xtra_onions ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:04:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doot doot
TheLollrax ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:12:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...I'm so sorry about this, but
Alarid ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:58:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
doot doot
Vinnie_Vegas ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:14:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah, it's a fairly common way of saying it that actually really bugs me - "make a picture"... The correct verb is "draw".
caffeine_lights ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's kind of excusable if your first language is German since they say make. If not, it needs to stop.
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:47:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It probably would have been creative if he didn't use the bones of the class hamster to fill in the gaps.
PixelVector ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:39:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That doesn't seem to take away from the creativity aspect.
Duckman1337 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:(
DeathsIntent96 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:49:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's possible that he doesn't remember his second grade teacher's exact words.
SaavikSaid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:51:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well we were 6 or 7. :) But you are right.
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:00:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And that's when he got an F for being the smart kid.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not funny. I was given a similar project in first grade and we were told to make chalk outlines of our silhouettes.
....There is a reason I became a lawyer....I literally take everything literally. Has caused me lots of problems, most recent of which was a misunderstanding about moving a date back. Looking at my calendar...I moved it back (from Wednesday to Monday).
prancingElephant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that...not what that means?
crazyjkass ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:56:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, pushing a date back means making it farther. Moving a date ahead/forward means making it closer.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:49:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The person on the phone intended "move it back" to mean "delay it" or "push it off longer"...so to her "move it back 2 days" meant to postpone the meeting to Friday. I interpreted it as move the date back on the calendar such that it was 2 days earlier.
My wife took my co-workers side on this.
RX8Racer556 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:09:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess the teacher had to chalk this one up as a failure in communication.
DrBarrel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:09:37 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
specfreader ยท 148 points ยท Posted at 01:47:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Something similar happened to me in year 5. I had an assignment where we had to make a dragon. I tried to physically make one out of paper and glue and the final result was very small and looked terrible. When I handed it in I found out that everyone else had drawn theirs.
My teacher said something like "Why can't you make more of an effort?" when I'd probably spent as much time as everyone else on it, just with less to show for it.
[deleted] ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 10:20:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a fucked up teacher.
devicemodder ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:08:19 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/dragonsfuckingcars to the rescue.
The_Caelondian ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man, fuck that teacher.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:11:31 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a fucked up thing to say to literal-minded OP
piscesdaffodil ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:58:47 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, what a cunt of a teacher.
airmandan ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 01:54:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Imagining the texture/feel of this activity is sending shivers down my spine.
Heartnotes ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:59:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not the only one!
I can't even draw with charcoal because of the way it scrapes on the paper. It makes me shudder.
UnusuallyClassic ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:17:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same! Even aside from drawing with chalk, I always hated how it felt in my hand...I used to keep a piece of chalk in a marker cap so when I had to draw with it, I wouldn't have to touch it.
crazyjkass ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 07:58:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Spooky scary skeletons send shivers down my spine.
ncocca ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:05:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the sound that bothers me most
orionsbelt05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:42:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you. I'm glad I'm not the only one. The more I think about it, the more this comment makes me nauseous.
GAH! I need to visit /r/eyebleach or something after that comment SHIT!
StarkBannerlord ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:56:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thats kinda what you do when you draw with chalk. You just scrape off a really fine layer of chalk. He was just drawing too thick
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:54:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha why does this make sense?
remierk ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:42:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That kid would be a genius in art school
redditisthenewblak ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:57:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You gotta give him props for thinking outside the box
Juffin ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:07:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He just wanted to thank
CancerousMichay ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:11:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did they let him finish it?
SaavikSaid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:39:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was pretty near completion, and it wasn't that bad from what I can recall. But I don't know where he found all the chalk.
I_AM_MR_SKELTAL_DOOT ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 01:14:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
doot doot
Zaxaramas ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:56:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks /u/I_AM_MR_SKELETAL_DOOT
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:03:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please explain. Never heard the skeleton doot doot reference here before.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:34:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank mr skeltal
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:49:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
he wanted to thank mr. Skeltal more than others! Doot doot!
SaavikSaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:47:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure this was before Mr. Skeltal. ;)
sweet_roses ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:05:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I give birth, it will to be to that child.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When and where was this? I may have been him...
SaavikSaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:44:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Suburb of Atlanta GA, '77 or '78.
Flailed ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
These are my favorite students!
sellyberry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I drew black circles on white paper to make snow. The teacher used me as an example of creativity. 2nd grade.
what-shoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:28:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's 2am and my fiancรฉe is pissed I just woke her up cackling from this. No ragrats.
Land_Architect ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:31:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This kid will either be a total fuck up or a very successful person.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:25:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man... I'm actually a little worried this might have been me. Second grade is a little blurry for me, but it was my first year not being homeschooled, and I did this type of shit all the time.
Pluky ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:40:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thats it... I'm done.. this is hilarious
LordTengil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:59:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand. What was one supposed to do?
SaavikSaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:38:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Draw a skeleton with the chalk. White chalk on black paper. :)
LordTengil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:37:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh. Ooohh. I misread the original post. I thought that was exactly what he did. My bad.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:30:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that kid is my hero.
actual_human_woman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is definitely something a younger me would have done
hothotsauce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Woah before I read the second half my brain also registered "make a skeleton with chalk" as constructing a skeleton with chalk. I'm 27.
exyccc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn actually I didn't see anything wrong with the story up until you pointed out that he was supposed to use it to draw... I would've done the same thing
SimpleRy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:09:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You found the real artist in that class. This kid is thinking outside the box.
ChunksGalore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll take "Funniest Thing I've Ever Read" for 600, Alex
SaavikSaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks!
Blond_Treehorn_Thug ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:10:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank mr skeltal for glu
PeanutButter707 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:45:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thank mr chalk
Wonderpuff ยท 4965 points ยท Posted at 20:40:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Art class. Teacher wanted 12 thumbnail sketches (small rough idea of the picture) of our ideas for a painting. One girl drew her thumbnail 12 times.
zach2992 ยท 2576 points ยท Posted at 21:39:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me her final painting was thumbnails.
ZombieBarney ยท 798 points ยท Posted at 03:18:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Explains why painters are always looking at their thumb.
potatoesarenotcool ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 04:01:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's clever.
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 06:03:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought they were measuring the size of the explosion.
surealz ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 06:06:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So you know if you have time to hide in a vault
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Why the fuck do they call these thumbnails?"
-Da Vinci
kalechipsyes ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:21:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a teen, I was taking this oil painting class, and happened to get bit by a dog across the face just days before our "self-portrait" session. So, I got a small canvas and painted my thumb. It was my best painting ever, my teacher's favorite from that class, and it is now part of the museum's collection, apparently. The word "inspired" was used to describe it.
PM_ME_HAPPY_DOGS ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:32:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because they nailed it.
Yourwtfismyftw ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:11:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Colonel Potter in MAS*H once did a huge painting of his thumb.
bogmansaha ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:55:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
underrated comment!
Morel3etterness ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:16:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a painter and I still don't understand. Measurement of some sort??
UltimatePhoenix7 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:16:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Some painters hold up their thumbs to reference the proportions of the object they are drawing.
These people are talking about visual artists not tradesman
Morel3etterness ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:09:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes I know lol. I'm a visual artist. I just don't use this technique
WhiteWolf1706 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:53:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would upvote but you are at 420 points, sir.
ZombieBarney ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:08:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Think of the karmas!
CurdledBabyGravy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
M'upvotes
Kamehamehaaaaaaaaaaa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:34:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
underrated joke! good one
Asron87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:36:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it :(
Kamehamehaaaaaaaaaaa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:35:51 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
some painters do this to measure their objects.
Asron87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:37:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no shit. So that's what they're doing. I feel like an idiot now.
Kamehamehaaaaaaaaaaa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:48:58 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
but you were brave to ask and learned something, you are no idiot, you are Asron87
Asron87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:50:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My redditer friends call me that... but I prefer Asron the Great.
omgitsjo ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 03:13:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Final assignment: finger painting.
bracesthrowaway ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 03:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Self portrait reflected in her thumbnail.
hari3079 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:49:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Her final painting was thumbnails.
cleeder ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:11:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Painting of her thumbnail, on her thumbnail.
Elisalauren ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:11:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm laughing so hard reading these. I'm in teachers college now and this week's theme is 'giving clear instructions'
Doc_Dish ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:56:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/93/25/e5/9325e5ea4d4213efe479ea9bfb261c8c.jpg
CantEvenUseThisThing ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:16:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a degree in art, and let me tell you, this kind of misinterpretation is how good art happens.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:29:33 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Ceci n'est pas une pipe"
TheLazyD0G ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She was already committed
CurdledBabyGravy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh? That's exactly what he said? I don't get it?
32OrtonEdge32dh ยท 1418 points ยท Posted at 22:00:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
D D D D D D D D D D D D
lameth ยท 1187 points ยท Posted at 22:47:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
โฉโฉโฉโฉโฉโฉโฉโฉโฉโฉโฉโฉ
akronix10 ยท 835 points ยท Posted at 03:15:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
โฝโพโฝโฝ
โฝโพโพโฝ
โฝโฝโพโพ
Have my clippings.
Finely_drawn ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 05:59:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why are there 12 of them?
B_Rich ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:10:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Asking the important questions.
IHazMagics ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:03:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll have the extra crunchy bits if you don't want them.
Atario ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:19:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had to go back for a second pass on some of those long fuckers.
Finely_drawn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:21:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, you're not OP!
Atario ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:50:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, but I did get to clip his nails. I mean had. Had to clip them.
Finely_drawn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:31:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Freak on, you beautiful kinky bastard.
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:59:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Parents were closely related, but we don't talk about that...
TheBroery ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 06:03:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Clip art"
amalgam_reynolds ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:23:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, fuck off with that shit.
Gross.
Lilly_Satou ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:10:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
heurk
LeakyLycanthrope ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:43:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It took me entirely too long to realize that those were actually thin crescents, not just blurry curved lines.
DayanNight ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:02:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you need glasses
LeakyLycanthrope ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:35:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wear glasses.
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:30 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same.
daekle ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:35:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So this is kinda weird, from where I sit compared to the screen the half moon ascii looks like a very blurry line. I can see it's a half moon only when I move very close to the screen. Taking my glasses off and sitting back, all the "blurry lines" turn into nice, crisp single lines. Seriously they look perfect, no blurring.
In related news, I may need stronger glasses.
LeakyLycanthrope ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:34:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the same way. I had to move pretty close to the screen to see it.
hurenkind5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:23:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right?!
Veefy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:02:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You planning to crash a plane into an US warship later?
SuperPolentaman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:10:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mmmm... cereal
twillerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:13:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are a sad, strange little man and you have my clippings. Farewell.
vwhipv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:17:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Finger nails 4 cash
dracanus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:28:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No thanks, I had a large breakfast
TheAlcoholCooksOut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gross. Go do that in the bathroom.
RIvkyn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
W-Why are there 12?
TheDivineWordsmith ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:22:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You missed a beautiful pun on clip art, you monster.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:37:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ewww
kilmer_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:23:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://vimeo.com/60964531
gomsa2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Twelve?!
bl0bfish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why are they blurry?
akronix10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:04:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just a little bit of fungus.
Ydnzocvn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You have six fingers?
akronix10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:18:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, those are meh toe nails.
fromthesaveroom ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:25:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No. There's 12 clippings so that means 8 fingers per hand. Quite common in rural areas of eastern Europe.
RuneLFox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ewwwwww, yuuuck. I don't want to see those.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:45:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eeewww
Vespyr3 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
))><(( back and forth. forever.
Mad_broccoli ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's disgusting. Keep them.
hylandw ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:01:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are you, my math prof?
SonicSingularity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:25:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel your pain..
StumpNuts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ The banana is for scale.
Burnaby ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those are eggplants...
Fale0276 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
UUUUUUUUUUU
dickinthevajayjay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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dcostalis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
crank that soulja boi
jconfer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That looks more like the beginning of a bukakke than anything
D-man324 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:05:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those are some long ass fingernails
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
))))))))))
[deleted] ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 03:33:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ good shit goเฑฆิ sHit๐ thats โ some good๐๐shit right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Good shit
DogFister19 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:27:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ good shit goเฑฆิ sHit๐ thats โ some good๐๐shit right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Good shitsauce me the FUCK up ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ cheesy shit cheesy sHit๐ thats โ some cheesy๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ ๐ด i say so ๐ด thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ด ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Cheesy shit ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ euphoric logic !euphoric loGic๐ thats โ some euphoric๐๐ป logic right๐๐ปthere๐๐๐ Carl ๐ญ Sagan๐๐ซif i do ฦฝaาฏ so gentlemen ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats euPhoric logic right there Richard ๐ Dawkins๐ฉ (chorus: socrates died for this shit) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐๐euphoric logic slam me the FUCK uP ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ john cena JOhN cEna๐ john โ cena john๐๐cena john๐๐cena๐๐๐ johnโcena โโu can't see me if I do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐John ceNa POTENTIALLY sign me the FUCK up ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ average shit moderaฬทฬถte sHit ๐ thats some ALright ๐๐shit right ๐๐ th ๐ ere ๐๐๐ right ๐ there ๐ if i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ๐ i say so ๐ that could be what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Not outstanding shit ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ ayy lmao ayyy lmao good lmao๐ thats โ some ayyy๐๐lamayo right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do LMAO so my self ๐ฏ i ayyy so ๐ฏ thats what im probing about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐AAAYYYYyyyyYYYYYyyyyyyสธสธสธสธสธสธสธสธ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ayy lmao ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ธโ๏ธ good memes goเฑฆิ mEmes๐ธ thats ๐ซ๐ซsome good๐ธ๐ธmemes right๐ธ๐ธth ๐ธ ere๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ right๐ซthere ๐ซ๐ซif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ โโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ i say so โโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะโโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ธะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ธ ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ธ โโ๏ธ๐๐โโ๏ธ ๐ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ๐ธ๐ธGood memes ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ bull shit bull sHit๐ฉ thats โ๏ธ some bull๐ฉ๐ฉshit right๐ฉ๐ฉth ๐ฉ ere๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ rightโ๏ธthere โ๏ธโ๏ธif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ โผ๏ธ i say so โผ๏ธ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะโผ๏ธ ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฉHO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฉ โผ๏ธ ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฉBull shit do NOT sign me the FUCK up ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ bad shit baฬทฬถ ิ sHit ๐ thats โ some bad ๐๐shit right ๐๐ th ๐ ere ๐๐๐ right โ there โ โ if i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ๐ซ i say so ๐ซ thats not what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Bad shit ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ good shitposting goเฑฆิ sHitpOsting๐ thats โ some good๐๐shitposting right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐Good shitposting wife me the FUCK up ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ gay shit gโy sHit๐ญ thats ๐ some gay๐ญ๐ญshit right๐ญ๐ญth ๐ญ ere๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ right๐there ๐๐if i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ญ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ญGay shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ป๐ป๐๐ป spooky shit spooky sHit๐ thats โ some spooky๐๐shit right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ป ๐ป ๐๐spooky shit ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ good cummies goเฑฆิ cUmmIes๐ฆ thats โ some good๐ฆ๐ฆcummies right๐ฆ๐ฆthere๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ rightโthere โโif my ๐ชdaddy๐ช say so him self ๐ฝ i say so ๐ฏ thats what hes talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMะ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆGood cummies~ friendzone me the FUCK up โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ m'lady shit m'lady sHitโค๏ธ thats โ some m'lady ๐๐shit rightโค๏ธโค๏ธthere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ ๐ โค๏ธ M'lady shit friendzone me the FUCK up โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ m'lady shit m'lady sHitโค๏ธ thats โ some m'lady ๐๐shit rightโค๏ธโค๏ธthere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ ๐ โค๏ธ M'lady shit friendzone me the FUCK up โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ m'lady shit m'lady sHitโค๏ธ thats โ some m'lady ๐๐shit rightโค๏ธโค๏ธthere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ i say so ๐ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ โค๏ธ ๐ โค๏ธ M'lady shit ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ old shit 0ld sHit๐ด thats ๐พ some old๐ด๐ดshit right๐ด๐ดth ๐ด ere๐ด๐ด๐ด right๐พthere ๐พ๐พif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my sel๏ฝ ๐ i say so ๐ฅ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐ด๐ด ๐ดะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ด ๐ด๐ด ๐ด ๐ฃ ๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ด๐ดOld shit ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ good dick goเฑฆิ dIck๐๐ฟ thats โ some good๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟdick right๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟthere๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟGood dick ๐๐ช ๐๐ช๐๐ชedgy shit edgY sHit ๐ชthats ๐ซsome edgy๐๐ shit right ๐ชth๐ช ere๐๐๐ right there ๐ฌ๐ฌif i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ ๐ซi say so ๐ซ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ซ ๐ช๐ช๐ชะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ช๐ช๐ช ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ช Edgy shit ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ cool pic coเฑฆl pIC๐ ๐๐๐thats โ some cool๐๐๐๐pic right๐๐๐there๐๐๐๐๐ rightโthere โ๐โif i do ฦฝaาฏ so ๐๐my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right ๐there right there (chorus:cool pic ) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐Cool pic ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ neato stuff neatเฑฆ stuff๐ thats โ some neato๐๐stuff right๐๐there๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i do ฦฝaาฏ so my self ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐neato stuff ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ up votes uP voTes ๐thats โ some up ๐๐ votes front ๐๐page ๐๐๐rightโthere โโif i do vote so my self ๐ I vote so ๐ thats what im talking about front page front page (chorus: แถ สณแตแถฐแต แตแตแตแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ ๐๐๐ ะO0ะเฌ OOOOOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ Up vote
LordPasserine ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:34:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teach me your ways master.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:00:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm. Indeed.
imhoots ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:12:59 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wut
ejramire ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:32:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I counted them. They are 12.
pm_me_for_happiness ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:54:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thank you for your hard work
PainfulJoke ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:19:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My penis had nothing to do with this
wildmetacirclejerk ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:00:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and... F
podocks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could say she really wanted the D
Y'know, because she probably passed for effort, but didn't get a very high mark for her work.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:33:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT
toughduck53 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So she drew what she was passionate about? The D?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never realized how hard it is to count D's. Thanks!
syntaxvorlon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Woof
RegretDesi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's her report card.
nothing_in_my_mind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
: D D D D D D D D D D D D
aseiden ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:41:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It IS what the teacher wanted...
Call3h ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:47:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you misunderstood completely
brilliantlyInsane ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
8======D
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:33:58 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
Faggot_Mother_Fucker ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:15:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
8=====D~~
A_Bag_of_Bobbish ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 02:42:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nailed it.
MrMoby ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 03:22:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IRL Amelia Bedelia
Xanthina ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:40:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Related (vaugly): Art assignment: draw the front of your home, defined as the part of the house that faces the road.
So I did that. Teacher argued that I did the assignment wrong, since there was no door. Refused to believe me that the doors were on the side of the house (1850's farm house).
Had to get a note from my parents to corroborate
mcac ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:30:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got D's on every fucking assignment in my art class even though I did all of them legitimately and put a lot of effort into them. It was an elective class in high school that I didn't even choose - we got to pick like 5 classes that we were interested and had to rank them and they gave us electives based on our preferences. Except they gave me art, which wasn't even on my list at all and something I have never been interested in. I goofed around in class more than I probably should have but I still did all of the assignments and gave them my all. I have never been a very good artist and I was really proud of some of the projects I did. I'd turn them in thinking "maybe this one will get an A". Nope. Fucking D. "Too simple" or "not creative enough" or "too busy" (? wtf does that even mean). Fuck you Mr. Lucky.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:53:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mrs. E?
antisocial_douchebag ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:20:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's adorable.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:47:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While teaching an English-language immersion class, I remember asking the students to "write 100 words about what you did last summer" for homework. One of them produced a list of 100 individual words about summer, "sun, ice cream, beach, swimming" etc...
will_holmes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:34:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, that seems like an interesting way to make a poem. Order and string the words in a way which implies a story without using grammar, so it looks like a train of thought. I wish I had done that.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:03:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hadn't considered the artistic potential of it, but I agree, using a series of 100 words carefully chosen for their imagery in relation to each other you could tell a story. It would need to mix all types of speech, not just nouns and adjectives. It would be a kind of extended haiku. Care to try it and post the result?
will_holmes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:23:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds fun! I'll have a go when I'll get home in a couple of hours.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:00:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's awesome! I would've high fived her :)
Thisoneismyfavourite ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:54:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait when did this happen? I swear I was friends with a girl that did this exact same thing!
patentologist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mandy Warhol?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:07:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is easily the best one because it is so god damn believable. This is something I could have accidentally done at a young age.
Fidodo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She was obviously just inspired by warhol.
Messisick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's actually a great commentary piece
feeling_impossible ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet she would be good at finger painting.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got to thumbnail sketches and was already laughing.
Thank you!
SmoothIdiot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:04:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
See, the entertaining thing about that is that she had to have mentioned to somebody what she was doing and how ridiculous it was, and at least one of them must have realized the mistake and said, "Nah, nah. Going to let this one play out. It'll be hilarious."
WhiteSkyRising ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This suddenly makes my Honey Bunches of Oats taste very strange.
purpleefilthh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:59:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is pure art.
NiceyChappe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plot twist: she understood, but actually wanted to draw different fingernails and the teacher misunderstood. Or she was taking the Michael.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:43:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So this can go 50/50. Did she draw the nail of her thumb, or did she draw the same "print preview" drawing exaclty the same way 12 times.
doverman107 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:57:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds about as bright as most of the artstudents i know.
natos20 ยท -26 points ยท Posted at 22:53:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to double space on Reddit Because single spacing didn't make things on new lines for me. Now it does.
StealthLSU ยท 1504 points ยท Posted at 02:09:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've taught math from 6th through Geometry. This assignment was one of the best I have seen. 6th grade student. Just look at the instructions and his answers.
http://imgur.com/CHR1iI2
I have some other really funny ones that I keep for fun, but this is the best misinterpretation of work. As hard as it is to believe, this was not a student trying to be funny. He really had no clue this was not what he was supposed to do.
Ydnzocvn ยท 422 points ยท Posted at 06:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder what went through his head at problem 16.
N0V0w3ls ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 19:48:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Have I been doing this wrong? ...fuck, I don't want to do that real work. Oh well, maybe if I keep going, teacher will give me credit for 'misunderstanding'."
RyghtHandMan ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:55:02 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Former 6th grader here. Have definitely done this
mejor_lazer ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 10:14:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pure genius to get that right
rfishergr3390 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 16:45:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
double add, what is this witchcraft?
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 17:23:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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rg44_at_the_office ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:00:28 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought of that at first too, but #18 and #19 are both subtraction with positive answers, so I feel like that logic isn't enough.
Alternatively, one could say that #16 simplifies to 3.4 - 2.8, so it is really subraction
DovahSpy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:38:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Attention Deficit Disorder
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:08:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
.........................add
erddad890765 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:56:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Add a negative. DUH!!!
powergo1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:22:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A minor implosion.
RRodd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:41:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it should have been a "why not both?"
blaze8902 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:18:54 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No matter how you think about it, it had to have been "Subtract".
theshicksinator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:17 on February 10, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well subtraction is addition of a negative, sooo....
Sefiren ยท 68 points ยท Posted at 03:42:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean... he's not wrong
StealthLSU ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 03:54:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that's what makes it so funny, and also the pure innocence of the student who did it.
zakraye ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 10:49:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's bizarre that 20 & 21 are blank. That and every answer is correct except #16. But if someone were interpreting the instructions literally they also couldn't say that the answer to #16 is "add & subtract" because the instructions clearly only say "Add or subtract".
Pretty interesting interpretation.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 11:45:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Surely it's an inclusive "or" given that you can (as is evident) have both operations in the same formula.
zakraye ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:03:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course! I'm so rusty on my formal logic... haha
RandomlyAgrees ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:52:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, so the answers are all 'true'?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:42:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the question has addition operations but not subtraction: addition.
If vice versa: subtraction.
If both: both.
PRMan99 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:04:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
16 Both.
LooneyDubs ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:55:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah he is. It's all about the punctuation...
noooo_im_not_at_work ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:32:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's all about! The punctuation.
made-u-look ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 10:02:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
found the programmer
Suprentus ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:20:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was actually guilty of that myself in 6th grade...
ender89 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:05:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Number sixteen is wrong. Or possibly half credit. Are you a generous grader?
Namagem ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 10:19:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, the net result is positive, so the absolute end result is addition.
new_account_5009 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:19:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Subtracting A from B is the same as adding negative A to B. They're all addition!
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:05:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I mean, that's what makes the whole test stupid!
SgvSth ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:38:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Either he found out by #20 or the assignment only went to problem #19. OP?
cindreiaishere ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:33:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
None of the rest of the paper is filled in so I imagine the photo was taken in class.
StealthLSU ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:56:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bingo!
This was classwork and I caught it in class. But was able to take it back to my desk first to take a quick pic.
da8588 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:15:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You were still doing addition and subtraction in the 6th grade?
StealthLSU ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:01:22 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah, this was more or less a review to get students back into working with decimal operations.
Multiplication and division of decimals are new to 6th grade, but it is important that students know the basics of working with them before going further.
HarmonicDrone ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:41:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair. Its not really giving decent instruction...
wtfmoments ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 13:19:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
6th grade? In India , we'd be doing this kind of stuff in grade 2 ( i.e. the maths )
PRMan99 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:05:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In California too, but apparently this is Louisiana...
TheScienceNigga ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:42:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can we see some of the other funny ones you keep for fun?
StealthLSU ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:08:26 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here are a couple other examples
First up is a student doing simple subtraction in 7th grade, interesting method http://imgur.com/xCOgldo
These two are just interesting answers to a random assessment we had to give by the district. Kids are basically given a 10 minute timer to do as many questions as they can. http://imgur.com/eAZZOIb
http://imgur.com/CrwwsEZ
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:26:02 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions: Find x
Image: triangle, long side marked "5", short sides "3" and "x"
Student: circles the "x", writes "Found it"
Acr1m ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:04:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Simplify." would be the correct word to replace "Add or Subtract." to hopefully reduce confusion >.>
Onearmedman2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:46:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did the student get half credit on #16?
DontPromoteIgnorance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:05:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What does 6th through geometry mean? How late are we teaching squares and circles now? Why are they learning simple addition/subtraction in grade 6?
StealthLSU ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:02:00 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just saying I have taught 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, Algebra, and Geometry as separate subjects.
GooseOneTwoThreeFour ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:54:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
if we're getting technical. they are all additions
Pwnemon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that honestly seems like something i'd do when i was too short on the deadline to actually do the work so i could make the case i'd misunderstood and ask for an extension. are you sure that's not what happened?
gunnerclark ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:27 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in the third grade I had an odd view of logic. In math class she would give us these big practice sheets with easy answers on top, and harder ones as you progressed. She told my mom at a parent teacher meeting that I had several times done the first line and the last line, but none of the others. I stated "I did the first to see if I could do them, and the last line as they are the hardest. Why waste time on the others if I can do the hardest ones?" She said it was partially logically, but had me do the rest anyways. I still have good thoughts about her as she made learning fun.
In_One_Ear ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:21:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever students take instructions this literally I wonder if there may be a little autism going on. Do they struggle to get jokes and play along side other kids rather than with them? Do they look awkward in the playground, skirting round the edges trying to work out how to join in? Could of course just be a dim moment but if a teacher spots autism this early it makes a huge positive difference to the child's future.
Im_an_asshole_online ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 10:52:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As someone with autism, I can confirm crap like this happens sometimes. Luckily I never managed to screw up during an actual assignment, but occasionally I'd hear "describe this equation" and I'd literally start describing what it looked like: "well.. It's quite short and.."
Wookiemom ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:33:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just wondering as someone who learnt English as a second language, what happens when you read books heavy with idiomatic usage of language? This was pre-internet and I used to sit with a dictionary to read books so that I'd understand the usage and context. Still remember a classmate doing an extempore speech on 'The day it rained cats and dogs'!
Im_an_asshole_online ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:33:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All idioms I came across in a classroom were explained to the class which wasn't a problem, but the ones I read/heard outside of a classroom often confused me. I remember hearing someone say "I guess you spilled the beans" referring to accidentally revealing a secret and I spent about an hour wondering what they meant; I was too shy to ask. I just assumed it was an inside joke and let it go until I heard it again a few months later and I managed to figure out what it meant because of the context it was used in.
Basically.. It usually confuses me at first, but if I think about it for a while or hear it used in a few different situations, I generally figure out the intended meaning eventually. Luckily nobody has asked me a direct question with an idiom and expected an immediate reply because I would not have coped well with that.
I'm now old enough to have heard all of the common idioms that could be brought up in a conversation so I'm fine with them now. I also spend a lot of time online so I come across all the new ones pretty quick (eg, "Netflix and chill" which suddenly got popular recently) - I'm not sure if you'd consider that to be an actual idiom or not, but I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say.
Wookiemom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gotcha! Yes, that makes complete sense. In fact, that mirrors my experience with learning my second language (English) as well. As a young child, I could recognize and apply idioms in my native language better than in English, although I learnt more of English formally through the education system. Over time, with exposure and just like you said - the applying of contextual clues helped me acquire more familiarity with idioms.
A very young person I know closely (also on the spectrum and a very smart, delightfully hilarious joker of a child) has similar difficulties with languages and his parents (multilingual couple) are raising him monolingual which appears to have helped him a lot. He's going to grows as a fine purveyor of dad jokes I'm sure!
alamaias ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:45:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair to him, the wording confused me too, why would it not just say "solve these" or just put an '=' sign after the sum? For reference; I am 31, and passed the first year of two maths-based degrees. Always hated getting things wron because of odd wording.
StealthLSU ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:10:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree it was bad wording, but it was just in class practice so there is no "penalty" for doing it wrong.
On assessments, if a student gives me a logical reason why his answer is correct and it makes sense, he/she will get full credit. It does happen with poorly worded questions sometimes. This happens most on district assessments(usually semester tests that we are forced to give by the district). It happens a lot where I will all for multiple correct answers due to the wording of the question.
alamaias ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:34:11 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That seems cooler than i would exect from a teacher. Which is an odd statement considering i was training to be a teacher for a while...
StealthLSU ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:42:26 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most of this comes from actually teaching rather than "education" on becoming a teacher.
I like to think about what is important, and understanding and problem solving are two of the top 2 things I want out of my students. Way more than can you find the area of a trapezoid, which will likely never be done again by any student.
The thing I hate the most is 6th and 7th grade teaching multiplication and division with decimals without a calculator. The vast majority of people will never do things like 10.375/1.7 on paper ever since we all have calculators in our pockets at all time.
That is a major reason I won't go back to those grade levels(BTW, I no longer teach in Louisiana)
alamaias ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:13 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Y'know, i don't think i was ever taught to do that :P though it is no different to 10375/1700 so if i could remember how to do long division that would suffice.
lurkingterp ยท 3199 points ยท Posted at 21:56:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In first grade, we were assigned to go home and answer a few questions on loose leaf. Not knowing exactly what that was, I wandered about the woods near my home searching for leaves big enough for my writing. My moms reaction when she asked why I was writing on leaves was priceless.
Boxwizard ยท 1752 points ยท Posted at 00:33:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
guys what's loose leaf?
Potato_Tots ยท 1454 points ยท Posted at 00:39:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loose leaf paper - paper that isn't attached in a notebook
DemandsBattletoads ยท 218 points ยท Posted at 02:39:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's infuriating is when you see this in college bookstores. I paid $300 for this textbook and they can't even afford to put on a binding?
DaVince ยท 93 points ยท Posted at 03:40:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are loose leaf 300 dollar text books? Holy moly, that's akin to fraud.
I_sniff_books ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 03:46:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I ordered a textbook on the MLA format that was required for my English I class. It took FOREVER to show up and I had already went to at least 2-3 weeks worth of classes and the book still had not shown up. When it did, it was clearly a brand new book, still in its plastic wrap and probably from the publisher and it had no binding whatsoever. Over 300 loose leaf pages. It wasn't as much as $300 but it's frustrating to pay for a textbook that is required and it doesn't look the way it's supposed to.
LazyPancake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:17:05 on December 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had one of those too. They even put the 3 holes needed for it to fit a binder. You're charging me $260, throw in a fucking binder for me.
[deleted] ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 04:48:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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InfanticideAquifer ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 05:55:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not fraud at all. You know exactly what you're buying. You can see it. What it is (in my experience at least) is that the book is being printed by the university print shop because it's out of (regular) print, and has been for 30 years, but the Professor assigning it has been teaching the class the same way for 50 years and the thought of changing anything is impossible at this point.
So you get this massive shrink wrapped pile and stuff it into an oversized three ring binder and curse it whenever you have to try to find room in your backpack for it.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:01:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have 3 of these oversized Binders for just one Physiology class. I have no room for my laptop.
alamaias ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:21:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You, my friend, need a scanner.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 13:39:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or google and the search term "[your stupid books] file:pdf"
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:05:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Click here to unlock fastest server.
Processing.
Error, you need a subscription."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:09 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Google gen.lib then
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But I already can't fit my laptop. Where the hell would I put the scanner?
alamaias ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:44:20 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Touchรฉ.
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:43 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Carrying case. Strap it to the outside of your backpack.
Mitch_Mitcherson ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:03:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can always take it to a print shop and they can throw a spiral or comb binding with covers on it, to make it function like a real book. Costs about 5-6 bucks to do. Make sure they measure the spine in front of you first, some will just blindly punch the poles without measuring, and not have a spine big enough. Then you have a $300 textbook with noway to store it. (Or you could break it down into two smaller bound books.)
not_a_moogle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:47:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think they mean course work books. When it's all printed by the bookstore at like $2 a page. When office depot can make a bound copy for $50.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:04:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The correct term is either price gouging/Monopoly/extortion.
ScreamSalvation ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 14:38:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap. The college I work at is starting a program with our book publishers to have all textbooks available in e-reader formats with the options of the students buying a loose leaf copy to put in a binder. The loose leaf copies are only going to be $50.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:06:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I take it it's mainly the STEM field? I have had them do that in those fields, but classes like history are always stingy.
ScreamSalvation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:10:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They are starting with STEM stuff but they have already announced that it will encompass ALL classes.
Sharrakor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you know what fraud is?
sorator ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 03:23:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The only times I've seen this in college bookstores is when the book is printed by the college itself and sold at a much lower price than the alternative that they could buy from the publishing company, like <$100.
Still kinda iffy, because you can't buy a used copy anywhere (stores, including the university bookstore, won't buy em back because its too easy to lose pages and they don't want to check that you didn't), but they're trying, so that's worth... something.
muddyrose ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:04:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would get really pissed about that too until I figured out that instead of lugging around a heavy ass textbook, I could just take the specific section I needed and save my back.
But they should definitely lower the prices on loose leaf textbooks.
DemandsBattletoads ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:28:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, and you put that section in a binder, which conveniently you can also buy at the bookstore.
muddyrose ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:57:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gasp I see it now... the conspiracy...
/#staywoke
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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muddyrose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's also a possibility
KingOfThePhill ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:37:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I felt that way at first, but then I realized it's a lot easier to carry around just the chapters you are studying than all of the chapters you are going to read the next three quarters plus the ones you never even read.
That being said, it's even easier to torrent the book and use the money you saved to buy a laptop or a tablet.
Kii_and_lock ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:00:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Binding will cost ya another $75. You know how it goes. College bookstores exist to fuck students with prices.
Mitch_Mitcherson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a hardcover binding maybe, but take it to a big box copy store and they can do plastic covers with spiral or comb binding for about 5-6 bucks.
2boredtocare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:11 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rubbing salt in the wound, my loose leaf textbook was a "special edition" for the college, so I couldn't even return that shit.
seestheirrelevant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:02:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This. fucking. shit.
penny_bird ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 02:08:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And here my first thought was loose leaf tea, but that didn't make sense either.
cocacola999 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:36:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too! Never heard the term used for paper though
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:45:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i was guessing weed
NotObsoleteIfIUseIt ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 05:40:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
upvoted because the song i'm listening to is about weed
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:30:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
if you think about it, all songs are about weed
NotObsoleteIfIUseIt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:08:31 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can, but then, the song was 100% weed
Hiro-of-Shadows ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
weeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Seventh_Planet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:16:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the topic was to write about loose leaves in autumn.
comfy_socks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:24:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As did I. I think I frequent /r/tea too much lol.
Panaetius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:48:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, you know how you can read the future from used tea leaves?
Someone has to write it on the leaves first...
maffoobristol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:01:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Brit, can definitely confirm I thought tea.
Who writes an essay on loose leaf paper anyway? Next week, the history of paper margins?
Barry_Scotts_Cat ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So paper?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:11:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah.. Back in my day, there were only two ways to do an assignment. In a notebook, or on loose leaf. Loose leaf is so that you can turn it into the teacher without ripping it out of a binding and having it look like shit.
"Please do this on loose leaf" was as common a phrase as "and use a number two pencil."
Nowadays I guess kids email or text their assignments. =/
Potato_Tots ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:40:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think its not specified because most notebooks are not bound anymore and now have the perforations to tear them out easily, so it doesn't really matter if you use loose paper or from a notebook.
Broxyrose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL.
insanitync ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:16:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For the longest time I thought my teacher was saying 'blue sleeve,' like the blue lines that stripe across it.
OG_Ace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't even know this
Nipso ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gonna be honest, I thought they were talking about tea.
muffinscat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't know what that was until freshman geometry
SuitablyOdd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:52:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I chuckled at how daft that was but all the while thought the teacher clearly meant loose leaf tea.
In my defence that's a perfectly acceptable essay subject here in the UK.
owningmclovin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:06:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly in ever made ta connection. All through school I called it loose leaf because that is what others called it. I never questioned it
GrandDukeOfNowhere ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 07:19:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tea that's not in a teabag.
Baljet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:21:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good morning my good man, terrible weather isn't it?
IForgetMyself ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:08:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I say, absolutely dreadful.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:24 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
teabagging intensifies
sweet_roses ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:16:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh god.. I just had a flash forward, 15 years in the future, to my kids asking me that and then saying like "wow, you had to use paper in school?"
Bartisgod ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:44:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, instead, your kids will be paying the $300+ we pay now for physical textbooks we can keep and/or resell for temporary digital textbook licenses that they lose the right to use when the class ends.
PromptyPromptPrompt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As likely as this scenario may be, currently my students are paying $15 for an e-book instead of $100 for a heavy-ass text, so I'm happy. And it's the standard Pearson science text, not a weird knock-off.
IggySorcha ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:09:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some people call it filler paper-- the lined notebook paper with 3 hole punches in it you can use in binders.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:42:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this paper
Basically the paper you put in a ring binder folder
MDKrouzer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:56:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought they were talking about loose leaf tea...
/Brit
RoyceDaFiveNine ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:56:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this as "guys who's loose leaf?"
Loose Leif Erikson
Kandiru ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:10:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking he meant loose leaf tea...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know, foolscap...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A leaf that doesn't have a tree attached to it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
everyone's got little obvious knowledge gaps.
Boxwizard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've honestly never come across 'loose leaf' before. I'm guessing it's an American thing?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:04:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
iunno
devicemodder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
chewing tobacco.
erondites ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Some subreddits you may find useful for your future potentially embarrassing questions:
/r/OutOfTheLoop
/r/nostupidquestions
And, of course, google.com
Edit: apologies for trying to be helpful
MartianDreams ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:37:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see this as an embarrassing question really, how many people seriously refer to "paper" as "loose leaf"?!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I'm on the shitter and there's no toilet paper, every paper becomes loose leaf
erondites ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:17:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
That's why I said potentially. The small text seemed to indicate embarrassment, although at least partially for comic effect.
Edit: and pretty much everyone in the US and Canada refers to lined notebook-style paper which is not in a notebook as "loose leaf." It come up a lot on homework specifications in elementary school, i.e. "Write your paragraph on wide-ruled loose-leaf."
cellists_wet_dream ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 03:57:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In your defense, I don't like the vast majority of first graders would know what loose leaf is supposed to mean.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:21:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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PM_ME_UR_FLOWERS ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:38:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The technical term for the pages of a book has always been the leaves, so paper which is punched tho out in a binder but not actually put in it is loose leaf.
death_and_delay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:37:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not really paper it's just loosely paper.
yonil9 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:22:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First grade I was told to take a paper and pass it down. So I passed a single sheet down and held the rest of the papers. 10 mins of confusion and a little crying later and now I'm a expert in the feild.
-del2phi ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:03:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a kind of bush where I grew up that had these really big leaves, and if you wrote on them with a stick it would actually show up very clearly after a few minutes. I can easily see myself having made the same mistake as you if given the same assignment.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 22:10:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"/u/lurkingterp, why are you writing on leaves?!" "Teacher said to in school, mommy!"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:51:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same thing happened to me in seventh grade. Our teachers had never ever called notebook paper "loose leaf" before. We got a new teacher in seventh grade who told us to take out a piece of "loose leaf" and we all looked at her with this wtf expression like she was crazy! She was like, "What?" and we asked her as she proceeded to explain.
tweakytree1989 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:00:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought of loose leaf tea when you said that, paper didn't even cross my mind till I finished reading your comment
Scientifichuck ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:32:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing, but I didn't write on the leaves. I glued them to the paper.
DolphinSweater ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:57:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then they weren't "loose". You failed.
Casswigirl11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:38:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is my favorite in the entire thread! (And not the kind you sew with)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In your defense, a first grade teacher should probably think of a better way of phrasing that. Seems kind of unnecessary to add "loose leaf" at all.
ashesarise ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:41:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't learn the term "loose leaf" till college. I'm surprised that it'd be used in such a low grade.
minusSeven ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:04:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL loose leaf !
sweetnumb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:13:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking of priceless, what the fuck ever happened to those Mastercard commercials? Those were the best.
onelovesuperwoman416 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
slow claps
amberheartss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is beautiful. Made my night. Thank you.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bahahah I did this as well! Except we had a bunch of teak/Tectona grandis trees in our backyard and they have huge leaves. I gathered them, dusted them off, started writing with a marker and my mum walked in.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:25:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once spent an hour or so typing out an essay in third or fourth grade hitting the space bar twice between every word, hadn't quite learned what a 'double-spaced' format was...
My parents' reaction was similar. Probably not priceless, maybe like $39.99, but they still found my adamant declaration ('No, my teacher said it's double-spaced!') quite humorous.
Goway_Baitin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:59:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Strong bad, were you just first basin' it with that piece of loose leaf?!๏ปฟ.
DocGerbill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:18:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope you turned those leafs in.
thatonegirlbehindyou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is seriously one of the most adorable things I've read
Luke_7 ยท 5219 points ยท Posted at 00:36:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in college I was in a Classical Mythology class, and we had to read "The Metamorphoses" by Ovid, an ancient text which puts together a bunch of myths into a cohesive story.
Instead, some kid in my class read "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka, a 1914 short story about a guy who turns into a cockroach.
Before class I overheard him talking to his friends "Yeah, I actually did the whole reading, but why did we have to read it for this class? Dude just turns into a bug. It was weird."
merganzer ยท 2541 points ยท Posted at 02:41:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't read the 2nd century Latin novel, Apuleius' Metamorphoses. All I remember from that one is donkey-fucking.
jakielim ยท 2022 points ยท Posted at 03:04:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
The best book of the trilogy IMO.
-Champloo- ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 05:24:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure why, but I just started hysterically laughing at the thought of these being a trilogy.
ieshido ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 12:44:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should check out the Ulysses Trilogy. Dude goes walkabout around Greece, takes a shit in Dublin, ends up being an astronaut.
Gold_Ultima ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:03:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was already laughing at the first part, then I hit your comment and you just ended me...
El_Bhapo ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:16:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
there was always that one kid
proaloth ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:19:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The tripler for human centipede
slickguy ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:17:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best comment of the night.
indulgeme82 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:43:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All my shit... It is lost.
Lord_Thash ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:09:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no! I hope you find it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:17:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I fear it tipped to the floor.
syllableswords ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:38:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
co fucking signed.
i actually surprised someone else thought so too.
good on you.
wazzaa4u ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:29:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
really? I thought it was ass
oximoron ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:31:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And people complain about the writing speed of George R. R. Martin
RusskieRed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's your mom's favorite too...I've gotbetter
rocker2409 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:53:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The movie was better
syllableswords ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
this really is the best comment in the thread. considering the amount of gold given out, it almost annoys me you're not gilded.
PM_DEM_bOObys ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 07:17:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like it annoys you just a little more than that $3.99 in your pocket annoys you
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 04:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't read "The Metamemes": Reddit's historiography of the evolution of terrible memes.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:37:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually laughed out loud.
Fupa_Slayer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:18:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol
Enzown ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:51:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Important question: Man on donkey fucking or donkey on donkey fucking?
DrMcTaalik ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
RuneLFox ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
2x2hands0f00f ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:05:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can swear I've read/heard this story and your comment before, is this a reference I'm missing?
merganzer ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 04:12:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Metamorphoses AKA The Golden Ass is an early novel, full of crazy antics and magic and a guy getting turned into a donkey. It is not the same as the mythology of Ovid or the modern novel by Kafka, it just happens to have a similar title.
RuneLFox ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thatsalmostmyfetish.jpg
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:31:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Disjointed connnection but Kevin Smith's Clerks. Clerks II had a donkey show.
MetalPandaDance ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:08:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bookmarked
verticalsport ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:19:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, Ovid is still plenty racy...
ThatGingeOne ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:36:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Although at least that would make more sense in a Classics setting. A book written in 1914 clearly doesn't fall under that
George_E_Hale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Classic Apuleius
dickinthevajayjay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The main character's really an ass in that one.
Alarid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:58:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Titania was really smitten
Hitchhikingtom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to read that for class and had completely forgot about it till now... I never thought donkey fucking would slip my mind
Stax493 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:43:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually read that one in college. It was assigned, it was amusing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:46:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This explains that allusion to the Apulian ass that baffled me, except now I can't remember where I saw the allusion.
quickconclusion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:58:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
juhrom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:58:04 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm donkey fucking.
Sozaiix3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All I remember from that one is donkey-fucking ;)
earthlover2000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. It's called The Golden Ass and I had to read it for a lit class. It's actually really good and I highly recommend it: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80081.The_Golden_Ass
EDIT: While the main character is turned into a donkey, I do not remember any donkey fucking, fyi.
thefran ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:00:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He fucks some noble's wife while a donkey. Also spies on some lady cheating on his husband, husband comes home, lover hides under a jar, he steps on his hand. Also while he was still a human he fucked a sorceress' apprentice, the sorceress whipped her for it, and he comes over "hey can i fuck you up the arse as always" "nope i got whipped" "damn indeed this is a greek tragedy".
There's lots of fucking.
Hitchhikingtom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well the running theme is that he is well endowed in both forms so as far as the romans are concerned it has to happen
noooo_im_not_at_work ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:33:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And in the end, the protagonist joins ISIS.
raspberrywafer ยท 479 points ยท Posted at 03:59:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Along the same vein, one of the students in my English class read read The Invisible Man, a ~150 page science fiction novel by H.G. Wells instead of Invisible Man a nearly 600 page classic about the social and intellectual struggles of black America during the early twentieth century.
Apparently she was confused about why we were given so many weeks to finish the novel.
unevolved_panda ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 04:14:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I also made this mistake as a teenager, though not for class, just on my own. Was about 100 pages into Ellison's story before I suspected I had made a mistake somewhere.
I also, because I'm old enough to have grown up with VHS, watched about half of the second tape of the Godfather before I started realizing that something was out of order and realized that my dad hadn't put them back in the box right (of course, I also hadn't looked at the tapes to see if they were numbered).
inaworldlikethis ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 04:27:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I kind of did that with Stephen King's IT. Watched a little bit of the second half first and didn't understand why it started with some guy talking to a clown digging a grave, but I went with it anyways until my stepsister stopped me and made sure I was properly traumatized.
ziggl ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a modern twist, my finale of Lost came in two parts, I watched the second half first.
I didn't notice anything was wrong till the intro music played halfway in.
Zebezd ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:17:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haven't seen that much of Lost, but I'm not surprised. The series shifts perspectives and skips around the timeline constantly. Hell, there's a chance that might even have made the finale better; show the very end first, then the preceding events. The use of that format consistently makes it onto my favourites list, whether we're talking about single episodes or entire series.
frenchmeister ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:59:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I finally got around to watching Alien for the first time last summer when it came on tv. I was confused when it started with her talking about the xenomorph in the past sense (I knew the basic plot), but figured it was eventually going to switch to a long flashback for the rest of the movie. It wasn't until Ripley got upset about the android that I got suspicious, since they basically spoiled the surprise about the android crew member trying to kill her. Little did I know there's only one letter's difference between the titles of the first movie and its sequel. I was watching Aliens.
poptimist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:35:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing with the godfather the first time! Still my favorite movie, though.
unevolved_panda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha! "Why are we starting with a wedding in Italy...oh hey, that woman got blown up, maybe that's what led Al Pacino to a life of crime? I thought Marlon Brando was in this?"
poptimist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:40:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, the first scene after the cut is sonny kicking his brother in laws ass with a shoe.
Yess-cat ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 08:17:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I'm a college student, and TIL "The Invisible Man" and "Invisible Man" are two different stories. Much had been made clear.
denialbrewingcompany ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:03:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a college graduate and I also just learned this.
gotmilk5605 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 14:22:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this in 11th grade. My teacher told me to read "The Invisible Man". I read "Invisible Man". I stood up and gave my oral report. Three minutes in she starts to laugh at me. She stopped me and explained the mix up. I was embarrassed to say the least.
raspberrywafer ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:14:49 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. Well, to your credit, you did your report on a much tougher piece of literature. I hope she still gave you a good grade!
AmericasElegy ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 17:37:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
+1 to the teacher for that curriculum addition. Not saying anything bad about Wells, but learning about sociopolitical struggles of minorities is a fascinatingly advantage thing to do in an English class.
raspberrywafer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:03:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree completely. It was a perspective-changing book. We also read Things Fall Apart that same year, and I still have both books, the margins covered in notes.
TerrorEyzs ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:47:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That book made me want to eat baked sweet potatoes so badly!
DiscordsTerror ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:37:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Invisible man was such a good book, it really changed my perspective on how I viewed the world.
raspberrywafer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:27:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me, too. I still have that copy I read in high school, covered in notes.
mel2mdl ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:10:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A friend of mine was a poor reader. He decided to watch the movie. Was so upset that it was from the H.G. Well's story and not the one he was supposed to read...which was due the next day.
rackik ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:48:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my God, I hated Invisible Man. It was so hard for me to get through in high school. One of the few books I didn't finish.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:03:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good for you. I finished it. Twice. It's horrible. Badly written, badly thought.
AcidCyborg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was really excited to red The Invisible Man in highschool English, only to discover we'd be reading Invisible Man instead. I read about 20 pages before sparknoting my way through.
rackik ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree wholeheartedly.
Sirspen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:37:42 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that too. Had to read the 600 page in two days as a result.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:22:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think The Invisible Man would have been a better choice in the first place.
raspberry_man ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
why?
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:51:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Most people are just not interested in reading about the social and intellectual struggles of black America during the early 20th century. It's the kind of formulaic subject that wins Academy Awards. Everybody on the entire planet is already familiar with the theme and there is literally nothing that anybody will learn about the topic that isn't anecdotal. And not only is it cliche and uninteresting, it's 600 pages and you will presumably have to complete some kind of assignment that will ask nauseating questions like, "What do you think the author was trying to communicate about life as a black person in the early 20th century?"
So I guess my argument isn't so much for The Invisible Man as it is against Invisible Man. But I would have to say that The Invisible Man is a good choice because it's a short, classic novel by a famous author that is well-written and deals with a topic that is immediately recognizable but still uncommon and imaginative.
An English teacher assigning Invisible Man is like a film teacher assigning The King's Speech or Twelve Years a Slave. Assigning The Invisible Man is like assigning a film by Alfred Hitchcock or Ingmar Bergman.
[deleted] ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 07:34:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This doesn't make sense to me at all. Invisible Man is a masterful example of English prose and language beyond its subject matter. It is one of the best American novels of all time. It is Melville or Faulkner-level brilliant. To fix your analogy, Invisible Man is more like Bergman or Hitchcock whereas The Invisible Man is more like James Cameron. Its use of symbolism and metaphor is unparalleled, its subject matter pertinent beyond racial boundaries today as much as it was then too. If you want to argue that it is too dense for high schoolers then that is understandable, but to claim it is 'cliche' and 'formulaic' and can be thematically understood by 'anecdote' is just so off-base.
meatduck12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:15:02 on February 8, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, is it good or bad?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:04:18 on February 11, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's iight
totallychillsexrobot ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 11:39:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You clearly have not read Invisible Man.
sableine ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 07:23:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it had beautiful symbolism,rhythm and emotion. And I felt it had more to do with the struggle of existentialism that happened to coincide and be amplified by being black in that time.
raspberrywafer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:13:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It sounds here like your argument against Invisible Man is just that you think the theme is cliche?
A lot of themes have become cliche over the years, but that doesn't necessarily render the classics uninteresting. Catcher in the Rye didn't suddenly become a bad just because we now all know disillusioned coming of age stories. Sherlock Holmes didn't become any shittier just because his character was ripped off 1,000 times.
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:02:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The HG Wells one is better.
jakielim ยท 91 points ยท Posted at 03:05:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My intention is to tell of a body changed
to a cockroach: the gods, who made the changes
Will help me - or I hope so - with a story
That runs from him waking up to his demise
aft3rm4th ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:01:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FRANZ. FRANZ KAFKAAAA.
akornblatt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Such a great episode....
HiHoJufro ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:09:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...of?
aft3rm4th ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:21:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Home movies
smiles134 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man, where'd you get that translation?
kjbigs282 ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 03:45:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he read a good book.
asatcat ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:41:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not surprised the one about the guy turning into a bug is pretty famous
ClearlyDense ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:08:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my latest book club: I read I Am Pilgrim, a post-9/11 murder mystery spy novel, and another woman read The Pilgrim, a 15th century historical fiction piece that included someone being beheaded for sheep-fucking. It was a very interesting discussion
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:33:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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maffoobristol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What did you think of the book?
AmericanFromAsia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:39:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty good, but I'm not sure how it's a required reading for Classical Mythology
Fenastus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the idea was that mythology goes beyond our typical understanding of mythology? Not sure
TryUsingScience ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 03:18:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made the same mistake in high school. Saw "the Metamorphisis" on a list of texts we could choose for our project and went, "awesome, I love Ovid! I'll do that one."
I was so disappointed.
princesskate ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 04:01:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How can you be disappointed when it comes to Kafka?
AngledLuffa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was great at the setup and pretty bad at the final execution.
Spoilers: the bug unceremoniously dies, and The Trial is unfinished and skips straight to the guy's execution
smiles134 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 07:30:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Um, I don't see how anyone could look at the end of The Metamorphosis and say that ending is bad.
goatsin ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:48:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Or The Trial.
His execution ain't perfect, I'll grant that, but considering that
everythingmuch of what he wrote was unfinished when he died, and later cobbled together for publication, it's damned impressive.AngledLuffa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obviously he's a great author, which is why we're still talking about his books 100 years later. I just think the beginnings of his books are much better than the endings.
Qel_Hoth ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 05:04:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I can understand if he is confused about reading Kafka for an Classical Mythology class, but if all he got out of The Metamorphosis is that a guy turned into a bug I have some concerns about his reading comprehension.
MirRelevant ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:28:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The guy was late for work, nonetheless
leodavin843 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:59:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a high schooler who read the metamorphosis last year, and has some basic-non-fleshed-out thoughts about it, do you care to enlighten me?
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:38:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
some general themes to think about when reading Kafka: guilt, alienation, existentialism, incest, Oedipus complex, bureaucracy, power, ennui, infinity, the nature of pain, martyrdom. They all come through to varying levels in The Metamorphosis.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 12:01:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's one of those books that 35year+ old people enjoy. But they lack the insight to realize it's unappealing BS to younger people and force it on them anyway instead of providing something age appropriate and entertaining that would cultivate a future desire to read.
It's the literary equivalent of the child molesting uncle.
toutbas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:31:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Currently in high school, read it last year. I thought it was very good, at least once we had some background knowledge on the context of the work. But to each their own.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:19:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A good book can be enjoyed without context.
This is the antithesis of the current system, unfortunately. You get presented classic niche literature that is irrelevant to the modern day and age and damn you if you don't enjoy it as much as an english major would.
You want people to read more? Then give them options and offer something they actually want to or would find entertaining to read. Books are fundamentally a medium of entertainment, history is a different subject and essays can present opinions in a much shorter and direct format, so stop the practice of demanding every book to be oh-so-fucking deep with symbolism and onion-shell meaningceptionism.
We're not watching and praising days of our lives for it's deep religious symbolism so why the fuck do we do it for books?
Books that got me interested in reading? Scifi that my brother was reading.
Best books I've read? Scifi and fantasy, in total more than 200 titles and counting most of them that top the worth reading list wouldn't be found close to a school curriculum.
Any of the books I've read been on a school reading list? Perhaps 1984 was on some of them but I'm pretty damn sure that a bleak book like that would never have got me interested in reading anything more on its own.
Give people in school something like Harry Potter and The hunger games and other more easily digestable adventure centric works that have had broad commercial success instead of stuffing the recommended reading list of The Pipe-Smoking Wine-Connoisseur Literary Refined Middle-Aged Aristocratic Gentlements Debate and Social Commentary Club down the throat of a 15 year old horny teenager.
</rant >
toutbas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:58:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't really define Kafka as being overly deep, but I guess if you would choose broad commercial success over actual literary substance then that's up to you. If you want easily digestible works that's fine, but it doesn't really have any place in a place for students to actually learn about literature. The point of an English class is for students to learn how to appreciate and identify the choices of the writer, not to learn how to enjoy reading. But hey, screw me for enjoying Kafka right? Must be something wrong with the current school system!
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's this even supposed to mean? I picture a robed gathering jerking into a pentagram, proud over their particular literary fetishism.
Literal fiction isn't a magical source of insight, anything you want to state you can do better in a more explicit form. Fiction that aims to entertain works best.
toutbas ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:46:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah! fuck books, am i right? anything literature with value is for old people! any book with more than 2 themes doesn't belong in a classroom! teenagers are too horny to read anything other than the hunger games! what is literary substance??? must be fetishism! anything literature i don't care for/understand is pretentious and must be removed from publication asap!! lol you have some fucked up views buddy, honestly sounds like you resent certain forms of literature because you may not understand it. but hey, if thats what you wanna see thats what you get, i'm not forcing views down anyone's throat like you seem to be
AFawn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:13:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man this one made me giggle.
DarthWingo91 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:59:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that what they were referencing in The Producers?
zeHobocop ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:04:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes
screaminXeagle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:14:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have read the second by Kafka, can understand why he'd be confused
evictor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a sequel? lmao Kafka cashing in
remierk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me and my family had the opposite misunderstanding. I told them I had been reading Metamorphosis by Kafka and they're like who the fuck is Kafka and start convincing me it's by Ovid. They were so insistent I started to think I was remembering the title wrong.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was expecting you to say he read Animorphs.
HIVJaydes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
inb4 they actually read the entire Animorphs series
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:50:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the same vein back in middle school, we had to give presentations on religious figures in religious education. A classmate was given Martin Luther as his assignment but ended up making one on Martin Luther King, JR.
OvidPerl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:37:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Trivia note: "Pyramus and Thisbe" from the Metamorphoses were apparently the inspiration for Romeo and Juliet.
RaineDragon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:10 on December 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the play within the play, a midsummer night's dream, as well.
Tindermesoftly ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:23:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to the comment party. But I was hoping he'd just read the Animorphs series.
pnkrckaudio ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:22:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I DID THE SAME THING!
I actually had a semester long precis (like a thesis project but smaller) to do on The Metamorphoses. Of course didn't start it till the last quarter. Questioned what bugs had to do with Ancient Greek Literature, being the subject of the course. I felt real stupid that day, real stupid. Then had to redo a big project in two weeks.
errerrr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think that could have been me...
_Snivellus_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hahah i laughed at this...that's so funny!
sweet_roses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that in high school, and still don't get it. I'm still stuck in that high school thought of "so wait, like, an actual, like, bug?".
TheMightyWill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair, Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" is one of those must read books. If not just so you can understand the countless Kafka pop culture references the media keeps throwing out.
petit_cochon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's...kind of an appropriate reaction to reading Kafka.
Retsevlys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you should've warned him
FeelTheEarporn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im crying๐๐๐
fukyo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was supposed to read part of that in spanish but I realized on the first day of class that I didn't understand any of it so I dropped the class.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something similar happened to a friend of mine who confused 1984 by Orwell and 1Q84 by Murakami lol.
CercleRouge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one seems understandable.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like a mistake I would do :/
Shaysdays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Weirdly- that is the legend of Tithonus! He was given eternal life but not eternal youth so he shriveled into a grasshopper.
Breserk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bad Mojo was a 90s quest video game based on Kafka's story of a guy turning into a cockroach. It was rad
dienamight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:45:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually an interesting book, i actually had to read it for german class some years ago. It's about the troubling relationship with his father
Ov1d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:48:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely enjoyed that book.
ShinoRichard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
tbh Kafkas' was a better read :)
Pezzi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shit, how bad is it that I read the first sentence and was all "the fuck does Kafka have to do with Classical Mythology?"
Apparently one letter makes all the difference :(
Kii_and_lock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, Zeus did a lot of bizarre shit. Turning someone into a bug would just be another tuesday for him, really.
DelicousPi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:17:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ogtha.
HellaBester ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He read The Metamorphosis by Kafka and all he got was "Dude turns into a cockroach -- it was weird."
That is highly concerning.
shittywok2015 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He doesn't actually turn into a bug tho...
OldeHickory ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:31:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Kafka story is great though.
Ikinoki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:26:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read Homer's Odyssey shorter edition not knowing it and got a fucking 3 (c in us grades) for that. Fucking professor even endorsed the book and librarian just gave me the short version and did not alert me.
I felt freaking dumb because i read and watched it many times in different versions including full but it was long time ago and shorter version has a lot of stuff cut out which is pretty important in ancient literature and history class.
Altair05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:20:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
omg, I remember reading that story in I think high school. I totally forgot about that one.
Kappadar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Very good book though
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:44:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, I read Hillary Duff's version.
Flonaldo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did not plan on being picky today, but it is unclear whether or not he actually turned into a bug or if it is just a way of expressing his tranformation into isolation.
brandtj15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Yadda Yadda Yadda.. Zeus rapes someones.. Yadda Yadda someone dies.. Yadda Yadda someone else rapes someone.. Yadda Yadda the humans are terrible.. Yadda Yadda Hera is being a bitch. Something Something Zeus rapes again. "
-The Metamorphoses by Ovid in a nutshell
LegalAction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never heard anyone describe the met as cohesive before
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:33:59 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a dead silent office trying to silent-laugh. thx.
hubife13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That pretty much sounds like The Metamorphoses anyway!
Moffe1234 ยท 4402 points ยท Posted at 21:48:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one girl last year did an assignement on Hawaii, when the assignement was Iceland. She mixed up "Island" and "Iceland", and thought she could choose any Island.
[deleted] ยท 3909 points ยท Posted at 01:21:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Live in Iceland; can confirm it's practically the same place as Hawaii. Both are located on geothermal hotspots and are surrounded by an ocean.
hawaiiboy25 ยท 2381 points ยท Posted at 01:58:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Hawaii; can confirm the confirmation.
[deleted] ยท 199 points ยท Posted at 02:06:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
name checks out
supercrusher9000 ยท 109 points ยท Posted at 02:35:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Saw the name; can conform the evidence supporting the confirmation supporting the confirmation
SadGhoster87 ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 02:43:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Our views will not be silenced!
fallout52389 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:18:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We are the Borg. Assimilate.
Inserts robot tentacles in neck
john_dune ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:57:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HACK THE PLANET!
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:39:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://gfycat.com/PersonalOrangeBluejay
ricar144 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confirmination
quickconclusion ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:57:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Name checks out
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:05:17 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hm?
Dirty-Freakin-Dan ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 03:10:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in new jersey; want to be a part of the conversation
YaKnow1 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
California here, confirming new jersey can enter the conversation
[deleted] ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 03:31:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
New York here. Can confirm my disapproval for New Jersey's confirmation into the conversation.
theniceguytroll ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 03:52:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
California here again. Can I have some water please?
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:58:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let's trade climates! I'm sick of the cold, the rain, and the snow!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
user name checks out
Skylord_ah ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:48:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Watch out, new yorks water may be able to cause cancer in our state. Cant trust those dirty new yorkers
beniceorbevice ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:33:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They say New York's tap water is one of the cleanest in the country..at least years ago
MyDeicide ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:02:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Britain, this wouldn't have happened if you were still a colony.
wordserious ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:42:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Colorado here. Nope. You already take most of ours.
Dubbx ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:24:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Michigan here. Fuck yo water
SnugglesTheConqueror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wisconsin here. Fuck yo economy
Dubbx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Michigan again. We're still not giving you back your land.
SardonicKiller ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:18:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Michigan is still mad at Ohio
EricTheKlein ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm from Jersey, I also confirm the disapproval for us to enter the conversation
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:39 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Texas here. Not really sure what's going on, but it seems decent enough... even if New Joisy is over here.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:32 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're about a week late brotha.
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:44:22 on December 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shhhhhhh
auzymays ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 02:43:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also live in Hawaii; he checks out.
Pit-trout ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 02:45:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Going to Hawaii, will check him out.
ennyLffeJ ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 03:44:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bought some pineapples, self checkout.
Relacz ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 03:48:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just left the hotel, had to checkout.
theniceguytroll ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 03:51:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I need to pay the bills, getting checks out.
ghostyj ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 04:36:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Noticed I have a red and itchy penile tash, better get it checked out.
Taokan ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:32:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lost a chess tourney, got out checked.
Sznajberg ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:27:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Working for a trampoline facctory in Ostrava as a salesman in Prague. Many bounced Czechs.
PubliusVA ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tash the inexorable, the irresistible!
abdhoms ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:41:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
we better make a rap song...of checkouts
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:40:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Verse to macklemore's next banger right here. Get him on the line
bunyipbrown ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 02:50:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in ottawa; Cant confirm anything :(
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:56:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm this non-confirmation. (Don't ask why.)
potatoesarenotcool ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:58:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:00:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm the instruction to not ask why is violated.
JasonSteakums ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:52:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How?
orwellissimo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:57:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tomorrow
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:39 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's been a week.
Cookie733 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:57:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohio checking in. Can confirm this guy can't confirm.
alflup ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:00:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm there are over 733 cookies in Ohio, so this guy might not be lying.
cowzroc ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:09:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The confirmation heard 'round the world
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:07:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
name checks out; can confirm he lives in hawaii
fuzzypyrocat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:26:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So you guys are only like 10 minutes away from each other!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:25:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username confirms the confirmation of the confirmation.
concreteboner ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:32:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did a project/presentation on Hawaii/ancient Polynesians for an ancient civ class back in high school. Being a bit of a smart ass I brought in Hawaiian pizza and Hawaiian donuts (the ones with sprinkles), and touted them as "traditional Hawaiian fare".
My classmates loved the snacks but needless to say I did not get a very good mark.
durferz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:52:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't leave Malta out.. Please.. We exist!
Salamanderp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going to stay with you when I go to Hawaii for vacation. Thanks!
Heavenlypigeon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't live in either of those places, I just want to feel included
FatMan8Pack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
PorkChawpSandwhiches ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:38:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just consulted Google maps. Triple confirmation. That's it folks, we're done here.
omicronperseiB8 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in NewY York, can confirm.
DeiLupus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:45:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username check out
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:47:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am the confirmation; can Iceland the Hawaii.
iravereflex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:50:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
carmiggiano ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:57:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Connecticut
nigolu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:58:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
quantum94 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't live in Hawaii.
So I can't.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:08:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in mainland US. Uh...nothing to see here?
IchBinGelangweilt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:15:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have heard of both places, can confirm the confirming of the confirmation.
ezequien ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
jayy_cero8 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
User name checks out
porksporkbork ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
URMOMCANTCOOK ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:37:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Been to both, only difference is the climate
BigDiglett ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:58:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Arizona; can confirm the confirmation of the confirmation.
LX_Theo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:58:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confirmation expert here. This man is a fraud and has no formal training in confirmation confirmation
ashinynewthrowaway ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:04:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mr Magnus and Hawaii boy? I'll go ahead and say this is an open and shut case.
thatoneguy172 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:05:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So I should visit both, at the same time?
gundamkitty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now kiss.
Scherzkeks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm envious. :(
kylekeck ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lives in illinois. Can confirm the jealousy, from everyone starting to hit winter weather.
flipjargendy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess I'm going to Iceland for my next tropical vacation.
Whitecastle56 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in NJ ; Can also confirm the conformation they are the same place
Renwuad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
Greenzoolu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:07:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in New York; I'm cold ;(
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Name checks out
B0nR_fart ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in California: Can confirm that it's pretty nice.
ray-lee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lived on an island. Can confirm surrounded by ocean.
ihlaking ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:16:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Roger, Roger.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am in Iceland and Hawaii at the same time; can confirm both confirmations.
kylejoesph11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:21:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I live for confirmation, can confirm that they were confirmed.
BhipFID ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
hikekorea ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:41:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I googled it. Can confirm Hawaii and Iceland are connected by a stargate
Trogdorien ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:46:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aww, now kith!
Pickle_64 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:58:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in confirmation; can Hawaii the confirm.
KargoShorts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:07:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in confirmation; can Hawaii the Iceland.
Morlok8k ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:12:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I own 1 square foot of Hawaii 2, can confirm it gets really cold and snowy in the winter.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Checked the map. Yep, Hawaii is right next to Alaska.
Ciellon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:52:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have a variation of "808" in your username, so I don't believe you're from Hawaii at all.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:58:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live on earth, can confirm the confirmation of the confirm.
zorro1701e ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:02:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't live on an island but have heard of an island. Can confirm
Alaskatar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:08:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Alaska; can confirm too, since most fucking maps put us down next to you and make us look like an island.
skilledwarman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:17:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live on Long Island: Can give third party confirmation that they are indeed on Islands.
Iwokeupwithoutapillo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:21:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Vermont; know a guy from Hawaii
JasonSteakums ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:41:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Australia; can't confirm shit
Haulage ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:42:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was raised Catholic; can confirm Confirmation.
Jonster123 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:22:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, the good old double confirmedaroo!
drugsmademedoit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:01:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read about Hawaii once, can confirm.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:06:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in New York can confirm nothing, taking your word on it
doodah360 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:09:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/retiredusername
QueenSoup ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:29:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also live in Hawaii, username checks out.
Badcompany18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read as perd hapley. " and that confirmation. . . Is confirmed"
frachris87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bloody volcanoes...
thebombdoteu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:06:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
Germ1nal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't live in either; can confirm both are the same: far away.
phranticsnr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:40:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Australian here. You call that an island?
relevantusername- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:41:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't reddit great.
Aka_canada ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Name checks out.
heylookatthatbro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That user name relevancy.
Los_Videojuegos ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 02:24:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Iceland is also Island in icelandic, so. A bit of a next-level mixup.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, we have the accented capital ร
why would anyone mix รsland with island? It's absurd!!!!
..ok, it's understandable.
jlrose09 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 03:03:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just as a geologist thought I should chime in and say Hawaii is on a hotspot under the pacific plate. Iceland on the other hand is located on the mid atlantic ridge, a divergent plate boundary...
jingle_hore ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:00:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hi! If you don't mind, what would be the point of discerning the two? what's the difference between a Hotspot on a plate (I have a clue) and divergent boundary (not a clue), and how does it affect differences...and for that matter similarities... in Iceland versus Hawaii? I'm completely ignorant, and would love some elaboration!
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:36:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Tap_Z_or_R_Twice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is a very fun fact for all but one island.
gsfgf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:47:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But that island is the biggest one, so it's got that going for it.
CodenameMolotov ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In addition to what others have said: there are two types of tectonic plates: continental and oceanic. Both are primarily made of igenous rock, lava that has solidified. Oceanic plates are made of mafic rocks (meaning they are high in magnesium and iron) like basalt. Continental plates are made of felsic rocks (meaning they are high in feldspar and silica) like granite. Mafic rocks are denser than felsic rocks, which is why oceanic plates have a lower elevation than continental plates which is why they fill up with oceans. Volcanic eruptions on land tend to start out mafic or intermediate then become more felsic over time because the original magma fueling the volcanism rises from the mantle (which is made of mafic rocks), but as time passes it melts felsic rocks in the crust into magma and its heat drops, meaning the mafic magma with a higher melting point solidifies into rock leaving only felsic magma. However, volcanoes that erupt in the ocean start mafic and stay mafic because the crust there is made of mafic rocks so there's no felsic parent rock for it to melt. Mafic lava is hotter and less viscous than felsic lava, so it will travel a very far distance before solidifying. This is how shield volcanoes form. Hawaii is one such shield volcano - because the lava travels so far before turning into rock, it has a very large, gently sloping shape. This is why Hawaii is the tallest mountain on Earth. Felsic magma solidifies more rapidly and can create steep slopes like stratovolcanoes. Felsic magma can also trap gas which can be explosively released and cause pyroclastic flows like Mt St Helens.
flowgod ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:01:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice try, Icelandic tourism committee
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:46:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, we're going for the cultural victory; we need some extra tourism.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:33:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Mattieohya ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:50:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think either island has any snakes, and if they do there is a small number of them.
FreshPrinceOfNowhere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And Hawaiians
thelotusknyte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which one?
Rodents210 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:13:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eyjafjallajรถkull, Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, the languages are even just as unpronounceable
alexmikli ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:34:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In fairness to Eyjafjallajรถkull, it'd be the same as if in English "Yellowstone National Park" was written as "Yellowstonenationalpark"
prmars ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:44:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least it's not Welsh...
salvoilmiosi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:06:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Llanfairsjvfhiuddgogvswhvoojgftibfsrggiihgdzdrtiolbvfrawgcjio
prmars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:03:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guess I should have known I was asking for that one.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:53:27 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gesundheit!
Arcanius13 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:21:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a tourist, I found Snaefellsjรถkull harder than Eyjafyallajรถkull for some reason.
Rodents210 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:22:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the only Icelandic word I know. I don't think humhumunukunukuapua'a is hard to pronounce either, but it's the only Hawaiian word I know other than "aloha," "ohana," and some pidgin words.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a place called Ok on Iceland.
gsfgf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:00:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Try being drunk in Reykjavik and realizing you have no idea how to say the name of the suburb you're staying in.
Birmingham_Danny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:03:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just jump on the sled and point the dogs in the right direction.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:53:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No Drunk driving the dogs please.
PunxsatownyPhil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:42:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those are really cool fish.
UnsubstantiatedClaim ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:42:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Icelandic pineapples are simply devine.
derick1908 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:28:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So that's how you get rid of poison ivy! Throw Icelandic pineapples at then!
Inle-rah ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:16:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoy the long dusk, snowy landscape, and brilliant Northern Lights during the Hawaii winters.
__Pancakes__ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:13:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5q77MQzU2Q Oskaar disagrees
narp7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:19:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Geology person here:
I just want to clarify that while Iceland is a geothermal hotspot (a location where geothermal energy is available near the surface of the crust), this is very different from Hawaii, where the islands are formed by a hotspot). Iceland is formed by the mid-ocean ridge rising above sea level. Essentially, what you've got going on in iceland is Europe moving in the opposite direction as North America, leaving the crust to open up and lava to flow out and form new crust. This is different than Hawaii where a a huge column of magma comes up from the interior of the earth and punches a hole straight through the crust to form the Hawaiian islands and the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain.
Bonus hypothesis: One hypothesis to explain Iceland is that in addition to being formed by the mid ocean ridge, there is also a hotspot in the same spot. This is one of only many theories.
Kraymur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what's the deal with the names. Iceland? Greenland? get outta heeeeya ICELAND IS GRASSY AND GREENLAND IS ICEY.
Salyangoz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:42:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everybody in Iceland desperately needs D.
Smgth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:45:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd read a paper drawing all the similarities between Iceland and Hawaii....
Guaraninja ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:54:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One has fluffier sweaters, and the other has pineapples
me-tan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:43:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hawaii doesn't have a monument with the name of my EVE character on it though...
fradrig ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:00:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Great! I'm going on vacation to Hawaii, and my bags are all packed with all of my beach and swimming gear, but it turns out it's Iceland I'm heading to. But if you say it's the same then I won't repack.
TheZombieFish ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:16:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ICEland is warm? How ironic
vaJOHNna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:25:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am from Azores can confirm its the exact same but smaller
MilesMilitiss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:28:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live also in Iceland. I would say that the weather isn't quite the same but other than that, yub.
ender89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:07:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably fewer fat Americans in Bermuda shorts paired with socks and sandals on vacation I imagine.
BH_Andrew ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:09:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Australia, is both hot and surrounded by water. Basically the same place.
Sachinism ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:11:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Name is Magnus. Can confirm he is Icelandic
takatori ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:59:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username confirms it.
makeeveryonehappy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:57:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god. Do you eat Noi Sirius chocolate every moment of every day!? I just discovered it a year ago and promptly gained 20 pounds. My SO and I seriously considered taking a trip to go to the factory. Or really to visit Iceland because it sounds incredible.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I'm not much of a sweet tooth albeit I do like to use chocolate in baking. But be welcome; we have plenty to see other than chocolate!
poop_peep ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:17:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Iceland is not a hotspot. It is a divergent boundary though, hence the volcanism.
ms_haddock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Iceland has both actually.
801_chan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Name is Magnus--identity checks out.
sauraussoar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you Icelandic folk think of all the tourism/tourists? I've made it my 1-year goal to go and travel the island but have heard mixed reviews about how the Icelandic population treats tourists.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most of us are kind to tourists and you'll be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't speak English more or less fluently. We're a bit overwhelmed with tourists over the high months but most of us don't mind if you treat us and our country with respect. we're generally friendly so don't be shy; if I meet you I promise to not murder you brutally and sacrifice you to รรฐinn.
sauraussoar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:29:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! I always wondered if I'd be murdered and sacrificed by a native Icelandic... Thanks for the assurance!
Pikangie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't the written word for Iceland in Icelandic also very similar to "Island"? With the accent over the "I"... or am I thinking of another Nordic language? XD
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:43:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. in Icelandic Iceland is spelled รsland. รs is our word for Ice, so the confusion is understandable.
TheFetchOmi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of sunscreen should I bring for my trip to Iceland?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends; Are you going to be spending a lot of time under the sun?
I usually don't buy sunscreen but you'll not need a very strong one. just buy what you'd usually buy, our sun isn't much different and the average temperature during the summer usually hovers around 10ยฐC to 20ยฐC on warm days.
spqrnbb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it called Island on your coins?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:40:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
รsland is the native name of Iceland. รs translates to Ice.
So, We call our country Iceland as well; just in our own language. This is what we place on our currency, the name of our country.
spqrnbb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:14:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I realize that.
Brickwater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: Iceland and Hawaii have the same postal code.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:40:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Further proof!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do Icelanders have that lovely tan complexion?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:39:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. We have such riveting tan options as ice-cold pale; Walker white, and tanning-bench brown.
We're most likely a bit paler than mainland Europeans; but we manage.
pbugg2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ಠ_ಠ
Au_Struck_Geologist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a geologist, this checks out guys.
DisRuptive1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Every landmass is surrounded by ocean.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But not every country/region is imminently surrounded by ocean; Meaning my point still stands. Unless Switzerland suddenly grew an ocean, in which case I stand corrected.
Emiliak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that Iceland is mainly green, and so is Hawaii?
ruckovercdn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Both seized by the US in the first half of the 19 th century.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thankfully the US let us go.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And super expensive.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
would I be absolutely crazy to visit in the winter?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. Visit away. It's not -50ยฐC here as the name implies. it might get cold, but we're still perfectly habitable; all services are most likely open for you part from very specific ones I'd imagine and the nature doesn't leave over the winter. The nightlife and cultural life is still fairly active as well.
toastar-phone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Geologist here... Iceland probably isn't technically a hotspot.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:32:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is; or at least very likely.
We're in the unique position of being located both on a tectonic rift and on a fairly active hotspot; resulting in our very active volcanic activity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_hotspot
toastar-phone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:10 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but maybe.... Why is it stationary where there is evidence of the mantle plume(or crust really) moving in the case of Hawaii?
Is it young? That could explain why it's not so pronounced.
We know so little about geomechanics and the mantle. Proving anything would bee difficult. They fact that the rift is there makes a plume theory at least not the simplest answer.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Crust is moving Hawaii across the hotspot. The Plume is stationary, the island isn't. In Iceland both the plume and Island is stationary. The Tectonic rift splits Iceland into two pieces moving away from each other; thus Iceland will always be placed above the hotspot, the island just slowly gets bigger.
toastar-phone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:21:10 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok no... Plumes move, the argument for one under Iceland is that the tracks were mostly under Greenland. If you look into the North Atlantic Igneous Province.
What's happening at Iceland it's much more complicated than a plume. You don't get explosive volcanoes in Hawaii. And the magma in general matches ridge lava from a geochem perspective.
At least there is evidence that didn't match the plume theory, but that doesn't mean it's wrong, just that other factors need to be taken into account.
McFreedom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, off topic question. Do you Icelandians call your country "Iceland" like us? I mean does whatever you call it translate to "Iceland" from your language or is it something different entirely?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We do. Iceland = รsland.
รs = Ice
Land = Land.
Same with Greenland. We call that Grรฆnland; Grรฆnn = Green.
NineChives ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Coming to Iceland in May, anything I shouldn't miss?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:27:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
a ) Bring a GPS and don't venture far off the main highway/road without serious perperation. We've gotten quite a few tourist needing rescue because they got stuck in the highlands.
b ) Look up natural attractions; We pride ourselves on our nature for a reason. We have plenty of beautiful sights including Geysir; numerous waterfalls, Glaciars, If you have time you can head to the Jรถkulsรกrlรณn which is a giant lagoon filled with floating ice you can sail between (Note; with local professionals. Don't do anything risky in nature on your own. People have got themselves in danger on the most stupid things).
c ) Phallic museum located in central Reykjavรญk. Visit it just so you can say that you traveled thousands of kilometers and ended up looking at penises.
d ) The blue lagoon might be very crowded and expensive; but it's still a wonderful place to float around in.
NineChives ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:14:43 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you so much! Do you know of any day hikes around the ring road that wouldn't require hiring someone to take us? (we don't want to be those stupid tourists either!). We're having trouble finding maps and such that are specifically for hiking routes/nature trails.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm, I'm actually not sure; but there are most likely some trails wherever you decide to stay; even if you're just a bit inland you should be able to walk a bit in nature if you're careful, just don't go anywhere you're not 100% sure you could just turn around and go home. (also, stay away from anything that's covered in ice if you're alone). However I'd recommend going for professional trails since many incredible views of the country are in the highlands or valleys and a daylong hike up into some mountainrange /valleys are very inspiring.
thelotusknyte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, so is Iceland a paradise too?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd say so; it's safe, has beautiful nature, northern lights, and we're pretty culturally active. It's a bit crowded from tourists over the summer time, but I like it here.
thelotusknyte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:27:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's cool!
Evilkill78 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confirmation denied: Hawaii is on a geothermal hotspot, Iceland is on a plate boundary, obviously two completely different things...
Source: geology
Everyone needs to be "that guy" once in their lives
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:18:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confirmation denial denied. Iceland is both on a plate boundary and is located on top of a large geothermal hotspot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_hotspot
http://www.why.is/svar.php?id=4794
jrwreno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If Iceland had a warmer climate, I wonder if it could rival others in regards to vegetation or agriculture, due to the volcanic soils.....
takatori ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:00:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always been curious: what's on TV in Iceland?
What are some popular local shows?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:16:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mostly imported material; but among popular local shows are "hraรฐfrรฉttir"(Speednews) which essentially makes fun of news programs by comically parodying real news that happened or covering non-news.
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"รtsvar" (municipal) is a popular quiz show where each town/Region on the country forms a three person team to compete against each other in a battle of the wits. Each week sees two team face off in a tournament like knock out ladder.
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"Spaugstofan(Comedy Room)" is/was? (Don't watch TV; no idea if it still survives) makes sketches based on the local events of last week.
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Among the most popular shows that existed (but no longer run) was Nรฆturvaktin , Dagvaktin, and Fangavaktin (nightwatch, Daywatch, PrisonWatch) which followed Georg, A tyrannical overly controlling person who had no real understanding of socially appropriate behaviour, Danรญel, A normal guy who dropped out of university, and รlafur, A childlike likable person who wasn't the brightest bulb in the bench but was just trying to live his life in an as entertaining and ambitiout way as he could without the constant interfering of Georg as the worked in a overnight gas-station; A hotel, and where in prison together in each respective series. The character grew on the nation with their very tense and interesting relationship, the unique and hilarious humor and the nonsensically absurd situations that these very different people got themselves in together.
There are several more; but I very early watch television so I'm not exactly a judge of local content.
takatori ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks!! Very interesting to see how other people entertain themselves
Daerdemandt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:32:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:02:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't trust you, How can I know you've been on the internet?
G_Morgan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:37:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One has rain 360 days a year. The other drowns a continent in ash.
xxsummsxx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:13:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can I live in Iceland too?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you legally obtain a citizenship (or utilize the EU or Nordi Passport deal thingy) sure; come right on in.
xxsummsxx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really want to visit Iceland. It will be the place I go next when I get a vacation.
zeinmundy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:00:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in Canada. Winter, Polar Bears, Maple Syrup.. And eh
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:01:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Biggest difference is one has a cool TV show...
Sorathez ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 02:04:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did she happen to be Danish? Or other Scandinavian? Cause in Danish "Island" actually means Iceland. Whereas island is รธ (or รถ in Swedish)
ben7005 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:31:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is "island" seriously a 1-letter word in Danish? That's super interesting.
the_excalabur ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 02:47:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They have a lot of islands.
thisismaybeadrill ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's from Old Norse ey, which is the etymology of Orkney in English.
ArchmageIlmryn ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is in Swedish as well, 'รถ'. The word 'รฅ', meaning small river, is also a one -letter word.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:26:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Pinkpajamamama ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:49:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you give her credit for it?
MamaDaddy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:48:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminded me: I was once assigned a report on Mohammed and actually thought the teacher meant Muhammad Ali. I was like 8 or 9 years old and this was many years pre-internet.
Bookprof ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:58:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you really a teacher? "Assignment" is one of those words you should know by heart!
jakielim ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:32:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The pronunciation for 'island' was weird as fuck to begin with.
ContigoSiempre ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:55:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's just a silent 's'
TheOneWithAGun ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:51:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hawaii is a group of islands, not a single island so I guess she still didn't get it
Jah-Eazy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:17:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well technically one of the islands is called "Hawaii"
Redmablo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I knew a guy once that did an entire report on Cleveland because he thought it was a country.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:25:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always wanted to live in Iceland. What is it like there?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:10:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where are you from? You spell assignment weird.
Grimlock_1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:52:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's easy.
Iceland, the home of GOT.
The End.
yourlocalwerecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The real question: did she do a good job on it?
theDamnKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking love your username
eatallday ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason I read that as if she was Swedish (Iceland in Swedish is Island) and I thought "but Island and Iceland is the same thing!"
AnonyPoni ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Incidentally, the Iceland's name in Icelandic is รsland,
which is the word for island as well.Edit: never mind. Thanks for correcting me
thisismaybeadrill ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To clarify, island is ey or eyja in Icelandic. รsland literally means Iceland. There is only confusion when you start mixing the two languages.
bexmouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My sister is autistic and when her school was doing comprehension tests they asked her "what is an island?" Well she said Hawaii. She still tells me what dumbasses they are for saying she was wrong.
jaysusjoos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
reminded me of this music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_HhFZOvYQU
Tattered_Colours ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She didn't even interpret her misunderstanding correctly. Hawaii is many islands.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Iceland in Icelandic is actually Island.
dy-lanthedane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope she passed
zdelarosa00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Been there
karnata ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only somewhat related... I found out last night that my teenage daughter thought Iceland and ISIS were the same thing. She was pretty upset with the French for bombing a European country full of innocent people.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember taking a high school course in European geography years ago and a girl in the class gave a presentation about Australia; the topic was supposed to be Austria...
HolyGarbage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FYI: Island is the name of Iceland in many Scandinavian countries.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where are you from?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:38:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:09:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it was during english class, the situation isn't as wierd lol. Isn't the country Island spelled like the english word for an island in norwegian?
steven421 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 10th grade Social Studies we had to pick a non-North American country to do a project on.
This girl in my class raised her hand and asked, with full confidence "Is Hawaii in North America?"
Not only did she think Hawaii was a country, but that it wasn't part of America. We live in California.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:10:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*assignment
JavaRuby2000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:24:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Awesome can't wait for the new series of Iceland 5 O.
fatmand00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:21:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Technically, Iceland is spelled Island is Icelandic (if you ignore accents). That doesn't really explain her error but it does make the name even more literal it already was, which is funny.
praeth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact, in several germanic languages, Iceland is spelt Island as well. Much confuse.
robophile-ta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:10:35 on April 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In year 7, our major assignment was to compile a folio of facts about an island, which was chosen for us by the teachers.
I got Corsica, which was okay. Some got some really tiny, insignificant places.
We all resented those who were given Australia and New Zealand.
_NoSheepForYou_ ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:10:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You must have done a piss poor job of explaining that assignment. Seriously, did you at no point even discuss Iceland? Not even enough for it to be evident that you're talking about a country in the north Atlantic? Or was it just "write a report about Iceland, have a good weekend"?
yourlocalwerecat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:31:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's the thing: in all likelihood, everyone in the class was probably assigned a country to do a paper on. Rubric's the same for everyone, but they're all focusing on different countries. May have even been along the lines of, "Say the capital, population, something they're famous for," etc.. The teacher's only real fault here is that she/he did not better communicate this particular student's assigned topic.
_NoSheepForYou_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which is one of the fundamental requirements of a good teacher. Not saying he/she is a bad teacher in general, but they were having an off day and the student can't be held completely responsible.
If the student did a great report on Hawaii, then they learned something and it's not the end of the world, so I'm hoping the teacher had a sense of humor and gave her credit.
mr42ndstblvd ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:16:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i confirm the confirmation of all confirmations here by confirming your confirmation of my conformation
Athardude ยท 2675 points ยท Posted at 22:34:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Was a teaching assistant for a food and culture course.
One of our assignments was for students to go to an area where people were interacting with or eating food with other people, and basically make some observations and answer some questions from a worksheet about people's behavior and its relevance to human culture. So, this could be something like a farmers market, a pizza joint, or the meeting of the mycological society of america (my favorite entry). In each case, we asked that the students make observations of the surrounding for an hour and fifteen minutes. We had a pretty broad level of acceptance for what would be an appropriate setting.
One student completely misunderstood the point of the assignment and ended up, as far as I can tell, observing two potatoes for over an hour. The first half of the assignment was describing these observations. The second half was in answer to the final question of the assignment which is something like "Say you got funding to investigate the relationships between people and food further, what would you study?" For this answer, he ended up copying and pasting the description of a youtube video on potato lifehacks:
"Remove tarnish from your silverware by first boiling a couple of potatoes. Remove the potatoes and set your silverware in the water for one hour. Then wash and rinse the silverware. Potatoes can clean silver. Why? Hold a floral arrangement in place by cutting a potato in half lengthwise and placing it cut side down. Poke holes in the potato with the scratch awl or screwdriver where you want the flowers to go, and then insert the stems. What is the advantage?"
So yeah. Slight misinterpretation.
EDIT: I cannot post a student's assignment for those asking. But part of one of the answers included "It's late spring, and it's a great time to talk about potatoes". Who can argue with that!
the_supersalad ยท 382 points ยท Posted at 02:52:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope you are not too late to the party for people to read this! I was dying. Please, tell me what their observations of the two potatoes were like!
azon85 ยท 1256 points ยท Posted at 04:01:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Minute 1: I have decided to name the potatoes Greg and Michelle.
Minute 7: I poked Greg, no reaction. Michelle has been renamed Martha, she didn't seem to care.
Minute 12: an ant has been climbing on Martha for 47 seconds. I have named the ant Miguel.
Minute 14: Miguel has left the area, Greg has accepted that Martha is never going to acknowledge him and is planning on having her mashed.
Minute 37: despite minutes of counseling Greg and Martha have split up. Martha gets sole custody of Miguel and the spuds, Peter and Greg Jr.
Minute 45: Greg has locked himself in the microwave. There was a tragic misunderstanding and Greg was accidentally baked. Martha still doesn't care.
the_supersalad ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 05:09:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Awesome. I'm going to assume this was it unless OP delivers.
Athardude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:15:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lets just say, thats exactly what he wrote.
Finnablow ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 06:41:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Miguel and the Spuds should be a band name
runetrantor ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 12:20:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's either this, or the kid was super serious of the assignment and it's a long list of
Minute 5: There's two potatoes.
Minute 10: Yup, still potatoes.
Minute 15: I think they turned into cabbages... nope, potatoes.
Athardude ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:37:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He actually did a really good job of potato description. I'm not even kidding.
runetrantor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you are going to make a mistake, do it properly I guess.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:37:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wonderful. Best comment I've seen on Reddit in a long time.
ScrewSnow ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I smoked some weed tonight...
And oh god. I've been laughing at this for 10 minutes now.
spoiledmeat ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:14:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never smoked, but I laughed for five minutes.
dospaquetes ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 10:46:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So you're... half-baked
imhoots ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:15:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Miguel had eyes for Martha
flashbunnny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:07:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Greg noooo!
spoiledmeat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like you. In a that-was-a-nice-pun way.
RonanTheBarbarian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:22:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still a better love story than Twilight.
11equals7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:02:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude ... you can't make me laugh that much in the office. People are starting to look.
spoiledmeat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:15:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love this.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:11:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thank you
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:13:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I swear I procured this potato's marijuana by accident, officer.
Sherlotte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More interesting than many actual scientific papers I've read.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this made my day, im saving this
helstab ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you
Athardude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:12:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This would be more in the spirit of the assignment actually.
Athardude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:36:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, the original assignment required the observations to be two pages long. Plz expand.
princiska ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:15:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to know about the potatoes so bad now !!
the_supersalad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:47:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP Plz deliver!
poubelle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:47:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/potatolifehacks
Athardude ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:21:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There were two phases to the observation. The first was just describing the two potatoes (placed on his table). Color, texture, shape. etc. Things got real when he cut into the potatoes and described the differences between the inside and the outside.
the_supersalad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:36:44 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. Awesome miscommunication there.
zangor ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 04:41:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Potato - A Phenomenological Study
ShabShoral ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:59:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Move aside, Husserl.
anarchography ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:24:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Since I expected to consume these potatoes with ketchup, the absence of ketchup constitutes a positive experience." - Jean-Potato Sartre
min8 ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 04:44:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this needs to be higher up. the image of someone staring at two potatoes for over an hour is hilarious.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:21:56 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And the potatoes can stare back with their eyes.
jakielim ยท 74 points ยท Posted at 03:10:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Potatoes are possibly the funniest food you could stare at for an hour and fifteen minutes.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:01:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you're Latvian, then it's just sad
Arbitraryrules ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 05:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm laughing so hard my husband is giving me dirty looks. That kid must really love potatoes.
SurprisedPotato ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 05:24:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:-D
SgvSth ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 05:27:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, not you, /u/SurprisedPotato.
SurprisedPotato ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 06:13:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:'-(
KalNymeri ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:09:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hugs potato
It's okay. Everyone loves potatoes. :3
SurprisedPotato ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:36:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:-D
ji-yeon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:35:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay, /u/SuprisedPotato. I'll love you.
SurprisedPotato ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:35:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:-D
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:50:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His dad is 'Tater Salad. He goes by 'Tater tots.
TheLollrax ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 07:18:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confused. Did he misread "people" as "potatoes" or what?
Edit: I just scrolled past my own comment and went, "Woah! I had that same question!" I'm dumb.
PlusP38 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 08:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best edit 2015.
TheLollrax ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:05:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, uh, what an honor! I'd like to thank the academy, my parents, and most of all my own stupidity.
SurprisedPotato ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:23:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have to say, I find this disturbing.
Zanctmao ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:27:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is literally the funniest thing I've read on reddit. Also quite possibly the first time I've laughed out loud in the LOL sense. I'm typing through tears.
Athardude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:11:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was by far the best thing I've ever graded.
2boredtocare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:46:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I keep giggling when I try to imagine what was going through their mind as they attempted this assignment.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:53:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Potatoes have feelings too
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:31:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Kevin...
anathebassist ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:27:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Should not have read this at work. Coworker might have thought i was having a seizure with all the shaking i did trying to control my laughter.
MyotisMacrotus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:12:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was quite literally one of the most hilarious comments I've read on reddit. I am dying of laughter, just absolutely dying.
forcebubble ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:52:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best thing I've read today, so far.
Wolf_Am_I_And_Shadow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:27:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to stop reading at "two potatoes" as I'm laughing to hard. honestly, when reading the assignment I always ask myself when I have a clearifying question that, what did the teacher actually intend...but, follow your heart kids there's a future in watching potatoes
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard at this. How do people like this happen? If he got funding for a sociological experiment he would use potatoes to clean silver and hold floral arrangements. lol.
dannytheguitarist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
12 o'clock: still just a potato.
timx21 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:42:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
American mycological society. It must've been interesting observing people's actions after eating some shrooms
Piemasterjelly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:09:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow being able to spend half an assignment talking about staring at a potato for an hour
Im not even joking that kid is college material since that is the kind of bullshit padding skills you need for college essays
familyguyisntfunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:29:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That kid himself sounds like a freakin potato
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/u/chieffy765 read the comments with gold XD
ixiduffixi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:13:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Must have been of Latvian descent.
shuggnog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:39:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Funniest shit I've read all day omg
Zancie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:07:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hm
Axemic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you considered that he thought the assignment was so idiotic that he was doing it on purpose just to mock you?
interests_hodgepodge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:21:59 on November 28, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A food and culture course?! Totally sounds like my thing! Could you tell me a bit more about that class, in general? (It'd be cool if I could take a class like that sometime).
LeiLeiVB ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:21 on April 1, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Horace Christ that's amazing >_<
pteam-pterodactyl ยท 6209 points ยท Posted at 01:59:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I was the student, unfortunately. Took an intro to theatre class in college. The professor randomly assigned us theatre related topics and dates for individual presentations. I knew I'd be absent on my assigned date so he asked me to switch dates and topics with another student. One student agreed to switch with me and when I ask for his topic he says "Minstrel theatre," only I wasn't yet familiar with the word "minstrel" so I thought he said "Menstrual" as in "menstruation." I thought the topic odd, but who was I to know? I knew little of theatre and for all I knew there was an entire genre of plays about menstruation.
So I put the project off until literally the morning of the presentation. It was an 10 minute oral presentation with no sources required, so I figured I'd do a quick Wikipedia read and memorize a little speech in no time. Only there was no wikipedia page on "menstrual theatre." I dismissed it thinking the genre hadn't quite taken off enough yet enough to earn a Wikipedia page and moved to a Google search on "mentrual theatre." I was surprised to find very little on the subject. My most common results were references to The Vagina Monologues which wasn't great, but it was something.
Now I'm 15 minutes before class and I've got nothing on my subject except a lot of reviews and articles on The Vagina Monologues. I suck it up and write the presentation. My name is called to the front of the class and I announce my presentation on Menstrual Theatre. "The most famous play in menstrual theatre today is probably The Vagina Monologues," I begin, and I notice my professor looks horrified already but I continue. I summarize TVM and still have 5 minutes left, so I go into speech about the importance of mentrual theatre to women's rights for "obvious reasons." I finish and sit down and the professor walks silently and confused to the front of the room. "Your topic was minstrel theatre," he says. "Right." "Then why in God's name did you spend your entire presentation talking about The Vagina Monologues and women's rights?" I'm turning red and the whole class is looking at me and I say, "It was a tough topic. That was the only play I could find that mentioned anything about menstruation." The professor was silent for a moment, then it clicked, and he burst into level crazy person laugh.
Pretty sure he talks about me to students to this day. I am "that guy" in a very embarrassing context.
EDIT: Lots of people wondering what my grade was. It was 0. My grade was 0.
wearenighthawks ยท 771 points ยท Posted at 03:57:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think this definitely rivals the King "objection" story. You just made me snort-laugh so hard I'm crying all over again. Thanks! Needed this.
RedBombX ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 06:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm unfamiliar with that story.
voltrebas ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:18:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It was posted elsewhere in this thread
Edit: Apparently my attempt to link to a comment ended up linking to the OP, because I missed one letter...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3t1q82/teachers_of_reddit_what_is_the_greatest_way_a/cx2hc6, and https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3t1q82/teachers_of_reddit_what_is_the_greatest_way_a/cx2hc6p
[deleted] ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 06:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
here to be specific
RedBombX ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:32:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you.
SimpleRy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the link to this thread
lusciouslucius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:13:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I am curious, you can't leave me hanging like this.
wearenighthawks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone else linked back to it below! It was in this thread, about the guy who misunderstood the "Write an objective essay" assignment and instead wrote an OBJECTION to MLK's ideas of race equality, etc.
general_cocktease ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:01:44 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
King objection story?
Edit: found it holy shit
Skinningrizz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:15 on November 29, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is this "King 'objection' story" you're referring too?
wearenighthawks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:18:21 on November 29, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's in this thread. The guy was tasked with writing an objective essay but he wrote an objection instead, to MLK and the civil rights movement. He tells it quite well. Worth the read/laugh.
XenoDrake ยท 68 points ยท Posted at 06:32:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i am laughing my ass off with everyone else, but no one seems to ask, did you pass the assignment?
echjul ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:53:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! I hope you passed!
trans-baby ยท 86 points ยท Posted at 05:31:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't stop crying. I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe. Your suffering brings joy to others.
[deleted] ยท 116 points ยท Posted at 04:13:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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BadsLiteyear ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:47:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, agreed. This one seriously made me cry of laughing. Can't remember the last time that happened. Well done!
Jesta_lurker ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 06:30:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You just know he spells it out every time now.
Again... that is MINStrel theatre ,m-I-n-s-t-r-E-l .
bclem ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 05:52:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read all of that and I still don't know what Minstrel theatre is :(
butter_onapoptart ยท 88 points ยท Posted at 06:07:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you weren't here to learn so its okay.
galindafiedify ยท 146 points ยท Posted at 06:56:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was theatre in the early 1900s that portrayed African Americans as happy but stupid people whose sole purpose was to entertain white people. It started out with whites in blackface but then later evolved into African Americans being able to perform. My professor showed us some montages minstrelcy that were on youtube and they're incredibly cringeworthy and hard to watch.
philipwhiuk ยท 120 points ยท Posted at 09:07:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Y'know what. I think I prefer menstrual theatre.
accentmarkd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno, people still don't respond particularly well to Carolee Schneeman's acts of menstrual theatre, even now.
runetrantor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:25:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So make black people into some sort of jester cartoony parody of their race?
Ktbear23 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:21:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also called Blackface
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 08:04:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Racism as entertainment.
BardsSword ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:36:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blackface.
beniceorbevice ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:31:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yea lots of art majors in this thread can someone explain to the laborers what minstrel theater is? Look even Swype knew the word without me having to correct it ๐
Shaysdays ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 07:04:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Okay, a minstrel show was a show performed usually by white people in blackface, with the characters they depicted being "dumb Negroes." The whole 'shucking and jiving' "Yess Massuh," and "I done tol' you I bin up in the big house, so youse know I'm impotent!" racist humor.
You may know it from Al Jolson's Mammy, which is the most famous minstrel scene on film. ('Mammy' as a character name is a stereotype of a black Civil War mom/nurse/nanny.)
It's ugly, but it happened.
Here's the wiki article- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
FakeAccount92 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:55:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To add to what that other guy said, you may be familiar with a minstrel song or two, like "Oh! Susanna" and "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me" or "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Songs you might not be familiar with include "Jump Jim Crow" which of course was the inspiration for the name of the Jim Crow Laws.
gunhilde ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 04:48:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made me literally laugh out loud. Thanks for sharing!
PubliusVA ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:14:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You made my night.
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:27:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
effing beer on my monitor and stomach cramps.
licketysplitting ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:57:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit that's awesome.
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:32:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
props for having the balls to tell this story dude. Didn't make me laugh. DID make me cringe.
77juicyfruit ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:11:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Amazing
RedBombX ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:15:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry this happened to you, but I'm glad I got to read it.
Best story here.
ProjectArcturus ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:03:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I wasn't so poor I'd gild you. Literally the hardest I've laughed in a long time. Thanks OP.
Scherzkeks ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
omgomgomg i can't breathe because thae laughing. I'm probably crazy person level laughing right now.
Scherzkeks ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:50:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Picturing OP: "why does this pesky 'minstrel theater' shit keep popping up? Ug, that's offensive!"
lol
DownvoteGargler ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:16:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Omg I have hiccups from laughing so hard. This is one of the funniest things I've ever read anywhere, not just Reddit.
mysteryflav ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:21:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god. I'm laughing so hard that I woke my kid up. This is one of the few things that actually got a belly laugh out of me.
essie20 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:39:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is hilarious. I laughed my "level crazy person laugh" for a solid 5 min. Thank you for giving others entertainment with your personal (and very tragic) embarrassment.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:41:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't breathe
songgoddess ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:44:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard I cried. I tried reading it out loud to my boyfriend, and had to stop so many times so I could breathe.
The-Entity ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:47:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard, it started a coughing fit. Thanks for that.
zammyman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:09:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations sir. You have just made me look like a lunatic on my train!
WiFiForeheadWrinkles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm cringe-laughing and it hurts.
cabothief ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best thing I have read today.
mikeballs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely godly.
zack4200 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:14:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is my favorite one in the thread I think
kopfkin0 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most good! Definitely lolled
Protahgonist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did he grade you?
DriffleDrop ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:21:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you get a bad grade or did he give you credit?
CactusBathtub ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:47:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sweet jesus you're a dude?? For some reason that makes this story so hilariously endearing
ILikeMyBlueEyes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:52:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Were these presentations graded? If so, what grade did you get?
notastepfordwife ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:52:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was a girl in high school. In English, we were talking about euthanasia, and she was supposed to write on the topic.
She kinda did. She went on a 15-minute diatribe about Youth. In. Asia.
I was mortified for her.
meowrawrnda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:53:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want you to know that today at work was so awful that I was on the verge of tears twice and have been in just an awful mood.
This right here...this put an end to that. Thank you.
dicedredpepper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you get an A for the presentation?
Calamazooza ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:00:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made me cry with laughter, good job!
M_LO_LA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:01:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i've never laughed so hard at anything i've read on reddit, i'm crying and my eyes burn, i love it!
qantravon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:02:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god, I almost couldn't finish reading because I was laughing so hard!
bananinhao ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"that guy"
Oh shit dude.... I thought u were girl now I'm laughing as fuck
my gf will love to read this
orange_thespian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. I'm a theatre major. This made my fucking week.
meaty-okra ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:09:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just want to say this to you. You took an intro-to-theatre class. That "embarrassing" thing happened to you. Even if the class was just an elective or an easy grade , please dont let it stop you from trying theatre arts again. It was just a misunderstanding. That's all.
fitznewms ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:15:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this same thing in high school, but it was the "Tequila Mockingbird" edition. I got kicked the fuck out
mwagsyoke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:22:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that was beautiful. you brought tears to my eyes
cromulent_word ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What grade did you get?
era_extrana ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:28:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was the outcome? Were you able to redo it since you misunderstood? Did you get a straight up 0, ir did you get at least some points for getting the answer right?
Kamehamehaaaaaaaaaaa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Immediately after reading your first lines, I remembered, I remembered something terribly cringe worthy.
It was in Drama class, we were in pairs and told to play out scratching names in the wall like vandalism. For some stupid reason my partner and I started acting out a kamehameha blast at each other complete with struggle. A classmate saw and asked wtf we were doing. We actually thought we could play out anything until every pair was asked to display their practice to the whole class, THANK GOD we were not first because everyone was doing the same vandalism thing and that's when I realised how bad I could have fucked up.
Tl;Dr KAAA MEEEE HAAAA MEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Sariah23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:33:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So I've gotta know. What was your grade on that assignment?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:36:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What about Menopause: The Musical?
Roger0798 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:46:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god! I hadn't laughed that hard in a very long while! I'm crying in my bed from the (failed) effort at silent laughter, because my parents are next door. Even if they'd woken up it would have been worth it!
CheezyMcWang ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:47:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did you do marks wise?
GreyCr0ss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:51:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guarantee he tells that story to every class he has had since.
SquigglyJoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"It was a tough topic". This is the killer line. I was keeping it together on a quiet bus til this point. Comedy gold.
Shenko-wolf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:11:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was your grade?
Swordfish1929 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:19:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Every year my lecturer tells how she once asked for an assignment on Ships during the pentecontaetia (the 50 years between the Persian and Peloponnesian war) this is an interesting topic about trade and Athenian naval dominance. However my lecturer is Greek and has an accent and one student heard sheep. Cue my lecturer confusedly reading 1500 words on sheep farming in the classical period.
MonikerAddiction ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:21:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've actually seen TVM. Funnier than one would think.
sscjoshua ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please share this on /r/tifu
danmilligan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:26:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You just made my morning about three times better
Permexpat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:30:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That might be the funniest story I've ever read on Reddit...I was in tears by the 2nd paragraph! Thanks op!!
crisco_disco1012 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:45:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That literally made me cry from laughter
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay after all that you gotta tell us if you got a passing grade for the assignment.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:54:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My palms got clammy at the moment of misunderstanding.
vulgar_wheat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:56:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you get a good grade?
minusSeven ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:00:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a feeling you put this out yourself before that teacher of yours could there by taking all the karma and be less embarrassed by it. This belongs into /r/tifu .
MyMetaUsername ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:03:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least you didn't show up in black face and play songs of black American origin.
Reaperlock ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:05:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Being a women, I would have given you gold now (if I had any). I know it must be embarrassing for you then but It sounds pretty hilarious now
lllMONKEYlll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:29:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have been on reddit for about four years and I have to say that this is the first time I laught my ass off with tear in my eyes...... like literally....
You are the winner/ best on this website for me dude....
srqrox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:56:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The best story in the thread :D man you could have killed me with that laughter inducing piece you wrote there.
Nipso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're from the South, aren't you?
SuperPolentaman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was worth scrolling down to read this.
10/10
ThatFag ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:22:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is hilarious. Well-written. Thanks for posting.
radicalfreelo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:29:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've laughed harder at this than anything else in the last week. Thank you so much.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:38:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god I'm laughing so hard my stomach hurts. God bless you.
FlatTyres ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:04:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh God it hurts! It hurts! I've been laughing on the toilet for the last 5 minutes like a crazy person, with the pitch of the laugh getting higher and higher and tears forming around my eyes after reading this!
Psychedelicgoose ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:12:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT GRADE DID YOU GET
LHandrel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:16:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I regret that I only have one upvote to give. This is comedy gold.
hothotsauce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:19:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you at least get a good grade?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:20:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm surprised Google didn't hit you with a "did you mean minstrel theatre?" Or it did and you were like nope.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It could have been worse. You could have done a paper lamenting the loss of the great minstrel shows of the early 1900's in the Catskills.
You could have done the right paper and done the speech in blackface.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"TIFU by switching assignment topics with another student."
iamafoot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:34:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IM CRYING'
joazito ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:39:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok this is "Knowledge is power, France is bacon"-esque level of hilarious.
justinerwin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:53:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I had an a cappella group in college!"
"Oh really, what were you called?"
"The Minstrel Cycles, John..."
"Well that is an unfortunate name."
Imperfectyourenot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:17:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have spent the last 5 minutes trying to get to the end of this post. I couldn't continue as I was laughing out loud, tears running down my face and I spit coffee everywhere.
line10gotoline10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:57:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see the problem here. You were just talking about a good old fashioned menstrual show! https://vimeo.com/108351091
UltimatePhoenix7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:25:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You fucking inspire me as a student because you memorised a 15 minute oral presentation. I'm so fucking proud.
LethalCS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:29:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So what grade did you get?
Thigh_Gap_Of_Rohan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:30:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you Arthur Greenleaf Holmes?
Snowehh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:32:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read this while on lunch break in uni and I had tears in my eyes, funniest thing I think I've ever read.
pgh9fan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:35:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your grade? What about your grade, OP?
mrosten ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:41:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Awesome story and superbly written. Thank-you
Blumpkin_Queen ยท 1101 points ยท Posted at 23:14:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
When I was in the fourth grade, my teacher told the class to write in complete sentences for our first homework assignment.
I heard it as incomplete sentences.
I purposefully made all my sentences fragments. The teacher was neither impressed nor did she believe me.
cromulent_word ยท 104 points ยท Posted at 07:31:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Remember to write in complete sentences!"
RSP16 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:20:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You have been sentenced to surrender, under RCW 0000.00:
i) 0 nothings in damages; and
ii) 0 nothings in penalties
for the misappropriation of 0 nothings
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 11:36:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I want to upvote you, but I wonder if it's funnier that your post (currently) has 0 points. I hope it's because you downvoted yourself for comedy reasons.
Edit: because it was full of zeros, you dopey fuckers.
thedeliriousdonut ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 07:19:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wh-why wouldn't she believe you?
It was ALL incomplete right? Did she think you must've not known what incomplete and complete meant and just thought you were an idiot?
Did she just think you did know but through astronomical odds managed to mess up EVERY TIME?
What was going through her head? Please tell me you're a mind reader.
CarrionComfort ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 07:51:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She probably thought he was being a smart-ass.
BrowsOfSteel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:42:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If that were the case, I wouldnโt even be mad.
Blumpkin_Queen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:39 on December 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
she*
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:37:38 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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thedeliriousdonut ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:45:03 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, lots of teachers in Elementary seem rather intentionally sadistic upon reflection.
nn5678 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:30:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like it could actually be a way to help people realize what complete sentences are. Or maybe give birth to a poet.
Acr1m ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 14:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh gosh, that reminds me of when I was in 3rd grade and I got punished for not bringing my teddy bear (or equivalent) to a slumber party themed day of class. When I was a young boy, all I ever did was play video games and sports. She never believed me once that I didn't have a teddy and after being heartbroken for ever being doubted, I raised a fit and couldn't join the other kids to play :/
ItsJustMeJerk ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:17:43 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know this comment is three days late, but what kind of sadistic teacher punishes a kid because he didn't bring a teddy for their slumber party?
jkljhlgfjh ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 11:40:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In grade 1 I was told before starting a writing test to "write the words out as they sound." Not realizing that this was advice for the kids who didn't know how to spell.
I did not do well on that test.
fine_shrines ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:01:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in 2nd grade, my teacher told me to indent the first word to my paragraph. I indented every single line on the paper.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 10:38:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But you learned about margins, so theres' that.
Gluttony4 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:09:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I recall first grade (I think it was first grade), and being told to put a period at the end of my sentences.
I put a period at the end of every word.
PM_ME_BIGGER_BOOBS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:20:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But why? She said the first word in the paragraph?
Iopia ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 13:30:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because he was in second grade?
kannon17 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:43:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well obviously the rest have to still line up with the first word. It'd be weird to only put spaces in front of that word.
Probably something like that.
MZMD ยท 4535 points ยท Posted at 22:43:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Preschool teacher here. Asked my students to tell me the first sound in "dog", almost every one responded, "woof".
Shaysdays ยท 4568 points ยท Posted at 02:58:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a student, but my daughter was old enough to learn about animal sounds, so we were asking, "What sound does a cow make?" "Mooooo!" What sound does a cat make?" "MEOW!" etc.
As a joke I said, "What sound does a deer make?" And she immediately made a kissy noise. She was very insistent that it's the sound a deer makes. Okay, kid, you're the boss.
I was baffled until my SO came home, walked over to kiss me hello, saying, "Hey dear, how was your day?"
(I'll save you the trouble- they do make sounds, but not kissy ones. Well, maybe that last once a little.)
ZanSquid ยท 2018 points ยท Posted at 03:38:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my gosh that's just adorable.
Arclite83 ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 05:22:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
dox block
RoyBeer ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 07:40:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would never have thought this was a thing before I experienced it a couple days ago. Damn, I'm so happy we didn't buy a carpet yet.
bengle ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:21:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fuck? That sounds awful. I don't want kids.
RoyBeer ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:24:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's OK, I guess. The human parent's body adapts really quick to threats like these. There's always at least two big enough towels ready to cover the exploding child in case of emergency.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:46:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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lostgirl19 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:07:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From the "incident" my Mum told me about my older brother when he was a baby they can and will eat poop if they are so inclined.
smoike ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 07:17:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You memorize the good to assist in tolerating the times you want to just walk away from your child and never see them again.
It's pure luck what ratio you get of the former to the latter.
Dominant_Peanut ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:26:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No no no. You memorize the cute to assist in tolerating the times you want to just walk away from your child and never see them again.
You memorize the good to assist in tolerating the times you straight up want to MURDER THE LITTLE FUCKS.
smoike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:29:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To quote reddit, "found the paremy".
Weep2D2 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 06:11:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. Am male and my ovaries are melting.
muffinmonk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're not male, but I'll respect your decision to be a man
Cayou ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:32:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I litterally melted.
ZanSquid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:28:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh dear, really? I hope you're okay, that sounds messy...
SomNae ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh My Gosh
QCMBRman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:28:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They also make these noises, which are significantly less adorable
https://youtu.be/JzwbOZKfrUQ
KissMyAspergers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:38:03 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well... That was uncomfortable.
zack4200 ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 04:33:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My 2 year old cousin has stopped calling my aunt "mommy" and now calls her "honey" because that's what my uncle always calls her.
EyebrowZing ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:23:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My kids call me dad, but when they address they use "honey" since that's how they see my wife get my attention.
encaseme ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 04:54:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My daughter has a similarish story; we were asking her what noises various animals make, and we end up at chicken, which she apparently doesn't know the sound they make, so she pauses a minute and says "...eggs"
Shaysdays ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:03:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eggs is a sound now. Let it be known.
revital9 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:33:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is known.
Can_Comfirm ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:02:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Comfirmed.
NerdFromDenmark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:54 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And bird is a word
bless_ure_harte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:20 on March 16, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Howtobasic confirmed
ThatDuckIsAStatue ยท 199 points ยท Posted at 04:25:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was playing this game with my 2 year-old niece, she was giving the standard answers, so I thought I would try to stump her. I asked her what sound an Alaina (her name) makes and she goes "I talk!" It was adorable :)
Shaysdays ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 04:34:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She sounds like a smart cookie!
PunchedinthePunch ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:06:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just want to say Alaina is a great name, never heard it before but I like it. :)
Chaost ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:54:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't is just alternative spelling to Elena?
PunchedinthePunch ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:00:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I suppose it could be pronounced that way. I also thought Elena was Eh-Leh-Nuh, but I read Alaina as Ah-Lay-Nah. But I see how Elena could be pronounced the same way.
professional_giraffe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:10:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I grew up (in the late 90s) with a best friend named Alaina. It's said like "Ah-Lay-Nah" like in your example, similar to "Elaina" (Eh-Lay-Nuh) and I've seen it spelled and pronounced all three ways, sometimes interchangeably by people that weren't as close to know exactly how to say it.
ms-elainius ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 04:35:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my gosh that's so freakin sweet. Not as cute, but when my brother would make noises of all the animals in some book and it came to lizards, he just stuck his tongue out/in a bunch of times.
Shaysdays ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:38:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah! You reminded me- bunnies make this noise- wiggles nose
IsNotACleverMan ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 03:39:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is so adorable. I just squealed a little bit in delight.
luke_in_the_sky ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 03:46:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh deer
IsNotACleverMan ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 03:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
makes kissy noises
theluggagekerbin ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:27:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
now kiss .. uhhh .. I mean ..
pamplemouss ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:42:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only semi-related, but my niece's first word was "moooo" (to refer to her stuffed animal cow, and also the cow in a picture book). Before mama or dada, "mooo."
Shaysdays ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 04:42:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If she grows up and goes into cattle husbandry, she's got a hell of a story. A meat cute, you might say I'll let myself out...
death_and_delay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had no idea what the phrase meet cute meant until I watched iZombie.
pamplemouss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:42:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, I love that show!
JediMasterVII ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My parents super trolled me with animal sounds when I was a kid. They would do that same exercise with me, but then they would tell me that the walrus goes CuCuCachu.
First time I heard The Beatles I felt so dumb. And a little lied to. But mostly I laughed and high fived my parents for an excellent long con.
Shaysdays ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:50:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love your parents for that. Troll parents are the best.
For years now I have sung to my young son, "I'm all outta hugs, I'm so lost without you!" to get a hug, to this tune. He has no idea what the song actually is, as far as he's concerned it's my goofy hug song.
Some day he will be listening to an oldies station or something and Air Supply will come on- I expect an exasperated phone call.
Torvaun ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:26:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you me? That was their go-to stupid kid trick with their friends, asking me animal sounds, and then ending with "what sound does a walrus make?" And every single time, I would dutifully inform them that the walrus goes coocoocachoo.
JediMasterVII ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:33:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow get out of my head please
sparklebombfairy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:28:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
so precious
fisch09 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:33:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please put that in some kinda memory book, or hallmark commercial.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:30:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like a great intro into "every kiss begins with Kay."
gowahoo ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:08:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
your daughter is already telling dad jokes :)
Ihmhi ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's so cute I projectile vomited a rainbow. :x
hypervelocityvomit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:13:32 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
~TFW your alias is relevant~
sweet_roses ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:54:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She's observent. Nurture that little brain and she will make you million$$$$$
Shaysdays ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:58:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was a loooooong time ago. She is currently evaluating which college would be best for biochemistry.
PsycleCycho ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of the time we were having trouble with our 2 year old waking up too early in the morning. Before bed time I looked at her with my serious face and said, "Tomorrow, I want you to have a great big lie in."
She looked at me and screwed up her face and went "roarrr" in her loudest toddler voice. It took my wife and I a second and then I said to our daughter, "No. Not a great big lion. A great big lie in."
Now she is grown up there's a part of me that thinks she knew exactly what she was doing.
Shaysdays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made me do one of those deep throated chuckles that makes your whole upper body bounce a little with each laugh, your kid is awesome!
jekarabbit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What does the Fox say?
ObviouslyAnnie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This story made my night. Adorable.
SetOfAllSubsets ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok sure but I'm kinda curious. What does the Fox say?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made my day. Cheers.
karnata ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:04:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you my mom? Because legend says I did the same thing when I was little.
Shaysdays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I am your mom, you are in trouble, you should be asleep because of that math test tomorrow!
karnata ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol, I'm WELL past math test age. In fact, I just helped my teenage daughter with her Algebra 2 homework tonight.
Shaysdays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oooh! Mine (the deer one, as well as my dear one) is writing college essays this week. It's bittersweet.
caromst ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:23:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My dad has a Halloween video asking all of us about our costumes.
My brother was a train engineer, so my dad asked, "brother, what sound does a train make?" choo choo as he pulls down on the whistle
My sister was a duck, so my dad asked, "sister, what is your costume?" "sister, what sound does a duck make?" Her response: quack quack, as she flaps her wings.
I on the other hand, I was a butterfly.
him: "caromst, what are you for Halloween?"
me: a butterfly flaps wings
him: "caromst, what sound does a butterfly make?"
me: ....... confusion and pondering of a four year old
me: tweet tweet flaps arms dad laughing [me walking down the steps, reaching bottom, tripping off screen]
Shaysdays ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:28:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know it's a lot asking for a VHS pull or whatever, but I really want to see this!
caromst ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:18:41 on November 27, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've been looking. I can't seem to find anything. Crappy phone version recording the screen, converted version, not even the real deal.
One day, I'll get you this!
Shaysdays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:57 on November 27, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yay! Thank you for remembering!
pkim1230 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:41:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
here's how it looks as a comic http://imgur.com/Dp8d0Ol
Shaysdays ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:11:05 on May 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason I was browsing through old comments and saw this today- I'm sorry I missed it way back when, it's lovely and I appreciate it so much!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:33:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God i want a kid so bad
senor_moustache ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that as hissy. I was lost for a minute.
runescapesmybitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hear that sound they make all the time, when go hunting I just get on Reddit
McBollocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that deer has great timing. i have a feeling he was hungry or lost his mama though. :/
LivesLavishly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, they actually kinda DO make kissey sounds. Especially if you start separating the parents from the kids, that's EXACTLY the sound they make.
FallingOffALog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The animal sounds are so cute and wonderful until you pull up at Sonic, order a chicken sandwich, and suddenly hear "bok bok" coming from the toddler in the back seat. Thanks, kiddo, for reminding me an innocent chicken died for my meal.
SpiffAZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your daughter just made a Dad Joke. That is amazing.
f__ckyourhappiness ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That last one was freaking horrifying with headphones.
Shaysdays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would recommend not clicking on what the fox says above, then.
PicardZhu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mmmm, I hear dinner calling.
Plazmotech ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Color_rad_oh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Smart kid.
icaccountforme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:19:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminded me of when I was a child my Aunt asked me what kind of "pop" I like. I, not knowing the word "pop" since I lived in a "soda" state, thought she meant my dad so I told her "one with a moustache".
azhthedragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a similar vein, when my oldest was very young we did the "what sound does a [...] make" game quite a bit. One day I asked "what sound does a car make?", thinking something like vroom vroom. With a big smile she said "car goes 'beep, beep, BANG!'". I rang my ex and demanded to know when our daughter had been in a car accident.
dumbquestions1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:28:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently when I was little, my mom would ask me the same questions. When she got to "What sound does a mouse make?" I would reply with "click click!"
noneofyourbizwax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:41:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A friend of mine trained his nephews to respond properly:
What sound does a dog make? "woof"
What sound does a cat make? "meow"
What sound does a lamb make? "tssss" (on the grill)
Uncreative_Color ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:42:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's strange how different mule deer and whitetail deer move around and generally act.
DagonPie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My baby cousin did the same thing, except we used to ask her what noise a giraffe made and she would just go "Giraffe giraffe giraffe" Until I showed her the real sound a giraffe made...lets just say my aunt was not thrilled of the noise her daughter started making.
Bobbyfrasier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:28:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is very cute ! :D
PandorasCrusade ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:40:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what does the fox say?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
haha this is actually adorable!
Durbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:05:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom went through something similar with my sister. Sister would see dad pull into the driveway and shout, "Honey's home, mama!" She was young enough that she believed that was his first name.
Fornax96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:14:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what does the fox say?
purpleefilthh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:17:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For me, from now on, deer make kissy sounds.
heart4world ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My then-2yo niece made an entire line of knock knock jokes in that vein. If a cow was there, "cow who?" was "moooo". Then inanimate objects started arriving, and their sounds were appropriate onomatopoeia, such as "basketball who?"/"swish".
_________________-- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:51:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids say the funniest things.
hothotsauce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My parents told me I did something similar when I was very little but it wasn't as adorable. One day they were asking me "What sound does a cat make?" and I'd say meow, "Bird?" and I'd say chirp chirp, and to challenge me they asked "What sound does a donkey make?" and I paused to think, looking confused, and then took a deep breath and shrieked "DO DO DO DO DONNNKEEEEYYY" like a banshee.
maffoobristol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:34:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's brilliant. Some stray observations:
nova20 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:11:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They also blow and snort when threatened. Sometimes they get so aggressive with it that it sounds like one of those paper party favor blowing things... you know that unroll and kinda make that distinctive sound that instantly makes you think "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
On a not-so-unrelated note, it's weird to be on the stand at 7am and suddenly start thinking about what you want for your birthday.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:49:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know what sound they make thanks to Borat.
Beeet. Beeeet
loudwhitenoise ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:46:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That buck sounds like a creaking door.
ReservoirKat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:35 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is so damn cute, it made my day <3
Darkvoid10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:40:14 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your daughter will grow up to have the wit of 50 men.
NextToNumb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:08 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cutest thing I've read this week.
the_supersalad ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 01:34:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No! That is the first sound out of dog!
2059FF ยท 185 points ยท Posted at 03:08:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If woof is the first sound out of dog, it must have been in dog first. Point, preschooler.
adultabortion ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:12:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, if you're using a queue data structure, but who's to say dogs don't implement stacks?
The_Caelondian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:55:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I prefer the Scrabble structure myself
theniceguytroll ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:12:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pictionary is where it's at, bro!
The_Caelondian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah! Totally forgot about that one. Its recognition abilities can be a little bit... dense, though.
Is_A_Velociraptor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:20:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I understood that reference.
the_supersalad ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:38:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ooooooh touchรฉ.
theguth ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:12:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LIFO not FIFO
johnnyringo771 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:37:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
MatticusjK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NUH UH
MajorLaz0rz ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:19:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you put a bullet in their head they hardly make any noise.
the_last_fartbender ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Steady on there Lt.
blirkstch ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 02:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like one of the main points people are going over with pre-preschool kids on a daily basis is what sound what animal makes, so you can kinda forgive them. You hear a sentence with "sound" and "dog" in it and you just think "oh shit, I know this."
Vinnie_Vegas ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:16:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The real question us why the fuck do we prioritise the sounds that animals make as a central aspect of early childhood education?
vickysunshine ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:55:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It keeps the kids interested in learning and communication. I'm a speech therapy student right now, and some of the kids I'm working with have goals of using environmental sounds, which includes animal noises (and noises like yum, pop, vroom, etc). These kids aren't verbally communicating at the level they should be, so taking small steps to help them start speaking can be very helpful.
Shaysdays ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:50:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pattern recognition and setting the stage for reading later. Kids love making animal noises. Many early childhood picture/word books feature animals. They go hand in hand.
Vinnie_Vegas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's a little circular in logic, isn't it?
potamosiren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:20:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always thought it was creepy that we spend so much time reading our young books about cute animals doing human-like things, while simultaneously feeding them dead pieces of many of those same animals (and/or murdering them in the garage a la John Hodgman). Then at some point we have to break it to them that not only does the cow go moo and the chicken go cluck and the duck go quack, they also all go sizzle and gulp. The mouse in the garage of course goes squeak, and then <snap>.
7Superbaby7 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:51:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a 17 month old son. I have found that bombarding him with questions holds his attention better than any toy would. We are working on body parts and animal sounds. I think we do the animal sounds because no pictures required and there are a lot of different animals. The point you make is an excellent one though I don't know what to teach instead.
vickysunshine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:00:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup you're exactly right! They didn't understand OP's question so they went with what they usually answer when asked about sounds and dogs. It's a strategy normally developing kids at that age use.
TheWorldConqueror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have yet to meet a preschooler who says "s***"
4steraceae ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:49:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So cute.
LaStrasbourgeoisette ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:17:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Former Pre-K teacher here to confirm accuracy of this experience.
that-writer-kid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Substitute here to double-confirm it. Kids that age only hear about 50% of any given sentence.
OzmodiarTheGreat ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:44:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How embarrassing! You should have asked them for the first phoneme. That would have been unambiguous and they wouldn't have gotten confused.
icansodothis ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:25:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a preschooler and this made me laugh so much.
diosmuerteborracho ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:53:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those idiots.
needtomakerent ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:31:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids are so dumb.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:17:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Look people, we seem to have a smart adult among us.
Is_A_Velociraptor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:21:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid short monkeys
dizzyzane_ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:31:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i wanna teach preschool now
sooo cute, little fuckers.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:26 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
calm down Jared
PatronymicPenguin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:23:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's completely adorable.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason, in Korean, when you ask what noise a dog makes they say "mong mong" instead of woof woof
-del2phi ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:24:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's adorable though. I hope you at least have them partial credit.
MyersVandalay ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 03:29:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, they all deserve F's stapled to their permanent records.
Why yes Mr Jones, I see you graduated top of your class at Harvard.... oh wait what is this, you got an F in pre-school, I'm sorry sir we don't hire failures here at Burger King.
Eversooner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's really cool. Entertaining yea, but to experience molding a kids mind educationally must be cool. Especially if you teach more than 1 grade level and get to witness the mental growth.
Cianalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is adorable and I love it.
drainbead78 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's adorable.
ReddSpy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know it helps kids learn but it really is such a stupid question to their ears.
PeopleOnPaper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is my favorite.
JazzFan419 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it bad that I misread the question and said "bark" in my head???
Taybyrd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach after school phonics program for ESL students. This happens daily and in foreign languages.
loonybeans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's so cute though.
DrFegelein ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:29:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's cute as fuck
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean....that is the first sound in most of them
vickysunshine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a strategy that kids use when they don't understand the question. They understood "sound" and "dog," so they just said what they thought might be the answer.
banamana27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I graduated preschool over 20 years ago. It took me 5 read-thrus to figure out why they were wrong.
funkydo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Took me a few reads to figure out what was wrong with that.
Stxvey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sigh, I spent a few seconds trying to figure out what the problem was, then I realized.
drainbamage92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well they probably don't know the sound of d, or maybe they don't even recognize the letter! Sorry to be totally off topic but i hope you focus on recognizing alphabet letters with them :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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lezarium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:21:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm German and don't understand either. Even thinking about every possible meaning of the word "sound" gets me nowhere. Just looked it up in the dictionary with no success. Wtf is going on here? Is the answer "d" without the "e"-sound? If so, that's a fucking stupid question.
Rudirs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If one student gets it wrong, it's their fault. If only one student gets it right, it's the teacher's fault.
Beejsterb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Na, it's bow wow
Medievalhorde ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You better have gave them all zeros! Those smart asses.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:28:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what does the fox say?
OhioMegi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:13:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol! I just asked mine for the first sound in cat and got "meow". Good thing these kids make me laugh!
winterpolaris ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:12:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had this exact moment with an ELL first grader just yesterday. Took pretty much all my willpower to keep a straight face.
MollyRowe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:23:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were thinking of teaching my niece that an uncommon animal such as a giraffe makes a firetruck noise. so that whenever she hears a firetruck she points and says "giraffe!"
ichael333 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had firefighters come into our preschool to talk about firework night, and being safe, and they were going through the group asking their names.
Now of course it had to be my key child, when they got to him he just says "I'm a dog". For every question he got from them afterwards he just went, "woof".
On a separate occasion, we had the police come in, and when they asked "who should you get when you see someone in trouble?", again, my key child stood up and shouted "ME!"
This kid is gonna be the class clown, I gaurentee it.
elbekko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:49:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blackadder: I spy, with my bored little eye... something beginning with "T".
Baldrick: Breakfast!
Blackadder: What?
Baldrick: My breakfast always begins with tea. Then I have a little sausage. Then a egg with some little soldiers.
Blackadder: Baldrick, when I said it begins with "T," I was talking about a letter.
Baldrick: No, it never begins with a letter! The postman don't come 'til 10:30!
TheLowSpark ยท 4894 points ยท Posted at 21:05:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I was teaching a college history class and the students were assigned a book called Lieutenant Nun, about a woman who fled Spain for the new world dressed as a man and lived the rest of her life as a man. It's about 100 pages and takes about an hour to read if you are focused.
One of my students bought the book online from half.com or something like that, and ended up reading 300 pages of dense feminist philosophy about gender roles in the 16th century. If nothing else he had some very interesting contributions to our discussion that day
jealousjelly ยท 3098 points ยท Posted at 23:53:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kind of similar. My friend in college was assigned The Little Prince, instead he grabbed a copy of The Prince. I think he went ahead with the assignment.
TheLowSpark ยท 2256 points ยท Posted at 00:00:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I just treated it as if he did the assignment. Guy did much more work than was necessary and probably learned something in the bargain.
rex48 ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 04:20:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best. Teacher. Ever.
ThellraAK ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 07:09:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a freshman health teacher who loved Word Searches and Crosswords. I hated them with a burning passion, would spend hours on the shit.
So I decided to treat them like a vocabulary worksheet, and write the meaning of each word out with a full sentence. got a 0%.
Went ahead and did it with the definition, and used it in a sentence.
0%
Luckily the principal saw it my way and made her adjust it.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:40:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fuck learning comprehension
Vhu ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:22:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's awesome of you, thanks for being reasonable. I've had plenty of professors who would either fail it or give me a close to failing grade for it for not turning something in pertaining to the assigned reading material as a punishment for not paying enough attention.
CommanderDub ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:40:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are a good person
goonin12 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:48:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think that's a great way to handle that; I've had teachers who would have made him redo the assignment or dock him points. Good on you๐
CrispyBacon_87 ยท -104 points ยท Posted at 01:52:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You don't learn anything good by reading The Prince.
Edit: I'm loving the down votes. Keep em coming. The word "good" in my post is meant as "just" or "moral" etc. Good and evil.... Blah. You heathens will never understand.
PSPHAXXOR ยท 149 points ยท Posted at 01:58:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except that the only way to rule a state is with an iron will and copious amount of false-love for your people.
timbomcchoi ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 03:20:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
aaaaand what many of the most powerful rulers of the 16th century were thinking
Vinnie_Vegas ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 03:55:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that it's actually satire, and Machiavelli was actually an ardent opponent of the power of the ruling class?
He was actually imprisoned, tortured and eventually exiled by the Medici family for "conspiracy", and it's his first hand experience with the Borgias and Medicis that influenced him to write The Prince.
It was a vitriolic and sardonic takedown of the kind of immoral power aggregation that these powerful families were employing at the time, but it is commonly misinterpreted as a legitimate condoning of that philosophy in the modern era.
Achierius ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 06:08:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not the only interpretation; many scholars do think that he in fact was trying to get himself returned from exile through a resume of sorts, which does make sense. He always loved court life and couldn't really stand it when he was kicked out. In any case, it's not that great of a satire; it has pretty applicable advice and was in no way extreme. Any real satire could quite possibly have resulted in his death.
Vinnie_Vegas ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:15:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But the texts the published text (which wasn't released until after his death) was based on actually pre-date his exile, don't they?
Cuyler1377 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:47:37 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's probably the same people that glorify Gatsby without realizing that's also social commentary condemning that sort of indulgent lifestyle.
CrazyLogical1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:56:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The best part is that the people he was going "fuck you" at took it seriously and ended his exile. Resulting in many people thinking it was an attempt at ass kissing to get back into favor.
xxam925 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm aware of that. The methods laid out worked then and if you look at other endeavors they work now.
For example he speaks about being known as a miser as opposed to generous, thus when you do something for someone they feel special instead of the generous lord whose vassals take goodwill for granted and expect generosity. Thus loyalty is built on an individual basis.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:21:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should play some EUIV.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:52:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fun Fact: Macchiavelli was trolling
http://www.cracked.com/article_18787_6-books-everyone-including-your-english-teacher-got-wrong.html
greedcrow ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 03:55:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He wasnt really trolling. He was more or less saying i dont agree with your ideas but if i did i would do it better than you. Here is how. He was basically saying that they were all idiots.
princesskate ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:06:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like OJ Simpson and "if I did it"!
misterspokes ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:33:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"If I did it" was supposed to be one chapter in an OJ Simpson biography. The Browns and Goldmans sued over him making money with it, won expanded the chapter and made the book into a total hackjob of him. Not that I care...
Czerny ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 04:23:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Are you citing a cracked article as a source? Machiavelli may not have agreed with the views he was writing about, but they were most definitely a serious critique of the ruling class at the time.
Edit: Well even that is wrong. The Prince is actually written pretty much in accordance with his political beliefs. More qualified historians weigh in here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/112y2b/was_the_prince_by_machiavelli_written_as_satire/c6iyiw5?context=1
Gathorall ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:53:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to believe something to be right to recognize it as effective.
PSPHAXXOR ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:47:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not necessarily trolling, but making a shrewd political move. He was able to cater to the Medici family by writing The Prince, and thus was able to retain their favor for a little while longer.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:04:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like to think it was one of my more eye-opening assignments in college.
StrangerJ ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:06:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you so harm a man then you should do it in such a manner that he should not ever be in a position that he might recover and seek vengeance.
It is better to be feared than loved but one should avoid being hated at all cost.
If you have to do something incredibly unpopular but needed for a common good, get a right hand man to do it then publically denounce him later while still reaping the benefits of what he did.
All solid, useful advice for real life
The_Prince1513 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, I resent that.
Czerny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You get a very good grasp of an all-too-common philosophical viewpoint. You can't properly deny a differing viewpoint if you don't understand what it's trying to say.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:50:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think this is the most ironic post ever entered during Reddit's history. Apparently here all you have to do is insult someone's sexuality, neckbeard status, or ability to have sex.
So much easier than understanding a differing point of view and creating concise, reasonable arguments.
SadGhoster87 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:58:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck is The Prince?
Rusticity ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 02:03:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Machiavelli's political treatise. Where we get the term "Machiavellian" from.
Vladimir-Pimpin ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 02:03:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The book written by Machiavelli. Rule through respect and fear, not love. The sort of thing that any aspiring despot should consider required reading imo (and many monarchs did!). And normal people for that matter, some good life lessons in that book.
Mysteryman64 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:16:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, technically, rule through respect, fear, AND love.
But if you can't manage that, then at least respect and fear.
bartoksic ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:48:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"So long as you are not hated."
CrispyBacon_87 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:13:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a how-NOT-to.
specialdialingwand ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:16:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was satire so effective people hundreds of years in the future took (and continue to take) it completely seriously.
bartoksic ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:49:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a goofy revisionist interpretation that virtually no one takes seriously. There was an /r/AskHistorians thread on it.
mrgarfieldthecat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:11:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Do you have link to the thread? I'm interested in learning about it.
Czerny ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:26:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/112y2b/was_the_prince_by_machiavelli_written_as_satire/c6iyiw5?context=1
Here is the relevant conversation
mrgarfieldthecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks!
ChickMangione ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:02:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Machiavelli's guide on how to be an effective dictator
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:05:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Effective and/or (probably or) bloody and violent
bandersnatchh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:11:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...so effective...
There aren't many non-violent dictatorships...
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:17:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's more of a how not to book. If I remember correctly he wrote it to fuck someone over when they took his advice.
BlueFireAt ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:51:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read it, and most of the advice made plenty of sense. If it was a satire then it wasn't very obvious at all.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Arming people who oppose you and living in the same city as them hardly seems like good advice imo. But he does some what substantiate his claims which is the point. It would hardly be a good trap for the new prince if he didn't. But I never called it satire, that would imply it's funny. I view it more as a piece of political philosophy that sounds correct but would ultimately doom a ruler who followed his advice.
Machiavelli was a republican who hated the prince who overthrew the republic so he wrote The Prince in the hopes that the new prince would follow his advice.
BlueFireAt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
AFAICR, he says nothing like that. His main advice on that is "destroy utterly those who oppose you, and reward those who support you. Doing otherwise strengthens your opponents and embitters your supporters."
ChickMangione ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:04:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He definitely didn't seem to be in favor of that type of governance, but I believe it was an honest analysis of the system and strategies for maintaining order under a dictator, but who knows.
I think he was in favor of the idea of a republic, as the Discourses on Livy go into in depth. But those aren't as fun to read, and don't hold up as well.
Vinnie_Vegas ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Posted above as well, but just for fun:
sbobsbobson ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:02:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
Anandya ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:27:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a parody written by an italian called Machiavelli. People often forget that bit and read it as if it was real. It's entirely satirical and meant to teach you NOT to be a dictator.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:40:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Parody of what?
gsfgf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude's not really wrong. It was written as satire. Learning from The Prince is like learning from The Onion. It has influences from the culture of the day โ some of which may be more instructive than traditional history, but you can't take the text seriously at all.
thelotusknyte ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:39:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you retarded?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:40:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you realize it's satire?
TinyBahamut ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:29:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could have just clarified yourself instead of acting like an ass.
CrispyBacon_87 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Heathen!
TinyBahamut ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:57:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ooookay, you're just a dumbass. Have a great day.
thesublieutenant ยท 74 points ยท Posted at 02:21:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My university book store just recently changed the way they categorize books for class. Before they arranged it by department. So all the psych books would be in one are, all the biology books in another etc.
Apparently there were a number of cases of students buying the wrong book for a class, since different profs use different textbooks. The most notable I heard was some first year student bought the wrong math textbook (which they use for problem sets for assignments). Ended up getting like a 4th year algebra text for an intro class, and couldn't figure out why the problems were so hard. Eventually went to the prof in near tears because he was always in class paying attention but couldn't figure out question 1.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blows my mind that he didn't talk to anyone in class, try to make a study group, or try to see tutors.
Then again first year student... kinda makes sense
thesublieutenant ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:40:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My guess is that the kid was too proud to go that route. Im in my last year, and im taking a couple lower level classes just to fill out my degree, and its an experience to go from senior level seminars to a first year course. You see so many kids who in high school were the smartest in their class, and were used to being able to challenge the teacher on a subject, only to get shut down. Or kids who never needed to ask for help ever and now suddenly have to and they almost dont know how.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:21:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well being an idiot prepared me for college in that sense
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:12:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or an anti-social semi-aspergers math student who's afraid of speaking to the people around him
-rougewaffle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My university book store also recently did this, where do you go to school?
MasteroftheHallows ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:47:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
U of C?
[deleted] ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:22:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You must protect the rose ruthlessly, crushing any who would harm even a petal, but you can do it most effectively through subterfuge. For instance, appear to be a harmless hat, but in truth once you are close enough you may reveal yourself to in fact be a snake large enough to consume an elephant whole!
darkslide3000 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 08:59:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hehe, nice! Too bad reddit is largely not literate enough to appreciate that.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:22:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Apparantly they do, hence the downvotes.
luke_in_the_sky ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:24:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh. This one?
http://pre00.deviantart.net/d562/th/pre/i/2012/007/0/1/the_little_prince_by_fauna93-d4llnsy.jpg
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:13:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember reading an untranslated Sir Gawain and The Green Knight freshman summer of high school. Fucking impossible. I had no idea there were modern translations
throwaway1551234 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:24:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was supposed to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, but I ended up reading The Invisible Man by HG Wells. It was an individual assignment, though, so I still got a good grade, but my teacher told me she was very confused when she was grading it (she wasn't the brightest person, tbh).
vulgarwanderer ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:28:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do an assignment relating it to topics in psych class. We had to watch "shine"a movie about a pianist.. But my friend was watching "the shining", he said, none of it makes sense... Through uncontrollable laughter I told him "shine" was the movie he needed
Edit: formatting
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:01:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"The Prince must protect his realm beyond anything".
-"Ok, when does the Fox show up?"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And more importantly, what does it say?
SmeeGod ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The worst thing is that you might go pretty far into an essay before realizing the mistake.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:28:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he found out what it sounds like when the doves cry?
FranklinDeSanta ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:54:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Little Prince is the shit, I tell ya.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:58:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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meggawat ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 02:27:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
An introductory French language course.
HHB4LYFE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blouses.
re_dditt_er ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:48:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Literally.
Fullmetal9780 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:59:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I am your friend.
jealousjelly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:01:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you have a giant gray cat and make frequent trips to a cookie/ice store when I visit, then I might be.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:24:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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beardedheathen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:42:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whitehouse.com is probably in that same category.
leviathan908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Le Petit Prince. Just a snake in the grass.
crushcastles23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's actually a really good book.
errerrr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:08:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aw The Little Prince is one of my favorites from childhood!
voiceofnonreason ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unpackaging The Prince vs The Little Prince? Oh, that poor, poor sap!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Machiavelli?
ShabShoral ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know why I find this so funny, but thank you.
MagicalGirlTRex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's quite a difference
But fuck yeah The Little Prince
I_am_not_a_guitar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have the opposite story, was assigned to read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. My friend read the Jungle book and wondered why people were taking long to read it.
Renovatio_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like Machiavelli; its practical and still has some pretty decent advice if you ignore some of the shadier, unethical stuff.
GrahamHosken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:05:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
even as an adult i love that book
EDIT: The little prince
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Students, what was the book's message?"
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:26:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But why fox, why did you saw your general on the public place?
Release_the_KRAKEN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Little Prince as in the supremely derpy famous French book?
jealousjelly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:00:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the one.
Release_the_KRAKEN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:01:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god. I remember reading that stupid bastard book in grade 7. And then watching the movie for it. It was like tripping major balls while being stone cold sober. Impressively jarring.
LordoftheSynth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:28:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Coming to theatres in fall 2016, starring Peter Dinklage as a ruthless 16th-century Italian noble. Also starring Prince as Pope Paul III.
nokayy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
"Your assignment this week is 'The Little Prince'"
"Go big or go home"
flynnsanity3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:06:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3t4tr8/wp_you_are_a_grade_school_teacher_you_just/
Dobako ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:11:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh this reminds me of high school. We were assigned the book "Sophie's world" over the summer, which goes through different philosophies in time. One guy apparently ended up reading "Sophie's choice" instead.
Arcterion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, the Machiavelli book?
VonEich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have too.
http://metallica.wikia.com/wiki/The_Prince_%28song%29
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:42:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to read Hamlet when I was in 8th grade, and a friend of mine picked a children's book version. It was 90% pictures. Teacher was not amused
Josh_The_Boss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:57:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just looked up synopsises of both, I don't think you could find more different stories.
Sen7ineL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Prince, as in Il Principe, by Machiavelli, right? Good guy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:32:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Go big or go home.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:00:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of when my sister read The Invisible Man by HG Wells instead of the one by Ralph Ellison.
mccoyn ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 01:08:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OT, but I once thought I was setting my DVR to record Shaft the 2000 remake of a 1970s cult classic, but instead recorded The Shaft the 2001movie about a demon possessed elevator that goes on a killing spree.
TastyBrainMeats ยท 122 points ยท Posted at 02:07:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Not many horror-movie monsters can be effectively rendered harmless by means of a well-placed "Out of Order" sign.
Alexxm ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:18:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Mangler perhaps?
TastyBrainMeats ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:41:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, god, I've heard about that one before. Isn't it literally a possessed clothes-washing mangler?
Alexxm ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:50:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah
TheLowSpark ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:18:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had the 2000 remake on vhs. A true classic!
Releventcomments ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:42:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You linked shaft twice.
mccoyn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:43:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry about that. Here is The Shaft: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0247303/
foofdawg ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:39:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend's dad dropped us off at the movies (I realize now he wasn't spending time with his son like he was supposed to for visitation, but we thought he was awesome for taking us to the movies and dropping us off.).
Unfortunately he meant to drop us off to see "Goonies" and instead bought us tickets to see "Ghoulies". Instead of kids hunting treasure, it was demons in toilets and such. We were probably technically old enough to see a horror movie, but definitely not by mpaa standards. We both had nightmares, lol
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:53:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Part of visitation doesn't have to exclude fostering his son's social connections. It would be horrible to have friends during the week, but be cut off from them on the weekends at dad's place.
Teens wanting to spend more time with friends than parents is an expected transition (depending on how old you two were at the time).
If dad palmed his son off on other people & other activities all weekend, that's just shitty parenting.
JMEEKER86 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similarly, Jack Frost(1998) is the Disney movie with Michael Keaton an Jack Frost(1997) is about a serial killer, but both are snowmen.
Oaden ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:17:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that its a remake? Its based on a 1983 dutch film "De lift" by the same director.
Apparently it was successful enough to warrant a remake.
LittleBigKid2000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:24:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a dick-related joke in here somewhere
CybernewtonDS ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:18:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly expected him to admit to recording a pornographic film...
wesavelifes ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 02:36:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was supposed to read "Invisible Man" in the 11th grade. I found a copy of "The Invisible Man" at my grandparents house. My cheap ass brain looked no further into it because I didnt have to buy it anymore
tigger0jk ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:09:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck. I did this too, except I got to pick my book from a list. My objective was to optimize for entertainment value first, and brevity second. So I took some titles that sounded good to me and consulted my well-read mother for her opinion. She confirmed that "Hey, 'The Invisible Man' isn't too long and it's fun sci-fi stuff, I'm sure you'll like it!" She would have been right, but as it turned out, the book on the list wasn't The Invisible Man the 150 page optical sci-fi novella by H. G. Wells. It was Invisible Man, the 580 page magnum opus by Ralph Ellison on social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans in the early twentieth century.
I went and got the book from the library, unaware that it was NOT the science fiction work. I guess I wasn't a very sharp high-schooler, because I must have gotten a full 50 pages in before it dawned on me that no one in this book was going to be LITERALLY invisible, that they were just figuratively invisible. At this point I realized I was in over my head, I hadn't signed up for 600 pages of intense racial commentary. But I felt like I was committed, so I kept going. My rate of progress every week got slower and slower, until I might as well have just been carrying a brick to and from school in my backpack every day, with a bookmark in it never to move past page 207. And then one day, the Raspberry Iced Tea Snappleยฎ in my lunch opened up, spilled all over everything, and ruined the book. I did not mourn the loss, I just paid the library and gave up.
Daannii ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 00:07:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something similar happened to me. Few semesters back I tried saving some money by buying an older edition for a learning and memory psychology class. Was about a $100 difference in cost.
Anyway, the older version had an additional 168 pages.
As this was for an online course I read all the chapters. Necessary for the timed tests.
Screwed myself a bit by adding a substantial amount of reading material each week.
Wasn't worth the $100.
SadGhoster87 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:59:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, reading!
Daannii ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it was not light reading. Some of the chapters were 90 pages. it was ridic. I really liked the book and the class. It was more about time management vs the work involved.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
168 extra pages shouldn't be that long.
But then, this is coming from the guy who read his history textbook for fun back in middle school.
Daannii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:05:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it was a good read. no complaints on the material. Like I said, it was more about time management. I didn't have 3 hours a week to spend purely on reading a chapter for one class.
I am a fast reader, but textbook material reads a lot slower because I take notes while I read and highlight.
DanieltheGameGod ยท 181 points ยท Posted at 22:32:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This had me laughing like crazy for about three minutes at work, that is hilarious.
wolfman86 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:08:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the brew room at work, picturing you laughing.
dizzyzane_ ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:58:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't worry, I've made bigger mistakes.
For instance, I bought The Survival Games instead of The Hunger Games before I was supposed to give it as an assignment.
I had to delay it for a week because it was shockingly horrifying.
SpacePanther17 ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 23:58:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. You can read 100 pages in an hour? How do you do that?
TheLowSpark ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 23:59:22 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not very dense. Large print and so on. Besides I was in grad school for years, I can read 100 pages in my sleep!
Fallen_Through ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 00:30:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I'm very dense will I still be able to read a book that isn't very dense in an hour?
TheLowSpark ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 00:35:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you bang it against your head for a while you'll probably pick it up through osmosis
bexyrex ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 01:31:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cough diffusion cough cough
TheLowSpark ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught history not scientifics!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
cocacola999 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:14:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in grad school. Takes me over an hour to read 6 pages!
2059FF ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:35:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a math grad student, I managed 6 pages a day on a good day, 6 pages a week on a bad week.
cocacola999 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:49:54 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well tbh, at my current rate of reading papers, it is one every few months because iam lazy and disinterested now :(
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:57:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The higher you go, the longer it takes to read a page. In grad school it seemed I learned a new vocabulary for each chapter. The first 30 minutes was just taking notes so I could remember the jargon.
jlink005 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Grad students' nightmare: continue reading 100 pages in every dream for the rest of your days.
But dissertation!
umagrandepilinha ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:20:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But how is that literally possible?? I never understood this.
When I read I like to pass my eyes through every single word, and interpret what that means. Maybe it's my OCD speaking, saying that if I haven't read every single word I haven't read the whole book. Maybe that's why I'm so slow and ultimately don't read books because I take so much time.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:59:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm the opposite. Somehow I just get in there and skim through rapidly. The downside of that is that three pages later I'm thinking, "Dog? When did she get a dog? Huh?"
Then I go back a few pages and realize there was one sentence about her getting a dog for companionship. By that point in the paragraph I was already on the next one.
SteevyT ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:07:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I powered through the entire last Harry Potter book the day it came out while my mom was at work. She had told me I could read it until she got back because she wanted to read it. 100 pages in an hour isn't that bad.
tonksndante ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:37:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think Harry potter taught all kids that reading impossibly fast is not impossible.
This generation needs a book craze :(
Jeffan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's funny, I remember powering through the last Harry Potter when it was released when I was in 7th grade. Now though I couldn't imagine reading that fast lol. If I even have to read 10 pages for my history class I groan.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:00:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't that Hunger Games?
tonksndante ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:36 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh right. And twilight, if you'd call that a book -plagerism that turned into porno plagerism. Plagerporn.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:33:01 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I call it a book. Even if it's not in the same ballpark as Shakespeare, it got people who hated reading to try reading again. That covers a wide variety of literary sins in my opinion.
taken_username_is ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that with the fifth book. I forgot to drink or eat. It was worth it.
ReservoirKat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:51 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read the last one in a day too! My dad had taken it from me the night before (I did the midnight release) and looked up who died. He had to go to work that Saturday, so I was trying to beat him getting home and spoiling the ending. Took me the whole eight hours, but I did it!
Jaminjams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:11:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you're analyzing the book and scouring for certain things, 100 pages in an hour is definitely doable! Try it next time you decide to read for pleasure, no distractions (background music/noise is cool if that's your thing) and time an hour or when you hit 100 pages from your starting point. You'll be surprised by how much you actually got through. Unless you're just generally a slow reader in which case that will just reaffirm your suspicion of that haha but hopefully you're not!
45b16 ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 22:51:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it
TheLowSpark ยท 121 points ยท Posted at 23:30:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The assigned book was around 100 pages and a really easy read. Wasn't really any trouble at all.
Trying to save a few bucks, he searched online for the books title and bought the first thing he found, which was a dense feminist philosophical examination of the assigned book and how it relates to modern feminist theory. Poor kid spent hours working through much harder material than he needed to in the hopes of saving a few dollars. Ended up spending more anyway by buying a much thicker and rarer book.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:20:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was an important detail the OP left out. I was really confused as to why he had gotten a 300 page book on feminism instead of the book he was supposed to read.
cities7 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 23:13:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
When you find out, let me know. I don't get it either.
Whoever down voted, go fuck yourself
Fallen_Through ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 00:29:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
book wrong
scruffys_on_break ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:40:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Catalina de Erauso!
TheLowSpark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The very same!
MaGinty ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:24:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Were you my teacher? I did this exact same thing in a history class a few years ago, with that exact book. I was mortified when I got my paper back, not because I had to rewrite the paper, but because I had read a much longer book on accident.
LoveBurstsLP ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:19:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck me. In 4th grade we had to read some fucking horseshit called Ivanhoe. There was a kids version and an adult version. I had no idea what the book even was so we went to the store and got this thick ass book with writing that looked hundreds of years old. Literally could not understand a single page and then my parents god mad because of the waste of money.
Fuck you Cornerstone Preparatory School in Toronto
megscatapult ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:36:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this and laughed so hard that I had an asthma attack. Then I read it again and had a slightly smaller asthma attack. Bravo.
koaaloha ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read your comment and did one of those quick, aggressive exhaling laughs that took my throat by surprise and now it hurts.
iatemysocks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:57:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is your name a reference to the Traffic song? :D
TheLowSpark ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:18:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Big time
Fluffy8x ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:34:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was the latter book called anyway?
TrueSouldier ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:09:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Every other student must have been dumbfounded. Like this dude was reading the same book as them but on entirely different level.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:47:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took a class called Islamic Thought, on the political philosophy of Islam. At my university, the textbook for this class was next to the textbook for a class on the history of the middle east. The titles were also very similar and the books had the same number of chapters, so it matched the reading schedule on the syllabus. Needless to say, I picked up the wrong book and proceeded to read 500 of the wrong pages for the entire semester. Now, unlike most classes, this class only had one test at the end of the year, so it was only one week before the final exam that I realized my mistake. Proceeded to get the right book, read all 500 pages of it in a week, and ace the class. fuck ya'll mic drop
ancientorange ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is random as hell, but as I was reading your comment, I was listening to the Traffic song that I assume you are named for.
TheLowSpark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:10:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is awesome
duermevela ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The life of that woman was awesome! She almost got married to another woman, had duels... When found out, she was given permission to keep dressing like a man and her superiors wrote a letter to the king saying she had been a good soldier and that she deserved her pension.
Edit: I hit enter too soon
jakielim ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ICE CREAM LIEUTENANT NUN!
vickie_la_mechante ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:58:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best, he did more than what he was asked for.
SenorSalsa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:55:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this in high school, as a senior we had a "philosophy" class that was a joke and we didnt actually do anything, I tild the teacher I like philosophy and wanted to challenge myself and asked for a tough book to read so he let me borrow his copy of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" by Nietzsche. Well it took me a month to read since I read every page at least 3 times before feeling like I came even remotely close to understanding, but I did and when I finished it I didn't have time or mental capacity left to write a 2 page paper on "Brave New World" by Huxley ( I promised to read it for pleasure that summer and did) so pleaded my case and offered to write 5 pages on Nietzsche which turned into about 10 because I would talk/write in circles after reflecting on what I read, and it seemed appropriate xonsidering so I didn't revise and left it as is after one draft in an attemp to try and show my most honest reflection on the book (mostly confusion and anger) I recieved the highest grade in the class for the paper with a B+ which to this day im convinced he only gave me for attempting to read that damn thing.
EditorialSquid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:00:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar, in high school a fellow student read H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man instead of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. That was an interesting social commentary debate.
Demopublican ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:57:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations on being one of the few actual teachers/professors to post something to this thread.
mastapetz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom told me a story of when their class was assigned to read the student version if a book. I don't remember which book but the full version is several 100 pages longer and (back than) unfit for teens. My mothers family had the book at home and when it came to write the essay my mom also included the stuff unfit for teens.... And got shit for it. That teacher got to be my godfather and told that story too, awkward times in the 1950ies
CoeusFreeze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a crossover that desperately needs to happen.
J-Jazz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made me feel really self-conscious. My reading pace is nowhere near that :C
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, how'd he make that mistake?
TheLowSpark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3t1q82/teachers_of_reddit_what_is_the_greatest_way_a/cx2nbg4
Smgth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Lieutenant Nun" sounds like the kind of movie that involves a lot of latex........I've been told.
mortiphago ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sounds like a fun quick read for a sunday afternoon
MrFunnyWobbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I too had to read Mary Wollstonecraft.
lilium365 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's hilarious. Good for him for reading all that!
backoff11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So which book did your student end up reading? i'm missing something here
TheLowSpark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3t1q82/teachers_of_reddit_what_is_the_greatest_way_a/cx2nbg4
XeioZism ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who's in college, I wish I could read 100 pages of something you assigned to me that's barely interesting in 1 hour...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Concearned American here, dense as in "stupid" or dense as in "in-depth". Or a combination of both? Some clarity would be nice.
TheLowSpark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In depth
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OMG I had to read that for my Latin American Civ class. Best damn boom that semester.
Muffinizer1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once had to read a story from our book of short stories: "The rules of the Game" in middle school. I forgot my book at home and tried to read it online. I read some weird pornographic story with the same name. It wasn't until I met with my friend and we were about to write a paper about it that I realized I read the wrong thing. I just thought my teacher was a pervert for assigning it.
forksmgee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh one year I had to read "The Andromeda Strain" for a book group but when it was assigned I misheard the title and got 50 pages deep into "The Androgynous Man"
internetknowsall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shiiitttttt I suck at reading 100 pages in an hour
HanSolosHammer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God that reminds me of the time we were assigned Invisible Man in college and my dumbass picked up a copy of HG Wells' The Invisible Man. Felt like a real dumbass during class discussion.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confused, did he get the wrong book or just read more than he was assigned?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL teachers believe their insane time estimates for reading.
turanthepanthan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The summer before my high school honor English class, I was given a book list which included "The Invisible Man". I failed to note the author was "Ralph Ellison" and instead read the book by H.G. Wells.
I thought that was easy. And was thoroughly surprised when I found out that it was supposed to be about a black man facing issues in America in the early twentieth century.
HamfacePorktard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:50:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey! That was assigned for my first year sexuality class. Turns out it was more of a third year class. But the book was good.
whycats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you my former advisor? We read that book in a class on women in the medieval world. It's awesome.
aard_fi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:26:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not related to that at all, but that reminded me of a series of meetings we had with some French. They kept saying all the time "you need to focus", but with their accent it sounded like "you need to fuck us". They had a few more phrases sounding funny I don't remember. It was hard to stay serious the whole time.
Eventually one from our side blew, ranted to them for 5 minutes that nobody is getting fucked here, and stormed out, leaving the French with very confused looks on their faces.
inButThenOut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
About 100 pages = takes about an hour to read. You are an ADHD student's worst nightmare. Lol!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:17:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a slow fucking reader if most people can 100 pages in an hour.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:05:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a friend get The Invisible Man instead of Invisible Man, lol. He was so confused during the following discussion about racism and it took him quite awhile to figure out. It was a summer reading assignment for AP English and we had essays due on the first day. He couldn't figure out if the class was going to be a joke or not.
dum1515 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:17 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It takes me about an hour to read 5 pages.
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:33:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
100 pages takes an hour... I think you mean 6 hours if I can even focus on that.
Mongopwn ยท 3320 points ยท Posted at 22:44:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I gave students a list of vocabulary words to look up and define for homework. Two of the words were "atheist" and "polytheist." Well, I don't know where the miscommunication arose, but one student did not define either. Instead, they wrote, "polyatheist. One who doesn't believe in many gods."
I mean, they weren't wrong.
Edit 2:
Actually, they probably were wrong. u/shit-eater points out the correct word for this definition is "apolytheist," and I wouldn't challenge someone with a username like that.Upon investigation, user is what username implies.Edit 3: u/yournitmar and u/poromenos confirm my suspicions. I am too lazy to check comment history to see if they're u/shit-eater s. I'm sure someone will call them out if they are.
Edit 4: I hope everyone learned something today, and had fun doing it. That's what's important.
jakielim ยท 1975 points ยท Posted at 03:02:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Monopolygamy: the practice of taking mustachioed man with top hat as a spouse.
Impeesa_ ยท 1120 points ยท Posted at 03:40:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or, being married to an unusual magnet.
pcyr9999 ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 04:50:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
That's clever
Idflipthatforadollar ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 04:59:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel dumb, can someone PLEASE explain this one to me?
literallymagic ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 05:07:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In simple (possibly oversimplified) terms:
Magnets always have two poles, which we typically call north and south. If you take a normal bar magnet and snap it in half, it'll still have two poles. Snap one of the halves in half, still two poles. And so on. A monopole is a magnet (on any scale, including on the atomic level) with only one pole, which, as far as we know, is not actually possible, though research in that regard is still ongoing.
Impeesa_ ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 08:03:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My impression was that it was believed to be possible, but never observed (or I might have phrased the joke differently). I went to go check, and it turns out that while they remain seemingly nonexistent in nature, they have in fact been created in a lab.
literallymagic ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:44:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa, kickass.
Jonny_Segment ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 11:11:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought you were screwing with us at first, but it turns out I misread the original joke.
I thought it said marriage to an unusual midget, and I'd reasoned that it was something to do with polygamy/pygmy. I was happy to accept that as the (slightly contrived) joke until you came along.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:56:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL
Dwhitlo1 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:21:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I'm sorry, it can never work out between us"
"But... I am just so attracted to you"
"I could never marry a monopole I have a duty to all of magnet kind!"
"I... I see..."
drifts away slowly
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How would you pronounce the word "unionized?"
prancingElephant ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:54:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like "union-ized", because "un-ionized" isn't actually a word. It's "deionized".
daneguy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:28:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not true. Un-ionized means "not ionized". De-ionized means "with the ions removed".
prancingElephant ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Sorry, you're right, it's "non-ionized" or "non-ionic".
daneguy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:44:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Found two online dictionaries that give both definitions.
"Non-ionized" or "non-ionic" can mean the same as unionized, but there's also "non-ionizing", which means something different than "unionizing", which gives you an insight to the small difference between the two meanings.
prancingElephant ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:15:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's just not used. I'm a biochemistry student and when I was taking gen chem, that word wasn't used at all.
daneguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:23:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's more of a language joke than a science joke. Anyway, this has taken way too much time :P Good luck with your study man.
Here's a little bio chem joke for you:
How does pyruvate get to work? On its Krebs cycle!
Protip: don't try Googling for chem jokes... so many bad jokes...
prancingElephant ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:46:04 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, thanks! I know, I'm sorry I gave you a hard time about it. You have a good one, man. :)
Impeesa_ ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:04:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like I've kicked it up with some onion.
IDanceWithSquirrels ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are no magnetic monopoles.
and no, spin ice doesn't count.
NSNick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which makes them pretty unusual.
Laribold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:50:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
or a magnate.
horotho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or a non-existant magnate.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or magnate
mfunk55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:03:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
or a utilities magnate?
SystolicNut ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 04:03:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It took me a second, but oh did I laugh when I got this one. That is amazing.
Free_From_Reddit ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:46:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This joke just helped me understand where the word 'monopoly' comes from. My mind is being blown right now.
RVelts ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:58:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like something Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would say. "I mean I'm not a monopolygamist... I just want to be friends with the Benedicts."
Mongopwn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:19:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't tell you how much I love this.
drugsuser ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:20:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time trying to figure out what sort of etymology you were using for this. I figured it had to be greek because I have a pretty good grasp on most latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. I knew that gamy was obviously still to mean marriage, so I just googled "monopoly".
I am not a clever man.
boriswied ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:02:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HAHAHAA !
I think i love you!
It took me about 6 seconds but when i got through it my eyes lit up and i got so much joy! I don't know why exactly, but that joke made me so happy. Thank you!
Some jokes make you fall on the ground, some jokes make you snort. Apparently some just give giddy euphoria!
cjluthy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:32:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
.. as a SECOND spouse.
tenbeersdeep ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I LOLED!
GraveRaven ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Polymonogamy: where the number of spouses is equal to their total number of eyebrows.
sparklebombfairy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:23:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HOw... How did you come up with that!
jakielim ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:55:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just came into my head when I read about him combining 'poly'.
Or maybe I saw it somewhere before. But I have no memory of it.
o2lsports ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:28:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
M'nopoly
slates-R-us ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or a tiny game of monopoly
Alarid ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:04:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Spring Mustachio?
hothotsauce ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:45:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or an adjective to describe something that is sort of but not really like the game Monopoly.
*"It wasn't exactly like the game Monopoly, it was just... Monopolygam-y"
gotham_oh ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:56:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Monopolygamy: The smell of venison that is exuded when players attain near exclusive possession of the market for a given type of product or service.
squeakyshoe89 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 04:08:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually it should by monopolygyny. The -gamy in polygamy only applies to wives. Polygyny is having multiple husbands
eridor0 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:16:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Polyandry is multiple husbands.
PubliusVA ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:54:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
-gamy=spouses, -gyny=wives. The -gyn- root means woman, like in gynecologist.
khat96 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Polygyny is multiple wives, you meant Monopolyandry.
PalladiuM7 ยท 102 points ยท Posted at 01:50:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like they were demonstrating that they understood both words by being a smartass, which is the best possible way to flaunt ones knowledge.
Mongopwn ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:20:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sadly I don't remember if I gave the student credit for this, though I probably did not.
meshaber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:04:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, could absolutely see myself doing this back in school.
St_Bing ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 03:41:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Geneticist here, I read that as PolyA-theist; 'one who believes in a run of adenine nucleotides'.
leann0913 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:05:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I
ATGC what you did there.rwat1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm doing a project with Poly(ADP ribose)Polymerase. high five bio geeks unite
yomikemo ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:08:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
all atheists are polyatheists, but not all polyatheists are atheists
lumpiestspoon3 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
u/shit-eater has a comment karma of -100. Don't judge a user based on their username.
Mongopwn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:19:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god, I should have read that comment history. Such rudeness. And I tried to give someone the benefit of the doubt, shame on me.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:02:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom tells me I'm beautiful every day
blaghart ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:31:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least you got an accurate definition back and not something like "people who've sold their souls to the devil because mommy says so"
Mongopwn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:33:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It gave me a good chuckle.
alflup ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:58:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
next time someone asks me if I've found Jesus I'm totally answering with "I'm a polytheist".
reasaurus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:25:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar thing, at the time I was teaching a writing class to special education students. I gave them a list, and one student accidentally found "joke" definitions on the internet. They were.....not appropriate for school.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:21:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be apolytheist
HeywardH ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 03:42:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe an apolytheist would reject a pantheon while a polyatheist would reject multiple unrelated gods.
It seems contradictory though, seeing as how an atheist rejects all gods whereas "many" implies a limit.
almightySapling ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:39:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who has time to reject all the gods?
Mojn69 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:02:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair though, some atheists focus their non-belief specifically against the dominant god within their society.
NeedMoarCoffee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So theists who believe in a finite amount of gods are polyatheists?
Mongopwn ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd have to ask someone who knows Greek grammar, though I suspect that neither formulation is correct, as it doesn't convey anything "atheist" does not.
Poromenos ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:26:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Greek here: apolytheist = Not-(many gods believer). Polyatheist = multi-(non-god believer). So, apolytheist is more correct, as polyatheist is someone who doesn't believe in God multiple times, and doesn't make much sense.
YourNitmar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:34:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Greek here. Polyatheist makes no sense, apolytheist makes sense but is still incorrect. An 'apolytheist' is quite simply an atheist or a monotheist.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:28:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My answer is correct. Yours conveys a congregation of atheists.
Mongopwn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it's not mine, but thank you.
ZeMoose ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:02:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A pantheon of atheists.
T4LE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:33:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which raises the question, did the student mean someone who doesn't believe in multiple gods, e.g. a monotheist...
Or do you think he meant someone who believes in some gods. Like sure there aren't many, but there are definitely some!
Mongopwn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People have pointed out a few reasons it's a fairly confused term, many of which I did not think of at the time. I don't think I gave them credit for it (2 points on 20 point HW assignment... it did not affect their grade in any meaningful way), and after this post I'm kind of glad I didn't.
It is pretty funny though.
kblaney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:34:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So a polyatheist = Unitarian?
LovesBigWords ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:59:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, some Unitarian Universalists believe in God. Some also believe she's a black lesbian, and that humanity has some 'splainin' to do. But, mostly we believe in coffee and conversation after the service.
Source: Unitarian Universalist. Please don't burn a Question Mark on my lawn.
kblaney ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well who doesn't believe in coffee?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel just threatened reading the redditors name
GrahamHosken ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:08:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
so they basically wrote monotheist
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:41:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Polyโขaโขtheโขist adj. Made of multiple atheists.
DownvotingKittens ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:20:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I personally find shit eater's bizarre obsession with the Chili's at 45th and Lamar incredibly entertaining.
ender89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:10:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you think about it, we're all polyatheists. Even if you're the most devout christian, there's a huge list of deities you don't believe in.
nsgiad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:26:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh this it too rich
ScotchBender ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:27:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Keep doing edits. It's funny.
Mongopwn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:55:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Done.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:58:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just don't believe there are that many...like, maybe only two or three.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My 8 year old son had a vocabulary assignment about religions a while back.
Next to Muslim, he wrote "Terrorist goat rapers"
Next to Judaism, he wrote "greedy"
Next to Christianity, he wrote "the one true religion"
Next to Buddhism, he wrote "Chinese people"
Next to Hinduism, he wrote "devil worshipers"
Next to Atheism, he wrote "damn millennials"
I told him to stop making my dad help him with his homework.
ObitoUchiha41 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:33:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know something in my gut tells me this one just may be fabricated, but I'll have to get back to you on that.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the actual fuck...?
OctaShot ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:23:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to Google the word and, apparently, it's a fucking thing!
grewapair ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:41:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Reminds me of the time the French foreign exchange student got "Take-off" and "Zebra!"
boringkyle ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:58:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What grade was this for?
Mongopwn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:11:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mixed 11th/12th.
boringkyle ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:15:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Soooo, you gave 11/12 graders the task of opening a dictionary and copying the definition of random words as homework? Were these mentally challenged kids or something?
Mongopwn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:44:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, I gave a group of 11/12th graders a list of terms and phrases they needed to be familiar with before we began the next reading I assigned, and required some form of proof they actually were so. I also assigned questions along with the reading, but none of that was directly relevant to the hilarious definition this student offered up.
seaofbrass ยท 2436 points ยท Posted at 22:33:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was an "interesting" student I had called Andy from Hong Kong. He never took anything seriously and could only put very and adjectives together "Very handsome" for example.
I asked Andy's class to write me a cover letter for a job. Andy's response went something like this:
"I handsome. I 1.7 cm long, have good body, strong legs, nice face. I want job McDonalds."
I once asked his friend also from Hong Kong if Andy was just as whack in Cantonese, he replied "Oh hell yeah, he's extremely stupid."
Kyncaith ยท 496 points ยท Posted at 03:32:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like to imagine that "Andy from Hong Kong" was his functional name. "And here is our new student, Andy from Hong Kong."
It's like Richard of Normandy.
LucentNargacuga ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 09:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel bad for his friend, "also from Hong Kong."
The first part of his name isnt even capitalized.
crazy1000 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 07:51:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's Jake, from state farm.
DrMcTaalik ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:57:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Andy from Hong Kong don't give a fuck.
farskebear ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:56:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This comment made me burst out loud laughing in bed, I had to laugh into the pillow to stop waking up my gf. The bed shaking as I attempted to stifle the laughter, the attempt making me laugh harder. Thanks
HimrguyRotMG ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:17:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's A Pimp Named Slickback
iamthelol1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
meta? she could have thought you were jerking off with the bed shaking hahah
Kyncaith ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, glad to hear.
AIDSofSPACE ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:44:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy
PRMan99 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:11:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's how last names start...
Frodolas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:09:10 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know a kid who introduces himself as "Viet from Vietnam".
BlUeSapia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lonk from Pennsylvania
Sharrakor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And here's Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa...
thurstonmooresmints ยท 867 points ยท Posted at 00:55:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
...what is 1.7 cm long?
EDIT: Thanks for filling my inbox with Asian penis.
rocketman0739 ยท 647 points ยท Posted at 02:14:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he meant he was 1.7 m tall.
the_nidificator ยท 224 points ยท Posted at 04:13:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No he didn't. You know what he meant.
csbsju_guyyy ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 04:46:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
เฒ _เฒ
TheLollrax ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:33:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or...
Fuel-For-Life ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 10:22:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll see you in detention
EbolaNinja ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:10:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
2fast2meta
ChunksGalore ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:13:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...I hope he meant that
Chatrosim ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:52:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obviously Andy is!
[deleted] ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 01:05:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Lady_Techtroyia ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 02:12:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is just barely over half an inch. My toes are bigger than that.. Damn..
Dracomaros ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 03:14:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well, he is asian, sooo....
EDIT: Gold. Wat. Uh. Thanks o.o.
StrawberrySpaceJam ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 04:04:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's huge in Japan.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:56:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
BIG IN JAPAAAAAN ALRIGHT...
Marysthrow ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:09:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yikes
unorc ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:24:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We all know what he's referring to ( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
KingDarkBlaze ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His fingernails
Smgth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:44:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing worth bragging about, I'll tell you hwhat.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:05:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably not his height if he's opening with how handsome he is.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:40:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I
Can't you read?
Lovehat ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:28:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
dong
ImGoingToHeckForThis ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:51:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His Hong Kong dong
jeans_and_a_t-shirt ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:39:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1.7 cm long Hong Kong dong
AdmiralAkbar1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does he play ping pong with his 1.7 cm long Hong Kong dong?
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:31:00 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/whatdoesthefoxsay
JewishRebel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:44:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:15:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1.7 cm wong.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I
Happy-Tears ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
.669 inches.
NIRC1997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he was referring to his height 170cm
NehEma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:02:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The total length of Mr Johnson and the juice crew.
itsmattlol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I is
Sooper335 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:38:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you want it to be?
Kyyni ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Asians.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:50:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure he meant he was 1.7 meters tall.
A_Wizzerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:50:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
( อก~ อส อกยฐ)
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:12:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless he's excited...
powergo1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP's penis.
seaofbrass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:45 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a woman.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:52:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something attached to a good body.
[deleted] ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 02:29:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:30:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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halite001 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:25:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Andy Wang.
PeanutButter707 ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 04:03:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
asian dick
ThePigWarrior ยท 152 points ยท Posted at 01:53:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL Kevin's asian cousin is named Andy.
Wardy107 ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 02:09:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you imagine the adventures they'd share together? /r/WritingPrompts get on this!
mash3735 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:41:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐๐๐
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:20:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Using "very" as the be-verb is a common feature in Chinese languages. That's why you hear people say things like "he very tall" or "this shirt very pretty".
seaofbrass ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 07:08:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His best one was "Nice. Very silky."
ViktorStrain ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 05:41:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I only speak poor Mandarin instead of poor Cantonese, but to my understanding their grammar is more or less the same. The literal translation of "very" in Chinese dialects is used in place of the verb "to be" when describing things. The correct semantic Chinese translation of the English sentence, "That is pretty", would be literally translated back into English as, "That very pretty". In this context, however, "very" imparts no additional meaning to the sentence and instead is simply the grammatical framework used to hang adjectives.
In case anyone was wondering.
Amadan ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 04:57:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In his defense, in Chinese (well, at least in Mandarin, can't speak about Cantonese), an adjective without a modifier is weird. You say "very good" or "not good", "very pretty" or "not pretty", but just "good" and "pretty" are not really used. So I suppose he just didn't have enough English grammar internalised, and was directly translating the equivalent Chinese structures.
_beekay ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 06:01:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I assume there's also something like "moderately good"? Otherwise, Mandarin must be a really opinionated language.
Amadan ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 06:18:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, yeah, there's other possible modifiers :) You can also say "not bad", "still passable", "extraordinarily good"... just "good" by itself is weird when describing something.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:10:57 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about any modifiers, Haven't learned them, can you list them?
Amadan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:38:08 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not exhaustively; I studied Chinese ages ago, and forgot a ton. :p But some examples: ๅฅฝๆไบ, ้ๅธธๅฅฝ.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We don't have a way to say moderately good, because if it's only moderately good, it's not worth mentioning.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:58 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/mildlymandarin
terracanta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:52:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but if he was from Hong Kong and was going to an international school, his English should have been much better.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:38:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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seaofbrass ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:14:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay, my Andy is 22.
JesusRebornBitch ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:42:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone here is having an Andy and I have 0 andys
seaofbrass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:51:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can borrow one of mine.
se1ze ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 01:32:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Andy = hero
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:38:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Hi, I'm Andy From Hong Kong, nice to meet you."
seaofbrass ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 07:16:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think he could even say hello, he used to just say your name to say hi. You'd hear a "James" and see his grinning face. It was hella creepy.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:28:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hi, I'm Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration. Nice to meet you.
verb_your_noun ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:28:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which part of him is 1.7cm long?
Xenalien ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:07:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All of him.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:12:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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seaofbrass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:13:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha it wasn't. I live in England. Don't worry.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Andy.
SerenadeSwift ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:22:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You made me cry
Yum-z ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:28:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck. I also knew this guy from HK called Andy; guy was stupid but iirc not this level of stupid.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:58:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once again just losing my shit in class... tears running down my face from laughing. Thank you for this.
IWishIWasMoreClever1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:48:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's very short.
pro-life-dicks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:28:02 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought you said called Andy from King Kong and I was like that's a bit of a racist description of an Asian don't you think? King Kong. The fucks wrong with me?
lilybelle73 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:24 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
his friends reply though, that's hilarious
Gneissisnice ยท 4687 points ยท Posted at 23:17:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In my science class, we started a project last week where they had to make a poster of a cell analogy that they came up with (for example, someone made a city because the town hall is like the nucleus, a power plant is like the mitochondria, etc.).
One girl just could not come up with anything. I gave her a bunch of examples and then let her think about it. When I came back to check on her, she said "I'm making a sandwich!"
I was like "...ok, but that might be kind of tough. Did you think about the parts of the sandwich that match up with cell organelles? What is the mitochondria of a sandwich?" She was like "ok, I'll pick something else"
I get back to get a few minutes later and I ask her, and now she's making a taco. I explained the same thing.
Over the course of two days while most other students started drawing, she suggested a British phone booth, a cell phone, Sonic the Hedgehog, a pizza, and a Taco Bell. For each suggestion, I said that she could do it as long as she matched each part to an organelle, and she'd say "oh yeah" because she forgot that I wasn't just letting her draw random stuff.
Near the end of the period on Friday, I went to her and said "look, let me help you. Draw an island" and I explained half of the organelles for her and even started sketching stuff out. She nodded and agreed to do that.
Today, I gave her a poster board and then went to check on her. She said she didn't want to do the island and started drawing a bowling alley, with random parts labeled as organelles without even thinking about the functions.
I don't even care anymore.
Edit: Well, this got way more popular than I was expecting. Since I'm getting comments asking about the age and type of class, let me clarify a bit. I teach 9th grade general science in a fairly poor district. I have all of the kids that failed science in 8th grade and have no motivation to learn anything. That's why I'm doing this poster project instead of actually giving a test because they need to be physically engaged in things or I lose them. They'll just straight up talk to each other during PowerPoints or ignore me when I talk so this is the best way for them to actually learn anything. I'm also a first year teacher and the only person teaching General Science (i have all 5 sections) so I'm basically making this up as I go along.
Thanks for all of the comments, I'm enjoying reading them.
HolyGhostofButtress ยท 5071 points ยท Posted at 01:55:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone knows that the queso is the powerhouse of the taco.
VerbableNouns ยท 493 points ยท Posted at 03:37:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But a 7-10 split better exemplifies mitosis.
Sriad ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 09:03:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I feel like a 7-10 split is more like apoptosis.
But I might just be projecting my own experience of bowling; everything feels like "well, it's time to kill yourself".
LorianGunnersonSedna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:50:45 on March 16, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Sonic the Hedgehog actually produces a shit ton of ATP, if anyone's paying attention.
Added bonus: The Janus-face gene protein is named after him.
quantum94 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 04:10:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Touchdown!
fallout52389 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 04:22:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Spanish Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkIGO2UA-u8
Horse_Glue_Knower ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:00:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like where he takes a breath and starts talking normally, then does another round of "goooooooalllll!" again.
Cheeze187 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:57:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Years ago every Sunday me and a buddy would go to the bar his wife worked at for free drinks and to watch football. A mutual friend would go too and she wanted me to teach her about football. After weeks of explaining the game we were watching a Browns/Bengals game. The QB threw a pick, she stood up and raised her arms and yelled "Intersection!". That's what I thought of when you said touchdown:)
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:18 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Interception"? As in, like, that movie? ba-dum tssss
rjjm88 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:00:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that as "but a 7-10 split better exemplified mojitos". I started pondering "7 parts rum, 10 parts mojito mix.... easiest way is going to be 7 shots of rum, 10 shots of mix". Might end up going with this anyway.
homiej420 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:16:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well youre not wrong, out a bowling alley thats the best i think anyone could do
carmiggiano ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 03:59:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Queso what's your point?
PM_ME_UR_FLOWERS ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 03:27:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The lettuce is the cell wall
ECHTECHT ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 03:34:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then what's the shell?
[deleted] ยท 104 points ยท Posted at 03:35:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The powerhouse. EVERYTHING IS A POWERHOUSE IN A TACO.
PM_ME_UR_FLOWERS ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:58:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The cell membrane
limited-papertrail ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:34:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plants have crispy shell tacos for cell walls, and animals have soft shells.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:40:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The shell is the cell wall, the meat has to be the nucleus... I think you might be on to something here!
innernationalspy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But if the nucleus is supposed to be the brains of the operation it really only works with sesos.
Lothar_Ecklord ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:38:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what powers my explosive farts
misteryin ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:42:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's that ATP (amplified taco poop), and the final electron acceptor is your ass.
belevitt ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Confirmed ... Microbiologist here
fromthesaveroom ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:30:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The ground beef is the lysosomes. It's where my bowels go to die.
Sefiren ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:17:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Winner.
SuperWoody64 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:00:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is why qdoba > chipotle
BrutalWarPig ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cafe Rio > All
They sing Nacho Man every time you order Nachos. Lets not to love?
SuperWoody64 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh fuck that.
Best buy has the entire store applaud if you donate to st Jude. How about I burn st Jude down? (I don't really want to burn down st Jude buy I also don't want to be called out for my piddly dollar) if anything it'll make people donate less.
drackaer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:11:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ikr? You want me to not order something off your menu, yell or sing every time someone orders it.
Dash83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:56:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tacos don't have queso. Trust me, I'm Mexican.
iamagod_____ ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 05:29:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There ain't no rules to this taco game. You wrap that shit in a tortilla, its a taco. I can't care where you're from. You throw your dick in between those soft warm folds of a freshly made tortilla, you got yourself a dick taco. We all eat the taco, we all get along. Si queso.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No shit?
iamagod_____ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:43:03 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was kind of using it collectively. It's mostly going to be you S'n the D. Good eye.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Currently eating a dick taco, can confirm.
SirVelocifaptor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tastes bloody
mad0314 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Alright, good tacos (except alambre) don't have cheese.
iamagod_____ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:02:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing is stopping them. Aforementioned dick taco also is greatly served by cheeses.
walterblanco1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Queso: only if you're lactose intolerant.
Happy_Baker_86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And the bowling alley.
phreakinfinity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Logged in to up vote this. If I had gold you would have gold right now.
LordTardus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you had gold?
MrTwoSocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:20:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The queso are the powerhouse of the cell.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a white person this may be true. But the magic lies in a solid combination of lime salt and salsa
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Que es eso?
Eso es queso!
cleverKarl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you so much for this joke.
Indie59 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Naw, it's the salsa that's the powerhouse of the taco!
Stormblud ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Um... The beans, actually. Queso is more like the little liquid shit that goes around the cell. Water, I think it's called.
Dramiken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best thing I've seen all day. Thank you.
Slayer1973 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:16:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's some first rate queso dip.
gospursgo99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:23:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also known as the mighty quesocondria
Luigithebeast805 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:22:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Mexican I can confirm that queso does power a delicious taco
Sharkn91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
too true friend.
bcwest91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just spewed grape soda on my monitor after reading that. Thank you for making my night.
whydidimakeausername ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:14:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cheese means you're eating a hard shell taco, which means you're eating an inferior taco. Taco truck tacos or death!
off-hand ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:11:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Trashy Trailer Park taco from Torchy's says you can have queso on a taco and that it can taste amazing. All tacos are beautiful.
DrQuaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
#yesalltacos
helmutkr ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 03:01:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I lol'd. Have my upvote sir.
the_supersalad ยท 1341 points ยท Posted at 01:39:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, you wanted a grade on this? How about I just draw a flower.
DrQuint ยท 205 points ยท Posted at 03:51:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are no mistakes,just little happy accidents. For example watch as the 0's in your grade become a perfect marigold!
WingedBacon ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 05:06:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Happy little zeroes
OurNameIsLegion ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:58:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That zero needs a friend
DaveLearnedSomething ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:24:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bob Ross
ydnab2 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:37:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RUINED
_PM_ME_YOUR_ANYTHING ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:46:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Power puff girls!
the_supersalad ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:08:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did I just make a reference that I didn't get?
myfitnessredditun ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:12:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Iirc in one of the episodes, they're taking one of those exams where you just colour in the bubble next to the answer (a,b,c,d). Two of them tried to do the test right but Bubbles just drew a flower on hers and ended up getting all of the answers right. I guess that's what they're referring to? Idk I haven't seen that show since I was a kid. Haha.
_PM_ME_YOUR_ANYTHING ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:16:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep that is it hahahaha
FutureSynth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:53:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She got a Bee on her assignment.
Ayy
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:55:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've got 10 credits left, I'd love a flower right about now.
[deleted] ยท 1167 points ยท Posted at 02:14:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 699 points ยท Posted at 03:52:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 377 points ยท Posted at 04:41:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 434 points ยท Posted at 04:44:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Ihmhi ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:37:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know how people are like "Man if I have a Wikipedia page written about me I've made it?" Is it weird that I consider success to be like... named after a weird little frog discovered in the Amazon that farts through its eyeballs or something like that?
Tiafves ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 06:43:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow the dwarf amazonian ocular flatulence frog was named after you?!
El_Rista1993 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:40:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't you mean the Ihmhianura salientia?
lenjibin ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:54:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For anyone else planning on looking this up - not actually real.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thanks
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shut up! I Want to Believe
Raginwasian ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 07:52:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shh
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:50:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Raginwasian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 16:33:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shh
Kii_and_lock ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:02:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Especially as they chose the old name, Robotnik. Only way to make it nerdier would be to use Kintobor (why do I know this shit...)
marsephel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:29:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I approve of your extensive classic STH knowledge.
LorianGunnersonSedna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:11 on March 16, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Julian of the House of Ivo, technically. I assume it might be a Game of Thrones sitch where that's concerned.
kittenwhisker ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 06:55:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's legit. SHH is made even better by the fact that it isn't just some random pleb protein -- it's actually pretty important both in development and in the adult.
PENIS is another example of the wonders of science.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:05:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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kittenwhisker ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:22:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha I think I'm seeing a genetics/biochem theme here. Reminds me of JAK (Just Another Kinase, although they ultimately published as Janus :(). Honestly I'm grateful so many names in the discipline are as intuitive as they are - DISC1? Yeah I could totally remember what disease state that's implicated in for an exam! Not like anatomy at all. Fuck anatomy.
Also, ken and barbie gene - "causes a ken and barbie phenotype associated with malformation of male genital structures". I love science.
Slattsquatch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:37:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Flying_Dutchmann ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:25:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'll love also love MAP kinase kinase kinase
awesomebbq ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:27:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know how disc1 got its name help
ZippityD ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:01:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
New discoveries are named after people (falling out of favor), for acronyms, or in a funny way referring to how it was discovered. And sometimes by the function.
Turns out you can name new things however you want!
your_moms_obgyn ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:13:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought my histology professor was joking, and that SHH meant something else. It sounded exactly like one of his jokes. Then my very serious cell biology professor said the same thing. I was surprised, but then again, now we know where the nerds all ended up...
CajalProtege ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:02:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. There's a gene in zebra fish named techno trousers (after Wallace and Grommet).
My personal favorite is a gene (also found in people!) named Supervillin (not a typo). It interacts with its binding partner, Archvillin.
runetrantor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:32:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently science ran out of weird names a while back and defaulted to madness.
witlessusername ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:48:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No joke.
YagamiLawliet ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:17:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's also Pikachurin, a completely real science thing.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:19:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a biology student - you should have heard the murmured ripple of laughter when Sonic Hedgehog was introduced as a relevant part of the lecture by the lecturer.
Manadox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope.
Waffleradio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:53:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Nope.
Demopublican ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:06:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The worst part of the joke is that this is a mobile link.
runetrantor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:31:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am reading the article, and it does say it was inspired by Sonic the character.
Doesnt help with the feeling someone edited wikipedia for the lulz though.
Viperini ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:41:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pikachurin is a protein that exists. I think theres more examples.
indian_hedgehog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are actually three "hedgehog" proteins, one of which was the inspiration for my username. Together, they form a really important signal pathway for embryonic development in mammals. Thank you for subscribing to Protein Facts.
Techguy10110 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:30:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
there's pikachurin...
LorianGunnersonSedna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:28 on March 16, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my jeez, I thought you were kidding. o.O
NikP1 ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 05:01:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno, sounds plenty humorous to me.
LikeIsaidPotato ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 04:48:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am in tears reading this. It's so funny, I don't even know why.
Mysides.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 04:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god it is actually real! And there is a blocker of it called "Robotnikinin"! This is amazing!
androsgrae ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:37:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fuck?
CrabKingCalendar ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:06:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why don't they do this for more things? Besides being hysterically funny, it is very memorable. Sonic hedgehog protein is inhibited by Robotnitkin - I am literally never going to forget that.
unwiddershins ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:14:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because there are probably more proteins than memorable cultural references.
zergling50 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 15:31:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit this is gold
tmking9 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:03:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did not expect that to actually be relevant.
Neri25 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:05:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will never not make me laugh.
DerpaliciouSwag ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:53:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL
SirTrey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are scientists just actively trying to fuck with us?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:41:58 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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SirTrey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:48:33 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it could be in revenge for some citizens actively denying large swaths of their work because Jesus or because it was cold today, so there's that...
shuggnog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stop.
M_SunChilde ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I wish I could gold you so bad.
edit Why am I being downvoted? The link provided made me laugh and learn, and I expressed that I appreciated it. I don't understand...
TheFerricGenum ยท 86 points ยท Posted at 04:30:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Challenge accepted.
Cell membrane: That blue shield he picks up
Mitochondria: His feet, because it's the powerhouse that drives him
Cytoplasm: The water from the water levels because is pretty much fills everything
Nucleus: Whatever the objective for the game is (like freeing creatures) since that drives all other activity!
Lysosomes: Bad guys, aid in Sonic death (cell death)
Golgi Complex: His hands, that's how he collects and packages up the rings (proteins) he collects
And so on...I'm tired or I'd put more effort into figuring out all the rest of the stuff.
androsgrae ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:38:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man FUCK the water levels.
pacoca69 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:05:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
DoodoodooodoododoododooodoDOODOODOODOODOODOODODOODODDOODOODODOODOODOODOODOODOO
*dead
LucentNargacuga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*flush
TheFerricGenum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:28:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Drowning? Swallow a giant bubble! Good Luck! Muhahahahahahaha
emdeema ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it probably a bad thing that all of his cytoplasm resides outside his cell membrane?
TheFerricGenum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You raise a fair point. But you also have to remember that he isn't human so his cells are different. Or something.
seanyok ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:26:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was kind of more curious about the british phone booth. like WTF.
PubliusVA ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:51:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Doctor is the nucleus.
YagamiLawliet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:20:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doctor who?
DrQuint ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 03:50:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It relates to the person drawing it. The internet shown me the depths of the sonic fandom, I believe anything now.
viceroyofmontecristo ยท 43 points ยท Posted at 04:27:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a representative of the "Sonic Fandom", I'm torn between these responses
I'm sorry
Help me
Honestly, not all of us are that bad
The artistic works of children learning to become artists are often creepy, disturbing, and poorly-designed, but how else do people learn to become artists, so there's no need to make fun of them, that'd just be rude
Exaskryz ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:32:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eyes: Receptors on the cell membrane to interact with the world.
Skin: The cell membrane because, as you can see, it's flexible and can become a sphere like a real cell.
Spiky hair: The nucleus, absolutely required for Sonic to be Sonic.
Legs: The mitochondria, what gives Sonic his power.
Blur: The golgi apparatus getting rid of the waste and leaving it behind.
breakfastsausages ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:32:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hedgehog is a mammal so the mitochondria is the mitochondria of Sonic the Hedgehog.
soerxpso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The mitochondria of Sonic's sells are like mitochondria.
RoyRodgersMcFreeley ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:55:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His legs are the powerhouse of the cell!
cabothief ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:04:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh yeah
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cuz they are depcted as blue I the teckstbook and do fast duh
Andernerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, you could use his organs.
kingofthefeminists ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because sonic hedgehog pathway.
FeierInMeinHose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, organelles and organs are really, really similar, hence the naming similarities.
LBJSmellsNice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
" movin ADP around at the speed of sound "
OneDozenEgg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The chaos emeralds are the powerhouse of the cell
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
SONIC IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL
Whywouldanyonedothat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:07:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He has organs
DogeMcDogeyDoge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sonic is a white blood cell and egg man is a virus?
RarewareUsedToBeGood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
there is a hormone called Sonic Hedgehog Hormone that is very important in embryonic development
noisycat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:52:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
gotta go chroloplast
Fazhira ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perhaps the Master Emerald is the nucleus and the servers are the seven Chaos.
Chaos is power, power enriched by the heart.
The heart is the controller.
The controller serves to unify the chaos.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:41:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, the red blood cell of a sonic the hedgehog has a powerhouse. that could be used to symbolize a mitochondrion.
cluckay ยท 336 points ยท Posted at 03:17:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was her name Kevin?
grdvrs ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:55:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fucking kevin...
KafleCharck ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:02:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
phrasing...
GI-Jewish ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:10:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/storiesaboutkevin MUST BE REVIVED!
jenh6 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:01:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have been a redditor for almost 2 years and I still don't know the origins of Kevin...
Redneck_By_Default ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 07:16:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/219w2o/whos_the_dumbest_person_youve_ever_met/cgbhkwp?sort=confidence
jenh6 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:20:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you :)
cluckay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:25:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its on /r/outoftheloop 's FAQ
jenh6 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone sent me the link but thank you for that subreddit link. I am no longer out of the loop with regards to Kevin haha
NehEma ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:18:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, it was fucking Jenny.
L4NGOS ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 06:07:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Her name is probably dum dum.
MevalemadresWey ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 02:32:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Have had students doing this same thing in Biochemistry. What I have deduced from their behavior is that, besides not understanding the given task, they didn't understand the whole topic. In one particular case, this student couldn't do it because he indeed had a learning disability and couldn't transfer the knowledge to any other situation. Good boy, nonetheless.
alflup ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 04:07:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Learning Disability is the first place my mind went. I have experience with dealing with Autism, real Autism not the "let's diagnosis everyone" Autism, and this behavior where the teacher explained it to her in detail and her artistic side still took over is a familiar type of situation. Or she could just be dumb. Nothing wrong with just being good ole dumb. Not everything needs a diagnosis.
amoore109 ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 04:09:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Good ol' dumb" as a diagnosis could do wonders for the world.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:28:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
G.O.D.
That's a diagnosis I'd like.
mysteryflav ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:14:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach elementary PE, and while there are some kids who need a diagnosis, we've come to the conclusion that some kids really are just plain dumb. Like the kid who got stung while trying to pick up a bee. Twice.
almightySapling ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:19:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm gonna vote good ole dumb on this one. Looks to me like bitch just doesn't know what an analogy is.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
can't tell if shitty autocorrect or massive hypocrite
I_eat_lemons ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
MevalemadresWey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:17:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're right, thanks.
elypter ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 04:24:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what is a "learning disability"? it sounds like something invented to make money with or a fighting word to psychologize noncompliance.
Sdrawkcabssa ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:51:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A label given to a wide range of disabilities that can impede learning. Dyslexia is probably the most common. It's better to acknowledge that someone has one so that they can correct their learning patterns.
elypter ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 06:42:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
the label thing is the problem. a label is defined by the similarities of its content. the only thingin common is that someone is bad. that makes it essentially a nice sounding term for idiot which hides behind the tolerance device.
Sdrawkcabssa ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:20:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Labeling isn't a problem, it's recognizing a deficiency. I am "labeled" with a learning disability, and it has done nothing but help me in school. They recognized a reoccurring problem, and offered alternative methods and resources outside of the class.
Do I learn certain material slower than other students, absolutely. I might even be an idiot, but I don't use it as a "tolerance device". It's more of a recognition device saying "here's my problem, here's what I can do to help alleviate it".
NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:31:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was exultant when I was finally diagnosed with ADHD. I always knew there was something really different (in a bad way) between me and other people.
I could keep things organized, I forgot important events, I paid bills late even though I had the money. I was failing at basic life skills and no matter how hard or how diligently I tried, it never improved.
Being able to hear the label (it's common enough to have a label! There are others like me!), do some research and then start learning ways to work with it instead of against it ... it was liberating.
I was so joyful that I wasn't just plain ol' defective.
elypter ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:50:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i was talking about how poorly defined medical terms can cause stigmatisation (all the possible mechanisms are a topic themselves)
i wasnt talking against recognition and i wasnt saying that the disabled person uses a "tolerance device"(i dont know if this a term that makes sense in english). im tired of people seeing red flags everywhere.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:35:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
tolerance device = coping mechanism?
Coping mechanism is a behavior people have adapted, either independently or through therapy, to mitigate the effects of X, Y or Z problem.
Some CMs are terrible: drinking too much, drugs, having sex with everyone everywhere as a distraction, etc.
Some CMs are healthy: exercise, meditation, adequate rest, hobbies, etc.
Is that the equivalent phrase?
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:10:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
mental conditions have been widly stigmatizing and under the surface still are. as reaction people and therapists said that there is nothing tobe ashamed of. this has been hammered into the heads of people so much that it became a taboo to acknoledge that this still is the way people think and for the person in question it is a problem if it is being talked about it openly. its like if your mom said you cant answer the phone because youre masturbating with the reasoning that it is natural and nothing to be ashamed of. if you say anything against a claim of this kind youre being looked at like if you are denying the condition or that youre intolerant. because people fear this reaction it becomes easy to claim but hard to defend against. a loose mediacal term allows to pick symptoms that fit your claim and imply a big range of conditions to justify your actions.
Vainamoinennoumlauts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Try understanding the label 'learning disability' as a list of possible, rather specific patterns of difficulty in learning, understanding, and/or applying a certain categories of knowledge/abilities.
That usually includes both
A statistically significant increased level of said difficulties when compared to an otherwise comparable peer group. E.g. A clear lack in reading level (often even obvious difficulties) compared to classmates that otherwise perform comparably (or somewhat worse).
An at least somewhat suspicious level of performance in a certain, specific category. E.g. an otherwise bright child just cannot get their head around doing calculations in writing (or even effectively reading numbers and simple equations), while managing to do the same calculations mentally. E.g. a child that you yet know to not be dumb at all, making specific, obvious misstakes in written calculations again and again and again, no matter how often you explain it, which you basically know cannot be due to them being just dumb.
They looked into a lot of such problems and figured out that there are a couple of common-ish learning disabilities, like dyscalculia and dyslexia. It's further differentiatable based on the question of 'what caused this deficite?'. Some are due to a lack of adequate support in learning. Some are due to unsuitable methods of teaching for the child. Some can occur due to trauma or other psychological problems. Some are (or are presumed to be) of neurological origin. Some are due to specific functions which don't work as supposed. E.g. having problems distinguishing similar letters, like d and b. There's a guy out there who created a font specifically to have very distinguishable letters, as to specifically remove these similarity-based problems for dyslexics. The result (they did some research) seems to be that using this font, dyslexic readers will have way less difficulties at reading.
Afaik, most treatment for learning disabilities comes in the form of adjusted teaching and coaching, so, pedagogical methods. And not medication. Not much money to make with medication for most learning disabilities. (ADHD is rather an exemption here, and even there, the consensus in literature is that the main therapy of ADHD should be on a pedagogical and psychological level, using medication 'complementary' as needed. And even regarding the ADHD medication, the most prominent medications are basically all out of patent, so the market is mainly on a price level of generics.)
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thanks for the detailed answer. the problem happens when the term is not used for the list of things but as a general diagnosis which means there is no specific diagnosis. its like telling a surgent that the patient has a tumor but not where it is. (i now wanted to quote the op wich i though was an example for that but realized that it has been changed or that i was replying the wrong comment or that i misinterpreted something)
not mediaction but there are other financial and carreer interests
Vainamoinennoumlauts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:26:02 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I think using 'learning disability' in this unspecified way is appropriate in quite a lot of contexts, because it proves useful in providing help to people with learning disabilities.
Take teachers as the probably most important instance for inducing tests of learning disabilities. We can presume that the clear majority of parents are not capable of assessing the possibility of a learning disability in their child (a lot won't even bother, too). So teachers are the first instance to usually provide a decent chance of noticing learning difficulties (same for behavioural problems).
We basically need teachers to just be aware that there are "learning disabilities". They don't need to know all the specific ones. They don't need to know details about any of them.
As soon as teachers understand that there can be learning difficulties which need special attention, they can initiate the consultation of actual professionals. Those professionals then have the capabilities to find out whether the child has a learning disability, if any, and then specify it.
Accordingly, they can report back to the teachers about how to accommodate the specific student then, which is way more effective than expecting teachers to understand enough about specific disabilities to be able of figuring out themselves which accommodations are neccessary. (This, of course, doesn't work with teachers who are just shitty teachers are assholes.)
Don't know how it's in the usa. In Germany, most professions dealing with learning disabilities don't pay good at all, so I don't really see lots of potential for questionable financial interests.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:04:13 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i think they should know that there is dyscalculia, dyslexia, ... and initiate the consultation of a professional in case. if they dont know what could be a disability then learning disabilities cover the same area as dumb, lazy, noncurious or annoyed children. unfortunately there will always be bad or asshole teachers so this makes it easy for them to get rid of children they dont like or they dont want to deal with.
i thought more of research and journals and possible donors of the fields.
Vainamoinennoumlauts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:51:36 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They'll pick up a bit of "knowledge" on the more common ones, sure. But it gets unreasonable to expect anything more. Better train them in figuring out which children might have difficulties which don't get solved by the usual methods.
Being "dumb" might necessitate special ed stuff.
Being "lazy" on an outstanding and problematic level also should get looked at.
"non-curiousness" as of itself isn't a problem, unless it actively hinders education, in which case it also should get looked at.
Annoyed childred also deserve at least an open ear.
Point is, teachers won't be capable of assessing a lot of specific problems their pupils might deal with. Hell, lots of teachers aren't even that good at understanding and accepting that there actually are learning disabilities and other serious problems which cannot be solved by their standard method of teaching. So the first main goal is to get teachers to talk to admin and seek professional assessment regarding pupils which show significant difficulties in one respect or the other. (This isn't restricted to learning disabilities, of course.)
Got any known case of such an influence on a relevant scale? Usually, external influences of these kind requite either a financial interest of some industry, or some ideological/political interest group to back it up.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:22:07 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
couldnt ephazise this more myself. the problem is putting someone in the wrong group could do a lot of harm. like one flapsy diagnosis leading to another, life long stigmtization or medication(not the most common thing with learning disabilities) destroying childrens cognitive abilities and souls.
didnt look but for example its a lot better for career if you invent a new disability instead of explaining a phenomena with a combination of known disabilities or deseases. caree focused scientists want to inflate theirwork just like any other career focused person
Vainamoinennoumlauts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:00 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, and that's why it's important to get them assessed by actual professionals. Basically, it should go: teacher notices something might be wrong -> gets the school to look into it -> school involves professionals which they suppose are fit for the matter -> if necessary, those redirect to other professions -> child should get proper assistance, if needed. Keep in mind that some primary assessment of potential problems (like learning disabilities) is rather inexpensive, most likely only a few hours involving some pediatrician, therapist, etc. (so, a few hundred bucks at most) until it's decided whether the child should recieve further assessment or assistance. So even if teachers get two or three times as many pupils assessed than actually need additional help of some kind, it's a worthwile investment into the well-being and education of the children. Especially this is way better than doing it the other way around and risking more children falling through the cracks.
When it comes to medication, the most important part is actually finding a competent professional. The questionable amount of missdiagnosis of certain disorders mainly stems from doctors and psychologists not specialised in the disorders 'diagnosing' them anyway. It's like, duh, depending circumstances, it's really hard to differentiate between adhd, childhood trauma, certain kinds of depression, and some kinds of social/familial problems, and you need more than a standard medical or psychologists degree to be able to do so.
I don't think this holds as an argument here. At least in Germany (and I suppose it works somewhat comparable in other western countries), it takes a fucking shitload of work to even get noteworty attention in your field of research. You can try inventing a new diagnosis, but you're colleagues will professionally tear you a new one if you don't offer serious reasons for needing to define this new diagnosis. Now, from a research position, it can be interesting to try new or altered models of diagnosis, but on a practitioning scale, those are mostly irrelevant as they're not widely accepted at that point. The vast majority of potential diagnoses will be well-tried diagnosis and the respective assistance/treatment work appropriatly, so there's no strong interest in changing those diagnoses. Take a look a the different versions and revisions of the ICD and DSM manuals. There are a lot of changes, but those basically represent all seriously accepted advances within the whole respective fields of research, happening over at least a couple of years of research. I'd argue this shows that it' actually quite hard to achieve even a serious change in an already existing diagnosis.
so_much_adult_angst_ ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 03:16:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does this girl have a learning disability?
BigBertha249 ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 03:55:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
Sinai ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 03:36:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember I had to write a children's book about the structures in a cell in high school biology and it ended up being about the communist revolt by the other organelles against the ruthless dictatorship of the nucleus, aka Old Nukky, using their particular attributes to enact an assassination. They succeeded, but they all died at the end...
TrueRune ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:54:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nukky Khrushchev
Sinai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:18:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Golgi Apparatchik
homiej420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn...
SunshineLammi ยท 103 points ยท Posted at 02:37:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She sounds to me like she's either a troll, just dull, or severely ADD.
jakielim ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 02:55:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That might explain something.
in_the_corner ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 03:14:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta go fast
GreyCr0ss ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:40:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have never seen a more bizarre subculture. Some things I can understand, but that group is just...weird.
For anyone who doesn't believe me, just go google {name} the Hedgehog.
walkclothed ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:02:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can name a hedgehog pretty much anything you want, but here is a short list of examples:
Consensually ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:33:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why would ADD stop her from dong this? She just didn't understand the concept, she seemed perfectly capable on working on a task without being distracted, the teacher just had to explain to her that it wouldn't make sense.
6feet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
She couldn't focus long enough to actually think about how to fulfill the requirements of a task.
Teacher: "I want you to think of a thing..."
ADD Brain: "Alright! Things! I love lots of things!..."
Teacher, voice fading into the background: "...and compare it to a cell."
ADD Brain: "...I wonder if Sonic the Hedgehog counts as a thing. Oooh, tacos are things! I wonder if Mommy will make tacos for dinner. Why are British phone booths blue...?"
It's actually incredibly frustrating when you get a little older and you know it's important to think about some bit of difficult information thoroughly, but you just can't force your brain to hold still and just process shit. It's as though your thoughts are globs of oil, and as you try to grab them they just slip through your fingers. Even when the girl was told how to do the assignment, maintaining focus was impossible, and drawing a bowling alley was easier because she could do whatever the fuck she wanted and allow her mind to wander however it may, instead of trying to force it to make analagous connections.
I think that may be what confuses people about ADD- a chilld with ADD- or any person with it- may be able to sit quietly without showing how distracted they are, but on the inside their mind is whirling through other topics they find interesting. When I was first prescribed Adderall, it felt like a complete fucking miracle to just be able to think, about whatever I wanted, and not be swept up in the whims of my brain. Like my mind had been a riot zone with so much to take in it was overwhelming, and then it was transformed into a quiet, organized library.
Consensually ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:07:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I understand ADD, it runs in my family, and I have it myself. It just seems to me that she blatantly just could not understand the exercise. It makes sense maybe if she'd done it once, but the teacher took her aside multiple times and explained it to her. It doesn't make sense that she wouldn't have the attention span to listen to an explanation but would have it to create a solution. Even people with ADD can pay attention for short lengths of time, like taking a simple order, it's the implementation over an extended period of time that is difficult. I think the girl is just no the sharpest tool in the shed, not everything has to be ADD
SunshineLammi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:07:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She seemed to be ok with doing the assignment but indecisive about what to do it on, forgetful as the quote implies, and impulsive on throwing away the island idea and going with the bowling alley. It's possible she has ADD, she's just stubborn, some other learning disorder, she's trolling, or just dull like I said before.
Consensually ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She wasn't ok doing the assignment though? She didn't seem to understand the basic premise? It seems much more likely to me that she would have a learning disability, because she seemed capable of executing a command, or attempting to, but incapable of analyzing what the command was. This really is just conjecture though, it seems you did give thought to the diagnosis, sorry if I offended
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 04:24:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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LorraineALD ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think the teacher was at fault. It seems like the other students understood the assignment which means that she explained the organelles well. I think that the girl did have trouble understanding what organelles are, so OP sat down with the girl and helped her start the assignment. She even sketched it out for her.
If no one, or the majority of the class doesn't get it, then you can say that maybe the teacher is doing something wrong. But it seems like that girl was the only one struggling. If she was truly having trouble, she should have talked to the teacher (and used the sketch she gave her) instead of just doing her own thing.
Poromenos ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 09:24:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my God, that's terrible! Can you prescribe some medication, doctor?!
shadowaway ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:43:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That actually sounds like a great exercise for teaching cells.
AFawn ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 03:09:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless every kid does a city, like they did in my 7th grade class
shadowaway ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:23:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do a model but it wasn't as a representation. We did ours as lollies in jelly and ate it afterwards.
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:32:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean...I cant really fault anyone for that. a city is simple, makes sense, and is probably going to be suggested by the teacher.
AFawn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:40:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah of course! Just makin' a point!
Gneissisnice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually have a decent spread of ideas from my students. We went over a city for an example before we started the project and I said they could use a city if they REALLY couldn't think of ideas, but only a couple of kids picked that. The most popular ones are cars and planes, and I have a few schools. Two groups picked the human body, someone did a boat, and another group is working on a factory. There are a couple of others as well.
meme-com-poop ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:52:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on what year they're doing it. Would be good for grade schoolers, but seems pretty simple for middle school or high schoolers.
Orlitoq ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:32:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You have had the honour of teaching a future politician!
lilsniper ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:35:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I get it! It's cause politicians are FUCKING RETARDED!
tottalytubular ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:21:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My daughter did hers with Harry Potter books as the cell analogy. It was genius imo.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:41:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wanna know . . .
amoore109 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:10:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can ya show me?
markyminkk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:49:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wanna know
IsThatWhatSheSaidTho ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:57:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
....what love is?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Baby, don't
ColinStyles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No. You fucked up the reference, you get no points, good day sir.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:49:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
K.
Is_A_Velociraptor ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:00:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How exactly did that work?
tottalytubular ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:56:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She was in 6th grade and came up with it on her own. She painted it all with watercolors and it was beautiful. I found a photo of it & here's the breakdown; Ministry of magic = nucleus, Protective spell = cell membrane, Gringotts = cytosome, Borgin & Botts = vacuole, Magical Meanagerie = Mitochondria, Ollivanders = gogli body, Weasleys wizards weazes = ribosomes, Madame Malkins = Endoplasmic Reticulum, Harry Potter = flagella
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:03:25 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So not the books, but the attributes of the built-world (Coudlnt' think of a better way to phrase that)
rubiscoisrad ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:07:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A computer might have been a fun analogy, but given the amount of thought she was putting into the task in the first place....maybe not. :/
The_Enemys ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:53:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So would a cellphone; it's even one of the ideas she had! She just didn't think about what to do with it at all
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, so battery-mitochondria, screen-membrane, storage-vacuole, that's all I got. I hated these types of assignments.
rubiscoisrad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:15:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess the really tricky stuff comes with trying to place the golgi and the ERs. Maaaaybe golgi bodies could be things sent to cloud storage? Rough ER could be app data/feedback? (I feel like this could turn into a ridiculous philosophical thing. Fuck it, let's use a car instead.)
Casswigirl11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rough ER would be the processor? Maybe? It's honestly not that good of an analogy.
rubiscoisrad ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:07:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I know. Computers aren't my forte. /u/postingaccount243 apparently did this exact thing way back when; maybe they remember what they used?
rubiscoisrad ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:18:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That you did! I missed it amongst the other wacky ideas. Too bad; it sounded like whatever whimsical thing she chose would've worked, provided she could justify it. Even tacos. (Hard shell - cellulose wall? Soft tortilla - phospholipid membrane? Idk...)
postingaccount243 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:30:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm; did this project in 7th grade, used a computer as my analogy. I think I got an A, I don't remember.
Catting_Around ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:43:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Female Kevin.
Nerdy_Indian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:46:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe she couldn't understand metaphors. I for one couldn't understand metaphors till I was like 15.
Rebbid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:07:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the heck! I just had the same one! Except ours was our school. Funny.
bitcheatingveggies ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:36:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bless her.
BellsBooksCandles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And you didn't have her tested for a learning disability?
mrmikemcmike ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:01:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
inb4 THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:33:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You probably won't read this but I actually know you from /r/onceuponatime. You give a lot of opinions that I absolutely agree with so I even had you RES tagged, and noticed your answer on here.
So as you can imagine, it only made the part about "tacos" even more hilarious. Take care!
Gneissisnice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha wow I'm surprised to be recognized from there, it's been a while since I posted a lot of stuff there. I finally caught up with the current season so I might be participating there again, haha. Thanks for the reply!
SlapstickVampire ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:57:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, if you have seen Guardians of the galaxy, you'll remember Drax. He doesn't understand metaphor, like at all. "nothing can go over my head, I'll catch it." In all likelihood this girl has some sort of condition that makes this thinking beyond her. if she is otherwise intelligent at school work but a bit of a weirdo for social interaction, I would suggest something on the autism spectrum. If she is generally not very smart, it might still be autism, but it could be something else. I would talk to the special education teacher to figure out how to get her evaluated. Autistic people are often very intelligent, but they need specialized classes to help them learn how to get along with the rest of us.
LittleKey ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:43:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't say this one isolated incident (which we are hearing about secondhand anyway) is grounds for saying the girl has some kind of condition/autism.
Rorkimaru ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She's definitely not firing on all cylinders if it happened as op wrote. She could just be very dumb but that's a kind of dumb worth looking into before she tries to dry her pet in a microwave.
SlapstickVampire ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:17:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hence why i suggested they find an accessible professional to guide them.
Gneissisnice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:28:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She's usually pretty good in class, this was the only weird thing with her. Normally she understands the assignments and does them fairly well. She might just have a problem with abstract thinking, and some kids develop that later than others.
I have a number of students with IEPs in my classes, none are on the autism spectrum though.
Eatsnow89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:41:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWER HOUSE OF THE CELL
theDamnKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't NOT think about this beautiful thing. Yes it's buzzfeed. piss off
BigBertha249 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should have known something like this would happen once she brought up Sonic. I swear, sonic has the weirdest fanbase ever.
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be honest, I went to grad school for biochemistry, and I think I understand the parts of the cell better than most people, and I have no clue what I would draw. I always hated assignments like this. Very little gain and mostly busy-work.
lezarium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Above that, making students spend several days on a drawing in biology class??? How can that be beneficial...
Gneissisnice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its general science, not biology. It's a class for students that failed science the year before, I know they can't handle PowerPoints or anything too difficult. I was ready to end this project on Friday but they begged me to push it back, and after 1st period, I'm gonna have to push it back again to tomorrow.
Trust me, I'd love to actually teach stuff but I have to dumb it down significantly for them and keep them busy or else they learn nothing at all.
DrHideNSeek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In her defense, the taco one could have worked pretty well if she had put some thought into it. But from the sound of it she probably didn't know all the parts that go into a taco, let alone cell structure...
ledzepretrauqon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out. Is indeed a science teacher.
Shizzleee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
interreddit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh fuck..i teach networking...cisco shit...i will never complain again
BlackMacGyver ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can I ask what grade this is?
thecraziestgirl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OMG I did that project in high school. Almost destroyed my best friend and I's relationship. Luckily we're still going strong almost ten years later.
Hoosteen_juju003 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This girl sounds amazing.
lezarium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah right? I bet she has a way deeper understanding of the topic than we have and she has recognized that the structures of a cell is applicable to many more objects. I don't really see why sonic was such a bad choice. She used her imagination and that's what the assignment was about - maybe she just can't explain her perspective on things to other people very well...
VeryCheesey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
..Kevin?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, this really screams learning disability from the way it's told. I hope if she is young enough that you might be able to discuss this with the parents or something :... If it were my kid I'd hope the teacher would talk to me.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Redditors have to come from somewhere.
michaelchondria ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How about a cell is like the '96 Bulls and the powerhouse is Jordan. Michaelchondria if you will.
bobbarkerscat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mrs. Perill?
Charyou-Tree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think this girl is Dorey.
ReVaas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this infuriates me, how old is she?
Gneissisnice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
14, I teach 9th grade.
ReVaas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i think that poor girl had a serious learning disability
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cell phone would work, because the processor could be the nucleus, and the battery could be mitochondria. Also, at taco bell the manager is the nucleus etc.
sublevel009 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this reminds me of this one time in biology, we were playing a quiz game. The teacher asked our team "name a producer" (literally any plant). This girl shouts out "Jerry Bruckheimer!" Teacher still gave us points. Technically, she wasn't wrong. Gave me a good laugh
4Sken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:34:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's sad.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do the same thing, and draw a story book for it. I had the idea to do an NFL football team, and thought I was pretty clever in naming the story book the "Dallas Cellboys". Anyway, I suck at drawing, so this took me a long while. The day it's due, I show up...and my friend has done a story book about the Dallas Cellboys too. He ended up getting an A, I got a C. Taylor, if you're on Reddit, I'm still salty, and it was my idea.
DijkstraShortestPath ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the power house, not the power plant.
Pearly_Sweetcake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Homegirl is stoned AF
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And this is why not everyone can be anything they want. I'll never play in the NBA, and she'll never be a Microbiologist.
MamaDelRey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
Anarroia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If she has Asperger's or something, she won't be able to understand things in a metaphorical sense, so maybe she just can't make analogies for things because her brain just don't compute that shit?
Rhombico ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She probably doesn't actually understand what an analogy is
TacoSloth_97 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
Excuse_Me_Mr_Pink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Brick, are you just looking at things in the office and saying that you love them?"
sweet_roses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please refer her to get tested for a learning disability, and see the referral through. Catching kids before they slip through the cracks is amazing.
craftyrunner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My 7th grader is working on a very similar project right now. Only he has to make a 3D model of another system, yada yada. And he seemed to think that part of the assignment was waiting til the almost-last minute.
readyforhappines ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL
pmerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gut annihilated hahahaha
cptjmshook ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This story reminds me of a certain hybrid utensil-wielding semi-aquatic bird I know...
MrsDrBreakfast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You might be my kid sisters science teacher. If so, sorry..
alex3omg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... Maybe this is a good opportunity to have a meeting with her parents?
petit_cochon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, at that point, maybe you should just admit that she's not learning via this drawing analogy and just like, make her draw and label a cell a few times lol.
I don't mean to be rude, I just don't think that having kids draw cells as cities or cities as cells would help every kid learn.
astakon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She knows her true calling in life, leave her be.
featherdino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad that sonic made an appearance
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it's terrible but I hated slow kids when I was in school. It was a little private school that was too small to split classes so I had to sit there while the 3 slow kids had the first five minutes of the lesson broken down 50 different ways over the next hour. You went above and beyond, at some point some people just aren't cut out for thinking with their brains.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could she have attention deficit?
Swordplay2612 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was taking Biology in high school I had an assignment similar to this. I made a pizza with a different topping for each of the cell components and tried to shape them to look like the cell components. Someone else just made a regular pepperoni pizza and everyone was more interested in that so i sat in the back of the room and ate my pizza.
parentlessfather ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
godless-life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really hope that was a solid F, and not one of those "you failed the assignment, here's a C so I never see you again"?
Halt96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Might she have a learning disability?
drainos_noches ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does she happen to have a brother named Kevin?
CrazyPlato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not a misinterpretation. That's just being really stupid.
MiserableLurker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's probably not that she doesn't get comparisons. I bet she really just doesn't get organelles.
I'd suggest showing them an film/animation of something like
-a drill-in of blood droplet on a slide then,
-a drill-in of a dirty water droplet on a slide then,
-the organelle sketch then,
-watch the dirty water having chlorine applied (so they don't freak out...)
AnRKOouttaNowhere ยท 348 points ยท Posted at 03:29:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have browsed different subreddits for the past year but made an account just to post my worst misinterpretation of all time.
In fourth grade, we were assigned a project about important events in the past 100 years. Once I completed this project on a certain individual that I was assigned, we were given another project. Historical figures. We were supposed to do research and dress up as this individual. I asked my teacher if I could just do the person I was assigned in the previous assignment and, without remembering or looking who my person was, she said yes. I was pumped. I had already done the research assignments and only needed to dress up as this person. My parents helped me put the costume together the night before and I was all prepared.
That next day, I walk into school and head to the library where we were all meeting to show off our costumes.
I walk in as Adolf Hitler.
I see a banner. "Important Figures Over the Past 100 Years!" As a quiet kid, I didn't leave but I didn't say anything the rest of the day. I guess I had missed the part where this figure for our second project was to be a hero but no one had specifically stated this. All my friends were dressed up as presidents or war heroes or whatever and here I was dressed as Hitler, all day. I have never had so many talks with other peoples' parents about the Holocaust and how bad it was. I was too nervous to explain myself and still cringe when I think about how that looked.
My parents didn't think it was odd that I had to dress up as Hitler since this project sounded almost the same as the first one and my teacher never liked explaining anything at lengths to me. Now that I think about this, I bet she set me up.
lollity ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 09:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you elaborate on what happened during the day? Also, do you have any pictures of yourself as Hitler, complete with tiny moustache?
ButtholeBerserker ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:23:55 on December 1, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not him, but my school did something similar. We had the hole school lined with kids at little mini booth areas dressed up as random historical figures, with little cards containing summaries of who they were and what they accomplished. Imagine a bunch of American generals presidents or inventors filling the school, all the great heros of our nation personified by little kids, and then one fuckin hitler standing in a corner sweating bullets hoping no one approaches him so he won't have to talk. That's OP.
ColorMeStunned ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 15:52:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love that your parents were just like "Whatever he needs, we'll help him out. Dressing up as Hitler will make him happy, we guess."
Btro134 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:27:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what got me too. I don't care what the assignment is, my kid is not leaving the house dressed as Hitler.
drkliener ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:46:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know it would be fun to see where's he's going with it before you say no
The_Messiah ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 13:25:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This... This post is criminally underrated.
going2college ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:02:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We did this at my elementary school too :)
TokeyWakenbaker ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 17:03:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dressed up as Hitler?
going2college ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:06:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No the dress up thing
fuckitx ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:01:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god hahahahaha best one in the thread
Sirspen ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:07:21 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do a 15-minute full-costume chautauqua in my AP history class and did have a Hitler. Kid was pretty well researched and gave a decent presentation, but actually was a neonazi.
RockStarState ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 14:23:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly... fuck them and fuck that teacher. I don't see why you should feel ashamed at all. You were unique and completed the assignment.
theurbanwaffle ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 16:30:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd be ashamed, he was supposed to be a hero, and dressed up as hitler. Whether or not he knew or not, I'd be embarrassed as hell.
RockStarState ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:18:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Important figures in the past 100 years" doesn't say anything about heros, and if he didnt get the memo all the time while the class was preparing that it was ONLY heros then he did nothing wrong. Unless you count following the directions as wrong
Rakuall ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:36:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, Hitler did give the German economy the kick in the pants it needed. He also kind of did the same for most of the world (war production / soldier recruitment makes a lot of jobs). So while I don't think he's a hero, an argument could be made...
AdmiralAkbar1 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:59:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He actually would've crippled the German economy in the long run, considering his pre-war economic policies.
Sully9989 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:37:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He also helped take care of those Jews...
theKalash ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 15:07:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
remember kids: Dressing like Hitler in school is not cool.
NeonGKayak ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:33:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well he sure was important and influential. Some even believed he was a hero. I guess what I'm saying is that it's all about perspective.
mattsox94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:30 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I somehow knew where this was going. Bravo, sir, bravo.
marifreakinsol ยท 2156 points ยท Posted at 23:17:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was in grade school I had basic math problems assigned to take home. My parents did not speak English so I would do my homework as best I could. The question would ask what is the difference between 8 and 5. Instead of answering 3, I would describe that 8 was bigger, even, and had more circles while 5 was odd and smaller. I don't remember who or when someone corrected me.
riboslavin ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 05:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I saw a scan of a math worksheet about comparisons once. It had 2 columns of numbers, and students were supposed to show whether the first was greater, equal, or less than the second number. Specifically, the instructions said "Fill in the black with <, =, or >"
Thing is, Spanish often uses << and >> as quotation marks, so a native Spanish speaker saw that and thought it said Fill in the blank with ",=, or". And so the worksheet was returned as follows
7 ,=, or 8
-1 ,=, or 10
0 ,=, or 0
2 ,=, or 20
Leyetipants ยท 693 points ยท Posted at 04:12:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It took me several confused minutes to realize that you wrote 'grade school,' and not 'grad school.'
Edit: I just got my highest rated comment ever on reddit, and all because I didn't know how to read.
PurelyApplied ยท 151 points ยท Posted at 06:27:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is the difference between 8 and 5?
Well, as a prime, 5 can build a ring under modulo extending the standard binary operators of the integers, whereas a mod 8 group admits zero divisors.
Conversely, as a nontrivial power of a prime, we may build a ring of higher dimension, here using the directed product of a two element set three times to represent a "base 8" ring, under non standard operators.
Full disclosure, I'm far and away on the applied aside of things, as the user name might suggest; it's late; I've been drinking; and it's been years since I took a non computationally focused mathematics course. To any algrabraists this post offends, my deepest apologies.
ThatLiam ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 07:15:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the_hamturdler ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 10:08:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They even have they're own writing, algebraille.
-dudeomfgstfux- ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:08:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So this Isn't crazy for a grad-school mathematics course.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 08:11:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When you get to grad school level math you realize that it's actually extremely difficult to explain how 5 and 8 are different, or even what they are.
-dudeomfgstfux- ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:57:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend is a Math undergrad, the things she tells me she does makes thermodynamics seem straight forward. Tell me more about number theory.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:58:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly have no idea other than some very light reading that I've done. The furthest I ever got in pure math was differential equations.
Jorlung ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:41:16 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't let math majors catch you calling DiffEqs pure math, they'll probably freak out.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:03:29 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, looks like I used the term "pure math" incorrectly. It was DiffEq for engineering students so it definitely focused more on real-world applications and less on theory
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:41:32 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1st law of thermodynamics: you don't talk about thermodynamics.
I_am_fed_up_of_SAP ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:58:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dafuq did I read
US_Hiker ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:11:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is what algebra turns into for math majors. Despite being entirely non-recognizable to anybody who took algebra in high school, it's still called algebra.
Here's a free textbook for a beginner course on this side of it: http://abstract.ups.edu/aata/
KappaMcTIp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something about finite fields; I like to pretend i didn't read it
mohishunder ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:59:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was a Masters in Education.
geofurb ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:30:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plot twist, it was a graduate-level orthography course.
IJustDrinkHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought he was making up lesson plans for kids
stud771 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:37:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't*
FTFY
Spifffyy ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:07:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
B..but this comment isnt even highly rated?
As_a_bluckmun ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:05:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
not much difference these days
ClintonCanCount ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 03:53:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, as a professional mathematician, the fact that 5 is odd and 8 isn't is the more interesting difference.
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 04:20:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Rvngizswt ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 04:27:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Become bat shit crazy. Seems like it worked for all the professors I had
ghost_orchid ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:36:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but... I think all of my professors in college were batshit crazy.
All of the non-crazy instructors I had were grad students.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:43:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The grad students are working their way towards batshit craziness.
ghost_orchid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:34 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a grad student ):
voiceofnonreason ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seemed to work for a Russel Crowe
HVAvenger ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How many prime numbers are there?
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:35:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Xion4762 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:19:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
X
IAmAMagicLion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:57:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
โต 0 (aleph naught)
hatessw ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:05:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Enough.
thepobv ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:41:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
infinite?
HVAvenger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Correct, now prove it.
thepobv ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Suppose that p1=2 < p2 = 3 < ... < pr are all of the primes. Let P = p1p2...pr+1 and let p be a prime dividing P; then p can not be any of p1, p2, ..., pr, otherwise p would divide the difference P-p1p2...pr=1, which is impossible. So this prime p is still another prime, and p1, p2, ..., pr would not be all of the primes.
-Euclid, 300bc
ClintonCanCount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:13:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably not, I'm a terrible communicator.
But schools are often terrible at teaching the interesting math. I'd recommend looking in to "discrete math" - stuff like combinatorics (fancy counting) is lots of fun.
The simple examples you might get in school are things like "How many ways can I divide the class of 30 people in half?" or "How many ways can I arrange the books on my bookshelf?"
These questions are nice, because they take a little thought and when you figure them out you've really learned something.
Then they get more complicated; "how many ways can I split the class into 3 groups?" is a different question which has two answers people give- the fact that they answer the same question means they are the same, and thus equal. This is a common proof technique in elementary combinatorics for identities!
I'm going to stop rambling now, but this stuff is really interesting, and they likely won't teach you a lick of it in school.
Zagorath ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 06:09:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Did you know that 1+2+3+4+..., if you keep going and take the sum of all positive integers (the sum, mind you, not the limit of the series), the result is -1/12?
EDIT: Why the downvotes? It's true. The parent comment asked for an example of the beauty of maths, and this definitely qualifies.
ClintonCanCount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I did know that that is not true.
Edit: If you want to see a true master of the craft, not a ignorant youtuber and a oversymplifying physicist (he knows he's misleading you, and knows the true justification) explain this, Terry Tao has done so here;
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/the-euler-maclaurin-formula-bernoulli-numbers-the-zeta-function-and-real-variable-analytic-continuation/
Zagorath ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:14:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, it really is.. It's actually a result that is essential in string theory.
ClintonCanCount ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, it really really isn't. It is a divergent series that can be assigned a valuation of -1/12 under certain systems for valuing divergent series, but it is NOT equal to -1/12.
The construction in the video is a nonsensical heuristic.
For example, let us consider the series 1+1+1+...
Then let us, much as they do in the video, shift it one and subtract it.
Which is clearly nonsensical.
This kind of pop science lie Brady and his fellow -philes perpetuate is incredibly frustrating, and ruins a perfectly good cgp grey podcast for me.
Zagorath ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:02:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm, that's a really good point, actually.
So, how is it that this technique of shifting over by one is valid in some cases, but not in others?
ClintonCanCount ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:25:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The short answer is that it is only valid for convergent series, and the construction in the video is fallacious.
The longer answer is one of analytic continuation; instead consider these infinite sums as power series.
We know for |x|<1,
Taking the "limit" as x to -1 from above, we imagine (in some sense)
This disallows the construction I showed earlier, because what we then have is
Which is trueish, taking the limit as x goes to 1.
Adarain ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:38:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That only works out if you allow some questionable things... like adding two diverging series (with an offset no less, if I recall correctly how it worked), or deciding that 1+1-1+1-1ยฑ... adds up to 1/2.
thepobv ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
depending on the summation used...
Taste_of_Space ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:09:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand. Why is that interesting? Am I being dense?
CMAT17 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:27:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a professional mathematician by any standards, but, the question is interesting in determining a systematic proof of distinction between odd and even numbers without falling back on the elementary school definitions of odd and even.
Adarain ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:42:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aren't they just defined as "A number x is even if it satisfies x=2n, nโZ and odd if it satisfies the equation x=2n+1, nโZ"? That's pretty much what we learned in primary school, just with fancy notation.
CMAT17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When it was explained to me (a couple of years back, so the details escape me), it wasn't necessarily the definition of odd or even itself that was particularly interesting. The interesting part is the process of arriving at the definition itself, which necessarily requires a generalized proof that for an arbitrary integer n, n/2 will necessarily yield a remainder of 1 or 0.
PowerhousePlayer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:38:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But it's not like n/2 (where n is an integer) can yield a remainder greater than 1 or less than 0. You would just end up adding numbers to the answer and then going back to a remainder of 1 or 0.
lcarsos ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:40:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not OP, and not a mathematician, but as a Computer Scientist I have a passing fascination in the maths. You're not being dense. Everything in math is interesting because there's an infinite depth that you can study everything, even odd numbers (I apologize for the pun, but only kind of).
And if you've never heard of topology before, or set theory, or rings you might still be sane. But seriously, math is cool, way cooler than you're led to believe all the way through high school and even your first few years of university.
shardikprime ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:10:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And don't forget the fields!
A set of fields full of rings is a beautiful abstract thing to observe!
ClintonCanCount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even numbers are multiples of 2 (I know, I know, you know that), and in general for number theory (especially analytic number theory) they are pretty boring - we all ready know they aren't prime, because they have a clear divisor.
Odd numbers have a promise of prime-ness about them that even numbers (in general) lack. Odd primes, like 5, also have a lot of nice properties, and odd numbers are made up of odd primes.
mattttt96 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
5 may be prime, but 8 is a prime to the power of the subsequent prime
ClintonCanCount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:26:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which is kind of cool, for sure. But 2 is weird.
Jaxter1123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my elementary math analysis class. shudders
lacedstraight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:55 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Upon further inspection you may find that's not interesting at all.
ClintonCanCount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:06 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How so?
lexattack ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:11:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the 5th grade when we're getting into fractions, the paper said find the least common denominator, I just put the number to least likely be the answer.
thegreger ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:05:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Out of curiosity, do you remember what number you deemed to be the least likely, or how you reasoned?
lexattack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:20:22 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just what was furthest away, or what numbers wouldn't make that number.
Maudesquad ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gah literally took me 10 mins and numerous examples to explain this to three of my students last week. I'll bet if I ask them tomorrow they will still talk about their appearance!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:50:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i remember helping my seven year old sister last week, and asked her 'what's the difference between 88 and 73?'
she then said '88 as two of the same numbers while 73 has two different numbers' or something to that effect. i wasn't sure if she was actually confused by the question or if she was being a little shit lol.
AsherGray ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:17:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the exact same thing in 3rd grade upon coming to the US. My teacher wondered why I always wrote long explanations for each "difference" problem.
comfy_socks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's too cute!
PowerhousePlayer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's actually so adorable.
spectrumero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:51:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're not the only one... I did exactly the same thing!
NotMyNameActually ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach second graders and lots of them do this on the pre-assessment. Even after we teach them that the word "difference" is a key word meaning you're going to need to subtract, and even though we have a giant poster on the wall with all of the word-problem keywords organized into "Addition" and "Subtraction" . . . some of them still don't get it by the end of the unit.
sweet_roses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:33:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well you weren't wrong.
Orange_Potato_Yum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:05:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing! Only difference was it was a baby sitter who didn't give a shit about my homework. I'm now an engineering major so you could say that I got a little better at math.
killerelf12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had college freshman chemistry students do this. To be fair, the question could be answered in a conceptual manner, but when I give you all the numbers and you do out the rest of the math except for the fucking subtraction... You're just dense.
oblio76 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really thought you were going to talk about the difference between 8 years old and 5 years old.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
That's super cute. Are you Indian or East Asian?
anifirm ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:33:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this too! It took weeks and multiple teachers explaining it to me for me to understand. Maths has never been my thing.
catdingerschrode ยท 167 points ยท Posted at 05:22:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but the story is still worth telling. In high school, we took quiz on Hamlet. Our teacher told us, "If you get confused, remember--the story is just like the Lion King."
One of the questions asked how Hamlet's uncle died. Someone answered that he was thrown off a cliff and eaten alive by hyenas. I have never seen a teacher look so disappointed.
new_account_5009 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 13:11:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude...Spoilers...I haven't read Hamlet yet
jfc47 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:03:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, this one got me cracking up.
ADreamByAnyOtherName ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:43:00 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So my Senior Year English teacher was a little odd. awesome guy, but just an all around weirdo, and that made him loved by nearly everyone.
One of the things he would do was put "Wombat" as a possible answer to one of the multiple choice/matching/etc type questions on every test. He promised us that one of those tests would have "Wombat" as a correct answer to one of the questions.
Enter the Hamlet test. we get to a quote match section, lo and behold, one of the quotes is the sound a Wombat makes, and Wombat is one of the possible answers. Pretty obvious question.
At least one person got it wrong.
Hoberto ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:39:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Awwww, I would be disappointed too.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 588 points ยท Posted at 02:27:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine is! And this one story of his is amazing!
For one of his class projects that he assigns every year he asks his students to build little trebuchets. Then they participate in activities for the furthest marshmallow toss, things like that. One year, he assigned the project like normal, and everything looked good! Everyone had their trebuchets on their desks but one group of 2, who were looking around pretty nervously.
Teacher: "Did you finish your trebuchet?"
Students: "Yes."
Teacher: "Then where is it?"
Students (looking nervously at each other): "well, its, um, well, outside. It wont fit inside the school"
So of course, everyone had to file outside to see what the two of them had built. As it turns out, they had built a full-size trebuchet welded onto the back of a metal trailer, and had it towed in behind one of their fathers pickup truck. I'm talking a full-on trebuchet. A little bigger than this one. Of course, everyone forgot their little Popsicle stick trebuchets. They spent the next while flinging watermelons brought in by the kids father clear across the school yard!
Of all of his teaching stories, this is still my favourite one.
[deleted] ยท 122 points ยท Posted at 07:49:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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VTwinVaper ยท 72 points ยท Posted at 09:15:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Well we've got a huge guy theory, and a serial crusher theory."
eldonkr ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:43:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like I'm going to have a bagel with my coffee.
tilsitforthenommage ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:44:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They're half right
Vigilantius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:52:44 on April 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god. This made me laugh out loud at work, fortunately, my boss is on the phone, so he did not hear me.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:27:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy cow! That is amazing!
fecalbeetle ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 18:24:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More like Holey Sheep!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:53:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm trying really hard not to laugh while in class.
Kiyoko504 ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 02:56:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they didn't get an A ++ that teacher would of been mad as a hatter
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 02:57:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They got a damn good mark is all I remember.
Kiyoko504 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:05:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Either way I would love to see video of it if any exists !
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:07:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was pre-digital age. Sadly none exists.
Kiyoko504 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:08:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ah VHS era, when Black Buster was king.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:14:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still mad they killed the Canadian Blockbuster to try and save the doomed American one...
Kiyoko504 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:23:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Block Buster sank as a whole in general so you have every right to be mad' as shutting down one store to prolong the unavoidable. It was a dumb move, but with the Digital age coming in and DVD slowly going out do to Blue Rey or however you spell it was bound to happen. people preferred digital viewing over renting. That and also the hassle of rental fees and time restraints it was just to much of a hassle.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:26:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But the thing is, the Canadian one was still making money, and could have lasted for several more years!
Kiyoko504 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:27:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing we can do now but wait for neural lace brain implants to kill off desk top computer and lap tops.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One day it will be real!
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its almost there, I'd say in the next thirty years will have um.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lol :P
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let's just pray we don't end up like Idiocracy.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully not!
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:35:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or will all end up in Rehabilitation, I'm sorry, the movie is funny but I pray it remains a movie, we already had a Fud Ruckers or however you spell it.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lol
UGHToastIU ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:43:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, they'd probably still be making money! What with our ridiculously low data caps and insanely expensive internet.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its not hard to get good internet. Here in Ottawa we have NCF, which is a non-profit, and you can get 300gigs per month with a half decent speed for $30. And your usage isn't counted in the morning. And if you somehow reach the limit, they provide free unlimited dial up!
447u ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:35:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Black Buster?
Sharrakor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:41:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's where you go to rent movies like Shaft, Black Dynamite, and Django Unchained.
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:48:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry I meant Block Buster
commandrix ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 02:50:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am betting that the kid got a shitload of extra credit.
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 02:57:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah! They both got near perfect marks IIRC
UGHToastIU ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 05:42:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your friend is a harsh marker. Build a full-sized, functioning trebuchet and you still don't get a perfect grade? Damn.
TheLightInChains ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 11:26:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The assignment stated "little"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:55:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"ah yes, your poem is a 2/10 I don't care if its an international hit."
rabbittexpress ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:02:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Go big or go home... those kids are in the adult leagues...
ThatAstronautGuy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:04:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup! For the rest of their lives!
defectiveawesomdude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:36:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Their dads probably did most of the work tho, they probably just sat and watched
rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You show up with a 15 foot trebuchet, I'm going to give you and your dads all A++.
kairon156 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:54:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hahaha. this sounds like fun.
Storm137 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:22:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn.
Just...
Man that's awesome.
password1234543 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:37:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well that may be all well and good but I suck dicks for a living so Im kind of out of the loop
ThatBelligerentSloth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:23 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Over the past 30 years you don't think it's plausible that this happened?
password1234543 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:23:44 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well that may be all well and good but I suck dicks for a living so Im kind of out of the loop
ThatBelligerentSloth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:27:43 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why not? crazier things have been reported. Moreover we are talking millions upon millions of students in this time frame.
zyphelion ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those guys are fucking legendary!
aflyingflip ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:15:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this entire comment in the tone that one would use to read a clickbait article.
inutoneko ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:13:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
These kids are going places.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:23:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Found the buzzfeed employee. Who's got the tar and feathers?
slickguy ยท 4649 points ยท Posted at 22:59:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school English, we were reading Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice.' One of the central themes of the book was about 'class (wealth) struggle'. The teacher asked us to write a weekly short essay with "a viewpoint from a different class". A friend of mine, who always pays half attention, ended up turning in a paper from World History "class" on a semi-related subject.
The funny thing is, he got the paper back with a checkmark (meaning the assignment was complete). This info spread across the class, and people started turning in a few random papers to test the theory that the teacher wasn't actually reading the assignments. Before you know it, half the class started turning in random shit, everyone getting checkmarks back. It got so ridiculous that people weren't even turning in coherent sentences.
This went on for about nearly two months, until one day when the teacher was about to give the graded papers back, she noticed one of the papers wasn't quite right. She proceeded to read through it, and that's when half the class knew we were screwed. She called out the perpetrator's name and started reading out loud his writing. It literally was: "The grass is sort of green. The sky is really blue. Dirt on the floor filled the ground. Ice cream tastes good."
I have to admit, it was really hard for some of us to control our laughter. She then looked at the next paper, then the next, then the next. All of them were ridiculously off-topic. She flipped. Started yelling and pounding the desk with her fists. She went through and gave zeros to half the class. Thank god I turned in an actual legit paper that day as I had started getting paranoid about it when I realized too many students were doing it.
TL;DR - misinterpreted assignment, gave kids the idea to turn in BS work for two months
BobaFettuccine ยท 4031 points ยท Posted at 01:18:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How could she get upset? She wasn't doing her job...
[deleted] ยท 2176 points ยท Posted at 03:35:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly why she got upset. People who get aggressive and angry are usually the ones who are at fault. Because she realized that the class knew she wasn't doing her job she got scared, and fear leads to anger..
[deleted] ยท 943 points ยท Posted at 03:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate... leads to suffering.
Mountebank ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 05:46:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I shall not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
mischiffmaker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:09:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bene Gesserit, always on point.
dpfw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:59:51 on March 6, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fear cuts deeper than swords, Arya child
mptyspacez ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dumbledore?
Tabtykins ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:56:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dune
topcircle ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 10:00:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dumbledune
Dunebledore
mptyspacez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But it'd be such a gangster thing for dumbledore to say
abstractwhiz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:44:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get the feeling Dumbles wouldn't quite approve of the Bene Gesserit.
Neglectful_Stranger ยท 86 points ยท Posted at 04:57:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
Dasachi ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 05:26:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
0 can't be divided by itself.
HelixHasRisen ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 05:27:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I must end you here dark lord...
[deleted] ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 06:07:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meesa would like to see you try.
ZeroNihilist ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 06:43:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's over Jar Jar, I have the high ground!
MyWholeTeamsDead ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 06:47:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yousa underestimate meesa powers.
GrindyMcGrindy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:05:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yousa have UNLIMITED POWAH!
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:23 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, but dear Darth Jar Jar... I have discovered your weakness.
Toydarians.
ONWARD, MY TROOPS!
LoRezJaming ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:33:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So long as 0 remains, 1 will eventually grow to 100 again.
Sassywhat ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:39:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That isn't necessarily true. There are practical situations where 0/0 is defined. For example, if A and B are square matrices, and we let division A/B be A times the pseudoinverse of B, 0/0 = 0.
Dasachi ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:53:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's cool, if I knew any of those words
Dshepdude ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:14:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he's trying to summarize his thesis because nobody would read the full version. Someone please hire him so he stops commenting on reddit!
emdeema ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:45:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I recognized the letters 'A' and... what was that second one again?
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:43 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
B
emdeema ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:31 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, thanks.
mmarkklar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:27:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So does that make all compilers Sith?
Daerdemandt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:36:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
ydnab2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:08:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
0 รท 0 is undefined because you can get ANY answer with it.
Basic Algebra:
Divide both sides by 0:
Cancel the left side multiplication and division and you get:
0 x5รท 0= 0 รท 0This can be accomplished with any variable, be it a single integer, an equation...chair, etc.
So, the answer to 0 รท 0 is whatever you want it to be.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:37:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!
50PercentLies ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:41:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He said ironically
mysliceofthepie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:32:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anakin, you are going down a path I cannot follow.
Superj561 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:44:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that escalated quickly.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:46:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Great star trek episode
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:47:02 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget the one where Dr Who defeats the Vorlons
(edit: yes I know it's "the Doctor", but ST:VOY has their own "the Doctor", so...)
hijackedanorak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:31:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hear fear is also the mind killer.
CTU ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:32:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the Jedi we found.
ReasonablyBadass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well...
slurred_bird ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:31:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my opinion it's simpler- anger leads to fear, and fear leads to anger. When someone is angry they inspire fear, and when someone is afraid they get angry, continuing the cycle.
khegiobridge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:41:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tensin? is that you? when did you start redditing, Dalai?
Analyidiot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:45:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sufffferrrriiiiiiiiiiiiing
ANGLVD3TH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:01:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no fear; there is power.
I am the heart of the Force.
I am the revealing fire of light.
I am the mystery of darkness
In balance with chaos and harmony,
Immortal in the Force.
Alarid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Suffering of children
Kinderschlager ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:44:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well, half that class suffered, that's for sure!
made-u-look ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:15:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."
Romans 5:3-4
Therefore, Fear->anger->hate->suffering->perseverance->character->hope
hypervelocityvomit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:48:39 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that as "Romulans 5:3-4"...fml
Cant_win_em_all ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate - Taylor Swift
TheOverNormalGamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:14:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And suffering leads to...
JOHN CENA!
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Darkpaladin109 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:24:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
DiscordsTerror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And suffering leads to ice cream.
CosmonautPetrov ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:54:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Zaaptastic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:21:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
genivae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:45:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:14:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And ohhhh, did the class suffer.
Snarfler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:19:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When making a martini only a with deals with absolut vodka.
BlUeSapia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OBJECTION!
Fear attracts the fearful, the strong, the weak, the innocent, the corrupt. Fear. Fear is my ally...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:57:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So are you telling me being scared could lead to suicide? Preposterous!
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:40 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What if he's a masochist? Or a Sado-masochist?
I don't think he would mind a bit of suffering.
warhero5000 ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 06:02:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My AP US History teacher was like this and the whole class started handing in random papers, for example mine was two pages about how much I liked spaghetti. After a few months she called us out on it, so my friend argued with her that she wasn't doing her job, got sent to the principle's office, came back to class with the principle and a pile of his previously graded papers and got the teacher fired for incompetence.
syllableswords ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:41:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'M SORRY, MISTER SIMPSON
YOU CANNOT HAVE THE TWINKIE
PreferredSelection ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 13:27:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's kind of amazing that teacher would do anything but beg their students for forgiveness in a situation like that...
Chinoiserie91 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 17:01:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Getting angry at the students probably distracted them from noticing that they had power over the teacher.
b90 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:05:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anger leads to hate... This was the birth of Darth Principlus, and the end of the school yard republic as we knew it. Great lesson in politics though!
TehSeraphim ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:33:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anger leads to hate...
AgentPeggyCarter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:05:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hate leads to suffering.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anger leads hate and hate...
Leads to suffering.
SaiyanMaster95 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
anger leads to hate...
Protahgonist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to shoving that little fucker's head in the class trashcan while brandishing your blackboard pointer at his classmates and shouting "I'm gonna burn all y'all shitlicking crotch-fruits!"
SuperBeard117 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And anger leads to the dark side.
cat_in_the_wall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
something something darkside
fremblem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"...anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
-Themis- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She wasn't doing her job. They weren't doing their jobs. A teacher is not a police officer. They're both at fault.
Johenness ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:35:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And anger leads to hate...
1tech4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:55:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And embarrassed
DaFreakish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:18:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Goddamnit why does reddit have to have a moral lesson now
The_Sven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always wanted a story like this to end with the students taking all the papers to the principal or department head and get the teacher in trouble.
PalladiuM7 ยท 885 points ยท Posted at 01:23:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some people forget respect is a thing that must be earned and is not a given, and get very upset when reality bites them in the ass.
[deleted] ยท 955 points ยท Posted at 02:39:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Laughing_Luna ยท 580 points ยท Posted at 02:46:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. Everyone should have a baseline of respect. "You are a human being, and probably want to have a nice day, so let's be polite." Then it's up to them to maintain and better that respect.
dr_franck ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 03:14:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is perfect. I never subscribed to "Respect is earned not given." But the way you put was always how I understood it, put into words.
Vacbs ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:21:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I think the sentiment that respect is earned is more to do with the fact that, if you take a doctor for example, they go to great lengths to achieve the knowledge that is required to do their job and it's not a particularly nice job really. They have earned a degree of respect above the baseline respect that is given to everyone.
I mean if you never make an effort to actually achieve anything, like this teacher, then it is unfair to expect that people pay you respect that you aren't really entitled to.
kyle2143 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:52:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree with the idea that having a certain occupation gives should afford you a higher baseline respect level as a human being in general. It makes sense if you are in the hospital where they work and have authority to respect their opinions on medical issues more than say, a janitor, but it doesn't necessarily translate to respect to the outside world for me anyway. It's like a little bit short of the all soldiers are heroes mentality in my book.
Vacbs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:02:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh totally. A doctor outside of a medical situation is a regular person in their everyday interactions. For example they would be treated the same at a checkout as any other individual and if they brought up the fact that they were a doctor and therefore deserved some special privilege then they would of course be in the wrong.
I simply think that the "respect is earned" idea is referring to a specific context. I wouldn't take medical advice from a janitor, and I wouldn't take janitorial advice from a doctor. Some people seem to believe that they are inherently deserving of respect and attention in every aspect of life, and I think that the saying was used to shut such people down and in so doing got a little bit twisted.
But no, I do agree with you.
doverman107 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe not their occupation, but the amount of fucks they give. A doctor who just gives out meds and doesn't actually do his job has earned 0 respect. In the same respect, part of being a highschool english teacher is actually reading and grading the essays you assigned as homework. If you can't be bothered to read your own assignments, you have no claim to respect as a teacher.
Laughing_Luna ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:02:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's still earned, not given. Granted, what is given is the benefit of the doubt of you being a good person.
Any respect, or lack there-of that separates from that baseline is earned.
d33pwint3r ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:18:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I treat other people well when i meet them because i have respect for myself but I will not respect them until they have done something to deserve it.
TheInternetHivemind ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:26:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What Luna is describing isn't what a lot of people would call respect. It'd be closer to courtesy.
Possibly a regional difference?
Laughing_Luna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a courtesy due to respect. Any greater respect or disrespect is earned from that baseline.
TheInternetHivemind ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:10:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think we are using respect in different ways.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:06:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let's ask Tina Turner, she'll tell us what it means to her.
dan2872 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then, it progresses to, ahah, you don't want me to have a nice day, so fuuu-uuuuuck you!
randdomusername ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think that's what people mean when they say its earned. There's a baseline but the real respect, the respect worth having, is earned
LoweJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:29:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
everyone should be treated with manners, respect has nothing to do with it
RedPresident ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Polite is not respect. I know people think these things are interchangeable but they are not. Always be polite, unless given a reason not to. Respect still needs to be earned.
Laughing_Luna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am polite because I respect someone. I never said they were interchangeable, only that I will be polite due to some base level of respect I hold for everyone.
I mean, I can never know their story. Their struggles are an infinite mystery to me, and the universe is a cruel place. So why sour it further by being a rude and impolite jackass?
It's when someone earns my disrespect that I stop being polite to them. It's also when they earn greater respect will I start paying them more heed than just a polite nod or a courteous exchange.
piss_chugger ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 03:19:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think there is a baseline amount of respect that either grows or shrinks
GimpedNinja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:16:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. I will respect you until you give me reason not to
peon2 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 03:21:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed. As a teacher you should inherently be given respect by students, obviously this teacher losing respect isn't surprising but if a teacher had to "earn" respect from the beginning...well not many 11 year olds are eager to dish out respect to people they just met.
Sometimes_A_Wizard ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:47:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Courtesy is given, respect is earned.
eduardog3000 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:28:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A certain level of respect is initially given.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Different sort of respect I think. That's more just a civil politeness that keeps you from being an asshole, rather than a "I see you as a valuable asset to the human race and believe that your contributions to this community are an essential part of its very core"
CrazyPlato ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Respect is given readily at first, but when it's lost it's difficult to regain.
AntiLuke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:56:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It depends on what you mean by respect. There are two different definitions that people default to.
ReasonablyBadass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think respect is specifically more then the baseline courtesy you give to someone new.
G_Morgan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:39:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Respect is not a flip switch. There is basic respect, professional respect and personal respect (and bits in between and beyond). Everyone starts off with basic respect.
IamMrT ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:02:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Courtesy is given, respect is earned.
telehax ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:44:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree. Any respect that is initially given is really just politeness.
Spacegostcoast2coast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You must have skipped that grade....
JustusGS ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 03:00:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I saw something a while ago about how there are really two meanings of respect: respect someone like an authority and respect someone as a person. You should respect everyone as a person until they do something to lose it, and only respect authority once it earns it.
sabbrielle ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:48:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:48:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And then you run into people who confuse the two and think if you aren't treating them like an authority you aren't treating them like a person. Cough:lot of teachers:Cough
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was an anti bullying poster at my school that had a big slogan saying "Expect Respect" it always pissed me off
logicalchemist ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 02:45:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She got caught not doing her job.
DrQuint ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 03:37:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And she's outnumbered with a lot more to lose than the students. She had no brains if her reaction was handing out 0's instead of owning up and making a little pact with the students.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wish you were my teacher...
Orlitoq ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:23:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is the sort of person who gets most upset... Blame you, rather than themselves.
oshirisplitter ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:43:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dota 2 in a nutshell
SimbaOnSteroids ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:47:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mobas in a nutshell.
fullofanswers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:21:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pecans in a nutshell... what are we doing here?
SimbaOnSteroids ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mobas are a genre of videogames that rely heavily on teamwork in a pvp setting. They lead to people blaming their teams instead of fixing their own problems.
oshirisplitter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:42:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except when I play, I'm always right /s
Imagine_Baggins ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:10:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Students have no rights in school and are never correct...
elypter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:10:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
school is meant to prepare for life. thats what they usually say and actually its true. they prepare you for a totalitarian system where you either are a victim or a perpetrator.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:39:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:56:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its a brave claim. i didnt mention any nation. who are you defending?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:15:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wikipedia: "Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign, which is disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror." switch states with influencial private interest groups and state-controlled with money-controlled and it fits the US and most other places on earth that are dominated by capitalistic interests. if this deviation from the wordly definition to cover the same idea makes it over the top eye roll worthy for you then i really hope youre not a teacher.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:45:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thats a lengthy way describing why something is nice because others have it worse. is forbidding a child to watch tv child abuse? you'd say no because children of the last century were trated worse and beaten. i'd say that it depends on the motivation. if its because the father was moody because hes out of beer then id call it abuse.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:51:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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elypter ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:30:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you should learn to think in concepts instead of predefined terms. thats what most schools do wrong and probably where you got it from.
thenichi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kill or be killed.
Harris and Klebold did it right.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
whenever a teacher moans that the students arent taking school seriously he should actually be happy.
thenichi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have a problem where too many teachers think school is about teaching.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
politics is for people economy is for production copyright is for creativity intelligence agencies are for security mass media is for information
everyone working in one of those fields would laugh when they hear this. only teachers still believe in the world they teach.
tfadd ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:39:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Until they go to college and suddenly have more rights than their professors, the administration, and their fellow students who disagree with them.
IsThatWhatSheSaidTho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TRIGGERED
carmiggiano ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:02:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking this same thing...like lady, you created this monster...
Lothar_Ecklord ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:36:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but how dare you call her on her bullshit??
arudnoh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:35:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but academic integrity is also a thing. You're their to learn, and, as much as I also like various forms of rebellion, you can't blame the cop for arresting you after you'd been stealing for weeks prior.
PATXS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:44:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, neither were the students, which is probably why she was upset but most of this is her fault imo
BobaFettuccine ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:39:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Neither were the students, but she is the adult and she's the one being paid.
PATXS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I understand she was a bad teacher, but I guess she still wanted the students to learn, and display the same level of work. Kinda unfair, but they were basically exploiting her system which is probably why she was mad too.
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There isn't any learning if they're never receiving any feedback, though.
"Explain the title of To Kill a Mockingbird" "I think it means that it's wrong to kill things. Birds and humans." "Yeah, whatever"
DeathsIntent96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People often get upset when they're in the wrong.
pamplemouss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah...it's one thing not to read weekly essays like that super-thoroughly, bc teaching is a HUGE amount of work even without having to grade ~20 weekly essays. But you need to like, skim to make sure they're on-topic.
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, or grade a random ten each week so they never know when their paper will be read.
ShockinglyEfficient ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You think you can only get angry when you're in the right?
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess I should say "she has no right to be upset"
Nishnig_Jones ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is exactly why she got upset; she got caught not doing her job.
Etherius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you ask her or the union, she'll probably say she wasn't being paid her real value.
BobaFettuccine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:42:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh the miracle of the teacher's union
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of the luxuries of occupying a position of authority is that you can expect your subordinates to do as you say, not as you do. The subject and the lesson for that assignment was the same as it is for all such assignments: DO as you're TOLD. It's not a two-way street, it does not matter if she is or isn't doing her job. The only thing that matters is whether or not the students DO as they are TOLD.
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Students learn when they get feedback on their work. I would never expect my students to do work they weren't getting any feedback on because they'd be learning jack shit.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course the would. They would be learning the most important lesson.
daguil68367 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
O shit 666 points
AlwaysClassyNvrGassy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People don't like to be exposed for their own failings
Quinlanofcork ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because then she realized she'd have to start doing her job, at least a little bit.
conquererspledge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People get way more upset when they are caught, rather than for actually committing a crime.
zurohki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's why she was upset. She got caught not doing her job.
sqqueen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:27:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People actually get MORE upset when they know they're partly to blame than if they believe they didn't do anything wrong. It's like they have more energy trying to prove they weren't wrong, if they believe they were.
Beaunes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you don't remember that some of these people went ballistic about you going to the bathroom without permission
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The students weren't either though...
BobaFettuccine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:44:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but she is the adult, and she is the one being paid. If they're receiving no feedback on their work, they have no incentive to do the work. They're not being paid, they're not learning. The job of the student is to learn, but that requires the teacher's assistance, so while these students took it to the extreme, I'd argue they couldn't do their job since she wasn't doing her.
iPinch89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:38:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is far more the job of the student to write the paper than it is the teacher's to read it. She likely doesn't have the time to read 300 of these papers a week in addition to the rest of her job. Papers that get checkmarks were not graded. Her job is to make students better writers, which takes practice and feedback. Checkmark assignments are for practice. Letter grade papers are for feedback. The students were taking advantage of the fact that she trusted them to be mature.
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:52:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to read all the papers. She should either have assigned fewer papers or given feedback on a select few each week so the students never knew when they'd be graded. Getting better at anything is not just practice. Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. If I spent a thousand hours writing shitty poetry and never got any feedback from anyone, after a thousand hours, I'd still be writing shitty poetry. The students need feedback to learn. If they know they'll receive no feedback and they're certainly not being paid, their only incentive to do the assignment is a sense of responsibility. Personally, I don't tend to rely on high schoolers to have a strong moral compass when it comes to completing homework. I would argue that since it's the job of the student to learn, and they can't learn without ever receiving any feedback, then they couldn't do their job without the teacher first doing her job, at least minimally. I mean, weeks and she didn't even skim a single paper? C'mon.
iPinch89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:49:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like I said, there are two different ways to grade. Clearly this was a completion assignment. I said that feedback is required, but not everything GETS feedback. She likely can't or shouldn't assign less work. We don't know this specific teacher's workload, but using my wife as an example; if she had to grade every single paper she was required to assign or felt needed to be assigned, she would work 100 hours a week instead of the 60 she does now.
rottedzombie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:36 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe not, but that doesn't mean the kids are innocent. They made a choice, too.
prmars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're trying to apply logic, reason, and common sense to education. Be careful doing that. You'll knock the Earth off its axis and kill us all... Source: I work in Higher Education, I know what I'm talking about.
BobaFettuccine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:41:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a college professor. I read and give feedback on every paper, assignment, test I assign. I still believe logic has a place in the education system.
prmars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:03:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope everyone realizes I was being facetious.
In all honestly, I wish every professor performed those two tasks. Sadly, they don't, either due to the sheer volume of students in the class, or laziness (varies, I'm sure, probably heavily dependent on the number of students in a course section). We're a regional University, with a little over 5,000 students, so section sizes are almost always quite manageable (20-80 for Undergrad, 10-25 for Grad on average).
The place where my comment actually does come into play is in upper administration. I'd say I wonder what goes on in those meetings, but I've attended them, and their thought process still makes no sense... There is a HUGE disconnect between upper administration and general faculty, and also between upper admin and support staff (I'm in Campus IT Services, but used to report directly to the Dean in one of the Colleges for nearly 12 years, both as a student and as a full-time employee, so I saw both sides of the coin, and learned an incredible amount of what goes on behind the scenes).
The things the students try to get away with amaze and frighten me at the same time. There are a lot of pathological liars out there. "I tried to take the exam, but the system knocked me off the test, and wouldn't let me log back in. My roommate is also in the class, and they couldn't log in, either." Check the Blackboard logs, and the time stamps on their accounts determined that they hadn't logged in for 18 hours before the exam started, or 11 hours after the exam closed, and their roommate wasn't even in the section (didn't tell them this, only that we couldn't disclose any information about them due to FERPA guidelines...).
Had another one take a single-attempt exam, complete it, submit it, score it, bomb the hell out of it, then try the old "I got kicked off before I could finish it" excuse. Server logs determined that was a lie... Where's Maury when you need him?
Also, it's entirely too easy to write a properly-formatted, properly-cited, non-plagiarized (and yet still contain quality research) Graduate paper these days to submit a cut-and-paste, blatant ripoff from the web. People still try to submit this stuff...
Had an Accounting Professor come to me and show me an assignment submission from a student. It was an obvious cut-and-paste of the test bank they had obtained online. Still had the publisher footnotes and everything. This professor taught one of my introductory Business courses in 2000, and my Managerial Accounting class in 2001. She's been an auditor with the State Government, she was the Accounting Department Head for a while, and my supervisor as Associate Dean for the College of Business for two years. Let's face it, she didn't fall off the truck yesterday, and it's laughable that the students think they can pull that one over on her... The rest of the assignments for the semester were pretty brutal. She hand-picked all the formulas herself, many from a textbook that existed when the Internet was strictly a DARPA project (almost guaranteeing that there was no solution manual posted online). Yet another reason for me to avoid Intermediate Accounting. Hard class to begin with, and students forcing a professor's hand doesn't make the material any less difficult...
Then all the students that think you can still bypass the filters in TurnItIn by putting your entire paper in quotation marks. They fixed that ages ago...
So, to those professors (and teachers) that actually read AND provide feedback on assignments, and pay attention to your students' progress... Thank you.
es84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You expect a grown woman to do her job? Excuse me Adolf!!!
Bbinfifthposition ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:41:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not everything has to be read and given feedback. Sometimes we trust the students to do what they should be doing. Sometimes we can assume they're taking care of business. High school English class is not the place to do this....
Casswigirl11 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:46:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but how do you improve in English class if you never get feedback. I'd be upset if I had to repeatedly write papers no one was even going to read.
Bbinfifthposition ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's why I'm saying it shouldn't really be done in an English class. This chick was being lazy. Smaller things can be skimmed over and don't require feedback unless the student isn't really grasping the material. I agree with you. I wouldn't turn in papers that weren't even read
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not everything has to be read and given feedback. However, in my view you either shouldn't assign more papers than you can grade or you should semi-randomly grade ten papers every time they do one so no one knows when their paper will be read. Students shouldn't be turning in weekly papers and you are not reading (or apparently even skimming) any of them.
kevoizjawesome ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
maybe she thought she could trust the class to do the assignment and felt that trust was violated
deadfreds ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:52:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They did do the assignment. It just wasnt correct. And it was the teachers job to then review and correct the work something the students trusted the teacher was doing.
urkelinspanish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't cheating on a test, this is a teacher not doing their job and assigning meaningless homework that they had no intention of grading. Students aren't learning anything and the teacher isn't ensuring that the students comprehend the subject matter. Fuck that teacher.
NotWisestOldMan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:36:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
2015 America, everybody.
ConnorF42 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:03:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, the students weren't doing their job either.
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but she is the adult, and she is the one being paid. If they're receiving no feedback on their work, they have no incentive to do the work. They're not being paid, they're not learning. The job of the student is to learn, but that requires the teacher's assistance, so while these students took it to the extreme, I'd argue they couldn't do their job since she wasn't doing her.
Sonja_Blu ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:13:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You've obviously never had to read large quantities of extremely shitty papers which are essentially graded for completion. The point is to force the students to consider the material, generally in order to facilitate class participation. Reading all of them is a huge waste of time that you probably aren't getting paid for.
BobaFettuccine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to read all of them. You could select ten papers semi-randomly each week, if you're giving weekly papers. If you're giving so many papers that you have time to read (or just skim) exactly zero of them, you need to reevaluate your assessment strategy. If they're never receiving feedback to learn from the assignment, there's no incentive to actually do the assignment.
Sonja_Blu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Skimming is generally a good strategy. As I said, the idea is not assessment and feedback for the written work, it's to incentivize doing the readings and coming prepared to participate in class discussion. I teach university though, not highschool. I can't imagine how awful that must be.
Jazzimusprime ยท 813 points ยท Posted at 00:09:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a math teacher like this. He was absolutely terrible at teaching and at some point I gave up trying to understand his method. Anyways, before every class he would come to each of our desks and look to see if we did our homework and check it off. At some point I realized he wasn't even attempting to see if we had done it right, so I just started to turn in old homework while covering up the previous checkmark with my hand or change the date/title of the assignment at the top right of the page. I failed the tests but aced the homework. Luckily I had a much better math teacher when I started high school.
SequenceofLetters ยท 579 points ยท Posted at 00:56:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar experience with a teacher who would just walk around the class and check that everyone had done the homework before going over the answers. We were supposed to have our homework out on our desk but one day I was talking to my friend and I forgot to take it out of my backpack. The teacher (who was my nextdoor neighbor and knew that I was a really good student) said "oh Sequenceofletters, I know you did your homework" and checked it off without seeing it. That was the last day I ever did homework for that class.
Ah senior year. Good times.
Upshft ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:04:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Kind of similar experience here. Glad to be able to contribute.
In 8th Grade my math teacher didn't even get up and walk around the class to check homework. She just sat at her desk, and called off names asking if you did it or not. Obviously the entire class said they did the homework, regardless of if they actually did or not.
I usually did all of my homework (I think I had only not done like 2 at this point) but on this particular day I did not do the homework. So I said to myself "huh, I'm not going to lie. Whatever." So, when she gets to me and says "Upshft did you do your homework?" I, of course, say "No." She then goes "Oh, well I am going to give you the points for being honest. Thank you, Upshft." I thought this was cool, and so did one of the "cool" kids who sat ahead of me.
So the teacher gets to the aforementioned "cool kid" asking him if he did his homework. He says "No" hoping to get the same treatment as I did, but she did not give that to him.
He was fucking infuriated.
SoGodDangTired ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 07:06:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a teacher do that. She'd tell us to give it to our neighbor and they'd call out whether or not you did it. I guess she thought that since we were AP students, we'd be honest.
Well, turns out students with similar work load and camaraderie with each other will lie their asses off for each other. In one point I literally answered every questions as America Freedom Yes America, and still got 100%. I had a friend who always wanted people to be honest about his work because thsi teacher was also the head of honor society, but would lie about ours.
Upshft ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:29:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a good friend right there.
SoGodDangTired ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:01:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, he is. I usually had homework in the class. He might of been the reason why a couple of times.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:55:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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oblivionraptor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:31:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's so god dang tired. Give him a break.
SoGodDangTired ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:24:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always forget that rule.
carmiggiano ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:04:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the shits where were these teachers when I was in school?!
smudgyblurs ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:33:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably at different schools.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:09:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teaching PE?
[deleted] ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 04:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a Math teacher who put their grading system on the board the first day. It was just there on the board and she didn't discuss it. Which was kind of weird because all the other teachers would go over the grading scales in great detail, I think just to reaffirm to themselves that they understood the math. Anyway, If you bothered to do the math with her system you would realize that homework was worth next to nothing and you could still get an A without doing any of it just by doing well on the tests. She pulled me aside and asked my why I didn't do the homework, and I told her that her system made it pointless, she just kind of smiled and said something like, "hope it works out for you".
Needless to say I never did a lick of homework. Passed with a high B.
kingofthefeminists ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 05:21:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So it didn't work out for you.
HeiiZeus ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:23:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
High B + next to nothing on homework could have been an A..ouch.
doranmartell ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 07:00:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, to be fair, not everyone feels like they have to make A's in every class, some people are perfectly content with B' and C's
FicklePickle13 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:39:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And some semesters a class you thought was going to be a breeze turns out to be ridiculously hard and your workload ends up being more than you can really handle. The point when you realize that is the point that you say, "Screw it, C's get degrees."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:01:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And would have made absolutely zero difference in the long run.
Hannachomp ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:52:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took BC calc and it was pretty much the same. Homework was a super low percentage and she didn't always check it. It was a random homework check. She'd only grade on days she randomly checked.
PLUS you could retake every one of her tests. And she just took the highest grade. Didn't even average them. So I didn't study for the first test, bombed it and studied off of the first test to take the retake (which was very similar to the first test). I apparently got the lowest score she's ever given on a test.
Doing no homework and learning nothing, I still got a B.
I ruined it though. After that year she averaged the tests.
I did retake Calc I & II in college though. And now forgot it all again. Man, Calc sucks.
LeavesCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Homework was optional for my Probability class, so I didn't do it. I couldn't get good grades on the tests because I didn't know the material. Barely passed the class; was the only C I got in college.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:12:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cory Matthews, is that you?
comfy_socks ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:28:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This shit right here is why it pays to establish yourself as a good student in the beginning of the year, so that you can slack the fuck off towards the end.
accentmarkd ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:15:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor with an absolutely no late papers policy my first term freshman year. We knew she meant business. One week towards the end of term I didn't get an assignment done. I don't remember why now, maybe I didn't read the book or didn't have the energy, forgot, or didn't get in to print it out. Whatever the reason was I didn't have it. You turned in papers by placing them in the folder she set out at the door as we left class. I felt awful, I liked that teacher, but I wasn't going to make any excuses for my late paper she wouldn't take.
The next week as she's handing back papers she asks to see me after class. I panic. During this meeting she says she's so sorry, she lost my paper but she gave me the A she knew I would've earned on it. CRUSHING GUILT. She didn't even ask me to send her another copy of it. I handed in literally everything else for her, but still this one haunts me.
PRMan99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:17:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Algebra II teacher would ask for people to go up to the board and do the first 4-5 problems. Nobody wanted to volunteer to go up to the front, but then I noticed that he didn't check your homework if you did.
For ยพ of the year, I only did the first 4-5 problems on my Algebra II homework...
Until the day he decided to "Give another student a chance for once..."
Still got an A though.
bundabrg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar experience but the girl next to me got in trouble for not doing hers. After bearing her accusing eyes for half the period (I kinda liked her too) I ended up turning myself in.
Then my maths teacher and I spent lunch playing doom (as we always did).
blirkstch ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 02:33:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher who checked like this. One of my friends figured out if for any given question he could write "See graph paper" and just not answer the question. I think that teacher was pretty close to retirement and was sort of retiring from different parts of his job one at a time.
zack4200 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:06:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar history teacher as well. Me and my group of friends started out doing the homework regularly, then realized one of us could do it and the rest of us could copy it down n front of the teacher and he wouldn't care and we could rotate who actually did the homework so we all gained some knowledge. Later, we realized that we could show him an old assignment with the current assignment number written over the old one. I think I may have even showed him an old math assignment once and gotten a 100 on it.
The last 1/4 of the class, we would each write our name on a sheet of paper, literally scribble a curly line across 6 lines of the paper, and show it to the teacher, who would tell us "good job" and give us a 100 for the assignment.
In the end, I got a 100 in the class, but didn't learn a single thing about world history that year.
Barack_O_Mama ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:11:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I knew a kid who got an 8/10 on a math homework assignment by writing his name and class period on the paper, and numbering it one through ten
NubbynJr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:14:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I shit you not, I have an extremely similar story. Back in 11th grade math, my teacher would go around stamping the homework to make sure we don't use it again, and then checking our names off on his sheet. I figured he wasn't actually checking to see if it was the homework he was stamping, as long as it looked like math. So what I did was just had him stamp my notes from the previous day, and all went well. One day, I didn't take any notes from the previous day, so I had nothing to show him. So what I did was take my friend's paper, which was his notes as well sense I told him about it, and ripped off about a quarter of each paper that contained a stamp. I basically turned in notes, half torn, as homework, that had already been turned in. My second greatest accomplishment in highschool
secretcrazy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:06:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this in high school too!
50R14 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like something I did when I was younger, too, hahaha.
GreenDay987 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You just described my 7th grade math teacher. Sometimes he would check over homework from other classes, it got really ridiculous.
Basaldua ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:57:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey man, can I suck your dick? No homo, though. Don't want people thinking we're gay. Ew.
choczynski ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a vary similar math teacher in high school. I started righting "Booze! I need Booze!" for some, then all, of my answers to the homework.
I failed that class.
GimpedNinja ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:18:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had the opposite experience with math. I could do it, it came easily, so I didn't see the need to do 200 pages of homework. I always aced my tests, but a good 30% of the final mark was based on homework
mgmfa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:41:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, I did the same thing in High School. One of my math teachers didn't check the answers to the Homework, but if it wasn't super-neat she would make me redo it. Me being a messy person just submitted the same thing over and over again. Also got an A in the class because I had done this stuff before I moved schools.
skywardsword596 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:47:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a kid in my class in sophomore year Chemistry who got all the lab results but struggled to draw conclusions (or was too lazy to write a page, I don't know). He just wrote some vocab definitions we learned from each unit on a paper and submitted it with the corresponding lab and never dropped below a 90 on labs. Me on the other hand would draw clearly written but completely stupid conclusions and get 80s. I was pissed when I found out...
Sacredhuskar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HOLY SHIT WHY HAVE I NOT THOUGHT OF THIS.
IggySorcha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:07:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher like that. I wish I'd done that. I failed the homework so many times because I was chronically ill all through my school year with him and would always just barely make it to class in time. I sat in the first row so I was always first to be checked for homework and almost never could get it out in time. Ass.
Hannachomp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:44:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, that reminded me of my spanish class. I took spanish II or whatever. It was the first year the guy was teaching. Just walked around to see if you wrote stuff. And gave "hints"during our tests. I forgot most my spanish that year and wouldn't have been able to take Spanish III even if I wanted to.
Viandante ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:54:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On my second year of high school I went to a different school and I met a math teacher that on my first test came to my desk, looked at what I was writing and told me "Almost everything is wrong, change it".
I took it as some sort of "I know you are new and I don't know who teached you math up to this point so I'm gonna give you some slack at least for this first test". Turns out every motherfucking part of my test was correct and she made me change answers just because she was so bad she couldn't calculate on the spot nor remember her own test's answers.
I'm getting a computer science degree now and I'm struggling hard at math, because she was very bad. We tried to talk to the principal but the only thing he said was "Eh, she's close to retirement, nobody's gonna touch her".
I hate to think she's the reason I had to study math all over again in a couple of months before signing up in my university just because everyone went "Meh, leave her alone".
And don't even get me started on my history teacher, who picked on all us boys with green or blue eyes because you already have it easy in life having a beautiful face so I don't know why I shouldn't give you a hard time at least here.
I don't remember high school fondly.
Vahalla_Bound ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:06:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a history teacher that would write notes on the board for us to copy and would check off that we wrote them as our participation grade for the day. I'd always be the first done (I actually wrote them), turn then in. He would mark down that I had then I would crumple up the notes infront of him and throw them away. I never studied, I think I got A's in his classes.
fiefyefoefum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:47:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kinda similar thing I experienced in high school but instead of passing off previous assignments as the current one, a bunch of us would borrow one hardworking kid's completed work and pass it around class to pose with as the teacher made his rounds.
You can imagine the panic that happens when the teacher suddenly turns and walks the other way.
isacool14 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:25:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm having a similar experience right now. My science teacher gives a lot of homework that I cannot do within the 2 days between classes. I would just do some of problems and she would barley look at my notebook. This is because I was such a dedicated student last year, she just thought I was working the same way. She only checks students who often don't bring in their homework. It's awesome but at the same time I wish I could get actual feedback from her. It would help me in figuring out what I'm doing wrong.
Third_Party_Opinion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:28:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ditto. I just put old homework out every day and he'd check it off every day. Mr Sharp, looked like a weasel.
dsetech ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:15:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a psychology teacher who would read out the answers to our homework, have us grade the homework, then pass around a sheet for us to write our grades on. The class made a lot of 100s.
EpicEuonym ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We might have had the same teacher. What I did is I did all of the homework in class while he was teaching, but months ahead of the class.
i_hump_cats ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:29:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Better then what I did in middle school, I used to just write random math babble like if the question was (x)(y)=? My answer would be 10.377474ยฅ. I did the same thing in both history and geo.
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I also had a teacher like this, but I thought he was a great teacher. But yeah, I definitely skipped out on sine of the homework. We did go through similar problems in class though.
scotian87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a math teacher like that as well in middle school.
gruntmods ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same, in sixth grade who had a teacher that just checked if the questions were answered, not if a logical process was followed. I Would randomly scribble a logical looking equation that was totally irrelevant
Jazzimusprime ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:44:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's how a lot of my assignments ended up looking if I thought he was getting suspicious. I would erase and rewrite numbers/equations to make juuuust different enough.
meech7607 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a math teacher sophomore year who did this, but he made note of completion in his book rather than on our paper. So one day I was digging through my binder trying to find some homework I had actually done, and in the process pulled out old stuff and had it set on the desk. He walked by and marked me as good to go. It was pretty rad. I admit I did abuse this after that.
babydregons ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Math teachers are amazing. My friend and I would turn in our AP Chem notes to our pre calc teacher and get full credit. The time I got paranoid and turned in actual work I got half credit.
Dapplegonger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that with my AP French assignments. Whenever we had homework that was multiple choice or random questions with sentence-long answers, I'd just turn in old stuff that I found in my backpack.
Tattered_Colours ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've had math teachers like this. Usually though they'll go over the more difficult questions from the homework during class and leave it up to you to participate and pay attention so you actually learn. The idea is that you get full credit for at least trying the homework, and you learn to take responsibility for your own learning because it's so easy to cheat the system. Unfortunately some kids never understand that the only person they're cheating by not doing their homework is themselves.
Jazzimusprime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:44:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could say my teacher did that. But no. He just started teaching completely new material without making sure that we understood the old material. Also I hardly ever "cheat the system". I'm very good at math. I just had a poor teacher.
MichaelSilverV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:48:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds way too familiar. Was the teacher's name Phil something?
Jazzimusprime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't remember. Where are you from?
MichaelSilverV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:15:01 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Vancouver
Jazzimusprime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:45 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh okay. I'm from New Mexico.
MichaelSilverV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:31:13 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it's just a common problem.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:34 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wite out works, too!
trampabroad ยท 93 points ยท Posted at 01:57:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man oh man. In High School the History teacher was known for not giving a shit. For the christmas break assignment(~12 pages) me and two other students agree to split the work evenly. Day after break, each of us shows up with three copies of their share, and we put it together. So the teacher gets three identical papers, each of which makes mysterious leaps in typeface and writing style on pages 4 and 8.
They got A's, I got an A-. Fuck.
horsenbuggy ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 02:53:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We must have had the same history teacher. I got an A- on my paper. The following year, I gave my paper to my friend, naively never dreaming that he would just copy it. Well, he just copied it word for word. He got an A from the same teacher. I couldn't stand that lady and that just cemented my opinion that she was the worst teacher I'd ever had.
Defective_Prototype ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:04:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 2009-2010 I used to get 10/10 in English class because there were only 4-5 bilingual people in the whole school. Some of my classmates asked me for help and I didn't mind helping. I specially liked to write essays, because they were interesting for me. One day a friend asked me to write him one, so I did it. He copied it word for word with his handwriting and handed it to our teacher, who gave him a 4/10. He directly told her that I had written it, she said she didn't care. She didn't lower his grade for cheating, and the essay was flawless.
It struck me as odd, because I had a good student-teacher relationship with that teacher. She was the one who received most of my bombastic, "pulp magazine" essays and was never angry at me, even when I started slamming my books against the table to shut everyone up in her class.
I miss those days. :(
Coolstorylucas ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:40:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably read your essay first.
[deleted] ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, after reading the first two your just wasn't original anymore!
homiej420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well he might not have liked you as much then
humanclock ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 03:29:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a friend who in the middle of a giant essay wrote the sentence "If you are actually reading this, I will buy you a pizza" He walked into class days later and the professor looked at him and said "Hey, I like mine with pepperoni and pineapple"
StrongBad_IsMad ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 03:28:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still have, in my jewelry box, my "book report" on The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass that I got a 22/22 on back in 11th grade. For reference, the reason I put book report in quotations is that our teacher just had us answer a bunch of mundane questions about the book instead of having us write an in depth analysis. We were forced to read this book aloud in class and most of my classmates were illiterate, so it was one of the most torturous 2 months of my life. By the time this assignment came around, I had had enough and decided that I didn't fucking care about the project and was going to write whatever I felt like.
Here are the answers (I don't have the questions, but you can guess what they were for most of them):
When I started reading this book, I thought about how exciting it was, as it would change my life forever.
I changed my mind about that statement though because the book was really boring.
My favorite part of the book was when I got to read because then I wasn't on the verge of sleeping.
I was surprised when I realized this book wasn't going to end soon.
I liked the way the writer found new ways of making me fall asleep.
I didn't like this book because it was boring and it was very stupid.
This book reminded me of my Uncle Jim who died of diabetes, because it was sad just like this book.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone but maybe an insomniac, because they are the only people who could read the whole thing without falling asleep.
The character Fred reminded me of my old grandpa because he was crazy and thought the nazi's were after him.
This book made me feel all slippery inside like soap.
This book made me think about how many different ways I could tie my shoe.
This book made me realize there are worse things than death.
When I finished the book, I still wondered why I had to read it and what it was about.
When I was reading, I pictured my boyfriend... enough said.
The most important thing about this book is that the guy was black and sexy.
If I were Fred, I would have gone on a rampage and killed everybody.
One thing I noticed about the author's style is that he knew how to make people go into epileptic seizures.
I think the title of this book is an unusual choice because it misleads you into thinking this is a good book.
A better title for this book would be - The Frederick Douglass Chronicles: to the Edge of Sexiness and Back.
I think the main idea the writer was trying to say was "I am a strong sexy black man, who doesn't need your pity"
I think the most important word or phrase in this book is slave, because he was one.
If I could talk to Frederick Douglass today, I would tell him he is bomb and that I would jump him if he would let me.
Upshft ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was not prepared for the feels.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:12:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reads #22. Was not prepared for the feels.
marx1st ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:44:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Such a waste of time. I don't retain any of the content and it takes FOREVER.
StrongBad_IsMad ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:09:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was absolutely pure torture. All of my answers that refer to falling asleep and being bored had to do with the fact that I could barely keep my eyes open when other people struggled to pronounce simples words like "their" or "slave". I'm a fast reader and the first few weeks I would just keep reading at my normal pace but the teacher forced me to stop when she called on me one day to read and I couldn't find where the last person had left off because I was 150 pages ahead.
marx1st ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:36:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. How terribly inefficient. I just looked it up and it's 576 pages?! What sane person makes a class read that entire book aloud? I'm so sorry you had to go through that.
vegasmel ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is, by far, one of the best replies on here.
BlunderLikeARicochet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:41:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an art history professor who gave frequent true/false quizzes on the assigned reading. It didn't take long to figure out: Any question that included any negative words like "not, no, never" was supposed to be false.
Obviously, to create the quizzes, the prof lifted a bunch of statements from the text, and then negated some of them at random, by adding words like, "not, no, never".
Ze_Bearded_Kelephant ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:45:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Serves her right for not marking properly honestly.
Artess ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:17:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's beautiful. I hope somebody reported her negligence to the appropriate authorities afterwards.
Niffah ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a teacher at my high school who did something similar. He'd give quizzes and half the kids would write in random ass song lyrics as the answers and get credit. Nobody got caught that year, I would hope at some point the teacher finally caught on.
JazzFan419 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:09:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
crazy, had a similar thing happen in my online English class in college. I went to copy paste an assignment and wasn't paying attention and ended up submitting something I had copy and pasted from the internet(I don't remember what it was but it had absolutely nothing to do with the assignment. Complete gibberish). When I checked the grade and opened the assignment I glanced at what I had submitted and freaked out until I saw I got an A. Showed two of my friends in the class and we started to test the theory that he wasn't even reading. For the rest of the semester, up to and including the final, the three of us submitted "You don't actually read your students work, whatever I type you'll pass" and copy pasted it over and over until the min word quota was filled.
Pissed me off because I worked my ass off in the class up until that point.
frozentoasterstrudel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My best friend was taking AP environmental science and for one of her homework assignments answered the questions completely, but inserted the word "doritos" every few sentences. Teacher didn't give a single fuck. Another friend had the same teacher and turned in her AP world history homework and numbered it weird to make it look like she did the APES homework, and never got caught. I think I'm the only one of my friends that did the homework correctly, but I only did it because homework was due the day of tests and it was the only way I studied. Or else I would have answered "doritos."
Weave77 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:38:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For one year, I had a high school Spanish teacher who, despite being a nice person, was a horrible teacher (I honestly question how well she actually spoke the language).
Instead of collecting our daily homework, she would have us place it on our desks as she would walk around the classroom and glance at each one for a couple of seconds, marking in her grade book whether or not we had satisfactorily completed the assignment. However, it was quickly discovered that she didn't actually read our work, so the majority of the class began using the same piece of Spanish homework day after day. One class period, my friend Nick misplaced his trusty age of Spanish scribblings as the teacher was making her rounds, so in a feat of desperate inspiration, he pulled out a piece of science homework and placed it on his desk instead. Upon reaching my friend, the teacher gave his paper the customary glance, and then smiled saying, "Good job, Nick- I see you did a thorough job today".
Needless to say, we thought this to be hilarious. We dared Nick to continue to use the same piece of science homework, which he did for a week without incident, until he found his old piece of Spanish homework in his locker.
Burnt_Couch ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At my high school everybody had to write a speech every year and perform it in front of their English class. The topic was up to you to choose but it was supposed to come in between 3-5 minutes.
Everybody would confidentially rate your speech and vote on it afterwards. The two students with the highest scores from each class would move onto another round where they'd give their speeches in front of their grade and then each grade got two representatives that would read their speeches at "speech night" where parents/friends/students could attend. The winners got scholarships.
Anyway, some kid in my English class wrote a speech about why the sky is blue. It was total crap but people thought it was funny so he moved onto the next round, and then somehow made it through the next and ended up reading it in front of hundreds of people.
TheNoobCakes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loved doing that to my English teacher. Had her for three years in high school, and she never caught on. Passed that class with flying colors.
IAmNotMyName ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:43:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sound harder than rambling on about a focused topic. I can't imagine writing pages of structurally sound nonsensical sentences.
jay-quell-en ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is exactly like high school sophomore Earth Science. Our homework was to fill out packets, but we all figured out pretty quickly you could write ANYTHING in the answer spots and she'd just check it off. i had some pretty hilarious answers for some of that shit.
King_Spike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is what high school is all about.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this really really oddly because I thought for some reason it said elementary teacher. Major confusion.
Hagane_no_angel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My brother had a teacher like this. He ended up turning in the Pokemon theme song as one of his assignment. As expected, he got it back with a checkmark.
Saddest part of it is that it was supposed to be an AP class. We both went to the same high school, and I feel I learned way more from a "regular" English class than he did from that class.
IANF1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have turned in a lorem ipsum for shits and giggles. I wonder if she would have even been able to read it.
DudeWithAHighKD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I use to have a teacher who was like this. We had to write down definitions for like 50 science terms at a time. It filled a few pages and I did it with pencil. After a while I just started with the first few being good then writing bullshit to fill the pages. I literally wrote a story before about a monster that lived in a cave and liked stealing people shoes before. He never found out. I just got my check marks and was golden.
zack4200 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my 11th grade AP English teacher, she always emphasized that she wanted us to include "because.. and so" in our essays. We all thought it was strange, because it pretty much went against anything we had ever learned in an English class before, but we did it anyways to appease her. We started realizing that literally the only thing that she did was skim the papers seeing how many times we had used the phrase. Nearly 3/4 of the way through the school year, one of my friends (lets call him Kyle)turned in a paper with 8 instances of "because.. and so" per paragraph with more or less gibberish in between. Kyle turns in the paper, and within 5 minutes she stands up, hands him is paper back (at which point we're all thinking "oh shit, she finally caught on, we're all screwed") and then she says "congratulations, this is the first 100% I've given to any of my students this year. You really did an excellent job of using 'because.. and so'. Keep up the good work. If anyone else has been getting poor grades read Kyle's and try to ask him for advice."
Because of this, I don't think anyone wrote a legitimate essay for the rest of the year, and so we all did really well in the class but pretty shitty on the AP exam.
ChilledMonkeyBrains1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh jeez, this was a source of routine infuriation from a shrewish English teacher I had; you'd think someone who had committed to educating young minds about language and writing would at least pretend to show interest in her students' efforts. Instead we'd get a letter grade and rarely any notes or comments.
But her worst offense was a gaffe that I fantasize was what led to her leaving unexpectedly at mid-year. She announced to the entire class, "Your assignments from Tuesday were all just terrible. Do them over!"
Ignore, for the moment, how stupid it is to declare that each of 30+ kids had done poor quality work. The kicker here is that she hadn't collected the assignments. The ballsiest kid in the class called her out right away and of course instantly got 10 detentions, but for rest of the month (this was just before Christmas) it was clear nobody took her seriously and in January she was gone. I've since realized that this lazy bitch's behavior was a big reason why my thirst for a career in public education eventually faded away.
Echoscurvydog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar tescher, I wrote a paper about hustle and bustle and huckleberry finn
psychic_tatertot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Senior year of college, me and some other non-traditional (old) students had a year long project together. First assignment, worked hard at it, got a B. Second assignment, worked harder at it... got a B. Third assignment, all of us got busy, did the minimum... got a B.
We spent the rest of the year performing grade testing on the prof. Other students were getting A's, F's, whatever. We got B's on every assignment.
None of us cared that much, we all had jobs lined up well in advance, but it was a little frustrating.
ColdMac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good instincts, getting out early.
sweaty_clitoris ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like catholic HS I went too lmao. We used edline for hw submissions and half the teachers never actually opened the assignments. You could submit empty documents and still get a 100.
Those were the good times...
hotdingus7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a buddy in HS who did this with every single AP US History textbook chapter we were forced to outline. Peaked at "General Sherman breezed to the beaches, blue yankee fitted, G-Unit sneakers" as a major bullet.
Would've gotten away with it all, but at parent teacher conferences, he showed his mother the outline saying "he does excellent work" and his mother glanced and saw an outline of half-jibberish and half-rap lyrics.
Fun times.
matownsend ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best reply so far.
MiserableLurker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
CAN'T BREATHE!!! XD!!!
omarninopequeno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a similar type of assignments, and we knew the teacher did that. My best friend always wrote the first and final paragraphs coherently, while for the rest he repeatedly wrote "banana banana ba nana ban ana banana". He got a perfect score for that class.
mabramo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar situation except many of my classmates would draw dicks on homework and even went on to draw dicks on exams. She was a very strict teacher, or at least put up a strict front, and either never realized or never cared.
2phantasmagoria2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I literally peed my pants laughing so hard at this. LMAO
Or, LMPW (laughing my pants wet).
PatriarchalTaxi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's bullshit that the teacher got mad! If the teacher wasn't doing her job, why should the students be expected to do theirs?!
trentaiced ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my teachers did this when he was in college. My state requires alllll classes to have a writing component. So for his bowling class, he wrote the first 2 paragraphs on bowling then BSd the rest asking if he read it, talked about his feelings and so on. Got an A!
tommyshieldmaiden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a teacher kind of like that. Essays she would really grade, but we also had to do outlines once or twice a week. One of my friends forgot and only turned in the front side of one page, but she stapled it to a couple blank pages because she was embarrassed to look like she was turning in incomplete work. She fully expected to get screwed for it... until she got the assignment back with a 100. I don't think a single person in the entire class did more than just one side of a sheet of outlines for the rest of the year.
saugeoden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that in my AP US History class in high school. Though I would start with something legit, then devolve in to Monty Python quotes about halfway through it. It went on for about a month before I got a paper back and she had underlined all of the random shit in it with a note to see her after class. I had to explain I was testing a theory to see if teachers actually read papers and I'd done it in every class (which was total bullshit) and that this was the only time I'd done it in hers and blah blah...I ended up dropping that class not long after anyway since it was so god damn boring.
hschupalohs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to do something similar in my Spanish classes in high school. The teacher would usually have us write a series of sentences using vocabulary words or on a particular subject in Spanish, and I would just write the most off-the-wall Spanish shit I could think of in Spanish like, "Yo como la basura con la leche de mi abuela." Eventually, my Spanish teacher caught on, and I had to tone it down.
benicemurphy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher in high school who did this too! I once turned in "rubber ducky rubber ducky rubber ducky rubber ducky ..." As my answer to one of the essay questions on my homework. Still got a check. I think it's because my first 2 or 3 homework papers were legit, so she just trusted that I knew what I was doing.
findingemotive ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah high school school, where nothing actually matters.
Lutya ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a Spanish teacher who couldn't speak Spanish. She pretended she did but we had a few native speakers I the class that clued us in. Anyway, she gave a final with 100 multiple choice questions- all written in Spanish. We had no hope of passing because she had t taught USA thing all year.
Well she let us pass around an English to Spanish dictionary to help. The native speakers put all the answers on a slip of paper in each dictionary and every student in every one of her classes ended up passing with those cheat sheets.
joe5joe7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did this take place at ballard like 8 years ago
Mahboishk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You sound like you'd be a great investor :D
A similar thing but much smaller scale happened in my Calc class yesterday. Some kid accidentally stapled his AP Computer science homework instead of his math and still received full credit.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would've titled mine "three months off in the summer"
MetathranSoldier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:23:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My only way to survive geology class was to write complete nonsense but in a nice way with lots of lines and boxes and most importantly coloring. At one point i got an A for a love-triangle-venn-diagram with the pope, Don Carlos and Sailor Moon that was supposed to be something about train tracks in russia.
mad_mister_march ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That moment the class knew the jig was up.
Now that is ball-shriveling terror right there, because in that instant before the teacher starts screaming, your mind instantly follows the inevitable chain of events; the trip to the principal's office; the phone call home; your parents coming to the school, possibly leaving work early; the car ride home where you hope you get yelled at because the Silent Car Ride is so much worse; the inevitable "don't you care about your future?".
Bad times.
Permexpat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:04:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Many years ago I had to write a 2 page paper in English class on some topic I can't recall. On this particular paper I was uninspired and couldn't think of anything to write so I wrote out the lyrics to Journeys "open arms" in the middle of the paper with basically just an opening and closing paragraph on the actual topic. Ended up getting a decent grade on it so the rest of the papers that year had some (popular that week) song lyrics in the middle of the paper. Ended up getting a pretty decent grade in the class and the teacher never called me out on it...I often think about doing that at work but haven't tried it yet.
latenitekid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of a typing class I took freshman year of high school. My friend and I found a bug in the software we used that allowed us to hold a key down and advance to the next topic with only one error since we only technically typed one word. After each assignment we had to turn in a printout of our results for the day, then we can just play games, hence wanting to finish. Our teacher never questioned how we were able to type over 400 words per minute with exactly one error.
Rivent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:15:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had almost the same exact thing happen in a high school English class. At some point we had figured out that the teacher wasn't reading our papers at all, and just started writing complete bullshit and turning it in. I literally wrote in some of my papers "Are you even reading this, Mr. Smith? I know you're not. You haven't read anything in months." This went on for about 3 months until one paper caught his eye and he read through everything we'd turned it recently. He was furious, did the same screaming and fist-pounding-on-the-desk thing you described, but he couldn't do anything about it without admitting to the higher-ups that he hadn't been doing his job, so we all got away with it.
lainzee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to embed random sentences into my papers if I suspected teachers weren't reading them. Usually just something like "Mr. Darton is the best" or "Writing this essay sucks". I almost never got called out on it.
RuinedMortal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:46:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a science teacher in high school do the same thing, except I turned in the same paper, with first original check mark, for the entire semester. I guess he just assumed it was already graded when he got to mine? We had a weekly paper due in scientific current events, after we turned them in Wednesday, they were returned Friday "graded". My paper was the plot summary of a Bill Nye episode...easiest A in my life.
setitio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My senior year of high school my friend turned in a paper with a normal first page, normal last page, and 5 pages between of one repeating sentence. She got an A. We kept this up until the end of the year and the teach never caught on. Granted, he was the baseball coach and gave no shits about world history.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this same exact thing in my history class. Our teacher would give us these chapter review packets that we were supposed to answer for every unit. I started off the year well, actually filling them out, using complete sentences, examples from the textbook, etc etc. Eventually, that degraded to me skimming the textbook and writing a sentence or so at most, and then to me not bothering to read the textbook, going almost entirely by memory/what sounded right and writing a single disjointed sentence at most, and giving one word answers where possible. Every time, I get it back with a 100. As did everyone else who finished it. At a certain point, I forget for what reason exactly, but I was tired, kind of high, and not really paying all that much attention, and I remember answering a question about Andrew Jackson with something along the lines of "he was kind of a dick". When I got it back, I went through and checked my answers. Some of them were completely off base and utterly wrong. I realized she wasn't even reading them, she was going through, checking to see we wrote something for each question, and giving a 100. So I started writing nonsense, culminating in a particular one where my answers went something like:
So this is a story
All about how
My life got flipped turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air
All the way through the end of the song, and part of the extended version because there were more questions than there were lines in the TV theme song. She never caught on.
iamafoot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ok i have legit tears streaming down my face reading this holy shit
Fairywizard1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:43:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HOLY SHIT. Are you from Melbourne? My year 9 teacher was exactly like this and we even read the merchant of venice
DrQvacker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:55:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe this happened and it is probably my favorite Reddit story ever. But if course I'm a grownup and I totally hate what has happened to the educational system in the US. Actually in the whole world.
Scummycrummyday ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:15:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a killjoy and probably would have bitched to the school about the teacher. Wasting my damn time to not do shit. Teachers like this should just die.
RHFilm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend Mike and I had a very similar situation happen to us in our 7th grade history class. Everyday we'd get these fill-in-the-blank assignments, and the next day our teacher would walk around the classroom to make sure everyone had completed it.
Mike and I realized that she never actually looked at the answers, so we decided we'd fill the blanks in with nonsense thinking she wouldn't notice. I opted to use movie quotes. The only specific one I can remember being: "If it bleeds we can kill it." My friend on the other hand went for an even more juvenile approach and wrote in things like: "NO MOMMY DON'T HURT ME!" and other weird shit.
Well, when the time came for her to check assignments, she immediately noticed My friend's homework was bullshit, and she wasn't amused. At that point I wanted to just crumple up my paper and tell her I didn't complete it, but it all happened so fast and I was sitting right next to him. I had to go down with the ship.
If Mike was the only one caught, he might have just gotten a zero on the assignment, but once she realized that me and another kid had done the same thing she decided to make examples of us. After reading some of our answers out loud to the class, the three of us all got detention and were made to show our parents what we had written. I remember my mom thinking I was a psycho until I explained that they were quotes from Predator. It was pretty embarrassing, but I felt I had gotten lucky. I never did find out how Mike explained his answers to his parents...
aytchdave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:54:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shit, that was her fault. That's a situation you gotta leverage. I'll do the real work from now on, but you give me a checkmark today or the principal finds out you've been accepting work without even looking at it for two months.
ShallowHalasy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:26:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My 8th grade math teacher was like this, she didn't teach whatsoever, she just stood at the overhead projector and did a few sample problems. She would call us up one by one to check our homework and after a while I realized that she didn't really look at it, you got a check as long as you walked up to her with a piece of paper. By the second month of the year every kid in the class had two pieces of paper; their permanent homework and one sheet of graph paper incase last night's homework had graphs in it. Come to think of it I didn't learn shit and I think I still got a bad grade. Got what I deserved I suppose.
mad_libbz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did something kind of similar in Jr high. We had a teacher who was ready to retire- he would fall asleep mid sentence, leave to take hour long shits, and just generally oblivious to everything. Like, a kid literally lit the floor on fire once and he didn't notice oblivious. His history exams were almost entirely essay questions, and I don't remember how I noticed, but at some point I realized he was grading just on how much you wrote, not what you actually wrote. After realizing this, I would just make up rambling stories about historical figures- I specifically remember one about Napoleon Bonaparte teleporting to the moon. I ended up with something like 130% in the class because of all my bonus points and didn't have to do any work for the last 2 months of the year. So many kids were failing that he just made the last 2 months bonus points so they could catch up.
esemesas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a similar history teacher. One of my classmates put in an assignment with only the phrases "Pancakes" and "Pancakes with jam" repeated over and over again and got a 10 for it.
Bigsam411 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know I am late to this but When I was in Middle School I had a science teacher that just walked around the room and glanced at peoples assignments and gave them a grade. Me being the lazy type realized she did not grade the actual questions so I started filling out random answers that made no sense.
for example: Why does the earth have gravity? Answer: Because it does.
Anyways I did it once but only answered some of the questions like that and she collected the assignments instead of just walking around the room. I somehow passed the assignment. I did it once more and she collected it again and this time I had done every question that way and she noticed and made me get parent signature. She had to announce that it was the first time ever that she had to do that for a student on an assignment but she did not say for who. Everyone found out it was me anyways.
Contexual_Healing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:40:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a similar situation in 8th grade science class. Teacher graded our homework by having other students walk around and basically just glance at your paper to make sure you did it. Once I discovered out of desperation that I could write pretty much anything for the answer and they would mark it done, I started writing ridiculous surrealist nonsense for all the answers. It worked until one day the student doing the grading noticed and called me out on it. I actually had to start doing homework after that point. Unforgivable!
Gneissisnice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an English teacher who seemed to just grade our journals based on length instead of content. So for one assignment we had to do on Hamlet, I decided to write 3 pages on how weird it was that Hamlet took place in Denmark, because it's such a weirdly obscure nation and nothing ever happens there. I got an A. A friend of mine wrote a page less but actually answered the question that was asked. He got a B.
Monqueys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:03:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher like this before. He would just see if you had the correct page length and the correct bullet points on your page. But I was smart, I never did tell anyone in my class and I always made sure that my handwriting was unreadable. . . He told me towards the end of the year I was one of His best students.
meatduck12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:49 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/u/Nicodemius /u/benny57358 another good one here
xdoshh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:40 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did electronics and telecommunications in college and we had to submit assignments on computers following a lab. The lecturer was so lazy that he would huff and puff if you we're to ask for assistance so I was lost and I noticed a couple other were also. One week I noticed I had submitted the same assignment for 2 different tasks and he have me 7/10. The guy was grading everybody 6 or 7 for every task without reading anything. For the rest of the semester he received the same report over and over and just kept the secret to myself preventing an occurrence of what happened in your story.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:00 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...lol
KissMyAspergers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:44 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will be the one and only time I can imagine myself being comfortable saying this: She was asking for it.
Seriously. This wouldn't've happened if she'd just done her damn job.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:45:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Biggorons_Blade ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:31:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd be surprised at how often these things happen.
Etherius ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:58:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is why I never believe teachers when they say they work really hard and shouldn't have oversight.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:58:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did anyone tell admin that she is a garbage teacher that shouldn't have a job?
LMorr ยท 6349 points ยท Posted at 21:09:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Waaayyy back in high school, my teacher told us this story. Several years earlier, he'd been teaching an English class & a paper was due; he reminded his students to make the titles of their papers interesting. Sure enough, he received a paper entitled "TEENAGE NINJA SLUTS FROM HELL!!!" ; the body of the paper was perfectly appropriate & academic. He's subsequently reminded students to make their titles interesting AND relevant to the subject matter within.
College_Fox ยท 3832 points ยท Posted at 22:38:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college we had to give presentations that were taped and sent in to be "graded" to make sure we were learning how to use technology in the classroom and public speaking.
One of the guidelines was to "get the audience's attention at the start" and "be interesting."
One of the guys got up, took out body spray and a lighter, did a brief flame-thrower (sprayed a quick blast at the flame), calmly put it away, and then gave his presentation.
I don't know how the graders reacted...but the class was highly amused.
kitty_bread ยท 1330 points ยท Posted at 23:04:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WTF! I would be expelled for sure.
College_Fox ยท 1443 points ยท Posted at 00:06:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was a small, private junior college and the prof was SUPER laid back. We were mostly theater majors and she was head of that department so she knew us.
beatsbydrjones ยท 1503 points ยท Posted at 01:30:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
theater kids, 'splains everything
DefinitelyNotA_Bot ยท 278 points ยท Posted at 02:22:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly as a biology major this is bs. He does it and it's all fun and games, I do it and they call it "assault on wildlife."
[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:52:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
My biology major gf got to play god with mice and
ejectinject them with shit that altered their brains, I found that way more interesting than my final computer science topic (improving search methods using semantic databases... or something)doomneer ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 03:18:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you mean inject.
I'm picturing mice straped to mind altering chemicals being fired out of a cannon.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:23:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can blame autocorrect on an unfamiliar phone for that great image.
Mountebank ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:57:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college, there was someone in my major whose research was on literally blowing weasels' minds. Literally as in strap them down, sedated, and then expose them to powerful pressure waves to induce brain damage, euthanize them, and then investigate the damage.
themindlessone ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:13:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your fault for bio. Chem students would be downgraded for not doing something like that.
MrCMcK ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:25:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Context is everything. In an organic lab that's the stage where everyone runs for cover from the impending fireball of Doom.
Traceofbass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:37:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. That and we've all probably got some kind of cancer by now.
Source: 5th year organic grad student.
MrCMcK ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:40:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And a mighty fine respect for silica dust.
Traceofbass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:22:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It...stings the nostrils.
Which is why we got OSHA approved particulate masks!
MrCMcK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:26:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's, mighty fine.
It's fine coraaal
Traceofbass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:05:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Dad, we're dying out here.
smoike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because some idiot left the gas taps on again?
MrCMcK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just the sheer quantity of volatile solvents in the lab, some of it's going to be in the air.
In fact, at the organic teaching load at my uni, there are a band total of 2 Bunsen's, and they are behind dividing walls.
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:15:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never had a fireball, but I did drop molten sodium into water and have it pop back at me once.
reverendjay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:58:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do forestry and it's part of your labs.
TalussAthner ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:36:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my highschool some of the theater kids managed to set someone on fire 3 different times. One of the times I was in band class next door at the time and we heard someone yelling and the class went running to the door and a kid came running by with their hair very literally on fire.
smoike ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:43:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was in the 80's, so things were somewhat relaxed compared to note. But In primary school someone brought a lighter to school.
I don't remember the specifics of how it happened as it was the class next door. But the story goes that someone got something smouldering and when the teacher started walking in, they threw it in the nearest bin, which is worth noting was an anodized metal waste paper bin.
A few minutes later the bin catches alight. A kid sitting nearby (not the one that had the lighter) notices and yelled out to the teacher that the bin was on fire, grabbed the bin with both hands and bolts out the door and drops it outside where it could do no damage.
I'll give the kid credit for jumping to action, but for his efforts he got burned finger tips on all digits, lost half of both eyebrows, and a portion of his fringe.
No one confessed to or dobbed on whomever did the lighting, and the kid was commended for his brave but silly actions (the glass of water on the teachers desk would have done the same job without injuries).
Only semi related, but thanks for reminding me, the commotion afterwards was very amusing..
TheOnlyBongo ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:11:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was theater kid.
That...explains a lot actually the more I think about it.
rothael ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:17:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You want the audience to pay attention? Add some pyro to that bitch.
aredditgroupthinker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They tend to be dramatic.
TheeFlipper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:46:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm convinced theater kids can murder someone and get away scot-free. I was a theater kid in high school and the amount of times I got pulled out of class for theater stuff or the amount of times I got out of trouble because I was in theater was fucking ridiculous. We were the only kids that pretty much had free reign in that school.
SoberNick ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
can confirm: am media art student
Pentobarbital1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"No ''splanations' necessary."
1nVu ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:26:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
M'lady
soulsonicfunk ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
M'fairlady
Mokeez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you ever use your theater major irl? Serious question
madamelifeguard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do. I'm a technical director at a college. It's fun. Hard work. Stressful. But fun. :)
College_Fox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*ahem
I use some of the skills I learned (costume shop, workshop, people skills, etc) but the actual degree? No. It's an Associate's anyway so pretty much crap all around. It was fun and I got a free ride though.
IAmALampShade ยท 191 points ยท Posted at 23:26:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was on a tape, he didn't do it in class
Can_I_get_laid_here ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 00:42:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a feeling the presentation was live in class, where it was taped to be sent to the graders for review.
MasteroftheHallows ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:31:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How would that demonstrate "being able to use technology?"
If it was all taped then that would be a better example cause you'd have to edit the video, put music/transitions etc.
JimmyBoombox ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:38:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your reading comprehension is bad. He did do it in class. The presentation was done live in the classroom while it was recorded. Then that recording would be sent off to be graded.
MasteroftheHallows ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:30:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How would that demonstrate "being able to use technology?"
If it was all taped then that would be a better example cause you'd have to edit the video, put music/transitions etc.
FM-96 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:40:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:45:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who are you? What do you know? You're not the guy telling the story... Why do redditors do this all the time?
IAmALampShade ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Geez man, people other than the OP are allowed to answer questions/give information that was present in the story. But if not, I guess we have to cancel all the book clubs since they are not authors. And no more quizzes in class, since only the teachers should answer the questions
bridgeventriloquist ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:39:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That info isn't in the post. In fact, the post implied that it was given in class, that's why it said he got up.
NotRapeIfShesDead ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:54:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean saying that the presentation had to be recorded and sent in was indication enough for me that the class was watching a video
IAmALampShade ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My b, but still. Why are people so aggressive online? "Your reading comprehension is bad" because I answered wrong, jesus man.
Moyeslestable ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:51:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lmao, did you even read your last post? Only aggressive one here is you, get a clue
IAmALampShade ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 03:09:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree with you. How was my response aggressive? I calmly gave a response by using examples, and not insults to show why I believe he was wrong.
williams_482 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All right, no biggie, easy to read a post more harshly than it was intended.
machenise ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think that you would avoid it expulsion since it was pre-taped (I assume pre-taped off campus) and was "sent in." Unless you were setting stuff on fire during class or threatening someone with it, you might be safe.
coolman9999uk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why? You're black?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...In college? Why? Last time I checked playing with matches was dangerous, not illegal.
MjrJWPowell ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 01:20:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a communications class where the final was to memorize 3 people's names and point them out. Last class before the final was when we found this out. Everyone is writing down descriptions with names. I stood on a chair yelled my name and got 3 girls phone numbers. I was used in all but 2 examples during the final.
The teacher told me later that if I hadn't shown up, I'd have gotten an A. Just because I would have screwed up everyone's plan.
Rangasoup ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:18:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, what? I've never taken a communications class but how the hell can that be a final? That sounds absurdly easy
taken_username_is ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:36:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It took me 2 years to finally know who was called what in my high school class. I honestly didn't care about them though, I was happy just hanging out with 2 friends (and one other person who I called a friend but was actually a bitch and is now starting her 8th year as cashier in a supermarket while she had such big plans. HAH!) that I just ignored the rest.
On the other hand, I knew everyone's names here at my internship within a week. Only 10 people, but still an accomplishment for me! Helps that they're more interesting and that I could cheat by looking up their photos and names at their website :)
MjrJWPowell ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:46:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was a 100 level course.
Nixie9 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 00:28:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a teacher, I now want to do this... from 1 to 10, how fired would I be if I did this tomorrow?
[deleted] ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 00:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a science teacher maybe you could get away with it. My physics teacher poured liquid methane on a candle a few weeks ago.
Raschetinu ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:06:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
My teacher back in high school dumped a bunch of different things on one of the fireproof counters and lit it all on fire with the help of ethanol. First one at a time, and then the rest of it all at once. I'd never known fire could be so many different colors. It was cool as hell.
fuckingredditors ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:06:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Science teachers are all crazy. I've never met an even remotely sane science teacher. And they always get away with their antics...
I should become a science teacher....
are-you-sitting-down ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:53:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree. In my course of work I found all my English teachers to be crazy. The science profs were the sane ones. In high school an English teacher gave the weirdest final exam I have ever encountered. We had to listen to Jimmy Hendrix at Woodstock and write about how it made us feel and subsequently served donuts. This was witnessed by another teacher opening the class door due to the very loud music playing. He was fired the next semester. Another quite colorful cantakerous prof in Freshman year of college used the same book for over 20 years to teach Writing 101, " Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut. Don't get me wrong it's a great book, but what we were tasked with writing about in reference to the book was bizarre. He said he was bored with it after twenty years, so we had to write about the words and only the use of words in Vonnegut's stories, like Hazel is a nutty character hence her name is fitting. Then, the final exam essay assignment. As we sat down to take the exam he wrote the essay topic: Why I deserve to fail Writing 101. I got an A luckily, but it was the weirdest class.
soulsonicfunk ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:23:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Writing 101 final sounds hilarious. So Vonnegut-esque. I'm sure the teacher thought himself so witty for that one.
KennyFulgencio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was witty
AlwaysHopelesslyLost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:05:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was crazy. He got angry at me for standing near a window when I was supposed to be standing at my chair 4 feet to my left, lifted me up into a bear hug, and started swinging me around in front of the class to embarrass me while I screamed and cried. Then a few years later he wrapped his arm around my face and almost smothered me because I was walking too fast in a hallway then sued(?) me for leaving a face print on his arm. He definitely got away with everything, too...
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:01:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I ... just can't even. What year was this? 1960?
AlwaysHopelesslyLost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:35:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I graduated in 2008 and those happened around 6th grade. I went to a tiny school with pre-12th grade in one 2 story building in the middle of nowhere with the nearest city 25 miles away.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:53:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, basically a prison? Crazy guards, nowhere to run because it's isolated, and your release date so far away it doesn't exist.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:00:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like an interesting plot point for a TV series.
Rwings ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:40:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Had a science teacher in high school do an experiment where he lit some chemicals and set an object flying across the hall. The first time was a success. The principle showed up to see what was going on and he showed him.
Only problem was the thing propping up the container on an angle was a phone book and the container had moved back further on the phone book after the first attempt.
Needless to say the phonebook caught on fire from the chemicals setting the carpet on fire. That day I got to experience getting a fire extinguisher sprayed on me since I was one of the unlucky kids cornered against the wall by the fire. All be it a tiny fire.
He kept his job. This was his second time setting the school on fire as well. First time I guess was a few years before when he did an experiment with a balloon and lighting it on fire. Lit the curtains as well...also in front of the principle. Was a different school but he wasn't fired. Just moved into the new school when it was built across town.
edit: cause spelling is hard
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet the principal was in on it.
Principal: "There's not enough in the budget for new curtains in the science wing this year".
Sci teacher: "I'm on it! It's gonna be epic, you should come watch".
Rwings ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would have been funny if so. The one I witnessed was in 10th grade and the burned mark outside of his class room was still there when I graduated.
He was an interesting teacher. Had us call him by his first name. Made up bullshit answers to questions he didn't know the answers for. Questions like who decided to name the color red, red. Tried random experiments like the one I mentioned above during lesson plans. Sometimes when it had nothing to do with what we were studying.
He felt like someone who was surprised a school gave him a teaching job. He would also ride a bike occasionally in the halls going between the two class's he taught. He taught chemistry and honors physics.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like an awesome guy!
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like an awesome guy!
Nixie9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So what you're saying is I might be ok?
Rwings ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Si
frogger3344 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:05:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher had one of those assignments in college, he apparently pointed at someone in the front row, screamed "FUCK YOU" and proceeded to tear off his clothes to reveal a tuxedo underneath
surprisesugarfree ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:37:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I smoked a cigarette in speech class while I gave a speech on the dangers of second-hand smoke. It was awesome (and relevant).
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:02:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but that seems kind of counterproductive.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:05:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like it's along the same lines as showing people your syphilitic lesions while discussing the dangers of unprotected sex.
surprisesugarfree ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:56:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was just me being sensationalistic. I was 18.
651997000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In class? They let you do that?
surprisesugarfree ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:02:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was a small, barely accredited, religiously-affiliated private college in the American South. The instructor had a flair for creativity, and I didn't ask for permission.
One student started coughing and I said something to the effect of, "if this is bothering you, you should probably leave."
651997000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha, that's wonderful. Did you get a talking-to after?
surprisesugarfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope
R34R34 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:14:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have just used an air horn.
boomfarmer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar approach: I'd just start screaming.
b4zook4tooth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:17:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a smartarse in English and organised with my friends in class to burst out laughing when I gave the nonsensical punchline to my opening joke. I was successful and the teachers were confused, but I lost half a mark for not opening with a joke everyone could understand
ssbmfgcia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:12:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When was this?
College_Fox ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:15:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Um, 2006? Maybe 2007?
ssbmfgcia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:13:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he get in trouble?
College_Fox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:46:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. She kind of sighed and said "Dammit, [Name]"
chooter365 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he tunnel to near the centre of the earth?
ZebZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in 7th grade, we had to do an oral presentation to the class. I chose UFOs as my topic. I began by crumpling up a piece of paper and throwing it at a kid who wasn't paying attention and explaining that it was a UFO by virtue of my classmates not knowing what it was while in flight. The teacher laughed her ass off, but loved it so much she made give the presentation three additional times to other classes as an example.
The next year we had to give a presentation in history class, pretending to be selling ourselves as indentured servants. Picture me, being short and scrawny, talking macho about how I would be a great worker because of my "bulging biceps and all around masculinity."
I swear I was normally a quiet and reserved kid. But I'm also a bit of a smartass.
DrunkAssWizard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar story from middle school. Had to present an essay, but the teacher told us to use an "attention getter" at the start to keep the audience interested. Being the tweenage dumbass I was, I stood up and performed my best howler monkey screech at the top of my lungs and proceeded as if nothing had happened. Years later, I'm sitting in a high school public speech class and some one says something along the lines of "and when we were in middle school, this weird kid got up and just started yelling at the class before presenting." I'm sitting right in front of her wondering how in the hell she didn't remember it was me. It was that day that I realized no one actually gave a shit about what I had done in the past enough to remember my name and I could move on with my life.
College_Fox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:38:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is oddly inspirational.
guyfierihc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
someone at my 8th grade dance did this in a cafeteria filled with hundreds of kids. ended up burning his friends face & hair and was arrested.
Lirdon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
During my service I had participated in an technical instructor course, in the standard presentation format there was an interest creation section with which one supposed to get the students interested with what you teach. For some reason this became some kind of story time people started their presentation with: "imagine you fly in an aircraft and suddenly every single gage goes haywire."
This one guy started his presentation with: "imagine you are on a beach and you see this gorgeous blond girl with full breast and ass walking along the shore with her hair waving in the breeze, today we are studying about the rotor hub."
n63guy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:37:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do almost the same thing in my speech class. For my presentation on the International Space Station I dropped a huge pile of text books from about 5 feet high to get the attention of my classmates. Teacher wasn't too happy lmao.
Piemasterjelly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:21:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Twice I have given out candy to the audience during a presentation
Both were pair marked for the most part
Though the stuffy communications teacher graded me down for not being professional
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:18:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Side question, can you really blow up the can doing this too long or is it a myth?
_Aurora_ ยท 5090 points ยท Posted at 22:10:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Next paper: "You will never expect what the Spanish Inquisition was about! Open to find out more!"
osmiumos ยท 3115 points ยท Posted at 23:09:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You won't believe how clickbait was born!
TheRarestPepe ยท 1097 points ยท Posted at 01:06:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This almost makes me want to go back to school and take some sort of humanities class where I can be sure to write a paper with this title.
TSPhoenix ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 02:04:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do it right and lead us into an alternate universe where academic papers have clickbait titles.
Oh wait we already have that, except with Bill titles.
atomicapril ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
should i do it i have an essay due tomorrow and the teacher asked to make the title be as creative as possible.
SurprisedPotato ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:26:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, yes, yes! Tell us the topic, and let us suggest clickbaity titles!
atomicapril ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:06:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The topic is about Empathy in To Kill a Mockingbird.
SurprisedPotato ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:13:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you give an outline of what you'll be writing?
atomicapril ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:17:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
shit im not even done it's due tommorow though It's basically a simple outline: Thesis:In Harperโs novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she illustrates a lack of empathy leads to prejudice. However she also illustrates that having empathy can lead to understanding other people, and to justice in many places. The rest is just examples of characters.
earbox ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:27:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This Southern Man's Thoughts On Racism Will Change Your Life Completely
pretentiousbrick ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:50:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But seriously, remember to analyze that bit where Atticus says he didn't want to take the case, but still did it anyway. Empathy is important, but there ARE limits to empathy. Atticus was concerned for his children as well, more so than any black man unfairly accused. That doesn't take away from his actions, of course.
Now go forth and think! :D
atomicapril ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:53:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bro thank you for that i will include that in my essay
ChemicalRemedy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:42:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
M8, you are top.
pretentiousbrick ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:23:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Atomicapril still needs to do the work ;) And hey, we're a line of two-word names! :D
pretentiousbrick ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:47:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No feelz leads to mo' keelz: the violence of the unfeelin
Edit: now I'm grinning to myself like an idiot
Fandumb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:23:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a subreddit for "internet-slang-versions-of-academic-writings," If so, I would read the shit out of it
pretentiousbrick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:25:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ask the fantastic humans at r/askphilosophy if you dare to break the intellectual mood over there.. It's a frivolous question, but if anyone knows about that shit, it's them!
travisd05 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:29:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
YES.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes!
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes!
cant_fit_the_dick ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:21:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I AIN'T NEVER GOIN BACK.
wonderboyjohnny ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:34:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm taking a communications class online this semester (yes, I know), and we have to write weekly discussion posts. All of my classmates keep it boring with "Ch. 3 response", etc. I got sick of that a couple of weeks ago and started using titles such as, "You Won't Believe These Five Easy Steps to Better Listening!"
oracle_dex ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
don't have to go to school to write a paper, you know, that's what blogs are for
Hungover_Pilot ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:37:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah that's possibly the best title for a paper on clickbait possible
An_Otter_In_Space ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:13:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But then you would have to write and research a paper
TheAngryBlueberry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do it. Life is short. Enjoy your time on earth.
Fruitfi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have to write a paper about any social issue, due Wednesday. I'm on it, guys.
TheRarestPepe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:06:30 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So... Did you do it?
Fruitfi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:10 on December 1, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
'You Won't Believe These 10 MYTHS About Abortion'
I got a C
TheRarestPepe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:20:50 on December 6, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah shit. Not my fault. You can't pin this on me!
germanyjr112 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Friends of mine in college, taking a Writing 101 class actually have to write a clickbait article, except to also put in paragraphs backing up their assumptions.
Of course, being my friends, they all wrote their papers about why people who write clickbait articles should go jump in front of moving traffic.
relevantusername- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:56:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They don't have humanities classes in school, they only start teaching that at college level.
TheRarestPepe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:52 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, by school, I meant college. Choosing to "go back to school" often means college.
Also, the humanities encompasses anything from history to literature to geography... all of which are usually taught to some degree before college.
JEWCEY ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 01:32:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Scientists HATE how clickbait was born.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:30:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks Cracked.com
DoctorTwitchy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:18:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Conquistadors hate him!
Artillect ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:46:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wrote an essay about yellow journalism, and my title was "You'll Never Believe How Yellow Journalism Controls Americans!"
Xwolfy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:30:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
American mom found out these 10 titles will GARANTEE publication of your work!
Slinkwyde ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:48:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*GUARANTEE
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:31:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
titties
RedGiant925 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Number 6 with kill your whole family
mental_invalid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:04:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Professors hate him!!
ch1ptune ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:50:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10 Things You Didn't Know About The Spanish Inquisition
orky56 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd tap that
bobbysq ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It started in print, newspaper writers needed to make headlines more interesting.
nodammityourewrong ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But when I got to page 43, I couldn't believe it!
FranklinDeSanta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you won't believe number 7!
SpamOJavelin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Journalists HATE him!
Poultry_Sashimi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's So Meta, Even This Acronym...
funkyArmaDildo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10 ways to keep readers interested, you wouldn't believe the last one!
drainbamage92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is actually a pretty good title if the essay is about click bait.
BlooFlea ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Top 10 most interestinf facts about the spanish inquisition! " (thumbnail is hot teenage babes in bikini's....)
LordRekrus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:38:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read these five simple steps to learn how to not fall for click bait!
ItalianFire8 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:12:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student finds weird way get a guaranteed "A," doctors hate him!!!!
plantbabe666 ยท 1262 points ยท Posted at 23:13:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Paragraph 3 will surprise you!
sandm000 ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 00:38:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Each page has a separate paragraph.
just_some_Fred ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 03:39:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And you sold ad space in your margins
SurprisedPotato ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:27:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pay your way through college with this one weird trick!
bobby8375 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:11:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More like, each paragraph is in a separate one of those clear plastic presentation folders, and each folder is in a separate pocket in an accordion folder. Good luck
clickingflipping through while staying on the correct page.boredatworkorhome ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:15:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This needs to be higher because this is how I feel on every website that has 10 pages for a 5 point article.
bassitone ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:25:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, like me with every writing assignment ever?
Seriously, I fill the page with a single paragraph sometimes
sandm000 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:27:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking more along the lines of having 3 in margins.
50PercentLies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:09:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That have to buffer separately
benmuzz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And an advert for teaching supplies
-WPD- ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:20:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Students hate it!
a-person-on-reddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:35:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Go home Buzzfeed
Buy_The_Dog ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:47:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
English teachers hate her!
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Spoiler alert.
nastienate15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this one made me laugh
okiewxchaser ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 22:41:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who really doesn't expect the Spanish Inquisition?
connectmc ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:59:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody.
StaticTaco ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:03:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Title: I just realised why clickbait is so effective!...
_____D34DP00L_____ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The mongols. They're the exception.
iscreamuscreamweall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
DAE not expect the Spanish Inquisition??
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:48:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO ONE EVER EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
tenehemia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In fact, those who do expect
Azeranth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:30:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO ONE EVER EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
LooseElectronStudios ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:29:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
These Soluble Substances Form Precipitates RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES!
(You'll never believe what color lead sulfide turns!)
skyman724 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which lead sulfide, II or IV?
KEEP READING TO FIND OUT!
BlackfishBlues ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:56:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Papists hate him!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:34:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You won't believe these 10 crazy points in my essay!
SupriseGinger ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:46:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's essentially how I titled my research papers from middle school through high school. I think the title header was usually "How to cure cancer" ... "Now that I have your attention I regret to inform you..."
LimesInHell ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:08:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And thus buzzfeed journalists were born
boredompwndu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:29:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i was shocked to discover the paper had nothing to do with the spanish inquisition at all.
Canucklehead_Alberta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:37:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody expects...the Spanish inquisition! duh duh duh
thissubredditlooksco ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:41:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what the fuck dude. i'm writing a 15-page paper on the Spanish Inquisition right now. conversion vs. persecution. that's trippy
Imagine_Baggins ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You won't believe paragraph #4!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was it about the Holy Grail?
DoctorDizzyspinner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:05:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't expect that
shade404eve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jerlko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Spanish inquisition can't possibly be this unexpected?
CleanUranus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was unexpected.
Kraymur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You won't believe 1478!
faithispoison ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
IAmJohnConstantine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
askyourmom469 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
skyman724 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"The Chief Weapons of the Spanish Inquisition - Number 3 Will Have You Running Back For More!"
no_sknowbounds ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
BurtKocain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teachers hate him!
iFlungPu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
staticx19 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You will NOT believe paragraph 8!
tenbeersdeep ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No one expects it!
goldanred ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doctors Hate This 50 Year Old- Find Out Why!!
tangentcosinesine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition.
Burnaby ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Their chief weapon will surprise you!
idahoalaska ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:37:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Editors hate him!
JustOneMoreBastard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:33:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition...
newb0rn11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
3 things, no wait, 4! 4 things the Spanish... no wait! 5! 5 things the Spanish Inquisition used to... 6! Their 6 primary forms of... no wait!
themisguidedshepherd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:35:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
SilenceHitlerSpeaks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Proof that Africa is a myth! Turn page to read more!
imp3r10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:27:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!
pm_me_inuyasha_pics ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:40:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teachers Hate Him...
Student successfully trolls teacher with this one little trick.
Quadrapangle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please explain how Spanish Inquisition is used in this context or why it is humorous. I laugh every time I see something referencing it but don't know why.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:49:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if the OP comment is referencing it, but the rest of these comments are referencing a pretty funny Monty Python sketch.
skyman724 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:21:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://youtu.be/7WJXHY2OXGE
Quadrapangle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't expect that
zach2992 ยท 888 points ยท Posted at 21:41:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder how many of the students titled their paper "Interesting".
AbraKedavra ยท 985 points ยท Posted at 22:07:05 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully half.
KaptainKlein ยท 91 points ยท Posted at 22:27:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We boys now, meta.
Poesiden ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:22:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A wild MetaPod appeared!
Sirnacane ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:58:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shit like this makes me excited when I catch a thread late and know in a minute or two I'll understand the references
probablyhrenrai ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:27:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so meta even this acronym
elduderinodude ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 22:47:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
....META
...META
..META
.META
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:54:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUU
areyouinsanelikeme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
3deep5me
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:07:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Pit-trout ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:28:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
16meta256me
ninjazombiemaster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wholly part.
dr_franck ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And now we halfve fully gone meta.
Jakevader2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
nMeta n+2Me
DoctorDizzyspinner ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:06:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Link to the original thing so I understand this meta reference?
KlausBaudelaire ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:11:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3t1q82/teachers_of_reddit_what_is_the_greatest_way_a/cx2eknl
DoctorDizzyspinner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks!
RusskieRed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which, interestingly, is twice as much as halfy half.
mrtightwad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:25:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So meta.
thegoon2357 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
2meta4me
SnipeCity73 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 23:18:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
2meta4me
APPLEZACKS ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:42:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was quick
Madlibsluver ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh come on!
Mongopwn ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:59:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right.
kuilin ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:55:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Intere-
a7xxx ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 22:49:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The meta in this thread is so strong.
ButtsexEurope ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 22:51:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Already meta.
Fraerie ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:07:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Interesting and Relevant"
LMorr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:10:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha I wouldn't be surprised if someone did
Schmucko ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:31:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is this, a college for Dads?
narp7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, that's what I would've done.
pedazzle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, this reminds me of a report we had to do in high school. I noticed one of my classmates had titled theirs, "Something to do with the Results". That's what the teacher had told us to do lol. I told him he was supposed to actually create a title, he said I was wrong. Class comes and I saw he had crossed the title out and written something else there. He was a bit of a stoner though so probably had a brain fart.
metaStatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
only the ones that passed
Marbles401 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:20:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kindergarten or maybe 1st grade. I misunderstood the phrase of rough draft to mean we were writing stories about giraffes.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:06:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a pretty advanced concept for that age.
ink27 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:09:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Last year I had to write an essay on what killed willy loman in "death of a salesman" and titled it"Maybe it was colonel mustard". Lost like 10 points for that
LMorr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:51:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For formatting alone, I'm sure. "Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick: The Unfortunate Demise of Willy Loman" would have scored a +10.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:46:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This person will be writing the descriptions to porn videos.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:22:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Next time when you promise ninja sluts in the title make sure the body of the essay is about ninja sluts.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly! Haha
I recall my teacher mentioning being confused that the paper wasn't about ninja sluts, he was looking forward to seeing how the student could make that angle relevant to what they'd been studying.
walkytalkysenpai ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:34:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a similar vein, my English teacher once showed us an example of an actual essay written for the AP test where the opening line was "SEX! SEX! SEX! Now that I've got your attention..." Surprisingly enough, the essay still scored fairly well...
LMorr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:39:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow that's ballsy! Not sure I'd be brave enough to roll those dice!
CurcleofLife ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:01:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha when I was younger I always tried to make my paper titles super interesting. For example my Macbeth paper was called "Witches Be Trippin" and my paper on the decolonization of Vietnam was called "Vietnam Wants the D". Good times.
nocorelyt ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:42:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man, this reminds me of a final paper I wrote for a class I HATED back in college, and I titled it "If I Ever Go Postal, I'm Citing This Paper and Class In My Deposition."
The name of the class? "The Psychology of Happiness." I got a C.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like an interesting class. What was the reading list?
mamacrocker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:16:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I usually don't give a shit about titles, but the site where they have to submit assignments requires one, so I told them they could put whatever they want. One kid regularly titles his "Joe has great jokes - ask for one." Last week I gave extra credit because one used "JOHN CENA'S OUTLINE" and made everything in caps. It's the little things that make grading bearable.
Freekling ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:11:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I got the idea from somewhere else but when I was in high school I titled a science paper. "Dandelions, the silent killer" the paper was normal otherwise and made no references to dandelions being deadly.
jamespatrickflannery ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:18:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember in 8th grade we did a final presentation and 5 out of the 100 points was for an attention grabbing intro. So at the start of my talk I knocked over her bookshelf and threw a chalk eraser at a kid in the back. I gave a real solid presentation though. I got a 95/100. You can guess where the missing 5 points went.
FunkyChromeMedina ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of a paper a friend of mine wrote in grad school. It was a paper about Habermas, entitled "Jรผrgen-off: Pragmatic Intellectual Masturbation at its best"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:08:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm waiting for the movie version.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:56:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really wish I saved my papers from undergrad. I'd often go with the "Title Name, Or: Alternate title name" format. And I'd always make the alternate name something that didn't make sense.
Gibboni5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:30:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loooool that right there drop sounds like the title of a porno
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd watch it.
RiddIemeThis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:42:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet he went on to invent click bait.
"TEENAGE NINJA SLUTS FROM HELL!!!" YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
meowmixiddymix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:52:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think we had the same teacher lol
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:54:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dr. Isenor?
meowmixiddymix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:57:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't remember the teachers name was too long ago sorry :/
Was it in California?
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, Alberta, Canada.
meowmixiddymix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:05:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe down the teacher grapevine has been passed down or something
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is that not a movie yet?
GhotiB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mr. Maxwell?
LMorr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, Dr. Isenor
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My eighth-grade history teacher mentioned that he'd had a student yell "SEX. SEX. SEX." as an attention-getter before launching into a presentation about William Shakespeare.
SarcasticVoyage ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:05:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The TV show Clone High had episodes titled with colons. My favorite one was Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand.
My college philosophy professor is probably still wondering what the fuck I was talking about when I titled my final paper "The Moral Conundrum of Abortion: A Rope of Sand."
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha well done!
tinybomb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor who told a similar story. Write a paper on Lord of the Flies. Make sure it has a succinct and interesting title. Kid turns in a paper titled "Piggy Goes Splat."
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Concise. I like it.
Beek96 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:11:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did something similar in my high school English class. I had written a paper about playing sports and couldn't think of a title. My teacher told me to make it something unique so I titled it "Balls Deep". She handed it back to me before she even read it.
aron2295 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:12:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher told us to do that. We had a paper on i guess Catholicism and Buddishm in AP World History. Anyway, I called mins "Buddha vs. Jesus!" Teacher wasnt amused.
Charybdisilver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:22:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time, for an english essay, I was told to have a creative title. I had no clue what to make it so I just translated a basic title into russian and handed it in. Apparently, the teacher saw some profound synbolism in that because I got the only 100% in the class.
TheKeyToTheWholeShow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:34:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Apon reading this I laughed hard and hit my head on my nightstand hard and now I'm hurt but that was funny.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha oh dear! I hope you're okay!
grammascookies ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:42:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember back in middle school we had an assignment to create a random blog. However, the teacher would only grade blogs that had "eye-opening titles." So I named my blog "Levator Palpebrae Superioris."
He was not amused.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh come on, that's good stuff!
nick09490 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:07:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember for a college English class I did an essay about A Modest Proposal which is a short satire about solving the then Irish famine by eating children. I titled my essay Baby Back Ribs. My professor praised the title for minutes.
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's awesome!
RPdispatcher ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:16:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A few years back a co-worker was taking undergrad classes and would write his papers at work while we had downtime. He always had problems coming up with titles and would ask us for suggestions. The best one we had was for a paper for a history class on WWII, the winning idea for the title was "I am the Walrus"
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha love it!
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha love it!
littlegayalien ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once I had to write a paper for my Sociology of Gender class and I always stuck a temporary title at the top that I changed to something relevant once the essay was complete. This time I titled it "fuckin feminist rants basically" and then forgot to change it and turned it in. A week or so later my professor asked to see me after class and I had to explain why I thought it was ok to put an expletive in my assignment; I have a pretty good feeling she was hiding her amusement after I explained myself tho, also I still got an A.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:53:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went with "hair, hair everywhere" for a high school paper on the symbolism of hair in "Lord of the Flies." The teacher took the time to use it as a bad example of a title for the rest of the class.
johnnynutman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a joke, I used to title my emails "porn". Then I wondered why no one would get back to me and it was cos it always went to their spam folder.
VeniVidiFishie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend turned in a draft of a pysch paper in college on Kantianism with the title: "KAAAAAAAAAAAAANT!" Prof handed it back and said the paper was excellent but with the title he'd get a B+ instead of an A- ... he refused to change it.
PatriarchalTaxi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:24:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/bandnames
IggySorcha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:15:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did something like that once to be a cheeky bastard, but I was so paranoid of getting a bad grade I included am alternate title #nerdpranks
mermaid_quesadilla ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor say this once. If your title isn't interesting and it's one sentence, then how can I trust the whole paper? She had a point and I'm a killer titler, so mine was something along the lines of "I identify with Michelangelo and Donatello when it comes to naming art: basic"
CreamyGoodnss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:41:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Better than when I wrote a paper in college titled "America: FUCK YEAH!"
DirtyPie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:20:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason, I keep adding the word "Mutant" to that sentence, so it's "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA SLUTS FROM HELL!!"
boatsyourfloat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:38:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The AP US Government teacher at my high school had a list of "dirty" words we weren't allowed to use in our essays. I can't remember all of them, but I know "corruption" and "correlates" were on their. One my friends, being the smart ass he is, decided to list the dirty words for his title.
He got an A on that paper, so I guess it worked out alright.
SkullTraill ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:32:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least the title wasn't literally "interesting".
black-pudding ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:38:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They just combined 'Invasion of the Samurai Sluts from Hell' and Teenage mutant ninja turtles! Lazy!
random-engineer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:44:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did something similar in high school: the teacher told us to make the first sentence interesting, so my first sentence in my Holocaust creative essay was "Bloody heads don't wash up on the beach every day". The rest of the paper had nothing to do with that statement, but was much more mundane and low key. When I turned in the rough draft, the teacher had lots of comments, but not one word about the leading sentence, and when I wrote the final deaft, I ended up rewriting the entire paper around the first sentence. Sometimes a little smartassery can produce some real creativity.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:00:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Love it!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:43:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just had to cover my face in compilers class from laughing so hard
LMorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha good luck!
luigi1fan1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:11 on February 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever I write an essay, I call it untitled.doc. Even if it's a physical paper.
Edit: I'm in high school, so it doesn't fucking matter
GZX959 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:07:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was really expecting the title to be "Interesting," now I'm disappointed.
LMorr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:13:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How can you be disappointed with teenage ninja sluts from hell? I mean, they're teenage ninja sluts... from hell!
kaiju-taxi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And he grew up to be a person who places clickbaits on websites.
Vandelay_Latex_Sales ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like some erotic friend fiction.
balancespec2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:25:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So he really wanted to read about those ninja sluts then
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I've seen that movie.
MannekenP ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plot twist: that student later founded buzzfeed !
chicken__steak ยท 1725 points ยท Posted at 21:20:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me as I'm not a teacher, but it was my friends little brother. They were reading frankenstein, and apparently there are some chapters which start as letters to the characters sister. Anyway, the teacher tells the class to read the first 4 letters by next week and my friends brother does exactly that.
He reads 4 alphabet letters.
puuying ยท 1829 points ยท Posted at 00:55:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For anybody curious, the first four letters of Frankenstein are: "You w".
dmitri72 ยท 1396 points ยท Posted at 01:44:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't but thank you anyway
Pit-trout ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 02:51:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You w
knurttbuttlet ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:53:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You w?
NiobiumGoat ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:59:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You w.
the_visalian ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 04:17:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
-ot m8?
GMY0da ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:22:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
m80 ill rek u
EAbisoft ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:27:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ill shag ur nan
Vengefultaco12 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:26:43 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll hook u in ur gabber fucboi.
MisterCryptic ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:11:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...ouldn't download a car.
Dusk_Walker ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:55:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's some Candlejack shit man.
Seriously though, who does tha-
filenotfounderror ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:21:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...elcome
imabigfilly ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:37:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a polite young man.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:32:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You w..ere
[deleted] ยท 341 points ยท Posted at 02:29:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You wot m8?
[deleted] ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:14:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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that-writer-kid ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 03:47:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Who counts spaces as special characters?
runetrantor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:17:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It almost qualifies as a password in those super picky sites!
Just prove you cured cancer and it may be valid now.
workyworkaccount ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:30:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She was a Brit.... So probably accurate.
BalbvsGvbenator ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:49:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never laughed so hard at a Reddit comment.
d1rTb1ke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i'm frankenstein.
ninja10130 ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 02:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, the first four letters of Frankenstein are "Fran".
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:24:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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kblaney ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:53:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She's the flashy girl from Flushing.
rodtang ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 03:09:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Since I haven't read Frankenstein I will from now on assume it starts with "You wot mate".
panicky_in_the_uk ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:31:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You wanker? You won't believe it's not butter? You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off?
Don't leave us in suspense!
localhostrulez ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Welp, now I have to go watch that movie.
SethQ ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:31:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm now genuinely curious what the next four are. I can't imagine how he was able to just stop on that cliffhanger.
puuying ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:12:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ill r
NamelessAce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:24:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ue the day you decided to fight Mooooojo Jojo!
puuying ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:26:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I see you've read Frankenstein before.
Sirspen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:51:36 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ot m8
jakielim ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:23:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Watch your language! We don't go around calling people 'w' anymore!
Mage_of_Shadows ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:43:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ot m8
gdunde ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:05:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...anker
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:36:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ouldn't download a car!
FireButt ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:15:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ot m8
Smgth ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:46:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
SPOILERS! I was only on 3!
R34R34 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:42:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, the first 4 letters of Frankenstein are Fran.
TheLollrax ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:39:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what's up with dmitri72. I was incredibly curious.
thepinkestpenguin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:44:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was fran
kblaney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:54:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Excellent, now I'm caught up with my work for this week.
Whywouldanyonedothat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"You won't believe that this literary classic started out as clickbait!!"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"All in a day's work."
LaDuderina ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the first four letters of Frankenstein were f-r-a-n.
fremblem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:54:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You wot m8?
john_dune ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:13:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
UW? Why are we bringing the University of Wisconsin in on this?
FallenXxRaven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:38:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interestingly enough this is the furthest I've ever gotten into that book. I don't really read books, though I do have all of Tolkein's novels on my computer waiting to be read. Im like a page into the hobbit... lol
puuying ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well done at getting past "In a h".
A_Wizzerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:00:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For anybody curious, the next four letters of Frankenstein are: "ill r".
Mistamage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:29:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No I w
BarbBushsBeastlyBush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are the second 4?
puuying ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:29:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ot m8
omeucao ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:19 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...ot m8?
rubiscoisrad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the words of Kurt Vonnegut, "Stro
ng stuff."ben314 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:21:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, it would be "You ".
topCyder ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:12:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The space character is not a letter. Points for trying?
ben314 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:45:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I consider it one.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:00:59 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bonus question: Do you consider mayonnaise an instrument?
ben314 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:44:46 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:44:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're doing God's work, son.
VincentVeritas ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 01:40:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"You thought I wanted you to stop reading a novel in the middle of a word?"
"I'm guessing 'yes' is not the right answer here?"
lemlemons ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:04:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...is he a computer?
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:11:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's so weird how she wrote that book when she was 19.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:20:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those 4 letters in a week? They're so boring, though...
oighen ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:54:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dear!
Jerlko ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:05:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Should've called them epistles.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:44:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pee pistols? No way I'll stop at 4. I'll shoot them all.
jconfer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:59:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My sophmore year, my english teaher was obsessed with giving us essay prompts that didnt explicitly have to do with the book's story. Because of this, it was very easy to get a good grade on an esssay without even reading the book. We did Frankenstein, and i didnt even make it through the first letter/chapter thing before i just stopped reading. I still got a mid-90% on the essay
roseyd317 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:05:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just read those letters 2 days ago for my english class... I wish I only read 4 letters...
zanycomet ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 01:02:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh come on its a good book
roseyd317 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:46:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The letters are a little dry, also I'm not a big reader.
Plus being forced to read something makes it dreadful for me
Rehendix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:52:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was well written, but every character was a whiny little bitch. Victor: "My love of my life is dead and it's that bastard monster's fault woe is me, I am a shit for ever creating it" Monster: "You abandoned me, everybody hates me and I am sad and lonely so I will have a tantrum with your family now"
Fluffy8x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know what they say about "good" books...
zanycomet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's that?
Fluffy8x ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:08:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not actually good.
smiles134 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:47:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But Frankenstein is actually a fantastic book. It's got monsters and killing and love and heartbreak and in general a lot of death. What's not to like?
Rehendix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The crybaby characters?
smiles134 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:59:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a staple of a good Victorian Gothic. But seriously, if you think the characters in Frankenstein complain, don't even bother opening Wuthering Heights.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:45:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still don't know why people love that book so much. I get all the literary praise, blah blah blah, but it just seemed interminable to me.
smiles134 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:52:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just slogged through it for my British lit class and it was unbearable.
zanycomet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:53:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well based on actually reading it (rather than judging it by assuming that it is the opposite of what people say) I can tell you it's quite good
locks_are_paranoid ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was technically correct, the best kind of correct!
RandomScreenNames ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:46:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one had me dying!
_the_new_ ยท 659 points ยท Posted at 22:26:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Gave grade 2/3 students an activity where they had to draw foods from every food group. When I went around checking, I noticed one student had some odd things in his sections for grains. I asked him what he drew and he told me lettuce and spinach. When I asked why he thought those were grains, his face went white and he said, "You mean that doesn't say 'greens'?"
It was adorable.
[deleted] ยท 193 points ยท Posted at 02:11:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My family moved from Washington state to Texas a few months in to 3rd grade. I got assigned to a reading group.
For the longest time, I didn't understand why my group was the "grain group" and all the other groups were named after colors. One day it just dawned on me the teacher had an accent and I was in the "green group."
erddad890765 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:08:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you traded words.
trollshand ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:36:47 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Ben" can sound like "bin". The bin is where the rubbish goes. :P Fanny is also a good one.
N6TJA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:06:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You replied to the wrong comment.
the_supersalad ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 01:25:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lettuce and spinach are odd things on their own, but I can only imagine your confusion at their drawn versions.
_the_new_ ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 01:34:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were essentially green blobs. I asked him to explain because I didn't want to offend him by incorrectly guessing what he had drawn.
workitloud ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:12:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You were teaching in the South. Grains. Absolutely charming.
_the_new_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:05:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm in Canada.
The_Sven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:52:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Grade 2/3 is about 8-10 right? Shouldn't he be able to read well enough to know it wasn't "greens?" Was he dyslexic?
_the_new_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:38:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was about 7 at that point and definitely not dyslexic. He's actually a very bright kid.
attackpanda11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:25:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It took me far too long to realize you were not saying grade two thirds.
_the_new_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:56:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! It's an easy way to spot a Canadian. We say "grade X" rather than "Xth grade," for the most part.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 11:44:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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_the_new_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:04:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This was definitely not in cursive.
EDIT: Also, this was in Canada, not the States. Nothing to do with the American curriculum.
Dikaneisdi ยท 4819 points ยท Posted at 19:52:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Told my students to write the essay question at the top of their page. Fully half the class wrote 'The Essay Question'.
[deleted] ยท 2839 points ยท Posted at 20:53:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I had an English teacher that would frequently do dictation for that entire class period.
Way too many kids in our class would literally write down "ellipsis", "semicolon", "parentheses", "hyphen", etc. before they realised they were punctuation marks and not words.
This was in 12th grade...
Edit: Guys, please. There was more to it than just the students brainlessly copying word-for-word from the teacher's mouth. You can argue all you want that dictating is a "lazy/ineffective" teaching method, but I personally felt it was much easier to learn via dictation than textbook. It had definitely improved my grades.
Nuranon ยท 607 points ยท Posted at 22:32:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you got dictated stuff in the 12th grade?!
arudnoh ยท 669 points ยท Posted at 03:23:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey man, Cuba and Venezuela got dictated for decades. Compared to them, 12th grade is nothing.
hamspiced ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 04:05:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
~ slow clap~
ZombieRonSwanson ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 05:06:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
tilde slow clap tilde
FTFY
hamspiced ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:15:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
tildรฉ slow clap tildรฉ FTFY
PhallenFoenix ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:17:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, the old reddit Totalitaroo
jennthemermaid ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:11:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hold my cigar, I'm going in!
d311h0p ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:19:34 on January 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Father's Journal: Day 167. Has anyone seen my son?
shardikprime ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:56:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's funny, because in Venezuela at the best of my knowledge, they still dictate as part of the classes.
Source: am Venezuelan.
Didymos_Black ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:07:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I was not one of the poors, I would gild you.
donkeyballsAMA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No doubt. It's not like it takes rocket appliances.. https://youtu.be/wAIe9QtRKlc
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP's mom has been getting dictated every night since her first punctuation.
hypervelocityvomit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:03:21 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
#dikt8ed
aprofondir ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:08:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd be surprised how many ex-Yugoslavs want to be dictated again...
Helium_3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:17:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that's only serbs wanting to dictate their neighbors.
aprofondir ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:39:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you knew shit about what you're talking about you'd know that the big dictator of Yugoslavia was Croatian.
Helium_3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tito wasn't a particularly bad leader. In fact, he managed to keep unified one of the least unifiable areas in the world. Once he died, however, serbia tried to ban the militias that the other member nations had in a bid to stop the breakup (Tito himself had instituted them). It didn't go over too well.
farieniall ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:17:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It depends on the teacher. Normally there is a smartboard version to copy but the teacher will be more in depth.
loptopandbingo ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:48:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hows my dictate in ya mouf?
Casehead ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:15:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was so unexpected and made me laugh so hard...
[deleted] ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 22:34:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah?
Nuranon ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 22:38:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
nothing - here in germany this was just a thing till the third or fourth grade or so and perhaps 6th or 7th grade in foreign languages
[deleted] ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 00:28:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm in 12th grade in America and can't remember the last time iv been dictated to.
boomfarmer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:04:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's like a lecture, except you're trying to copy stuff down verbatim.
d4b3ss ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:11:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe I was ever in a class like that. Is that common where you're from? I'm American. Seems like something annoying, mindless, and unhelpful.
boomfarmer ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:41:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an American with a Bachelor of Science degree in a liberal art with a minor in a hard science, and private schooling in high school and middle school. I don't recall ever having to take dictation, with the exception of writing down quotes for journalism class assignments in situations where I could not use a recorder.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:41:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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boomfarmer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:00 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's really a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, which in my college was awarded to ag comm students only because of the required hard-science minor. Said minor could be with the agricultural science, natural science, environmental science or food science programs at the college, within the university.
Here's the full program sheet: http://cfaes.osu.edu/students/sites/cfaes/files/site-library/site-documents/Major_Sheets/Agricultural%20Communication%20%28eff.%20SU%2013%29%20%20October%202015.pdf
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:16:27 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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boomfarmer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:31 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's still a BSc, just a BSc Ag. People in the college who majored in crop science, plant pathology, food science, dairy science, meat science, and so on also got BSc Ags as well.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 11:40:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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boomfarmer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:55:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Precisely-delimited answers are bragging?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:56:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never heard of this method either... seems so strange lol.
Dabrush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:14:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, it is an incredible effective way of learning.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:43:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds stupid. The teacher is adding 0 value. Just pass out notes, and if you feel like it have them copy them by hand.
Dabrush ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:15:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Students learn a lot more if they have to write themselves. It's all but mindless. Passing out notes would just be lazy and unhelpful.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:20:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It also remains true that the teacher is not adding value to the situation.
andrewps87 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:56:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reading something > Hearing it > Reading it and copying it > Hearing it and copying it.
Don't get me wrong, that's still below a lot of other ways of learning, but the teacher has still 'added value' over the students simply reading handouts.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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hoppierthanthou ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:14:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never had a university class with dictation. I have no idea what kind of university you go to.
Magicslime ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:36:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have. It was a foreign language class, though.
JustusGS ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:29:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Senior in college and I'm pretty sure I have literally never been dictated to in my life. What the fuck kind of value are you supposed to be getting out of that?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:23:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really like word for word? In most classes I just don't take notes cause I'm an auditory learner and taking notes distracts me.
LManX ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:20:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not 100% on this but I believe in other countries, professors profess and don't teach. That is, they are only responsible for putting the information where you can get it. Getting it into your brain is your half of the investment, so they aren't concerned with what kind of learner you are. If you want it, you'll find a way to learn it.
JustusGS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but there's a huge difference between a lecture, in which you're responsible for taking notes and making sure you retain all the important bits, and dictation, where you're required to copy down everything they say word-for-word, including punctuation.
Alex_Rose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like, most of my physics lectures were just the teacher talking slowly as they wrote on the board, basically dictation.
I was the same, I never wrote shit down but because they were writing everything and taking forever it just never sunk in. I preferred slideshows but barely anyone used them (and they were also a big bright in the morning).
It ended up that everyone I knew who took notes ended up getting way better degrees than me (ended up with a 2ii) and other people I knew who didn't. That's not to say it won't work out for you of course, I am also super distractable but in hindsight I would recommend just drone writing the shit out in the edge case that it might actually drill into you.
Then again, uni grades didn't end up really mattering, I spent most of my final year making an android game and now I'm employing two artists and releasing on PS4/Steam game in Q1 so it turned out alright. It matters if you wanna do a PhD or something obvs.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:56:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Germany got dictated to once.
Never again.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:39:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For future cases, the German "nix/nichts/egal" (nothing) translates to "never mind." Thought it would be a good FYI.
viloca ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:56:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing made sense. As in,
what did you say?
Nothing.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:21:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I speak both German and English. Saying "nothing" when you mean "never mind" is how you say it in German. It may be that the situation is what you said, but to me it sounded like "Yeah?" "Oh, never mind." Either way, additional knowledge doesn't hurt!
SweetContext ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:43:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most of my classes were being dictated by grade 10. Is it really that weird?
wayward305 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly they needed it...
onelovesuperwoman416 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thats what she said
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confused, I was dictated stuff since maybe Grade 3, and I don't think it's absurd for someone to have a dictation class now and again. Is it that strange nowadays?
JustusGS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never even heard of a class like that, myself, but I'm American just finishing up college. Was your education elsewhere in the world or a while ago? What was the purpose of such a class, and why would it ever be superior to just letting students write whatever notes they deemed necessary in order to get all the information?
smiles134 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:40:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I've literally never heard of this before
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:04:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think the idea of a dictation class is to write down EVERYthing the professor/teacher said, but more what you needed to remember what they said and the phrasing they used.
I'm in Canada (there shouldn't be that much of a difference education wise between us?) and I'm fairly young (<25) and I've had dictation classes since probably Grade 9, when I took AP English.
The idea was that we were to do all this reading, then come in and have the teacher talk about what 'professionals' thought about the writing, then the projects were typically us digesting multiple books/stories and such.
For a Religious Studies class in University, the prof would often do dictation instead of slides or anything like that so we could really feel the messages spiritually, he would ask us to not take notes as well. I didn't go to a religious institution, but he liked to do that so that we thought more critically in the moment rather than when we reviewed our notes, too late to ask questions or really participate in the discussion we had at the end of the given dictation period.
For English and for a few of my other classes it really helped me and a few classmates to have that sort of structure in the class. But, I knew a few students (okay, more than a few) who would never review their notes from dictation periods. Needless to say, they didn't do very well.
I'm absolutely shocked you have not had a class like this while in college. I mean, a slideshow based class is essentially dictation, it just lets students read it on the screen. With my classes it was just readings I had to do, otherwise I'd have no idea what the class was about or have anything to add. I'm really confused myself...
Edit: Quick edit, I realize you used the phrase "whatever the student deems necessary" which I think I would say that the majority of students in High School or younger don't really know what they need. The method I was taught I didn't use because I needed to, I used it because it got my substantially better grades than when I just wrote down what I felt I needed to. (I had classes I did this while in High School, and I didn't do well.)
JustusGS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I'm still a little unclear on what you're describing here. You say your professor would do dictation but also that he asked you not to take notes. How can both be true? What exactly is the method you were taught? I suspect what you call a dictation class is what we would just call a lecture class: you do the reading, come to class, listen to the prof, and take notes as you deem necessary. That's very common, though I think many institutions (especially smaller ones) are beginning to phase that out in favor of discussion-based classes.
The actual definition of dictation, as I understand it, is telling people what to write, verbatim, as if you were having someone transcribe your speech or something, and that seems to be what is happening in the OP here. It's about a teacher truly dictating, with the intention that students would copy down everything they said, word for word, down to punctuation--thus students writing "semicolon" instead of ";" and so on. I think that is what people were so confused about--simply lecturing is all well and good, but that doesn't seem to be what's being described in the story. I'm not sure what the point of telling high school Seniors where they should be putting hyphens is.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:17 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhh geez I got pretty confused cause it was a while ago since I read this.
Alright, we were working with two different meanings of dictation. I was told that dictation, as a student, was whenever the teacher would speak for long periods of time without questions as to make sure everything was covered (or just long periods of the teacher 'just talking'), then detailed explanations in smaller groups when I was younger (Grade 3 as in my original comment and older) until a more structured dictation class like you're describing in my English class I mentioned and the University class when it was "write this down like this." semicolons and all. But then my Grade 3 comment was much different. I suppose I meant then that I had spaces in the day where we were told to write things down exactly so so it didn't sound absurd to me that some University classes would be purely that way.
So I don't know. I think I got something confused originally or given bad information at a point that made me underestimate the seriousness of 'dictation'
JustusGS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:51 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, makes sense. Sounds like Canada must use "dictation" where American schools say "lecture." TIL!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah might just be me being retarded.
Naznarreb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the 7th grade I had a science teacher who put the text of his lectures up on the overhead and expected us to copy them verbatim into our notebooks. He regularly collected them and read ~150 copies of his own notes, marking off if you abbreviated things or skipped parts. He was very serious about the notes being perfectly verbatim
Bmuzyka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:30:20 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did. Grade 11 and Grade 12 Physics. The teacher would put his lesson up on the projector from pre-written transparencies, and he would literally read them, and we would re-write them. He would stop and take questions and give examples throughout as well.
That method actually worked really well with me. my mark in that class was in the high 90s.
Varthorne ยท 1022 points ยท Posted at 21:02:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
To be fair, if said kids actually knew how to spell "ellipsis" (or "comma", for that matter), I'd be impressed.
The same kind of "impressed" as Ron Burgundy was when Baxter ate a whole wheel of cheese, despite having pooped in the refrigerator.
EDIT: Wow, I did not expect so many replies. And it's pretty clear that one person did not get my reference. Anyway, I get hung up on spelling. I find it sad how frequently people misspell really simple words. I was exaggerating when I included "comma", but I think I still made my point. Back in high school, given the way we had been taught/trained over the years, people usually tried to copy what the teachers said verbatim (though I don't think any of them ever went so far as to write down punctuation), because it was easier to get everything down than to risk missing something important.
Also, I was somewhat trying to be funny. Clearly, I failed miserably and I publicly apologize for it.
This is the last I will say about this.
[deleted] ยท 133 points ยท Posted at 00:47:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You would be impressed with high school seniors knowing how to spell "comma"!?
gimmeboobs ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 01:24:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you never witnessed the horror of an adult, with a job, using coma in place of comma?
I envy you.
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 01:30:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would argue that high school seniors are more educated than the average adult.
sylfire ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 01:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
With the way the average adult acts, I'd argue that half of them didn't make it to their senior year.
CaptInsane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You'd be surprised. For research for some grad classes, I learned that something like 70% of high school kids can't write at a college level. I forget the exact figure, but it might be higher
edit: accidentally words
bluelink121 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:01:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, to be fair, I'm pretty sure that most kids aren't in college...
CaptInsane ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whoops. Was on mobile and accidentally words. I meant most high school kids...
singul4r1ty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still, surely college level is a higher level than they'd be expected to write at?
CaptInsane ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:43:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The problem is that, for the most part, the teaching part of learning to write is stopped way to early in education. I don't know how long you've been out of school (or maybe you're still going), but do you remember the last time you had writing instruction? I mean things like grammar, syntax, style, etc.
When I was in high school, my first two years I took honors English and AP my second two. My writing instruction including spelling (senior year advanced placement English) and vocabulary (junior year AP). Also remember that most high school "English" classes are actually literature classes so you learn to write lit reviews and such. Now, that's not inherently bad because everybody needs practice with writing, and lit is a good way to get that practice. But there's almost no professional writing taught, and, at least for me, lit writing instruction amounted to "here's this piece of lit, read it, pick a type of lit-related paper, research, and write it" then the teacher would mark off things that were wrong. There was never really any discussion about how to write well, explanation about why the mistakes made were mistakes, or really any proper instructional techniques actually towards making students better writers.
For source, I have a bachelor's in English Professional Writing and a master's in Instructional Design and Development
gimmeboobs ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:47:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
technically yes since there are adults who have never attended high school, driving down the average. However! I would also argue that today's high school senior is fundamentally dumber than, say, twenty years ago. Excuse me while I adjust my walker and swallow my Geritol, but I blame it on the rise of communication technology making it easier to communicate while not necessarily focusing on form. You may know how to use an apostrophe, but to not call it a "comma on the top" doesn't come naturally.
Damn kids, lawn, et cetera.
The ease of use form factor of so much of our daily interaction has lead to some pretty staggering drops in what we used to consider common knowledge. It always has been this way and always will. Generations before me and millennia after.
redleavesrattling ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even before that, textbook companies were gradually making their textbooks easier to read. It makes sense from the point of view of learning science or history, but not for reading skill. That alone was considered responsible for kids being two reading grade levels behind when they got to college. I'm sure it's worse now, because now in classes like that they hardly assign reading, but use videos and games to "increase student engagement". The English teacher is left responsible for most reading skill.
gimmeboobs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good points. I learned a large part of my vocabulary from picking up books that were a little beyond my level and exposing myself to harder words, and having to work out the meanings through context. I read for fun, I read everything I could. I don't know many people like that anymore. A few friends, and most feel like they're book snobs because they read A Song of Ice and Fire instead of watching Game of Thrones.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I guess I'm just sad to see reading going back to the "activities for nerds" category.
kaetror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish. My government made it a universal responsibility to monitor, assess and report on a students literacy, despite non-English teachers getting no training or guidance.
So now, as a science teacher I have to make my assignments suitable for assessing literacy. Massive pain in the arse.
kaetror ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:11:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with that. My spelling has seriously degraded since Google managed to make the autocorrect on my phone non-retarded. Writing stuff on the laptop and having no clue how to fix a word because Microsoft word doesn't have autocorrect is a pain.
There's also a thing in China about this. People can recognise symbols but can't draw them from scratch. Because you only need part of the character for autocorrect to finish it people struggle to draw characters by hand as they've rarely had to write a complete version.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't only base that comment on the fact that most adults don't have a diploma, but mostly on the idea that people will forget most of the stuff they don't use everyday. In high school, a lot of this stuff is used and discussed very often, so it's still "fresh" on their minds.
gimmeboobs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:02:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I absolutely agree. There are some corollaries from geometry that I just don't even remember anymore. Use it or lose it, I get that, especially for nuanced things like that.
My gripe is against adults of any stripe, new or old, that can't spell common words without the little red squiggle telling them if they spelled it right.
The recalcitrants are the worst. You correct them, and they insist on spelling it wrong anyways, because that's how they've always done it. Barf.
askryan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let's not forget about cumma.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:32:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But I thought adult's or good at spelling
BlackAnemones ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would be. As a former teacher, I was amazed at how horrible the spelling and grammar was on many of the papers turned in to me. So many of the mistakes were on the simplest words too. From kids were supposed to be "the smart ones," no less.
twobits9 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hate to be that guy, but it's spelled coma.
Source: am high school senior.
strayacarnt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:22:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll put you in a coma.
Raschetinu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:09:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I sure would. Be knocked dead if one or two of them could use commas properly too.
SpankyJackson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they didn't know to write " , " when said comma, then yeah.
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
high school junior here, yes
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
high school junior here, yes
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 22:33:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, if they didn't know it was a punctuation mark, I doubt they knew how to spell it.
dandan2222 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:01:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think it was a lack of intelligence that caused them to copy punctuation. It was probably because when they were furiously copying anything he said, the probably wrote down words like "comma", and then realizing they had just copied punctuation.
Moonstone-star ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:01:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously? 12th graders are age 17-19. They're adults and you're impressed they can spell the word comma?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:37:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, if they're 19, they're pretty dumb.
Moonstone-star ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not fair at all.
walkerstepbackwalker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:07 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well at best they're behind a grade compared to their classmates.
TheFuturist47 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If a 19 year old is in 12th grade and not two years into college as he should be, I wouldn't be surprised if he couldn't spell "comma". And no, a 17 year old isn't an adult.
Moonstone-star ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:18:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in 12th grade at 19, and I wasn't held back and started school at an appropriate age. I don't understand why you're assuming people at that age are so stupid, because they're really not. Are you a bitter old man who likes to complain about the kids, or something?
TheFuturist47 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a bitter 31 year old woman who likes to complain about all sorts of stuff.
Vigilantius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:11:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher was not even mad.
skatastic57 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
spoiler alert please.
MudkipzFetish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This implies that you "wouldn't even be angry" at the kids for being able to spell. Do literate teens anger you under non-dictatorial circumstances?
CrappyPunsForAll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or rather, having pooped in the fridge despite eating a whole wheel of cheese
Prisoner-655321 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have no clue what you are referring to, but I have had an ex-refrigerator violated too.
My drunk uncle was sleeping on my parents couch because my mom took his keys. He wasn't quite right and didn't know where he was as he stumbled past the bathroom into the kitchen. He opened the fridge, pissed into the crisper and then walked into the hallway closet where he snored until sunrise.
He let his german shepard shit on the lawn. I stepped in it while playing frisbee with myself later that morning. It was actually a pretty typical weekend at my parents house at that time.
Just like when "the mailman came over to take our garden". I wasn't told until recently that it was actually the police confiscating all of papas pot plants.
drdeadringer ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:19:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Extra Credit: Make "ellipsis" sound sexy.
Submitted: "She hung on every period of his ellipsis, breathless inside her parentheticals."
Result: An awkward call to the parents.
Aramz833 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:55:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the teacher lectured? I'm pretty sure dictation would imply that your class copied what the teacher said word for word during the entire class period. Was it a class for learning English as a foreign language? I don't understand what your teacher expected you to learn from simple diction.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:25:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yes, that's exactly what we did. She was the only teacher I knew who did this.
Her method made it way more easier for us (students) to revise the work, and study what needed to be studied for the course. Meanwhile other teachers just threw stencils at you and expected you to figure it out for yourselves.
Mnstrzero00 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:39:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They used stencils? Like Banksy? This whole thread is confusing the hell out of me.
Aramz833 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:06:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting, what country was this in?
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:25:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Australia.
Porridgeandpeas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A lecturer in my uni course did that, he taught fluids in second year so I was 19. Word for word, meant you had to be at his class as the notes weren't going up online and word for word then he would throw in lines that made no sense to check if people were listening and not just copying. He is the best.
PopeInnocentXIV ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:09:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher should have used phonetic punctuation.
veryedible ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:42:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
tokekcowboy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP said he was in Australia
FTFY
Jughead295 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:35:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck That, Fuck You.
Dhallia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught 12th grade for many years. One year, my student teacher was dictating something for students to copy, and a really obboxious one yells out interupting, "how do you spell semicolon?" He was still getting hell for it later in summer school...but that's a different story.
cara123456789 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:46:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Spanish teacher did dictation and I fully wrote 'punto' for like 20 minutes before I realised
shreddingfish92 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:06:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old in junior school we had a teacher with a slight lisp. She was dictating a story to us and included the punctuation so for example she would say 'full stop' at the end of sentences and 'comma' as and when. Everyone in class thought she was saying 'Connor' instead instead of comma and it lead to so much confusion. I still wonder about Connor to this day.
troxy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:48:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wrote a whole bunch of "Greater than or equal to" before I knew I could just write >=
Fishycrackers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's why you need an escape sequence, the compilers are stupid.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you mean by dictation? Like, the teacher would say words and you guys would spell them?
Level126 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ftfy
asmj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this, but I was grade three, and word for coma was in a dialect that was new to me (was sent to a school in a different region for 6 weeks). Teacher thought I was being a jackass and gave me a huge F.
sweetnez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:52:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work at a bank and I still get people (employees of said bank) who assume when I say "space" it means to write the word. Even when talking about an address.
IGiveGreatHeadphones ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
U.S. 12th grade or Europe 12th grade? If I remember correctly there's a difference
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't even know what an ellipsis was until someone tried to critique one of my stories claiming I wasn't using enough of them. I had to google it. =A= Periods.
Mnstrzero00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even after googling for the definition I have no idea what dictation is and how it is a teaching method. Why would a teacher ever need to say something important out loud instead of just writing or typing it
rainbowplethora ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar problem in French this year. Was really freaked put that there were so many words I couldn't understand in the dictation test, until I realised she was reading out the punctuation as well and I had just never been taught the word for comma.
DriffleDrop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You don't need to put the edit man. Everybody learns differently. Some people ar e better visual learners, audio...etc We all use different learning styles to attain the knowledge we need to complete the task at hand.
source: school counselor/teacher
Dick_McButt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a classmate who religiously wrote down everything that the teacher said.
The teacher sneezed, and without looking up from his notebook, the classmate raised his hand to ask how that was spelt.
brberg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to write out "period."
izzitme101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:47:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
everyone learns differently :)
violbabe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in 11th grade and its the first time I hear of ''double spacing''. And I proceed to double space between each word instead of double line spacing.
elf631 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:12:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was checking out/editing a short comic book that a younger friend of mine had drawn for a writing course in his freshman year of uni, and I noticed that all the ellipses had only 2 dots. When I pointed it out, he just stared at me. I said they needed 3 and he asked why. "...because it's an ellipsis." blank stare. "It's an actual punctuation thing." "Oohh, I didn't know that!"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:50:50 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To people that have trouble handwriting things, it makes remembering anything you wrote down impossible because it takes all your mental concentration to form legible letters.
Oblivinatior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:54:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Oblivinatior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously? You don't think reading stuff aloud and having students transcribe it is totally phoning it in? I had a history teacher who would have us transcribe overheads all the time, you don't even engage with what you're writing. The next year we were given the option of history or geography, I chose the latter. Took me a while to realise that maybe I didn't hate history, but she was the issue.
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:34:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is the difference between dictation and handing you a textbook?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:41:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is worse isn't it? At least a textbook has been edited?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:54:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meaning multiple people worked on making sure it was accurate and informative, rather than just one person.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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pmacdon1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:58:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I decided not to be condescending just in time to get the ninja edit off.
Oblivinatior ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:10:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's slower, and it doesn't teach you any studying skills for later life?
Oblivinatior ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:50:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it depends how you define learning effectively. I'd expect a year 12 English teacher to be encouraging people to engage criticially with a text, discuss it, make assertions, back up their assertions.
I live in Australia though, I have heard once that a semester at uni in Australia ruined a friend from the US's grades because the emphasis was much more critical and it was not what they were used to.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Oblivinatior ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:21:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. There goes that theory.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is the point of dictating?
Dabrush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:16:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Better results.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:37:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair I didn't know what a lot of those were in 12th grade.
rabidwhale ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:17:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a dictator.
Dapplegonger ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:38:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because the class was easy?
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:32:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You require more parentheticals.
Wishyouamerry ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:16:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom taught 8th grade remedial reading and one of her students stole the teacher's manual. He might have gotten away with, but for the question How was the main character's childhood like your own? he wrote: "Answers will vary."
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:53:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Genuinely cackled at this!
thejamesstage ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 21:25:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully half
Barbequber ยท 285 points ยท Posted at 21:53:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that not correct? I've heard it used before, meaning "literally half", as in not exaggerated. Not " roughly half" or "about half", but " fully half". You might call 9 slices of a 20 slice pizza to be "half a pizza", but it wouldn't be " fully half a pizza".
flareblitz91 ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 22:30:22 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you're correct.
monstercock03 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:09:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully correct? ...fully erect?
WiBorg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least 1/2 right.
jtanz0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:31:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and half left
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:39:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Though just because he's not wrong doesn't mean he's right.
kdoodlethug ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 22:39:23 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've heard it before. I don't think it's common, but I believe it is correct.
transuranic807 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:17:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully correct?
DeathToCanadians ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:45:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe it is fully half correct
kdoodlethug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. Sure. I like it.
Kritigri ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:24:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's correct, it just sounds odd because its an oxymoron under certain contexts.
Bobshayd ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:38:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it might mean "at least half" but with the connotation that it's pretty close to being half and probably is exactly half. I think that's effectively what you were saying.
JaxThePyro ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:06:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure, but at least where I'm from, no one says that.
[deleted] ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 23:05:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? Around here, fully half of the people say that.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:47:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Welp, then the discussion is over, everyone!
ChestyLaroux87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:07:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, it's correct.
RIPBenny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:32:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully erect
co0ldude69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's correct, it's just an oxymoron and therefore slightly humorous.
Texan0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully can also mean "at least", indicating "no less than half".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that's a correct phrase and one I hear and use a lot.
GV18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never heard the phrase used. I would argue it doesn't make sense, because you can't have a full (i.e. while) half. I've heard "exactly half" before, but never fully half.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my defence, colloquialisms rarely make sense. I thought this was a general expression - thinking now since it seems a lot of people haven't heard it that maybe it's just a Scottish thing!
andrewps87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:51:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why can't you have a full half?
It's a full half, not half a half, or even 99% of a half.
It's 100% of a half.
BenjaminGeiger ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:06:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
linkage
irishdog123 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:30:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mostly some
Mocha2007 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:31:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you implying that he meant only some of the half?
ukmhz ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:45:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Type "define fully" into google and look at the second definition. Also try to be more well-read if you're going to criticize someone else's diction.
Forsyte ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:12:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was going to correct you and say diction only applies to speech, but... you're correct. Good thing I took your advice.
Sheikh_Rattle_n_Roll ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:16:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a legit expression. It means, "Something around half the students did this, which was a number far greater than I had expected." The "fully" part doesn't refer to the total number of kids in the class; it refers to the the absolute maximum percentage of that number that OP had believed could possibly misinterpret the instructions.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:29:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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jsau0125 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:27:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Half again as much
Thalaas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:27:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh WOW that brought memories from my days teaching English in Korea.
"The answer is on the board! ON the board." I walk up to the board and tap the answer. "On. The. Board."
What did the student right down as the answer for his work? On the board.
Xwolfy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of sworn-in ceremonies in the army!
"I, State your name, solemnly affirm..."
"I, state your name, solemnly affirm..."
Facepalm "Your name goddamit!"
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Your name, godammit!"
Xwolfy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:27:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"You're name, godammit!"
"I, Name, solemnly affirm..."
DeerBunniesExist ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:19:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar thing happened in my Grade 12 class. Our teacher gave us a detailed rubric and exemplar. The sample cover page had a title and a subtitle below it. Almost everyone put
after their essay title.
ravyrn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a similar tale. My mom was a parole officer, and was based at two units. One for people with mental disorders such as schizophrenia and the other for people with learning disabilities/intellectually challenged.
One of her offenders she was interviewing at the latter unit, and she needed them to sign a form. She told the offender, "I need you to write your name here" and pointed at the signature portion of the form indicating where they needed to place their signature. She apparently wasn't paying attention, because when she got back to her office to complete his parole case summary, she looked at the form, and written in print in the signature line, she found "name here".
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:13:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like a room full of students with a bright future in computer science.
brickmack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:28:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Though I imagine you could probably come up with a pretty good essay based on that phrase
Cheesewithmold ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:47:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right? Like a history on all English assignments given to each generation and how they differ due to context, time period, region, etc.
ObscureCulturalMeme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For an example of taking this to its logical and delicious conclusion:
This Is the Title of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times in the Story Itself
kemikiao ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:37:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My high school English teacher gave one of those bullshit "read all of the questions before answering because if you don't follow this instruction literally the last question says to not do the assignment" fucking assignments in class. And then acted so fucking smug that some of us "fell" for it and proceeded to lecture us about following instructions actually.
After that, I did EXACTLY what she said. "Write your name at the top of the paper"? I wrote "Your name at the top of the paper". She gave us an assignment where we had to "watch TV for half an hour and write about what we watched" so I wrote my paper about watching a unpowered TV for half an hour. Fuck that teacher.
locks_are_paranoid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:56:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were technically correct. The best kind of correct!
Xarow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:23:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh honey..
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:45:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
English or history?
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
English!
the3b ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was always told (by my mother) to write RTFQ on the top of every page of every test. By grade 4 my teachers were concerned.
chipsnsalsa13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is way to common...even at the college level. :(
mmmjuicy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:42:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully half the class? you sound like my kind of English teacher
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wat
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this a weird phrase? Perhaps it's a Scottish thing. It's just an expression!
AdamsDJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's one of those cases where you don't know who're the smart asses, and who're the dumb asses.
aatteber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was this for a programming class?
It seems like the correct response for a programming class because professors like to force students to think about how a computer would interpret a statement.
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:53:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, no - 14 year olds in an English class.
Nick12506 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All half, huh?
scfoothills ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:07:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Name the folder for your project YYYY-MM-DD_Project name. Three months into the school year, still explaining this.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would argue that they didn't misinterpret the instructions. Instead your instructions weren't clear enough.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are not wrong.
idoitforthelolz3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, they weren't wrong
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is now why I explain myself insanely clearly.
frsh2fourty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor that would say a keyword or sentence during class that was to be written on the assignment to work as attendance since the assignments and due dates were written in the syllabus and submitted online and a lot of people would skip as a result. So many professors had their unique ways of taking attendance other than calling out names in class so if this was a college class I could understand the mix up.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:02:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A code attendance word? That's genius! Though I suppose your friends could just text it to you.
Hootinger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a few teachers in high school who would do shit like that. They would use it as a trick, "Ohhh, I told you to write 'The Essay Question' you wrote the name of the essay. You should have done exactly what I said." Fucking seriously?!?!
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:01:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's just sadistic. * makes note to do so as soon as possible *
BryanwithaY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Amelia Bedelia af.
Sohcahtoa82 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/FirstWorldConformists
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I"
everyone else: "I"
"state your name"
everyone else: "state your name"
"schmucks"
wehappy3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught high school English for six years and this sounds painfully familiar.
OhCleo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember the very first essay our class had to write in high school (age 11). Teacher told us to write "Essay" on the title line. Before then our primary/elementary school teachers had always called them things like 'written work' or 'projects' or 'stories' or whatever, so a few of us (yes, me included) legit wrote "S.A."
nomchomp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I keep notebooks with each of my classes. When we set them up the first day, I modeled by writing "Ms. ....." in the top right corner, and told them to write their name in that spot. I couldn't help but giggle durring notebook checks when I saw that 80% of kids wrote my name, but not theirs.
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Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh that's brilliant! Haven't had that yet :)
JeBalon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hell up until about 7th grade, whenever I had an essay, I would jot down in the agenda "S.A. on suchandsuch" I thought it stood for school assignment
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please, please please tell me you teach kindergarten?
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:55:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
14 year olds in this case :)
McMrChip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:44:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of my history teacher at high school. The first lesson we had him, he showed us how we should write information on our books (So he could identify who's who and where it should be if it somehow got lost. That sort of stuff.
Anyway, he said "On the top line, write your name, but don't write "Your name", you need to write your name as in the one that identifies you. On the second line you need to write "History" and our room number of "18". I'd be worried if you don't understand and wrote something other than them. And finally write my name on the third line, but don't write "My name", write my name as in me and how you would identify me. Trust me, this sort of stuff has happened in the past."
We had a good year in history after everyone managed to get their name, the word "History" and "18" and our teachers name on the front of the book.
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:51:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, it's insane how specific you have to be! I once showed an example of how to fill out the info on the front of a notepad which said 'student name' where they needed to write their own names. You can probably guess what a few of them did.
Kevtron ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:44:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I tell students to email me with the subject being "class name and time. Your name. Subject"
Now I always have to remind them that "your name" means to write their actual name...
wlee1987 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully half?
FallenXxRaven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:49:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honest question: Why are teachers so insistent on making students rewrite/rephrase the question? I never saw it as anything more than a waste of time and space.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:44:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not something I've ever done! Perhaps an American thing? (Apologies if you're not from the US.)
FallenXxRaven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope Im from the US. Massachusetts even, you don't get more American lol.
I mean I guess I can understand them wanting us to restate the question, just to make us think about it differently and to be sure we understand it. But it doesnt work like that with kids, they just think of the least amount of work to move the words around.
What do you think of this statement? Education doesn't need to be fun, but it does need to be entertaining. This is something I've always believed. I've learned more from a single teacher who just actually talks and makes thing interesting than from every teacher who-just-drones-on-word-after-word-from-a-textbook-and-oh-my-god-I-can't-keep-my-eyes-open-and-I-haven't-learned-a-thing.
Sure sometimes you have to kinda drone on, but as far as Im concerned if I (who actually wanted to learn in school) can't keep my eyes open in ANY of your classes, you are doing something wrong.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely. Engagement is everything. Anything which makes students laugh, introduces a competitive element, allows students to exercise choice, engages creativity or existing interests will keep students engaged and focused, and will make them care (even just a little) about what they're learning.
this_is_balls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:28:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For history class, we were instructed to include a "yes, but" paragraph in our papers, in which we outlined an opposing viewpoint, and why we disagreed with that viewpoint. Half the class started that paragraph with the words "Yes, but..."
lagerbaer ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:21:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I'm pretty sure in this case they're just trolling you.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's always possible.
VAbornAKgrown ยท 3269 points ยท Posted at 21:14:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm not a teacher, but I can recall a glorious incident from high school involving a classmate of mine.
Picture it: Purcellville, Virginia, 2001. Our U.S. History teacher asked us to choose a President that we wanted to write a short paper on using only the school library reference books. The girl next to me in class chose George Washington. When she didn't hand in her paper, the teacher asked why. Her reply was that all of the information she could find in our library was about George Washington; not George WaRshington. She wasn't kidding.
Edit: Holy shit, there are dozens of us Valley grads on Reddit! Dozens! I guess I shouldn't be surprised...because Purcellville. LVHS'03
SlipperySherpa ยท 2896 points ยท Posted at 21:43:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school our AP History teacher would pronounce seceded as succeeded.
Needless to say, half of our class thought the South won the civil war.
arkenex ยท 1847 points ยท Posted at 23:40:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did half of your class make it to an AP history course thinking that?
[deleted] ยท 171 points ยท Posted at 00:59:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's usually voluntary to get in those classes
shweet44722 ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 02:04:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even voluntarily, didn't you have to pass honours history first or something? Damn.
swingerofbirch ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 02:11:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my school we only had regular and AP. Most students who had been in TAG just took all the AP courses. I'm not sure that it meant we were ready for it or got a lot of out it. But I don't remember there being a lot of requirements. Maybe there were. I just remember assuming I would take AP courses, so that's what I signed up for.
shweet44722 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:16:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah okay. Yeah that's a little different from mine. Ours required that we had completed the honours course prior to being allowed to take the AP, so I guess we had to demonstrate we knew the material at a high school graduate level (which I guess is what they considered honours).
I guess it would depend on the size of the high school too. My school was fairly large, like 1800+ students, and was definitely heavily academia based between the IB and AP programs.
Mountebank ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:51:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine used to be like that too, but one year the school wanted to be more egalitarian or something so they changed the criteria to be based solely on PSAT or SAT scores. Suddenly the AP classes became overcrowded (since there's only so many teachers qualified to teach them) and our passing rate plummeted.
shweet44722 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:03:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wat. That has to be one of the dumbest ways to determine whether a student is suitable for an AP class. Like I don't even know anyone who bothered trying on the PSAT and if I remember the SAT/ACT tests properly they had nothing to do with anything you would have learned in the AP courses.
Hell, I didn't even take my SAT and ACT tests until the beginning of my senior year when my courses were already decided.
Do you know if they reverted to the old system when the passing rates dropped?
Mountebank ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:14:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No idea. They only started it my senior year. I don't think they care about the passing rate so much as just the number of people in AP classes because somehow that's a metric for how good the school is.
My high school also used to have selective enrollment, meaning that you needed good grades in middle school to get admitted. But since it was funded by the county and "normal" people couldn't get in despite paying the taxes the supported it, they sued and forced the school to switch to a pure lottery system.
shweet44722 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:16:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, that does make some sense I suppose.
Man, that's a whole lot of politics involved with a public school. Mind you, there were private schools that would bus in student athletes from across the state after school 3-4 times a week for practices and games, so if that's only for athletics at a private school...yeah.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:21:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Daniellemillerart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:11:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ugh our high schools in the area didn't even offer IB but I remember when I was applying to colleges from a full AP load my transcript would be taken less seriously than peers from other states that offered IB, took IB, and were so self-absorbed in their supposed better academic standing....and all these years I assumed IB must've been a hard track to get into (funnily enough I found out about a month ago the workload and requirements expected of a friend's school's IB program and it was identical to my school's AP/Honors track) *sigh(
KennyFulgencio ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:28:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know AP, is the other one incredibly boring?
shweet44722 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:12:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I found it was, but knew a lot of friends in the program. IB is a full program rather than just taking intensive courses in certain areas. Generally runs through most of high school, and there's two types of courses you can take; HL/SL (High level)/(Standard level). Standard are normally honours level, while HL are AP level. They're pretty similar as far as difficulty of classes go, but you tend to have less choice in classes in IB.
aeb1022 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did students generally pass the exams? And what's TAG?
swingerofbirch ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:09:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, students did well in the class itself, in terms of grades. It was hard to get an A (I got a B and I usually got As). You had to work hard to get a B, but most students did work hard.
TAG is a program for advanced students, usually in elementary and middle school. It unfortunately means Talented and Gifted. I never liked that name, as I thought it was rather insulting to say that some students are talented and gifted and others aren't. And most often it was based on where you started early in elementary school and then you just stayed in TAG or regular classes through the rest of your school career. I think it was a very bad idea that put an idea in kids' heads very early on that they were either bright or not.
ride4life32 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:14:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In our school when you met with your acedemic advisor or counselor you could tell them you want in that class but they would either push or sway you in the direction they seemed best for your aptitude. Many people want to be in there cause you can apply the class towards college credit which can, down the road, save you money. My brother was a standing sophomore when he made it to college. You just had to pay for the test which was like 100 bucks back then. Saving a year or semester of debt in college is worth it.
shweet44722 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:57:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup, think mine was $85 per test or something similar. The issues I had for my AP test results though were that I was applying for schools in Canada despite taking the tests in the states, which wasn't a problem but you needed higher grades on the tests (4s or 5s) in order to get the uni credit.
dedservice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Prerequisites at my school were just an A in the preceding course or a teacher's recommendation. As were pretty easy to get at our school though, so it wasn't saying much.
shweet44722 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you don't mind me asking, where was your school? I ended up at a high school in CO.
dedservice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Canada lol
shweet44722 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah. I'm Canadian myself, we were posted in CO for the duration of my high school. Don't think any of my friends did AP classes as far as I know. Seems to be more common in the states, or at least was between my friends down there.
dedservice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:48:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, interesting. Yeah, private schools are really big on APs. In my grade 12 year I only took APs for my academic courses (+ gym and theatre). Public schools don't offer so many, but I know a decent number of people who do take the few they have.
shweet44722 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:01:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God damn, and how many courses did you have? Our school limited us to 3, could only do 4 if you got permission because of the demanding workload. Taking AP Euro was a bad idea.
Well, it is kinda interesting comparing the differences between the two countries. I lived in smaller towns until Colorado, so I hadn't even heard of AP or IB. Think I know maybe 2 or 3 people here who took IB.
Do you know if IB or AP is more common here? Think AP was in CO.
dedservice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:53:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only 4 courses (math/phys/chem/eng), although one girl did 7 in one year. She got a full ride scholarship to yale, with her flight paid for and everything though.
AP is absolutely the more common variety here, I think only one or two schools in the city have an IB program, so if you want to do that, you have to go to those schools.
shweet44722 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You guys had AP Eng? Shit, we didn't have anything that cool. One kid took AP Calc, we had AP Chem, Bio, couple of history ones, English and I think that's about it.
7....god damn. That's insanity. Guessing she was valedictorian?
That seems about par for the course. Guess IB is harder to maintain in a school since you need the whole system rather than just a couple courses.
dedservice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:38:48 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"AP English Language and Composition", which passed for English 12 as well as the AP course. Again, though, private schools. The whole benefit of them is that you're able to get into the university of your choice by the time you graduate if you're smart enough, because the school can facilitate your learning very well. We had about 15 kids (out of a class of ~80) in AP Calc, and the other science APs had no more than 10. AP Economics, though, had a shitload, because the only prerequisite was math 10, which meant that grade 11s and 12s (and some grade 10s) could take it, so there were 2 full classes - in total about 40 people - taking it every year. The culture is just that everybody is assumed to do at least a couple of APs by the time they graduate; be it Stats, Econ, Psych, Calc, Euro, etc.
I actually don't know, because she graduated the year before I got there. But that was the story, at least.
Very true. IB is basically a school unto itself.
datorangeguy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Possibly, but at least in my school district only a select few AP classes have prereqs, and they were mostly math and science. Pre calculus to take AP Calculus, Algebra II to take Statistics, and so on.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:26:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't think AP courses were anything special, tbh. They're just regular clases.
shweet44722 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:32:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I guess it depends on the AP course, but they're advanced for the reason that it's possible to get college/uni credit if you do well on the final exam. Realistically, each prof kind of decides how much you work. Although I do agree to an extent, most of them weren't all that much harder, but hard enough that they were beyond what was expected to graduate high school.
Like AP English and AP Euro history were both straight ahead, but after 5 years of Uni I've still never done as much work as I did in that AP Euro course, it was crazy. AP Bio however, was actually rather difficult. Not overly so, but challenging enough.
Daniellemillerart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on the school. I know the public schools near us treated them the same as regular classes except you study for a test at the end of the year. Our school really made them college level courses, to the point that when I later was taking my college courses (at an Ivy League) I felt a little overprepared and kind of pissed that my credits weren't all taken (since the classes in college felt like they were at the same level as my high school AP/Honors classes....except my credits didn't count towards them).
DenikaMae ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:40:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? The ones at my school were for Elitist assholes. My school counselor even said, "You're not prepaired, or smart enough to take AP classes."
Fuck that bitch. I got accepted to Berkeley.
MancusoMancuso ยท 119 points ยท Posted at 01:49:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Prepared*
[deleted] ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 01:56:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:29:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, he said he got accepted to Berkeley, he never said he went.
Amadan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:57:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, you don't understand, they had to form pairs beforehand, and she didn't do it.
pdpedro77 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:33:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In our schools we had to have a recommendation from a teacher and pass an entrance exam or show academic excellence from previous courses. The AP room was a pretty elite status and they expected a ton out of each student. Not a bad trade off though, figuring you get college credit if you pass the standardized AP exams.
Edit: and yeah, school counselors can be assholes with no recourse against em. I wanted to take some courses at the community college instead of electives in my last two years of high school. Unfortunately the CC required a recommendation from the school counselor to attend without a HS diploma. Counselor said, "You don't want to do that. These are the best years of your life. Focus on enjoying high school while you have it." Eff you lady, those were some of the worst years of my life and I sure could have wasted my time in much better ways than watching a clock at the State's expense.
DenikaMae ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:11:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I actually was doing really well. 4.0 athlete in Football, wrestling, and track, I was in the Marching band, A punk band that played school events no charge, and I was in the student government. At first I just assumed I could skip a grade, but they said, "but you should be with the other students your age.", and then this shit with the counselor and the AP classes happened, and I basically gave up.
I was shut down at every turn when I was trying to better myself, and I kinda sunk into a huge depression and ditched school. Because of my personal situation, having fun and also doing well academically were literally everything I had to look forward to. I still struggle with my depression, but I ditched nearly 1/3 of high school just to sleep in my car in a parking lot at the beach.
Eventually, I just wanted to do what I had to to get by, and that led me astray for about 10 years.
It was only then I went back to school, transferred into UCLA, and got my degree.
I'm working for my family now, but it's pretty sweet. We have no real competitors, because they couldn't survive the recession, and we've been expanding for about 10 years now.
mothman83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:24:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
okay your story makes more sense now. And frankly maybe you were a lot less mature way back then than you remember being. I am not saying you were not intelligent enough ( you almost certainly were ) but psychologically you may have not been ready ( especially for that environment) if your reaction to geting turned dow was to skip school that says a lot for where you were in your life at that time. You may not have been the same person when you got turned down from AP classes as you were when you got accepted to Berkeley.
You should of course be congratulated for turning your life around of course. I am also glad ( though a little surprised) to hear you say you enjoy working for your family, when you insinuate that you had a bad family situation during HS.
DenikaMae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I agree. Clinical depression is a serious issue.
It was immature of me to think it was nothing, and that it would have just gotten better on its own when it clearly didn't.
Thanks for the response though, I always appreciate trying to get more out of my past experiences, and you've made a solid point with what information I was able to convey in a handful of paragraphs.
Completely unrelated, but I love the username. Are you a fan of unexplained mysteries, and cryptozoology? Do you have a personal encounter?
Megneous ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 03:55:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never understood why people took AP classes. Just go to university instead. Most states in the US allow conversion between university and high school credits at around half based on the number of hours you sit in class, so to get credit for finishing your high school math class, you just take two university math classes.
I entered uni at 15 and graduated high school with almost 3 years of university completed... Early entrance to university is a much better way to challenge yourself and get ahead than AP courses. Looks much better on transcripts when you apply to schools as a freshman with 3 years of credit too rather than a few AP classes.
pdpedro77 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:44:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good on ya for successfully taking that on. These are assumptions based on my experience and those around me, but I would assume:
4 is more a fact, my brother was in this situation and had to fight aggressively to be able to take his advanced Calc at University while in HS. They fought to the bitter end.
meatduck12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:22 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my state, taking courses at CC is an $80 cost to you per course. Would this be a good option instead of trying to get into AP?
pdpedro77 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:54 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely, that's a bargain.
VoicelessFeather ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 01:57:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think your teachers were the elitist assholes, being accepted into an AP class doesn't make someone into an asshole.
DenikaMae ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 02:55:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only 4 of them were not part of the "Nerd" community. They were a part of my group. The girl in the group treated guys like used tissue, and the boys? Well, they were straight up dickheads, but very funny, and well liked dickheads who were in my band.
The rest were the type of nerds that took their breaks in one of the teacher's classrooms, and would either blow you off if you tried to have an enlightened conversation with them, or tried to prove how outclassed you were by talking over your head in a very patronizing manner.
The staff was a pretty mixed bag. It was the administrative staff that was the real problem. The actual teachers were mostly decent. I had the meanest teachers, and I found most of them to just be tired from students not trying, and an administration that was incompetent at best.
mothman83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:18:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If nerds with bad social skills annoyed you how in the hell did you survive Berkeley!?!
VoicelessFeather ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like your outlook on these people might be a case of sour grapes; I am also biased considering that everyone in my school is extremely nice, and in AP classes we are generally worked too hard to be condescending. Yes, some of the students may have been dicks, but a few bad experiences with them can't categorize the whole group. It's a bit odd that you described your conversations as "enlightening" though; you appear to have the desire to appear smart combined with an apparent disdain for the "Nerd" community. This looks like an example of "those who lose to me are scrubs; those who beat me are tryhards."
DenikaMae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:23:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Keep in mind, I basically summarized the whole thing. There's no way I could expect people to read pages worth of context.
Sour Grapes for sure, but you have to keep a few things in mind now that you have me going a little bit further into this.
I knew all of these people for about a decade's time worth of schooling, and in fact I was in band with them for 3.25 of my 4 years in high school.
This was a decade ago. It was a bit different from what you're used to.
I fear my use of "Nerd" was misleading. The designation at the time in our area was actually a bit different than it's used in most instances. A nerd where I lived, and during my adolescence, was an intelligent position of conceit in which everyone else was talked down to, and made an outsider under the premise that they weren't good enough to keep up. If you were smart and friendly, or into comics, or gaming, or coding, or anything else that was very niche, you were considered a Geek. I was a Band/Student Government/punk rock/sport geek. Price of admission to our group was being brave enough to go into the madhouse that was the student forum, and say hi. To be a key member, you had to be able to talk shit.
Ostracization in our school was based on polarized positions. The Jocks, and The Nerds. My group of 65 people from all four classes filled the range inbetween, and bled heavily into either group at each end. We were representatives of basically every group in the school, and we'd send people out to other groups as signs of goodwill letting people know of all happenings.
The only time a "Nerd" by our definitions was ever screwed with, was because they needed to be taken down several pegs.
However I do remember about 2-3 other people in those classes that were alright. I think 1-2 were gamers. They'd stay in the yearbook classroom and play Starcraft, I think they were the ones who first introduced me to Diablo II. One other one I don't remember seeing very often, but I remember him because he was an eagle scout. My dad told me at the last minute that he helped the guy with his big community project he needed to do to earn his eagle scout status, so a bunch of us went to the ceremony. It made his mom pretty happy, and honestly, his project was impressive.
VoicelessFeather ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That makes more sense; I still feel like you have some form of selection bias towards the class (elitist assholes tend to stand out) but I can accept that AP classes created a form of elitism. In my school they don't scale grades for AP and honors classes, so the people in AP classes receive more sympathy than admiration most of the time.
DenikaMae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:55 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In such an instance, they do deserve more sympathy and respect.
thechapwholivesinit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:58:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. I'm also a Cal grad that was told wouldn't get in by my counselor. I think they say that to challenge you.
DenikaMae ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:10:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Horrible tactics. Horrible. Congrats though, I didn't actually end up going to Cal. I went to UCLA. Cal wasn't far enough from my family.
thechapwholivesinit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. The same was true for me and UCLA.
DenikaMae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No Kidding? Honestly, I never thought I'd get into any UC, but I got into all of them. The only school that turned me down was Cal Poly, which was the one school I really wanted to get into...until I found out I got accepted to every UC I applied to. I applied as a shot in the dark. I didn't even visit a UC campus until Orientation.
I am tagging you as, "I-like-this-chap"
KAWAIIDUKE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:32:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
all this talk about top tier UC's and i'm just here at uci because of family pressure. at least there's a big circle k int'l that helps keep me sane during hell week
DenikaMae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That depends how far are you from a decent Hawaiian food place?
Daniellemillerart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:08:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
whoa really? In my high school you had to have gotten a B in AP/Honors English and History the year before or an A in regular history or English classes the year before to be eligible for the next year's AP English or History courses....and if you were rising into an AP/Honors class from a regular class it was at the teacher's approval.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:49:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, many schools unfortunately follow that model. I find it illogical and harmful for a number reasons:
Daniellemillerart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:07:17 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh agree and disagree. Agree that it limits growth and makes it harder for someone to move up to an honors track, but I was that student (poor public middle school didn't prepare me for a private college prep school where most of the kids came from much better middle schools) and it wasn't impossible - frankly if the student wants to be in the harder classes they'll make it happen. I do wish schools like mine though made it a little bit easier, since taking a community college course or summer school to show you can move to the next level isn't always feasible - maybe let the student audit a class for a month as a trial run, and then enroll at the teacher's discretion. Disagree because making it too easy (ie: that just anyone could jump into advanced courses without a prereq) takes away a lot of the appeal for the advanced students who want/need to be there. I know for myself and many others the advanced courses were the only thing remotely challenging about a school day and mixed or regular classes (I had one AP class that had no prereq and it was no different from the regular classes I tried so hard to get out of...awful environment) provided a really shitty environment to learn anything or prepare for a big exam or college apps. The AP class I had later on that didn't require a prereq, and was therefore more like a remedial or regular class when you walked in, was really awful and I feel like despite everything the teacher tried the 5 students that really SHOULDN'T have been there (class of 15-20ish) held everyone back. I think trial-runs for moving up the class tier would be great though. If a student really wants to take a class they can take it probationally for the first month, do the work, and then at the end of the month if they still want to be in the class they meet with the teacher and the teacher can decide if it's a right fit for them - that way it's easy to tell if a student actually is interested and wants to be in the class, just might need some extra help, or really shouldn't be there.
jacobbaby ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:05:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right?! Was there no textbook?
Gryphon82 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:07:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My high school history teacher was similar. He lectured from the same handwritten notes for at least 20 years. While we did have textbooks, most of the material was taught from those notes. He pronounced sovereignty as soverenity, Tecumseh as Tekemish, and I don't recall how he said Sacagawea, but it wasn't quite right, either. You can imagine our consternation when we spent a couple weeks learning about Tekemish only to take an exam about Tecumseh.
aeb1022 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:20:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol this is awesome. Reminds me of my 8th grade history teacher- she had the same lecture style (I may still have several notebooks full of handwritten outlines that she narrated) She had a thick southern accent, however she was always sure to spell everything out for us ("ole, o-i-l!")
KennyFulgencio ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:29:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
pitcher, p-i-c-t-u-r-e
jacobbaby ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:08:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have no idea how he got "-ish" from "-seh". That would drive me up the wall if I had his class - I'd have to seriously bite my tongue to stop from correcting him.
Gryphon82 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:28:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, he was kind of a joke as far as his teaching went, but he was the varsity basketball coach, so... y'know.
notsosilent ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:40:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why are all the coaches history teachers?! Why?
blaghart ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:43:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Because history is hard to fuck up when public school coverage consists of "you could literally read the answer to this on google right now"
yeah_but_no ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:10:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
at my high school, you could only be a sports coach if you were a teacher. so i got a real dumb math teacher / coach one time. just terrible.
SanErino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Hello
nathanv221 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:30:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uhhh, how should I be pronouncing sovereignty?
Gryphon82 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:42:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sov-ren-tee
commontabby ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:09:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm from (rural) South Carolina, and while no one I know would say that the South won the civil war, I'd bet at least 90% of them would agree that the civil war was justified and not fought over slavery but state's rights. Right or wrong, that's just what's taught here. The AP teachers are no different.
Diels_Alder ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:56:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When you learned about Lincoln's War of Northern Aggression, how did they justify the war?
commontabby ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:25:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
State's rights, tariffs that were exploiting the South... and slavery. Slavery was acknowledged as a contributing factor but my teachers always stressed that the average Confederate soldier didn't own slaves, they were just defending their homes and all. Also that slaves were really important to the South's economy at the time, since it was mainly agricultural, and there was already a ton of economic disparity between us and the industrial North.
Not to mention it's commonly held that the first shots of the Civil War (by the South on the North at Fort Sumter) were intended only as warning shots, and that Lincoln just used that as an excuse to attack us soon after and avoid looking like the aggressor in the situation.
Edit: not commenting on the validity or rationality of any of this, but that was how it was justified to me, and that's why the majority of the South still manages to be massively proud of our history even though it contains some very questionable decisions
twanzition ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:36:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to high school in buttfuck North Carolina, and I never considered to question my teacher when she told me that the war was indeed fought over state's rights, and not slavery. Man the south is a weird place.
tstehler1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:53:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait... I live in MN (very north) and was taught that it was fought over states' rights. I'm confused
LordWheezel ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 07:31:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
As I traveled the country, I learned that MN and WI had comparatively amazing education systems that taught a lot of subjects more in depth. In most Northern states, kids get taught "South wanted slavery, North didn't, North won. Let's spend a few weeks watching movies about how bad slavery was." In most Southern states, kids get taught, "Here's a list of ways the North was screwing the South, and not letting us determine our own destinies. Here are some pictures of the mess they made when they finally started a war with us."
Most people I know from WI and MN were taught, "It was kind of a sloppy mess and there were a lot of assholes on both sides. Issues at hand included states' rights, slavery, economic disparity and taxes that unfairly targeted certain industries."
commontabby ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:06:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is so accurate and important to understand. Yes.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:38:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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LordWheezel ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:10:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly the absurdly reductionist statement I was just saying is stupid and wrong.
It's like saying WWII was about Dachau or the American Revolution was about tea.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:07:41 on December 12, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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LordWheezel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:56:42 on December 12, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
None of my comments had the words "way of life" in them at all. I think you meant to reply to someone else's comment on this month old thread.
prancingElephant ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:51:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
States' rights...to own slaves. Or rather, newly-admitted states' rights to become slave states.
PRMan99 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:21:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
California, my teacher told us both sides' opinions. Helped us to understand the war from both sides.
(He was the baseball coach and he was excellent.)
I'll never forget the day in class (during the height of the Cold War) where he said:
"The Russians aren't sitting over there saying to themselves, 'We're evil, we're evil, we're evil.' They think they're right too. Nobody would go to war for something they thought was wrong!"
(That doesn't mean that 99% of history teachers in California aren't 100% worthless. I don't want you to get the wrong impression.)
Aeonoris ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:05:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It sort of was! States' rights to own slaves!
HIs4HotSauce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I see both sides of the argument. Slavery is shitty, but at the time everyone had been going along with it for several hundred years. You can't expect another people to change their culture so easily. It's the same thing we're dealing with in some of these Islamic countries. The only difference is that Sherman knew how to end a war and we don't anymore.
commontabby ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:55:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Sherman, now that's a touchy subject. We probably shouldn't get into that.
swingerofbirch ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:08:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in AP history we were in the pilot year for the SOLs (standards of learning test). Over half our class failed, and the SOLs are supposed to be testing the basics. I'm not sure how they did on the AP tests, though not everybody in AP classes took the AP tests.
All I can remember from AP US history is watching Schindler's list and the teacher anxiously fast-forwarding (VHS tape) through the sex scenes, which just made the sex go faster. We tried to cram in so much in those 8 months that I didn't really retain much.
JustusGS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the best acronym for a standardized test ever.
drkitteh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Every year, the fucking shit out of lucks. At least we got a free test grade for doing well.
Dishonoreduser ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:01:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
son of a bitch, my class is a pilot test for the student learning objective test (SLOs) and the majority of the class just failed the SLO for my personal fitness class.
It's absolute bullshit.
zack4200 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wait, you're supposed to learn in those? I thought you're supposed to work out...
Dishonoreduser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that's the gist of the class
KennyFulgencio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:31:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what did the test involve
HorribleTroll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A guy brought in a bag of dirt to the high school attendance office my senior year, then came back the next week to ask if it was done yet. He read the sign that said 'SOL Testing This Week' and thought we were going to test his soil.
PRMan99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My daughters' art teacher recorded Schindler's List from TV. They STILL sent home a note because it was TV-14.
UpVoter3145 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Merely a joke, SlipperySherpa was just kidding.
ElCthuluIncognito ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:45:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm absolutely sure he's lying. I mean, think of the context. "The south 'succeeded' from the Union". That makes no sense without a wild misunderstanding of the English language. No way half the people in a high school class would never catch on.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:24:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm convinced they're just some poor fuckers that don't want to be in school anymore, same applies to IB.
NotTerriblyImportant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly they did Nazi that coming.
Neontc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the way they were taught
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:25:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone can take an AP course.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They have different AP exams for southerners - gotta be politically correct, so they don't reference the south losing or the slavery "issue".
ICanHomerToo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's needless to say
bartlebeetuna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
probably because high school
gurg2k1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:09:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
By seceding in their previous classes of course!
AalewisX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:22:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because he made it up
bathroomstalin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God I fucking hate redditors so much sometimes...
f0rcedinducti0n ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:32:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You select the class, there are no hard pre-reqs for AP history other than what you're already required to pass by then.
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 1309 points ยท Posted at 23:44:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you lived in the South, it was no accident.
auddee44 ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 00:43:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the war of northern aggression right? It wasn't about slavery just states rights!
I grew up in ga. It makes me sad that that's what they taught us in middle school.
oracle989 ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 02:02:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it was about states' rights. Specifically their right to permit slavery, but there was some lip service paid to the broader concept as well.
southsideson ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 02:39:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm from Minnesota, but when I was in Kindergarden or first grade I had a library teacher that was from Georgia or Alabama, and it was black history month so this was probably the first time I had ever heard of Martin Luther King or civil rights stuff. I don't think she was a racist, but his was like 1983, and she was probably 55 years old, so she told us about the civil war, and MLK, and the civil rights movement, you know about as much as you could in about 20 minutes, and one of the things that stuck with me was how she was explaining about how part of the reason that African Slaves were used was because the had the advantage of not getting sunburned, and that it wasn't just that white people wanted to not work use forced free labor (like somehow it was more understandable, and not one of the biggest attrocities perpetrated in Western Civilization.).
Well you know that stuck with me and 4 or 5 years later I felt like it was some pretty important information to share during some 1987 or 1988 Black History month discussion, while I had a black teacher, and the class was a lot more diverse. Boy was my face red.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:38:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you explain to her how you got to that opinion?
auddee44 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:40:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right but they way they taught us was t say that it wasn't about slavery just states rights to govern themselves.
oracle989 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:59:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah we get plenty of that "viewpoint" in the South. I feel like the Cornerstone Speech pretty well debunks it.
iwouldhugwonderwoman ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:11:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I grew up in poor, rural Georgia and never once heard the term "war of northern aggression" until i was well into my twenties. In fact this has come up in conversation many times and not a single one of my friends from the south has ever used that term to describe the civil war. It seems to have become far more popular after the show designing women was on than it ever was in the 70s and earlier 80s.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:31:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I grew up in wealthy, white, rural areas of Mississippi and Alabama, and I didn't hear the term "Civil War" until late in high school. It was always referenced as "the War on Northern Aggression", "The War for Southern Independence", or the "Second American Revolution"
iwouldhugwonderwoman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:37:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What years? After the late 1980s?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was about 1994. I had heard "civil war" on TV and stuff, but I had never actually heard someone call it that in person. I just assumed it was some politically correct bullshit term, like "African-American" instead of "Black".
First time I heard "civil war" in person, it was a history teacher who moved here from Ohio. "War for Southern Independence" was by far the most common term for the war around here.
bjorkmgork ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have lived in Mississippi all of my life, and I have not had that experience at all.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:43:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well-to-do suburban SC schools. Never heard anything other than the Civil War in school or out of school. Heard other inappropriate things at family gatherings, but not biased renaming of the Civil War.
Unfun Fact: The Civil War killed about 2% of the country's population at the time; the equivalent today would be a death of 6 million people.
auddee44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember it being printed in my georgia history textbook in 8th grade...
iwouldhugwonderwoman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:01:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confident you do remember that. However as someone who has gone through well over a 100 textbooks and probably 100s of them looking for references of where this phrase is taught....well it just doesn't exist. There are a small handful of texts that has something along the lines of "some people call the civil war the war of northern aggression" but there is no textbook that teaches it. You will also not find it in textbooks that pre-date 1980. This is just an example of a satirical term that has entered pop-culture and been adopted by both the small group that embraces it as well as the larger group that uses it to as an insult towards that group. It's just funny that for a term that is supposedly incredibly common it's very difficult to find it printed.
I'd love to take credit for this "idea" but I got it from a folklore and urban legends English professor of mine in college. He had some amazing work in how southerners were very quick to adopt and embrace caricature traits.
I'd also add if you or anyone could find some screenshots of this in a textbook I'd love to see it. It's just very fascinating to me.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:24:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always liked this joke:
In elementary school, you learn that the civil war was about slavery.
In high school, you learn that the civil war was about states's rights.
In college, you learn that the civil war was about states' rights... to slavery.
LastStar007 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it
/u/JokeExplainBot help?
Coolstorylucas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:54:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No the southern states wanted the right to DECIDE the legal practice of slavery. That is why it is technically correct to say the civil war was fought over the issue of slavery.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:40:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not like they were going to think very much about it before they DECIDED to keep slavery. The only way the Southern economy was sustainable was with the cost savings of using slaves.
CaLaHa717 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:15:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, a lot of it was state's rights. It's no coincidence that South Carolina (who had previously threatened to nullify the federal Tariff of 1828 during the Nullification Crisis) was the first to secede from the Union.
auddee44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree that industry was a factor but what I was taught was that the civil war was not about slavery at all, just about states rights. They glossed over the fact that the south was not happy that Lincoln won the election because his party was against allowing slavery in new territories. We were specifically told that the issue of slavery had no influence over the war.
mythology_guy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:11:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I live in Texas, and was taught in APUSH last year that while slavery may have had an effect on the war, it was
1) mostly a state's rights conflict, and
2) if it did have an effect, that was mostly because the North used slavery to take the moral high ground and gain support for their side
CaLaHa717 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:17:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean by now the vast majority of Southerners know that slavery was wrong, even if some do still have racist beliefs. There would be no reason to avoid the topic of slavery, especially in a higher-level class like APUSH.
mythology_guy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:18:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So is what I learned the generally accepted explanation or not? Tbh this is kind of worrying, I never really thought about it not being true, as naive as that probably sounds :/
RockShrimp ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not really...
Generally accepted is either: 1) it was about slavery or 2) it was about states rights, one of major rights that predicated it was the right to own slaves, or 3) it was about industry/money, tied to the right to own slaves...
mythology_guy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
rip my knowledge
RockShrimp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:47:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it helps, most people I know who aren't from the south know even less about the Civil War than most Southerners I know... I grew up in NoVa, so we got a lot of the same lessons, but my grandpa was a civil war buff and we were transplants so I didn't get all of the heritage brainwashing.
CaLaHa717 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I'd say your explanation is pretty similar to the one my teacher told me (in Indiana). Slavery was the main conflict the two sides disagreed on, but the matter itself was an issue of federal vs. state power. I've never heard of Northerners using slavery to take the moral high ground, but I wouldn't doubt it considering they benefited just as much from the institution (cotton in textile mills).
auddee44 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:34:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took APUSH about 10 years ago and I remember that we did talk about that as the lens in which the south saw the issue but how slavery was a big part of the decision of the southern states to secede as it dealt heavily with sectionalism, as well as the balance of power within congress and the economic implications of the decision to not allow slavery in the territories. To say that it was mainly a states rights conflict minimizes the number of factors that lead up to the war.
hillyownedyou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
if it makes you feel better i was in alabama and they taught me that the south actually won the war of northern aggression
studyyyying ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:17:34 on December 12, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What? What did they say the results were?
cobras89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the war of rebellion?
auddee44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you mean the war for southern independence?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:52:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:46:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WTF?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:50:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why not? That's what they've done with the Irish slaves England brought to America when it was first starting out. "Indentured servant" is just a way to say slave without feeling bad about it.
PRMan99 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, to be fair, there's a big difference between being kidnapped and made into a slave and becoming one to work off a debt that you owe to someone.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly, plus the indentured servants children aren't forced into it. The indentured servants weren't bred like animals or had their children taken away. They still had rights and weren't killed or beaten or tortured by their master.
Yo_Munny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was the right thing to say.
Misleading name
3/10
Wouldn't say again
CarnifexMagnus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The war of northern aggression blah blah rise again blah blah
LDHolliday ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Name checks out.
TrueSouldier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In North Carolina the Civil War is the "War of Northern Aggression".
reasaurus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Look, Purcellville is technically Northern Virginia.
Technically.
akaioi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, I was 23 years old before I realized that "Damn" and "Yankee" could be two separate words.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey don't blame all of us for a handful's stupidity.
ballerina22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:52:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From "The South." Can confirm.
meeegeff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. Raised in South Carolina and was an AP student.
Seceded=Succeeded
South Carolina was the first state to "succeed". Let's all raise our confederate flags on top of our pickup trucks and unleash a hearty yip yip.
k_laiceps ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I found out kids in college in the south do not even know who won the civil war. As a math prof from the winning side, I give a quiz t the beginning of the semester in all my classes, and one question is: Who won the US civil war? It is amazing how many people down here do NOT know they lost. Thank god I am here to remind them of this simple fact.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:30:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even if it is a history class, you would think students in AP courses would already know the gist of the war.
locks_are_paranoid ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:05:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the age of the internet there is no excuse for ignorance.
Convergecult15 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:30:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right?
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:46:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the age of the internet, there are just more groups promoting ignorance.
nativefloridian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:42:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an AP history teacher, during an early-morning saturday review session, pronounce 'the exploration of north america' as 'the expiration of north america'. After a moment of wondering when exactly north america had expired, my still half-asleep brain finally caught up to the intended meaning.
superAL1394 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:27:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had an AP Euro teacher who had a brutal accent/lisp/thing from being hit in the head too many times during his football career. My favorite mispronunciation was "Earl" for "Ural". He would give verbal geography quizzes, and would confuse the ever loving fuck out of us with the accent. One girl had a melt down over "Ural" during one of these quizzes about half way through the year, went on a tirade correcting his pronunciations, then stormed out in tears. It. Was. Amazing.
She switched to the other teacher and that was that.
iwaswrongonce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully half?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:25:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LOL I was working all day today with students and they told a story about Pandas - but one student always pronounced it Penis - so there were fighting penises, penises that wanted to get bigger, and penises that were trying to protect their territory. Made the day go by faster.
KennyFulgencio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
how old was this student
Not_A_Korean ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:12:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My AP World History teacher couldn't pronounce most of the words we learned such as haciendas and Qing Dynasty. I thought maybe she should teach another subject.
DrunkAssWizard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:41:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In College, I had a math professor who would pronounce "asymptotes" as "assintopes" every time. Needless to say, I had to reeeeeally try hard not to punch her in the throat.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:48:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe she was sexually frustrated.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair they're so similar that it's impossible to tell them apart unless the speaker pronounces the U and enunciates the extra C in "succeed" or "succeeded".
This fact made my American history class a whole ball of fun.
snerp ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:17:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the Northwest, I've only heard them pronounced as "se-seeded" and "suck-seeded".
rubyit ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:43:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also from the northwest. Is there another way to say it?
crazyjkass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:23:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same in Texas.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:48:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NC/SC - same pronounciation.
motherisaclownwhore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:50:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I misspelled that word like six times in an essay for AP US History.
cleverlikeme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I had a quarter for every time a professor pronounced quaternary as quaRternary, I'd probably have like, 5 dollars.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How the fuck do you go all the way to 11th grade and not know the North won.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Easy, you just redefine what it means to 'win'. Even if the bully beats the shit out of you, you won if you got in at least one punch. You're the hero that stood up to the bully.
Before the brigade arrives, I am explaining this, not endorsing it.
frogger3344 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
notyourintern ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, yes, the war of Northern Aggression
lexattack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
9th grade I had to listen to my earth space science teacher pronounce Betelguese as Bel-tah-geese through an entire lesson. I corrected her, she told me I was wrong, and the pronunciation has haunted me ever since.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My WHAP teacher did the same thing, pronouncing "peasants" as "pheasants", among many other things. I went three weeks into the course before I realized that we weren't talking about small birds.
Whitecastle56 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
U mean the war of northern aggression
effinmike12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The preamble to the Constitution was pronounced as "primbles" in my 7th and 8th grade social studies classes by the teacher.
MollyRowe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:36:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
my university science lecturer pronounced laboratory as labour-artery and we were all pretty confused since it biologically based.
for funny reference however he also pronounce plagiarism pay-giar-ism
Trauma_Sturgeon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:16:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the war of northern aggression?
blazedancer1997 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:05:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The South will rise again
MyersVandalay ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:03:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
live in the south, it's an easy mistake to make. Live 5 minutes from my work, pass 3 confederate flags on houses, and on average 4 on cars in that 5 minute trip. Hell it was only this year that they decided it might not be a good idea to keep them up on government buildings.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:17:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You must live in the South.
Ocaji707 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:08:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean Le War of Le Northern Agression?
/s
[deleted] ยท 1404 points ยท Posted at 22:31:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I had a high school history teacher that kept calling General Sherman, of US Civil War fame, the "scrooge" of the South instead of the "scourge." My friend, Jeff, corrected her and got in-school suspension for being a smart ass to the teacher. She had issues, man.
EDIT: SCOURGE. Thanks, high school history teacher.
fromaninkwellofstars ยท 1404 points ยท Posted at 01:01:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
isn't it "scourge"
[deleted] ยท 2000 points ยท Posted at 01:38:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ill be seeing you in detention
ASAPJeep ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:33:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And I'll be watching that on Pornhub.
TheNoobCakes ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:06:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it "I'll"
tigger0jk ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:19:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it 'Isn't it "I'll"?'?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thats it! extra detention for you!
bfaithr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:05:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*ISS
somjelly1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:57:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ill
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:46:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Scrooge McDuck of the South. I think that's in Revelation, no?
JustTheT1p ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
instant classic!
MetalPandaDance ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whoop
thatoneguy172 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:28:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you leading it, or do you have it too?
Badvertisement ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
Darksyder12 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 02:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You just got yourself suspended, smartass
aseiden ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:36:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
INSUBORDINATE AND CHURLISH
Equeon ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:59:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You done messed up, A-Aron!
kjata ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:22:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Take yourself down to O'Shag-Hennessy's office!
fromaninkwellofstars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like I care xD
iLiekBoxes ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:01:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that's a paddlin'
Smgth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:36:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, he refused to pay his troops a decent wage and was haunted by 3 redneck ghosts pissing and moaning about slavery being a cultural thing.
fromaninkwellofstars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
uhhhhhhhh
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:25:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're the brain of my existence
fromaninkwellofstars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what that means. Thanks?
DAT_CANKLE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:10:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's in school suspension for you, Bucko.
fromaninkwellofstars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
cilice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lol yea it is.
BouncyMouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
spennotheclown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That question, Mr. Bender, will be answered next Saturday!
fromaninkwellofstars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a question. It's passive aggressiveness about spelling.
spennotheclown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You want another one? There's another one, right there! I've gotcha for the rest of your natural born life!
PeanutButter707 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll give you the answer to that question next Saturday
MajorLaz0rz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
im pretty sure its skerj
fromaninkwellofstars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
no its skroohjuh
Michmatch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's two weeks detention for you too, Mr. Mackey.
DJ_BlackBeard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
workitloud ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:58:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not any more, smartypants. Suspension for you!
SJVellenga ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:46:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar thing with a computers teacher. He was attempting to teach basic programming principles, and was explaining the difference between pre check and post check loops by incrementing an integer within the loop and exiting at a predefined time.
Pretty simple right? Wrong. He claimed the answer to be 5 (I can't remember for sure, but let's go with it). I called him out as wrong and said it was 6. He got furious, yelled, told me to listen to him as he was the teacher and I was the student. Fair enough, I thought, if he were right.
I created and compiled the code, then called his attention to it. I showed him the code, then ran it. He wasn't too happy about that. A class of 30 realised then and there that he shouldn't be teaching them.
Kinda regret that to be honest, they started coming to me for help after that.
runetrantor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:21:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As someone that also had a similar experience, it's very distressing to see that the person teaching you can mess up so bad.
I never called the teacher out though, I KNEW what she had said was wrong, but had not enough knowledge to argue it back then though.
She decided to do a single class of astronomy. 'Awesome, the one topic I like!' I thought.
Then she went on to explain how we would be in an ice age if not for global warming, and that the sun is currently a red giant.
If she is THIS wrong on the one topic I knew of beforehand... how many errors has she 'taught' us in all the others...?
BrotherClear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:37:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, this isn't exactly wrong, depending on what they actually mean by that. I feel like she was just really trying to say if it was't for the greenhouse effect we would be in an ice age.
runetrantor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what she meant.
No global Warming = Full blown Ice Age as seen in the movies by the same name.
Like, we get that without global warming things would be slightly colder, but not that much.
And no, she meant anthropogenic global warming, not a 'without ANY warming element in the atmosphere' type of deal.
This can at least spawn this potential logic. Go try that with my newest teacher in college speaking of how the Eurasia region, a small area between Europe and Asia holds a massive strategical importance in resources, rather than being the continent proper. (I THINK he meant the Ural region...?)
And how when the Turin Shroud was analyzed the scientists sequenced Jesus' DNA, which got stolen, so it's possible that a cloned Jesus is living around us.
BrotherClear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:49:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, are you saying your current teacher thinks that Eurasia does not refer to the entire combined area of both Asia and Europe?
runetrantor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:16:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Correct.
I even checked online afterwards to see if maybe there was a local region that was named that too, nope.
He has spouted so much bullshit at this point I ignore all he says.
He also tried going into astronomy.
Let's begin with the fact he called it astroLogy.
And went on to say how the Sun is unique in it's composition, that Andromeda will hit us in 3 million (not Billion) years, and that we have found planets in OTHER UNIVERSES.
This is the first teacher I have gotten up and left the classroom not for practical reasons.
SJVellenga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's horrifyingly incorrect of your teacher, you should have called them out on that. How many of their students are walking around thinking our sun is a red giant? We'd all be marshmallows by now if it was!
wilkod ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:41:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Early in high school, I had a science teacher who was not especially on the ball and would generally teach straight out of the textbook.
In a biology-related topic, we were dealing with taxonomy ... or, as he referred to it, "taxidermy". As I recall, his opening gambit was something like: "Taxidermy is the classification of organisms. And if you're somebody who classifies organisms, you're a taxidermist."
I corrected him, at which point he glared at me, said "yes, you're right", then continued using "taxidermy" for the rest of the class.
BrotherClear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:38:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he thought he was being clever...?
I hope so.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:00:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to argue with my 4th grade teacher that everything between Mexico and Panama was North America, not South. She eventually took out an atlas to prove me wrong... Then got super silent and begrudgingly admitted I was right.
redditRW ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My son's history teacher pronounced "fascism" "fakism," like factism without the letter t.
He could hardly keep a straight face.
KJ6BWB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:08:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, wasn't he a Scrooge of the South? Didn't he treat Georgia the same way that Scrooge originally treated Cratchit?
lucidparadox ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:57:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
High school teachers don't like to be reminded that they're only marginally smarter than the little shits they teach.
zanycomet ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 00:59:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those are some broad strokes you are painting with there, friend
knight_who_says_knee ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 01:07:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He must be a high school student
Convergecult15 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 01:30:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or at least a little shit.
ProfessorMetallica ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:47:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My english teacher senior year had like, five degrees so I'm assuming you're one of those "little shits".
Alex_Rose ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because racking up student debt for a decade and then becoming a teacher is what smart people do.
Impeesa_ ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 03:38:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Smart people who don't give a shit about being rich, sure.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 03:47:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Impeesa_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For real? Well, if you're actually smart, broadly speaking, you've probably got a lot more possibilities open. There are a lot of things you could do, but you also might not find them fulfilling and not realize until after, unlike someone who wouldn't have succeeded in the first place if they didn't have a passion for the field. Source: two and a half degrees, not sure what I want to be when I grow up.
Alex_Rose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:51:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
After two and a half degrees how old are you? Like "when I grow up" really strikes me as an odd statement.
I completely understand having a lot of possibilities and not finding them fulfilling. I didn't know what I wanted to do out of secondary school, so I took Physics because it gives a broader range of things to do, and then I found after a couple of years I was completely disillusioned with it and wasn't enjoying it anymore. I loved the idea of making video games when I was growing up but I didn't want to work for someone else on their game, but the rise of mobile/Steam suddenly made it possibly for independent developers.
So I self taught code in my second year, released a (foolishly) large android game in third year (which did like 1000 units or something shitty, but I did the music/visuals and I can't art), got funding from Sony the year after and I'm running a small studio, we have our first release on PS4/Steam in Q1.
I could've gone and done another degree in Comsci instead of just diving in since I've never been formally taught code, but I don't get the point, it'd just be ยฃ27k of debt and I'd still be in uni right now instead of running a company and doing what I've always wanted.
And I do understand that I'm lucky that the thing I want to do is basically built on self teaching and experimentation (although ridiculously competitive), and that if you wanted to work at CERN or be a biologist or a doctor or something then you have to have a degree for it, but like.. surely you must have some inclination of things you like, and either it's something you can just start doing on your own or something that has an obvious degree choice?
Impeesa_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:40:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's kind of a joke, I'm 32 and just kind of hazy on career path still. My background is actually strangely similar to yours - I double majored in computer science and physics, partly driven by an interest in game design, and timed out of a master's in machine learning stuff (thus the "two and a half"). I still have an interest in game design, along with other things totally unrelated to my education like digital art. But it's self-evident that I must not have that passion for any of them, because otherwise I'd be working toward them.
Alex_Rose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:43:09 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same kind of thing, I wasn't really trying to work towards making games. We had like one compulsary intro to C module in second year and then a few months later I realised I could just dive into Unity and self taught C#.
Like, if you like making games, I would really recommend just screwing around in Unity, it's really intuitive and easy. I got to where I am by winning an award in a game jam (Ludum Dare 28). I would recommend like.. doing game jams because then you can at least see if you have potential, and if you do there's a bunch of career paths (Triple A, contracting, indie) depending on whether you prefer to be employed, safely self employed or risky self employed with freedom.
Games is good because it gives you a good creative outlet, you get to use your extra skills like if you're into music, art, web design, database, writing, acting, video editing, translating etc. etc. you can encorporate literally like any digital skill into it.
Also there's a lot more gender balanced workforce than most STEM shit, because there's so much PR, art, 3d art, marketing, event management, journalism, booth exhibiting, writing etc. which are much more gender balanced fields than physics/comsci, and you get a lot of people from much different walks of life to meet.
Indie's probably the most fulfilling if you're a social person and don't care too much about money and running business shit (unless you're one of the lucky/ridiculously talented ones).
Thnewkid ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A teacher friend reminded me that while a 5th grade teacher may be a teacher, they only have to know up to a fifth grade level in their subject. She said she once talked to a 5th grade math teacher who, when asked to do simple algbra, looker her straight in the eye and said "that's too hard".
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:23:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guessing the friend got 100 dollars and the president came to congratulate her.
Seriously how the fuck would a fifth grade teacher get through HS and College/uni without a clue about basic algebra.
Thnewkid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just barely.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Thnewkid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:59:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is true, but she was talking about how in her school, they were understaffed for some of the higher grades. When they asked qualified teachers if they could teach students from overcrowded classes none of the lower grade teachers knew the material well enough to teach it.
rainbowdashtheawesom ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:50:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Both of my parents are High School teachers. Mom teaches English and dad teacher Earth Science.
Bobarhino ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:33:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college my human sexuality professor told me I needed to do an essay for makeup points on Colonel Angus. She didn't really understand my essay at all, but she gave me makeup points anyway.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess she was the scrooge then
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:51:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I'll take 'Things to Tell a Teacher Privately' for $500, Alex."
Contexual_Healing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:45:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Similar... I got made fun of by my 7th grade social studies teacher because she said no president had ever served more than 2 terms and I said "what about FDR? didn't he serve more than 2 terms?" she laughed at me until I insisted she look it up.
22nd Amendment'd
chirp16 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 23:27:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well this is awkward; I was at LVHS same time as you. I think this is the first time I've seen Purcellville mentioned on Reddit. Who did you have for history?
VAbornAKgrown ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:18:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had Mr. White for this class. I can't believe another Redditor was at Valley at all, let alone at the same time. That's badass.
chirp16 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:23:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
haha yup, totally remember Mr. White. Did you ever have Mr. Blakeney for Government? One of my favorite teachers at Valley!
VAbornAKgrown ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't get him but I wanted to. Everyone loves him! My favorite teacher was Mr. Thompson for Drama class. He was the shit!
Smarticles2415 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 00:57:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
distantly
"Get a room!"
Convergecult15 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:31:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why does the room have to be distant.
nervez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why get a room...when they have a WHOLE CITY!?
SoulofThesteppe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:13 on January 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no need
all_classics ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:48:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Purcellville people! I wish I could say I knew who you guys were talking about, but I was 5 in 2001 and went to a different high school.
jakielim ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:14:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Pale King?
AndGraceToo ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:00:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In like, 7th or 8th grade, we had an in class spelling bee. I live for that kind of stuff, so I was excited. The one teacher said "stare-up". First kid got knocked out, and I was next. I was confused, because I was pretty sure the first girl spelled it right. "Stare-up." I get knocked out. 3 more kids got knocked out before the other teacher came over to see what word the first teacher was reading. "STIRRUP!" So the 6th kid got it right. Did we start over, due to the teacher's mispronouncing of the word? No. NO. 12 year old me was PISSED. Still am, actually. ๐ก
cosimine ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:05:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But no one asked to hear it used in a sentence?
AndGraceToo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:29:10 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We weirdly didn't have that option...huh. Dammit!
MagicalGirlTRex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I lost a spelling bee because of 'quiche'.
I fucking hate that word
julieannie ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:07:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I misspelled wash as warsh during my first grade spelling test. Teacher said it that way, parents said it that way, I said it that way. At 6 I made it my mission in life to fix my pronunciation of wash. I listened to lots of audiobooks to fix other words I assumed I was saying wrong (my school didn't teach phonics to my class as an experiment). Problem was, I was really into British English audiobooks. Now I say lots of things "wrong" but I still say wash right.
n0radrenaline ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:46:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In like my third year of undergrad, I (physics major) took a philosophy of science class with my friend (English major). We had a big paper due and we had planned to proofread each others', but she didn't end up getting hers written until the last minute. So we were sitting in the classroom right before class started, and I glanced over and saw that she had written a whole paper about "Newton's Second Law of Thermodynamics," which I regretfully had to inform her is not exactly a thing (n.b. Newton's Second Law has very little to do with thermodynamics, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics has very little to do with Newton). She ended up just scribbling out the word "Newton's" in like seven places and turning it in anyway. How she managed to write a whole paper on the topic without noticing she was calling it wrong is something of a mystery to me.
chipichipisu ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:14:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Picture it, Dorothy: 1930s Sicily.. hot summer afternoon. .
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for picking up on my Sophia reference!
i-lurk-you-longtime ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:26:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
YES I seriously went hunting through the comments to make sure someone mentioned your reference :')
chipichipisu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How could I not? that show is my life. I'm worried though, I haven't seen it on Hallmark in a while :( it's the only reason I know that channel exists
theelephantscafe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TV Land has marathons of it every Sunday! And Logo plays it all the time too.
chipichipisu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love you
dtactim ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:23:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loudoun Valley?
VAbornAKgrown ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:48:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That would be it!
HeroinTheMusical ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:49:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mind is blown that she thought that not having the information made it fine not to turn in a paper. Did she not think to ask for help??
super_aardvark ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:13:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When she was giving that reply, did she pronounce the two names differently?
VAbornAKgrown ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:18:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure did.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good old Loudoun Valley
BiddieBiddieBumBum ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:09:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loudoun Valley?
bedsheets91 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:36:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loudoun valley!
IrideTheDirt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:56:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just bought a house in purcellville. Great town.
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't recognize it much anymore because it's built up big time since I left in 2004 (moved back to the area in 2012 but went further west near Winchester now). It's a great place for sure. I used to live at the end of Telegraph Springs.
Let_It_Sano ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:09:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in college but my family just moved out of Leesburg. Missing it already!
Re-ReadIt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:58:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit I'm from Purcellville too!
Antarius-of-Smeg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:57:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not history, but I had a university/college lecturer (PhD) who pronounced "Kelvin" as "Kevin."
"Don't forget to convert your temperatures to Kevin."
Pretty sure I have a mental illness; I got more frustrated with that than I should have.
SarahKelper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Golden Girls reference?
VAbornAKgrown ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're damn right it is. +1
YeOldeMiche ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fairfax county checking in, but I've heard some crazy shit from my friends at valley Lol. Totally believable
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Born & raised in Fairfax County! I moved from Vienna after 8th grade to P-Ville (I was supposed to go to Madison HS). So you can imagine how incredibly pleased I was when such a phenomenal stereotype of the "country" presented itself.
LhyamBear ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
MA!
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't put her back in Shady Pines. It was my idea to write this.
shenanigins ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a professor in College assign an essay where we had to write about the symptoms of something, I can't remember what that something was. Well, she had a very thick Nigerian accent along with a bit of a lisp from barely having half her teeth and pronounced symptom like synton. Took me a while to realize what she meant.
theelephantscafe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sofia?!
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sophia* which I'll let slide bc Golden Girls.
theelephantscafe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dammit. My autocorrect changed it to Sofia. You'd think I'd catch that since it was only one word but I guess this is why my mom says I'm Rose.
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm really sorry. My mom calls me Dorothy. I'm hoping that's because of my sense of humor and on-point, clever sarcasm.
Barakeld ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:45:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who went to college in Purcellville, the fact that it happened in Purcellville makes it even better
Captain_A ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:20:50 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not LVHS but hey Loudoun!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:04:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My grandmother does the same and she's not from the south. Good ol rainy Washington, in fact. Which really grated on me because she always pronounced it Warshington.
afcagroo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I grew up in a small town named Washington. Many, if not most of the denizens pronounced it with that added "r". I still do.
adudeguyman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was her name Kevin?
imbreaststroke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know why my mom pronounces some words with an R placed in it when there is no R. She's not from the South and has only ever lived in the South for a little bit. Ever heard of BenGerman?
pragmaticsquid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Welcome to Nova.
LoveMeSomeKirk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LVHS 2007 here! Go Vikings!!
Or something...I didn't think high school was all that great. Funny to see Purcellville on Reddit though!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thats a Western PA accent right there
kansaswhiteboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha Manassas here, nova represent
cwallzz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice! Valley reppin
CanYouDigItHombre ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In gr9 one dumbass of a girl (my younger bro says her bro is just as bad) thought the Vietnam war happened in our city. Spoiler alert we don't live in nam
witchesofus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a similar situation in high school where our history teacher pronounced "super majority" as "supah majority."
So we all took notes about how you need a supah majority to amend the U.S. Constitution until one of us actually bothered to open the textbook.
Rahx3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mother is from Iowa and pronounced it as warsh as well. She also pronounced orange as oinge. I used to say she took the r from orange and put it in wash.
Geawiel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in high school (mid '90s) the teacher announced one day that we had to do a report on a president. She allowed us to pick who we wanted and I picked William Henry Harrison, thinking it would be easy since the guy only lived 32 days as president. Then she hit us with it having to be 50 pages long.
I somehow stretched it out to 50 pages, only to end up pissed when only myself and 1 other person actually made it the full 50 pages.
AerThreepwood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ew, Purcelville. I hated playing there in pee wee football.
TammanyHall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Off topic but I live near Purcellville! Small world
kingfrito_5005 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That accent is unforgivable for someone of high school age in 2001
theneonwind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where dod she get Warshington from? I'm confused.
DogeMcDogeyDoge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:30:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think she was just making up shit to try to get out of writing the paper.
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She also pronounced water as "warter" so, it's up in the air.
DogeMcDogeyDoge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pronunciation isn't the same as the way one hears words. Unless she thinks that every time there is 'wa' in a word 'r' follows.
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She was otherwise a good student, so perhaps you're right.
ghostphantom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds about right for LVHS. (I went to PFHS)
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sterling Park or just Sterling proper?
ghostphantom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sterling proper. The part of Sterling that is whitewashed enough that it tries to call itself "Potomac Falls". I'm not there anymore, I live in Hburg now.
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:21:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah gotcha. My grandparents lived on Amherst Street off Sterling Blvd. until I was 18. You must remember the awful splinters from Briar (Cabbage) Patch Park?! Those were the days. I go to HBurg about once a month. It's the closest Qboba to where I live in Stephens City.
ghostphantom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:53:13 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God yes, you could't make it out of that park alive. Also, I live super close to that Qdoba and one of my roommates actually worked there for a while!
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:49:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have scars from that park. I drove by there when I first moved back from Alaska and I couldn't believe it was the same park. Harrisonburg is a kick ass town! I would much rather live there than here. It just seems there are more people my age out there.
ghostphantom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:12:16 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You've lived in Alaska? I actually lived in Anchorage last summer and I'm going back this summer! At this rate I'm probably going to wind up living there too. (Wow, I just noticed your username)
VAbornAKgrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:11:25 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup! I lived in Anchorage from 2006-2012. What are the odds?! While I was born here in VA, I "grew up" in Alaska (20 to 26 years old) hence the user name. ;-) I got my Associates from UAA in May '13 so I flew back up there for graduation before starting my BA program here. Then last summer (2014) I flew up for a short visit. Ended up meeting Randy Couture at Koots bc there was some UFC event going on. I met my husband there (he's from Palmer) and his dad and one of his sisters still live there, but I don't know when we'll be back. I miss it, but not all of it lol. Mostly Kaladi Brothers and the people I worked with. It's just a different culture and I like it better. There's more emphasis on community and unity.
What brought you to Anchorage for the summer? Feel free to send me a PM! I think it'd be cool to have someone in my area to talk to that's been up there, too!
ghostphantom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:55:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm definitely gonna PM you about this.
Goblin0116 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:08:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a freshman physics teacher who would say "nucular". This was in fucking New England also.
Sapphire24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ayy I used to live in Leesburg!
bliow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:31:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Having trouble with that, actually
Aniline_Selenic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:16:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I spelled "wash" wrong in first grade when I was told to "sound it out". My mom is from Virginia and pronounces it "warsh", so that's how I learned to say it. I very quickly taught myself to drop the accent. I've lived in Michigan my whole life.
new_account_5009 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that the high school right off the Warshington & Old Dominion Trail?
ccnorman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:46:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it.
phi186 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:59:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't think it was there when you graduated but I graduated from Heritage High School in Leesburg in '09.
Fert1eTurt1e ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:58:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ayy loudoun represent
helstab ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:24:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
pictures Purcellville, VA, 2001...... Nothing
xPlasma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit never thought I'd see a post about purcellville. I miss Valley.
KateMajate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:25:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
GO RAIDERS ;)
VAbornAKgrown ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:00:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't bring that mess in here! We're all just trying to have a good time. ;-)
Commodore_Schmidlapp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I graduated from Valley in '07. Nice.
Coffeezilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:28:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually got bullied for years when my family moved to Louisville KY because of the Virginia accent. Feels bad man.
pro-life-dicks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:37:22 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read it as Purcellville, Vagina
piemanpie24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:27:24 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Vikings are the classiest.
KissMyAspergers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:37 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well if it ain't Sophia Petrillo! How ya doin'?
ElBancoBlanco ยท 1122 points ยท Posted at 00:26:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Math Teacher.
When I asked a student to "Show his work" for a math problem, he actually sent me an email with a picture..........
A picture of him writing the answer on a piece of paper.
Smartass.
Awdayshus ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 05:05:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a math teacher who would do "homework quizes". She would assign about 50 problems, and then the next day she would pick four and we were supposed to copy our work from our notebooks, and that's what she'd grade. It was an AP Calculus class, and about a third of the class was on the math team. We figured out that if we just copied the problems from the textbook into our notebooks, we could solve them on the quiz faster then most of the other students could copy their work from their notebooks. The teacher caught on after the first semester, so she started watching when people were done. If the only ones still writing were on the math team, she'd say time was up and we needed to hand in our papers. Most of the time, we'd all still finish, so she started picking the hardest problems to try to catch us. I don't know if it was her intention, but it made us really good at doing math under pressure. The math team went to the state tournament that year.
shockubu ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 07:04:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand this at all. Why would... who does... but learning... What?
Pb_ft ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 10:24:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Just as planned." - Math Teacher
Eeeeeeeen ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:50:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"How do i reach these kids?" Mr. Cartmanez
combatbahb ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:52:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a math teacher who used to do that. The quiz would be over a weeks worth of homework and we were supposed to keep a folder or notebook of all the homework assignments which she would grade periodically. She told us we had to complete all of this to pass the class, however her break down of graded weight for items proved otherwise and I showed her that by not keeping the notebook or doing the quizzes and still pulling off a passing grade....she did not like me by the end of class.
kblaney ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:59:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a question I put on a set theory test: "Let A={x \in Z | x<2}. Using set builder notation define Ac."
An answer I got was: "Ac = {x \in Z | x \notin A}"... I mean, not wrong...
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:20:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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FUZxxl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:55:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY.
\midshould always be used for a | as a relational operator. Only use|or\vertwhen you use it as a delimiter.[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:03 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
no... that can't be math..
FUZxxl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:17:39 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's TeX.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck that, fuck you.
Neuermann ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:24:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What? Did i miss something? Why the hostility?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke from the acronym thread earlier that's been passed around today.
Neuermann ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:56:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Oooh, how did I miss that? I was tired I guess, I thought the guy made some
Israelmistake or something and pissed you off lol.Edit: Apparently my phone is anti semitic, it thinks mistake and Israel are the same thing.
pynoobpy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:05 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you mean by Ac? What is C?
kblaney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:03:48 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is read "A complement". Other texts might use \overline{A}. It is the set of all elements in the universal set but not in A... basically exactly what they said, but my intention was to get them to say "Ac = {x \in Z | x \geq 2}" or "Ac = {x \in Z | x >= 2}".
ImpossibleKintsugi ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 04:13:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always hated this because my one math teacher wanted to see EVERYTHING.
If I am consistently getting the right answer without having to show "two times two equals four" then I should be left alone.
eekstatic ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:51:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't know Patrick Stewart used to be a teacher.
ImpossibleKintsugi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:58:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, that's an entirely different story but... yes... he's no longer allowed to coach girl's volleyball.
eekstatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that was unexpected. Yikes.
meem1029 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:28:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Left alone to use your calculator?
MirRelevant ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 09:03:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, there's no way on earth he came up with 2*2=4 on his own. /s
ImpossibleKintsugi ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:56:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of things can be done mentally. It'd be stupid little things like (29)+42-X=21 Things that have a lot of steps but aren't difficult at all.
CripzyChiken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was notorious for getting marked down for 'not showing work' and the teacher thought I was cheating. One day she makes me go to the board and do a random problem - I say out loud a series of 10 steps (stuff like 2x+2y+4x+10y all divided by 2 = 3x + 6y) and just write the answer to that step and move on. the teacher was surprised I could do that 'all in my head' and was truly amazed by it.
This was AP Calc.
ImpossibleKintsugi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:57:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. That is how I am. I mean if there was a truly hard problem I would write it out- why not? But if I could just fly through it? I used to do my homework in a very precise and time consuming way because.... anxiety... so saving time was key to my getting through college.
KT_ATX ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:19:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This used to really irritate me. As a student, my answer was often "What work? I just know the answer." I thought this was the entire point of learning math - that you could get the right answer without thinking about it. I was exceedingly disappointed to find that was not the case and that I would be forced to show what I considered painstakingly obvious arithmetic for years to come.
FUZxxl ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:56:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry that you have been taught math this way.
erddad890765 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:12:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man. That's rough. In my math class the teacher doesn't say it's necessary, but if you write down the work and you just make a mistake at a later point he might give half-credit.
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 02:36:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/attachments/findx1-png.110974/
Heartnotes ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:27:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
perfect
steve582 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are the worst
einsidler ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:05:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once submitted a maths assignment consisting entirely of print outs of photos of my whiteboard where I'd done the working out. Mostly because I couldn't be bothered rewriting it neatly.
Got full marks.
Iceash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda worried where this was going for a second.
theDamnKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I know what I'm doing now. sorry-not-sorry Ms. Lang
sweet_roses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:38:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
come to think of it, damn elementary teachers are patient lol
edit: no wonder my parents sent me to a strict nun.
SMT_YHVH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh boy. When I was in middle and high school, my math teachers would get mad at me for not showing the work for a problem, even if I had the correct answer. I did this for six years.
DaFreakish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:36:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No offense but showing my work as a high school student is the most annoying shit.
i_hump_cats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:32:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to do that but our math teacher made us explain how we did the calculations in words but I just wrote shit like by using my brain, because math or my favorite is by writing it down
mr42ndstblvd ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 04:41:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thats what you get for forcing that kid to do extra fucking slave work you dickless cunt
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:05:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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spasmasaurus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, you can usually fit a dick in one just fine
mr42ndstblvd ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 05:39:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
not gunna sscroll to find the origanl comment to dont exspect a witty reply to this reply
Relevant_Username13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:53 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Are you on something?
dstenersen ยท 5053 points ยท Posted at 20:58:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, but the student. When I was in my first year of College, my writing class assignment was to write an objective essay regarding Dr. King's movement. Being an idiot, and not thinking clearly, I thought the professor meant to be objective similar to a lawyer objecting something during a court case. In the end, I wrote a completely racist paper and received a 0. I had to explain myself to the dean the next day as well. I still cringe every time I think about that class.
Edit: I'm sorry guys but I can't deliver. The paper was written about 5 years ago. All digital copies are gone and I'm sure all physical copies were burned the day they were read.
SilasX ยท 524 points ยท Posted at 00:51:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Heh, reminds me of the time I had to do a speech about the civil war and I was trying to make the point about it not being as simple as pro/anti-slavery. I was quoting Lincoln and got to the line about:
"I don't believe in equality, I don't want black people on juries, I'm fine with them being slaves". [1]
But just before I started the quote, the black vice principal walked in, and so I frantically followed it with "as Lincoln said", "which is totally what Lincoln believed", "which is totally not what I believe at all but which i'm just quoting someone else saying".
Edit: [1] I looked it up and it was (some version of) this quote:
Fluffymufinz ยท 102 points ยท Posted at 04:39:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit. He said that?
[deleted] ยท 162 points ยท Posted at 05:01:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Lincoln was a politician, and at the time of that quote, was running for the Senate. That doesn't detract from his later greatness.
For what its worth, as a Presidential candidate in 1860, Lincoln generally wanted to contain slavery to the South, the South didn't appreciate that very much, and the Civil War ensued after Lincoln's election.
During the war, Lincoln said that if he could save the Union without freeing a single slave he would do so, and if he could save the Union by freeing all of them he would do so.
He also said, in 1865, "Yet, if God wills that it [the war] continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.'"
Fluffymufinz ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 05:17:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So basically he didn't care about slaves and blacks as much as making sure his country was safe.
[deleted] ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 05:25:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 17:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The president we deserve...
myhf ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 05:43:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But not the president we need right now.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:08:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually... It would be nice to have a president that cares more about the people than the oligarchy.
TheSystem_IsDown ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:20:48 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes, if we could raise Lincoln from the dead to be president, care more about people than oligarchy, and not let negroes on juries, wouldn't that be grand...
no-mad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:20:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have a plan people. Let's move on it. There are two lines of inquiry we can work. We can get /r/science in for the cloning aspect and /r/religous for bring back the dead.
aaronsherman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:03:33 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget /r/occult to help close the rift to a hell dimension that tampering with the forces of nature inevitably opens. I've watched documentaries about it, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
TheSystem_IsDown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:51:01 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also we'll need /r/dnd to deal with the inevitable Marut.
Wrinklestiltskin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:10:32 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want that like I want a hole in my head...
[deleted] ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 05:29:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Personally, I think that Lincoln probably didn't particularly care for slavery very much (it would have been odd for any member of the Republican Party to have been a partisan of slavery or even agnostic on the subject), but was willing to go as far toward its elimination as public opinion would allow. Eventually, public opinion and the defeat of the Southern states allowed for the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which Lincoln championed.
But, yes, as President of the United States, his first commitment was to ensuring that the Southern insurrection was defeated, as it likely would have been for any Republican elected in 1860.
Cosmic_Shipwreck ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 14:24:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, the South's economic power came largely from slavery. Because they had the free workforce they had avoided work and time saving machinery that the North had invested in. A good way to keep them from repeating an insurrection was to cripple them economically.
The best way to cripple them economically was to ban slavery. This would also require that they either invent their own machines or purchase them from Northern states, which would give a nice boost to the North as it was recovering from a lengthy war.
I'm not saying Lincoln didn't want to free the slaves because of basic human rights, but that end result was about a lot more than fairness.
Fluffymufinz ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:46:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Makes sense. Just something really strange to hear about him.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:12:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure he hated the idea of slavery. I think his dad was an abolitionist too.
LeavesCat ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:00:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He hated the idea of slavery, but he didn't think black and white people were equal. He also didn't put the abolition of slavery over the stability of the country. However, with the country already unstable, it was a good time to push it (plus it made every slave a potential ally behind enemy lines).
heatherdazy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:17:02 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read about a doctor doing an autopsy on a black man in the 1890s. He was shocked and horrified to see the black man had all the same organs and parts as a white man.
You really can't just the past for being the past... there was so much ignorance and misinformation.
TheCat5001 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:18:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have a source somewhere? Would love to know more.
accreddits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:07 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ignorance in the past? Gonna need a source on that...
I know that's not what you were referring to
[deleted] ยท -18 points ยท Posted at 07:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Salivation_Army ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 10:48:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't feed the trolls, everyone.
Faggot_Mother_Fucker ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 01:04:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it trolling to say that the earth isn't flat?
soamv ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 06:58:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a viewpoint that Lincoln won the Republican nomination partly because he didn't make any extreme speeches against slavery, as some of the other candidates at the time did.
He did however strongly believe that slavery was wrong: "I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel.
TigerlillyGastro ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 09:28:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, like all the Democrats that were against same sex marriage, like less than 10 years ago.
Or Bill Clinton and pot.
Hell, Reagan went from Democrat to Republican.
There's probably at least one example for every major politician. Being successful as a politician usually means compromising your values.
sirvesa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:26 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well put
MangoPDK ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 04:44:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People really don't like to talk about the fact that emancipation was completely incidental and not the reason he fought the South.
thisnameismeta ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 05:49:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't go that far. Context is important. Lincoln didn't want to see slavery expanded to any of the new states entering the union. He wanted to stop the expansion of slavery so that it could eventually be eradicated from the states it existed in without war. Just going to ending slavery immediately was impossible though. Lincoln was privately for emancipation long before he was able to be publicly for it.
PMmeAnIntimateTruth ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:54:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This may be an uncited reddit comment, but this is politics.
LordSquid1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:12:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
If you forget one second that there was a civil war and look at purely the politics that lead up and through that period, its clear exactly what changes were made that spurred the divide.
Edit: revolution was bad word choice
meatduck12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:09 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's only due to our greatest dealmaker ever, Mr. Henry Clay, that the war was as late as it was.
Dakaggo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:37:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean without the context of War if he just suddenly said "Alright all slaves are free now" there would chaos. They'd have a war but it probably would've been far less organized and far more violent.
Heavy_Object_Lifter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Another sidenote that gets buried because it's muddles the issue is that Robert E. Lee also found slavery immoral and reprehensible.. There were also black confederate soldiers, who were paid equally as the white soldiers, in contrast to black Union soldiers, who were paid less than their white counterparts.
The industrial revolution was in full swing and agricultural mechanization was beginning to become widespread. Slavery would have been counterproductive and obsolete in decades even with no intervention.
The US Civil war as taught in modern schools is sadly very close to historical revisionism.
Jawbr8kr ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 07:45:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't true. Black combat soldiers in the confederate army was adhoc at best. Official policy forbade the arming or enlistment of black soldiers until the last months of the war. The argument was that their performance of slave labor was critical to the economy and support of the army. Though it was most likely to prevent a slave revolt. The CSA even disarmed and disbanded black freedmen volunteer regiments in Louisiana.
The USCT (union army colored regiments) did eventually receive equal pay and benefits including (for some) preferred federal employment post war.
Also Robert E Lee may have found slavery morally reprehensible but that didn't stop him from using inherited slaves at Arlington and only freeing them when required by his inheritance
Aidinthel ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 07:31:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From your link: "I think it is a greater evil to the white than to the colored race. ... The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, physically, and socially. The painful discipline they are undergoing is necessary for their further instruction as a race, and will prepare them, I hope, for better things."
Yeah, what a beacon of enlightenment.
That's a very specific and interesting claim. Can you provide a source? Because I'm pretty sure that's not true at all. As in, the Confederacy literally never had black soldiers, just slaves occasionally pressed into service as laborers for the army.
Seems unlikely to me. Cheap labor never stops being useful, and the greater returns on labor from mechanization actually increase the value of a slave. The introduction of the cotton gin certainly didn't do slavery any harm - quite the opposite, in fact.
nathanv221 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 12:12:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
He actually makes a number of good points, he just goes too far on them. There were black soldiers fighting for the confederacy, in the last months of their existence they had so few men left that they agreed to free any man who fought for them. I have never before heard the claim that they were paid equally to the white soldiers, nor could I find any website that made that claim just now. However, the note about the union black soldiers not making equal wage is true. Here is a source about the confederate soldiers: http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2015/01/black_confederates_not_a_myth_here_s_why.html I'm not familiar with the root, but the information lines up exactly with what I was taught.
As for the industrialization of farming, you are both saying things that are inaccurate. First: slaves were not cheep labor, if a slave owner wanted a slave that could work hard, they had to take good enough care of the slaves that they stayed healthy. Not to mention, a slave cost a small fortune in the first place. Long term a slave was cheaper than an hourly worker, but that's very long term.
Second: slavery would never die out if it wasn't illegal. That's just idiotic. Tractors made things easier, but when faced with the decision "the work is better now, should I free my slaves, be out a small fortune, and start working, or keep doing what I'm doing?" Which do you think they'd pick.
chaosmosis ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:02:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Slavery is worse at motivating good work than wages, also. I think it's plausible that increased industrialization might have eventually meant that buying slaves was a worse investment than hiring a worker. You can't trust unsupervised slaves with tools or complex tasks, and micromanagement has its limitations, which limits their profitability. Using existing slaves would still make sense, but buying new ones might not. Although presumably the price would decline in response to this. But it still seems like getting people from Africa is more difficult than getting people who live in the area, so I'd expect wages to have a decent chance at outcompeting slavery in the long run.
nathanv221 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:49:40 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You may be right about buying new slaves on a local level. However, the slave trade with Africa was illegal for over 50 years before the Civil War. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves despite all slaves being born in the US and sold only to others in the US the number of slaves at no point decreased before the war. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newnation/4336
Dakaggo ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 07:38:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nonsense cheap labor is worthless. That's why everything is made in the US.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 14:37:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's no way that mechanization and the industrial revolution would have wiped out slavery. Why pay factory workers if you could use slaves? Industrialists went hugely out of their way to avoid paying workers a penny more than they had to. Why get rid of your previous investment in slaves for mechanized farm equipment to work your land? Why not just use the equipment to have your slaves work more land and make you more money?
thirdfounder ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:25:33 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. What he's saying is Confederate revisionist claptrap, the kind of bullshit you often hear from people who call it "the War of Northern Aggression".
The South was 100% reliant on low cost slave labor, and its ruling class knew it well. Fear of abolition drove the Southern planters to support the Revolutionary War in the first place, and was the primary motivation behind their politics thereafter right through to 1865 (and indeed afterward).
LeavesCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:07:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Robert E. Lee only fought for the Confederate army because he was a loyal Virginian. He didn't want a revolution, and he would have fought for Lincoln, but when Virginia went so did he.
KJ6BWB ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:05:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All his life, Lincoln had been against slavery. He'd said as much numerous times. Part of the reason that the South didn't want him as President was because they figured that his "I'd rather not have a war between North and South, and everyone dying, because America is awesome and it would be terrible if it split and everyone killed each other" (I'm paraphrasing there) was just political doublespeak, that he didn't really mean it. It was because of his well known antipathy towards slavery that so many people in the South stoutly declared that if Lincoln was elected, they'd secede, right then and there. And that's basically what South Carolina did, leading the way for the rest of the Confederate states.
So, no, Lincoln wasn't secretly a racist.
99TheCreator ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:46:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going to go on believing he didn't and live a happy life.
ntrh ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 04:49:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you and the rest of the united states apparently
CrazyLogical1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:10:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People can and do change over the course of their life. That quote was from when Lincoln was running for a senate seat. He could very well have changed his tune.
PleaseDontDoxxMe ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:20:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's living in ignorance. I understand your whole perspective of this man changed too suddenly but facts are facts. Lincoln didn't care that much about slaves and blacks being gaining freedom from the civil war was completely incidental.
cavelioness ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 08:12:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Politicians lie with every breath, they say what they need to say to get into office. Just think of Obama in 2008 saying he didn't believe in gay marriage. You have to look at what they actually do, what actions they take, to know what they're really like. If Lincoln really hadn't given a shit about ending slavery then it wouldn't have gotten done under his administration.
PleaseDontDoxxMe ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 12:40:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're talking about a man who not only said he would free all slaves to keep his people safe, he also said he wouldn't free a single save to do the same. He didn't give a damn about slaves, just accept it.
thisnameismeta ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:52:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're wrong on this. Look into Lincoln's private writings. He was a politician and had to maneuver around public opinion but he certainly was for emancipation long before he could publicly say so. He wanted to stop the entrance of new slave states into the union, which is what the south seceded for the in the first place.
almightySapling ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:37:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's almost like people don't understand the concept of lying.
PleaseDontDoxxMe ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 12:41:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He LITERALLY did not go to war to free slaves, despite that being the narrative nowadays. Again, you're talking about politics, and his party has managed to spin that story for several generations to keep African-Americans loyal.
thisnameismeta ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:45:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I didn't say that he went to war over slavery. He did, however, want to institute anti-slavery policies that caused the South to secede. After the secession he vowed to restore the union by any means possible and leapt at the chance to emancipate the slaves as soon as it was politically feasible. Have you read any of Lincoln's own writings? It's pretty obvious that the major reason he didn't come out against slavery in a more public fashion was because he was concerned about keeping border states (especially Kentucky) in the Union. Beyond that, your insinuation that African Americans only voted for Republicans because they were tricked by Republican rhetoric is offensive and borderline racist. There were plenty of legitimate reasons for freed slaves to support Republicans. The freedman's bureau and the congressional period of reconstruction were all republican lead initiatives and benefited the lives of that demographic fairly substantially (although not to the degree that they should have). Republicans also had in their favor the fact that they weren't spending most of their time putting on white hoods and lynching blacks, unlike a large segment of Southern whites. It's funny that you should claim that southern blacks were just voting for Republicans because they had been bamboozled by them, because that is literally the exact same thing the Southerners claimed after the war.
PleaseDontDoxxMe ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:53:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perhaps he did care about slaves, but the point still stands.
thisnameismeta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:16:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I edited my original comment to address the spin issue, not sure if that was before or after you replied. At any rate, I agree that we didn't go to war to defeat slavery (although the South did go to war to defend it).
PleaseDontDoxxMe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:54:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I didn't see your edit when I made the comment. You were probably still typing it.
Unpopular_But_Right ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a LOT more really, really racist stuff Lincoln said and did about blacks. He also supported the Fugitive Slave Act. Unfortunately his history has been whitewashed (pun intended) in history books. It would be very inconvenient for hero Honest Abe if school children today learned what he was really like.
Fluffymufinz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
True and I'd be complicated for an eight year old. Still surprised I never learned this in college though.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 03:15:17 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He didn't care about the rights of Blacks in abolishing slavery.
The only reason he abolished slavery was because he knew it would severely cripple the South.
The Civil War wasn't just about Black rights, that was incidental.
It was about state's rights vs federal succession of such rights.
Robert E Lee was offered the post of General of the North, but turned it down because he didn't want to turn traitor to his home state of Virginia.
verbify ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:19:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read the Articles of Secession written by the Southern states about the reason why they left the Union:
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/declarationofcauses.html
I pretty much can't read that without believing they left because they thought their ability to own slaves was being impinged upon.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 13:26:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
because it was integral to their economic success.
They didn't care about Black people either. They cared about money.
verbify ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:50:13 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the main reason people want to own slaves - because of the economic benefits. So do you concede that the Civil War, at least for the South, was about 'rights' in the sense of their right to own other people? That slavery was central to their complaints?
It wasn't just about their own economic success - they were concerned about the fact that slave states couldn't enter the union - not only about their own slaves, but that the institution of slavery should increase.
Also, you did you read the Articles? The notion of equality of races was mentioned in three of the Articles of Secession - Georgia in passing, and in Texas and Mississippi:
Texas:
Missisipi:
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:06:29 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
So we do agree.
It was in favour of citizen rights, not slave rights. Remember, at that time, slaves were no different from furniture.
It wasn't, because even the house pets were treated better.
Not saying that it was a horrific time period in America, but it just wasn't an important issue for slave-owners at the time.
No, because you added them afterwards. I will read them now.
Actually, those references are to how freeing slaves would damage their state's reputation.
No one changes their opinion just like that.
This is clearly about giving Blacks rights, and about how by giving them rights (as long as they're in America) that threatens the current status quo.
This is clearly talking about how freeing slaves will bring about a nasty revolution.
It's been two hundred years, you should be able to read by now.
verbify ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:17:05 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For the life of me, I couldn't decipher half your comments. You seem to be making a distinction 'fighting for States Rights to own slaves' and 'fighting to own slaves', which to me seems like a distinction without a difference.
I didn't add the articles later, I added them at the beginning.
Incidentally the bits in those quotes I was referring to were the bits you didn't put in bold. E.g.:
This is clearly talking about how the Southern States accuse the Northern states of giving Black rights.
This is clearly talking about how the Southern States accuse the Northern states of demanding equality between the races.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 14:44:50 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly they are miffed about upsetting the status quo.
verbify ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:15:15 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, they are miffed about their perception of the promotion of insurrection AND about the promotion of equality of races. You claimed the civil war had nothing to do with equality - it at least factors in as part of their reason. You can't just ignore half a sentence and claim the other half is the only one that exists. Equality of races is mentioned there.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:23:11 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So then it's clearly stated that they didn't do it because they liked Blacks, but because they had to to cripple the South.
I'm not, I acknowledge the other clause exists, but that the ending clause dramatically changes the meaning of the sentence.
There's nothing wrong with Lincoln being racist. Not every leader should be mythologized as a gift from Heaven.
Leaders should have flaws, that's what makes them good leaders.
verbify ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:41:38 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's an 'AND' and not a 'therefore' or 'causing'. There's a difference between:
And
And who said anything about Lincoln not being a racist. I know he was a racist. It's obvious he was a racist. You're attributing views to me that I never held. This disagreement was purely over whether the rights of black people and the question of slavery was incidental to the Civil War, or whether the rights of black people and the question of slavery was central to the Civil War.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:52:57 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lincoln being a racist would make this the only possible interpretation.
verbify ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:55:46 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A person can be a racist and also not believe in slavery. Lots of people were at the time. Things aren't always extremes.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:35:38 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Proof.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:41:43 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are painting with a very wide brush and are making factually incorrect statements.
Lincoln absolutely detested slavery, there's no doubt of that.
EDIT: I think Lincoln's views about slaves might have been like some vegetarians views about animals. They don't think animals and humans are equal, or should intermarry or that animals should serve on juries or hold elected office. But they view the killing and eating of an animal as immoral.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 03:42:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it alongside your claim.
Yeah, he totally hated slavery...
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:49:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A person could totally hate the industrial farming and slaughter of animals and find it totally immoral and reprehensible, yet not be "in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the human and animal species." They might not be "in favor of making voters or jurors of dogs" nor of "qualifying cats to hold office or to intermarry with humans."
So I don't see why you can't comprehend why Lincoln could abhor slavery yet think that whites were superior to blacks.
As to evidence to the contrary there are a multitude of letters and speeches Lincoln made:
Or how about this:
Or how about this:
Do I need to go on?
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 03:59:17 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Black people are not animals!
Or...you could accept that history isn't black and white.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:05:40 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well duh, but there were a lot of people who thought that way back then, and perhaps Lincoln among them. My point was that one could view a black person as no better than an animal yet still detest and want to abolish slavery. Do you not see how those two things could coexist?
That's rich, coming from the person who said:
I understand that history isn't black or white, which is why I accept that there existed more than one reason why Lincoln abolished slavery and that he could hold seemingly conflicting views about blacks (e.g., not thinking they should hold political office, yet believing they should not be enslaved).
[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 04:10:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was joking, but seriously, abolishing slavery could easily be incidental, and one for the PR team later on. Remember at the time, everyone thought it was cool to have a slave, even the Black people in Africa who sold the slaves initially.
Two birds, one stone.
Well yes, that's two birds with one stone. He didn't care about slavery but abolished it anyways because it was a means to an end of economically crippling the south.
An incidental, but beneficial example of collateral.
He wasn't conflicted if it wasn't his main goal. And he wasn't conflicted because it wasn't his main goal.
And there's nothing wrong with that. There are tons of examples of situations whereby the enemy of my enemy is my friend, even though at the end of the day all three parties involved are enemies regardless.
We can't apply morality retroactively, and there's nothing wrong with making mortals out of gods.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:28:22 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not trying to do that. I could care less if Lincoln was pro-slavery or against it, I'm just interested in the facts.
And there is a wide body of letters and speeches where Lincoln flat out says he detests slavery.
As to whether abolishing slavery was his main goal as President, that is obviously not the case (again evidenced by letters and speeches). He was very publicly a Unionist above all other things. But that doesn't mean he didn't abhor slavery.
And as I noted earlier, it's possible to abhor slavery or factory farming or whatever institution you care to abhor, yet not consider those suffering under that institution to be your equal.
ZipBoxer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:57:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You have the patience of a saint.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:23:19 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's really just this - https://xkcd.com/386/ - but thanks anyway. :-)
Davis51 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:48:23 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_slavery
Your understanding of the Civil War is lacking, and smacks of revisionist history. All the economics, secession rights, states rights nonsense was directly descendant from the core issue of slavery. Most of the traitor states explicitly said that slavery was their cause for leaving.
PS Robert E. Lee, for all the talk of hating slavery, while his view of slavery was a bit more progressive than his peers, he did in fact own slaves.
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 04:02:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
proof?
So attacking the economic factor of the states helped bankrupt their moneym-maker - which is what he wanted in terms of ending the civil war.
proof?
Then why was he asked to fight for the North? Why did he free his slaves prior? Why did Ulysses S Grant also own slaves (but not free them beforehand)?
TL;DR: History isn't black and white.
Davis51 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:20:10 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aaaah I forgot to post the links I had I guess that means I'm wrong oh well history isn't as black and white as I imagined and now OH MY GOD YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GOOGLE IT YOURSELF?!
This is accepted frigging historical fact. I am sorry the Education System failed you so thoroughly.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jun/25/gavin-mcinnes/tweet-civil-war-was-about-secession-not-slavery/
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/declarationofcauses.html
Bits from declarations of slave states, see link for full documents.
Georgia,
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
...(Notice the bit about slavery being divine law? But it was totally about states rights!)
Virginia
TL;DR The Lost Cause of the Confederacy is fucking idiotic revisionist history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
[deleted] ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 04:32:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's cute how you think I'm an American.
Davis51 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:41:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's cute how you assumed I did.
SexLiesAndExercise ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:38:39 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's cute how your reply to being proven categorically wrong is a one-liner that isn't even correct.
Did you even read this reply? Can you honestly justify spouting such strong opinions about history if you won't bother to educate yourself at the most basic level?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:01:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I replied, it was a one-liner denigrating my position.
I niggardly assumed that that was the entirely of your comment.
It was niggling in my mind that an ad-hominem attack were present. This is Reddit after all. People make gross generalizations all the time...speaking of which.
SexLiesAndExercise ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:05:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was quite clearly referring to the extensive reply to your previous comment. A comment that you largely ignored in lieu of making a smartass comment you're now trying to defend as a self-deprecating joke. Really? That's what you're going with?
Your comments in this thread have been quite impressively stupid.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:07:58 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But you haven't stated why. Until then, it's just a claim. And asking for proof doesn't make someone stupid.
Because it didn't exist when I initially applied. And what was the self-deprecating joke?
SexLiesAndExercise ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:17:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This comment hasn't been edited. If it had, it would show an asterisk next to the time posted.
So your reply to it - "It's cute how you think I'm an American." - both ignores the litanty of evidence against the claim you originally made (that the Civil war was not due to, or largely fought because of, slavery), and instead replies to an imagined assumption that you're American.
Your comments are stupid because:
1) You replied to a perceived slight that hadn't been made.
2) You ignored the fact that the argument you were so confidently making was demolished, with proof that you requested.
3) Your general style of debate in a conversation you started has been evasive and inconsistent.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 18:53:31 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not on me then.
I offered a plausible, alternative viewing of the quotes, with reasonable explanation attached.
Prove it.
SexLiesAndExercise ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:26:11 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're just deliberately trolling me at this point, aren't you?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:26:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah..
SexLiesAndExercise ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:29:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Assuming you aren't trolling, you said:
I am talking about your dismissive, one-line reply to this comment.
Can you link me to the comment where you offered the "plausible, alternative viewing" to that comment?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3t1q82/teachers_of_reddit_what_is_the_greatest_way_a/cx4qjnz
SexLiesAndExercise ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:58:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So.. a reply to an entirely different comment, by a different person, that made entirely different points?
An hour ago. So after we started this chain. And after I specifically linked to the comment I was clearly talking about, and clearly made reference to, multiple times.
The one that thoroughly debunks your argument, with evidence, after you asked for it, and was replied to with a dismissive single line answer
Not to mention your apparent inability to comprehend basic points:
I said: "You replied to a perceived slight that hadn't been made."
To which you replied "That's not on me then."
Do you actually understand what I was saying? You perceived a slight that wasn't there. It was your misunderstanding. That's on you.
Can you see how any of this might be construed as evasive and inconsistent? I'm assuming you're a real person sitting behind a keyboard, thinking about this like an adult - is this an argument you'd actually try and make in a conversation with a friend? Would you try and defend this nonsense if it were a reflection of you?
If so, you need to seriously think things through more before just hammering away on a keyboard.
If not, you're essentially shitposting.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:01 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're really hugging the line of true and false here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_American_Civil_War
Here is a r/askhistorians post about the reason for secession and civil war
The abolitionist movement had been in full swing and been actively influencing national concerns for decades, as far as making sure there were even number slave states and free so there was equal representation in the senate.
Stating it was about state's rights v. federal succession of those rights is wrong as it was more incidental to the cause of civil war than slavery was and the consensus has already agreed that slavery was the primary cause here.
Lincoln was vocally against abolishing slavery wholesale due to the states that had opposed it, fearing the consequences that would unavoidably lead to the civil war, but recanted the position later on. I don't think it's generally accepted he did not want blacks to have equal rights, but more that he didn't think it was achievable to do so in his lifetime.
And the Emancipation Proclamation was to weaken the South, but I don't think you can say that was the only reason. It freed escaping slaves, slaves in would-be conquered states. It's not like the Confederacy would enact the order. It would just encourage slaves to escape in the beginning and free the ones who had prior. They could use the newly freed men in the army, but they would still have to conquer that area first. I'm not sure how significant the freed men, from the Emancipation, were to the war effort.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:57:59 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No one can state what is true and what is false.
Only what is most true and most false.
All I did was base an argument around the direct quotation of his speeches.
There is no wrong, there is no right, especially in the law. There are only those who can argue a case, and those who can defend against it.
We are lawyers, and we will never give up.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:26:39 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Fine, what you had argued was more false than anything. You disregarded historians and their conclusions in favor of yours that seemed reasonable to you, but lacked a foundation.
Okay, vague philosopher, there are wrongs and rights in the eyes of the law, I'm sure, but we're arguing history here. Legal history, but history. ...and political history, too. Sociology, maybe, with the concerns of racism in society in regard to abolitionism and equal rights. Is that under sociology? I'm getting off track now.
If you can, go ahead, but issues in the Civil War have been debated since then and there's been general answers about most things. If you're curious go read up on it. I know the basics, like the things I mentioned earlier, but the Civil War was never too interesting to me personally so I'm not an expert.
That's fine, Mr. Philosopher, but you ought to pick topics you have knowledge about, first. And admit you're ignorant on some things. That's not giving up, that's learning.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:31:00 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only insofar as they are argued to be.
Sources
Gross generalization.
Furthermore, ad-hominem attack.
Furthermore, I took issue with your quote, applying a different, valid, stance to it.
No evidence required (as you provided it).
History isn't black and white.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:49:10 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but what does this have to do with the legality of the things we've mentioned? I've stated what I think on those things.
On me saying I know the basics concerning the Civil War? I've linked things already. Or me saying I'm not an expert?
Alright, don't state as fact things that are not factual.
Okay, I won't call you a philosopher anymore.
I didn't provide a quote, that may be the comment above mine and yours that you're thinking of. And the "valid" stance was not valid, that was the point of my comment, to criticize the veracity of yours.
Didn't say it was, just that your version didn't hold water.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:27:20 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you were there, you can't possibly know that. You also can't pass that kind of judgement because the truth is impossible to prove.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:01:12 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it's impossible to prove we sure as hell can get close enough to it to say confidently. That's why we have historians, it's their job to piece these things together as accurately as possible.
Why would you just make up your own views on it that seemed logical enough and then even debate, just to say it's impossible to prove "unless you were there"? That's illogical. You were pretty certain earlier on. If there's anything to be said definitively on the matter it ought to be verifiable in some way to prove as much.
And yes, much "truth" is subjective, but this has written records attached to it, important events, not just beliefs or anything like that which would make it difficult to ascertain "truth". We know why things developed as they did, what the prime movers were, what repercussions were had.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:26:03 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So then what I say is not wrong. Remember, I based my interpretation on the same quotes you did, and you're not wrong either.
Historians can disagree with one another - it's not a zero-sum game.
There is no right or wrong in history. There is only what you can prove. My argument was directly entered around quotes. It doesn't get any more concrete than that.
Which is why my argument is based off quotes - written in state records.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:17 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't base it off one quote, I based it off of historical evidence and further written evidence.
Again, they can, but this not something they disagree on.
It certainly can, seeing as it was just one quote you relied on (if we're just talking about the quote from SilasX). I've provided proof while you provided an opinion dressed up as an answer.
See my first reply in this comment. That's not evidence enough to support what you had said.
Davis51 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:04:31 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god this is the motherload of shitposts. Solipsism may seem like a cool idea to you and 16 year old philosopher wannabes everywhere, but you came in here swinging your dick on the table with several verifiably untrue statements about the Civil War, and when proven categorically wrong repeatedly, you decide to start JAQing off?
How the fuck do you even justify your original post to yourself? Take your racist trolling horseshit elsewhere.
Edit: grammar
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:52:07 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ad-hominem attack. Criticize the argument.
I wasn't proven wrong, it was just assumed that I was. My argument is sound, as it is a valid interpretation of the same quotes someone else used.
Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't make it any less true, especially on subjective matters like political minds of the Civil War.
Davis51 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:51 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I did. It was a shit post.
No, it was proven. A lot of people here, myself included, have debunked your racist revisionist history repeatedly. This is not fucking subjective, telhere are figurative mountains of historical evidence against your argument and I am frankly tired of reiterating it. Either provide historical evidence that our sources are invalid, or concede the argument.
And stop doing that childish thing where you treat every subthread as a vaccum and ignore the countless other debunkings of your argument here.
I demonstrated that it wasn't subjective earlier when I posted excerpts from the actual declarations of secession. You know, the documents where the southern states explicitly stated that they were revolting over the issue of slavery. To the point where it is overwhelmingly agreed upon by historians that slavery was the objective cause for the civil war. You blithering racist twat.
That's not an ad hominem. An ad hominem means I am discrediting an agent by attacking you. Rather, your 'argument' is so made up of pedantic lost cause white supremecist propaganda that discredits you to the point where the only appropriate way to label you is a blithering racist twat.
Edit: RemindMe! One Year "is OP still a shitposting blithering racist twat?"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:27:02 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ad-hominem attack.
Not revisionist. My argument was based off the same quote. OP took the quote out of context (only using the first part), whereas I highlighted the second part (that changed the entire meaning of the sentence).
You keep reiterating, but provide little evidence.
History is subjective, as one cannot possible have an objective record of what happened (since they were not alive at the time).
Why should I prove your claim? I provided an argument based on a quote OP provided. The argument was valid and sound according to the quote, and OP provided no info as to why I was wrong, only stating that I was wrong.
It's called a tangent, and it's formally allowed.
And I showed it was more than just slavery, that abolishing slavery was a means to an end of crippling the south. That the south was more evil in only being interested in money rather than the welfare of blacks.
Sigh...
Seems like an ad-hominem. Calling me a racist twat to discredit any arguments.
How is it racist propaganda? How does my argument lend credence to neo-Nazi theories? I'm genuinely interested in this because I don't see the connection at all.
Davis51 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:18 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You have been replying to posta for days, including at least one post containing a link to the lost cause of the confederacy wiki page, which thoroughly links your arguments to white supremacy movements. You keep saying we haven't debunked your arguments, when we have posted countless amount of evidence you either ignore or stop replying to, then go right onto the next poster and pretend it's your first time hearing this.
Oh wait I forgot...
Is this a fucking debate club? Fine then. I formally allow you to remove your head from your own asshole.
Talking to you is as productive as talking to a painting of a swastika. If you are genuinely curious, you can follow these links, scroll to the bottom, and read the sources and further reading. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_South https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
Knowing you, i expect that you'll ignore them and be making the same shitposting to someone else next time it comes up.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:23 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My argument was independently based on a Lincoln quote about how he would never accept a negro as one of his own.
From that Lincoln quote (who spearheaded the North in the Civil War), I made the (logical) conclusion that thus, in freeing the slaves, Lincoln was only freeing them because he knew it would cripple the south, rather than by virtue of compassion for fellow man.
This is different from the Lost Cause of the South, as my argument focused on the banality of slavery cause by the North.
So it's not that I'm confirming the Lost Cause of the South (which moves away from slavery to a more banal reason for their War - and applied after the fact whereas mine is applicable beforehand), but merely confirming that the North (and Lincoln) was every bit as racist as the South was, and that his motivation came from economically crippling the South rather than from freeing the slaves (as is taught in schools nationwide).
In this context, my argument is valid and sound, and historically supported (all the while distancing itself from revisionist history like the Lost Cause).
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:43 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your argument is not valid and sound, especially from basing it on one quote from Lincoln. You cannot base such a large action that was many years past the debate this quote is from. Lincoln had always been sympathetic to the abolitionist cause, also having to politically distance himself from it to appease the South, which would be to no avail, obviously.
Even if he felt black people were somehow lesser than white people in a way didn't preclude him wishing they had liberty or that he didn't mind slavery due to those racist beliefs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_slavery
Did you ignore the conversation we had about this while you made this comment to another person?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:03 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
The other guy did, and you all support him.
The other guy did.
There's no way to know that.
Maybe, Maybe not. But that's not the Lost Cause of the South revisionist material. It would be alternative historical perspective on the North, but certainly not revisionist, as there'd be no evidence of the North getting together to fix their image.
Nope. He just had nothing of note.
Furthermore, from that Lincoln link:
This completely proves my argument that Lincoln crippled the South economically first, then dealt with slavery - in terms of priority.
And there's nothing wrong with that. But it's certainly not revisionist history - as I've only ever been basing my arguments off your sources.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:06:14 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never said I did, or even mentioned it.
There absolutely is, through written records by Lincoln
I wasn't arguing about the Lost Cause of the South, I'm a different person than the person you were arguing with originally in this thread.
Yes, but your point was that Lincoln did not care about slavery and did not because of his racist views, which is untrue.
In a letter to Albert G. Hodges he writes:
He did not believe that being president allowed him to outlaw slavery outright, as the preservation of the union was more important to the nation he felt. But he would push the 13th amendment on his second term.
ms-elainius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:46:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I feel super ignorant right now. Thanks for the knowledge.
androsgrae ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:41:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shit, Lincoln was kind of a cunt, wasn't he?
SilasX ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 04:44:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For the time, that was actually a pretty progressive view :-p
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:05:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, Christ, at that time it was a wholly respectable opinion (and an overwhemlingly popular one in the Southern states) to believe that anyone with any black ancestry could be sold to another man as their chattel property, with the right of that man to own any children that slave may produce.
Perspective is a thing.
Trapper777_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:09:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok one thing to remember about that quote - Obama was officially against gay marriage until a couple years ago.
PubliusVA ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:55:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There can be no redemption for him if he did not #feelthebern.
battle_of_panthatar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You only think that because you have a 2015 perspective. Back then, white people didn't see black people as citizens. They were property. They were practically a different species. That was just the view society had for a long time. This only changed because a lot of enlightened and eloquent people were able to show everybody else that this view was immoral.
It would be like someone today saying "It is immoral to keep dogs as pets, but I still think humans are superior to them". It's obviously not literally analogous, but it might help explain what Lincoln's view would have sounded like to the average person at the time.
nnutcase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL!!!!
Wtf? Thanks for this new world view for me.
MrMurdstone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wrote that same report! Other students in my class just thought I was a racist. But no, really, Lincoln didn't give two shits about blacks.
CommanderXena ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, Kuzco's poison?
thisnameismeta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Montezuma.
Scherzkeks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dick. (Lincoln)
NGD80 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:00:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok while you're all busy being offended, I'll just go ahead and ask.....can we say for certain that he is wrong? Crime statistics say otherwise.
wnp ยท 1808 points ยท Posted at 21:22:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm kinda trying to wrap my head around this one -- what did you say that you thought was objective but was seen as racist? Like were you trying to write like a prosecution lawyer against him?
SlipperySherpa ยท 3462 points ยท Posted at 21:41:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obviously I'm not the OP, but I'm assuming he thought that he had to write from the point of a lawyer opposing Dr. King.
Example:
Dr King: I had a dream, equality, no more segregation etc
Lawyer: Objection your honor, Dr King is wrong because .....
Would get pretty racist pretty fast
dstenersen ยท 3719 points ยท Posted at 22:22:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP here, you're dead on unfortunatly
jack_perignon ยท 698 points ยท Posted at 00:15:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you still have it? I think that would be a hilarious read given the context.
SadGhoster87 ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 02:17:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I second this.
[deleted] ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 02:45:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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IgnignoktErr ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 02:56:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in, polly want a golden cracker?
smokeNtoke1 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:12:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The hand-type writing OP delivered...
CannabisMeds ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:45:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not payin for shit, but uh...i got some medicine on it.
SoberNick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll match you on the meds. Lets read this paper!
MolestTheStars ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:02:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't have any gold to give, but I'll gladly lie if it gets me what I want.
BloodyWanka ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:15:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I object!
SadGhoster87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:40:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Overruled.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:22:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean... you third it?
dstenersen ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 03:20:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I don't have the paper still, it was around 5 years ago. If I get enough gold I might rewrite it though
Please Dont
[deleted] ยท 158 points ยท Posted at 03:34:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's okay. We already have enough creative writing for racists on this website.
monkeyman427 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 08:23:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not racist, butttttttttttt....
etothepi ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 09:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a racist, but I love the smell of rain.
Jughead295 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 09:11:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How can you be racist? I can tell by your username that you're black!
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:16:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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velkito ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:26:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not OP here, but what I can contribute with, is the following badass metal song about the racism-filled war in Rwanda, that also includes a small part of a speech by M.L.King.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kV3KmBP2jU
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:34:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:24:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fuck you mixing Ritalin and alcohol with fucking benzos for?! How much of a deathwish do you have?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:30:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:37:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stimulants don't cancel out the sedatives, you idiot. You are alive due to a mix of luck and youth. Both of those are finite.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:11:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:05:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stop thinking you are being smart and controlling this. You are not. Unless someone else is there when you are "monitoring breathing and heart rate" you're still dead if shit goes bad. And it will.
Tolerance depends on more variables than you realize, and will let you down when you least expect it. So will your bodies natural urge for equilibrium.
The only addicts that live to a ripe old age are the ones with an inverse correlation in regards their teeth and number of tattoos.
How many teeth do you have? And tattoos? Unless your tattoos outnumber your teeth by a good amount you need to stop this selfharming bullshit right the fuck now. Trust me on that, I've been in health care long enough to know.
Stop tempting death to come get your dumb ass. Death loves taking nice, arrogant, "professional" idiots like you. Give yourself a chance.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:22:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:57:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope you get out of this with everything intact. Be smarter. Hugs
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:30:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:33:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The test I'd really like to see is a neurocognitive assessment before you started using, compared to one taken now. When you hear "intact" you hear bodyparts, I'm thinking cogitation. I hope you get out with a similar personality and I.Q. than you went in with. None of the patients I see ever do.
velkito ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:44:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't miss out on the rest of their awesome stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf8t_EcYVTs - Trivmvirate, their 2008 album, that's a blast from start to finish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3FarkD_dw&list=PLArAJlC1y55_WWN_tOg9xKsdE0UGDg-wn - Tetragrammaton, their newest album, from which the above song is.
NomNomCheezbrgr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:15:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can't give gold but you'd make my day if you posted that paper here, OP
GLOOTS_OF_PEACE ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:15:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i wouldn't be surprised if OP does still have it, but no way in hell would he share it. Are you guys aware that you're on reddit? where misinformation and defamation spreads virally? It'd be taken out of context and he'd be crucified
NineNumberNines ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:37:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP Pls
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:13:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Knowing reddit, people would probably agree with the paper.
Duncan006 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
!remindme 1 day
schizokid ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 00:41:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed pretty hard at this post. Keep up the good work
jeremiah1119 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:23:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Op please, still got it?
masterbacher ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:38:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just like Dr. King.
LastStar007 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:13:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This needs more upboats.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:47:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
C'mon OP, /u/Ah_You_So_Stupid just promised you Reddit gold, also his username is just randomly relevant
peon2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:18:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly that seems fairly rough to get a 0. I can see how it could be perceived as offensive but it sounds like you gave a very objective essay.
DudeWithAHighKD ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:44:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's funny as fuck.
nowladies ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:39:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes please post the essay
sixbux ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is an amazing gift you have bestowed upon us.
xenuman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that is absurd
GreyyCardigan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where did you go to college? We will FIND this paper.
syllableswords ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:46:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
i cannot believe almost four thousand karma points were given to a wholly redundant exchange....
what else could this possibly mean?
did people really need the fingerpuppet show explanation?
user1492 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 01:32:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Objection, speculation.
Purpleotterbox6 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sustained.
Count-monte-christo ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:04:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dreams are not admissible. Court finds in favour of the racist
alsignssayno ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:18:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This could make a hilarious play. I can see it now:
The Objection of the King: A Racial Comedy
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:43:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure how OP would've even gotten this from the question. Someone REALLY wasn't listening in class lol
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:00:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
description - descriptive
creation - creative
objection - objective
He was paying attention, just from a completely astray point of view.
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:17:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oops
Chuuno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please link to this paper! This sounds fantastic.
fisch09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't a person talking about a dream accomplish nothing in a court case?
brberg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it might get racist, but there are non-racist ways you could criticize King's movement, particularly along the lines of the anticapitalist positions he took near the end of his life.
fknsht ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god I can't stop laughing!
aspiradream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:15:56 on December 14, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
-yells into DS microphone- OBJECTION
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:34:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Objection, badgering the witness.
dstenersen ยท 1536 points ยท Posted at 21:25:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. I wasn't thinking straight and basically wrote a paper about how he was wrong about everything
wnp ยท 1390 points ยท Posted at 21:27:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. I guess you thought "objective" meant... "in objection to"?
dstenersen ยท 1384 points ยท Posted at 21:36:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sadly, yes :(
chrisms150 ยท 753 points ยท Posted at 22:27:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god that's terrible. But so funny. Did the prof give you a chance to make it up or did you just have to drop?
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:10:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still sad that we don't have an equivalent version of dropping here in Australia. Or we do (in undergrad) and they don't tell us. Or they did tell us and I'm the only one who didn't pay attention.
Either way... I wish I could drop now. Sadly postgrad definitely won't allow that shit. -.-
Sc72 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:40:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure about post grad, but there definitely is for undergrad.
gyrgyr ยท -17 points ยท Posted at 05:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you have undergrad and and post grad, then where does graduate school fit in? Damn you Australians are loony...
necrodisiac ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:45:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Undergrad like before graduation, postgrad like after graduation.
Hugh___Man ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:51:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Undergrad is a bachelor-level degree. Post-grad is masters and doctorate level degrees.
/u/gyrgyr - Graduate school is what would be post-grad in Australia
theoreticaldickjokes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:52:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the same in the states, so hopefully he's not one of us.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:52:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Highschool < uni (undergrad) < uni (postgrad)
NamelessAce ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:20:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The American system is pretty much the same, except that grad school and post grad are interchangeable terms.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 08:03:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait if you get a bad grade on an assignment you just drop the whole class?
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 08:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a top-level student that could probably get an A or A- normally, but somehow completely fuck up on an assignment that'll make it nigh impossible to get that grade, some students can choose to drop the class and retake it again in another semester. Generally, having 1, maaaaybe 2 W's (any class you drop gets a W on your transcript), is okay and excusable, but if you have 3 or more, then graduate schools, scholarship foundations, or some employers who want to look at your transcript for whatever reason will be suspicious. It doesn't look good to have more than 1 really, maybe you can get away with 2.
For the most part, you take the W instead of a bad grade if you get sick for an extended period or time, or get selected for a long jury duty, or something else happens that forces you to miss a lot of class time.
ThatGingeOne ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 09:32:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obviously doesn't work for getting sick but at least in New Zealand you can choose to defer jury duty on the basis that you have university and it would be detrimental to your grades. Is this not a thing other places?
chivere ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:43:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is, yeah. I'm in the US (Texas) and just recently got out of jury duty thanks to being a student.
mr-fahrenheit_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:44:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I even got out of jury duty during the summer for being a student/living in a different county.
penguin_cheezus ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could be that one paper was a third of the grade, we don't know.
chrisms150 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:01:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Usually at the college level there are not too many graded assignments. And again, as I said to that other person; if the prof was unwilling to give him a chance to re-do the assignment and understood the confusion you're going to have quite a biased teacher grading you from then on out.
theoreticaldickjokes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but there's a deadline. Usually, the week after midterms.
maffoobristol ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:34:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL about the drop thing.
Here in the UK, you'd definitely be allowed to rewrite the paper and have the previous one rescinded. Even if they did believe you were racist and it was by way of apology.
[deleted] ยท -82 points ยท Posted at 04:24:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This attitude is becoming far to prevalent today....
Au_Struck_Geologist ยท 148 points ยท Posted at 04:35:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fight your way to an F or a D instead of taking a W and doing it in a later semester? What are you protesting against?
chrisms150 ยท 124 points ยท Posted at 04:46:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I pulled myself up by my bootstraps! Kids these days quit too easily!"
That's his protest.
Fever0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:55:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's how I saw it when I was a freshman and failed (my only failed grade in all 4 years) a music 101 class I was taking as a knockoff elective but was actually incredibly in depth and was way out of my comfort or interest zone. That fail dropped my GPA juuuust low enough to not continue qualifying for my full scholarship. FML.
In my junior year there was a scheduling mistake and I ended up going into a french 101 class several weeks into. After a few days of realizing how behind I was, chose to just drop it. Such an easy choice that I had wished entirely I considered in my freshman year, but I was too proud/stubborn to drop one in my very first semester.
PMME_YOUR_TITS_WOMAN ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 05:06:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
nice wordplay name
datorangeguy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:31:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree; that's a fantastic pun.
mash3735 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to see some titties too.
115049 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:38:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or ... I don't know... We make judgement calls based on benefits vs risk? I dropped 1 class my entire undergrad, because I would've gotten no better than a B with his dumbass grading. There was no way in hell I was not going to graduate magna cum laude because I got a B in intro to philosophy when I worked my ass off to have that gpa with all of the math and science courses.
It's entirely reasonable to drop some class to either try to fix a fuckup or make a better choice.
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:36:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The financial cost?
[deleted] ยท -25 points ยท Posted at 05:07:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It starts here (and makes sense), but then it works its way out into the real world where its not as cute....
blumka ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:17:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is literally no point staying in that class if the grade is sticking. In the real world you have to stick to your commitments because you have a responsibility to other people to not go bankrupt/be a deadbeat and because it makes a difference in your future, but this is just a numbers game that you play again next time. Without those other factors, its simply the smart thing to do and no different from pulling out on a losing investment.
mysteryflav ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:35:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
College is the real world. If not, then when does the "real world" begin? Not every college student is fresh out of high school and still living with mom and dad.
theoreticaldickjokes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:55:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Withdrawing from a class yet still paying for it is real cute.
chrisms150 ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 04:45:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Having an F/D on a transcript looks far worse than a W. Further - the prof would likely harbor some animosity if he didn't understand the misunderstanding - in which case no matter what you did, you're gonna get an unfair grade.
The lack of thinking beyond the obvious is becoming far too prevalent today.
[deleted] ยท -26 points ยท Posted at 05:08:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's not an unfair grade, its a deserved grade.
The issue isn't so much that its for the students best, its that it continues out into the real world. Life doesn't just let you drop things and take them again.
TransFattyAcid ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:23:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure it does.
Start a Frozen Yogurt business just before the market fell out? I suppose your options are "stick with it", aka "throwing good money after bad" or closing shop and coming up with something else. You're still out the money, just like college, but you're not wasting more time/money.
Screw up royally at work and ruin any chance of promotion/raise? You can start the hunt for another job. Very few companies will provide any sort of negative reference for fear of being sued.
The sunk cost fallacy is exactly that, a fallacy. Just because the stakes are lower in college doesn't mean it isn't the same in the real world.
Thy_Gooch ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:27:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure it does. Bankruptcy, loan-forgiveness, witness protection, moving to a new city or country, getting a new job, divorce, abortions.
ladut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:28:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When my kid brother passed away mid-semester, I struggled to maintain anything resembling decent grades. I eventually withdrew a day before the deadline because the Ds and Fs I would have received were not at all reflective of my potential or work ethic. So do you think I was slacking off or taking the easy way out? Was I just another one of those "kids these days?"
Fuck you and your overarching generalizations. Bad shit sometimes happens to people. It doesn't mean they don't deserve a second chance.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:41:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you really think a major life event like your describing and screwing up because you failed to properly read the instruction are even close to the same thing?
I wouldn't have thought either of those things but since you seem to think both of those scenarios are the same, I'd instead just say you're a fucking idiot.
icspn ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:35:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He could mean that the university would force them to drop the class, or put them on suspension. Also, in dire circumstances, and if it's less than halfway through the term you could be better dropping the class instead of failing. It's pragmatic.
Jeffan ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:06:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of the times one failing grade in the class can basically mean there's no way to pass with a good grade. Thats not to say you can't make your way up to a B from say a 60, but if you receive a 0 it's basically game over and your better off just dropping and retaking the course.
[deleted] ยท -22 points ยท Posted at 05:10:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, of course, I get it... my problem is that this line of thinking makes its way out into the real world.
MysteriousGuardian17 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:18:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you go to college? People have been dropping classes in universities for decades. Also, college isn't real life. Classes aren't real life. Your GPA affects your real life though, and if you can salvage it by getting a W instead of an F, that's the smart thing to do. Not taking advantage of a system like that because "it's not real life" makes you impractical and quite foolish. OP did the right thing.
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:21:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its actually not a terrible way of thinking because a lot of people will fall into a fallacy called the "sunk cost fallacy," which means you spend even more time trying to salvage something or make it better because "you've spent so much time already" when what you really should do is just drop it and start over or try something else.
This applies to all kinds of things, like bad investments, bad project ideas, bad engineering, bad relationships...Heck, I've known people to stick with bad jobs for YEARS because they invested so much of their life into it. So they keep investing even more of their life into something they hate because they can't just give up on it.
TheInternetHivemind ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 05:17:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cutting your losses is actually something a lot of us in the real world need to learn.
MaybeYesButMostlyNo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm, I'm not liking how this is going for you. Let's put it this way: if this discussion were a debate class (you against everyone else responding to you in this thread), I'd suggest you drop the class before final grades came out.
videoismylife ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:10:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently you walked through 5-foot snowbanks while fighting off the bears and wolves to get to university when YOU were a boy, did you? And of course, all your instructors were crusty old benign Dumbledores, with hearts of gold.
At my shitty undergrad U it was often the only defense students had against stupid, uncaring or even virulently malignant instructors.
My only failing grade ever occurred because I took the advice of a genetics instructor who was trying to cover up his screw-up - he didn't properly autoclave the fruit fly media; it fermented, killing about 25% of the flies. I was one of a few who had all my fly tubes ruined, so no data for me. I was told at the time that I could still pass if I got good grades on the exams - but then I found out, after the withdraw date had gone by that the lab was a "required component" and I couldn't pass without completing it. Complaints fell on deaf ears.
Later on, an important core course instructor took a disliking to me for unclear reasons, and was failing my lab write-ups; I was writing them up in the standard way I'd been taught for several years at that point and my data was pretty good; I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong. So, I made an appointment with him and asked (I think reasonably) if he could show me on the last lab write-up what I could do to improve; his immediate response was, "If I did that I'd just be writing them for you!" bringing the meeting to a very early and awkward end. He made it clear that he disliked me but the power was clearly on his side so I couldn't even ask why. I did withdraw from that course, my one and only W. I'd wear it on my chest like a medal of valor if I thought that psychopathic asshole would care.
TL:DR - In North American universities, "W" is sometimes your only defense against shitty prof syndrome. Use it.
SilasX ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 00:49:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're not wrong about that being a plausible interpretation of "objective"..
Idledontpost ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:17:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't feel bad about it. I think this is an incredible mental exercise.
iamagod_____ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:44:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[To dropped jaws still hanging low]
"I wrote it....from his perspective...the racist lawyer...not me. I mean, I wrote it, but this is interpretive...you know...its not really me.....guys??"
xCoachHines ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:24:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You sir, are an idiot.
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:43:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ouch
SoulofThesteppe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:59 on January 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
sorry for being late but did that go on your record?
dstenersen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:44:23 on January 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I looked like an idiot but they never actually filed anything. I apologized like crazy though and have to explain it to a few extra people
bathroomstalin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:58:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do... Do you still have this paper on file?
If so, PLEASE upload it (for entertainment purposes only, of course. Then again, you could always double dip for sweetsweetkarma purposes by x-posting to the racist subreddits. Assuming it was cogent and well-written, which I'm not sure would make it better or worse. Again, entertainment-wise).
Curarx ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bad idea considering the whispers of a race war starting on campuses today. They'd probably find him and murder him.
bathroomstalin ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:15:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, for the sake of my entertainment, that's a risk I'm willing to take.
VanFailin ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 23:46:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay, Ayn Rand made an entire movement out of not understanding what the word objective means.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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gr8ca9 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:12:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I started reading Atlas Shrugged. I got about 4 pages into it and did the Levar Burton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcEJ8GN91k4
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read about her. Didn't she end up on welfare?
Way to prove your entire philosophy broken, I guess.
Spelr ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:00:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean Social Security, which she paid into. Nothing wrong with getting your share back. She opposed being forced to contribute.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:20:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And Medicare.
Which accepting either or both is still a direct violation of her beliefs, whether you want to say it's okay because she's "getting her share back".
You can't say it's the government stealing from you then turn around and take it yourself without being equally guilty as a thief.
TheBotherer ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:31:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I see what you're getting at but I disagree. She was forced to pay into government programs, but she wasn't forcing the government to pay her out of them. She wasn't stealing it back, they were giving it back.
That said I think Ayn Rand is full of shit.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:03:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, but she became complacent in what she considered theft by going to the thieves and saying, "give me some of that stuff you stole."
If I talk shit about John all my life and call him a bully and a thief, then, go to him and ask him to give me the stuff he stole, then I'm a hypocrite. If I spend my life trying to prove John's a thief and bully, but then rely on him in my time of need and he provides, then my philosophy about him is broken.
TheBotherer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:11:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're only asking John for what he stole from you then you're not a hypocrite, though. You're just asking for your shit back.
I mean like I said I don't agree with her philosophy or her opinions at all. I just think this analogy makes no sense.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:26:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But I'm not asking for my stuff back, I'm asking John to keep stealing to provide for me. Because that's how welfare works.
My taxes pay for others. Then, should I need it down the road, others taxes pay for me.
TheBotherer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:17:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This only makes sense if you think that literal, physical bills are exchanging hands. Since it's all just numbers, what you're saying is the same thing as what I'm saying. Once her money is put in, it's not like the government is going "okay, Ayn Rand's cash goes to this guy..."
Your argument is basically only valid if we know she ultimately took out more than she put in, which we don't.
Spelr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:10:37 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Given the state of her health near the end of her life, it's almost certain she took more than she put in.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 14:53:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No it doesn't. I'm just seeing it from a different perspective.
Also, almost all of her works were completed before Medicare even existed. Also, during her most productive era, Social Security was taxed at below 6%. By the time she was collecting, it was over 10%. She likely paid very little into Medicare taxes compared to what she would later receive in benefits. And she almost certainly paid less in Social Security taxes than she took. If you're taking more than you put in, then you're not just "getting hers back". So we can honestly say that she almost certainly took more than she ever put in.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yet it ignores that she also took Medicare aid, as well.
And her needing both proves her philosophy is broken, and her taking it proves she's a hypocrite who, when actually put to the test of her own philosophy of individualism, turned her back on it.
It was all good when she was a successful writer and speaker, fuck those dirty losers who don't pull themselves up by their bootstraps! But the minute she was broke and in a bind she went straight for Social Security and Medicare.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:56:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even pro-Rand admit she did.
It's also noted on her wiki page, though the source is a book.
Jerlko ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:00:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, technically she didn't. The successful people, unburdened by the rest, rose above and created a great nation where shitty people could get welfare.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:18:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure Medicare is a socialized health care program that directly in her philosophical ideals. Same with social security. But if she was so great, especially considering she was the mother of objectivism and modern libertarianism, she wouldn't have needed either. Therefore, her philosophy is broken.
Smgth ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:42:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, therefore she, as a person, is a hypocrite.
The philosophy is broken because "me first, fuck you guys" is a philosophy solely for assholes and that's no way to run a society.
Chuuno ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I've never read Ayn Rand"
Fixed that for you :)
Sadsharks ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:13:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People should be proud of not having read Ayn Rand. You might as well spend your time on L. Ron Hubbard
Chuuno ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."-- Aristotle
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:34:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
entertain a thought without accepting it = mark of an educated mind
means
entertain a thought without accepting it -> educated mind
which does not imply
educated mind -> entertain a thought without accepting it
Sadsharks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:28:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What makes you think I haven't entertained their thoughts?
Chuuno ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:54:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I have no frame of reference for what you have and haven't done, but advising others to take your opinion rather than forming their own is promoting ignorance. Your statement seemed to demonstrate very little desire to explain what specifically you found disagreeable with either author, opting instead to make the purpose of your comment to associate Ayn Rand with L. Ron Hubbard, presumably because you view both of them as loons.
edit: the
boiledfrog ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:54:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When you put it that way, you can see how the mistake was made
wildmetacirclejerk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:59:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
can i read this terrible paper?
OJPaper ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:22:07 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He misinterpeted objective to mean that he had to write something that OBJECTED to Dr. King's civil right's movement i.e. say why it was wrong.
Senray ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He meant, I think, objecting to
oldmanball ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Objective viewpoint vs. Objection to
Itsapocalypse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He confused objective with objectionable
seldor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He thought "objective" meant "object to", as in "write a paper that objects to Dr Kings' movement"
teawreckshero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:50:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I disagree with Martin Luther King Junior"
Aaaaaand racist.
Kinda like how there's never an appropriate time to say "I know Hitler was wrong, but..."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He misinterpreted "objective" as "write an objection to" king's movement. He thought he was supposed to play devils advocate.
IPostMyArtHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He thought "objective" was in the same manner as saying "I object" in court. Meaning to disagree with something
rekta ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 00:21:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes you feel any better, telling a bunch of first year student to write an "objective" paper with no other instructions is poor teaching.
(Then again, in my humanities discipline, 'objective' is a verboten word entirely and I spend at least half of each semester trying to get the students to stop using it so uncritically).
the_incredible_hawk ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:37:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dare I ask why? It's been a while since undergrad, but I feel like I knew the difference between objective and subjective coming out of high school and would expect everyone else to, as well.
rekta ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:23:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a useful concept for any high-level humanities analysis. Objective things I can say about King include names, dates and facts. If you're writing an english paper, a history paper, or anything else on King, you would presumably be analyzing his arguments. I can say, objectively I suppose, that King was against racism. I can say he said, "I have a dream." But what else can I say that isn't subjective at some level? I can't analyze what he meant by any particular statement, why he gave the statement, or what the broader issues at hand were. King's own opinions weren't objective; they were based on his subjective experience which were in turn reliant on his social contexts (he was black, he lived in America which has its own particular brand of racism, he was a Christian, and so on).
In the humanities, broadly speaking, what we want is to get students to think about the way that texts (whether it's a novel, a news report, a survey, or a primary historical source) are produced by their social contexts. All sources have biases of some sort. Students, however, see that as a necessarily bad thing because a bias = not objective. Objective is good therefore bias = bad and incorrect. But it's totally correct to say that King has a set of biases that made him ask particular questions and be concerned with particular things. For instance, King spoke quite a bit about the Vietnam War but not to my knowledge about South America. This is because the Vietnam War was a more popular subject among American at that time and because poor young black men enlisted or were drafted and sent to Vietnam far more often than they were sent to South America. You could say King had a bias here and that would be true, but it wouldn't be a bad thing.
That's really ramble-y because it's late where I am and my brain is fried. But the tl;dr is that (1) objectivity is a really limited lens for the kind of analysis I would expect college students to be doing in any humanities discipline and (2) students think of objectivity as good and its opposite (subjectivity and bias) as bad, but the latter are actually the things most humanities scholars are interested in. Letting students talk about objectivity allows them to default into binary and unhelpful modes of thinking.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:56:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is "verboten word" actually english?
ulyssessword ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:01:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anglophone here: I understood it, therefore it's English.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
German here. I understood it too and half of it was german. That's why it confused me.
BigfootTouchedMe ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lots of words are appropriated from other languages and used in English. Verboten isn't common, but I've heard it before.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:33:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's good to know. Wasn't aware you can use "verboten" in english, especially because there is an english word for it.
rekta ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:41:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the case for lots of loan words. Of course, saying that I'm blanking on examples... Chutzpah come to mind though.
Phalex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's allowed if you want to sound more pretentious.
Dosage_Of_Reality ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:23:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Verboten... Ferboten... Ferbiten... Forbidden
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Forest.
internetalterego ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gump.
ShabShoral ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Philosophy?
rekta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:25:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once upon a time until I realized how godawful pretentious the graduate students were. Never had an issue with professional philosophers or philosophy faculty, but they sure do go through some growing pains between undergrad and getting that PhD.
Zardif ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 02:21:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Could be worse. In 10th grade we had to do a 15 page paper on a historical figure. I chose da Vinci. After already putting in maybe 10 hours of research, she checked who we were doing it on and denied my topic because he's "too obvious." so I changed to Hitler because fuck her. She says OK that's fine and moves on.
I write the assignment the very first line was "Hitler was a great man." your first sentence is supposed to captivate the audience right? So I write out the essay explaining how is great(not a good man mind you those two words are different). How his determination shattered lives but also humanized him and put forward some of the things he did which benefitted society.
She was pissed refused to even read past the first sentence. I should mention after I wrote this she told me she was Jewish. She gave me a 0 then I complained and she sent me to the dean because of my paper. He read it said I shouldn't have said great because that means good, I argued and said that it merely meant you had a profound impact both good and bad people can be great. I got a C the paper was fairly decent given the standards of my peers but they both agreed that because I wrote it with a controversial viewpoint I didn't deserve full credit. And then because I was hostile towards my teachers beliefs by writing about Hitler when she was Jewish I got a 5 day suspension.
That began my loathing of English majors and professors and my continued writing of subjects just to piss them off.
Another one in college was when I wrote an essay on madea for my english class taught by a professor who also taught feminism and gender studies. I was in a class of 30 women and basically being the only guy I was called on constantly to hear the male viewpoint. So I started saying how madea was a crazy woman and the brother in law did nothing wrong he was just trying to keep the nation together by making her his wife and binding the old with the new leadership. Pissed her and her female cohorts, who all saw her as some sort of hero for killing her kids, right off.
GummyKibble ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 04:46:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an insufferable religion teacher ("don't refer to Jesus as male because that's exclusionary!") who assigned us insufferable essays. One was about a book from the apocrypha that said something like "and if your wife isn't cool, divorce her". We were to show how sexist this was.
I turned in a tome about what a vast improvement this was over "if she isn't cool, take her out back and stone her to death", and therefore Christianity was the origin of sexual equality and women's lib.
The dean ended up involved because I wasn't about to accept a zero for "writing about the religious roots of the liberation movement". I came out alright.
SuddenFellow ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:03:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would like to hear more stories about your classes because honestly that was probably the funniest thing I've read all night.
Zardif ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 03:12:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took an online sociology class and the topic of an online comment thread (where you had to post 1 main comment and 5 comments about others comments) was "describe [something] using the science of sociology." I replied I can't do the assignment because sociology isn't a science. I was told off by sooo many people (at least 50 in a class of 220) how I was wrong and I needed to stfu.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:20:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i love u
Ouma_Shu ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:31:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahahahahah. For real, is sociology not science(never really bothered with it)?
Zardif ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:19:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a "soft science." Some argue it is a science some argue that it is not. I'll let you decide.
http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-social-science-really-a-science
LeavesCat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant xkcd
Zardif ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love that because I have a degree in physics and math but math is just a language to describe physics. It's No better than English.
MasteroftheHallows ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:55:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
UR MY HERO
SNESamus ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:34:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hate that so much, the fact that great men didn't have to be good people was something we went over the very first week of my 10th grade World History class.
Also I find it weird that da Vinci was too obvious but Hitler wasn't? Isn't Hitler like one of the most famous historical figures of all time?
ViperhawkZ ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:14:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I've decided to write my essay about Roger Fuckbythenavele, who was exiled from Chester in 1310. Don't give me that look, you said you wanted someone less obvious."
wolfman1911 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:46:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not really following how Da Vinci was a more obvious choice than Hitler.
smoike ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:22:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher was following the logic of great=positive influences and impacts on society.
I like the twist of "great = profound impact on the world in a way that affected countless millions regardless if it was for better or worse."
wolfman1911 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:52:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, my favorite line from the Harry Potter series is on the first book when he goes to Ollivander's and he is told that something about how Voldemort was 'Great and terrible, yes, but still great.'
LeavesCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Neither do I, but perhaps she was always up for a nice Hitler-bashing paper.
The_Farting_Duck ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:37:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, she endorsed Hitler, then got pissed that you wrote about Hitler?
Zardif ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:45:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah. I guess I was only allowed to write things that made him a devil instead of a man like any other.
AvalancheMaster ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:22:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you watched The Downfall, the German movie about Hitler from where the "Hitler reacts to..." meme originates? I think you'll like it. The only movie I've seen where Hitler is both evil and human.
readforit ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:20:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
your teacher and dean were grade A fucking cunt nozzles
azon85 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:56:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wat
Zardif ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:06:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
English lol stupid swype...
iamagod_____ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:49:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure glad it knew that thanks to your frequent typing of engorged, it knew.exactly what you were looking for.
TinyBahamut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:05:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My phone corrects almost all words beginning with 'r' to Ra, as in Ra the Egyptian god. It also changes could to coil, and my boyfriend's name to Jihad. Maybe OP has a phone just as smart as mine!
Zardif ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:27:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do... I type the word 'i' and it autocorrects to 'u' all the time.
No swype I have never been so lazy to use 'u' please stop suggesting it you piece of shit.
TinyBahamut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:31:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just found more as I sent a text. It changed 'it' to 'tho'. It changed 'maybe' to 'Sunday'. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING
iamagod_____ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:03:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dudes still taking about engorged shit ALL THE TIME.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:34:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to write a short story with a twist ending or something along the lines of getting the reader to think the story is about something else.
Well being the lazy high school students we were I just grabbed some text of the Internet. I tried finding it but couldn't, probably be found over in /r/forwardsfromgrandma at this point, but it and a few others were pretty popular in the mid 90's and constantly being sent around, they described fairly regular things like, a trip to the dentist but made it seem REALLY dirty.
Our little group ended up getting a night of after-school detention. I suspect she thought it was kind of funny...
Sheepocalypse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:27:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the paper stands on its own merit it shouldn't matter what viewpoint it's arguing.
Zardif ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10th grade in a public school that had 6000 kids in it. You weren't supposed to rock the boat.
Puppies_Are_Food ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:27:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Took me too long to realize you weren't talking about Tyler Perry's Madea...
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:23:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sadly, my first thought as well. She wouldn't be an inappropriate character to discuss in that class.
LazyBuhdaBelly ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:38:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Keep fighting the good fight. We have to turn in written chapter notes for my physics class (in college dammit), so to rebel I put some swear words, random jokes, and occasionally write in ALL CAPS.
RobinsEggTea ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:59:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yea I ended up sharply veering into STEM subjects purely because I was like cats in a sack with english teachers. Fucking insane 80% of the time and I don't need my work shredded by someone's crazy personal bias. I am way too proud to just pander. I regret not just sucking it up in high school and getting the marks.
paracelsus23 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everything wrong with academia today.
CrazyLogical1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:21:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, Medea was written to come of as fucking nuts in the original stories about her. While she was wronged by Jason, going to the lengths she did (killing her children) was unthinkable in the culture she was part of. Not only was a mother supposed to nurture her children no matter what, but her children were not responsible for Jason's actions.
Although I have to admit weather or not she killed her children on purpose, by accident or was just blamed for it depends on the poet you're reading. Mythology is funny like that.
She also did a lot of questionable things after. She was just a power hungry woman in general and if her power was threatened, murder was the best option.
ikilledtupac ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:03:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair, Hitler was far and away the most popular leader in Europe and the time.
cjh93 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:18:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Da Vinci was too obvious, but Hitler was fine? Wtf?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:53:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is such bullshit; I feel frustrated for you. I had a similar experience once. I wrote an essay for an English class in highschool about how a person is often judged on their external appearance and that can influence how they are treated (to their benefit or detriment. I wrote it with a lot of verbal irony and the teacher ended up saying I was very shallow. I guess it was unfortunate that emojis weren't around to help her realize.
SP25 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are a rebel.
Jaminjams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:19:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think the real crime here is writing a 15 page paper in the 10th grade. Jesus Fuck, what kind of ruthlessness is that?? But total bitch 100% for the Hitler thing as well.
janew0lf ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:23:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of one of my college papers. I was taking a Black Theater class and we had to pick a final topic in the field and write a paper on it.
The night before it was due I was stressing out about it to my friend. He told me to try this little pill called aderrall and it would help me concentrate. I forgot what play in particular it was, but it was basically about a black family living in the suburbs. I found a few books about it and they basically criticized how the family was trying to conform to a white society. I got really into and basically wrote a paper about how blacks should violently stand up to whites. Instead of trying to conform to a white society, they should start their own, even if they have to by force.
After I sobered up from the adderral I realized I basically supported a violent revolution against my own race (I'm white). I did get a 97 on the paper though.
workm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:38:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
was the play "A raisin in the sun"?
soulsonicfunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds more like Fences
prissypineapple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This ideology is in line with the sentiment of the poem by Langston Hughes that "A Raisin in the Sun" is named after. It is the notion that after so many peaceful demonstrations and protests that accomplish little progress, violence is necessary. It also is in line with the beliefs of the Black Panthers and other rebel groups of the late 60's. I can see how you did well on the assignment.
Paintingmyfreedom ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:18:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This might be my favorite post ever
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:41:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did you get to college without knowing what the word "objective" means?
Dosage_Of_Reality ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:28:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I got to college I was in an English course and we passed around papers we'd written... I immediately realized I was sitting next to imbeciles that got into college. We're talking extremely basic word choice and sentence structures... Turns out almost all freshmen are idiots. Also we had an 80% fail/drop rate for physics. Got into grad school, phd research, realized all undergrads are lazy idiots
meme-com-poop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:31:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man, peer review of papers in Freshman English class is fucking brutal. I don't know how most of these kids graduated high school, let alone made it to college.
DivorcedAMuslim ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:46:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But some swear some minority got in who did not qualify.
PleaseDontDoxxMe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
College is simply a corporation seeking a profit. It's not that far-fetched for people to get into college and not even be properly educated in high school.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:33:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Given the amount of football players that majored in 'independent studies', you are absolutely correct.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/us/unc-report-academic-fraud/
Another one: "Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th graders": http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/index.html
Fraerie ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:17:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So you tried successfully to write an objectionable essay.
If it makes you feel better, I wrote an essay in high school explaining how Benjamin Disraeli was a loser based on a single quote we were given.
THE_DINOSAUR_QUEEN ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:17:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was the quote?
Fraerie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:59:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...it might have been this one (it's over 25 years ago, memory is rusty):
colorvarian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:06:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hahahah YES! I want to know how you felt when you were initially given the assignment, how you felt writing it, and how you first realized you misinterpreted the prompt. Also was the professor black.
BenjamintheFox ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:20:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sitting here on the back of a truck in a parking lot laughing. I probably look like a lunatic
BIGMc_LARGEHUGE ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:24:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RemindMe! 2 days see if op is still racist
PoopingProbably ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:57:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my God I'm cracking up this is hilarious. That must have been so awkward
GCSThree ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wanna know what you could have said to warrant a meeting with the dean.
MargotFenring ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:20:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, reminds me of when our history teacher split the class and had us debate secession aka the Civil War and being a bit of a civil war enthusiast (I even had a confederate flag on my wall, yes, that flag, it was a more innocent time) I kicked everybody's ass and the South rose again during second period in Mr. Dibono's class that day.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:22:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of the time in high school english when we had to write a paper about the Civil rights movement, and present it to the class. This was the mid '90's, and I live in a very white part of Alabama. Half of the papers turned in were about the benefits of segregation or George Wallace's 1968 Presidential campaign.
lustywench99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To fake quote this paper I'm imagining a line like, "and no sir, frankly you did not have a dream. No one has dreams like that. I call bullshit. I bet your dream was about something completely different. Like sharks."
Missy166 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:16:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's cringe-worthy right there! Where did you find info to back your claim? And did you end up more or less racist afterwards?
rainbowdashtheawesom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This didn't go the way I expected, but I'm not sure which is worse. I thought you were going to say you misinterpreted what they meant when they said you were going to be discussing Dr. King's "movements." That would be one creepy essay...
oblio76 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I need to read that paper. You don't know how hard I'm laughing.
wearenighthawks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:54:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh fuck I'm cry-laughing so hard right now. Tears streaming down my face. This is amazing.
space_alien ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Laughing to myself like an idiot currently, and getting weird looks
NomNomCheezbrgr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man i'm just crying with laughter in my bed how could you fuck up so bad bro
TheFeshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm thinking you wrote a very objectionable paper, rather than an objective one.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My freshman college English teacher asked us to write a paper on why Hitler was right.
The point of the assignment was to make the students see what it was like making arguments on a side that we all knew was wrong, and of course he didn't give any grades for the assignment. No one in the class got past the first sentence on the paper.
renaldomoon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I rarely actually full out laugh on reddit but you fucking got you me. That shit is hilarious.
TrueSouldier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What did you do? Defend the legality of Jim Crow for the paper's length.
Silvystreak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sue the school, that's discrimination against your beliefs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:25:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rewrite it, you racist bastard.
CockOfTheRock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This the funniest thing I have ever read on this website. This will randomly cross my mind for the next month as I chuckle to myself on the commute to school.
dabluebunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:29:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Law school was tough for op being the only racist Black Man in his class.
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kingfrito_5005 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are plenty of ways you could have written a paper opposing do tor king that needn't necessarily be Racist
LovesBigWords ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Because they were nailed to a burning cross at the time?sorry.
petit_cochon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahahahaha oh Christ, that's amazing.
You could've just written the other part from Malcolm X's perspective and skipped the racism bit. ;)
Neuermann ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Objective, as in "I object!"? That is hilarious, especially considering it was a freshman english teacher.
(May be just my experience) A super liberal hippy femnazi that hates white privilege?
lizrael ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the funniest thing I've read in a while
CatalinaWineMixer12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guessing you haven't been asked to lead the "Black Lives Matter" campaign.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm dying laughing here. Thank you!
I'm just picturing that scene in American History X when he hands in his essay.
CrazyLogical1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My brother was once in a class where the teacher basically forced students to do something similar. Choose something to argue in favor of/against, or why a person in history was correct/wrong.
After that, the teacher then went "now write with the opposite stance". One poor kid ended up writing a defense of Hitler, another of Stalin, my brother had to write against gay marriage...
It was kind of funny to find out some of the ludicrous things that some of the students had to now argue in favor of or against.
MilesBeyond250 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of ninth grade. Was assigned a project on MLK Jr. Fun fact: Martin Luther King Jr is not Martin Luther's full name.
Not a good mistake to make in a Catholic high school
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus...so much cringe right here. I can't imagine how appalled the teacher was when they read it and how embarrassed you would've been when the teacher pointed out your mistake. Christ.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
now I can just imagine a sketch on like, Key and Peele or something where they have short debate topics between two people and they cycle between who argues for and who argues against what, but everytime one guy has to argue against something it's like "Women's Suffrage" or "Civil Rights", then has to argue for things like torture and kicking homeless people out of parks.
ikilledtupac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
holy shit dude.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:31:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a way, that's quite an achievement. Assuming you're not a horrible racist, writing articulately and insightfully from a perspective which is not your own, is extremely challenging.
beepbeep_meow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:31:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is hysterical. I would be so mortified.
kmlaser84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Abjective: adjective; tending to degrade, humiliate, or demoralize:
zx7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How was your grade?
Alien_incognito ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
read it 10 minutes ago, still laughing
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, I took a class to fulfill my Gen Ed stuff called Deliberative Discussions (i.e. debates). I made an argument once that people shouldn't be upset about NSA spying if they had nothing to hide, and even my own group turned on me. It was funny watching the teacher scramble when our side started arguing with each other.
onthebalcony ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:09:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was told to do a presentation on Martin Luther for religion class. I thought that meant talking about the man himself, not his teachings and effect on society. That didn't go too well.
Poobaby ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:44:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Omg, thanks for this, really made my day!
Girlinhat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:05:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For what it's worth, you completed your assignment perfectly. The whole point of writing papers is to be able to do research, make coherent statements, and follow through with arguments. Even if the stance is wrong, if you were able to write a whole paper opposing MLKJr's work, that sounds like a damn impressive paper and some dedication to your assigned work.
prestatiedruk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:32:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know if this happened, but I chose to believe it did. I didn't laugh out loud, but I almost hyperventilated because of all the grunts of joy I made sitting on my bedside.
The dog looked worried at me.
dstenersen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:15:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP here, although I can't technically prove it, this was a very real event :(
schnit123 ยท 5643 points ยท Posted at 20:01:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a professional writing class, I had an assignment where I had students set up a professional website using Wix. The point was to show them how easy doing that and then spending a small amount of money to host it under your own URL (which I didn't require, I just showed them the steps) would give you a professional looking website. One of my students somehow got it in his head that the website was supposed to be a fictional project and not actually about them so he made a "professional" website for a cat named Mittens including a fake professional profile and resume (skills include laying in the sun and knocking things off of countertops). He was really embarrassed when I told him that the website was supposed to be about his professional experience.
themildones ยท 1034 points ยท Posted at 21:01:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just out of curiosity, did you give him a good grade or make him re-do it?
schnit123 ยท 1142 points ยท Posted at 22:10:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made him redo it but didn't dock him any points for having to redo it.
[deleted] ยท 1928 points ยท Posted at 23:37:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's stupid, what's the difference? No ones sending out a wix site to a potential employer
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[deleted] ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 01:05:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But everybody already likes cats!
pupecki ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:12:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't
ninja10130 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:20:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You monster.
Defttone ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:21:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im just allergic :c
taken_username_is ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So am I. Or at least, that's what they said when they did tests when I was around 8. I just sneeze a bit more so I don't really care.
Guess it'd be different if I broke out in hives or whatever that's called. I think I'd still have cats. I've always had cats. I still remember the one we had that died when I was 4. He was awesome.
I won't take a pedigree cat though. Most die too soon :(
Defttone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get a really runny nose and i start breaking out in hives... it sucks
arudnoh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:28:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, I'm terrible at making myself look good, but I used to sell cats.
susumaya ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:18:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username relevant
expendablethoughts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:21:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My best grade ever on an essay was for a a piece I wrote about the colour blue. The teacher told us it could be about anything.
I raised my hand, asked if he really meant anything and he said yes, that he simply wanted us to use all the proper key points and form of an English essay.
So there I went, made a case about exactly why the colour blue was the single best colour that ever was. Since the arguments weren't very extensive, the essay was short, but contained everything needed, and it was obviously concise, which he liked a lot.
blastedt ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 01:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP said it was a prof-comm course. Part of the course goals is to teach you to write your own resume.
seiferfury ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
schnit123 ยท 132 points ยท Posted at 00:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A discussion down below made me realize I probably didn't use the best terminology. I basically had them use Wix to make an online resume, which I suppose makes it more of a personal site (though it's a "professional" personal site). It was more an exercise in getting them to use web tools more than anything else. You'd be amazed how resistant students are to learning any sort of new tech.
natufian ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 02:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But wait... you just said...
Okay, Mittens Man sympathizer here. He understood your objective and devised a solution to fulfill it, I also would've assumed (correctly?) that it was an exercise in demonstrating knowledge of using web tools and would have done similarly. I'm a little surprised you didn't end up with Lorem Ipsum :/
[deleted] ยท 213 points ยท Posted at 00:57:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I know, my point is if his site worked and had a mock resume it's utilizing the technology in the same way. Now if it was a lesson in creating a professional resume as well - I understand.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 01:33:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because one part of the point of assignments is to do them as assigned. If my boss tells me to go do a reconnect to an existing system, and instead I go to their neighbors and install a new set up, perfect as it may be, I didn't follow the directions and my boss has every right to penalize my ass.
EndsInATangent ยท 68 points ยท Posted at 02:04:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except it matters if you do exactly what your boss says, it only matters if he learns from the teacher
lawyerlady ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 03:10:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its a basic lack of attention to detail.
Ive seen people get fired for using an old letter as a template and not changing the date. (It was the last straw in a lack of "ATD", which is all our boss would write on a document which needed correcting. So we would not be able to bill any time while we searched a 7 page document for an unknown mistake which could be as simple as a missing comma somewhere)
People always bitch that school and uni dont prepare people for the real world. Then they want shit like this to slide through. If my boss told me to prepare pleadings for a matter claiming passing off and i brought him back ones that claimed fraud i would have wasted my time, my bosses time and the clients time. Thats unacceptable in a professional world.
Op was hard but fair.
Casswigirl11 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I understand what you're saying, but I could go 50/50 on this one. The student obviously learned the material of the lesson (making an online resume), which was the objective. However, they completed the assignment using different criteria than expected. Though that demonstrates there was some miscommunication, it affects no one.
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IAmVeryStupid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:46:54 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is an age old excuse for poor teaching. "it's to teach responsibility/discipline/following directions/time management!" Every assignment does that. That doesn't excuse assigning dumb shit that doesn't help the student learn the course material, or grading in a way that doesn't reflect the student's knowledge of the course material.
EndsInATangent ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:18:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but that wasn't the main lesson
Mankeybutt21 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:08:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, I think a large part of college is to teach young adults how to be innovative, not subserviant.
EndsInATangent ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:14:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree
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EndsInATangent ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:15:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It really isn't though.
Ajinho ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:45:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Keep digging that hole bud, I'm sure you'll hit bedrock soon enough.
EndsInATangent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did. Found an ender portal
GlyphGryph ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If my boss tells me to do something, and I accomplish everything he actually wanted even if I did it a different way, he doesn't give a shit.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:40:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except a comparative example would be doing something in roughly the same vein as what the boss asks, but completely wrong. I imagine he'd give a shit then.
"Hey, make a website for Coca-Cola!"
Two weeks later
"Hey boss, here's that website for A&W Root Beer!"
"This isn't what I asked for...."
GlyphGryph ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:44:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except the goal of the assignment was to learn the related skills, not build a product anyone would actually care about.
FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But part of the assignment is to do it as assigned, not as something else.
Basic direction following is a pretty common part of school work
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FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:56:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Basic direction following is a pretty common expectation of school work
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FrankGoreStoleMyBike ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:22:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not the same thing.
He only achieved a partial correct answer. That's why it was wrong.
He failed to achieve all assigned aspects.
TheWiredWorld ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:14:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:22:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those who can't, teach.
LittleNaysh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:45:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And those who cant teach, teach gym.
cartoonistaaron ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 01:35:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The point is, there's an assignment, and part of learning is also learning to make sure you understand what's being asked of you. If I gave my boss at the insurance company the wrong information, presented in the right format, my boss will - at best - be annoyed and make me do it again.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you ever made a wix site? Point is he does understand what's going on if he made a damn site and uploaded a resume. If the assignment was geared towards professional resume writing I can see the point. I just thought it was hilarious what he created and still showed he understood the technology, and I would've accepted it haha
Divotus ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
+/u/user_simulator /u/divotus
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but the teacher had no interest in the information, which is clear to both parties.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:12:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I personally only arguing for him to re-do it because that's what's going to happen to that student in an office setting. If you don't follow the directions right you have to do it over, even if its something nobody will ever use.
schroederrr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:38:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably for experience making their own resume and to think about themselves, not a pro cat.
dragonduelistman ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:28:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The difference is that it was the students fault that he misunderstood so why would he not have to do the same project everyone else did.
jerog1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People send wix sites to employers all the time, they look like any other site
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:47:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Casswigirl11 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:22:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the instructions were poorly explained? It's a lesson for the teacher as well, if that's the case.
freezerae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why not?
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 01:27:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because it looks pretentious and isn't more convenient than an attachment to an email. Also, if it's s job in tech, guarantee the hiring manager will judge you. Anyone can create a wix site it's nothing special
striker1211 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But buzz words and web 3.0 man. web 3.0.
readforit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:16:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think schnit123 is little bit of dumbass
RaineDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:10 on December 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I really wish that were true, but sadly, it is not. I've looked over resumes of people claiming to be web designers / developers who were using Wix for their portfolios. Obviously, they weren't any good at web design/development.
I saw Tumblr being used multiple times as well.
kanks24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:52 on December 10, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is wrong with Wix?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:13 on December 10, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hah late comment. I just meant, if you're a recruiter or a potential employer, a well thought out professional resume is so much more convenient than someone making a website for themselves and sending you that link. And if it's for a tech job and you're trying to make yourself look qualified it's probably counter productive because wix is essentially a drag and drop tool that anyone with Internet proficiency can use.
That being said I've made some decent sites with wix and don't really have an issue with it, just not to send in place of resume to a potential employer.
kanks24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:11:51 on December 10, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Ok I get what you're saying :D Thanks for the reply, have a nice day :)
sparr ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Today, probably far fewer people, but 5-10 years ago?
GlyphGryph ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They may have been sending them, but no one was looking at them.
sparr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they used their own domain name, how would someone know it was a wix site before looking at it?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:44:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Idk, I wasn't in the job hunt five to ten years ago
AndGraceToo ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 01:07:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But his sounds way better than what you wanted! No offense to you, but if I had to do my life/work experience vs a fictional cat's?
You're hiring my cat.
NorthernAvo ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:01:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahhh man, c'mon, Mittens was essentially no different than a human being. You should've saved him the time and kept his project as a treasure.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:51:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too many upvotes. You're a monster.
HeroinTheMusical ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:31:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have thought because you were a redditor you would have an awesome sense of humor and loved the fact he made a website for Mittens and given him full points. He followed your assignment and showed mastery of the website. :( GO MITTENS!!! Team Mittens forever.
constructivCritic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:37:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would not have put my info on the site either. Hate these kinds of assignments. Why should I have to share personal stuff about my self. Spent pretty much all my school life trying to make crap up for these kinds of writing assignments.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:47:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You seem like the kind of teacher who doesn't really make an impression on your students.
Plazmotech ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why though? He did the work. It's not like the website would be useful, anyway. For god's sake, it was made using Wixโฆ
mspinklady ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
qdhjjjjjxsttghhjkbh
Frigginmung ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha weak
LumpyShitstring ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:03:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, what grade was this for? Maybe he didn't have much professional experience yet.
Strengthunited ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who the hell uses wix anyway. What a shitty teacher.
CannabisMeds ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
right call. He didnt do the assignment as assigned so ya can't let it completely slide, but good call not fucking him with a rake over the particulars.
Onlynatalie ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:27:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
are you trying to kill Mittens?
TYPkingston ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:58:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would also like to know.
8oD ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:58:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I too would like to take your coat, Aunt Selma.
cockstem ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:15:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He killed it
Hyperion295 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But curiosity killed Mittens. Careful.
Weaselmon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If he answers this question, Schrodinger has proved curiosity killed the cat.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:44:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're a bad teacher.
Big_N_Fluffy ยท 4900 points ยท Posted at 21:08:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The important question is, did you hire Mittens? Because his resume sounded very impressive.
zach2992 ยท 2606 points ยท Posted at 21:32:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had to fire him for spending too much time trying to catch the red dot.
Big_N_Fluffy ยท 4251 points ยท Posted at 21:39:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a shame. Well, I'm sure he'll land on his feet.
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Not_An_Ambulance ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 01:51:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That... Is an allusion, not a pun.
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XDSHENANNIGANZ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:30:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shut up kitt.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:35:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
? This is an Arrested Development allusion, not a Knight Rider allusion.
Intnop ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:43:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A Knight Rider allusion is something comedians do for money, Michael.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:13:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now you're getting it.
XDSHENANNIGANZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still read it in kitts voice. I honestly have didn't think it was related at all I just saw Michael as the last part and the way kitt says it in an almost snobby way just popped into my head.
Mike-Oxenfire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not an allusion it's an ILLUSION
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:13:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, that was a pun.
frostburner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:25:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, you're not wrong.
Pit-trout ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:22:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
โฆit's a pun. It's a sentence that can be interpreted two ways, depending on whether you read it with the literal or figurative meaning of "land on his feet". It's a humorous double meaning. It's a pun.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:37:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
A pun is a word that can be interpreted two or more ways, but /u/Not_An_Ambulance is wrong too. It's a play on words but not a pun.
EDIT: I'm now unsure about any of what I just said here
pretendingtobecool ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:57:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
pun noun \หpษn\ : a humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:20:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I don't know.
Not_An_Ambulance ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:17:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, no... It is an allusion. There are sort of multiple word plays going on. First, there is the fact that the phrase "land on his feet" can mean a literal land on his feet, but also the idiom which basically means that everything ends up okay after some challenge. Secondly, he's ALLUDING to the fact that cats tend to land on their feet at least... in the popular consciousness, if they really do or not is sort of ... complicated.
I mean, all that is what makes it an excellent word play. and, frankly is sort of why I say it's not a pun... without the outside knowledge about cats, the joke is lost. Normally all you need to know is the meaning of the phrases to make it a working pun.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:50:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confused as to why it cannot be both.
KoboldCommando ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:24:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because false dichotomies.
Not_An_Ambulance ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:59:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It could be, I just don't think it is. I'm with /u/_a_n_ on the definition of a pun. The sources I have looked up to double check actually vary on if a phase is or not, so it hinges on that.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:23:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well fuck me I don't know anything. You and /u/pretendingtobecool should fight about whether it's a pun though.
pretendingtobecool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I'll concede here. I'm more better with numbers than words.
Atsusaki ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:25:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honest question, is this a pun?
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:31:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
one_last_drink ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:55:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's just funny.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:07:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
sens1264 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
C'mon, I really wanna know if it's a pun or allusion. I still don't know :(
sens1264 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
C'mon, I really wanna know if it's a pun or allusion. I still don't know :(
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, it is.
one_last_drink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whatever it is it's certainly clever
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you!
specialdialingwand ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yes!
zakattack66 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:38:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Play on words. Sorry.
Spacegostcoast2coast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:53:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant user name, as well.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:03:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That pun is so well executed I'm certain /u/Big_N_Fluffy is a cat irl
NeilKemp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Very punny indeed
idefix_the_dog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
LickItSlut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:07:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
Trogdorocks ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:17:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No it's not. It's a play on words.
nicolasyodude ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:39:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's actually not a pun...
Yes I'm that guy
Yourwtfismyftw ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:06:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a great joke but not a play on words so...
K_cutt08 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:06:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ high quality pun quality pun๐ thats โ some high๐๐quality pun right๐๐th ๐ ere๐๐๐ rightโthere โโif i doโฦฝaาฏ soโmy sel๏ฝ ๐ฏ i say so ๐ฏ thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: สณแถฆแตสฐแต แตสฐแตสณแต) mMMMMแทะ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ะO0ะเฌ ๏ผฏOO๏ผฏOะเฌ เฌ Ooooแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแตแต๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐High quality pun
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:37:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not a pun.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:49:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know, it's been 18 hours, and not a single person has noted this! Not even the top reply to my comment! Congratulations on having such a unique and insightful comment. I'm so glad that you notified me.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:59:23 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, loads of people told you, because they are all smarter than you. Your sarcasm is subpar also.
Skinningrizz ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:10:42 on November 29, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I second this motion.
Kthoom ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:33:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah it was the right decision if he wants to act like that just because he's a cat nip it in the bud and let him go.
Thiischris ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:24:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He did and his rรฉsumรฉ was purrfect
misterderp9 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:40:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But that's not pawsible
Thiischris ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:45:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure he pounced when the time was right
ForRoaming ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:17:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
meow
preston0810 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cats
The_Ghast_Hunter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
dogs
B0NESAWisRRREADY ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:34:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fantastic.
addysol ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:51:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure you have a position for him down at Big_N_Fluffy Pty Ltd head office
TheSwagMuffinOG ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:54:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's still got eight lives even if he doesn't
SlendyIsBehindYou ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:58:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Goddammit
camk16 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Internet WIN!
Newcraft ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:18:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like you.
hoopsrule44 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:42:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bravo!
-DisobedientAvocado- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:21:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He can easily purrrsue other job choices.
pukesonyourshoes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:26:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Purrfect
wearenottheborg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:56:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:20:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have an upvote.
Echoes_ghost ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:42:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ba-dum tiss
NananaBedman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that's next level dad jokes! Grandpa is that you?
Gemmellious ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
DapperDiglett ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:58:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure his career will tunaround
Edelmaniac ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:07:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO.
diarrhea_slut ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:48:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
CAT PUN.
Corrode1024 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:08:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just imagined a board of directors type of meeting, and then when the slide changes, the person points the dot onto the slide, a cat jumps and hits the screen.
The camera then pans back to see one open, spinning, chair, and one guy yells, "Damnit Mr. Mittens! We don't have time for this every meeting!"
Its an amazing visual.
user1492 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:10:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You would enjoy The Bob Cats
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:30:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Been way too long since I read this last.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:30:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never seen this before. I know what I'll be doing all afternoon.
Corrode1024 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:15:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you so much for this. Super high, and I'm laughing my ass off.
IAmTheAg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:14:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I might be fired for spending too much time with reddot as well
GCSThree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and spending too much time on reddot.com
a8raza ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and look where I am now you piece of shit boss
codesign ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you actually see him doing it? I mean you shouldn't fire them unless you witnessed it, and if you did, you should write a book on how, titled "How to catch a red dotter".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:59:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We waste time Redditing, he wastes time Red-dotting. Seems like a wash.
Pinkie_Pie_Swear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
glug_glug_glug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I was fired for spending too much time on reddot too.
roguetowel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
'Catching the red dot' sounds like excellent drug slang.
Demonweed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now he'll never be able to afford that boat!
Ragtop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:23:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's tough man - Spend too long chasing that red dot, and you'll burn yourself out by 30. I knew a guy up on the 7th floor - Chased that red dot right out infront of a car. Left a wife and two kittens behind.
SongAboutYourPost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Listen to Dont Chase Red Dot by SongAboutYourPost #np on #SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/songaboutyourpost/dont-chase-red-dot
Mittens27 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:00:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was eventually hired by a third party kitty firm.
GreatBabu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:47:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You've waited quite a while for this, haven't you?
ManiacalShen ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:00:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
See for yourself: http://www.businesscat.happyjar.com/
endtoendux ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:56:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
hylian122 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:14:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about hiring Mittens, but I'd certainly hang out with him.
Thiischris ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:23:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess you could say his rรฉsumรฉ was purrfect
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:18:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean, impuuurrrrrsive right?
canuckerlimey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:21:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he was thinking outside of the box, I assume the cat was too busy inside the box.
NotTerriblyImportant ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never forget
dickflyr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:02:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.businesscat.happyjar.com/comic/pay-rise/
Business Cat would hire Mittens.
whalt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:10:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mittens is a real go-getter. I see upper management potential.
slumberlust ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:32:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was highly clawlified.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:57:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Psh. Good luck trying to match CEO Cat's benefit package and work from litter box policy. That guy get all the top cat talent.
seiferfury ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:55:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too late, Mittens is a CEO already
bergie321 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:58:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mittens sounds like a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
turbo_dude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:01:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The famous hiking Mittens from the rock?!
knightni73 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:24:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mittens put out the kind of resume that made you want to hire him right meow.
CentaurOfDoom ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 22:59:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No such thing.
Dent18 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:16:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also fuck Wix
It was a huge pain in the ass to use and you had to pay for everything, and I can't get quite annoyed enough at their daily emails to unsubscribe from the email list but I do somewhat annoyed and that sucks
Psychoplasm_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:10:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was going to check out Wix. What alternatives are there?
justtonnyyy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wordpress.
Powers 25% of the internet, active user base, lots of support and forums, etc etc.
Otherwise Magento. But srs, Wordpress.
anotheronetouse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:35:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But so many vulnerabilities. It's a real problem if you're not on top of updating your site.
justtonnyyy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:11:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's true, everything is vulnerable if you're not running the latest version/patch.
As someone famous once said, "Patch thy shit.".
minineko ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hiring a developer to actually do the job properly. With these kinds of projects it's always "you get what you pay for"
anotheronetouse ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:34:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Weebly, it's an easy drag and drop editor with a site that's ad free.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wix is easy to use. I've had no trouble but I'm not paying for it either.
lilium365 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:14:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All web designers hate Wix.
shouldstoplurking ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:02:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I could be misinterpreting semantics but I suspect OP may simply mean something that looks professional; not necessarily a professional project.
Le_9k_Redditor ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:32:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, still not checking out
schnit123 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:46:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Basically I had them make a website they could use as an online resume. Personal website might have been a better term but it was a "professional" personal site.
f00gers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:24:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a web designer, yup, never seen a wix site that was good.
beelzeflub ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Squarespace all the way
Mittens27 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:59:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he did a great job on my website.
player314 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:31:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like he made it into a better project. You need to work on your communication skills better BTW. C- for you.
Let_me_cook_doe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:52:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a sophomore in high school, we had an assignment in English to write our stance on euthanasia. But the professor never wrote it down or got too in depth in class about it. (Looking back, it was likely intentional.) There were only 2 of us out of 25 students that didn't write about adoption of the youth in asia.
schnit123 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my colleagues had something similar happen. She recommended a student write a paper on euthanasia and she got a paper on the youth in Asia.
FormaldehydeAndSeek ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:42:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that is ADORABLE
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:20:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God i hit Wix...
schnit123 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hit it with your fist?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:58:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dammit xD hate*
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:04:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Websites made with website builders look like websites made with site builders. I wouldn't recommend them
bexyrex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:15:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure this is what LinkedIn is for
nof ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:29:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wix is the colloquial German word for masturbation. Poor choice of company name.
Nosiege ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:41:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should feel embarrassed for suggesting Wix.
inmyhumbleo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But Wix is the worst
myaccountoh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Professional site on wix is an oxymoron
Sunshine_of_your_Lov ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:41:23 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's hilariously awesome
TrueCaptainCrocs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's odd, my current English teacher told me a story like this.
Icanjam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:13:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OMG this is hilarious!!!
TheREALMoeSzyslak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back when I took that class we had to create video resumes
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
priceless!
vilent_sibrate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's adorable.
Auntlake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please, What is the URL to this glorious wix page?
rdxl9a ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have given him and A+ for creativity. Good, thinking creatively is awesome. Student still learned the process and he can do it in the future for his own creative agency! Only the student will probably teach himself to code in html5, CSS and JavaScript, and just do his own website.
alcabCT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Link?
breakplans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the second grade we had to make up our own holiday and make a poster about the festivities of our holiday and what it's called. Everyone called theirs things like "cupcake day" and "panda day" and crap; I named mine something like ZooBalooba day and the festivities included drinking neon colored soda and hula hooping.
I got a good grade but I was MORTIFIED the whole time we had to display them on the bulletin board because everyone else's were so generic. I was probably a bit of a smartass second grader.
thebluewitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We set up a couple fake auction sites at work, to test some auction software from magento. I set up a "paintings by Brutus" site. Brutus the bulldog had a lot of dog paintings for sale. They were all famous dog paintings. I even wrote descriptions about his mood while painting them, how the blue in the blue dog series represented his inability to see color, how the dogs playing poker was his friends over on a Saturday night for a few beers.
He was very prolific.
I spent hours on that site. It was some of the best fun I've ever had at work.
JoeKingQueen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:32:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Link?
Nick12506 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, you don't know it wasn't him. That could be his nickname.
Kiyoko504 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A for effort right
xIdontknowmyname1x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mrs. Toms?
SAGORN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The entire time reading this I kept thinking what does WIC and supporting low-income mothers have to do with this assignment.
beets_me ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:52:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/meow_irl
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sort of an oxymoron.
irishfragrenade ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1st place red dot catcher 2 years running
ch00d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kitten mittens!
Iamabioticgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does your car make too much noise all the time??
Super_Pinky11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't you mean a purrfessional cat?
Baeshun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/hailcorporate
Krispybaron ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Professional... Website... Wix... Three words I thought I'd never see together. :)
born2drum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was his way of coming out as cat, you insensitive prick
CrazyPlato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit, we need to make Mittens.com the top search on Google. Who's with me?
lizrael ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm crying with laughter
FF3LockeZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never post your personal details online! Everyone knows that. He was just being safe.
Anothergen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...this is one of those subtle marketing things isn't it? You name dropped Wix, told us how easy it was to use, stated that it was professional, and made it clear that you could host it under your own URL...
Hmmm...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's the thing, I feel like a class should never require me to put information about myself out on a public website. I would have made a fictional page as well, because at the end of the day, if the task is to learn how easy it is to set up a page, it doesn't matter whether it is about me or Mittens. The task is not for me to advertise myself.
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh. Wow.
wlee1987 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:47:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does your cat make too much noise all the time?
rxpatient ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:45:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone here hating on Wix and I'm sitting here having made two full and professional sites with it and enjoyed the process and result...
c_dawg7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Profesional website"
"using Wix"
...................
_ShutThatBabyUp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was Mittens a kitten?
DracosRhaghar ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:16:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mittens is the cancer of New Eden, down with the Imperium
Mister_One_Shoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:47:07 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
grr mittens
2LateImDead ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:05:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm making a website using Wix right now for my biology teacher. How does one go about getting it under a custom URL, and how much does it cost?
schnit123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:31:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's been awhile since I've taught it but you'd need to get the URL through a site like Godaddy. The cost of the URL is heavily dependent on what it is you're buying. It's a few dollars a month from Wix to host under your own URL though. They have a section for paid options on their site.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Use Google domains it's cheaper
oneawesomeguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you buy a domain name from any legit place, you can point it to your Wix website. It will cost about $15 for most unregistered domain names. Wix possibly sells the domain names directly. I don't recommend GoDaddy.
joshingme ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:16:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Url?
Fryguy48 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:25:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean it sounded like he put alot of work into it. Did you accept the assignment? And if so, did he get a good mark?
TheoX747 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:09:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this "Wix" still a reliable service? Speaking as someone who may need to find a place to host their own site soon.
cuntlike_throwaway ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 22:44:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/hailcorporate
duckspunk ยท 3011 points ยท Posted at 20:59:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an adjunct instructor, and I've done a lot of teaching at community colleges and tech schools. Most of what I teach at these institutions are remedial classes for incoming students who test poorly on their placement exams. In spite of this many, if not most, of my students are bright and eager and willing to put in the work... even if their dedication sometimes takes them in the wrong direction.
So this past spring I was teaching one of these classes and the final assignment is a research paper on your chosen career. It's a longer version of "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" in APA format. At five-to-six pages, it's usually the longest thing my students have ever had to write, so we spend a lot of time working out different organizational patterns that will lend themselves well to this particular topic. Mostly I ask them questions to help them generate and arrange their ideas: What does this job entail? What are the daily tasks associated with this job? What kind of career mobility are you looking for? What steps do you need to take in order to achieve the career of your dreams?
Well, sometimes students will zero in on one part of an assignment and completely forget about the other requirements. Happens all the time. In this instance, I had a student focus only on that last question, completely forgetting the rest of them. So in a class full of future nurses and IT professionals, I had one guy write a ten page paper (using the required five sources, all cited correctly) on how to become the fucking Batman.
caseycomeback ยท 1123 points ยท Posted at 21:57:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he though
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 1542 points ยท Posted at 23:36:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you see the Joker terrorizing Gotham anywhere? Thought not.
bettareckognize ยท 86 points ยท Posted at 01:32:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Batman and Joker exist in a symbiotic relationship. Without one the other cannot exist. The absence of a Joker actually implies the absense of a Batman.
SmeeGod ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 01:53:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are talking about comic book batman. Real life batman killed the joker in 2003
blotsfan ยท 102 points ยท Posted at 03:07:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought sleeping pills killed the Joker in 2008.
jberg93 ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 03:51:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ouch
ChromaLife ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:57:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too soon.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:27:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
7 years is not too soon.
ICanHomerToo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay alfred
Dead_Starks ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:14:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep couple of movies, some comics, a TV show, and several games as well. Hes terrorizing Gotham on multiple platforms.
-Mountain-King- ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:39:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right, and he's being opposed by the Batman. There you go.
Itxi ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:40:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So he didn't then
Sensorfire ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the right thing to say, /u/-TheWrongThingToSay- .
Tree_of_Meats ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see Gotham either; the Joker must have destroyed it already.
Wannabe_Madgirl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:05:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shockingly inoffensive but relevant username.
trigg73 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:51:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So he didn't. I mean, the Joker is around only because of Batman.
boomfarmer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see a Gotham anywhere. His plans better include either a doctorate of urban planning or some high-quality mass amnestics.
Alarid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jared is next
abtei ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:40:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're welcome.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:03:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But the joker only exists because of batman. So......
tykneetym ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:14:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you ever seen that guy and Batman together in the same room?
-iambatman- ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:06:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
captainslowww ยท 191 points ยท Posted at 22:10:07 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So... how did he do?
NotShirleyTemple ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 14:20:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guessing he started off by missing some classes for his parents' funeral.
meltingparadiso ยท 43 points ยท Posted at 02:02:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was he trolling or was the paper written in earnest? If well written and committed, that's an impressive paper.
I remember having to write an instructional paper for Freshman English. Most kids did something like, "How to Drive a Car" or "How to Cook Mac and Cheese". I did, "how to Procrastinate for an Entire Week an Still Write an Effective Essay".
MyOverflow ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 04:41:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you still have a copy of that essay? I want to see how much your techniques intersect with mine.
LowlySlayer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:16:14 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know dead thread but I have to tell this. In my high school speech class we had to do a speech. I put it off until the dead line. I wrote a speech about procrastination. The teacher said that the content was good, but I lost points for not having it memorized. The rest of the students put it off for an entire week, and lost no points for being late. I was mildly aggravated.
_Aurora_ ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 22:14:05 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well... describing what being the Batman would entail, the daily tasks associated with being the Batman, career mobility as a Batman...
If the guy did that, he'd probably end up working as some sort of private security contractor but...
[deleted] ยท 103 points ยท Posted at 00:40:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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gini1242 ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 01:16:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This right here is why I miss college.
I had to write a 8 page paper on writing in pop culture once and choose fanfiction for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I had this middle aged 'traditional' lecturer who I totally thought was going to have a melt down when I told her my topic, but I got it back and received a 97 iirc with marks only off because of syntax etc.
I'm still not sure how that happened.
snoogans122 ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 03:47:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once wrote like 10 pages on why the movie genre of 'horror' is masturbatory in nature, while at the same time being a mirror of society within their given era. It also received an A, and my teacher personally loved it. College rules.
dhporter ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:16:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would absolutely read that.
GWizzle ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:07:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not entirely sure what you mean by horror being masturbatory, but it's definitely a mirror of society in many ways. I wrote a short paper recently based on that premise that focused specifically on how zombies as understood around the 19th century were a reflection on the contemporary practice of transatlantic slavery.
Yess-cat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:38:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even on a simpler level, it reminded me of that front page post recently - the info graphic showing what the most popular movie monsters were by decade. You can see the influence of real world events (ex. 1950s - aliens are suddenly #1)
GWizzle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:51:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohh I missed this, any chance you'd have a link?
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:22:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stimulus - movie
Builds up tension & energy through use of fear & anticipation
tension & energy quickly released, followed by rush of pleasure
sorator ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 03:18:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fanfic is read and written by folks from all walks of life... especially middle-aged women.
ReservoirGods ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:17:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
cough Fifty Shades of Grey cough
Lez_B_Proud ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I may or may not have read "walks" as wanks on my first go of that.
This is probably why I shouldn't reddit in the early morning on very little sleep.
rickytheturian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I started referencing cartoons in the intros of my college papers. I wrote an essay on Oliver Twist where I talked about Pip from South Park (because he's based on a character from a different Dickens novel, I forgot how I tied that in though), I think I got a low A. For the same professor but a different class I wrote about Cheryl/Carol from Archer as an intro to an essay on Oscar Wilde (maybe got a B+). And finally, I wrote an entire essay on the relationship between George Bernard Shaw and Family Guy, totally got an A on that.
blueshiftlabs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:03:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my favorite college papers was when I wrote a several-page essay, fully cited, on why video games were a sport, including an argument that Starcraft was the national sport of Korea.
Sijnjau ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:57:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Youre wrong tho ;_;
a_quiet_mind ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:36:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I compared The Iliad to Star Wars for a classics class. We were studying Epic Conventions. Got an A. One of my greatest scholastic achievements.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish mine was more interesting. I forgot to study for a midterm in a history class, but managed to pass it with a C. I got a 0 on the whole short answer section, but I wrote an amazing essay on the importance of the mammoth to early man. The essay section was worth 75% of your grade. I only pulled this off because I grew up watching every mammoth documentary on TV religiously. I remember staying up late on a school night with permission from my parents. Just so I could watch the new show about them thawing a mammoth we found frozen whole.
ChunksOWisdom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:46:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How'd you get 100 if the entire argument of the paper is wrong? Batman and Ironman are pretty much the same person (super rich person who decides to be a hero), except one has a suit of armor that lets him fly and do a bunch of crazy stuff.
armeda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And the other one doesn't need that.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:35:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:59:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could easily argue that Tony's endeavors into creating clean energy for the world save far more people than Bruce using his "powers of deduction" to put a few petty criminals behind bars, at least until the corrupt Gotham police force sets them free. Does it make someone better to beat people up directly in order to save people rather than saving people through the power of technology and intelligence?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll fight you mate.
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never had any assignments like this. I feel I missed out.
WingedBacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The paper I'm most proud of is an analysis of James Joyce's Araby and how it's a big allegory for jerking off. I put it together in a day and got a 98 (it was total bullshit but I knew what my instructor liked to see).
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:24:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Less exciting that the sequel: James Joyce's "Arby's".
CMMiller89 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:27:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My favorite part about this post isn't the story, but the idea that one of my professors from college could have been surfing Reddit on the university WiFi under a username like DUCKSPUNK. Really makes you think.
123asleep ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:39:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bet he's at University of Oregon.
SAugsburger ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:17:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta give him credit for proper citation for how to become Batman though. He can't just go plagiarizing other people's explanation on how to become batman.
ValKilmersLooks ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:12:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did he tackle the whole 'born into a billionaire family' thing?
DogPawsSmellOfFritos ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:03:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And here I was wondering where Val Kilmer's looks had gone.
ValKilmersLooks ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:53:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like you, you get my username.
Missy166 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:28:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And? How did you mark him?
kick_me_in_the_face ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:29:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10 pages?
Idk, I stop at 6...
ctetc2007 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:58:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You shouldn't have to "Find an Alfred," he should already be your family butler.
tonksndante ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:19:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To become "the batman" you must first kill batman, then find Alfred. Makes perfect sense.
gr8ca9 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:51:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Joker only wrote 8 pages and has since held a death grip grudge on Batman's ass.
Smgth ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:25:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This explains why my husband wear his underwear over his jeans every day. It's going to be a long path between call center rep and superhero.
Smgth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:39 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta start somewhere.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:04 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
True. I'm just trying to figure out which superhero has underwear with brown streaks. A version of the Flash? Called the Splash?
kaiju-taxi ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:15:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, either he's really dumb or he's got some REALLY big dreams.
allcowards ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:04:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or maybe he wanted his essay to stand out.
bunnysnack ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:02:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe his dream career was creative writing, and he just next-leveled the paper.
ethertrace ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:26:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, please post the paper. Did you have them turn it in electronically?
Orlitoq ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:20:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Damn, I remember when that felt like an impossibly long paper to write. I used to loathe writing assignments that were that long.
Bit by bit school gets you writing longer and longer papers, and before you know it you are writing whole books. By the end of my thyme in grad school the outlines for my papers were often 20 pages long. I don't think I could write a paper as short as "five-to-six pages" anymore...
Sweet_Mama_Me ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:49:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I spit out my water and woke the baby... Best thing I've read all day....http://imgur.com/wLKBjG9
HomeAl0ne ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:51:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Step 1. Arrange for parents to be murdered.
lilianegypt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:09:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I might just be really tired, but I have never laughed so hard at a Reddit comment before.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As they say... Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman.
Then always be Batman.
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:58:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this has been one of the best threads on reddit in a while.
booka800 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to read this guide
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, you had to give him an A.
LurkerNo527 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
goddamn.
jorellh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:01:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thesis: Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman, always be Batman.
edditme ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:17:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Step 1: get a box.
Step 1a: walk down a dark alley with your parents.
Analyidiot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:48:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Requiring people to use APA, you fucking monster.
c_is_4_cookie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:11:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Step 1: Kill my parents.
Go_Ask_Reddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:33:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So many of these answers are not students misinterpreting the assignment, but simply not giving a shit.
goalstopper28 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:30:31 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really want to read this paper.
TheFeshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:31:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do a similar powerpoint presentation. My chosen occupation was an undead avatar of justice, and I included plenty of clips and stills from The Crow.
PM-ME_Your_BUTTS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is a 5-6 page paper the longest thing they've ever written by the time they're in college?
I had to write a 15 page term paper in AP US History my sophomore year of high school. It counted for 1/3 of my grade.
Metallideth2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds horrible. What do you say to students who don't know what they want to do? Just thinking about having to theoretically write that assignment is making me nauseous.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:34:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you share it
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
can you deliver?
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:19:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
was that students name Bruce Wayne or Dick Grason?
pro-life-dicks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:17 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When leaving the dean's office you should've screamed "White power!"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:52:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not just a normal Batman, a fucking Batman? Dudes going places.
Dragnseeker ยท 5308 points ยท Posted at 19:38:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, but in my Computer Science class we were learning about making graphics in java, and we were told to try to make a checkerboard pattern. A student who doesn't pay much attention (but is great at coding) only heard the checkers part. He goes of to research on his own how to make a full checkers game and turns it in. He asked why he had us do all of that learning and coding by ourselves. Needless to say, he was a little grumpy when he found out it was just supposed to just be the pattern. The checkers game worked well though.
Edit: tolt is not a word
Edit Edit: tolt is a word, just not the right one here
Edit Edit Edit: according to /u/adcas "A tรถlt is an ambling horse gait, so... =D"
zach2992 ยท 4310 points ยท Posted at 21:24:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if he made a game of checkers than I'm assuming he also made the checkerboard. So...technically he did the assignment.
Dragnseeker ยท 1940 points ยท Posted at 21:48:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, he got full credit, just did a whole lot of extra work for it
Something_Syck ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 00:47:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
damn over achievers always one upping everyone else
bokono ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 02:20:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And inadvertently learned more than anyone else in the class.
PM_ME_THE_BEST_STORY ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:29:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yea. He got to learn the wonderful game of checkers.
jaab1997 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:18:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha checkers! I've been playing chess for years, that's kids stuff.
(This is a reference to that Facebook dude)
SeekAnswers ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:40:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What fb dude? Inquiring minds want to know.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:04:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably something from /r/iamverysmart
jaab1997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:07:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's soflow
DoTheDew420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sofloantonio the scumbag on facebook
SeekAnswers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I shouldn't have actually seeked an answer for that, my life was soooo much better before I looked up who that asshole was!
Thanks for helping me out though, cheers!
Ian_The_Great1507 ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 01:46:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He didn't get extra credit?
RegattaChampion ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 02:42:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Professors don't really hand out EC like that. Since students are technically competing with each other he would have needed to offer the whole class EC
sweet_roses ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:07:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's ok, it'll pay off when google hires him.
Dragnseeker ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:04:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He might have, but I don't think so
NotReallyARaptorYet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:41:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like extra credit would have been justified if he'd understood the assignment fully and did the extra work on his own.
treefitty350 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 03:25:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, because that wouldn't be fair to the other students if there was no advertised extra credit. This isn't high school, it's important to make sure each student has the same opportunity, regardless of what they choose to do with it.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 09:03:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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ChaoticMidget ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:28:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except if that's the standard going forward, every student will start going above and beyond the given parameters of the assignment to achieve "the most extra credit". You could assign a 2 page paper and start receiving 10 pages of critique and analysis from multiple people. You can't give out extra credit on the fly if you hope to have an actual baseline from which to grade.
Dent18 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:18:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People who do a shit ton of work without questioning it scare me
DrQuint ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 03:17:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too because they raise the standard.
Back in the day, I had to do some javascript stuff to get a little WebGL animation running. Standard procedure for learning computer graphics.
Several weeks after turning it in, I checked what a guy from a previous year had done, and he had a full C++ application running behind it, with all other sorts of shit done that weren't even in the scope of the project anymore. And his assignment sheet was similar to the one I got, with no wildly different rwquirements. Not so much that he bothered, what confused me for real is where the hell did he get time to do that AND all other assignmentswe'd get that busy year as well. At some point you should just call it done.
The sight of that work made me feel like my grade was dropping just from it existing.
Dent18 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:28:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are a lot of insane tryhards in CS, it seems
Here's a quote from my intro CS course's forum:
like...fuuuuck.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:06:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Many CS majors are objectively (no pun intended?) anti social. I would LOVE to do group projects on my own. If I know the material, anyway.
techie825 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:37:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
public class CS_major extends antiSocial{}
MasterFenrir ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:31:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd recommend an Interface for that, so you can also implement Nerd.
melvisntnormal ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:29:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:13:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think this is a lot of group assignments in general. I was in the Masters of Social Work program (We love people! We want to help people!) but the people who never showed for group meetings, wanted to control the group, didn't do their share...I HATED THEM!
I ended up doing several 'group projects' by myself and just let them put their names on it, too. It was easier to create it all instead of just fixing their work.
Dent18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:29:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm kind of antisocial, but I love group projects
It's nice to have someone to share the workload and responsibility, and to talk to about any difficulties rather than just killing myself trying to figure something out
As long as they don't make us pick groups when I don't know anyone in the class shudder
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:39:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some people are just better at some things than others. It's good to learn that early on.
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:23:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and you did not give him any extra credit? You monster
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:33:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I... I'm not the teacher....
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:43:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not with that attitude
HalfTime_show ยท -33 points ยท Posted at 02:05:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He probably should have been penalized for it. Understanding requirements and coding to specifications is an important part of dev. Using resources unnecessarily is a no-no.
You're not doing any favours to a CS student by giving full marks to someone who doesn't read requirements and adds unrequested, resource-intensive features to their projects.
[deleted] ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 02:09:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And students everywhere are lucky to not have you as their teacher. The point of teaching is to encourage learning and get kids motivated to pursue their passions while learning the skills to achieve them.
What you suggest is to punish him for taking initiative to teach himself and go the extra mile to do a good job. You must have had a rough childhood.
Dystaxia ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:18:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with /u/HalfTime_show that the student should have been made aware that following instructions is important. It could have been a very teachable moment beyond the context of the class. I wouldn't have failed the kid or anything but give him a 98 or 99 instead of 100, sure! The mark difference would be negligible in terms of his GPA but it would be symbolic enough that he would read instructions more thoroughly next time.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:24:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your solution is the best, it teaches both lessons without punishing
MasterZap ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, but coding to spec really is an important fundamental outlook that all CS students should have thoroughly emphasized to them. If something like this that would benefit a student significantly more than a higher grade on one assignment anyway sufficiently curbs your enthusiasm for CS, then it wouldn't matter because you should probably look into a different field of study. As in other fields, basic mistakes are corrected in the learning process. It's a good thing.
Chinpokoman ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:33:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a person with almost 10 years of experience working with programmers and contributing to open source projects I can attest to the fact that the teacher made the right call.
Schools and universities are about teaching not punishment. There is positive and negative reinforcement overachieving on an assignment is not a negative. Get off your high horse because you aren't impressing anyone here.
Edit replied to wrong comment?
ShamefulKiwi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:37:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His mistake was with interpreting what the teacher meant by 'checkerboard' not with coding to the spec.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately he is not a CS student he is a highschool student. Also punishing either student for their initiative and learning skills sets them back. Coding to spec isn't a hard thing to learn, you just follow directions, coding is takes effort to pick up.
You shouldn't be a teacher or in CS, you are not right for CompSci either, you come off as too entitled and too self absorbed with your need to follow directions rather than pursue innovation.
I bet you work for another phone app company pumping out clones.
MasterZap ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a CS student who has personally lost points on assignments for going above and beyond, I can perfectly relate in this situation. Sure, when I saw my grade I was pretty upset to have lost points with the blunt comment "output doesn't match" for what I believed was a more thorough implementation and better user experience. But, I could totally agree when my instructor, who I think is a great teacher and who has been outspoken about wanting to prepare his students for careers as software engineers, explained to me that what was best for the end user was coding to spec.
He also further justified the grading scheme by explaining the feasibility of grading hundreds of programming assignments case-by-case by one overworked TA and that the easiest way was to just run the program and match outputs, the same method that lots of online educational resources use for evaluation.
More importantly, what you're trying to frame the argument as is simply misleading. Neither I nor that student would have been punished "for their initiative or learning skills." In fact, CS teachers do understand and praise students' personal efforts at getting more education and experience from assignments and projects in and out of class. It's one of the things most emphasized by every computer science professor I've had as the best way to improve. That is not related to the grading of an assignment. This student did not decide to go the extra mile; he simply did not read the instructions clearly. Just like you will lose points for writing a stand-out but superfluous paper above the page limit, you will lose points for submitting a programming project out of the scope of the assignment. While following directions would seem like it's a basic principle of any kind of instruction, it's especially important to be able to understand and adhere to standards and guidelines in a computer science CLASS, since optimization of implementation is a core concept and study of computer science. Individual exploration in computer science is encouraged, but simply following your own interpretations of project requirements is not, which is kind of what this whole thread is about.
Receiving and following a formal education in computer science and software development as a good student as well as a good coder does not imply any lack of creativity or willingness to push boundaries. Understand that computer science is on the cutting edge of technological innovation. The people who design and engineer your favorite innovative technologies did not simply toss out industry standards for the sake of creative freedom. The geniuses are the ones who comprehend and build on previous ideas and methods to form a unique, more perfect product. Computer science is an applied science, not a theoretical one, and there's no way you can judge my aptitude for it nor anyone else's simply because we first learn to apply it correctly and concisely.
HalfTime_show ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, I didn't see that this was a high school class. Considering that fact, I totally agree with you that it would be way too harsh.
That said, if it were a university CS class, I'd stand by my comment. Universities should be preparing students to succeed in the workplace, and understanding requirements is important in the industry.
Dragnseeker ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:10:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This is a begining high school class and I think he was just happy he turned in an assignment for once
HalfTime_show ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, sorry. I didn't get that this was for high school
antiqua_lumina ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't all the time he wasted penalty enough?
zenthor101 ยท 5536 points ยท Posted at 22:20:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's like creating the universe to make apple pie
jwalker524 ยท 1814 points ยท Posted at 22:41:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Hot apple pie is totally worth creating the universe for, though. Especially with cinnamon ice cream... mmm.... now I want apple pie, and I hate you a bit. Cheers. Edit: Holy crap, I didn't notice all of these replies... and now my top comment by far is my most "Fat guy" comment of all time... thanks Reddit! Also, i don't have time to reply to everyone below, but yes Cinnamon ice cream exists, it is amazing, and I do prefer it even if the pie has a ton of cinnamon, I just like cinnamon that much. Cheers everyone.
needsmoresteel ยท 661 points ยท Posted at 23:02:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or causing a computer to grind to a stand-still just because you want a cup of tea.
jaml86 ยท 213 points ยท Posted at 23:42:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It really shouldn't be so hard for a computer to replicate hot water passed through dried leaves, but it could never get it quite right.
[deleted] ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 02:30:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It always produced something remarkably unlike tea
Adb12c ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 04:53:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It always produced something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.
wmcduff ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:06:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:58:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
overachiever
SpyderEyez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:07:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A cup of Java?
PWNZ0R_P373R ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:26:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget the milk squirted out of a cow.
amoore109 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:13:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Err...yes.
TheVolkano ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 00:02:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was the best tea ever though.
QuotesUnquotes ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:51:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ignorance is bliss
arudnoh ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:25:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More like "Earl Grey, not."
chutupandtakemykarma ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not to ignore your excellent reference, but on a side note regarding this particular bit of technology; I have decided all technology has failed me until I can download a pizza from any point on the globe.
Wannabe_Madgirl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:00:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only the English could invent a machine that couldn't QUITE make tea.
EnRicque ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:03:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, not again
Going2FastMPH ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 00:47:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or shifting a naval boat because you want to eat a bagel out of the sunlight.
ADreamByAnyOtherName ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:58:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get that reference.
K_cutt08 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:08:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My favorite story on Reddit, hands down. The brilliance brings tears to my eyes. So funny, so awesome.
CaptnYossarian ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:40:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Should've just asked Marvin to put his mind to it.
ThenAgainItAlwaysIs ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:30:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Brain the size of a planet...
Clever-username- ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:33:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, when your only other option is a liquid that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea, you do what you have to do.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:12:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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kjata ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hoopy indeed, my frood.
InterimFatGuy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:36:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
M' frood
tips hoopy
K_cutt08 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:10:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do not get this reference. Could you help clue me in? If not I guess I'll try /r/OutOfTheLoop
dizzyzane_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:31:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HHG is love, HHG is life
Literally
AerThreepwood ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:57:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree. So much so that I have a baby sperm whale and a bowl of petunias tattooed on my bicep.
Tree_of_Meats ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:45:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid scrabble pieces.
dizzyzane_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, that's hardcore!
COHERENCE_CROQUETTE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:11:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are you talking about? That's infinitely improbable.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:14:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or causing a massive surge on the electric service because all of England wants a cup of tea, at tea time.
http://www.geek.com/news/tea-time-in-britain-causes-predictable-massive-surge-in-electricity-demand-1535023/
darksingularity1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or changing the direction your ship is traveling to get the sun out of your eyes
Mikehunt2112 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
With milk? From a cow?
BryceSoFresh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I recall correctly, the first webcam was made by some scientists who hated walking to the break-room to see if the coffee was done, only to find out it wasn't. They set up a video camera and remotely accessed it via the internet on a computer they were using to test whatever it was that they were testing.
culturehackerdude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have a towel.
DarkRaven23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:33:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got this reference.
batty3108 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, you may as well have a seance then.
markhewitt1978 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the premise of Java.
electricmaster23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you using a computer from 1952?
kaeroku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:39:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God damnit now my computer's frozen AND my tea is stuck in the cup-holder.
icanbuyafez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:01:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but grandfather approved so...
Mistamage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:47:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[Hitchhiker's Guide reference]
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:37 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or casting a spell that lasts literal centuries for a perfect cup.
yoogoku119 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10/10 reference. I'm reading those books again right now.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:15:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are they! I want to know! I understand 0 of these references.
yoogoku119 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:44:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. I haven't reread those in a decade. My main memories were the answer to 'why' and it just being fun.
AerThreepwood ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:56:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Arthur?
SLEESTAK85 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:11:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cheers is a generally British term but innate cravings for apple pie is generally considered an American trait. My world is imploding right now.
Not_An_Ambulance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:41:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know... Apple pie is not actually american. However, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and english muffins are.
Really, the phrase should be "As american as chocolate chip cookies".
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:16:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure that will never happen, especially since that movie came out a few years ago.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:27:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cheese on hot apple pie? Now I want some.
sylfire ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:40:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Cinnamon ice cream? OH MY GOD, THIS EXISTS?
Well, if I had self control before, all those delusions are gone now.
LegendaryGinger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:37:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I want to go fuck a pie
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you need to create a second universe to make the ice cream, or can you refactor the first?
KedViper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Made from scratch as they say
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:28:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Time to make a universe
artyboi37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's such a thing as cinnamon ice cream?!
scumbagskool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
they make cinnamon ice cream? how am i an overweight american in his 30's and not know this?
ballpeeeeeen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But if the pie had butterscotch, you wouldn't not like it, right?
boobsmcgraw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I only like cooked apple when its cold, personally. Nice cold slice of apple pie/slice is so good.
BigRedMan69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Alright there Jim Levenstein
Spongewordy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:34:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
America!
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
dude.
I've got some frozen mango in the freezer, right?
I'm gonna nuke it just to soften it up.
then I'm going to take some hagen daaz (however you spell it) and put it in a blender along with the soft mango and whatever juice comes out of it from nuking it.
expecting it to basically be soft served mango ice cream.
Beejsterb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cinnamon ice cream?
ledivin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You shouldn't need cinnamon ice cream. If cinnamon ice cream makes it better than vanilla, you don't have enough cinnamon in your apple pie.
Durbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:46:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I want to try cinnamon ice cream. It's 2 in the morning, and I'm thinking I have all the stuff...
Hellenas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:00:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Slap a little cheddar on that and we got some Vermont!
ValarMorghulisBitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck it. Apples and cinnamon ice cream is now on my shopping list.
shadowycore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:00:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We'll just tell your mother that we ate it.
Super_C_Complex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:00:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
no no no, you want apple cobbler crunch flavored ice cream. has cinnamon and extra apple pie in it, AND the extra stuff makes it melt slower.
reddit_top_admin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:55:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bible edit suggestion: God created the universe so he could enjoy an apple pie
Kyttengyrl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:58:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My favorite ice cream maker Aglemesis in Cincinnati makes cinnamon ice cream for the holidays. Yum!
a7xxx ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 22:54:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or to power your car.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:10:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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ADreamByAnyOtherName ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:58:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then you gotta go through a whole thing... it's a real ordeal.
mythology_guy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:57:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That just sounds like slavery with extra steps
TheCowfishy ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:09:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
La-di-dah, looks like some body isn't going to get laid in college.
isosceles1980 ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 00:40:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
-Mountain-King- ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 01:32:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ingredients required:
Hydrogen
Time
Satyrsol ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:41:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And a Micro-verse.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:28:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget sex
shardikprime ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:04:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And thyme
screaminXeagle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:20:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Invent the universe
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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zenthor101 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:03:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its because all Mexicans inherently know how to make tamales
Cyanide_Cookiez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:18:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Es la verdad.
spirituallyinsane ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 23:29:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that you, Carl Sagan?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! Praise be the dark lord Carl Sagan! We will take away your babies! /r/darklordcarlsagan
beachamt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:33:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or drawing a perfect sketch of the David only to erase it for a perfect circle
SchroedingersHat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, you mean i've been doing it wrong all this time?
logos__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:37:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More like creating the universe to create the Higgs field.
iIikecheese ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:06:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or to charge my car battery ;)
zenthor101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what if that universe creates another smaller universe, which in turn stops your battery from working?
Kishkumen_Ill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rick created a universe to supply power for his inventions. In turn, the people of his universe created another universe to power their universe.
Sloi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No no... blow me.
Melicalol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More like Googling how to make the universe copying its code, learning what you copied to back up each ljne of code. Then being told all you needed to copy was 1/10th of what you copied. Welcome to College life!
falconfetus8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or a battery for your car.
Ctrl-Break ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Yea, but have you had Margaret's apple pie?"
-God
mhud ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:31:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes it's worth making something from scratch.
Uninformed_Tyler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or a microverse battery for your car
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or the Earth to get plastic.....
Aeonoris ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, other way around. It's like making an apple-centric buffet because the teacher asked for an apple pie.
eatcherveggies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The lord works in mysterious ways, I suppose.
musicmorph99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, making pies is somewhat hard.
Soo_TheresThat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The universe is played on apple pie, got it.
sweet_roses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
comparisons like this are why I can never get into computers as more than a lay person.
gordonisnext ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well if you want to make it from scratch....
cynthash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Row, row, fight the powah!
ICanHomerToo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But now you've got a whole self-sustaining system of apple pie making
rylos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FIrst you create the universe, then you create a couple of people. Then you create a snake, to get one of the people to pick you a nice, juicy apple. Then they make up the pie, and you fry it up with a few choice lightning bolts. But the two people see the lighning bolts, and mistakenly think that you're mad at them for picking the apple, and refuse to help out in the kitchen ever again. They eventally devise their own kitchen, but then they keep screwing up the food, so you have to flood them out, except a handful escape in a cooking pot, along with two of every kind of roach.
Kokiri_Salia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This guy has just found the reason for our existence and proven that God exists. What a day.
ydnab2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is a reference I haven't heard in a long time.
Charles_K ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now extend this to marriage.
Marrying for sex is like buying airplane tickets to try out the complimentary peanuts...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well if some god came down and said the meaning of life was apple pie, I think I'd be fine with that.
vechmaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:08:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds reasonable enough. Apple pie is pretty good
MonikerAddiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now you just have to wait for it all to cool down.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's what God did apparently so its all good.
hi_im_horse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:48:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I understand what Sagan meant...
Pierrot51394 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you suggesting god didn't pay enough attention in his coding class?
purpleefilthh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not gonna enjoy my apple pie without the look on the galaxy.
dunaan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -Carl Sagan, Cosmos
madmiral ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
there's a Rick and morty reference to be made here
Tripplite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
EndoplasmicPanda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:51:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Simmer down over there, Sagan.
DuckBender ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:53:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's like raaaaaaaiiiiiinnn on your wedding day!
Flight714 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:44:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the other way around:
It's like making a universe and an apple pie when all you really needed to make was the universe.
JellyCream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:44:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It would be the best apple pie in the universe
Sloi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, yeah... if you want to make it from scratch.
norman_rogerson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:31:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely worth the effort of making the whole universe.
theoreticaldickjokes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:03:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We only exist because God had a craving.
texancoyote ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:24:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And on the eighth day God created pie.
TOASTEngineer ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To create apple pie, you must first create the universe...
Apple_pie_for_me_ple ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:49:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really want apple pie now
zenthor101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well all you have to do is create a universe
phome83 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:50:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds very Douglas Adams-y.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:12:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -Carl Sagan
WeaponsGradeHumanity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Invent.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just copypasted this from a site, guess they had it wrong.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:17:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only way to make it from scratch.
SAGORN ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:42:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Literally George Carlin's idea behind the creation of plastic. His bit was about how the Earth created humanity to produce a metric fuck ton of plastic, and now that we have completed the mission the Earth is killing us off with AIDS, Global Warming, and Ideological Extremism.
detroitdoesntsuckbad ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:59:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or creating a universe to power your car battery.
Mysterious_X ยท 1521 points ยท Posted at 00:57:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of a similar misunderstanding I had in CS class. My teacher told us to make the game of life using Java. He was of course referring to Conway's game of life which for some reason I had never heard of, but the rest of the students got it. So there I was setting up classes for handling money, cards, player position, and stats for this game of life while my friends are setting up a simple grid with color options. I didn't realize till class the next day.
Tl;dr: Started programming a board game instead of an interesting mathematical simulation.
[deleted] ยท 630 points ยท Posted at 02:31:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think this prepared you well for dealing with business requirements
lilelliot ยท 238 points ยท Posted at 03:49:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Classic case of this
gollyandre ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 07:12:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So was the first one supposed to be a "tier swing" instead of a "tire swing" like the last one.
TheJack38 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 17:50:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck, you're right
My mind is so blown right now
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:00:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OH god. Here I was, thinking about how the top and the interior of the tire were different levels and how it could seem the same when described strangely...
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:00:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Each time I see this, there are more little pictures.
Hug_Me_Manatee ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:33:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bob Ross is haunting this picture.
Every time it pops up, there are more happy little trees.
WizardOfIF ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 04:00:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a business setting you would fully finish programming the board game life only to have the director remember they wanted Monopoly, not Life.
shardikprime ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:08:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Polymorphism!
faatiydut ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uh, I did a weeks' worth of programming on a small thing, only to be asked at the end how i'd started developing something with no requirements.
They'd given me requirements and then decided they didn't even count as requirements.
zigziggy7 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 04:46:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Major change anyone?
jacer1099 ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 03:02:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My first CS class was C++ and I skipped the lecture when we went over object oriented design. Everything to that point had been procedural. So I read the assignment, and it's pretty straight foward.
I wrote about 1,500 lines of code to do something that took ~30 if I had attended class and understood what the objective was supposed to be.
My version worked perfectly and was pretty fast, but because I missed the entire fucking point I got 70%, which was 70% more than I deserved.
Phytor ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 04:32:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher always required us to make a game for our projects because they involve a lot of logic typically. My first project was blackjack, because numbers are easy.
I made a blackjack game in C++ before we knew about object oriented programming, or knew how to use arrays.
My simple blackjack game ended up being 1400 lines of code, with a different declared variable for each possible card, all nested in a do/while loop in case the player wanted to play again.
toomanybeersies ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 04:57:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm fairly sure you could do that in C with far fewer lines.
Why wouldn't you just use an array to store the possible cards?
NotLawrence ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 04:59:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well he said he didn't know how to use arrays...
toomanybeersies ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:04:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why would you not learn that? I'm fairly sure arrays is like one of the first things you learn about programming, right after loops.
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:15:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm taking a first year programming class. We learnt about loops and if else statements about a month ago, and we learnt about arrays a week ago. The better question is why OP's first instinct wasn't, "Hm... I wonder if there's a simpler way to do this. Let's Google it."
Phytor ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:58:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, I was well aware that there were substantially better ways to handle it, but the teacher specified that he didn't want us using concepts that we hadn't covered in class yet.
His projects are less "make it work" and more "properly display that you understand the concepts I've taught you"
ThatGingeOne ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:27:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which makes sense for a presumably graded class. It isn't much good getting an assignment that doesn't at all demonstrate the person has learnt what you've been trying to teach. There are plenty of times when being innovative is great, but that is normally not one of them
Doctah_Whoopass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:41:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once made a text based game entirely out of loops and if statements.
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:05:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol, it took us since the beginning of the year to even start making card games, but now I'm making a poker game where I have to call hands[].cards[].value
NotLawrence ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:10:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a very good question for OP.
Phytor ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:59:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was, funny enough, right after loops and right before arrays. We actually learned about arrays the week after the project was due.
Sohcahtoa82 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:36:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like you were preparing yourself for enterprise-quality coding.
Heathenforhire ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:45:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I pretty much would have made the same mistake. I've never heard of Conway's, but I have played the board game.
e5c4p3artist ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:31:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The guy who created the SIMS was probably in your class.
Manning119 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 15:43:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he should have specifically referred to it as Conway's Game of Life and should have shown the example on the board or something? Especially considering there is a very popular board game of the same name. I'm surprised you're the only person in what I assume was a decent sized CS class who had the wrong idea.
Mysterious_X ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:01:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, this was a small high school class, of 13 students I believe. Three of us were so far ahead of the curriculum he typically just told us a concept and told us to implement it to solve a problem, but he was of course able to guide us if necessary.
The Conway's game of life assignment was actually just to learn some basics of graphics in Java, and only three of us got that assignment, at least that's all I remember. Two more students may have as well a bit later.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:54:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
huh, I've never heard of conway's game of life either.
The_Sober_Ocelot ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL about the other Game of Life.
qwerty145454 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made the exact same mistake at university. You are not alone!
Ross_uk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:18:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are not alone here friend. I also did the same.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:17:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have made the same mistake...
nopenopenopenoway ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:50:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
efficient implementations of conway's game of life are significantly more complicated from a computational complexity standpoint than a fucking board game.
Mysterious_X ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:32:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly, that's why it was assigned. I learned basic networking, encryption, compression, sorting, graphs, and much more in that same class. Really gave me a great head start before college.
reasaurus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have done the same.
godless-life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd have done exactly the same.
[deleted] ยท -17 points ยท Posted at 02:53:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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SimbaOnSteroids ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:56:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah it meets in room 420 right after imaqtpie's class on advanced lane mechanics.
McBollocks ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:10:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read that as 'Tree of Life'
SteevyT ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 00:59:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My dad is still upset about a programming assignment in FORTRAN where he had to make a rock paper scissors game without using goto statements.
He handed in the assignment on time, and then the class was told "sorry, we realized that the assignment we gave you was actually impossible."
redly ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he fake the GOTO with IF statements, with all three options going to the same statement? Or actually out-program his profs?
SteevyT ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:29:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm fuzzy on the details, but he somehow converted it into a series of math operations.
redly ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:33:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OK then, option two. way to go dad.
thepobv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:37:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
why would it be impossible? isnt fortran turing complete?
SteevyT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:21:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They had specifically stated not to use goto statements. Not sure why they then said it would be impossible.
blueb34r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:37:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HOW
Barajiqal ยท 130 points ยท Posted at 19:55:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
poorlyObfuscated ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:42:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I seent it.
Gr1pp717 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:51:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I might a seent it if ya'll a tolt me.
adcas ยท 160 points ยท Posted at 20:28:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But a tรถlt is an ambling horse gait, so... =D
MIKE6792 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 20:42:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that pronounce tirlt?
kholto ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 20:55:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, more like "tรธlt"
Commando388 ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 21:22:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mรธรธse
PoisonousPlatypus ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 23:29:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A mรธรธse once bit my sister...
darkeyes13 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:15:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...
Smgth ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:32:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the mรธรธse with the sharpened end of an interspace tรธรธthbrush given her by Svenge...
iammooseAMA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:33:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yes?
Henrysugar2 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 00:45:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A moose once bit my sister
Werkstadt ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 20:56:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ร is prononced like I in bird or the u in curd
thundergonian ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:57:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But you have to round your lips.
MIKE6792 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:19:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So without the r? Awesome! I probably just didn't notice way back when that it said the vowel sound not both together.
Hanashimaru ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:43:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oooh, now I know how to pronounce curd. Thanks!
timbomcchoi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh what?!?! I thought รถ was basically ล!
EkiAku ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 23:08:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bird doesn't have a vowel sound though.
aryst0krat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:06:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bird and curd have exactly the same vowel sound. It's the sound of R fucking that vowel's sound up, like it always does. But that spawn of R is exactly what he wanted to evoke.
adcas ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:57:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Toh-ldt. Not a word you hear every day unless you're working around Icelandic horses or their derivatives. =)
germanyjr112 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:17:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had an Icelandic girlfriend. Can confirm, will only hear it unless you're working around Icelandic horses.
moon- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:27:17 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Erm...is this because of Gรถdel? I don't know any other word an English speaker knows with a ยจ in it that they'd pronounce like that
MIKE6792 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:35:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Skรถll, AoM is my favourite game and it made me really interested in Greek and Norse myth.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:24:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Canter guy get a break?
adcas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You need to take your pun and trot off.
vulgar_wheat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:45:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Powerwalking into the uncanny valley?
LadyofRivendell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:44:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it the equivalent of a trot? Just curious.
adcas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:18:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope! It's more akin to a pace, but smoother and less jarring- it's also not as fast.
If a Standardbred is a Ford, then an Icelandic Horse is a Porsche, basically.
meaganlodon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:25:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And a Peruvian Paso is a Bentley.
SometimesIArt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:58:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a video, it's unique to Icelandic horses but similar gaits are seen in other gaited horses, in which it's called a "running walk" =)
LadyofRivendell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aha, that is adorable and impressive. Thanks for the vid!
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:52:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was just about to post that. I was in Iceland this year and got the chance to ride some Icelandic horses. They are the only horse with that gait (other breeds generally have four, Icelandic ones have five). I didn't get to tรถlt myself, but I saw it being done.
adcas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:56:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IIRC there are a few breeds that came out of Icelandic stock, based out of Europe, that can do it. I'm recovering from a bug and can't spell or pronounce them at the moment, though. =P
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:43:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
til
TakeThatVonHabsburgs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:19:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is life?
ChronosHorse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what did you say about my gait?
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh... Cool :D
Bustermchooter ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 20:44:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, where I come from you couldn't convince lots of the people it's not.
knight_who_says_knee ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:04:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always heard that the great coders are the lazy ones who only do the bare minimum.
I_EAT_GUSHERS ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:13:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not necessarily. Sometimes, you need to make longer code to make it run more efficiently.
ToastyYogurtTime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, those are Microsoft employees.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:10:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All my CS classes always skipped anything involving graphics
DarkDraconarius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:23:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ditto, I went through Iteration, Recursion, Data Structures, Sorting, etc... never actually got to graphics.
karleenamarx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:54:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My intro to programming class (Python) did it as an extra credit sort of thing, so it wasn't on the exam. My current class (Java, like the one in the original comment) is only having us do it as a way of learning Inheritance. So far it seems like it's not an important thing for us to learn, just a fun teaching tool.
bandersnatchh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My class seems to have us focusing a decent amount on it.
Eh, Im making Asteroids for a project, so Im cool with it
karleenamarx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's so cool. All I did was draw a fugly hangman and make it bounce up and down in the noose.
bandersnatchh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its really easy actually! Its a lot easier with images vs using the graphics object to draw shapes.
It is pretty cool! That said, we are using AWT, which... if you look up how to do something in AWT, pretty much the first reply is to use Swing instead, so there is that....
karleenamarx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We're using Processing. Which I promise is not just a verb it's also the name of a language/library. I got into an accidental argument with my boyfriend over it because he had never heard of the language "Processing" and thought I saying I was "using processing" which makes no sense.
bandersnatchh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:21:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, I believe you. Good ol unused parts of language!
Darkersun ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:55:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The college I went to had such a competitive Computer Science program that a kid who did something like this would FREAK the fuck out if they had found out it may impact their grade.
DanielMcLaury ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:31:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like a program that's "competitive" in the sense of "the students are over-competitive idiots," not "competitive" in the sense of "a competitive school for CS."
karleenamarx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some programs will force you into being over-competitive idiots. Not any CS program that I've heard of, but the business program at my school only allows a certain percentage of the student body to get 4.0s.
DanielMcLaury ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd be willing to bet that employers don't think highly of their MBAs.
karleenamarx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it's one of the top business schools in the country, with a direct line into Wall Street. But yeah, I think it's an exception to the general rule that that would not be very impressive to most employers.
gimpwiz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:34:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the students are that competitive, then they should love the challenge (as long as their other courses aren't fucking them over at the same time.)
Darkersun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:54:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its probably a bit of both.
DanielMcLaury ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:32:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What did he have to research? Did he write a checkers-playing AI or something?
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:04:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the assignment is "Make a checkerboard pattern" you can assume that they had just begun studying Java and had no real experience in the language. Even if they knew programming before he had to learn how Java handles:
That's quite a tall order if you're just starting out in a language.
NumNumLobster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The ai would be hard. I'd you know any other language making it two player be pretty easy. I don't know java and still don't but know cpp, c#, perl, asm and some others. A friend of mine was taking java and offered me some cash to do his project of making a solitaire game. I think I knocked it out on in an afternoon and half of was setting up the environment
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends how you do the AI. The simplest thing to do would be to use checker count as a heuristic (something like each piece is a point, except kings which are three), and brute force the next x moves looking for the highest point advantage. A more complicated algorithm is not that easy.
NumNumLobster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:54:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah I agree. I just meant more comparatively. I could see the ai bit taking longer than the rest of the program. I didn't really mean it was some huge challenge to do the ai, just that is probably the spot that would require the most thought, coding, debugging, testing etc. I can see a logic error there being tougher to pin down vs drawing the board/receiving input/testing to make sure moves are valid etc where its pretty straight forward and any issues would probably be more syntax related.
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh shit, I'm sorry. I misread your post; I thought you said "the AI would not be hard." My mistake!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Brute forcing checkers might actually be viable; the implementation wouldn't bee too hard. I actually like Java because the graphics side of it is fairly easy to master. I love C++ as a back end language but I've always had a bit of trouble getting the graphics libraries I dig up to work. slowly got there, but those initial hurdles were fairly rough.
jlawrence0723 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:53:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your edit was hilarious.
ColoniseMars ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:57:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I could see this happening to me
[deleted] ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 21:48:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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_Wisely_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:49:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He grew potatoes on Mars, after all!
fnybny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:27:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not hard to do, just dumb that he did it.
thipp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:52:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean in all honesty that's not that difficult, it would just take a lot of effort. All this information is free online.
Jandklo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:41:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do the same assignment in our Computer Science class...
I know it's probably a really common assignment, but was this in Stony Plain, Alberta?
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, Clackamas, oregon
Captain_Curlyfry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:46:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't the "Computer Science class" part and I pictured you all trying to make graphics in a coffee mug using only creamer and java.
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He probably would have still made a full game of checkers outta that too!
Enigma343 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And he learned a valuable life lesson on attention to detail.
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Indeed
jeremiah1119 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:10:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't know how Java compares to C++, but just from trying to create basic tic tac toe myself, I can imagine it'd be a lot of work to learn by yourself
jam1garner ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:50:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You didn't tell me this was a horror story.
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ehh, it's not too bad. A little annoying but it works
MindS1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just out of curiosity, why were they teaching graphics in AP comp sci? There's nothing even remotely related to graphics in the curriculum. Just run out of stuff to learn I guess?
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, just got a lot of gamers so he thought it would be a good side lesson
MindS1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:08:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Makes sense.
The_0bserver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:28:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So did it have AI to play with? Or was it a two-man thing... I have some context (not related to the context of the OP of this reddit thread)
Dragnseeker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:38:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No AI, just two players
synesis901 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:32:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, I'm sure he learned quite a bit at least! Reminds me of when I made a squadron based AI with cover logic in my game AI class I took for fun. Prof was looking more like a connect 4 or battleship, needless to say I was the only one with something different, well that's what I get for not attending normal class.
BadBetting ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:44:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was learning java on a website and the problem was to make a character go over a set of random hurdles, instead of going around each one using about 100 lines of code my friend just had the character move above the hurdles and stay there till the end. Teacher gave him 100% and told us to be creative.
commandrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:58:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher should have given him extra credit for that.
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, he might have, I dunno
Pseudofailure ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think the main difference between this kid and a kid who really enjoyed coding was the anger at the end.
I was That Guy in my high school AP Comp Sci class who always did more than the assignment requited. On an assignment for a very similar concept, we were told to use graphics to make a sandwich. All the teacher really required was to draw different, vaguely bread/lettuice/meat-colored rectangles on screen. Naturally, I went on and figured out how to add GUI menu options for toppings and their quantities, as well as how to display images so I could make a sandwich out of actual food pictures.
I'm sure everyone else hated me in that class.
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ehh, he enjoys coding, but just kinda mad that he did all the work for nothing. And yes you were that guy.
Skutter_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just did an assigment with the java graphics library. Kudos to him for getting it working with that level of complexity. I had a bunch of issues where the compiler outright ignored the class containing the JComponent. Had to compile the files individually. No errors or anything...just really fucking annoying
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like something one of my friends would do. Programming genius with a dose of absentmindedness
MudkipzFetish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but what does tolt mean?
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's explained further down in the comments
IHNE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:27:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hope he got an A
TheMysteriousMid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a lazy, and not particularly amazing design student. We had to make a space container, which is a structure meant to contain space (shocking right?) out of cardboard. We where told we couldn't use staples, screws, other similar things to hold it together. We could sew it together, but for some reason I understood it as not being allowed to use needle and thread, so I used a paper clip and floss. My teacher looked at me like I was a special kind of stupid, but congratulated me on doing more work than I had to. I know the feeling.
liamOSM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of something that happened to me in grade 11 computer science. We were supposed to write a program that calls the "drawMoon" class, supplies various size and location parameters, and draws moons. I didn't realize the code for the class was in a network drive, and all we had to do was write a program to call it. I spent days writing the code for my own "drawMoon" class.
wtfdizzy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a similar assignment in my CS classes back in college, actually. I gained a bit of popularity by getting tripped up somewhere in the assignment, asking for help on StackOverflow, then getting an appropriate answer. After that, all of the following classes knew me as "The Guy Who Read Our Minds", as they all got tripped up on the same area!
kingkhani ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was this in highschool or university may I ask
Dragnseeker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Highschool AP comp science
LordBass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once I was asked to build a syntactical and lexical analyzer that should output the three address code to any code in a invented language.
For those that don't know, that means breaking down things like a=b+c+d into tmp=b+c a=tmp+d (you must have at most 3 addresses/variables/values for each instruction). That also implies generating labels and gotos for looping and ifs and elses.
I misunderstood the assignment and built an interpreter for the language. That in itself meant I broke it down into three address code and went a step further to interpret it (it ran the code you typed, meaning I had to implement types and all sort of shit). I got half the score for that assignment.
Fast forward a year, a friend of mine asked for help on the same assignment, I just added a variable "boolean shouldInterpretCode" that when set to false would output the 3 address code and ignore the "run code" part. He got full score and an extra for the interpreter. FML.
vambot5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:18:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That kid is basically all of my CS wizard friends in college. Though they just as easily might have heard the assignment, thought it sounded dull, and implemented a functional checkers game just for fun/to show off.
Chupoons ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sounds to me like he completed a future assignment early
Magiclemon16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember having to do this, using DrawingPanel. Man, that was a fun class.
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Happened to me junior year of college.
The assignment: implement a cryptographically secure instant messaging program. End to end encryption, key exchanges, the works.
Date assigned: Thursday at 6 pm. Date due: Sunday at midnight.
Jesus fucking christ. Fine. I finished all my other assignments half-assedly, then sat down and did the whole fucking thing. I was kind of confused - it was supposed to be semester-culminating project, but we still had a full month after the due date till the end of class. But I mean, we learned all the basic concepts at that point, had implemented some proofs of concept; the language had some decent built in libraries for this sort of thing. I didn't get to finish fancy features like perfect forward secrecy, but I submitted it at 11:50 PM on Sunday, ten minutes before it was due, after double checking that it worked on my local machine, and it worked on other machines, and it could communicate on the network without getting firewalled - in other words, that it worked locally and wouldn't die when the professor or TA ran it.
On Thursday, the professor says to me: Hey, I didn't get your submission of your project proposal.
Proposal?
Yes, you were supposed to write a proposal of the security features you would implement, your key-exchange algorithm, and so on.
Fuck me. We had three days to plan a first approach, get feedback from the class (after presenting it) and professor, then a month to implement.
I presented what I did, instead of what I planned to do. The professor waived that part of the assignment. I hated myself.
hardwaregeek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god Graphics in java. I made a Scrabble game for my APCS class. Getting the clicking and placing to work was a nightmare. So much goddamn boilerplate. Though I got everything to scale, which was nice
Kraymur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't make your graphics in Java, I don't think coffee is good for computing.
AgnAustic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:45:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd hire him because of that self-learning. I'd just make sure to have him repeat what he heard.
Andernerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a guy at my uni who was tasked to implement a Java server which communicated using the HTTP protocol. He wasn't there the day they went over the relevant Java libraries, so he ended up manually implementing the whole HTTP protocol in addition to the already large project.
102564 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That story sort of reminds me of this guy
CodeMonkey4Life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did something very similar. We were told to create a battleship game with a random board in my intro to CS C++ class. Apparently she had said randomly choose between 2 static boards. I was amazed at how much I had to figure out on my own and when I turned it in, I asked her about it, only to find out the actual assignment... I mean I learned a lot, so it was worth it, but it was so much more work than I needed to do.
0fficerNasty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was an over-achiever in CSCI too. We were supposed to build a graph. I made tic-tac-toe with AI.
ThatsWhatSheaSaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm the ambling gait. Source: I've ridden an Icelandic horse.
here's a fun video of an Icelandic horse tolting
EDIT: Yes, Icelandic horses are still called 'horses', despite being pony-sized.
ArkGuardian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait what? Please tell me there was more to this CS class, students learn how to do this in HS now with Matlab or free Python alternatives.
avec_serif ยท 361 points ยท Posted at 02:00:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Maybe not what you were looking for, but this question reminded me of the story of George Dantzig, who solved two famous unsolved problems in statistics after mistaking them for his homework assignment.
schmalz2014 ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 09:01:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something similar happened to me. I "proved" Fermat's last theorem in my first semester. The teaching assistant put it on the homework assignment as a joke. It was exercise 1d, where 1a-c were really simple, similar looking problems that could be proven with complete induction or refuted with a counterexample.
Of course my "proof" was completely wrong, so maybe the story is not that similar at all ...
AmeriCossack ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 13:40:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or maybe it was right, but your teacher got jealous that you'll get all that recognition and graded it wrong.
schmalz2014 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 14:57:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, I wish. But our homework didn't get graded anyway, we didn't even turn it in. We were just expected to solve one "exercise sheet" each week. Then, during a special class once a week, the assistant showed us how to solve the problems.
RyghtHandMan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:52:13 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you misspelled Will Hunting
bubblegumkiss ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:36:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's amazing haha. I wish something like this would happen to me xD
[deleted] ยท -64 points ยท Posted at 09:07:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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bubblegumkiss ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 10:11:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Why are you being such an asshole? I know he probably spent a lot of time figuring out how to solve the equations because he thought it was necessary for him to pass the class. What I meant was I hope that some kind of situation drives me to have the same motivation he had to do something great. So stop being so rude just because you think that I thought what he did was easy and that I would want to solve something just for the sake of compliments.
Knaprig ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 10:10:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could have said that without insulting a kid.
theDamnKid ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 14:41:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
for when /u/dfsgdhgresdfgdff deletes his magic comment
DrBarrel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:39:36 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
5 months and -63 points later, he still haven't delete it.
theDamnKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:10:35 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bit of a question: Why are you commenting on half-year old posts?
DrBarrel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:15:03 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was someone who linked this thread today.
theDamnKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:15:43 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
whom?
DrBarrel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:16:49 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4f6e69/teachers_of_reddit_what_shit_goes_on_at_schools/ just scroll down.
Huwbacca ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 09:18:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone's a grumpy-pump
EbolaNinja ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 13:51:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It must be hard for you to sit with that stick up your ass.
mynameisll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:42:49 on December 9, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like all you accomplish is being a hard ass intellectual online. Great going their genius thanks for enlightening us.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:19:20 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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bubblegumkiss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:48:54 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to realize or understand that those kind of things are unlikely (but not impossible because it has actually happened) to happen before you put your productive gears in motion, really... I mean, why can't someone be productive and hope for a miracle at the same time? It has a very little percentage of actually happening but sometimes it's fun to get your head in the clouds. No harm done when you dream as long as you're working on it as well.
Dikaneisdi ยท 4821 points ยท Posted at 19:59:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oo, thought of another one - my professor at uni told us about a time he assigned an essay on the male gaze in film. Got an essay back about 'the male gays in film'.
DeaconFrostedFlakes ยท 273 points ยท Posted at 23:42:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom was a history prof at a local college of...questionable academic quality. One of her students turned in a five page paper on the historical significance of that classic book, Uncle Tom's Cabinet.
(Handwritten, can't blame autocorrect for this one).
vaashole ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:36:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually kind of laughed at this one. It's such a small change, but still funny.
lazysisterpleasehelp ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:02:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was it meant to be on ?
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 11:31:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uncle Tom's Cabaret
NotShirleyTemple ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 14:53:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uncle Tom's Cabana
KevCar518 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 05:14:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Famous book written leading up to the Civil War.
KhuFoo ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 07:43:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shit... I just realized that it IS cabin and not cabinet. I always thought it to be a strange title.
kaas332 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:02:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh you guys call that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'? That's alot more PC than what the Dutch version was called.
slates-R-us ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:59:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone wondering, it's currently published as De Hut van Oom Tom, but it has also been published as De Negerhut van Oom Tom or just De Negerhut.
I assume you don't need to know Dutch to know what it means.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 13:12:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Narwhallmaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:39:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Though calling something a negerhut shifts it more towards a racist context.
KevCar518 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The same could be said about negro in English.
htmlcoderexe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:23:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Explain?
cannotfoolowls ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:06:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
"The negrocabin of Uncle Tom" (but in Dutch, "De Negerhut van oom Tom") but I also saw it as Uncle Tom's cabin (translated to Dutch obviously).
LaBelleCommaFucker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:33:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's the Dutch version called?
cannotfoolowls ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:11:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"The negrocabin of Uncle Tom" (but in Dutch, "De Negerhut van oom Tom") but I also saw it as Uncle Tom's cabin (translated to Dutch obviously).
heart4world ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:41:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or as The King & I immortalized it, "The Small House of Uncle Thomas".
kaihatsusha ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:04:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was it whitewashed?
smurfetteshat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet it had a bunch of aunt jemimas
On_Too_Much_Adderall ยท 1828 points ยท Posted at 20:33:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How does one write an essay about "the male gaze"?
Dikaneisdi ยท 3342 points ยท Posted at 20:36:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a term in film studies to refer to the traditional viewpoint of the camera as 'male'. From a purely practical standpoint, traditionally and still to a large extent today directors, editors and cameramen etc were male, so it's in a way a literal 'male viewpoint'. In a more metaphorical sense, it refers to films as being shot through a male perspective, which affects the portrayal of women particularly, but also men. It's an interesting way to analyse a film, and of course now there are 'female gazes' and 'transgender gazes' as well.
On_Too_Much_Adderall ยท 1324 points ยท Posted at 20:44:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, this is cool, thanks for your explanation. I haven't studied film so I didn't know that. I thought it meant a man in a movie literally gazing, with his eyes, at something lol
goldenboy2191 ยท 152 points ยท Posted at 23:50:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you ever get a chance TAKE A FILM CLASS. Your eyes will be opened to the wonderful world of film.
I_AM_NOT_A_WOMBAT ยท 142 points ยท Posted at 01:36:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And you'll spend the rest of your life talking about Leni Riefenstahl and making weird comments during movies about pan, tilt, dolly, trolley, and rack focus, which will annoy the crap out of your friends after awhile.
And...Bryan, if on the odd chance you ever see this, yeah, it's me.
break_main ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:14:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes take the class, but don't make friends that have taken the class
Casswigirl11 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:33:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously though. I have no interest in making films or partaking in any way, so I'd rather just enjoy them. I often find that learning more about something takes away the magic of it. I don't even like knowing the actors because one I know their names it's difficult to separate the character from the person.
redclash ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 10:47:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Film classes aren't just about the technical aspects of filmmaking (if they're even involved at all it's probably just mentioned). They're more about being able to see the deeper meanings and symbolism in the films themselves. Everything we see on screen is there for a reason, and a film class teaches you how to analyse what you see to better realise the director's intentions.
It's great to just sit there and enjoy a film, but isn't it better to understand how the camera angles show the audience who has the power in the scene, or something? I think so.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:59:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd rather feel it that analyze it.
Orlitoq ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:16:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget the Dutch Angle!
FicklePickle13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Battlefield Earth.
-Don_Corleone- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:24:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My name is Bryan. I doubt you know me, but I am that annoying friend.
triskellion88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
can confirm, have taken a film class. Made worse when I married a film maker.
wombat1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a wombat.
bassitone ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:29:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. One of my major electives in undergrad was, as it turned out, a course primarily on films from Latin America. A separate course in my minor was the same in German.
Interesting as fuck material there
Ulti ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:52:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And then turn all of your elective into film classes! So much fun.
goldenboy2191 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:56:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You ever take a horror film class? It has inspired me to love a genre I once thought to be so simple
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:49:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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mcfly357 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:30:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that sucks man. i was a film major and my school had tons of awesome classes. i took a title sequences class that was awesome, a futurism class, a hitchcock class, and best of all - the body genres (genres that evoke a physical reaction from the viewer, also known as the jerker films -- tear jerkers, fear jerkers, and...jerkers).
long story short, my 20 page senior thesis paper compared porn to professional wrestling, and it was by far the best paper i've ever written. first time in my life i couldn't stop writing. the similarities between the two 'art forms' would surprise you!
grrrbz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not nearly as cool, but I wrote one of my papers comparing professional wrestling (as is explored in Barthes' "The World of Wrestling") to Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares."
mcfly357 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that's awesome! what was the prompt/class?
canuckfanatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a film major and I'm in a course on American Gothic film. Here's some of the films being screened in class:
The Ring, The Shining, 6th Sense, Nightmare on Elm Street, Bram Stoker's Dracula
Ulti ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:27:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not specifically, but probably the coolest one I took was trash cinema - we watched so many godawful movies that were bad for various reasons, Cannibal Holocaust was one of the ones we got to discuss, along with The Tingler (this ridiculous-ass Vincent Price movie directed by William Castle), so we did touch on horror a bit. I loooove me some horror movies, so I was all over that.
meeeow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:17:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I was in Brussels for a screening once and fucking Deodato was there! Took a photo with him, it was great.
Ulti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hah, way cool! I have always been a little curious to check out his other movies, I bet they're probably equally ridiculous.
OuroborosSC2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:00:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plus you get credits for watching movies. Its actually super insightful though.
mcfly357 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:33:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
true, but it can often backfire.
it's never fun to write 20 pages analyzing a 30 second, black and white, PIECE of a silent film that was found in a closet of a burned down mental institution (true story). i ran out of things to write after about 1 page.
OuroborosSC2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:57:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh that's disgusting...
I_sniff_books ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck could you possibly say in 20 pages? That sounds like overkill.
mcfly357 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:41:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it was more of a film history class than anything. i wish i could remember the details more clearly, but some famous 20s/30s filmmaker made some 'classic' film and people thought all copies of the film were lost/destroyed (celluloid doesn't age well). then like 50 years later someone found ONE of the reels in a mental institution closet or something. but it wasn't the entire film, just a part of it. the paper was supposed to talk about the importance of finding the 'lost reel' while also analyzing the film itself.
the professor was the type that over analyzed EVERYTHING. the type to say the filmmaker 'obviously' used blue curtains in this scene to evoke certain feelings out of the viewer blah blah...when in reality, i bet the fucking curtains in that room were just blue.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never taken a film class, so there are probably a ton of stuff I'm missing out on, but I really enjoy the YouTube channel "Every Frame a Painting." The guy only has like 14 videos but they all have shown me aspects of film making I wasn't aware of. It's kind of cool to go back and watch movies that I've seen several times with the new information in mind.
mcfly357 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
warning: if you take to many screen writing classes, your girlfriend might at some point refuse to watch movies with you because you "figure it out too fast" and ruin it for everyone.
TheBestPornAccount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mostly what I learned from film class is that Tim Burton has a hard-on for German expressionism.
Plus it's a movie if it has tits and it's cinema if you can see dong.
rainbowplethora ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:14:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got weird looks in my film class for saying that you could remake The Cabinet of Dr Caligari shot for shot today and people would think it was a Tim Burton movie.
The tutor agreed with me though.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, it really is awesome, but only if you have a good teacher.
renaldomoon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took a history of film class, it was a ton of fun. I'd enjoy something like this too but I'm out of electives.
liam42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Er... okay, maybe that's true for one film class.
Don't dare take a minor - or god forbid a major - in film studies, though. Not if you ever want to enjoy watching a movie again.
If you do, you'll only ever be able to watch with a critical eye and you may never again enjoy a movie/TV show.
FF3LockeZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would prefer to still be able to actually enjoy watching movies, but thanks for the offer.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:58:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For me, that would ruin it. My husband has forced me to learn how to tell if there is a green screen, or CGI or whatever. Now noticing those things pull me out of the story and into the details. I hate that.
Just like my sociology class (that I took 5 years ago) still has me looking for & counting minorities in film, ads and in real life; examining messages towards different genders and racists; gender norms, etc.
Once you've had the curtain pulled back on certain things, it can never return. You're stuck looking at how the sausage is made whether you want to or not.
6feet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention, everything you watch on TV or at the movies has been created by people who studied film. Once you start speaking the same language as the creators, all your favorite movies and TV shows are suddenly a shit ton more interesting and fun to watch, and you'll realize there was a lot you were missing out on or just didn't notice or understand.
TastyBrainMeats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree, but beware...they may make your watch Birth of a Nation or Brazil, and I wouldn't ordinarily wish either on anyone.
EatingInternet ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:18:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except everyone in the business is a pretentious prick
Wasabi-beans ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:32:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And then you'll be ready for your job as a reviewer for a newspaper!
Or even better yet, a fast food worker!
Agilulf ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:27:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, if you want an incredibly nerdy but accessible and fun example, the X-Files episode "Bad Blood" is sometimes cited as subverting the male gaze. It's split between Mulder and Scully telling their subjective versions of a case. Scully's is very intentionally directed and shot away from male gaze stuff.
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:13:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe, in this case, the 'male gaze' has more to do with sociology, especially in a college setting. Though it was coined by film, the term has gone on to apply more generally in sociological, psychological, and especially gender studies.
-Maggie Wykes and Barrie Gunter (The Media and Body Image, 2005): โWays of seeing womenโ, pp. 38-47.
seanmharcailin ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:52:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It isn't just for Film either. In critical theory you can apply the idea to basically any media portrayal. If you've ever taken an art history survey, basically the entire canon of Renaissance work is an exercise in the male gaze. When you realize every artist you studied is a straight(ish) male of a dominant class, and nearly every paper you read was written by (mostly)straight white men, you can see how a lot of incredible work and discussion are lost in the echo chamber of academia. It wasn't until quite recently that this was recognized and it still is t seen as an issue by many people. I personally like seeing and hearing about different viewpoints. A queer individual will have different thoughts on the creation or performance of a work of art. A woman understands different messages. A person of color could come at a story with a totally different set of cultural values that then pervades the project.
Got a little ramble going. I blame wine!
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 23:53:49 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You and your kind are what's killing movies, games, and sci-fi. Not everything needs leftist politics injected into it.
chocoboat ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 02:30:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a pretty blatant example of "male gaze" in MGSV, where the camera makes sure to get a close up view of boobs and asses whenever possible, as if a hormone ridden teenage boy was in charge of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0cOjDnuMc#t=2m4s
It's not usually taken to extremes like that though.
Nanosauromo ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:01:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So Hideo Kojima, then?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:55:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ahahahahaha is this for real?
orange_jooze ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:14:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. There's also a main character who is a mute female sniper dressed in a bikini and fishnets. The creator's explanation for the character is that she breathes with her skin or something and she'd die if she wore anything more than a bikini. Go figure.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:35:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
this is amazing i heard MGS is kinda of nuts but now I gotta play it
chocoboat ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:08:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that hormonal teenage boy's name? Hideo Kojima.
-eKi- ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:22:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
blue steel
mcfly357 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i'm partial to Ferrari myself
Xannin ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:58:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like Leo in Inception does. I thought the same thing.
A_Girl_OnTheInternet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:24:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too, lol.
"One of the most famous male gazes in film appears in Casablanca, as Rick's gaze changes from Ilsa to Victor, signifying that he is giving his approval to her to leave with Victor."
bandersnatchh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:07:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I could write an essay on the Ryan Gosling gaze.
suicidebylifestyle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too
sushi_hamburger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:37:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Smolder
seat_filler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
whos_anonymous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like you've been... On too much adderall
raginwriter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it in a couple of my ART classes. I was a film student and we never went over the male gaze in those classes.
Kaell311 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking "blue steel".
OverlordXenu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:15:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It can. I wrote a paper a long time ago on the use of night vision goggles in Silence of the Lambs as a manifestation of the male gaze, how special agent so and so couldn't see, how it gets subverted, etc
SimpleRy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:58:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"And now for my presentation, Blue Steel: A Postmodern Reflection"
CalamackW ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:02:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you want a really good film about the male gaze in film I recommend Perfect Blue by Satoshi Kon.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:53:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha! You're welcome :)
dirkdastardly ยท 603 points ยท Posted at 21:19:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a classic book on horror films called Men, Women & Chainsaws that analyzes how the mostly male audience shifts between the male gaze of the killer to identifying with the Final Girl who finishes him off. Really interesting; highly recommended.
Provokateur ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:13:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love that book! Best book on film I've ever read (and who can resist a book titled "Men, Women, and Chainsaws"?).
miss_khaos ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:24:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just looked this up, it sounds fascinating! Thanks for recommending it.
igbythecat ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:54:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this book for my dissertation and it was really interesting. Another good book is called the monstrous feminine by Barbara Creed, which is well worth a read.
dirkdastardly ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:36:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're welcome--I hope you like it!
ssbmfgcia ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:16:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does it talk about Sleep Away Camp?
dirkdastardly ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:05:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's mentioned. It spends the most time on Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, and I Spit On Your Grave--you know, the classics.
SanErino ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Hello
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:54:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Next time, visit us over at /r/whatsthatbook
TastyBrainMeats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Got to look that one up in the library.
CleanWhiteSocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That book is fantastic. I recommend it all the time but I don't think anyone has ever taken me up on it!
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:55:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is all text, or do I have to look at horrible, gory, nightmare-inducing photos?
CleanWhiteSocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It has been awhile since I've read it, but it is mostly text. There might be a few b&w film stills but nothing horrifying.
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:35:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cool. Silence of the Lambs did that hardcore.
sw33tdee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Great book! I wrote my senior thesis in college on horror films and used this book as a big reference.
thisshortenough ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:33:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Love that book, just used it for a project on the horror genre and the final girl and it's subversion in modern texts
Yourwtfismyftw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am definitely looking that up the next time I have money to blow.
DavisMcDavis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, that's a great book - I had a horror film class and that book was one of our texts. I remember a fellow student talking to me after class one day when we were discussing that book - we were laughing so hard because she spent about 3/4 of the class wondering if she should be offended by the teacher talking about the male gays before she finally figured out what the professor was talking about.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll look for it, ta!
metathesis ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:18:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Female gaze is definitely starting to crop up. Thor had the first female gaze I took notice of. You know the shot. It was the one where his abs made you question your sexuality.
FicklePickle13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:19:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
George of the Jungle is a good one for that as well, if I remember correctly.
foofums ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:36:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Java java java java
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:04:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The ones I remember being a big deal when I was younger were the full butt scenes in "Robin Hood" (Kevin Costner) and "Nell" (Liam Neeson). I have a feeling lots of VHS tapes were broken by rewinding/slo motion during those scenes.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those abs ...
dildobiscuit ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 22:13:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hitchcock was a prime example of a director whose works were critiqued for their 'male gaze'.
nopenopenopenoway ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:52:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
though "critiqued" here does not mean "criticized" but instead "analysed".
my favorite scene from any movie ever
dildobiscuit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:23:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, critiqued/analysed. I mean criticised in an academic setting means analysed as well.
Peeping Tom is a fantastic move. I love me some Powell and Pressburger - and LOVE how left of their usual field they could go.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:50:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! I think Rear Window is especially interesting in this context, as it seems to subvert it slyly.
zeus2133 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:29:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What about gay gazes?
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:16:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still part of the male gaze. Camera angles are meant to play up whatever is "sexy" to sell to an audience marketers and associated professionals still think is mainly young men.
Mr_Smartypants ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:11:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*gayzes
saintwhiskey ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:37:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Research French Impressionist painting through the subversion of the male gaze. Specifically Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. They were the original vandals in my opinion because women in polite society could only paint a few subjects but they turned those subjects on their head and made very critical commentary on the status quo. Look for lots of veils.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting, ta!
tk-not21 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:56:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And here I was thinking it was going to be analysis or interpretation on the use of eye-level closeups on male subjects in 20th century film, particularly, those found in spaghetti westerns . :P
Although to be fair, what I just described would be a contextual example of the male gaze as you had described.
thereversecentaur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty widely used across all academia, from literature to philosophy to art. It's not just a film thing.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:01:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've only come across it in film - interesting to hear it's used elsewhere!
ObscureCulturalMeme ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:53:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"The history of cinema is the history of boys photographing girls."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:01:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The easiest example the comes to mind is whenever a female character is introduced and the camera pans from her feet up to her head like it's checking her out but a similar "look at this character's body" shot isn't used for men typically.
FicklePickle13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:27:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or how in every written work ever when we're being introduced to a female character, even from her own point of view, they will talk very specifically about her tits. Tit-oriented narration will also be included in at least half of all of said female characters' movements, and they will always feature jiggling, swaying, and/or straining against the containment of silky fabrics.
Like, I don't know what it's like for other women, but I certainly don't think about my tits even half as much as these fictional characters think about theirs.
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:58:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man. I once threw a book across a room when it introduced a female character as having 'exuberant breasts'. WTF does that even mean?
FicklePickle13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it means that they had Anime Restless Boob Syndrome, mainly characterized by unceasing and gravity-defying boob jiggling.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:46:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right! That's a good example. A contemporary example is how males and females are shot differently in music videos.
Naf5000 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:56:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How's a transgender gaze different from a gaze of whichever gender?
vulgar_wheat ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 21:44:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Trans gaze vs cis gaze, not trans vs female/male gaze.
probablyhrenrai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:19:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, got it, but what's the difference?
vulgar_wheat ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 00:22:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A movie made by/for the male gaze is going to center men at best, and objectify women at worst. I'm completely blanking on an example of a male gazey movie, because I can still only think of how amazing Mad Max: Fury Road is.
A movie made by/for the cis gaze will center cis people. For an extreme example: lgbtq people got real mad about the recent Stonewall movie, which at best minimized the role of trans women and drag queens and other gender-non-confirming people in the riots.
thefran ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 08:57:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that has nothing to do with gaze and is just representation, who comes up with this bullshit
vulgar_wheat ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:05:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People who spend more time thinking about the subject than you have tonight.
thefran ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 09:22:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah, thinking, sure. i am very familiar with the gaze theory, and feminist butchering of it is just that - butchering. I haven't even been aware of the trans gaze before. what is described here as trans gaze is literally just representation.
redclash ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:53:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're "very familiar" with gaze theory but trans gaze is a new concept to you that needs explaining? Doesn't add up, mate.
thefran ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 11:58:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the precursors to gaze theory predate feminism. as is always the rule, feminist usage of any terms hilariously incorrect. (see also: rape culture) what you refer to as trans gaze is representation.
redclash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:15:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All I mean is that gaze theory is hardly complex, and it lends itself to any prefix. The idea that you'd struggle intellectually understanding an idea of trans gaze, if you were actually familiar with it, is crazy.
Also, no one mentioned feminism...
thefran ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 12:17:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not struggling with anything. I'm far more competent on the topic than you'll ever be, given that I do research instead of repeating memes.
You're using the feminist understanding of gaze theory, which is hilariously inept, and then add the "trans gaze" term, which doesn't even fit in feminist understanding of gaze theory.
redclash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:29:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What memes did I even use?
Gaze theory isn't inherently feminist. The idea of the male gaze was coined by a feminist and is/was important, because the majority of media are controlled by males. But gaze theory itself was an idea by Lacan (?) I think. It's just an academic theory used to analyse things.
You even said that yourself earlier - implying that it isn't inherently feminist.
Dent18 ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 02:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bullshit
thipp ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 23:54:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Alright, now how is that significantly different? Wouldn't it just be the same as the cis gaze of the gender you're seeing it with? This is an incredibly fucking convoluted way to describe perspective.
vulgar_wheat ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 00:14:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's talking about different things?
Imagine a movie being made by a group of cis people, about trans people, with an audience of cis people. Imagine a similar movie being made by trans people, about trans people, for trans people.
The first movie might focus a lot on transition, or things related to sex and dating, or how much effort is involved in passing, or whatever. There'll be an assumption that the audience doesn't know any of these things.
The second movie can assume that the audience already knows how hormones work, how shitty people can be if you don't pass, what a pain in the ass it is dealing with getting your license name changed and all that. So instead of making a movie about 'omg transition', they can have a movie where the main character(s) happen to be trans.
This is more or less unrelated to male/female gaze?
thipp ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So what you're saying is is that this concept is in no way exclusively tied to gender, right? You could have Physicist gaze; that's a pretty similar concept. Basing stuff off the assumption that the audience is familiar, correct?
Isn't that just called the point of view? Why specifically attach gender to it?
vulgar_wheat ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:51:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The male gaze is disproportionately common. We have a lot of women in refrigerators, a lot of sexy lamps, and a lot of women who i guess have had their spines broken, damn.
It feeds itself: if overwhelmingly, women in media are objectified, women tend to stop consuming that media, so the only people who keep working in it are people who see women as objects...
Soulsiren ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:58:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well, it's not just basing stuff on the assumption of familiarity, but rather accesses a whole bunch of norms related to whatever gaze is being discussed. For example, a non-physicist gaze might be much more likely to use stereotypes of the nerdy, socially awkward scientist than a physicist gaze would be: the non-physicist gaze is more likely to represent physicists (and physics) through stereotypes than physicists (or people marketting primarily to physicists) are.
You could do plenty with a "non-scientist gaze", looking at the way in which science is stereotyped primarily by and for non-scientists. Why is it that it's such a common trope (in action and disaster movies especially) to see the supposed genius scientists (often rather effette characters) fail at the task you'd expect them to be an expert in, only for the salt of the earth, common sense, man of action non-scientist to save the day? Would this be so common if the films weren't being made by and for non-scientists? Can we go further, and argue that it appeals to and perpetuates anti-intellectualism, say, and thus reflects a troubling trend in our society?
What about tropes of the mad scientist? Or the cold, calculating scientist villain?
As for why we see Gender reasonably often, it's probably because in some ways it's more versatile/interesting, because gender comes with a lot more cultural norms and stereotypes than really most other things do. As well as this, there has been a good deal of work done on gender in society, so you can then tie it into wider ideas about culture, and wider work on gender. It's also partly that the vast majority of people are non-scientists, so it's statistically not really surprising that films are going to try and appeal to non-scientists. Similarly, most people aren't scientists, so even if they were proportionally represented in hollywood (which is of course unlikely, given that mostly they'll be doing science, not making films), we'd still expect them to be a relatively small influence in the film making business. These don't really map onto the male gaze though, because women are such a large proportion of the general population -- so we then get the question of why it might arise.
We could call it point of view, but if we're talking about a specific point of view (a male one, a non-scientist one, an Asian one -- you can do it with tons of things) then it's more informative to say "the X gaze" than just "the film's perspective". Also, we tend to narrow down when we discuss a gaze, so it's not exactly the same as perspective generally. If you take a given film, you could analyse it from a variety of different angles -- it might have a male gaze and a non-scientist gaze and an Asian gaze, as well as whatever else. I mean most films usually won't just have one. And these things will sum together to make the films overall perspective. But say we just want to talk about the role of science in The Core, we're probably going to talk about "the non-scientist gaze", rather than just "the film's perspective"; since we're not really talking about the whole of the film's perspective, it's more informative to say "the non-scientist gaze" because it's narrowed down to the actual issue we're talking about.
yakityyakblah ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:29:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because physicists haven't had a century long hegemony on creating films the way cis straight white men have. As such it's worth noting how those vectors of perspective must be acknowledged to truly understand where the majority of films are coming from.
thipp ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 01:34:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, so why specifically gender it? Why does this have to be a gender-specific thing instead of just being "perspective" or "point of view"? It's the exact same concept, and you're really grasping at straws to make it seem like some revolutionary and underground thing that's tackling the iron fist that's controlling the industry, when in reality it's a concept as old as writing itself. This isn't some groundbreaking thing that's destroying some established sexist medium, it's just a perspective.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
It's got a gendered name because it is a gendered phenomenon.
The fact that cameramen and directors and film writers are generally male is the point under discussion, as it relates to the way gender is presented and dealt with on screen (cameras that linger on women's butts and boobs, movies not passing the bechdel test, who gets to be everyman, that sort of thing).
Are you saying these aren't issues worth noting? Or are you saying we should talk about this stuff without mentioning gender?
thipp ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 04:24:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a gendered phenomenon, though. It's the gendered application of something that isn't gendered at all. This specific issue is gendered, yes, but it's not like this is in any way a unique version of perspective. It's not magically its own aspect of film because it's the gendered application of something much broader.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:09:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, if I understand you correctly, your argument is, "You should stop wondering aloud why you can't have Ford Model Ts of colors other than black, because sometimes other things are black too so Model Ts being black is not a unique phenomenon, and also blackness is not inherent to Model Ts, so it doesn't make sense to ask why all Model Ts are black."
Did I get that right? If yes, I hope the flaw in the argument is clear to you.
If not, please respond using the Model T analogy.
DREADLOCKSS ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:10:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well this would be the question you are trying to answer if you wrote about the transgender gaze. Even the belief that there is no difference would be an answer if you looked at movies from a transgender perspective.
I would assume it would mostly be defined by a much stronger focus on gender roles by characters and how that influences their interactions. Perhaps a transgender character over emphasizes their traditional gender roles out of fear of their own inner feelings that they are in fact not the same gender as their physical sex. Maybe they specifically act in ways that they seem as breaking traditional gender roles. Maybe the author/writer/or directer focuses on non transgender people being more fluid in their own gender expression then they realize. Perhaps the creator focuses on people being stifled by their gender expressions.
Princeso_Bubblegum ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:13:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My only thought of an example of this is the Matrix and other films by Lana Wachowski, as she is transgender, so there is a lot of hidden references to that experience (the whole blue vs red pill thing is reminiscent of us taking, well, pills)
orange_jooze ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:28:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How ironic that it would give a name to such a vile and bigoted group.
thefran ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:57:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
so deep
Princeso_Bubblegum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:02:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is more to it than that, but I'll admit I chuckled at this comment.
TheNippleDick ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More colorful.
fmauggie22 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 21:34:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
because they're different
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just have to say, despite taking numerous film classes the meaning of male gaze never fully made sense to me until you put it this simply. Thank you. The downside to film studies is sometimes people try way too hard to describe things in depth and never state anything simply.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:46:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aw, well you're welcome!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, in my classes my professors had sort of explained it that way, but more about the way the male view is imposed on females, rather than the fact that the camera takes a male role, which makes it so much clearer.
punsforgold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I will take male gays for 400... No mr Connery, thats "male gaze"... You know what, nvm.
Princeso_Bubblegum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
explain this seems weird, like what would it show?
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:00:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Boys Don't Cry is the best example for me - we 'see' the film through the main trans character's eyes (literally in a couple of shots, for example the opening scene where his eyes look out of a rear view mirror). The scene where he's forcibly stripped also establishes his gaze by having the group of characters staring at his naked body include himself, in a kind of dream-sequence scene.
APairofDocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everything is like porn
theninjallama ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Transgender gaze? How do you accomplish that?
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Boys Don't Cry is the best example I can think of. The main character is a trans man, and the first shot is the reflection of his eyes in a rear view mirror. The film then goes on to establish a transgender gaze as primary (in my reading of it, anyway!).
DarkRaven23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Laura Mulvey over here ...
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Represent!
DarkRaven23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:16:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
5 years of film theory education, 2 published papers, untold hours of research, and my only use of any of that knowledge recently is understanding references on Reddit. Take that Dad! I can use this degree for something practical!
withatee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to film school and work in the industry and this is the best description for the term I've seen. Often people get really sidetracked in the argument before getting to the important factor that it's originally (and mostly still) a male dominated industry hence why the camera often sees things with a male eye. I kinda miss studying, I took a great class called Race ,Class and Gender in Hollywood - can't really reccomend anyone take it, unless they're in Melbourne, but if there's something similar around or a book of the same nature, hit it up.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aw, cheers! It's been a while since my introductory film studies class, so I was a bit worried I wasn't explaining it properly!
Durbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:50:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fascinating. TIL. Thank you for explaining that. I'll probably think about this way more than I want to on my next trip to the cinema. :)
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:46:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, you're welcome!
nameless88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:07:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Out of curiosity, could you give an example of a female gaze or a transgender gaze film? I'm already kind of familiar with the whole male gaze concept, so I'm curious how it would look different.
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:45:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Female gaze film - Magic Mike? Early cinema, anything with Rudolph Valentino!
Transgender gaze - Boys Don't Cry, Tangerine
nameless88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, okay, yeah, that makes sense.
I haven't seen Boys Don't Cry or Tangerine, so I'll have to check those out. But, even just from seeing the trailers and hearing about Magic Mike, I got what you mean from that, haha
Walk_The_Stars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mad Max was edited by the producer's wife, because he didn't want it to look like every other action movie.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:44:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I lov that fact!
TrePismn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:12:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh lawdy. Sounds like another SJW feminist creation.
semisimian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:09:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My film history professor expanded that further, talking about the male gaze of the writers, writing for male leads who's acting conveyed a gaze perspective, etc. Many levels of gaze. This lead to crying fits of laughter from me and my friend as he went on to talk about the "significance of talking about gays in cinema," how "the gays will give you another level of appreciation for a film," and that "we should think of the gays in every film." I'd say that I was immature in college, but the joke still holds up.
Valdrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:50:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's a work with a good, strong example of the last one? Male and female gaze are easy enough to understand, but I have no idea what a camera would focus on for transgender gaze.
vulgar_wheat ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:04:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's less of what the camera/plot would focus on, and more of what it wouldn't.
There've been a lot of movies where revealing that a character is trans has been part of a joke, or is a betrayal, or something else negative. There's a focus on the trans person's genitals, or their sexuality, or sordid details about surgery and transition.
A bunch of my trans friends really dig how Stevonnie in Steven Universe has been portrayed: the show doesn't explicitly gender Stevonnie, the in-universe reaction is positive, and the character is apparently Rad As Hell.
There's also Sense8, which the Wachowskis are producing, which has at least one trans character, but I know nothing about it.
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Boys Don't Cry is the best example for me.
Valdrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What should I be looking for to get the concept when I watch it?
Dikaneisdi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:48:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The second paragraph on page 2 here - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/womens-and-gender-studies/wgs-640-screen-women-body-narratives-in-popular-american-film-spring-2014/assignments/MITWGS_640S14_BDC_ppr_KD.pdf introduces it better than I could right now!
Valdrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:35:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks!
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're welcome :)
trippy_grape ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So technically there's also a Gays Gaze then?
StabbyPants ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 21:29:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
interesting; that's far more useful than the ranting i expected (spend too much time near radfems)
clocksailor ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 22:08:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you'd find more of it interesting if you didn't walk into the conversation expecting rants?
StabbyPants ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 22:10:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i don't do that, the rants start on their own
clocksailor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:19:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is not a very self-aware attitude, man.
StabbyPants ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lulz, i'm not self aware because they go off on rants about the male gaze
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks?
mrgrendal ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:19:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Male gaze... The upskirt shots on cheerleaders for every televised sport (w/ cheerleaders) makes so much more sense now.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup.
shadowGuy__ ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:14:27 on January 13, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm starting my essay on Polygender Asexualized Plutokin Gaze tomorrow!
Shin-LaC ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was a term in gender studies. In fact, I still do. I think you just got some gender in your films.
DiggingNoMore ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This makes zero sense to me. The camera is either a neutral, sex-less third-party through which I'm watching the seen, or the camera is through the eyes of a person (who can be male or female).
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess the argument is that the camera can't be neutral, because it's operated/directed/etc by people who bring their own inherent biases and what have you.
DiggingNoMore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:13:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you claiming you can accurately predict if the camera operator, director, etc. is a man or a woman? I don't believe that to be possible.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:18:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not what it means - it's possible for a male crew to create a female gaze, or vice versa. It's more of a way of looking.
DiggingNoMore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:44:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still don't understand "a way of looking." I look at things/people. My wife looks at things/people. Sure, we might have different expressions on our faces while looking, but if you're taking the perspective from our eyes (e.g., the way it would be if our eyes were replaced with the crew's camera) would be the same.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:07:07 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not about that either. It's like, if there's a shot of a really gorgeous woman walking into a room, and the camera does that slow up and down pan of her body, that's an example of the male gaze, because the camera (and the camera operator/director/etc) are simulating the gaze of a male who is attracted to her, and therefore making you the audience member look at her in that manner.
soisawc ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 00:42:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In this college level class which costs easily over a thousand dollars we'll be covering the complex topic of: people often have individualized viewpoints.
I hate the modern education system.
canuckfanatic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're grossly misunderstanding the concept of "the male gaze" in cinema and visual media in general.
It's not about people having different perspectives. It's specifically that in film women are often framed differently than men. Women are often filmed in a manner that reflects how men may perceive them.
For example, if you're a guy checking out an attractive girl, your eye tends to look at parts of their body individually (legs, chest, face, butt, etc.) - women are often filmed in the same manner where they are divided into pieces with each body part getting a close-up shot. The audience is now experiencing what it's like to check out a woman because of the way the woman has been shot and edited by the filmmaker.
Women are also more often the subject of voyeuristic film styles, where the position of the camera gives the distinct sense that you're watching private moment.
Alfred Hitchcock films are used as examples very often when discussing the male gaze, because his films deal with voyeurism quite often.
locks_are_paranoid ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 00:01:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is SJW propaganda.
himit ยท 248 points ยท Posted at 21:23:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's basically about how films and other media are often shot to please male viewers with gratuitous shots - a really good example are female characters in action video games wearing bikini armour.
Media produced for the female gaze is much rarer but it does exist. A great example of female gaze-focused mainstream media is George of the Jungle.
Thive ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:34:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait... George of the Jungle?
_Aurora_ ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 22:02:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who else is pissed at bikini armor? I just want to make a full recreation of myself IRL/a certain female character.
"Bikini armor. Bikini armor. Bikini armor."
OK. Where the f*** can I get FULL armor that makes Lucina look like a fighter, NOT a stripper?
Soulless ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:56:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TERA online is, and shall always be, "The quest for pants and a shirt."
magnakai ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:13:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You might like this: http://femalearmor.tumblr.com/
DerAufseher ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:45:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lucina's armor isn't that skimpy. It's not like Olivia's or Nowi's. I assume you're talking FE here.
kjata ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:06:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And those two have the excuse that they're a dancer, who needs mobility and won't be on the front lines, and a fucking dragon, who doesn't give a shit because she turns into a fucking dragon, respectively.
DerAufseher ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:14:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's true. It wouldn't be OK, though, if Lucina or someone like Sully had that sorta outfit.
kjata ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:35:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like Sully would tear your arms off if you tried to put her in that sort of outfit.
DerAufseher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely. Sully's one tough chick. Too bad I don't really use her much, I love her character, but I prefer Stahl's stat growth.
_Aurora_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:53:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I mean. When I'm remaking Lucina and trying not to make her Olivia.
BlUeSapia ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:08:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
?
Under which context would Lucina have bikini armor? The most revealing outfits she has in FE are the Archer reclass and the bathrobe.
Vauxhaven ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 00:51:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lucina doesn't have bikini armor. That's the annoying part, I think. There aren't any options for armor outside of bikinis, so it's really damn hard to recreate Lucina in another game.
_Aurora_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In some games, I manage to score legit non bikini armor.
Recreating Miriel/Robin on the other hand...
IRONZOMBIEJESUS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:59:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She only puts on her real armor at the beach.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:17:06 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you heard of the blog BikiniArmorBattleDamage?
jjeeper ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 01:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean there was a solid 10 seconds of Thor bathing in Avengers 2 and Thor 2
Diredoe ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 06:04:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's actually arguments that the first Thor movie was shot with the Female Gaze in mind - notice that pretty much none of the fanservice was centered around Jane, but almost all of it around Thor, with him walking around shirtless and the camera panning up his body.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:10:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
'fanservice'?
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NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:31:44 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OK. I was thinking of 'fanservice' as the scenes where the fan blows air onto a character's hair to make it flow in the wind; showing off it's shininess and length.
Wonder Woman's hair with fan service:
http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380423888r/844801._SX540_SY540_.jpg
Nanosauromo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:03:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also in the first Avengers, Steve Rogers is introduced with a long, slow dolly in on his ass.
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bungopony ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 01:22:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guy here. Mamma Mia felt like the script had been written by someone who had never met an actual man in their life. Is that how women feel watching other movies?
othellia ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 02:03:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A few. Certain directors come to mind more than others...
*cough* michael bay *cough*
i_706_i ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 06:14:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just finished watching the two GI Joe movies back to back. It's an experience in terrible action movies that make no sense and will make you question how they were made, BUT the female characters are beyond offensive. They are solely there to be ogled and hit-on by the male characters, which not only do none of the male characters find odd, but neither do the female characters themselves.
I'm a highly skilled military officer but sure, comment about how you'd like to spit on my ass before you stick it in me*
*may not be a direct quote
Dikaneisdi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:04:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
GOD, YES. Especially for anything featuring manic pixies.
bungopony ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:03:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean they're not real? Zooey Deschanel, you lied to us!
_BonBonBunny ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 00:27:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if you wanted only film examples or other media, but you know how in anime when you see shots of handsome male characters with sparkles or stylized roses around them... that's a visual pun on literal female gaze. c:
Example: http://i.imgur.com/nxbrssQ.gif
kjata ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:07:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which would explain Major Armstrong's sparkles that have been HANDED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS.
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_BonBonBunny ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:19:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I could keep talking about anime!
Male gaze in anime is why we get panty shots and jiggly boobs.
Female gaze in anime is less... direct. You'd think the female equivalent would be, like, crotch shots?? But that doesn't happen (and if it does, it's for comedic purposes).
Female gaze manifests as, like, a character stretching before jumping into a swimming pool, and showing the flexing of their back muscles: http://i.imgur.com/gWAnxqr.gif
or extreme close-ups of an attractive character's face, especially their eyes (framed with long, pretty eyelashes): http://i.imgur.com/tjjsPcv.gif
i_706_i ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that from the anime about the swimming club with the greek adonis guys that are always half-nude? I watched a trailer for that and thought I had wandered into a yaoi site.
_BonBonBunny ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:11:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is! The show is called "Free!" (exclamation mark included). There is in fact very minimal suggestive content in the show at all, and by "suggestive content" I mean, well, stuff that would be the equivalent of panty shots that male-oriented anime gets all the time. There's one close up of a butt (in a tight, briefs-style swimsuit) that's played for a quick gag, and one scene where one character playfully shoves another in a locker room, with character B struggling to hold up the towel around their waist for a second or two.
Really, it's the apex of what I was getting at in my male gaze vs. female gaze descriptions. We're so used to "fanservice" to immediately mean "sexual" from the prevalence male gaze, that even a pretty accurate and natural portrayal of a swim team and their friendship gets immediately thrown into the "oh, this must be a sexual thing" pile. In reality, the "pandering" shots in the series are harmless things like splashing water at each other after sneaking into a pool at night, with slow-motion cam to make the water droplets look like sparkles. Lady-fans are easy to please. '-'
MsSunhappy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:40:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i love anime since you can have both worlds - jiggly boobs and sparkly bishies, a lot of the time in the same show.
BlackHumor ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:35:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is not a film, but I was watching a video of a metal band with a friend, and they were wearing tight leather outfits. He said something about how that was kind of gay (and clarified he meant it literally). It never occurred to him that maybe they were wearing those tight leather outfits for women.
himit ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:44:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone else said magic Mike. I'm more of a reader tbh so I can't really give you a list of examples as I don't pay that much attention to media. The iron man movies sort of count, IMO.
LvS ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:01:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a long list. (NSFL, TVTropes)
syncopacetic ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:19:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always feel like that movie is male gaze of what they think a female gaze would be.
Shugbug1986 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:05:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
See: almost all anime. Those directors really know what we want in a show.
[deleted] ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 22:35:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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himit ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:36:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I forgot about that one! I thoroughly enjoyed that movie.
Sex-copter ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:52:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And Thor!
The_Katzenjammer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:58:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
no it's about most film and game being made by male trough history and thus representing the male gaze.
The fanservice is a whole other thing. Oh and there's fanservice for girl and for boy.
The problem is how taboo all of this is in america.
Ifromjipang ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:49:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plurals, mate.
Shugbug1986 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:10:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People in the western world in general seem to absolutely lose their minds over fanservice. It's like you're killing their first born or something honestly.
MeUnplugged ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, Brendan Fraser looks amazing in a butt-flap.
skysinsane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or Thor.
ACID_pixel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're not wrong, my girlfriend gets all hot and bothered whenever we talk about George of the Jungle. I had to throw out our DVD copy, it was causing problems.
path411 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:06:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, that makes this topic a lot less interesting. I thought it referred to something like how looking at the exact same scene/actors, a female/male might look at and identify different parts of the scene. Maybe even something like female/male directors would use different camera angles/etc.
himit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:08:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently in film studies that's what it does refer to, so I'm a bit confused. TBH I got my definition off the internet so it may not be true, or could be an alternative, more colloquial use.
y4my4m ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that the kind of useless shit you learn in women studies?
himit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're a peach, aren't you? No fucking clue, I come from countries where we teach useful shit in universities.
y4my4m ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 08:44:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry I didn't mean to oppress you with my comment. It's just that "Media produced for the female gaze is much rarer", I don't buy that for a second.
himit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't buy that you have a girlfriend, either, but why don't we both learn to keep our traps shut if we don't have anything nice to say?
Aridius ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No it isn't.
CamsGraphics ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:37:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its all to do with the viewpoint of the film being from a 'Male' perspective. Some stuff to do with Mysogony, Scopophilia and "Woman as Image, Man as bearer of the Look"... etc.
death2ducks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Literally just write a feminist critique on the movie.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:26:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it's all photos of blue steel
Xwolfy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As for the one person who wrote on 'The male gays in film' well pornhub had all the necessary info... so I've heard
ozzmeister00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohh! I can answer that! Check this out from Austin Poetry Slam: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HQkYz2MO0Lg
electricmaster23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was just asking for trouble...
Aridius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People have written entire books about the male gaze.
MIKE6792 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 20:49:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably a film or women's studies topic about appealing certain images to the male populace and how noticeable it is to the layviewer.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:06:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Any boob shot ever
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:32:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless there is a nursing baby attached to it, and a lullaby playing in the background. And even then one should be wary of what is going to happen next.
onelovesuperwoman416 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:17:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
how does one write about the male gays?
akaioi ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:46:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You cite that film where the camera sneaks in one too many cleavage shots, and the actress notices. She sashays up to the camera and angrily scolds it, saying "My eyes are up here!" Camera's all, "I've made my choice" and doesn't waver.
break_main ยท -18 points ยท Posted at 02:17:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God i hate hearing women complain about the "Male Gaze". Sorry I think you're pretty. Don't blame me, blame 4 billion fucking years of evolutionary imperative.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:07:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's ... not what the male gaze is.
break_main ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hah! Youre right. Im an idiot
quwertie ยท -16 points ยท Posted at 02:25:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Basically market analysts have spent a lot of money to find out that men like looking at women, and women like looking at women. People assume women like looking at men, and call stuff sexist because it has pretty women in it, when really that's just killing two birds with one stone.
It's retarded.
Snoozeybutton ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 08:07:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a woman and I don't really want to watch women. I don't really get much from the camera panning over tits, and frankly I've always found it weird and a little obnoxious.
I must be defective!
quwertie ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 12:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So you're an outlier. The existence of outliers does not deny the trend. You would see a lot more half-naked men if you were the trend.
Snoozeybutton ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:13:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or maybe those experiments are flawed?
For example, recent studies that say that women are aroused by images of other women but failing to acknowledge earlier studies that confirm that these same reactions they are measuring as arousal result also from looking at images of food and puppies and clothes and clouds and..... Pretty much everything. Maybe it's time to recognize that neuroscience in general is skewed male and scientists have little understanding on how female arousal works.
Not to mention how much of that is cultural. Clearly considering how much women of other cultures go crazy for male on male gay porn, what your referring to doesn't ring true. Because of the male gaze in TV and movies and porn, maybe our society has learned to sexualize women? Let's not forget that, just as Americans ar saying "we sexualize women because women are just sexier than men," the ancient Greeks placed the male physical form as much greater.
Please don't get started on this discussion until you know what the fuck you're talking about. It's really boring for me to debunk ignorant bullsht, and I'd love to have a meaningful discussion with someone who isn't entirely talking out of their ass.
quwertie ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:41:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, this has nothing to do with porn or arousal. It's just what makes people interested in an ad, which happens to be women for both genders.
Snoozeybutton ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:57:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're telling me ads where Kate Upton rubs burger grease on her breasts has nothing to do with arousal? Sure, buddy.
quwertie ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 20:20:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is way too much money for those to be wrong. People want to sell their products optimally.
Snoozeybutton ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:56:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just because advertising execs do something doesn't mean it's optimal. Media doesn't just respond to culture, it also sets the culture.
Those Carl's Jr. And Hardee's commercials are doing much more to turn away than to attract female consumers, I guarantee it. it just so happens that male audiences are more commonly targeted.
If men and women both prefer looking at women, I wonder why only 1/5 of roles in TV and film are female? You're staring at the actors aren't you? "There's too much money for it to be wrong!"
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Male gaze" is actually a legitimate term that's been twisted by Tumblrites. John Berger talks a lot about it in Ways of Seeing, and it's something worth examining.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
How do you think it's been twisted? I actually think Berger, of all people, might go further than the 'Tumblrites', given his Marxist leanings.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:36:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because there is a point to be made by saying, "Most media is created for male consumption." Yes, I know there are exceptions, please don't quote them at me, but they are exceptions.
Being critical of what we watch, and trying to do it better, should be more or less what we want out of artists.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:42:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree, but I'm asking how you think the term has been twisted i.e. what's wrong with the 'tumblrite' use of the term/how do you believe it differs
Unless you just answered that. I'm a little confused, honestly.
Snoozeybutton ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:08:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds exactly like the tumblr definition. I'm not really sure what twisting you are alluding to.
[deleted] ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 03:07:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You basically blame men for everything that has ever happened in human history, and then blame all contemporary things on them as well.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:14:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 5th grade I was assigned to write a paper on euthanasia. I was prepared to write a paper on "youth in asia".
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
shrugs I'd read it
Mitch_Mitcherson ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in this small literature class in college and the teacher was explaining the parameters of the paper we had to write. It needed to be interesting, something about social commentary, but you couldn't write about extreme controversial things: bestiality, torture, euthanasia...things like that.
She then went on with a sigh and a smirk about one kid the previous year that either misheard her, or was being a smart ass because he wrote a paper about "The Youth in Asia."
LifeIsBizarre ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:49:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was expecting an entire essay on 'Blue Steel'.
Britt2211 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Saw a friend on Twitter very confused about this the other day
DeonCode ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like that Breaking Bad post about Billy
essteeeeveeeeen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in middle school we had an assignment on euthanasia. I had never heard the term before and did the assignment on youth in asia
Celui-the-Maggot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've been in that situation in History class. My instructor kept talking about The Gaze and since I hadnt read the book i kept thinking he was talking about The Gays and I was REALLY confused
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LMAO!!!!
kerofbi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something like this happened to me once. I was in a class discussion about Heart of Darkness, and I stopped paying attention for a moment (or so I thought), and when I came to, all anyone was talking about were the "gays" in the book. I was very confused for the next 10 to 15 minutes trying to remember where homosexuality was ever a part of the book.
ObitoUchiha41 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:17:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man that sounds like a mistake I'd make.
Like if I missed one class where we talked about that and they didn't say anything again.
fuckincovey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:56:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Along the same line, I took an ethics class a few years back and one of the topics for an essay was euthanasia. The girl that sat next to me wrote about the ethics employed by youth in Asia.
brooker1970 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:17:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a film professor and I've told that story. I wonder if you were in my class or if it happened to someone else.
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:44:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uni in Scotland?
brooker1970 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:50:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No I'm in London! Maybe it happened more than once.
alamaias ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:24:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For us non-film people, what the hell is "the male gaze"?
Dikaneisdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:43:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a term in film studies to refer to the traditional viewpoint of the camera as 'male'. From a purely practical standpoint, traditionally and still to a large extent today directors, editors and cameramen etc were male, so it's in a way a literal 'male viewpoint'. In a more metaphorical sense, it refers to films as being shot through a male perspective, which affects the portrayal of women particularly, but also men. It's an interesting way to analyse a film, and of course now there are 'female gazes' and 'transgender gazes' as well. (copied from previous comment)
alamaias ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I learned a thing today :)
sweet_roses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:34:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i always do better when the teacher writes it, says it, and gives an example lol
Sucramdi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe that's why my professor wrote GAZE! double underlined on the board and spent a solid minute say gaze not gays
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of how Ilareal in Heroes of the storm says, "there is no place where you can hide from my gaze", but I like to imagine he has an army of homos hunting us down
dsetech ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:26:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this a male glaze. My essay would have been equally wrong.
brickmack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:31:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That interpretation makes more sense than the intended one.
newnameilostoldname ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:46:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Guy likes to see homos naked, that don't help me none"
brainstorm42 ยท 119 points ยท Posted at 03:01:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A teacher whose first language wasn't English asked us to submit an assignment "in distinct pieces of paper", meaning, well, that the each of the two parts should be in its own sheet of paper.
Guy next to me turns in two pieces of differently colored, differently sized pieces of paper.
BeesSolveEverything ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 14:33:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly I would have asked for clarification. If you hadn't explained I would have been just as confused.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:38:07 on December 6, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed way too hard at this
Back2Bach ยท 2405 points ยท Posted at 20:09:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
An organ student I once taught misunderstood when I told him it was generally okay for him to practice in church most any time, as long as it was quiet enough so as not to interfere with the minister when he was present.
One Sunday in summer he was substituting in a church and started to practice the closing hymn on a soft stop while the minister was preaching the sermon - thinking it would be okay because it was relatively quiet. And, of course, he was asked to silence his organ-playing as it was in competition with the spoken word.
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BlUeSapia ยท 1448 points ยท Posted at 00:12:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What were you thinking, he was teaching math to a small intestine?
[deleted] ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 01:04:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a shitty student
The_Munz ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:43:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't get tipped onto the floor
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:46:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nmeta(N+2)me
stephj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:49:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Siigh upvote
Atario ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree, he was totally tubular
Jaywebbs90 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:18:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why'd you apply to medical school?
I want to learn to be a Galbladder.
milkomeda ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 01:15:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perhaps this little guy?
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:09:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Feels the absolute need to downvote because that thing creeps me out....
EPOSZ ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:12:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mr intestinal.
BlUeSapia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:05:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
toot toot
my-chemical-warfare ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:49:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your comment actually made me cry
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:14:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, I thought it was a typo, or he taught at a veeeery interesting school
Taiga_Blank ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:48:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, that would be a student organ.
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:09:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What, you're saying you weren't thinking that?
potato_ships ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:40:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach history to kidneys AMA
taolbi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:12:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno, it's possible. I do teach a lot of dicks.
Caitstreet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:52:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed way too hard at this
dannytheguitarist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:30:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
or a penis #rule 34
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's quite a large jump to a conclusion...
BlUeSapia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
BA DUM TSS.
Slothhz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought he was teaching someone how to be a good organ donor o.o
Imperator_Knoedel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was imagining a medical student cutting open corpses in a church and had to reread that first paragraph a few times before I got it.
_ShieldGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fucking lol
malomolam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:33:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:42:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yes
vechmaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:12:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, IT to a gallbladder
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:15:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"What's 5x2?"
Shits everywhere
gurg2k1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No he obviously misunderstood the professor. We were supposed to be talking about an Oregon student.
Hashgar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:25:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought students from Oregon where just really dumb. Then I realized I'm double dumb.
Thatseemsright ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes
Arbitraryrules ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Literally crying at this.
KitsBeach ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:41:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wtf'd at "you can practice your organ in church if you can do it quietly".
TheAtomicOption ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:20:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a kid at the mall with my mom I once saw a shirt that I thought said "multiple organ donor" but actually said "multiple orgasm donor". She didn't buy it for me and it took me a while to figure out why.
ImaginedDialogue ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guy: "I'm a registered organ donor!"
Girl: (thinks) I'm proud of that guy, think of all the lives that would be saved if the unthinkable happens!
Guy: "We're still looking for donors of pianos, harpsicords and accordions."
Girl: (thinks) Oh...
BBS- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:42:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Oh, Organic Chemistry."
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:40:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Organs, they'll make your teeth turn grey
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wat
Kiyoko504 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:04:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS_Xq7gSCBM This should explain everything.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so glad I watched this before I started doing drugs for the night.
Kiyoko504 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:21:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why take Drugs when that's a perfect representation
notsophunny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:18:55 on November 25, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've got to say, I'm relieved that I wasn't the only one with this reaction.
ultraGaylord ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, you stop playing the piano once you start playing the organ.
Roadcrosser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Took a while to figure out he wasn't doing surgery amidst a service.
swaglord9k ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never Let Me Go
edditme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, like an altar boy and a Catholic priest?
Full disclosure: everything I know about Catholicism I learned from the interwebz.
alphabetabravo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:03:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's our Quagmire!
MIKE6792 ยท 422 points ยท Posted at 20:50:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, so it is finally proven that you have a relevant username.
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 23:33:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck him and fuck you too.
LeprosyDick ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 00:25:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Penis disease
JoshuaGJustice ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 00:30:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going to find out who did this to you.
Vengefultaco12 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:35:54 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And kill him in cold blood.... With refried beans.
thecaramelbandit ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:00:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That.... that was The Wrong Thing To Say.
pcyr9999 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:48:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was the wrong thing to say my friend
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's definitely the wrong this to say.
SadGhoster87 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 02:07:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
Mediocretes1 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 00:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those damn kids always playing with their organs in church.
Schadenfreudenous ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:14:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the redditor who played "The Final Countdown" on a church organ as the procession began.
One of the reddit tales that gives me a good kick every time.
doomneer ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:27:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Link?
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have done this at a wedding at request. I queried it, it was confirmed, I got paid to do it. Baffles me to today.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 23:01:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my God, somebody using the words "organ" and NOT referring to biological human parts! WOO! there's like 2 of us here!
mousefire55 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:28:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/cries because composes works for organ on occasion and noone cares
PollySherman ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:47:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/cries because Monday night is Organ Music Night on our local NPR station. Last week it was the Star Wars theme. I wonder if I could include a full stop reference in here.
Xhihou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:33:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... does your local NPR affiliate have an online stream? That sounds seriously amazing.
PollySherman ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 17:52:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not from my local station, but it's apparently a popular show. I've tried, but it's just not for me. http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/
mediaboy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:45:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As an organist, I care.
I also can't afford to commission anything.
mousefire55 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:38:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
S'ok. I'm too unknown to request things like money :P
mediaboy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:45:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pm me then. Have concert series in spring on history of pipe organ for some local churches. If you'd like me to have a brand new piece by yourself, I'm happy to discuss my needs and the organs in question :)
mousefire55 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:03:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? Super!
Would you be able to make a recording of the performance?
mediaboy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:06:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup. Audio and video. Would be more than happy to :)
Soluxtoral ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:31:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If this happens, you bastards better post it on Reddit.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:15:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I helped :) !!!!
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:25:02 on November 29, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you have interest in writing a piece for me? Forgot to PM you two weeks ago :)
mousefire55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:41:38 on November 29, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do, but I have concerns about scheduling and when I'd actually be able to sit down and complete the piece... The next two months for me are going to be very busy. I don't know when you would want the piece by or rather, how soon you'd like it, so if the two month business is an issue, that's fine too :P
In otherwords: yeah! It might take a little longer than I'd like to complete it though.
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:38 on November 29, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I'm always looking for new material. It just changes when it'd be done :p
I'm probably doing some summer concerts and additional lighthearted pieces welcome. Incidental music suitable for interludes and postludes in churches always welcome. Can provide you with some recent things that have been done in that regard if it'd help?
mousefire55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:09 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That would be very helpful, thanks :)
In that case, I would be ecstatic to put together a piece.
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:24 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So postludes tend to fall broadly into three categories: seasonal, festival and general.
Seasonal postludes relate to the church season that the sunday is currently in. So this advent I'm playing this prelude one Sunday because the chorale it's based on is related to Advent. I'm also playing Walking in the air (yes that one) for the family service because it's Christmassy. When we get to Lent and Passion it's more things like "Jesus died for me" (which I can't find on youtube, but is once again based around chorales). The majority of seasonal postludes are based around appropriate secular/religious music. There are long, long, long lists for this.
Festival postludes relate to the particular Sunday in question. So Remembrance Sunday gets Walton because of the long-standing links between Walton and the entire British patriotism thing. Some pieces were written for specific sundays too. I guess you could include postludes on a hymn theme (like this one on nun danket alle gott) simply because I tend to segue from the final hymn into this postludes and it wouldn't work if they didn't segue.
General postludes are everything else. So you gets fanfares, processionals, more processionals and marches, short voluntaries, toccatas and more toccatas and more toccatas and more toccatas. I can do pretty much whatever I want as a postlude if I'm honest. We're currently having a month of Bach and nothing but Bach, because I figured "why not", but as you tell from the multitude of links, my organ is pretty good at being loud and my church is happy with a wide variety of music.
All postludes are supposed to be about 5-8 minutes long, but if they're short then I just improvise around the hymn tune or throw in a fanfare or repeat a section or something. Or play it in the right key, then transpose it up a tone. It's cheating, for sure, but it works.
This selection of music is basically a highlight run of the last 6 months and some ideas for the next 3 months.
Incidental music throughout the service tends to be much lower key. Its mostly there to avoid awkward silences whilst people do things around the church. Mendelssohn crops up, as do things like this. I can get away with things like Nimrod with some careful stop selection, and things like this Elegy work well too. Length varies dramatically. Even things like this can be changed to be more reflective through stop selection.
Summer concerts tend to want something frivolous thrown in occasionally. I haven't done a summer concert on the organ for a while, but on the piano I used to throw in things from stuff like the Gershwin song book and similar. The kind of thing you'd get in lounges I guess. If you can find a way to translate that to the organ then wowzers. I've been struggling, which is partly why my organ concerts tend to be in the dark months when people quite like having a concert full of relatively serious music in the evening, rather than an afternoon of light entertainment.
In terms of the organ, this is the organ specification. I do play at other churches, but this is the one where I play most frequently (around 80-100 services/year). If you'd like some samples of me playing the organ to get an idea of how it sounds (as I know specs tend to be pretty terrible for that kind of thing as organs differ so greatly) I can probably get you that within a couple of weeks too :)
As you can tell: I can probably find a place and time to perform almost anything you write for the organ. I play for around 150-200 services a year, not including a dozen or so concerts. I get through a lot of music and I can't afford to spend any money on anything at the minute, so anything you want to send my way in return for an audio recording will be appreciated, used and added to the six foot high pile on my bookcase.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:17:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Any chance youre in or from europe? Have connections that could possibly give you a chance!
mousefire55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:38:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From: yes. In: sadly no.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shame!
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:41:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude! Thats so cool!
But indeed. A very small minority really cares about these majestic beasts...
aeiluindae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, organs are awesome, you're not the only one. They can do so many awesome things. I don't get to play with ones that aren't virtual very much (the old family farmhouse that gets used as a vacation home has a century-old pump organ that I need to figure out how to bring back to 100% functionality sometime), but I love the sounds you can create on one. Even small organs have a sort of majesty to them. The Interstellar soundtrack made me a very happy man.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:20:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Going to Hans Zimmers concert in April. Guy who wrote the interstellar soundtrack. As amazing as it gets.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:56:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also, if you need advice on restoring organs I might be able to assist if necessary. My dad has A LOT of knowledge there, and I might be able to ask him with specific things needed.
Though restoring these things to functionality is a total nightmare...
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine is in need of small alterations to the console. Unfortunately it's historic and so I can't alter the console.
The location.and size of the swell pedal mean that I cannot play easily in B Major or any other key with c# and d# because you can't slide between them.
I am convinced the builders put it together wrong when they reassembled it, but haven't met them yet. They're still tuning it but they're like ghosts. I'll lay in wait in the church, disappear for lunch, and by the time I'm back they've tuned the entire organ. Spooky.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:20:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to help my dad tune church organs. I confirm we were ghosts. Show up Saturday 10/11pm, gone within an hour. Noones the wiser.
zifnabxar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get so many odd stares when I tell people I worked for an organ factory one summer in high school.
Unique_Cyclist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:38:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My dad used to build em.
"Hey so what does your dad do?"
"He builds organs!"
"Really?! Thats so cool! What kind? Has he ever built a heart? What about a..."
"nope, church organs..."
"Oh..."
Artisanalbumparty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:25:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'M HERE TOO. OMG!
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:30:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Welcome!
Artisanalbumparty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:00:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's like finding unicorns!
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:53:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a subreddit for unicorns like us?
Artisanalbumparty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:11:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, must check!
Unique_Cyclist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:52:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/organ is the way to go apparently!
Artisanalbumparty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:38:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh thank you! I forgot to check..!
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:14:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone at mass is just looking around at each other confused but all decide to stand up because it's time to sing? I guess? Oh wait, no, priest motions for us to sit down. It's just our idiot organ player thinking he can practice during church.
Cuntflickt ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 23:07:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They gon' ask if I can play this shit back to Bach I took a break from death, now it's back to that
Blond_Treehorn_Thug ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap I can't stop laughing. The look on the minister's face had to be priceless
SouthernPotato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've wanted to try playing an organ but I don't attend a church anymore, do you think I could just ask to borrow any churches organ? Also I have no experience, just piano.
lets_trade_pikmin ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:08:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most organs are too large to borrow
SouthernPotato ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Borrow as in play, you silly.
mediaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:38:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where do you live? Might be able to help if it's the UK :)
Phantom95 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He probably would have gotten away with it if the thing had an Aeoline.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In second grade, the teacher asked the "teacher's pet" girl to go outside and dust out the chalkboard erasers (yep, I'm old). The teacher meant to do it outside on the sidewalk. The girl did it outside the classroom on the carpeted hallway.
Janitor was not amused.
xv323 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Catholic, was it?
controlroomoperator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His mother was so angry about this she chased the minister around the church and grabbed him by the organ.
anderson12345678910 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
'organ-playing' sounds really wrong
Go_Ask_Reddit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How else would he interpret it? If the minister is there he shouldn't be practicing. That was your poor explanation, not misunderstanding.
The_Doctalex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:57:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, I had to read your story two times for me to understand you didn't mean he could practice playing, but praying.
goyaguava ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still confused... where does it mention praying??
The_Doctalex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't explicitly state it, but when he says "practice" he means to practice you religion, in a church. It was badly phrased, and I probably would have made the same mistake.
goyaguava ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:07:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha I have no idea how that many people understood what was written.
Thomassaurus ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:46:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm confused... why would you tell him it's ok to practice an organ in church?
DarrenEdwards ยท 4431 points ยท Posted at 20:28:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When my bio teacher was in college the students were told to bring in a stool sample for analysis. Each student figured out to bring in a piece of their own crap in a baby food jar or similar small container. All except one student who shit it a 1.5 gallon glass jug. Just opening it emptied the room. The student, who may or may not have been fucking with everyone, then "accidentally" tipped his shit bomb onto the floor.
ForTheText ยท 4211 points ยท Posted at 22:09:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is this a thing?
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 3510 points ยท Posted at 23:14:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty common. I had to do the same thing for my history class.
crustalmighty ยท 3025 points ยท Posted at 23:42:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They scheduled it for the week following penis inspection day in my creative writing course at the learning annex.
User9113 ยท 1065 points ยท Posted at 00:12:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably just like mandatory vagina inspection day
DirtBlockHouse ยท 212 points ยท Posted at 02:41:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Barry McCockiner"
TacoNinjaSkills ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 03:32:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made it all the way through until that name...I lol'd.
Kriyze ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 09:57:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Health code 69"
HircumSaeculorum ยท 270 points ยท Posted at 01:59:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In the Indonesian police force, they do something very similar, and it is in no way funny.
Edit: This sort of purity check is a serious problem around the world, and it isn't done for any really rational reason.
Tripone ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 03:08:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So much text but so little of the only thing I wanted to know; what the fuck do they use the test results for?
HircumSaeculorum ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 03:15:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They just want to guarantee their pure police force, 'cause values. I believe that non-virgins get booted out, if that's what you mean.
Ananasboat ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:49:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It even says in the article that failing the test doesn't really mean they're fired.
So like, there's extra no reason for it to happen.
Matazaonreddit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:39:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But the article mentions that they use the "2 finger method" to discern whether the hymen is intact. The examiners are female doctors too, but I haven't read enough to know the purpose of that test either.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:37:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And this is how we end up with hymen reconstruction surgery for women who want to avoid a 'bad beginning' to marriage.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/beauty/Women-going-under-knife-to-restore-virginity/articleshow/5715442.cms
http://www.gynae-centre.co.uk/our-services/hymen-repair/
Tripone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks!
Neuermann ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:06:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But why would it matter if they were virgins? Really, what effect could it have on the job?
ASK_ME_IF_UR_A_FAGET ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 06:51:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you, I think it's hilarious.
badgerboy46 ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 01:57:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha this is my high school
Jameskippy ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 02:21:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was my high school.
SneakyLilShit ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 02:23:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can't you guys share?
HatchetToGather ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 04:29:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha this was my high school.
linkolphd ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then /u/badgerboy46 and /u/Jameskippy stole it?
drfattyphd ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:19:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to Shakopee. All the girls I knew from PL coulda used a vagina inspection.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:45:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay then...
Demopublican ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:01:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was actually really tragic, what with all the cancerous growths afflicting them.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:15:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just came off of a huge Farbo binge. hearing minnessotans talk about skanky puss seems funny to me.
IchBinGelangweilt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did it have to be Minnesotans? They're making us look weird! Also, I think that's my cousins' school district.
Fetus-Deletus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hello from beautiful rainy Burnsville
TheInternetHivemind ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:14:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've probably delivered you pizza (assuming you've ordered pizza).
lead-holder ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 02:51:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, yes. Minnesota Health Code 69. There was a lot of controversy but the doctors paid for new chairs in the courtroom so it passed quickly.
Jameskippy ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:22:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a junior the year that got spread around...
XenomorphSB ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:23:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did legs get spread too?
AssistantManagerMan ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:34:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh look, someone stole school letterhead.
... And then someone didn't know how to save the image so they took a screen cap of it.
SadGhoster87 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 01:56:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click of the day
Kniis ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 02:31:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck? Is this something a student made as a joke? What's the backstory/aftermath to this?
HighRelevancy ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 03:03:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a joke. I think it started out with some anon on 4chan who (possibly joking, but who knows?) started a thread complaining about being unfairly failed on his penis inspection at school, which resulted in lots of "I think you got molested anon".
So genital inspection day is now a joke.
suicidalgod ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 04:10:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What? You didn't have penis inspection day at your school?
shardikprime ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:20:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uh I think you got molested bruh
suicidalgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What? It's a common thing where i live. Maybe you were too young to remember? Ask your parents.
Mcoov ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:22:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If Minnesota Health Code 69 didn't tell you it was a prank...
ffollett ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:13:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uh, yeah. Signed by Barry McCockiner? That's not a person...
6feet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait a sec... Barry Mc- hahaha, I just got it! "Bury muh cock in 'er," haha, ew.
pokemaugn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:14:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf I'm not shaving for inspection day, I get horrible ingrown hairs!!!! Do the boys have to shave for their inspections?
bobsbitchtitz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:36:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Complete Savages
TheInternetHivemind ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:15:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The town used to be called black dog.
ProspectiveQuant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a 4chan joke right?
NSA_Chatbot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you happy with your life, right now?
xKHAZx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Slyric_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this fake? I would think its fake because it says "Minnesota Health Code 69"
BigAlbinoRhino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm proud to be a Minnesotan
BernieForFuhrer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Barry McCockiner, Director of Vaginal Corrections"
Oh I can't stop laughing! Oh boy that laugh felt good.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf?
GMY0da ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Savage, MN"
iamtaurean ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click...nah at work can't take the chance
jakeopolis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the everloving fuck??....
mr42ndstblvd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wow....... somebody took there time to make that hah
Tuba4life1000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, if they miss the first inspection they will see you next Tuesday
sgtpepper901 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Christ, how do you fail a vagina inspection?
"Hmm, it sure looks like a vagina, but I'm not sure if it really is a vagina."
lucienpro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait. What the fuck?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wut
OneEyedTrouserMouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Barry McCockiner, Director of Vaginal Inspections"
Kleindolph ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the actual fuck? Not only do they halve to go through something as messed up as being prodded by a stranger in their privates, they halve to shave too?
What if they're on their period? Is that a FAIL? I'm kind of angry at this.
Tokagehito ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:38:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's fake.
interwebcats122 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:16:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Health code 69? That seems fishy
nastienate15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that doesn't sound legal in the slightest... making women shave their vaginas or they fail part of academia... i call BS
vansc14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this a student prank? Cause if it isn't, I want to know why the fuck there needs to be a vagina inspection, and where I can become one of these.
mwagsyoke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:38:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck. Please tell me thats not real.
NOblivioator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Code 69.
Kek
skellyton22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:07:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that is totally true. 100%.
Durbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, it happened right around the time of the weekly scoliosis and manual breast exams.
TheRealHanBrolo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:00:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please, let that have been a hoax
nameless88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Minnesota Health Code 69. Lol.
theDamnKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:05:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Risky-click-of-the-day
KingMidas99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:41:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tothoro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:57:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click of the day
general_cocktease ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:20 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There must be so much backstory to this
pm_me_inuyasha_pics ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:58 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My high school did similar
LpSamuelm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:23:54 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. It really is terrible how not funny that is. ๐ฆ
iamerror87 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:54:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf? Is this a real thing?
N67nightmare ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 01:14:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
TacoPower ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:26:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it supposed to read like "Bury MyCockInHer"?
recruit00 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:26:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes
TacoPower ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:32:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cool
Dank_Skeletons ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 01:42:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
intangiblesniper_ ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 01:58:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
iamerror87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I looked quickly while eating supper, I didn't notice this.
ReaderWalrus ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:36:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
PM_ur_Rump ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 01:59:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
UpVoter3145 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:00:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:54:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This excites me
PM_ME_FOR_NOTHING ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:42:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
is this real lmao
periodicchemistrypun ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:54:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was willing to believe until the contact name was given.
Thanks for that
TheInternetHivemind ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:12:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a pizza guy. That high school is in my delivery zone. Small world.
I'm assuming it's a joke pamphlet, but that is the correct address for the school.
PouponMacaque ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:24:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This thread is killing me
Loueloui ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, how was Penn State?
Eatsnow89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:26:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/nocontext
WombatBob ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:39:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/nocontext
Slutty_Squirrel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly what day is this???
crustalmighty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My group went on a Wednesday.
Mnstrzero00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Penis inspection day only happens in futanari hentai. This is clearly untrue.
rendeld ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You only had one day of that?
gettingthereisfun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:16:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Catholic schools have a learning annex?
Scarblade ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was the quiz that day curved?
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:41:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh yes the day where they stuck a rod in your penis and jerked it around to see if it was all there. I no longer had split urination problems after that.
justafish25 ยท 559 points ยท Posted at 23:39:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah the history of your own poop.
Cannytomtom ยท 816 points ยท Posted at 23:44:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have IBS, so I suspect it would correlate well with the history of England.
A lot of war and death, with periods of peace mingled in. It all looks like a clusterfuck, but somehow keeps functioning.
ColonelHavoc ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 01:37:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ, I've never read a better description of IBS
Tibbsy152 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:30:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never read a better description of England.
lukaswolfe44 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 01:28:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've studied the history of England and Britain for about a year now and you just killed me.
Cannytomtom ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 01:36:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You remind me of all my previous wives.
lukaswolfe44 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:49:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You remind me of the times I messed up the succession by not having a son.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd be the best serial killer in history.
break_main ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:20:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God if i have to shit in a jar for ANY MORE damn history metaphors, I am changing majors
theonlyapple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:34:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ulcerative colitis here. Mine is like Russian history: and then it got worse.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really don't want to think about what warm water ports you're looking for. The Russians were bad enough.
pm_me_taylorswift ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:46:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also you shouldn't eat the food.
LeafyQ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:33:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best bowel-to-history comparison I've read in a long time.
LovesBigWords ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:38:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...and it burns. Just like London! :-D
outlandishthoughts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:50:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a perfect description of IBS! Hilarious!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So Indian really messed you up?
SurprisedPotato ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:02:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And there's been times when it spread everywhere?
dr_franck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I spit out coffee on my monitor, while simultaneously trying to hold back laughing, and now my co-workers are looking at me funny... This is hilarious.
ValarMorghulisBitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:57:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL I ate England.
Though mines going through a revolution apparently and everything is on strike.
And Ireland in my bladder is all infected like a rotten potato.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:10:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never thought I'd say this about a poop-related comment, but you deserve gold.
Asmor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:45:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, that reminds me. I need to go jack off so I have a sample for the optometrist tomorrow.
Ccracked ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 23:40:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do the same for sex-ed. My kindergarten was weird.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:40:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:06:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
JOKE.
NSFForceDistance ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:20:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same, but it always bothered me when the professor said that. I mean they were never great but still I'd prefer you use the term "essay."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:06:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
lostsymphony41 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:48:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have read all the comments and an not figure out for the life of me why you would have to do that. Let alone for a history class.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:51:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HUH?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:02:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm doing it for finals myself.
lawrencer12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:05:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always bring one for math. Just in case
edmanet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do it for my German teacher...
isosceles1980 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:38:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too, except for math.
Cotton_Mather ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:55:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uncivil Rights Movement?
PingPongSensation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Zaozin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:31:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They just wanted you to turn in your usual "quality" papers.
Xwolfy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get the one about biology... but for history class? What did y'all's even do with that in history?
randomkoala ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same. I had to bring mine to my shit eating class.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I'm laughing so hard. Unexpected comment.
J_the_Assassin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did it for pe during butthole inspection day
yourlocalwerecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also known as "finals week."
PeanutButter707 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why for history?
Zero_Cool_72 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard at this I woke up my wife. Probably won't get sex in the morning but totally worth it.
SeekAnswers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey you, yeah you I forgot my stool sample, can I use some of yours? Come on man, I just lent you my pencil yesterday!
Neuermann ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I just brought one in for my econ class. All 6 pages of stool.
adolphrickenbacker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:04:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What history class.. the history of feces?
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:40:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did not and disagree that it is common.
Mage98 ยท 242 points ยท Posted at 23:09:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Welcome to med school.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:32:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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MudcrabsWithMaracas ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:49:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't expect many places to do this. I know in my degree course (not med, but related) we had analyse our own urine. We had to wee in the loos, then walk back to the lab (through the entire medical school) with a pot of hot, fresh piss. Three times.
KennyFulgencio ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:41:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A pot!?
MudcrabsWithMaracas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:11:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, like these, but 500ml capacity. They had a lid so you couldn't spill any (of course it didn't stop me pissing on my hands, or my lab partner spilling hers all over the bench and her paperwork!), but they were slightly transparent so you could definitely see it was urine in there.
Matazaonreddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:48:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's worth its own post actually. Way too hidden in here.
Also did your lab partner have problems with the soiled paperwork? I imagine some loose leafs of paper can be rewritten, but a book or a test sheet would need to be turned in for replacements.
MudcrabsWithMaracas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:50:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Luckily for her it was just the practical handbook and the technicians had plenty of spares. We had access to them online too if anything happened to our copy. I imagine the next time they do that practical they'll have a warning about not picking up the pots by the lids!
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:38:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Med student here.
No. : /
Quackosaurus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:38:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, no. We practice that kind of stuff on standardized patients, and don't run labs ourselves.
khahk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe not as bad, but our school made us pee in a cup and test our urine. There was like 50 med students huddled over two puppy pee pads dipping test strips in our urine. It smelt pretty bad.
Shin-LaC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:04:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a start.
tthershey ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 01:54:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a physiology professor who said she used to have students analyze their own urine samples in lab. One girl saw something strange in her sample, so she asked the prof what it was. Turns out it was sperm...
Had another professor who said she used to have students do UAs until one student discovered she was pregnant in lab class.
Sinai ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:16:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We did urine analysis for my analytical chemistry lab. Had to do yours and your partners'. On that day, I learned I definitely do not have a pee fetish, because my lab partner was smoking hot and I still treated her piss like it was molten lava.
wegsmijtaccount ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:04:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In our class, there was a guy who had a sperm cell in his mouth swab. :D
He was discussing with his labmates and the neighboring ones about what it could be, and they were sorta excited about this 'strange cell' for wich they called the teaching assistant over. Poor dude, he was a bit of a shy one. He didn't get teased over it or anything, but still.
antisocial_douchebag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's fucking awesome.
DonutDestructorofDoo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:46:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What med school are you going to that does that?
wegsmijtaccount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:12:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not unheard of, we had to do it also for a clinical lab, to do some (easy) tests on it. Why would that be weird?
And also, because we were supposed try out some of the things we asked our patients to do, so we would know what things were about. It takes a little bit of planning to collect a good stool sample, haha.
We did get the appropriate containers though, didn't have to ruin our own tupperware.
DonutDestructorofDoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is unheard of in a medical school curriculum.
EDIT: US medical school.
wegsmijtaccount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:01:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I went to a European med school. It's not that big of deal, like, if you can't handle a little poop as a docter... That would be weird.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where do I put my (IV) bags?
MasteroftheChugs ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:12:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's common in physiology classes. We had one class where we played with each other's pee and blood. It was...special. :)
bexyrex ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:21:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pee I get but BLOOD?!?! Cue the health and safety violations man. So many nasty blood born viruses.
MasteroftheChugs ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:40:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was actually really safe in the lab. We could only have the blood in one section and bleached the shit out of everything before and after.
The only scary part was when the huge football guy fainted after getting his finger pricked.
Oh, we also shocked each other with electricity for an assignment. Damn... maybe physiology was weird.
wegsmijtaccount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:14:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, it was fun.
IndilVala ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:42:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I also had a physiology class where we used our own blood specimens for analysis. The first part of the class was a safety lesson of how to handle dangerous specimens appropriately.
wegsmijtaccount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't rub it in open wounds, don't eat it or bring it near any other mucues membrane, don't prick yourself if the vial breaks.
Am I missing something? Why does this seem like such a big deal in these comments, is there such a big disparity in how 'blood' is treated around the world?
Sinai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:20:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf you have to get a lot of fucking paperwork done to work with human blood. It's literally easier to get cocaine for your lab work.
MasteroftheChugs ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:36:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? I'm in a huge university with a shit ton of different science programs, so I know they wouldn't do it without permission.
We have a lot of dead bodies in the basement too for our anatomy class. The cadavers smell weird. There are cut off wieners in jars.
msiri ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my class they said we weren't allowed to do blood anymore for liability reasons, and the urinalysis we did used synthetic urine for educational purposes.
GoonCommaThe ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:12:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty common in a lot of upper level biology classes at my school. One professor was a parasitologist and would pay foreign exchange students for them because students from certain regions tend to be full of them.
seeking_hope ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:09:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college we were learning how to do urinalysis. The proff gave us extra credit if we used our own. Most of us agreed after pondering which was worse- using our own and walking down the science wing with pee or using the can of pee that was purchased from some god awful supply store.
wegsmijtaccount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:29:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it, how can you expect to ask your patients to give you a urine(/or any other, for that matter) sample if you're to pussy to do that yourself.
If you can't get over that, you might have chosen the wrong career track...
seeking_hope ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:26:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't in that career track. I went to a small school so my science classes were in the nursing program. I went with it. A lot of people didn't. Like I said, I trust my own rather than whatever was in that jar.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My American Literature Honors thesis was entirely composed of feces, actually.
GingersAteMySoul ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:18:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an assignment for speech class similar to this, so I believe it
ForTheText ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 23:33:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I need an adult
TheGodOfPegana ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:01:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was the speech class teacher's way of telling them they were all talking shit.
Jedi_Outcast ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:39:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We did it in wood shop too.
bexyrex ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:19:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did a urine analysis lab last semester a full day peeing in cups and doing shit with it lab. It was ridiculously gross.
catfacemcmeowmers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:58:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do this at my tech school. I'm a medical assistant and it was to learn the lab work behind it. I also did some urinalyses on other students in my class, gave injections, and drew blood. So it wasn't too weird to bring poop to school.
xenodius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:52:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did my own urinalysis in animal phys 4 years ago.
brainleech430 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:59:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this at work once when I hated my manager.
suckmypenisfukmygoat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to bring in my own urine sample to class on two separate occasions.
SwedeBeans ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:16:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do this before starting culinary school because health reasons. But they gave us like stuff for collecting the sample at home.
smashy_smashy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:19:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught microbiology lab sections in grad school and on the first day we would make the students do a perianal (around their butthole) swab and plate their ass bacteria on a Petri dish.
mplsatom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:20:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was probably a biology class with some level of specialty, such as microbiology. Not common nowadays, but most people who attended college before the 2000s (and had a microbiology class with lab) probably did this. I know of a teacher who went to school in the '70s and they had them do stuff with their blood...
Ruth_Gordon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to bring both domesticated and wild poop to physiology.
Ontheneedles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like this would make me extremely nervous. What if my stool is too runny? What if I only get hard little rabbit turds. All the other kids will make fun of me.
effincourtney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:05:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually getting ready to do this for my Phlebotomy class. According to the instructor "If you guys don't know how to submit a stool sample, how will you be able to tell your patients how to do it?" Makes sense. Although part of me wonders if she just likes to see how many people she can get to bring in shit every semester.
SecondBreakfast1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:09:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My thoughts exactly o_O
probablyhrenrai ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 23:30:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Biology, college. People are generally mature enough to handle things like fecal matter and diagrams of genetalia without giggling or anything of the sort, and there's stuff to learn from the feces of an organism.
TL;DR: You can learn stuff from poop and college students are mature enough to handle it like adults.
wegsmijtaccount ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:40:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But appearantly reddit isn't.
I must admit; we did giggle with the fecal matter and with all the other 'grose' stuff, but I don't see what's wrong with having a little bit of fun during your lab assignments. It's not like poop is a grave matter that needs to be adressed seriously, isn't it?
Also: diagrams of genitalia are not funny, but those plastic or pluche practice dolls, especially the older ones can be hilarious.
jacq_willow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:28:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My SO is training to be a veterinary nurse. He sent me a message one day about collecting our dogs' urine. I thought he was joking and laughed about it with guys at work. I didn't want to talk about it the next day.
kilroyishere89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So how did it go?
jacq_willow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:17:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't want to talk about.
I may have gotten dog piss on my hands.
BeIow_the_Heavens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously. WAY too much opportunity for...creativity.
phome83 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just go find some dog shit somewhere and bring that in.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, its kinda like Penis Inspection Day.
PM_Me_ur_gif ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:00:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this with urine.
lilybelle73 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:01:34 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
we had to take a stool sample with a Q-tip in my micro class, it was awkward to say the least
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:50:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it as common as penis inspection day?
Tomus ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:17:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is it any different from doing an experiment to see what blood type you are? Or testing the pH of your saliva?
DenebVegaAltair ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 23:26:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because one of them is poop and the others are not.
GuyBeinADude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:45:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're not wrong.
[deleted] ยท 2238 points ยท Posted at 21:06:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was expecting the story to end with the student bringing in a bar stool
HugoEmbossed ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 00:24:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That would have been much more funny.
Frigguggi ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:52:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
"Poop is funny."
— Frank Reynolds
supercrusher9000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:33:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, POOP IS FUNNY!
nixcamic ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 02:06:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom has a small film canister labeled "stool sample" with a miniature wooden stool in it.
Tomollins ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 00:51:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But just a sliver of it.
Lord_Skittlesworth ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:23:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was expecting him to have filled the jug.
-Reddit_Account- ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:42:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought they meant toad stools, so I would have brought a mushroom.
Why the รฆlzรญbฤtt doesn't English just stick to a single word for this game?
DrBarrel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:42:36 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
knightni73 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:35:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or a piece from a broken toilet.
GZX959 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
now am disappoint
2LateImDead ยท 475 points ยท Posted at 22:14:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess I'm never taking college biology, then.
ClearlyaWizard ยท 209 points ยท Posted at 23:46:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This must be something specific to med school, and/or specific universities. I've been through Bio I and II, and microbiology classes now and never heard of this.
rubiscoisrad ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:34:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, at most you swab your lab partners mouth/ear/cell phone or whatever, and make a culture out of that. Or go collect some pond water for study. No poop, though.
(This response was specific to micro. Bio l and ll have other strange and wonderful offerings.)
osteomiss ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:09:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We did our nose in first year micro. It was funny to watch everyone try to maintain their dignity whole shoving a swab up their nose.
DonutDestructorofDoo ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:45:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No it's not even in med school.
wegsmijtaccount ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:42:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It is in some.
Also, if you can't handle a little poop in a mature way, you probably should consider another career path then docter.
Antarius-of-Smeg ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:50:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just finished my second year of biomed. Didn't have to do this either.
Whether it comes in the postgrad or not, I don't know. But I'll be doing Veterinary postgrad, so I'll be too busy having to stick my arm up the back end of a cow to worry about something as banal as shitting in a jug.
chipsnsalsa13 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:41:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I peed in a cup for my path micro class. Not to bad.
Fedcoshark ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 03:27:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pisssing into a cup is better than having to take your own shit to class.
the_north_place ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:48:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hands down, every time
chilaxinman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:40:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So do you just like...balance the cup with your wang?
THROWINCONDOMSATSLUT ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:00:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do a pee experiment for anatomy. Every 20 minutes we had to pee in a cup and run some basic titrations on the urine so as to see how quickly our bodies process excess salt or excess water.
cleverlikeme ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:20:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah no way that's true. Never heard of that. Ever.
DoofusMagnus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:52:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On the first day of lab for my micro class we all went to the bathroom with a Q-tip to do a perianal swab. Seeing the faces of the people who clearly hadn't read the lab procedure beforehand was priceless.
Diredoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to spit a lot in a test tube for micro (dental caries testing, and boy did that suck on multiple levels), but never had to bring in my own poop.
TheLordB ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Worst I had to go through was shocking ourselves for science in physiology.
mplsatom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not really a common practice these days. Used to be though!
CentaurOfDoom ยท 272 points ยท Posted at 23:03:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. That sounds really awkward.
PrematureEyaculator ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 04:05:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Nobody talks to John. He has, like, the weirdest feces in school."
shweet44722 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:10:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I dissected dogfish in my bio classes, and my friends dissected cats for their anatomy class, don't think I've ever heard of a regular bio course that asked for stool samples.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:28:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What if you left it to the last day and then couldn't poo? Or kept putting out weird poops?
Xenalien ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:41:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or you have bowel problems and you have to tell the teacher that you already pooped today and won't be able to do it again for 5 days.
dis_is_my_account ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:18:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just think if someone had diarrhea the day they needed to collect it. Also I agree. Bringing in your own poop seems really awkward. I don't know what it is about poop but it seems too intimate.
CentaurOfDoom ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:18:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. Or if it was abnormally stinky, or discolored. Eww.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:42:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except that almost no biology classes anywhere do that.
Slokunshialgo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:10:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It does sound like a shitty assignment.
klausterfok ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:13:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have an MS, undergrad in Bio...never had to do weird shit like this.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:39:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice pun.
Seal481 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:05:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never heard of this being a thing. This has to be like, graduate level applied biology.
That or OP's teacher is a lying bundle of sticks.
essenoh2you ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:09:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I majored in biology and never had to do this. I think there was a human anatomy class where they had to do urine samples but I never took that class.
Aryada ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:58:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Degree in biology. Never happened to me.
Cianalas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:40:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in my 3rd year as a bio major and we have yet to have "poop day" so I think you're good...
atomfullerene ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Notice this was when his teacher was in college...I'm betting at least 3-4 decades ago. Was a bio TA for 6 years....there's no way in hell that would pass safety regs nowdays. We can't even use real cow blood for osmosis experiments.
primeline31 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was probably medical school or a course for medical lab techs.
Orange_Cake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One day my bio teacher showed up with a bucket of fetal pigs and scalpels. Didn't say a word for an hour and a half, just let us figure it out. College bio is a ride
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:40:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the first I've heard of anything like this happening.
locks_are_paranoid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:17 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've taken many bio classes, but this has never happened.
WeDemBoyz88 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:46:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like I will be!
twistedlimb ยท 88 points ยท Posted at 23:59:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm laughing hysterically imagining this kid holding a glass jar full of his own shit, like a proud father holding his kid on his first birthday. Just grinning, nodding, maybe making some funny faces.
kuttanpilla ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:00:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, he was making funny faeces all right.
z_rabbit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:24:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh thank God, I was worried it was only me. I'm typing this through tears.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:45:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1st birthday or 0th birthday?
Iskiharderthanyou ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 23:53:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Our Bio teacher in sec. 5 told us if someone brought a semen sample, we could look at it in the microscope. Some kid actually did it. For clarification our school had a kick ass Bio program, so it wasn't too far fetched. We had a human fetus, and dissected pigs and pregnant cats and shit. Also, the teacher could be rather eccentric.
Grassyfilth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:04:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How the hell did you get a human fetus
mash3735 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:37:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They used the semen sample and waited a few weeks, duh.
Iskiharderthanyou ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:25:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A prof in the sixties, had a wife who miscarried. So he asked to keep the fetus, put in a mason jar, filled it with formaldehyde and sealed the top with wax. By the time I saw it, the form. was very murky and due to be changed. But no staff was willing to change it because it would have smelled atrocious.
Grassyfilth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:27:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's gotta be really tough though... Having a permanent reminder of their grief doesn't sound very fun
Iskiharderthanyou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:32:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess. But he was a man of science. I'm sure he found it fascinating, as did we.
themonsterinquestion ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:33:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like that would violate the idea of patient confidentiality. "Class, take a look at Sally's feces if you want to see the effects of Hepatitis B on digestive fauna!"
I_dont_bone_goats ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 22:53:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You had to bring in a piece of shit? Why?
swegling ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 23:06:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For analysis
[deleted] ยท 309 points ยท Posted at 21:55:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I would have had to fail that assignment because that is just disgusting. No way would I be participating in that.
MacFatty ยท 945 points ยท Posted at 23:02:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You wouldn't be studying biology if you were a pussy anyways.
NoctuaPavor ยท 679 points ยท Posted at 00:02:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
shits fired
ijjimilan ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 00:20:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of all the comments on reddit I laugh at this one
CombatBanana ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:29:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't laugh at the comment until I read yours. Now I can't stop. How odd.
Shits_fired ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:50:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You called?
ThingsThatMakeMeMad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:06:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Redditor for 1 year. checks out everybody.
shardikprime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:22:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for your service sir!
Seriou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:25:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're going for the gold.
Henimore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
managed to stay straight faced until this.
ch3rnz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:36:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shots fired. FTFY
Wait, that's not how this works.
beermethestrength ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess you have to be an asshole to study biology.
jkortech ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 00:37:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/1520/
synan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:21:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn son never realized how hardcore biology is
Rhaski ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:11:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Savage
msiri ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:51:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have no problem cleaning up other peoples bodily fluids, but bringing in your own sample to class seems way too personal to me.
Kvothealar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You also wouldn't be studying biology if you wanted a job after your degree either.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:29:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Kvothealar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:20:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A stupidly high amount of bio majors and not enough jobs for them.
I know like 5 people who majored in bio and are not able to get a job or aren't expecting to get a job.
One got into vet school with her grades but was working at an ice cream shop after her degree.
JustUseJam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's normally the inside out still borns in lectures slides that make people cringe, poop is smelly tho...
keenanpepper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/u/Rekt_Detektor ?
SigurdZS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:41:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
High school biology student here (at least I think the american equivalent of it is), we do this sort of stuff all the time. One of the more memorable moments is being up to my elbows in the respiratory system of a sheep and then blowing down the thing's trachea to see how lungs worked. You don't take this subject if you're squeamish about body parts.
beharr ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 23:44:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's not high school level, dude. Most American kids take Biology when they're 14-15. That's fucking wild
SigurdZS ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:54:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah, I did a bit of googling and found out it would be the equivalent of the upper end of Senior high school. This was in 12th year.
romeo_zulu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably the equivalent of our AP (advanced placement) courses. They're essentially university-level courses, but done in our high schools.
Dutchy8210 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:01:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
we had that in elementary school, only it was a cow. We even got to make it moo.... early '90's 3rd grader, in Michigan.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:55:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think when I was in high school we did a fetal pig or something one year and then in the highest level bio course we did a fetal lamb (but there was a catalogue of what to pick from). We didn't really do it legitimately though, our teacher just said go to town and we pulled out what we could.
Bringing human shit to class still seems weirder than that. '
ETA: fetal pig, not mouse.
yottskry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:51:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher did the same thing with us, except he blew into the lungs and then turned to talk to us. The lungs blew right back at him ;)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:47:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean in high school, Biology was a requirement. 9th grade here in America (usually around age 14/15). The worst we did was disect owl poop.
In my College degree plan I have to take Biology as well (Or chemistry but I suck at Chem), so it's not really a choice. We have never had to do anything like this though thank god.
SigurdZS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:52:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Having done a bit of googling, I guess this would qualify as the very end of senior high school, it was in year 12. Your school system is weird. Biology was a choice at that point, at least.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:26:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, haha yeah my only choice for senior year was AP Physics. Another one of my worst subjects.
EpicBomberMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on where you are. I'm American and biology is done junior year (16/17). The worst we did was dissect a fetal pig.
Quadrillionclock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:01:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I go to a private school that teaches Bio junior year, but the public schools in the same district teach bio freshman year. Slowly school systems are changing to Bio junior year I think, because it makes more sense to teach chemistry before bio than to have to start bio with a chem unit, and then take a full year of chem after that.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:23:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in public 9th-10th and we had bio 9th, chem in 10th. Then I switched the Private halfway through 10th and it was still chemistry. However, public school offered a bio/chem course I believe that introduced both at the same time so when you took actual chem or bio it was easier. I had to take Physics in 11th (god awful) and then went to a different private school for 12th and our only option was AP physics. We couldn't choose anything else.
vambot5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my school district, the standard science course was Physical Science (a grab-bag of "science" stuff that did not go into biology or chemistry) for 9th grade, Biology for 10th, and Chemistry for 11th. There was no mandatory 12th grade science class, but you could take Physics if you wanted. EDIT: For students who were bad at science, you could take Earth Science instead of Chemistry. This class was commonly known as "Jocks for Rocks."
For advanced students, you could skip Physical Science and go straight into Biology, so that by your 12th grade year you could take AP Chemistry and/or AP Physics, BUT, and this is a big but, your 8th grade science teacher had to sign off on it. My 8th grade science teacher hated me and wouldn't sign the paper. Not because I was bad at science, but because he was super chummy with the popular kids and didn't like that I was an arrogant freak kid who wore nail polish in class. He doomed me to a high school career being totally bored in science class, spending most of my time flirting with classmates and pissing off the noob teachers (the good ones only taught the advanced classes) who didn't know their shit by asking pointed questions pointing out the flaws in their lectures.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:25:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it depends where you are. Public for me was bio in 9th, chem in 10th. I switched to private halfway through 10th and it was still chem. Physics in 11th grade. Switched to another private school for senior year (we moved a lot) and the only senior science class they offered was AP physics.
I think it's been the same for my brother who has stayed at the private school I graduated from the whole time. Bio, Chem, Physics, AP Physics.
cocacola999 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In year 10/11(UK) we cut up eyeballs, kidneys (smelt bad),blew into some lungs and I stuck my finger into a heart's aorta. Biology was fun
vambot5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I did this with a straw, but it was much smaller than a sheep. Probably a rat or something.
Banakai1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:33:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would because I have medical problems + I'd be scared of kids criticising my shit
pettcat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Biology is discusting though.
locks_are_paranoid ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder if this is even legal. A student could probably refuse to do it and then sue the school for millions.
Alex_Rose ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:06:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From all the shit spewing out of your mouth you'd think you'd be comfortable with a little stool sample.
locks_are_paranoid ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:27:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is what I said incorrect?
KazumA-dA-k1nG ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:41:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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odd84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:26:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What would be illegal about it? You're there voluntarily. If you don't want to do it, then you can leave. If you want to work on other peoples' bodies, you have to be willing to work on your own samples too. Same with animals. Any veterinarian school will work on students' pets when they're learning to do fecal floats, blood draws, x-rays, etc.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm really confused by this comment.
locks_are_paranoid ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:52:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the student would bring in an actual wooden stool.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/TabouretAFDB.jpg
ChemicalRemedy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And then realise while in class, panic, make a (shitty) excuse to go to the bathroom and then return sheepishly with poo in a lunchbox.
wirecats ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:30:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wait a sec, were the students asked to bring a stool sample or their own stool sample?
azzurro32 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:57:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was expecting someone to bring a chair
strawberryfield4ever ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:41:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was expecting someone to just bring in a stool for the class.
Sal_the_man ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:48:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god I'm dying LOL
GCSThree ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:52:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was hoping someone would bring in a stool. From Ikea. That was lightly scuffed up because it was the display model.
artoodeetoo18 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bravo. I just snorted laughing so hard I woke up the SO. I'm hoping he finds this story as amusing as I do. Also maybe I should stop reading Reddit in bed...
OccasionallyKenji ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in a Japanese pharmacy waiting for my prescription to be filled and am near tears trying to stifle my laughter from this. I think I'm failing to be inconspicuous.
coldmtndew ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:37:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In fucking crying ๐
FeverishPuddle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:45:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
omg i havent laughed like this in forever. this comment momentarily cures depression
FireTyme ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:59:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks, this one made me laugh xD
MURICA_BITCH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:36:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why would anyone think it's a good idea to bring a stool sample into a classroom?
natsse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't stop laughing at this. Thanks for the laugh!
kemekokitten ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:59:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everything comes down to poop.
zop1o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
did anyone actually bring in a bar stool?
European_Soccer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:36:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would've just fucking dropped the class if I assigned this. But that's why I'm a history major.
jdinger29 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While this is funny, I was really hoping you were going to say that someone used a knife to cut of a small piece of a sitting stool... That would be awesome.
ownage516 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the first reddit post to make me fucking laugh.
imbreaststroke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:54:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is so much better than someone bringing in a [stool to sit on(http://delaespada.com/resources/366/440_Low_Stool_new2.jpg), which is what I expected
NASAguy1000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:00:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only post here that actually made me full heartedly laugh.
TiberiCorneli ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:00:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All of my what
Rosie_Cotton_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to bring in our urine for a bio class in college, and I remember feeling very self conscious about walking into class with a jar of my own pee. This is way worse.
WompaStompa_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My wife just asked me, "why are you laughing like that?" I read your comment... she's not laughing.
benk4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was told to bring a stool sample to the vet so she could check for worms. Thinking that involved poking through it I brought the whole turd. From my great dane. It probably weighed a pound and a half. The receptionist was not impressed.
I_Am_An_Alpaca ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard at this, thank you!
I0I0I0I ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My grandmother did similar when she was pregnant with my mom. Doctor asked for a urine sample at her next visit. She brought a huge jar of it, like 3/4 quart.
sweaty-pajamas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This has brought fucking tears to my eyes. I laughed so hard I started heaving just to get air in my lungs.
Royal_Pain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh God, my sides!
Charyou-Tree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a friend who had to do this, except he drank a bottle of green food coloring beforehand. Apparently whatever procedure they were doing involved diluting the sample with water, and he said the result looked like a melted shamrock shake. The professor didn't believe it was actually poop at first.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have no idea if this is real but the imagery just brought me to tears
AintNothinbutaGFring ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions unclear, took a shit on top of final exam.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But women don't poo...right?
CrazyPlato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The thought of this student proudly carrying a gallon jug just filled with their own shit into class just got me. I can't stop laughing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:33:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best one yet.
EnigmaticShark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of a biology class did you take? We did urine samples for endocrinology and human physiology labs (blood too if you wanted to do research) but i've never heard of a stool sample used in undergrad biology .
drawnfawn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of a Rodney Carrington bit:
Doc asked me for a stool sample so I shit in a shoe box and brought it to him.
Doc goes damn I only needed a sample.
Well take what you need and throw the rest out I'm not playing in that.
Theyfloat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, what a shitty person.
pandanikita ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:21:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a microbiology teacher a year or two ago (his class is why I want to become a pathologist), when we got through the section regarding worms and waterborne organisms that cause horrific diarrhea he told us he had a stool sample that he always carried with him in his briefcase. With disgust on students' faces he started chuckling to himself and pulled out this (not the exact image but it's the exact item he had):
http://imgur.com/xbK81Vo
DellGriffith ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:52:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will get buried but just letting you know your post had me crying laughing inside an airport in Thailand like an insane person for a solid 15 minutes straight. Thanks for the laughs dude.
zorro1701e ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:00:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Laughing in bed. Thanks. Now my sides hurt.
TheGreatSpaces ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is so absurd. I can't stop picturing it and laughing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:25:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gold. Here. Now.
thetwistur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:08:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
apparently it takes a shit joke to make me cry of laughter.
iamafoot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:37:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT LOL
SimpleRy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:04:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made me laugh harder than anything else in this thread
themw2guyyouknow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:39:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in tears
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why
Keetlady ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the time we had to bring a urine sample to bio class and everyone brought it in a little pill bottle, but one (obese) girl brought hers in an empty Skippy peanut butter jar....full.
kimadactylrex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:38:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He brought enough for everyone.
wnp ยท 3588 points ยท Posted at 19:21:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was an English teacher in Japan, about 10 years ago. I worked with a Japanese person who was their primary teacher, I was mostly there to provide native pronunciations and to kinda make it more 'fun' I guess.
I rotated around to different locations, but the particular place I'm thinking of was a middle school second-or-third year class. Once every month or two, we'd do an in-class writing assignment. Usually they understood the prompt and the difficulty was in just expressing themselves in a foreign language. I get that; it's hard.
This prompt was, "describe your perfect day."
It's meant to be about 4-5 sentences long. At the other teacher's suggestion, I gave a sample of my perfect day, which was something like, "I went to Makuhari by train. I ate delicious steak at Outback Steakhouse. I met Yuki Kajiura. I asked her out and we went on a date." You know, simple enough to understand but a little outlandish -- I doubt composer Ms. Kajiura would actually want to date me -- since it's supposed to be "perfect". (We talked a little in class about who she was, a lot of the kids were interested that she was the composer for Xenosaga/some .hack/Noir/etcetc. some didn't care.)
A few kids got the gist of what they were supposed to write. The majority, though, just described... a day. I don't know how this failed to get across, but I had responses like,
"I woke up at 7:53 am. I ate breakfast with rice."
(actually I'm cleaning this up a bit, as I recall that one kid spelled it 'bockfelst', and 'lice'. Gross, kid, don't eat lice.)
and
"I woke up. I went to school. I went home. I did tax."
(seriously kid, your perfect day is doing your taxes?)
Overall they were mostly pretty decent sentences I guess but I don't know how they conceive of an utterly regular day as being "perfect". It didn't seem to be a cultural thing either; I conferred with the other teacher about this, she too thought it was weird.
wnp ยท 3846 points ยท Posted at 20:26:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Found where I actually recorded some examples, back in the day.
~~~
My perfect Day
I get up at 9:00 Sunday morning. I said "God Morning" to my mother and father. I eat ramen.
Pretty standard answer. I wonder if they were just trolling me and the other teacher?
~~~
My Perfect Day
I woke up at 8:30 Sunday morning.
I ate bread. I went to my friend fome. I played TV games and study mathematio. We listened music. I had very good time.
At least this one seems slightly better than average, I guess. A "very good time".
~~~
My Perfect Day
I woke up at 6:00 Tuesday morning.
I ate it bockfelst with lice.
I went to school.
I'm going to playd soccer.
It was nice day
The one I mentioned before.
~~~
I woke up at 11:00 Sunday morning. I said "Good Morning" to my dog. I cooked omlet with rice. I like it very much. Then, I read book. I had a nice day.
Mmmmhmmmmm.
~~~
My Perfect Day
I got up at 7:00 Sunday morning. It was cloudy and very cold. I went to park by wark.
She means she walked to the park, but I like to imagine that "wark" is like a slang for "Chocobo" (similar to how "wan-wan" can be a cutesy name for "puppy" or "dog"). Going to the park by riding a chocobo would be pretty impressive.
~~~
My perfect Day
I woke up at 9:00 Saturday morning. There was Britney when I woke up. I like Britney.
He means Britney Spears. I'll give this kid credit, he had higher aspirations than most.
~~~
My perfect Day
I woke up at 10:00 Sunday morning.
I said "I'm hungry" to my mother.
I had a nice day.
Yyyyyyeeeppppp.
~~~
I woke up at 9:30 Saturday morning. It was nice day! It was sunny.
I decided to go to a Yugoslavia.
I enjoy Yugoslavia.
Another one I commend for the high aspirations. I always wondered, though, why specifically Yugoslavia? It doesn't exist anymore! It didn't exist anymore when I did this assignment! I just -- I have no idea.
(Edited to add line breaks where they originally were)
On_Too_Much_Adderall ยท 854 points ยท Posted at 21:34:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like how many of them specify a time of the day. This is interesting to me because if I were to write about my perfect day, I definitely wouldn't have a wake up time in mind let alone 9:30 on a Sunday morning
wnp ยท 309 points ยท Posted at 21:36:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's interesting. Thinking back, that may have been something that the other teacher suggested to get them started, if they didn't know how to start out. If so, that'd make it make more sense, I think. My memory is pretty hazy.
ValiOsu ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 03:30:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my friends actually has a similar story, except he is one of the students.
He is half Japanese and half American(?).
Well basically he HAD to know English because his dad always spoke it at home, so he always got a gist of these types of assignments (he had an English teacher from overseas)
One time the class was assigned "what are your plans for after graduation", and as anyone would guess, they literally WROTE what they'd do when they graduated.(they were read out-loud)
Here's the one that he told me about(would provide imgur but on mobile right now and it's a pain) :
"When I'm leave school, I will go home and eat ramen with my sister and brother. Then my mum will buy Video(I think this meant video game) for congratulate After that I will go sleep"
Fluffy8x ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:37:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The only true path.
aryst0krat ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:21:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I assumed it was there to help them learn time and the days of the week.
Mother_of_Smaug ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:23:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It could be that some of them were using some of the only sentences and phrases they knew? String them together in a vauge day like sequence, assignment done.
Siantlark ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:15:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For language learning they might just went over how to tell time in English which would explain why it's common.
Mother_of_Smaug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:20:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That as well. I remember learning time in german and french and we would add specific times to random things to practice.
Funkula ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All that shochu and sapporos did a number on you, didn't it?
wnp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:18:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, I did drink those things, but mostly I think the memory is hazy because it was roughly 10 years ago!
trippy_grape ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:53:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure saying a specific time is easier for a beginner than expressing the concept of early or late.
Tattered_Colours ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:28:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was probably an example sentence on their assignment or in their textbook that went something like "I woke up at [time] on Sunday, said good morning to my parents, ate something, etc etc." It's not all too different from Americans learning another language, and I definitely remember writing sentences like this in language classes.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:27:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids in Japan just have higher standards for themselves
Ploxzx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:36:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair as a kid 10am is really late. I never remember waking up that late on the weekends.
Tak_Galaman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They had probably learned how to say that in class right before the assignment
cunts_r_us ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:35:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe it's cause stating what time it is is easy too state in a new language.
tardisintheparty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose it's different because the languages are a lot more similar, but whenever my spanish class describes a daily routine, we all include the time we wake up. It's just kind of a thing.
quadrisecant ยท 3810 points ยท Posted at 20:48:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bockfelst is 11/10 with rice
wnp ยท 688 points ยท Posted at 20:48:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's certainly better with rice than it is with lice, I'll give it that.
[deleted] ยท 664 points ยท Posted at 21:46:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Breakfast: 8/10. Breakfast with lice: 5/10
unholymackerel ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 00:03:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for your suggestion.
[deleted] ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 02:16:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
Mokeez ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:26:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Breakfast with lice: 5/10. Breakfast of lice with rice still 5/10
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:45:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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MirRelevant ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:10:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Go home, you're bored
mastapetz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:34:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sitting in office and almost cracking up laughing oh my
OurNameIsLegion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:01:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for your suggestion
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:31:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bockfelst with rice: 0/10 would not try again.
faatiydut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant username?
DildoBaggins000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:13:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will be meta pretty fast, if I had to guess.
[deleted] ยท 244 points ยท Posted at 22:18:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lice is alright for preventing malnourish, but is no potato.
PM_ME_YOUR_TEXTBOOKS ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 23:54:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Such is life.
ADreamByAnyOtherName ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 01:20:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But is no potato to be bockfelst. Such is life.
ubernonsense ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:09:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Such is lice.
trainercatlady ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:57:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
mmm. protein.
Cloud_Chamber ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:20:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/LatvianJokes
vechmaster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:19:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Such is life
Mage_of_Shadows ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:40:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bockfelst-10/10
lice-0.1/10
Bolkfest with lice 0.69/10
Tank you four yur reconmandation
LiterallyBats ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:59:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lice 1/10. Lice with Rice 4/10.
alienpirate5 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:49:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bockfelst is 1/10 with lice
halite001 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not by much though, if it's perfect I'd expect a bockfelst with lice to be 10/10.
PerfectiveVerbTense ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 00:03:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an ESL teacher and one of my favorite things is finding examples of where the student knows a word, but "hears" it in their accent and tries to phonetically spell it. One of my Arabic speaking students once wrote that he eats "bobcorn" when he watches a movie.
abstractwhiz ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:43:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And no doubt he drinks Bebsi too.
PerfectiveVerbTense ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:54:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but at least he always shares it with other beoble.
abstractwhiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Russell Peters tells the story of how his Arab friends told him to check out the party scene when he went to Lebanon.
"Russell, in Beirut, you have best barty."
"Best what?"
"Barty."
And then he discovers that the nightclub is an actual bomb shelter. Not a former bomb shelter, a current one that does double duty as a nightclub when they're not being bombed.
DaVince ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:55:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an Arabic teacher who taught us how to use Adobe Bremiere and filming in front of a greensacreen. I figured it had something to do with y that. :)
PerfectiveVerbTense ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:12:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's funny. Yeah the thing with the Arabic accent is that, at least in my experience, it obscures meaning less than a lot of other accents. For example, I had a Vietnamese student whose grammar and vocabulary skills were quite high but she was really difficult to understand because she basically didn't use closing consonants.
Thatseemsright ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:45:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's even better in Yugoslavia
leopardTOMS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for your suggestion.
Veefy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:25:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tis the lesser of the two weevils in that situation.
Sssgth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:19:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*lice
rabidwhale ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:43:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like eating my blockfelst with rice and Brittany in Yugoslavia.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 712 points ยท Posted at 20:37:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh shit, TIL.
Thanks for digging these out for us to read though. That was fun haha. Some of them did sound pretty good though. Breakfast and rice and soccer? Count me in!
theidleidol ยท 1063 points ยท Posted at 20:49:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yugoslavia split a quarter of a century ago.
brickmack ยท 615 points ยท Posted at 21:38:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes I forget that Constantinople isn't a thing anymore. Too bad really, I liked it better that way.
spoonfingler ยท 315 points ยท Posted at 21:58:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did Constantinople get the works?
brickmack ยท 401 points ยท Posted at 22:30:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thats nobodies business but the Turks.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:38:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ISTANBULLLLLLLLLLLL-
kminsf ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:19:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ahhhhhhhh Ah Ah e Ah e ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 00:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Istanbul was Constantinople
tmpick ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:40:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
DextrosKnight ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:07:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Dioxitanium ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:05:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did Constantinople get the works Wha- dow
canadahuntsYOU ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:00:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's Nobody's business but the Tuuuuurks
Tom908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:25:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Constantinople for ever. Fuck the Turks. Genocidal bastards.
Brickspace ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
AHHHHHHHHAHHHH AHHHHHHHHAHHHHHH AHHHHHHHAHHHHHHH AHHHHHHH
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They took it down, the lot of jerks!
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let's ask JD, then.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those Turks are so sneaky.
Trogdorien ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IS-TAN-BUUUUUUUULLL
Lfcjoey ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:10:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My 7th grade teacher would play that song on repeat
Triggered
buddhabuck ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:50:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because the city in question, despite any official name, had always been referred to by folks in the region as "the city", much in the way that folks near New York City refer to it as The City.
In the local dialect, that sounds very similar to "Istanbul", and always has (or similar). Taking into account linguistic drift in pronunciation, it's been called Istanbul for centuries earlier than it was ever called Constantinople.
So when the Turks decided to finally rename the city from "Constantine's City", they just called it what the locals called it.
holdmusic ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:59:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.
spoonfingler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(I was quoting lyrics from the song the person I replied to quoted. :D)
PM_ur_Rump ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:12:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And yet we all learned something new today.
buddhabuck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I know. The first gold record by The Four Lads, back in 1953.
snakespm ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 22:53:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, so do a lot of people on /r/EU4.
Gorfoo ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:32:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
5/29 was an inside job!
beaverjacket ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:42:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gunpowder can't blast through Theodosian walls.
centerflag982 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:27:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1453 worst year of life
JulioCesarSalad ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 22:06:23 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a whole song about that.
Future_Jared ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:08:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a date in Constantinople.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:12:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too bad she was waiting in Istanbul.
dpash ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:55:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you're over 107, I doubt that.
petit_cochon ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's Istanbul not Constantinople. But it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night.
holdmusic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:59:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit: 6/10
Reddit with TMBG references: 9/10
Snollygoster1110 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:26:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a good ring to it
Velharnin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:47:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, when did we stop calling it Byzantium?
frog_licker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to a christian school for a while that taught it as Constantinople instead of Istanbul.
BadBoyJH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:30:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
Dragout ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:30:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why they changed it, I can't say.
NinjaDude5186 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:54:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's only been what, a half dozen centuries?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:42:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Constantinople is the same thing as Istanbul.
brickmack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:49:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Woosh.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:16:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it :|
brickmack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg
Tiny Tunes version since it was the first one to come up on google
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:25:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay. Its unreasonable to expect everyone to have this context.
brickmack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its a pretty popular song.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:11:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, I've never even heard of it.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 168 points ยท Posted at 21:00:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God I am behind the times. Feelin like Rip van Winkle up in this bitch.
forgodandthequeen ยท 131 points ยท Posted at 00:34:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah, before I forget, we call Prussia Germany now.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 01:22:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT, next you'll be telling me the Austro-Hungarian Empire has dissolved.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hate to say it, but it's gone. As well as the Berlin Wall.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:54:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Next you'll say that America isn't a colony anymore!
T-A-W_Byzantine ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:13:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh and by the way, the Anglo-Saxons were taken over by the Normans and the battle of Thermopylae was a Spartan defeat.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:18:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like I said, Rip Van Winkle.
PurpleWeasel ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:43:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let's be real, though. An alliance between Australia and Hungary was not going to last for long. Too many fucking kangaroos.
fatmand00 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:15:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
seriously, kangaroos are so horny they have multiple vaginas.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
australia? gee, you people have serious issues to work out
PurpleWeasel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:42:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was a joke, darlink. Not even my joke -- Eddie Izzard's joke.
chooter365 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like the Austro-Hungarian football match - who are we playing?
TiberiCorneli ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:10:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When the fuck did it become Prussia? I thought it was still called the Electorate of Brandenburg.
Auctoritate ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:00:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, and I hear Gaul goes by the name 'France'.
Awdayshus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
French Indochina is now known as Vietnam.
BlueRoll18 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:51:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dammit Forgie.
forgodandthequeen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:04:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They're following me...
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:00:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did you not know that Yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore?
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was talking to a guy on a plane in 2006 who told me he was Yugoslavian. Just assumed it existed and didn't think to verify it on a map or anything. Yugoslavian identity has been addressed elsewhere ITT actually; it's pretty interesting. TIL.
TOASTEngineer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:53:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, uhh, not sure how to say this, see, about the Soviet Union...
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:25:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually my husband is from the USSR. He's not a US citizen either, so I like to tease him about being a citizen of a non-existent country like in that Tom Hanks movie. Actually I don't do that, but it's crossed my mind.
guacamoleo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me also. They should never have taught me the old names for countries.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:22:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right? I remember being age 14 thinking, "wait... Czechoslovakia is... not a thing anymore??"
FreshPrinceOfNowhere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tagged you as Mr. Burns.
KitsBeach ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No one says up in this bitch anymore, you old fart!
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LIKE A BOSS.
wildmetacirclejerk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
who?
the guy in happy days?
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait how do these threads go? Something something henry winkler, no you're thinking of the twins who founded connectu; ah I fucked it up.
wildmetacirclejerk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
damn you for killin it
sweaty-pajamas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha... Who?
Placowdepuss ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 22:33:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well, yes, but no. Serbia and Montenegro used the name "Yugoslavia" until
20062003 (the country separated in 2006 though).LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:09:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks, this would explain why I talked to a guy who described himself as Yugoslavian in 2006 (which was partially the reason for my assumption that Yugoslavia still existed).
njofra ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:15:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is a lot of nostalgic people who wish that Yugoslavia never fell apart, and it's not that rare to hear someone to say he's Yugoslavian. I think that about 2500 people said they were Yugoslavian in the last census in Croatia(2011)
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:59:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:17:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting! The guy I talked to was sitting next to me on a transatlantic flight from Germany to the US, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't you (unless it was). This thread has been super informative though; thanks!
Placowdepuss ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:04:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He could also have assumed you didn't know much about the individual states, but assumed most people know what Yugoslavia was.
Ucantalas ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:45:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...I've only been alive for a quarter of a century. It's entirely possible that Yugoslavia has not existed for the entire time I've been alive.
So why on Earth did I still think it existed until this thread?
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:56:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe we were both thinking of The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ was President of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000, which was 15 years ago, but still in our lifetime (I was in high school at the time). So that makes more sense than "It dissolved 25 years ago and no one spoke of it since, and here you are still thinking it's a country, you idiot!" which is the vibe I'm getting from most people ITT (except actual Serbians/Yugoslavians).
LordZeya ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:36:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The weirdest sensation is knowing your parents were born in the same city as you, but in different countries.
theidleidol ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is very interesting! I've always wondered what it would be like to have one's home change national ownership, either through war or legislation.
gert_van_der_whoops ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:23:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
2003 was a quarter of a century ago?
theidleidol ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1992 was a quarter of a century ago. That was when the original entity of Yugoslavia dissolved. Serbia and Montenegro then readopted that descriptor as part of its original name. We can get into a debate over whether that qualifies as a continuous existence or not, but it's much the same as whether Russia continually existed through the era of the USSR in that it depends if you're referring to a place or a nation-state.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:28:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But he enjoys yugoslavia.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:05:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm from Serbia and USA bombarded us back in '99. so many Serbians pretty much hate the USA and Americans.
But it's really hard to explain to them that the USA is fucking big and they think of Europe the same as we think of them, a one big ass country so people don't know shit and most of them think Yugoslavia is still a thing.
theidleidol ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:02:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We're also apparently really bad at not bombing civilian targets, which leads to some very understandable anger.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:10:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As I know, pretty much all of it were civilian targets. There was no real reason to bomb an already war destroyed and poor country except to make it even worse.
It was like seeing someone that just got really beaten up, running to him and kicking him in the face a few times just for shits and giggles.
But like I said, most Americans don't even know Serbia exists, let alone what's happening in that part of the world.
flagbearer223 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:36:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once made a pretty Czech girl become rapidly uninterested in me by asking "How do you like living in Czechoslovakia?"
I didn't realize that's not a place any more until about two weeks after the fact....
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was after i was born. I feel old now...
chooter365 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:00:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Capital letter on Split.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/43.5040/16.4455
emperor_of_prydain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My map needs updating fast
Checkers10160 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but a quarter of a century so was only 1990. Let that sink in for a moment
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:58:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, 1990 is ancient history. They didn't even have widespread home internet or cell phones. Let that sink in.
backtoss56 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow 1990 is a quarter century ago
ATownStomp ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Woah, an entire twenty five years ago!? That's so long you better italicize it.
dpash ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:25:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, man, do I have some bad news to tell you about Czechoslovakia.
MrDanksky ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:43:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And they're in NATO now.
Let that sink in.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:23:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nooooo.... Actually my great grandmother is from that region (Bohemia), so I happened to look that one up.
Er_Hast_Mich ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:21:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, where have been spending your time? Do you live under a rock in East Germany?
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 00:10:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL people love feeling superior to others in any way they can. Did that make ya feel good?
Er_Hast_Mich ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:11:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God, yes! Every. Damn. Time.
Tokemon_and_hasha ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:06:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think its referred to Yu-gi-oslavia know, its moved to Japan, a common mistake. Their anthem is much better now though, "ITS TIME TO S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-SLAV!"
Viscous_Crescendo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:51:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Will you help me? I just got off the bus. I'm from Czechoslovakia!"
"Well then, sir, I'm afraid I have some very bad news. Your country has been dissolved! I don't know when you got on the bus, but it must have been in the 90s...because your country no longer exists."
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've ridden the buses in Prague and could picture this happening. Not that they're bad or anything, just that I could picture this. "Fuck, wait, I'm in WHAT country now?"
CE2JRH ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've spent some time in that area. It is beautiful and relatively cheap. If you get a chance, go.
Slokunshialgo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it helps, I thought it was still a country too.
bestmindgeneration ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in North Korea a few months back and to get on an airplane from this rural airport you have to weigh your suitcase on a big steel set of scales and then chuck it on the back of a tractor. The scales had this huge "Made in Yugoslavia" label on the front. I remember thinking, "Holy shit! That hasn't been a country since way back," but I guess it's not super important. I should've been more worried about absolutely everything else, including the shitty ass plane, which probably pre-dated the scales.
RIPBenny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:39:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who needs a map?
UnsettledPenguin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude...Yugoslavia exists. He's /u/Raregan cousin.
NaNowhyMo ยท 128 points ยท Posted at 20:46:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ooh, I had to do an assignment like this in French when I was 12ish. It was a spoken assignment, so I went off and learnt all this French to describe my perfect day- everyone else in my class was like "I went to a one direction concert" or "I went to the beach with my friends."
I described in detail my 12th birthday party on the black-sand beach near my home town. Oops.
Echotilt588 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 23:15:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I honestly don't see anything wrong with that. Your birthday could've been your perfect day.
NaNowhyMo ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 00:02:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And the fact that it basically translated to "I was 11. There was a beach behind where I lived. The sand was black. It was my birthday. I was 12! The sun was very bright. The water was hot. My friends and I ated cake in the beach. We swam on the sea, and they watched a turtle. A boy kissed me. We all stayed until night-time. I got a new swimsuit blue bikini and a black bike. My cousin have fireworks. The stars were pretty. [my hometown] is very good."
Proditus ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:24:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That actually sounds like a pretty damn good day. Even as an adult my birthdays have never seemed so fulfilling.
dankhimself ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want a black bike. Who knows, she might have gotten a motorcycle!!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:11:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You ought to work on that. What do you wanna do? Go nuts, go live yourself some top notch life!
NaNowhyMo ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 23:48:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was less 'did the wrong thing' and more 'did the right thing x3, delayed class and pissed everyone off by showing off'
ynwestrope ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 23:08:23 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One direction? When you were twelve? How old are you now, 14?
NaNowhyMo ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 23:49:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sixteen. They released their first album in like, what, 2011? I was around 12 when it came out.
Crowlad ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:30:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh God I'm so old
Vancha ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:35:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's gotten to the point where I assume anyone that says this is still in their twenties.
kovster ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:05:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids today are getting old so fast.
dankhimself ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:24:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm 29, have to admit, I was thinking it to myself.
lyndonguitar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking he/she was talking about a long time ago, like 10-20ish years ago, when he/she was 12, I didn't notice the one direction statement which would imply it happened recently.
granny_weatherwax_3 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:45:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Black sand? Do you live in Taranaki, NZ?
NaNowhyMo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope! Still pacific islands, tho.
Upvoted for username
FF3LockeZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, makes sense, you described the best day you'd ever actually had, not the best day you could imagine having. I wonder if that's what all those Japanese kids did.
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:46:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds me of a past job I had where I was tasked with remotely training a team of people in India. I'd accidentally use phrases like "that's not my cup of tea" or "she's got her head in the clouds" and the India team would drill me on what those phrases meant. I explained as best I could but they started using them all wrong like: "I'm clocking out for lunch- if the shoe fits!"
puuying ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:28:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sleeping until 11, saying good morning to my dog, cooking omelette with rice and then then reading a book for the rest of the day sounds pretty darn perfect in my opinion.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:46:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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lagerbaer ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 21:20:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The kid saying Good Morning to their dog though. So kawai.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:08:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The correct word is kawaii; the second "I" is pronounced like in the word Hawaii. Kawai means dry.
brickmack ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 21:39:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if typo or you just have the weirdest phobia ever
ButtsexEurope ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 22:40:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kowai is scary.
Hichann ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:02:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be a typo either way?
lagerbaer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:02:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait. Doesn't kawaii mean "cute"?
LifelikeShiny ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 22:20:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kawaii does mean cute. You wrote kawai (missing the second I), which he confused with kowai, which means scary.
guiri-girl ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:01:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahhhh the life of an ESL teacher! No-one understands how hard we twist our brains into knots trying to decipher complete gibberish. Mostly my students just sound like they're having a doge battle in class (wow, this listening was very effort, much difficult).
quicksilver4444 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:42:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I eat ramen"
What are you talking about he completed the assignment perfectly.
official_legend ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:30:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm laughing so hard right now hhahahahah. THANK YOU.
kaiju-taxi ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:41:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That kid talking about Britney Spears. That literally made me LMAO. Kudos to him.
thurstonmooresmints ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:23:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach English in Japan now. This is pretty much par for the course. I wouldn't be surprised to get the same exact writing from my less motivated students. Especially the "I said 'I'm hungry'" one.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:49:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, the first day on my vacation What I did on my summer vacation
The first day on my vacation, I woke up Then I went downtown to look for a job Then I hung out in front of the drugstore
The second day on my summer vacation, I woke up Then I went downtown to look for a job Then I hung out in front of the drugstore
The third day on my summer vacation, I woke up Then I went downtown to look for a job Then I got a job Then I hung out in front of the drugstore
The fourth day on my ...
(cheech and chong - sister mary elephant)
preposey ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:40:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This just reminded me that Britney Spears would probably make a good alarm clock. I'm going to set one of her songs as my alarm.
CheroCole ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:56:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love the one where the kid's perfect day is just telling his mother he's hungry.
aaronwhines ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:44:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm teaching in Japan right now, and in my experience Japanese kids are really only interested in providing the "right" answer, because that's how they've been taught to handle school. Creative writing or open-ended questions with no "correct" answer are therefore in their minds gaijin bullshit and/or a waste of time. Some kids are easier to break out of this shell given a bit of time, but some just can't fathom answering a prompt like "Describe your perfect day."
I ask kids how they're doing and with newer students who aren't used to my bullshit I either get a "imfinethankyouandyou" or a look of confused panic before they duck into a textbook to look for the correct answer.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's pretty much how it was back then, too. The other teacher was on my side, trying to get them to be more creative, for these specific kinds of exercised, but I feel like she was kinda working at cross purposes 'coz like every OTHER activity they did, worksheets/quizzes/etc, she graded the normal Japanese way (has to be exactly what answer key says or else it's wrong, kind of thing.)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's interesting and a bit weird especially considering one of my favorite fiction writers is Japanese, Yukio Mishima. Does that attitude carry on into adult life or no?
munchies777 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:53:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing better than a little genocide in the morning to brighten up your Saturday!
-PrincessPepperoni ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:18:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know a guy named Yugoslav and he was from Yugoslavia. They came to the States as refugees and he was so quiet and sad everyday. I asked him a couple of times if he wanted to go back and he said yes, but it didn't exist anymore. So sad.
MagpieMoose ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:01:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lost it it at your interpretation of: Park by wark.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:50:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love you because you thought to imagine that a chocobo might be known as a 'wark' :) you heard "waarrkk" in your mind's ear and thought 'a chocobo is nearby! '
You are the best.
enki1337 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Any day I eat ramen I generally consider to be a pretty good day, especially Hokkaido style ramen. Dat nice meaty broth. Mmmmm.
Or gyudon. I miss Japan. :(
ForTheText ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:01:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes!! So happy you reported back with these.
Hardin_of_Akaneia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:00:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which one?
The-Iron-Turtle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:03:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The reading a book all day one actually sounds like a pretty good day. God knows, when i discovered the Tomorrow series that's basically all i did for the next week. Well, and listened to Sabaton
Snollygoster1110 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:26:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loving how every single one of them specified when they woke up.
Iustis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:30:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They probably had fairly recently learnt time in detail, so it was a good way to add word count
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reading these makes me think they interpreted this to mean what their perfect day was. Like, they thought you wanted a day that actually happened. Your example was clearly fictional, so I don't know how they would get that.
Or they did not know what 'perfect' meant. They might have thought it was just another word for "good".
ShasLa40 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
mathematio, mathematics for the sensual mathematician.
Zerosen_Oni ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am an Eikaiwa teacher and the spelling mistakes are currently transporting me back to work on my day off.
So thanks for that I guess.
emigogo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm laughing so much about this kid going back in time somehow and visiting "a Yugoslavia"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like the students didn't have the vocabulary to describe their perfect day. However, I like to think that they have learned to enjoy the moment and can enjoy every day as being a great day.
Jberg18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly these all seem like perfect days to me (spelling and grammar not withstanding). Spending time with friends and family, sharing a meal with people they love is something I see as a perfect day.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He had higher aspirations than you or the rest of the class. He time travels in his perfect day.
Pit-trout ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly the day with the omelet sounds pretty great to me. I don't think that kid misunderstood.
nightraindream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
tbf omuraisu would be part of my perfect day
MudkipzFetish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is Chocobo, and why would it be impressive to ride to a park?
wnp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fictional riding-birds from the Final Fantasy series. They say "wark".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo
It would be impressive because (0.1%) riding a horse to a park would be a reasonably interesting thing to do, and that would be a near-equivalent, and (99.9%) they are fictional, so suddenly a fictional thing being real would be mighty surprising.
MudkipzFetish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, thanks for alleviating my ignorance. I must say though even while being fictional, they CAN still be ridden by players.
Also, who wrote this wiki intro?
its a giant chicken.
shardikprime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:39:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wark!
gymnasticRug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Forever alone
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those students weren't interested and just writing down whatever so they could get it over with. Sorry.
Source: was a high school student once.
dreamendDischarger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair my perfect day is basically sleeping in, hanging out with my pets playing video games and having omelet rice for breakfast. ...but I'm also a very uninspired 27 year old. Perhaps 'ideal' day might have gotten across to them better, but who knows now.
TiberiCorneli ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So this guy just woke up one Saturday morning and was like, "You know what? I think I'm gonna go to Yugoslavia today."
Also how long ago did this adventure happen beforehand if you were a teacher 10 years ago? Yugoslavia hasn't existed since the 90s.
kjata ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wild Chocobos go "wark", but the domesticated ones prefer a more restrained "kweh".
Ucantalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even if they mistook it for just describing "a day", those seem like pretty happy lives. Like this:
That's a pretty awesome day. Kid has a dog, and good food, and read a book. That's pretty nice.
hocicodelkronen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm laughing so hard I'm crying, and also reminiscing about how when I was learning German in college, I had to write about my perfect day and, because I didn't know what else to say, part of my answer was "I go to work with my friends." Perfect day involving work? Yikes.
cluckay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Yugoslavia one made me burst laughing
GollyWow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
That could have meant wharf, if the student lived near the ocean. Or, if you carry the r and l thing a little farther, walk, intended to be walking.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like how most of them end with "I had a nice day."
Bartisgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, wark is an obscure Scots (a language that evolved from middle English, sometimes mutually intelligible (sounds like a Scottish accent), sometimes not (sounds like a Scottish taxi driver)) word meaning building or fortress. Its where the name of the London borough of Southwark comes from as far as I know. I've seen Engrish signs from China saying to steek the door, another Scottish word meaning close, so I can imagine your student made the same mistake. Googling English words, not realizing there are a lot of Englishes around the world, most of which use words understood nowhere else. "I went to park by building" makes perfect sense. The r/l confusion is probably more likely, but isn't that more of a Korean thing?
How do I know this? I studied German, Dutch, and briefly Swedish, so I know quite a few of the Germanic roots.
SecretChristian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like they were 'cheating' and so copied the format of one student's misinterpretation.
Scare quotes because it's not really cheating to learn from your peers.
TheLZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
4 is a good description of my perfect day, but the rice would be wild rice with ham or turkey too.
Now I am hungry
Edit: forgot # makes thing bold
amaniceguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed too much! Thanks for sharing this haha. Maybe japanese kids know Yugoslavia from games too. I remember during early days of PlayStation every other country is named after Yugoslavia or any fictional abbreviation of it. Especially those Ace Combat games.
Smgth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because in his/her perfect world, there IS still a Yugoslavia, as I imagine is true of all our perfect worlds...
asmj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It does for those who love it. Welcome to r/Yugoslavia!
Takai_Sensei ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Currently in Japan. Currently grading writing assignments. It's kind of interesting how low they shoot with "My dream job" and "My perfect day." It really seems like the culture doesn't encourage such far-fetched prospects and impossible happenings.
cloudtobutter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd like to imagine you were actually teaching in Latvia.
peterpiperpicks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe be they're actually super deep poets.
yourlocalwerecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reach for the stars, Friend.
IngwazK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
currently working in Japan doing the same thing.
This is my life right now.
chinotenshi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Currently a teacher at a Japanese junior/senior high school where we emphasis writing skills. This is the quality of work I get from 90% of my students (I teach junior high 1st through 3rd grade specifically, but have taught high school 1st grade) even when we write an example together as a class before they do their own. A few years ago, we had the 3rd graders write about their ideal trip to practice usage of "would". Got the same caliber as what you've posted here.
Exist50 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like they were just being lazy and using the words/sentences they were most comfortable with.
Redditpissesmeof ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did I read all of these? Why did you actually write out all of these? Why did I enjoy that so thoroughly?
kpw1997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't believe nobody has mentioned what lice sounds like with a hard Asian accent...
FoxenLocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, waking up on Sunday, hanging out with your dog, eating a breakfast that you love, and reading a book does sound like a perfect day.
thestephanieloves ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This entire stupid thing made me laugh the hardest I have in weeks. At the same time, I taught English in South Korea so I toootally get it.
damngurl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason the Yugoslavia bit gets me. Like, the whole thing?
Li4m278 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How many Yugoslavias are there?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids don't have grand desires. Japanese don't express their desires and like things to be ordinary. So it's not surprising that Japanese kids' idea of a perfect day is wake up, good weather, have food, no school, end of day.
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
start perfect day:
weather.
caloric intake.
evacuation of the bowels.
sanitary procedures.
tremendous cardiovascular movement.
multi media intake.
self stimulation.
recharge procedure.
end perfect day.
Badcompany18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed way too hard and for way too long at. "I went to park by wark"
guitarguru115 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really love this. It's incredible for me to wrap my mind around how non-native English speakers have such a hard time with it when I don't have trouble speaking English. Thanks for finding these, I really enjoyed them.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap, I laughed for like a minute straight reading the one about Britney. I was on the toilet I bet my family heard me. Totally worth it man, made my week!
DatPorkchop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I woke up at 9:30 Saturday morning. It was nice day! It was sunny. I decided to go to a Yugoslavia. I enjoy Yugoslavia. Another one I commend for the high aspirations. I always wondered, though, why specifically Yugoslavia? It doesn't exist anymore! It didn't exist anymore when I did this assignment! I just -- I have no idea.
Oh damn son.
tenbeersdeep ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Time machine included?
AngledLuffa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some of those are pretty good days, actually
DJFiregirl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an ALT with senior high school kids and I constantly get stuff like this. It's a riot. Recently, we had to brainstorm about the good and bad points of cell phones, in which one student wrote "heart eyes" meaning the light from the phone can hurt your eyes. I couldn't stop laughing. I drew a picture of a face with heart eyes, then gave a quick English & kanji comparison. She will (hopefully) never make the heart/hurt mistake again.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Japanese person, I can vouch that any day with rice for breakfast is a good day. Like Bob Ross, "Everyday's a good day when you paint", Everyday's a good day when you have rice.
MisaMisa21 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard that I cried. I'm studying in Japan now and this kind of thing happens a lot here. My favorite is my Japanese friend she wanted to ride another girl's bike and said "please ride me!" As in please let me ride your bike. Lol
zemotion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah I read this in Japanese pronunciation it's perfect.
sin_tacks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
omg, the yugoslavia one is killing me. ive been loling for several minutes. my dog looks concerned
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i stay home cook rice
DemiGawdRay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh man, I can't wait to go home a study mathematio!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:59:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I too enjoy a good Yugoslavia once in a while.
NIRC1997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think they were trolling ... they wrote it that way because it was easy enough and it was the words that they can remember. I used to this when I was learning Italian and didn't memorize enough words to form better sentences haha
Haulage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:51:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess Yugoslavia was that kid's Yuki Kajiura.
HebrewHamm3r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:20:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My fucking sides
dutchasianguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:43:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This comment made my year.
mastapetz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The wark comment had me stand up and go out because I laughed do hard. Nice
kaeroku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it possible they were just struggling with phrasing thoughts in English, and thus opted for simplicity?
It sounds like many of them say "I had a nice day!" They have the idea that it is supposed to be a good day, just are unsure how to describe what makes a day good to them.
Frankly I have a hard time with that myself, and English is my native language. It's because of the subtleties, the little things that make up the parts of what makes something magnificent. And I can see struggling with THAT more than the language itself.
amyeh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure what I laughed at harder - their boring days or your excellent commentary
enskatekeni ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:30:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tbh, sleeping in, talking with my cat, having a tasty breakfast, and reading a book IS my perfect day.
Tom908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yugoslavia...
I fucking lost it
JustARandomFace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:04:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they were just more familiar with more mundane English words and phrases, and kept the assignment simple? If you asked me to do the assignment in Spanish it would turn out like some of the better ones, but still not that crazy, because I'm not fluent in Spanish.
JimDixon ยท 297 points ยท Posted at 21:03:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they didn't understand what "perfect" meant. Maybe they thought you meant "Describe a day perfectly."
wnp ยท 189 points ยท Posted at 21:08:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's possible some of them thought that, but... I donno, that seems to be an odd part of an assignment prompt, usually "do it as well as you can do it" is kind of assumed, don't need to specify "aim for perfect". Eh. Maybe, you might be right. I think the Japanese person English teacher explained the prompt to them in Japanese though, so, they'd've have to have been not paying attention to her.
One other thing that occurred to me as I think about this -- it's possible some of them thought I meant "describe the most perfect day you have actually experienced," which would understandably result in some more normal/mundane days. If this is the case, it would mean that some of those kids thought I actually went out with Yuki Kajiura. Hah.
I think most likely is that they just didn't have the words to actually express what their real perfect day would be, so, instead of trying to get help from us teachers (which we would've been happy to give), or use a dictionary or something, they just decided to take the path of least resistance and write about boring days using the vocabulary they already knew.
puuying ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 00:31:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they thought it had to be the best day they'd actually experienced, then I feel bad for the kid who did their taxes.
Neglectful_Stranger ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:24:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to have a hilarious picture similar to that, kind of an average day of a Japanese guy that was really the most horrid day ever. I'll try to find it later.
dr_franck ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:09:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, he definitely experienced this first-hand.
wnp ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:13:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
dr_franck ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:02:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. I know. But you're right. Most of the assignments the students did (the ones you posted just now) were hilariously mundane. They probably misunderstood the assignments, like you said.
But damn, if I woke up, and a young Britney Spears was sitting at the edge of my bed, that would be my perfect day. ;)
Yess-cat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On TV perhaps?
sueca ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:04:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when I was a kid studying Spanish. I knew a bunch of random adjectives, but far from all of the basic standard ones that you'd need to describe anything in a prompt. So when prompted to write shit I preferred being grammatically correct (actually using adjectives) than answering the question in a coherent way. The system of how we got points on exams rewarded this way of doing assignments too.
RockDrill ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 00:41:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are way over-thinking this imho. I remember being a lazy language student. If someone asked me to describe my perfect day, I would think to myself "Well my perfect day involves lots of words I don't know. I just know how to talk about regular things like going to school... so I'll say that is my perfect day".
wnp ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 01:33:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How's that different from "decided to take the path of least resistance and write about boring days using the vocabulary they already knew."?
penis_smuggler ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:33:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he didn't leave his lazy days behind when he stopped being a language student. He might've decided not to read the whole comment before responding.
RockDrill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:27:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not really, I'm just saying that since 'perfect' is subjective the students might feel they can justify using their everyday vocab. Rather than just ignoring that part of the assignment.
ProBuffalo ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:56:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in AP Italian in my high school. Whenever I get a prompt like this, I don't actually try to give an honest answer. I just think of a few nouns and verbs I know that fit the prompt and fill in the syntax and grammar later.
Maybe your students were just simply bound by their limited vocabulary. Maybe they only knew how to say "good morning," and "I woke up at 7:00."
A common prompt in my Italian class is "describe your perfect meal" or some variation. I always work in "le uove strapazzato" and "la pancetta." That translates to scrambled eggs and bacon. I dislike scrambled eggs, and I love bacon but only eat it on special occasions. Yet, I still write about them simply because I know how to say them in Italian.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:50:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The had probably just learned the past tense, and used the grammar fresh in their mind.
2nd years are usually not so good at future tense 'I will' and 'I am going to.'
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:09:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do they understand the word perfect? Just curious.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup this vacation in Yugoslavia perfect!
Clowntown_Burner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:12:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you by any chance a fan of SuperGreatFriend?
wnp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:31:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not familiar with whoever that is!
Clowntown_Burner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's an internet video-games man. One of the games he played consistently spelled "dunno" as "donno" so he made a running joke out of it. That's why I asked.
jilliefish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they were confused because you described your perfect day in past tense. Presumably, their perfect day hasn't happened yet.
Or maybe just any day where something bad doesn't and they enjoy the simple things in life.
SerbianShitStain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd say 99% chance that's what they did. I've been doing it for two years in my Japanese classes. I even can write more complicated stuff now, but I still write as simply as I can get away with because it's a pain in the ass sometimes.
Whywouldanyonedothat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:44:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this what you were teaching the kids? Just kidding but people get angry when I leave a smiley, so I'll write this, in stead.
MJWood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:45:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they were not able to take the hypothetical seriously.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:52:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Possibly they thought "a day conducted in the ideal manner", which in such a culture might well be thought of as being punctual and productive.
JimDixon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:28:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's more or less what I was thinking.
I think to get to the bottom of this, we're going to need to hear from someone who's fluent in both English and Japanese. There is probably more than one way to translate "perfect", and different words may have different connotations in Japanese. Even in English, it seems to me that "ideal" would be a better word than "perfect" to get across what OP had in mind.
OP says that he worked with another teacher, and his main role was to model correct pronunciation in English. I suspect OP is not fluent in Japanese.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:52:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We are of one mind, on this. "Describe the ideal form that a day ought to follow" "Get up early. Education. Basic food. More work." "That is correct"
riffraff100214 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:27:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"A day is a period of 24 hours." I'll take my A now.
JimDixon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:33:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're defining it. You're not describing it. F for you.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:45:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
An "F", eh?
now it's a perfect day ;)
RQK1996 ยท 470 points ยท Posted at 19:27:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wait a kid does taxes
wnp ยท 279 points ยท Posted at 19:48:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know, right?
I assume he was describing his perfect day as being like his mother/father or something like that, I'm really not sure.
ghostfacechillah ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 01:55:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was learning German we would throw sentences in that were grammatically correct albeit a bit nonsensical because we didn't have a full understanding of the language yet.
For example: If was asked to describe my perfect day auf Deutsch I would say"Ich reite ein Triceratops." "I ride a triceratops" because triceratops is a cognate. My theory is that the word for "tax" was a cognate or just a word that stood out to him.
Arbaregni ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:58:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow! Literally we (our German class) did the exact same thing.
ghostfacechillah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:46:37 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did your class also love the word "Geschirshpulmachine?"
MudkipzFetish ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:49:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe "did tax" sounds like "relaxed"
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 19:46:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
taxes?
bigDUB14 ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 20:29:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We talkin' bout taxes?!?
hashtagthoughtbomb ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 21:03:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, listen, we're talking about taxes, not a game, not a game, not a game, we talking about taxes. Not a game. Not, not โฆ Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. Not the game, but we're talking about taxes, man. I mean, how silly is that? โฆ And we talking about taxes. I know I supposed to be there. I know I'm supposed to lead by example... I know that... And I'm not.. I'm not shoving it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I do. I honestly do... But we're talking about taxes man. What are we talking about? Taxes? We're talking about taxes, man. We're talking about taxes. We're talking about taxes. We ain't talking about the game. We're talking about taxes, man. When you come to the arena, and you see me play, you see me play don't you? You've seen me give everything I've got, right? But we're talking about taxes right now.
MIKE6792 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:44:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you an accountant that skipped tax deadline?
fuqyu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:52:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the gain, that I go out there and die for, but taxes?
chooter365 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:02:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My uncle he live in taxes. Dollars, Taxes!
lanieloo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:52:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Homework is kid tax
NordmanFreeman ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:39:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was made much more interesting due to my friends using the term "doing my taxes" to refer to a good old fap.
azzurro32 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:02:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He did say it was a Japanese kid
tmpick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Got to tax imouto-chan.
albinoanimal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:40:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
George Michael?
Winemouth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:03:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the funniest part
Revriley1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:31:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes teenagers end up having to share or take responsibility for a household.
cmunk13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the part that I got hung up on
MisaMisa21 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:04:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Part time jobs are very common here.
easytowrite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:14:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've done my own taxes since 15. Wouldn't you want to get some of your wage back in your return when you were that young?
A_Wizzerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:39:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I should learn how to do my taxes...
surragat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When he's dreaming of his perfect day he does.
MyersVandalay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, we're talking japan, the country where they have a word for litterally working yourself to death, and being at the top of the grades at school, is a huge boost to popularity, it wouldn't shock me if doing taxes is a cool thing to some kids there.
Lovehat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
asian...
NDaveT ยท 860 points ยท Posted at 20:45:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were probably confused by you getting a "delicious" steak at Outback Steakhouse. Maybe they thought "perfect" was sarcastic.
wnp ยท 424 points ยท Posted at 20:47:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was the only actual real steak available in anything shorter than about a 3-hour train ride to Tokyo.
Local diner served "hamburger steak". Basically, imagine an oversized hamburger patty served as a steak. That's what passed for steak in the town I was in.
If you like steak, you'd've learned to appreciate the Makuhari Outback too.
Isord ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 21:38:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The hamburger steak actually sounds good. Just not as a steak.
wnp ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 21:50:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I got it a couple times, it was alright.
I didn't go to that local diner very often, because I was in a point of my life where I felt awkward going to that sort of restaurant by myself. Like, all the tables are 4-seaters, I'd take up so much space if I went there! (Never mind that this is pretty normal.)
I would, however, go to a place down the road from that place, which served kaiten sushi, and you could sit at the bar and just pick up sushi off the conveyor belt. That place was awesome.
antesignanus ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:20:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wanna try this at least once, eat at a conveyor belt sushi place. I mean the sushi itself might not be amazing, but it sounds like fun.
wnp ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:23:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I loved it! Especially because kanji was always a weak point for me, and a lot of times the menus had mostly kanji, so... if I went to a sit-down restaurant where you had to order, I'd have to kinna go back and forth with the server to figure out what I wanted that they actually had...
Kaiten-sushi solved that problem by letting me just pick up whatever plate looked good. (Which, in my case, was usually "sushi that is fish". I didn't care so much for squid/octopus/fish-eggs/shrimp/regular-egg or what have you, but I liked every kind of actual fish.)
TarasuArashi1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:18:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lived in Okinawa for seven years. The conveyor belt sushi bar out near American Village was always on point, even had caviar.
DufftheStuff ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:42:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
im so hungry for sushi now :(
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:03:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you live in an area that generally has good sushi, there's nothing wrong with a conveyor belt setup.
the_excalabur ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:36:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The new thing is robot-delivered sushi, where you order off a touchscreen and it comes straight to your table. The conveyor belt places are mostly switching over now, though a few off-brand places still have 'em. It's pretty good value: a plate is typically ยฅ108 for 2 pieces of nigiri, and it can be totally decent.
aaronwhines ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:47:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
These things are all over the coasts in the US nowadays, so you don't even need to leave the country to experience it!
That said, though, it's not all that exciting. No matter what country.
rubiscoisrad ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, not terribly exciting, once you've been a couple of times. But it's delicious, and affordable, given the novelty.
PM_meKittens ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:56:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a conveyor belt sushi place where I live in Washington State. It's your typical americanized sushi, but the conveyor belt system is super cool and quick. I can sit down, immediately start stuffing my face, get my check and leave in under 30 minutes on a lunch break! I love that place.
Mmmslash ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:54:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You might see this on menus listed as a "chopped steak".
I have seen many surprised faces after they ordered something called a steak and what they got instead was a meat patty.
fortknoxharrington ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:06:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've made that face.
NineteenthJester ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:50:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Especially with mushroom gravy. I love Salisbury steak.
thebeatsandreptaur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hamburger steak is a pretty popular dish here in the southern US. It's usually served with gravy on top and is delicious.
oracle_dex ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:57:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was just about to say that. You see it all the time and it ain't bad. In fact, I didn't realize the rest of america didn't have it.
too_much_feces ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:09:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I use worchestershire sauce instead of gravy. Serve it with white rice that has butter and soy sauce and you have a pretty good meal.
Tf2idlingftw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As an Aussie, Who's never heard of this... It sounds Outrageous. However I totally want to go try it.
too_much_feces ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:57:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just fry a hamburger patty and you have hamburger steak.
Tf2idlingftw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha Yeah I meant the whole served with rice and Worcestershire.. Not so much the hamburger patty! Contrary to popular belief Australia DOES Have hamburgers! They're all made from kangaroo though. ;)
Yess-cat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have it.
It's not steak.
oracle_dex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:07:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well, duh. It's not steak in the same way that a cheesecake isn't really a cake. It's not the same, but it's still pretty good in its own way.
Casswigirl11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:58:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? I'm a northerner and never heard of it. I do occasionally eat my burger without a bun though, to save a few calories.
shadowX015 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was about to say the same thing. I like mine smothered in grilled onions and mushrooms.
kaiju-taxi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:40:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I wanna try some of that.
snerp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've made a hamburger like it was steak before. It was pretty awesome, not quite a real steak though.
PurpleWeasel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:45:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what a Salisbury steak is -- or it would be, if you put gravy on it.
Siegwyn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:08:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the South, "hamburger steak" is a big thing. Every mom and pop restaurant I know serves it, as does Cracker Barrel.
BullMoooose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like meatloaf
Dangthesehavetobesma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just make it into a horse shoe.
Pigeoncow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:24:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, the rare double contraction, spotted in the wild.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the second time in recent memory someone pointed that out! I just had to go check this wasn't you.
Anagoth9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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blaghart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel bad that I read it as "ow-toe-backa stay-k-house"
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that considered a Salisbury steak?
jwws1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in Osaka for work, I was surprised that they had steak for so cheap at a diner. There wasn't a picture for reference and I was eating out with a group of coworkers who also called it steak. I was surprised that I got a hamburger patty. I asked them if I got they got my order wrong and they said that my patty is a steak. But yes you can get a real steak if you go to a nicer restaurant and that stuff is amazing.
the_real_GW ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What about wagyu steak? Isn't Japan famous for this kind of steak? I always thought you'd be able to find these cuts at butchers all over the country just like there are butchers all over the states but maybe that's my ignorance speaking.
fuafua2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think we taught in the same area. Makuhari was definitely a great place to escape to when you wanted the comforts of home. Outback was crazy expensive, though.
Mynthence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There are actually a few places, often disguised as family restaurants. Cowboy and Big Boy come to mind off the top of my head.
caburrito ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
3 hour train ride for a 20 mile trip. You've lost all your credit and are now branded as a liar
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:49:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That description made me visibly cringe.
The_Katzenjammer ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:04:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you live in japan and you eat steak and cheese. Jesus man.
wnp ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:13:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was there a long time, I mostly ate Japanese food, but I sure missed me some steak. Likewise, now that I'm back in America, I occasionally eat sushi! And Indian food like palak paneer! And Vietnamese food like pho! It's incredible, you can eat things that are from other places besides where you're physically located now!
The_Katzenjammer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
HAHAHA you pretend that your american sushi are as good as japanese sushi.
IT's the same thing :)
You can eat steak in japan but it's gonna be very expensive for obvious reason.
Fucking cow take space they don't have that. Fish don't take space.
Also a question of demand. I doubt the demand for steakhouse is huge in japan. Like cheese.
wnp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:21:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
trolling is a art, I guess.
The_Katzenjammer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:24:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
im very good at english grammar. but yeah that was pretty bad.
break_main ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least japan is being efficient. Fucking cows take up less space
Louder though
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once read an article about sushi in Japan and America that concluded that you can get some extremely delicious sushi in the US because there was no pressure to conform to traditional sushi. (More freedom with the dish).
break_main ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:26:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude. Kobe
wnp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:31:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Up in Hokkaido, or over in Tokyo proper, yeah. Also, it'd've been a lot more money.
bumlove ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:37:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude what's wrong with Outback Steakhouse?
ayyygeeed ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:50:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey I work at outback and I love our food lol our ribeye and prime rib are fantastic. Filet too.
IReallyLikeFootball ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup I served there for about 2 years and I love the prime. MR, OB Style.. Mmm
ayyygeeed ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ob style is life. With tiger dill omg โคโคโค
the_excalabur ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:38:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Outback is the chain for steak in Japan. I don't really know why. Japanese-style beef places all serve meat cut very thin, so if you want a proper steak for less than ยฅ10,000, you go to outback..
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The thicker cut the better!
the_excalabur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most waygu places serve it cut wafer thin, and you cook it for like 10 sec and then eat it..
Proditus ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:25:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Believe me, the Japanese have no idea what sarcasm is. The entire language is built around being perfectly literal.
TulipSamurai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know you're joking but the Japanese actually don't employ much sarcasm. It's kind of a foreign concept, especially if it's subtle.
MrZakGuy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:23:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, the ribeye is pretty good. So is the filet.
I may or may not work at Outback.
Chiefhammerprime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Outhouse steakplace
bekeleftw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This made me laugh very hard.
We went to Outback Steakhouse for prom and I got a steak and threw it up at the dance.
Not a fan of Outback Steakhouse.
matches626 ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 21:07:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe by "perfect" they thought you meant "complete", like they thought you wanted the whole day.
SinkTube ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:22:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They failed that too, unless OP is only giving us the first sentences of each.
StabbyPants ยท 410 points ยท Posted at 21:26:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
in japanese, perfect and complete are both written as KanZen; asking for their complete day and perfect day could be the same sentence.
wnp ยท 267 points ยท Posted at 21:28:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My memory is imperfect and incomplete, but I really feel like the other teacher gave them a better explanation than just translating the words -- that's why she had me give my own example, she emphasized it'd be a really good day and all that.
But, yeah, some of 'em might not have paid attention to that bit. It's possible.
trippy_grape ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 01:55:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I see what you did there?
wnp ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:13:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
heh, yeah.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:40:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How many of them actually believed you dated what's her name then
Megneous ยท -15 points ยท Posted at 03:48:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're forgetting the fact that in any large group of randomly selected people (which students are unless you're at some fancy school), a large number of them are going to just be completely incapable and useless for anything above basic necessities of living.
Think back to your high school days. How many people from your grade are actually what you would call "successful"? For my school, it's about 2%. The rest never left their hometown, got shitty jobs cooking or serving food in restaurants. The lucky ones work in dangerous factories where they could get their hands or head degloved by the equipment. Some are in jail.
You don't need to look for an explanation. The students were likely just not intelligent.
chinotenshi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:19:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not entirely. In Japan, it's more likely that they were lazy and didn't give a shit, but the school system pushed them up to the next grade repeatedly despite the students never turning in homework or actually completely a test. Japan doesn't really hold kids back for low grades, so you have kids who are actually intelligent but want nothing to do with school getting pushed through the school system without picking anything up until they can drop out after graduating 9th grade.
Megneous ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 13:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've lived in Japan for years, thanks. I know quite well what it's like.
But you don't seem to understand. Normal people are not intelligent. That's why they're normal. It's silly to expect normal people to perform well in school, regardless of what country they're from. If everyone made As, we would no longer accept Cs as the average. And let's be honest- at the current standard, only understanding ~70% of what you're taught is pretty awful.
Again, intelligence is the minority. That's how bell curves work. You can't just randomly wave to a group of kids and say, "Oh, they're so intelligent!" If their IQ is under 130, they may be a hard worker, but they're not intelligent. If they're under 160, they're not exceptionally gifted, under 180, not profoundly gifted.
There are real categorizations for these sorts of things. You don't get to just decide who is and is not intelligent. It sounds like how every parent thinks their kid is "smart, but doesn't try." No, unless your kid is in the top 5%, they're not likely to be "smart." And being in the top 1% would actually be recognized as smart by just interacting with them.
lygerzero0zero ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 22:29:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not if the teacher understood the idea of the prompt when explaining. In that case, perfect would be "risou no".
Actually, perfect would usually be "kanpeki" anyway, which is slightly open to interpretation but should have been clear enough.
StabbyPants ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:31:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
or it's an english class and he used english and the japanese student conflated the two because they're often conflated.
lygerzero0zero ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:06:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If this was junior high school, there's no way they would have understood the assignment fully in English without some help from the Japanese teacher.
PerfectiveVerbTense ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:06:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was wondering this. I don't speak Japanese (or any other language other than English) but I teach speakers of other languages, and I've seen "perfect" used by speakers of more than one language in a way that suggests they're translating it more as "complete" than our typical use of "perfect." Even in English, the perfect verb tense/aspect is generally used to talk about completed actions (or actions that started in the past that are still ongoing).
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:09:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your username is perfect for this comment.
But yeah, I wonder if the connection between those two definitions is common in other languages.
PerfectiveVerbTense ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:00:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha...yeah, I thought of that while I was writing the comment. I was created for this moment!
But it's interesting if you look at the etymology, it comes from "from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere โ(โto finishโ)", so that makes a lot of sense. And Google gives this as one of the definitions:
kaeroku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:59:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right.
We actually commonly misuse 'perfect,' at least by it's literal definition. Instead the students should have been asked to describe their "ideal" or "fantasy" day.
PerfectiveVerbTense ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:14:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I think it's one of those words whose meaning has now changed because of use. I wouldn't say that using it to mean "flawless" is wrong. However, in interlanguage situations like this I think you're right that "ideal" would be more easily understood.
kaeroku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:14:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right. But "flawless" is still within the realm of "perfect's" original definition. "Complete" and "perfect" and "flawless" all share something which "ideal" doesn't, and that is: imagination outside the bounds of the original context.
I'd agree that perfect and flawless have extended to include that as a part of their definitions through usage, but I'd say that because of the shifting of their meaning, they are less clear. They require context clues, rather than providing them. As language strives to enable communication, clarity is a priority, especially for those who are learning.
I'd say "fantasy" is as strong (and as weak) as a word like "perfect" because it suffers the same problems. In this case, it captures the concept of "imagination outside the realm of context," but as that is almost entirely the meaning of "fantasy," it fails to provide the "grounded in reality" baseline which is required for what (I infer to be) the intent of the original question.
Hence: "ideal" is the ideal term in this question of terminology. :)
SilasX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap! That's crazy that English (and Latin for that matter) have the same double meaning of perfect!
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:43:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perfect would be written as kanpeki in most cases, and either way, the word that translates from perfect here would be saikou (the best).
Jebi-sensei ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:04:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree. I think "saikou" would be a better interpretation and probably get better answers. But honestly, a lot of students will just pick boring things because they'd rather just copy what they know from the textbook than dare to think of something original.
mnakai ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:26:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While it's true that "kanzen" can mean "perfect" in certain situations, it's usually (as you said) reserved for "whole" or "complete". Instead, "perfect" is usually translated to "kanpeki".
Source: am Japanese
whyzed ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not true. Complete is kanzen but perfect is kanpeki in Japanese. The first character is the same but they are two different words and concepts in Japanese, same as in English.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:48:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I can see the logic behind that. If you do a perfect job, you do everything, without missing a spot.
StabbyPants ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:52:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
more like, i see box sets advertised as 'perfect' when they mean complete. others have said that kanpeki is the way to say it properly, but clearly not everyone says it properly
Valdrax ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:48:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From my own experiences in college, sometimes the content of the foreign language essay is shaped more by what vocabulary words you remember than your actual thoughts on the matter.
munchies777 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:03:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When you only remember 5 verbs, you're kinda limited in what you're going to do on a perfect day.
Casswigirl11 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:05:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And it's usually graded on proper grammar and word usage than content.
BZH_JJM ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:22:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Bockfelst" sounds like some cool Germanic thing.
wendy_stop_that ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It reminds me of that "cereal" from Ren & Stimpy, the one that when it was poured it just kind of all came out as one homogenous grainy rectangle.
LifeIsBizarre ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:57:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rice in a sausage skin.
BioBen9250 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:43:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I'd want to date Kajiura if she wasn't more than twice my age.
BlueHighwindz ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 19:54:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love Yuki Kajiura more than I should, but as a composer. She's made my life measurably better ever since I first saw .hack//SIGN. However, she's not very pretty and we couldn't be more than friends.
wnp ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 20:07:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hehe. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. She's not like drop-dead gorgeous but I think she's sufficiently cute and between that and being super-impressed with her talent, I'd have been ecstatic at the idea of going out with her. Not now, so much, since I'm married now; this was like 2005-6.
PalladiuM7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guessing your wife knows your username, huh?
wnp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:20:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. But, conceivably, I phrased it that way because it's actually true!
I shall demonstrate: HEY WIFE, if Aubrey Plaza or Heather Anne Campbell asks me out, I'm totally going for it.
PalladiuM7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I have the same deal with my girlfriend concerning Ronda Rousey and Emilia Clarke. Also Ming-na Wen, but she's a wildcard.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, nice.
Funny, Felicia Day and Emily V Gordon are on both our lists. I can't remember the rest of hers, though. Maybe Khal Drogo? Eh. Not like it's ever gonna matter. :P
codmw3master ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:27:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, she's not ugly but she's no dime either. I would say she's a solid 7
BlueHighwindz ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Generous 7, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Yuki_Kajiura_at_Anime_Expo_2012.jpg
thatcantb ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:25:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you may really have missed what these kids were saying. They are generally happy. To them, a perfect day is what they have most of the time. They are content to be with family, eat well, and be with friends at school. I am envious. They are not looking for some hyperbolic extreme. Perfect is calm and unconflicted.
UsernameError404 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:58:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perfect day: 3/10 Perfect day with rice: 11/10 would recommend.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The cultural aspect is stronger than you're suggesting. I lived in Nagoya about 12 years ago and would try to ask my host sisters "what's new?" and variations of that.
They would respond "Nothing!" with these huge grins, because that was the best possible outcome. They enjoyed living life in a way where everything went according to expectations.
Illyich ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:38:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Love Yuki Kajiura- glad to see someone else does too!
WaffleSandwhiches ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:18:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's pretty awesome that you're a huge anime nerd and you get to teach english in Japan.
wnp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:20:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, yeah. It was pretty sweet, at least, for a little while.
I've actually been told that the JET programme tries to weed out people who are huge anime nerds, but I didn't want to misrepresent myself. When I went in for the interview, when they asked me why I wanted to go to Japan specifically, I just kinda laid it out on the table -- yes, I do like anime and Japanese video games, they're among my main hobbies, but they're not the only thing about Japan I'm into. I also love the food (except Natto), and I think the language is beautiful, etc etc.
Evidently they were okay with that.
trippy_grape ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:58:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Worst part about my trip to Tokyo.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:49:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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wnp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, that may have been over-stating it a bit, I don't think they explicitly wanted none, but just, from what I gathered, a high percentage of applicants were people who didn't really have much deep appreciation or understanding of Japan and basically had no reason for wanting to be there aside from "I like anime!"
They wanted to avoid having the situation over in Japan being "all the foreign people from JET are just people who like our cartoons"
Turfie146 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:20:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No bombs were dropped. It was a perfect day.
ShutTheFuckUpBryan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:58:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's much easier to write the normal types of sentences because they know those words better
yomoxu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:56:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A fellow kajiuran! :D
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:45:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:46:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice! :) Kanda?
Random420eks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:38:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If that is what they responded with, did they really understand, or were they just describing a regular day. Which leads me to believe they believed the day you described was an ordinary day.
setsuwa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:13:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If my experience teaching English in Japan is any guide, they just didn't care.
I had a student once write "Today when I get home, I will kill my grandfather." He thought it was hilarious and the teacher didn't see the problem.
farieniall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You probably have a lot of responses but honestly I understand why some wrote it this way. I'd say a normal day is a good day, possibly even 'perfect day'. If you ask me "describe what your perfect day would be" it would not be over the top extravagant. I like normal days, they are good, changing it would be different but not necessarily better. I also think the connotation for good and perfect are different and that could easily be mistaken.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:36:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Japanese don't seem to do much out of fhe ordinary. Teacher probably just thought itwas weird as they didn't write "going to Disneyland" (seriously... that shit seems to be like religion for them).
In other news: maybe they just like doing tax. Don't question their lifestyle!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bockfelst 6/10 Bockfelst with lice: 9/10
trippy_grape ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Those regular things are probably more "common" words in their text books. I know the biggest problem I had learning Spanish in American high school was how "PC" and "average" the stuff we were taught. Great, I can find the library or a couch, but none of it was very conversational unfortunately.
fig_bush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah this is what I do now. Were you through the JET program? I feel like my kids would do the exact same thing, only because those normal sentences are the ones they actually learn and know. They (my kids) probably have no idea how to describe their perfect day in English, but they sure know how to say the same 5 sentences.
TheGiantD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When you were talking about who Ms. Kajiura is they might have thought that you had actually ran into her and asked her out, which would cause them to think you were describing your day yesterday or something.
NoEngrish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back in high school I took Spanish but only knew pretty much enough to pass. Four years of Spanish class later everyone was much more advanced than me because I had basically been passing by the skin of my teeth every time. I remember when I got the same "Describe your perfect day" prompt and I basically had to fill it up with sentences that I knew. Waking up, brushing my teeth, eating, etc. The class was on Spanish and the content didn't matter as much as the syntax and grammar. That'd be my guess to what happened in your story. They just wrote the sentences they knew.
Sabreens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Question on a test: What did you eat for breakfast this morning?
Answer from a Japanese student: I ate a bowel of flosted freaks.
Wasabi-beans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They're kids. Kids ain't smart that age.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The only thing that concerns me is that your perfect day, the best day of all possible days, has you eating at Outback Steakhouse.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I probably could've been a lot more imaginative, like, "I had steak flown in direct from Australia and cooked for me by master chefs" or what have you, but there's a certain upper limit on what's reasonably understandable by the kids.
(they had an embargo on US cows at the time due to mad cow... maybe still do.)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha yeah, you're right. Although you probably could have said you wanted to have some Wagyu A5 or something and they would have understood pretty well. Japan has some pretty great steak too.
Nanohaystack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is more reason in that. I, for one, enjoy the thoughtful and productive pace of daily routine. Life feels kind of empty without dishes to wash and food to cook (besides, I dearly love cooking, and cooking for my family even more so). Much more prone to appreciate a day when there is nothing about which I didnโt know ahead of time than surprises, even the pleasant ones. Though never really averse to a bit of adventure either. Itโs justโฆ routine is very much tied to the kind of careful, meticulous work which yields long-term returns. That makes life meaningful.
wagashi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really miss Gaijin Smash
https://gaijinsmashnet.wordpress.com/
Sabin10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Upvote for Yuki Kajiura. She hasn't aged well the last ten years unfortunately.
TiberiCorneli ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well it was Japan
BITCRUSHERRRR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your job is exactly what I plan on doing, since it's the easiest way to live there.
njibbz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Live in makuhari. Love it.
SomeBroadYouDontKnow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I kind of understand a lot of the more boring ones. I took a Russian class a few years ago, where we had to describe what we were doing for spring break, then we had to describe our perfect vacation.
First I said "I want to stay at home in <<city>>." Then when we went around for the second time, I said "My perfect vacation would be to stay at home in <<city>>." She laughed and said "Oh, You can reach higher than that."
But for me, that is a dream vacation. I don't like flying (not because it scares me, but because I hate the process of going through TSA and using the tiny, disgusting airplane bathrooms, and the people in my isle always want to talk to me. I don't want to talk to you, strange man in the seat next to mine. It's weird. You're weird.), I don't like hotels unless they're super fucking nice (which are expensive, and I hate spending money because I'm a goddamned miser), I don't really enjoy going to theme parks or seeing nature or walking miles on end in the sun so I can go see a big fucking statue or whatever view it is.
Then, you have to come home, unpack, get all the mail that's been piling up and you're behind on everything (emails, laundry, the work you missed because you were out of the office, all that shit that you brushed off because "it's vacation") which is basically just overloading yourself when you get back, cancelling out any relaxation you get on vacation.
I may be coming off as a bit of a grump, but best vacation scenario for me is I stay home, relax, maybe take a walk in the park or go get a massage in the very nice hotel in my city, eat out with friends, have a beer at the Irish pub close to my house, sleep in. No planning, much lower cost, and my friends all live there so there are people to enjoy it with.
Edit: typo
poopyhead69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They just didn't understand the word "perfect", so ignored it and hoped it wasn't important to the meaning of your request. Thus, many answered the question "describe your day"
Jebi-sensei ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice, I was wondering if an ALT in Japan would have a funny story. Huge misunderstandings seem to occur every lesson if you don't go around and check on students while they're working. There are always at least one or two who weren't paying attention or having learning disabilities that make it hard for them to understand what they're supposed to do.
SqueakersMcChip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just commenting because I work at Outback and I really regret not ordering food today. Fantasizing about steaks now tyvm.
narp7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It seems like this is a cultural thing. People in Japan aren't very comfortable discussing their personal interests. This probably carried over into the assignment.
GeoWilson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gaijin Smash? :O
reddhead4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds of the Cheech and Chong routine Sister Mary Elephant
applevinegar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, compared to getting a nuke dropped on your head, any day sounds like a pretty perfect day.
Moonsolol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh shit, sheโs my favorite composer. I knew her from watching Fate/Zero and Kara no Kyoukai. Search up Fate/Zero Yuki Kajiura OSTs and you will be blown away from her composing.
JPCOO ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's because they don't care and want to move on.
CrazyPlato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't decide whether this was a misunderstanding or just a cultural mindset. My impression of Japanese culture is that it can be pretty rigid about certain social settings. Is it possible that the class wasn't used to "outlandish" aspirations for their day?
samuraiseoul ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta say you got hella good taste, Yuki Kajiura's music is fucking on point.
MetalPandaDance ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You wouldn't go on a date with both Kaijura and Kalafina? C'mon man.
Dorskind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You could go to any steakhouse in the world and you chose Outback?
Theta_Zero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a huge Xenosaga and .hack fan, today I learned. Today I cared.
Cereborn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Based on my own experience in Korea, I don't find this at all surprising. It's a combination of lacking full comprehension, not wanting to put any work in, and coming from a school system that does not promote that kind of creative thinking.
ashesarise ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, that prompt sucks ass. "Perfect" is too vague of a word. Even if you do understand, that would take some seriously heavy introspection to divine what would make a day perfect. Honestly, if I was in school I would have been completely stumped by that prompt.
DarkStar5758 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:19:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They have Outbacks in Japan?
Gathorall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:21:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they just thought Sensei-sama totally got it on with Kajiura?
TTangy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:12:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if you had not thought of this, but I know when I was learning spanish and I had a shit vocabulary we would some times do activities like this. With a limited ability to know things you like to do in other languages all of us in the class ended up describing basic things because thats all we knew how to say/write.
jbsinger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
After you lose what is most important to you - your loved ones, your job, your house, your health.
A perfect day. You wake up in your house at 7:30 in the morning. Your health is good, and you have the food you like for breakfast. Say hello to your SO, go to work. Get home, have dinner and do your taxes. Go to bed and fall asleep.
You think that is weird because you don't realize that putting all those things together is a kind of miracle.
Berberberber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:59:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in a similar role, also about 10 years ago, and observed the same thing. I concluded that the real problem was that they lacked comfort with an adequate vocabulary to describe the perfect day, so they just described any old day.
Stax493 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this same job last year. Same assignment, same sort of shit responses. I like that in 10 years Japanese students still don't give a shit about English.
Matazaonreddit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:15:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like to think your students think you are the coolest person in the world and just casually date celebrities in your free time, inbetween building giant robots and blasting super villains away with energy beams.
Durrvish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Vincent Adultman?
Howulikeit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How could one get their foot in the door doing a job like this? I'd love to teach English in another country during the summer.
wnp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:56:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do some research into the JET programme, that's the one I was on. For JET, you have to have graduated college (before you go, not before you apply), and you have to go through an application/interviewing process that is pretty selective...
there are other programs too like NOVA and AEON i think? Or, there were, 10 years ago. I don't know what the options are now.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:05:00 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe this is because they mistranslated the word "perfect" as "ๅฎ็ง" which could also mean a "complete" day.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:17:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At university: when is your birthday? June 12th. Later in the lesson it comes up again and he changed it to April 23rd. I asked him why he had two birthdays, he didn't know. "Maybe one was a mistake I think". Not a cheeky fucker, good kid though. Just panics
ColoniseMars ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:58:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Das wassist
wnp ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 20:59:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Direct quote. No judgments. Draw your own conclusions if you wish.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:59:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he was making a joke
probablyhrenrai ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My conclusion is that, as I thought was commonly known, "L" and "R" are often confused by Japanese and Cantonese (which I understand are different, but please correct me if I'm mistaken) speakers.
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:34:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, that's accurate. I can't speak to Cantonese, but in Japanese, there is no distinction between "l" and "r". There are japanese characters for the sound which, to Western ears, sounds roughly halfway between the two. The japanese characters are neither "r" nor "l", but are usually romanized with "r" (e.g. ra ri ru re ro).
Due to the fact that they're usually romanized with 'r', you'll sometimes see people claim "Japan has an 'r' but not an 'l'", but I feel that this is misrepresenting the fact -- they actually have neither; they have ใใใใใ.
So, this kid knows that "rice" is pronounced in japanese characters as "ra i su", but he forgets how it's actually spelled in English. He remembers it ends in "ice", but he incorrectly guesses "L" for the first letter.
It's totally an understandable error for a kid with his level of english instruction, I always told them I'd much rather they write a little bit more with a few mistakes than worry so much about mistakes they don't write anything.
But it's still funny, because ... I mean, eating lice! :)
I guess when I said "draw your own conclusions" I mostly meant "draw your own conclusions about how racist I'm being." It's pretty racist to mis-represent asian people as mixing up l's and r's just to mock them. But, in this case, I just literally replicated his actual text he wrote. If that's racist, then reality is racist. So, I don't feel that I'm being racist, there. And I'm not really trying to mock him so much as just enjoy the amusing words that come out of it.
ColoniseMars may or may not have been joking, I donno.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FUkin weeb
[deleted] ยท 5929 points ยท Posted at 19:22:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4181 points ยท Posted at 21:32:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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onlytoask ยท 2284 points ยท Posted at 22:16:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the exact same thing in seventh grade. I was completely baffled as to why the teacher would want that.
[deleted] ยท 405 points ยท Posted at 00:59:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did it in eighth. I was like, ah yes, the double spacing I've heard my older sister talk about. Teacher gave me a weird look when I handed it in and asked if I'd double spaced it. I was like, "Yup, I sure did!" so proudly. Other kids has been asking each other what it meant, but I knew already. He was like, "Are you sure?", looked at it, told me it wasn't, and I proceeded to argue my case for several minutes before he gave up and told the person at the computer beside me show me how to do it....
Maomi_Xiaojie ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:33:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing in 8th grade on this 5 page research paper I was assigned. Last day before I printed it out, the librarian tried to help me and saw all the blue squiggle lines and explained to me how to do it. Paper was way longer than I thought.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:40:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing better than forgetting a paper is supposed to be double spaced, then realizing it is when you thought you still had halfway to go!
NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:48:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or worse than realizing at the end of page 12 it was supposed to be double spaced, so you just lost 5 hours of sleep researching, writing & citing a 24 page paper. So frustrating and so exhausting.
TehWildMan_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:33:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And then you lose a letter grade for being insanely long.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, back then it was just assumed you were a nerd passionate about a certain subject. Which was not an incorrect assumption many times.
Dominus-Temporis ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 01:43:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did it in 9th.
uss1701jb ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:43:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
gg no re
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:31:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:40:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... I think she wins.
A_kind_guy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:16:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just learnt what double spaced means. I've been doing a uni maths course for a few months now. Guess I'm stupid.
jabask ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:09:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It should really be called double leading.
unculturedyouth ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 03:24:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always wondered why double spaced...? It's pointless
The_Boys_And_Crash ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 03:26:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's so the teacher can mark it easier, and I think it makes it easier to read.
caseyjarryn ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 03:46:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If a teacher is marking by hand it gives them room to write comments between lines.
taken_username_is ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:39:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait. Double spaced is a blank line between every line?? Wtf, that's weird. Never had to do that. They'd just use arrows and circle stuff or whatever. I turned in my last report with the Google Docs link. Got some comments back. It worked nice.
YeastInVagMakesBread ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:53:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same!! It was my first time mingling from the kids from the elementary schools who could afford to teach computer skills beyond goddamn "home row".
poko610 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:53:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...I did the same thing in seventh grade.
MrReynevan2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:52:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I rewrote the entire text (6 pages) in 3rd grade. Turned out that the assignment was to list adjectives related to the topic of the class... 5 or so words and that was it.
Psezpolnica ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:48:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel this way when people insist on putting two spaces after a period. it's retarded, stop it.
laxpanther ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:14:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's very difficult to stop what you were taught was correct back before digital word processors existed. This was standard typing rules back in the day. I'm 34 and learned it that way, even as word processors came into widespread existence. I don't any longer, but it took a lot of conscious thought to do do, when typing is pretty much supposed to be unconscious.
Sorta_Kinda ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 06:33:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you mean subconscious. I personally find typing while unconscious very difficult.
T2AmR ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:40:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this made me laugh
Oakcamp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tell that to drunken me
Cianalas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I only just now remembered that's how I was taught to do it, I had completely forgotten! It's been years since I've typed that way, it was such a pain.
Dislol ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:41:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am now acutely aware of the lack of double spacing after a period in comments in this thread. Its really fucking with my head because its how I was taught and I've never given it a second thought since I was 6.
You'd hate my texts, because I double space after periods in those, too. Mothafuckaaaaa!
SadGhoster87 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:02:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let them do what they want, dude. Don't put two spaces after a period if you don't want to, but trying to make them do it your way instead of their own isn't going to work. Especially if it's by claiming that the second empty space placeholder in a series of two empty space placeholders has a mental disease.
It doesn't even actually have a brain, if you noticed.
[deleted] ยท -19 points ยท Posted at 02:06:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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sarcbastard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:42:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why not? Looks better fairly often in print, even on a screen sometimes.
Tom908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf. Why the hell would you do that anyway?
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:00:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Many colleges/universities in the US follow the research & citing format of either the MLA (Modern Language Association) or APA (American Psychological Association). It keeps all the papers consistent with font, font size, margins, headers, footers, sources etc.
The MLA handbook's examples show one space after a concluding punctuation mark, but also states that there is nothing wrong with two spaces unless an editor or instructor prefers otherwise.
The APA rule is 2 spaces after a concluding period in words (not numerical data). So thousands and thousands of students are taught every year that this is how to do it.
Add in people my age who learned how to type on an actual typewriter, and have been repeatedly double-spacing after periods FOR YEARS, and there needs to be compelling reason to change the muscle memory.
I haven't seen a reason compelling enough for me to change my focus to spaces after a period.
Tom908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But why was it taught in the first place?
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:46:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Preface: This is what I remember from my middle school years on the school paper and yearbook. That was 20+ years ago, so I am sure some of this is wrong/changed.
When printing was first invented, typesetters used small blocks of wood with letters on them made of metal (where you get uppercase & lowercase was where those physical letters were stored).
In the beginning, nothing was standardized: spelling, punctuation, spacing, etc. Over the next few hundred years, things became a little more organized.
Most of the metal letters were about the same width (measured in 'em's). However, 'j', 'i', 'l', 't', 'f' were on 1/2 an em wide, as was almost all punctuation. A few letters were 1.5 ems wide (w and m).
By mixing the physically more narrow letters with the physically 'regular' sized letters, there were lots of irregular spaces.
Because the gaps between letters were inconsistent, it was much more difficult for the reader to automatically detect the beginning/end of a sentence. This greatly interrupted the flow of writing & reading.
The solution was to use two full spaces between sentences, which indicated clearly & immediately if a gap was to separate sentences or just a casualty of character width.
When I was in middle school and working on the school paper, we still had to calculate out not only how many letters per line, but which letters, so we could allow space for headlines, bylines, photographs, etc.
I still remember what our teacher repeated all the time, "Don't JILT the F!". It was a common phrase to help us all remember which letters were 1/2 em. (Ms. Isler, you were an awesome teacher!)
Generations of copy setters, typists, and now a generation of early keyboarders were taught the double space method.
(There is a lot of disagreement about when, who & in which order things moved from proportional typesetting to monospacing, and which method actually mandated double spacing or not).
With the easy access to computers and various fonts, the elimination of calculating by hand the spacing for letters, photos, margins, etc. the double spacing kind of lost its raison d'etre.
Like many other things, the necessity was gone, but the convention remained a strict rule for a long time following.
It's just recently that society has gotten around to recognizing that double spacing isn't technically necessary anymore, so why are we still doing it?
We're in the middle of the transition between my generation (40s) who had the two space rule ingrained into our marrow and don't understand why it's suddenly a big deal, and the younger generation which has abruptly become indignant about it.
TLDR: Until very very recently, double spaces following end punctuation were necessary for readability purposes due to the differences in character width. Now it's not necessary, but it's been a generations long habit & many people see no need for change.
Tom908 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:06:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I understand now, i didn't hear it before today so you can see how i can be confused.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:03:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course. It's esoteric knowledge that only people in the field who are interested in details like that who would know. Every career field has jargon, history, fun/unfun facts that others wouldn't know.
I have learned so much bizarre, specific things from reddit. I love this site.
Favorite so far: The difference between poisonous and venomous. The first is when a substance is ingested, usually from a plant. The second is when a substance is injected through the skin with deleterious effects on the body, usually from snakes, spiders, scorpions, etc.
FreshPrinceOfNowhere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope that you at least achieved that by using the search-and-replace function, and not manually...
sweet_roses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:40:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
6-7th for me too. 5!
masterof80smetal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the exact same thing in... shit I don't even remember when, probably sometime in 6th grade. I was always like ??????????? is "double-spacing" made the same mistake as you and OP.
KJ6BWB ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:20:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still don't get it. So you want to make notes? That's what the margins are for. You think it's easier to read double spaced reports? Really, do you have your browser set to display all font with double-size line spacing between each line? Thought not. Just seems like a waste of paper.
[deleted] ยท 766 points ยท Posted at 21:46:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Did the exact same thing in middle school. I felt so dumb when my dad showed me what double-spaced meant and that there was a feature in word that did it automatically for you.
edit: I stupidly hit the space bar twice between each word like the HungryMoose1. I spent hours making sure I did that way thinking it was correct. Then my dad informed me that I misunderstood what double spaced meant. It mean an extra space between lines, huge palm meets face moment.
dr_franck ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:53:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back in 2008, my friend who was an honor student(!) and was new at uni with an Engineering degree did not know that Microsoft Word could automatically add page numbers. She was painstakingly putting little text boxes with page numbers, and trying to make sure that it didn't get moved around. She once did this with a 100-page research paper.
Zebba_Odirnapal ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bro/Sis do you even LaTeX?
the_omega99 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:39:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, an English student not knowing about LaTeX is to be expected, but an engineering student? That's crazy. LaTeX is based formatting god.
MasteroftheHallows ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:35:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bless her heart
dantedog01 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:51:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could have just done a find and replace for ' ' with ' ' . Alternatively, you could have added an auto correct for the same thing. Work smarter, not harder!
lhamil64 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:07:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like your spaces didn't render.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:15:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im 28 out now, we're talking about me as a dumb kid in seventh grade. Took me awhile to learn about working smarter not harder. lol
Lothraien ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bro, I think you meant "replace for ' ' with ' ' ".
saratoga172 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:06:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the exact same thing typing out my first ever paper. Freshman year of high school. Only I was told by my teacher I didn't double space. I said yeah I put two spaces between every word. He smiled and said double spaced meant an extra line between the words. I got extra credit because my paper was twice as long as it needed and "exceedingly excellent" as he put it. He just made me bring in a double spaced version the next day so he could read it.
CannabisMeds ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:47:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
been there, spaced that. First time I got corrected was in college. Talk about a crash course in writing!
T-Money93 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First time I was assigned "double spaced" I made sure to hit 'enter' twice between each new line of writing..
Phoenixsong ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:30:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was forced to do this for a year because WordPad (on Windows 95 no less) was the only thing I had. My mind was blown the first time I saw someone using Word and applying double-spacing.
Lesser-Dog ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:54:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What.
King-Rhino-Viking ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:06:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think they meant "Bless your heart"
GCSThree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's like the people at my work that can't figure out how to put a line break in excel. They just put a million spaces until it goes to the next line.
lhamil64 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhhhhhh noooooooooooo.
CBSU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could've replaced every space with two instead.
Mwootto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dang. I had to teach my dad how to use a computer's power button...
prodmerc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, son! You could've just typed with one space, then use "Replace" to replace them all with 2 spaces :-D
sunnydaize ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:02:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey man if you are told forever what a "space" is and you do a "double" space. I don't see how you would be expected to know that. Guess they were preparing you for the corporate world. :p
Whywouldanyonedothat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:46:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Checking for cancer, eh?
Flight714 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your dad was so disappointed that he slapped you?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:24:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better I teach seniors in high school that do this every year. Every year, in every class. Seniors.
rhysdabomb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:30:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I typed a university assignment exactly like this. Still got a 2.1 - booya!
patatemasquer ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 21:35:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What does it mean ?
yboc0 ยท 293 points ยท Posted at 21:41:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is a blank line between each line of type. Usually called line spacing in most word processors.
patatemasquer ยท 153 points ยท Posted at 21:43:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh ok. I see. Thank you very much for the answer. I would've done the same as op here.
[deleted] ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 01:30:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this because you're young or not in America? Or both? Or neither? Lmao
Aiyon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Basically, once you've written it: ctrl+a, ctrl+2
RIPBenny ยท -30 points ยท Posted at 23:29:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a fucking idiot
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 00:00:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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RIPBenny ยท -26 points ยท Posted at 01:03:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah, if I did I'd be working in marketing for Pepsi/Coke closing deals...
swigglediddle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:44:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're so beans
strawburry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed super hard at this btw
RIPBenny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:23:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks friend
frostburner ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:18:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you 10? Have you not had to write essays double-spaced?
Trustable_links ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:13:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That isn't universally referred to as double spaced? How odd.
CombatBanana ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe it is and line spacing is just the option to set the distance. That being said with no explanation the first time you hear the phrase putting 2 spaces after each word is exactly how you would interpret it.
Nixie9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:19:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have I gone to the past? You're using word processors, the other guy is using typewriters, we have computers now, have we changed universe? Where's r/mandelaeffect when I need it.
mrisump ยท 93 points ยท Posted at 21:43:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Make the space between lines double in height. Makes adding comments underneath a sentence easier.
DoubleD_RN ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:23:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
College grad here. Never realized why they wanted everything double-spaced. I feel pretty silly right now.
patatemasquer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:46:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for the explanation ;)
belikeshank ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:28:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Woah TIL!!
FieryAssMonkey ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 21:38:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I would explain this but everytime I double tap space bar my phone adds a full stop.
Edit: Words.
JharTCS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:13:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
by full stop you mean a period. right?
RazTehWaz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:37:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We don't really call it that in the UK. "." is generally known as "a full stop". I had never heard it referred to as a period until hearing non-Brits saying it online, but I guess it could sound weird if you have never heard it before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop
JharTCS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:27:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The only time I remember hearing about full stops were in my elementary school music class.
Thanks for the insight and the link!
FieryAssMonkey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:20:33 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever American commercials come on I keep thinking they're talking about women bleeding half the time.
patatemasquer ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 21:42:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
XD I don't understand one thing in your sentence
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:13:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On his phone, pressing space twice types ". "
UsernameError404 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:53:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why. Can't. We. Have. This. Amazing. Feature. On. Our. Laptops.?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You. could. probably. find. a. word. processor. or. browser. extension. that. does. it. for. you.
Or. write. one. if. it. bothers. you. that. much.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/u/FieryAssMonkey is typing on their phone, and when they press the space bar twice in quick succession it makes a period and then a space (. ) instead of two spaces ( ).
KevanBacon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:59:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a quick example
of double spaced. Just
ignore the small sentences
and reddit formatting.
But you get the idea.
atimholt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:27:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doesnโt work that way on reddit. All whitespace is just seen as either single spaces or newlines.
Unless you do a code block:
PM_ME_LEGAL_PAPERS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:55:17 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Single
Space
Double
.
Space
iamaquantumcomputer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:17:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
single
spaced
Double
Spaced
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:17:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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patatemasquer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's called "double interligne" ( writing between the lines) in French. I didn't know you use "space" in English which is also used to name the lateral space between words.
Saint947 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you literate? How did you get this far?
Snollygoster1110 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:57:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen you before.
jhainsey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:16:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing as well. It was for a 10,000 word essay when I was in fifth grade (yeah my teacher showed no mercy)
bob-omb_panic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:50:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to "manually" double space everything by pressing enter twice after each line on the page until a teacher saw me doing it and wondered wtf I was doing.
fisch09 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
College professor included in the rubric to double space before every period. And only indent evening other paragraph. I was the only one to get bonus points all year.
Greentoads41 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sam is this you
CreamyLaughingCow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:21:56 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I found this too. Tracked it and was disappointed
Lets_Call_It_Wit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:15:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I DID THIS! Sixth grade literature... I will never forget the look of derision that evil teacher gave me.
dead10ck ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:51:09 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God, I used to tutor at my community college, and you have no idea how many 10+ page papers I saw that the student actually hit enter manually, at the the end of each line, to "double-space" it. Any time they needed to make an edit of any kind, they'd need to fix it up manually, for each line that it trickled down to.
AwfulWaffleWalker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing. Then got marked off for not double spacing. I was so confused until I went home & asked my mother what double spacing meant.
terynce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:59:05 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did the same thing in eighth grade. Felt absurd and awkward.
apollotg1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:09:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing. I took 3 revisions before "not double spaced" was explained to me.
killme6669 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same exact thing....Last school year....
I'm not very bright.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:33:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
He looks at for a map
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:34:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that but I only remembered to double space like half of the words.
buba_fett ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:35:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did that as well. Worst thing is my college educated father asked what I was doing, and then proceeded to walk away without correcting me.
The-Taminator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a student do that 2 years ago...in 10th grade. -_- They also thought I was some sort of witch when I showed them ctrl+c and ctrl+v.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did the exact same thing. Don't feel bad.
ailetoile ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh geez. I got so mad at my mom the first time she ever asked me to double-space a paper I had written for school and then asked her to proofread (I must have been around 10, too). I did the exact same thing with adding an extra space between every word. When I took a new copy of the paper back to her, she handed it back to me and stressed the words "double spaced" without explaining what it meant. I added a third space between every word. Same reaction.
I got so upset that she wouldn't acknowledge my double (triple) spacing that I put every word on a new line, printed THAT out, and handed it to her. She was angry at me for wasting so much printer paper, but at least I finally learned what double spacing actually was...
beaverscleaver ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I most definitely did the same thing first time it was requested of me in school.
yeliabh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:58:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing when I was in elementary school and it was great
DinosOrRoses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:03:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My older brother did that in his first high school paper until I told him how it was really suppose to be. He was super upset and told me I was wrong. He left it like that and had to fix the paper after turning it in.
sznelly31 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:07:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Omg. Yes. Same here.
Seriously, there should be an in-class tutorial on what "double spaced" means and how to do it!
LadyFajra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:26:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in 7th grade I was assigned a five page double spaced paper. I thought double spaced just meant two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence. Ended up writing like twice as much as I needed to. Luckily it was creative writing so not nearly as difficult as a research essay or something.
Randomn355 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:36:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't feel bad, I'm in university and one of the smartest kids in ym class did that...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't feel bad. When I was 6 my teacher told me to do finger spaces between the word so I would put my index finger after the word and write on the other side of the finger.
jeneffy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that in first year of college. I'd never heard of double spacing before.
KaejotianEmpire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this too....
dauntless26 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the same thing in 4th grade.
ocyries ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would be curious on if the word count would be close
JamesdfStudent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was marginally smarter than that. I wrote my paper as normal, then used the replace function to swap every instance of a space with two. Still made no sense.
Delilahhaze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha ha yes! I did this too and that was the first thing I thought of when reading this.
Cianalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did the exact same thing on my first "double-spaced" assignment. I think it's a mistake a lot of people make...once.
Icanjam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this, I think most people have at some point lol
flyleafet9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They asked me to do this in elementary, except they actually wanted the two spaces between every word in order to include room for teacher corrections. It was weird.
GermanBeanSprouts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:37:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Middke school...
Fudgms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:44:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that in 10th grade....
To be fair I came from a TERRIBLE private school that never required things like that to be known.
princesshashbrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom laughed at me when I was a few paragraphs in.
Freazur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I spent most of my life thinking that "double-spaced" vs. "single-spaced" referred to how many spaces you put after each period.
cricketjam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once had a teacher demand this exact thing because it was easier to read...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where I'm from, you learn what all these terms meant in primary school writing classes. Personally out of all of them, double spaced seems the most pointless out of the lot to me.
TheGiddySPARTAN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But did you do your heading correctly?
lhamil64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I first got a paper saying double spaced, I knew it meant having more space between the lines, but I didn't know you could just increase the spacing. I literally hit enter twice at the end of each line. Luckily a teacher came by and explained what I was doing wrong.
endurozee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
unlearning to double space must've been a pain
Es_el_moose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good to see another moose around these parts
tubbyfriend ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did it the same thing in sixth grade. I was told to correct my draft and double space this time, though I thought I already had. So I meticulously went through and doubled checked there were two spaces between each word.
rodblt2221 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did the same thing... in 11th grade. Lost some points right there.
definitewhitegirl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this. you are not alone.
ellamenopea ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked my mom what that meant when I was 11, and she told me that I was supposed to put an extra space between each line. I understood that as hitting an extra 'space' after each sentence.
I still do it. Didn't figure it out for YEARS.
CarnifexMagnus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:18:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That would have been easily fixable with word's replace function. Find " " replace with " "
withmewithyou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
me too :(
ForensicCashew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason, in 8th grade I had to write a science paper. I chose to write it in notepad for whatever reason and so I took double spaced as hitting enter twice after each line (I wasn't a smart kid) My teacher wrote "What the hell is this?!" On the top of my paper. I think I deserved that one.
nikkidarling83 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach high school freshmen who still struggle with this concept. The best is when I tell them to skip lines (when writing by hand). They have no idea what that means.
nohairinmysaladplz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this too! I've never told anyone before because I was so embarrassed when I found out what it really means.
gravitychasm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this too! My dad was watching TV right next to me when he looks at me like I'm a fuckin space alien and goes "you don't know what double spaced means, do you?"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I purposefully did that numerous times to lengthen papers that were too short.
Phoenix_667 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in college and I just found out this isn't what double space means
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so pleased to find so many people who also did this.
malbane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually had a teacher that wanted 2 spaces after every period, supposedly to make us think about what we were writing more or something. I just searched for ". " and changed it to ". " once i was done
Angelic_Mia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my first year in college, our creative writing lecturer asked for our essays to be "double spaced". The entire class debated for days over whether he meant two spaces after every word or just after every full stop. Yeah....college.
Ferralpenguin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have experienced the same mistake... Yeah
Nic3GreenNachos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:34:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are in good company.
salawm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, me too! I missed the first few days of school which resulted in this. I also missed the first day of 4th grade, which was the day we learned the word "lavatory" and that it's abbreviated version was "lav". Up until then, we'd always have to ask for a bathroom pass. So when I asked the teacher for the bathroom pass, he said that's not what we call it and to sit down until I remembered what we learned. So I sat down, confused as hell, and observed the other students. They asked for a lav pass, but I had no idea what they were saying. I raised my hand and asked, "Can I have the lab pass?" the teacher said yes. On my walk to the bathroom, I pondered why the bathroom was a laboratory and concluded that urine was a chemical we shouldn't experiment with.
lauralyla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this!
Dookie_boy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What else could it mean ?
notpollyanna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this too! I thought it was so dumb, she's totally not even going to be able to tell whether it was double spaced or not. I got it back, marked down because it wasn't double spaced. I remarked to a friend that I didn't think she'd be able to tell if I'd double spaced and, indeed, she had not. Then my friend told me what it meant. That "Word" would do it automatically. I thought telling me to "use spell check" was really weird phrasing. My friend told me that "Word" would check my spelling for me?! I asked my dad where double spacing was. There was no double spacing, no spell check. It was 1996. I was using a Macintosh Plus from 1986.
That is the story of how my father bought my family's first color computer.
Neglectful_Stranger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had someone do that in a college class I am currently taking.
littlesmokies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that too :(
Charles_Bass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did that in 8th grade. Luckily, I saw the person next to me not doing that and deleted what I wrote and asked for help.
jfjacobc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this in a high school dual-credit english class, only my professor never said anything about it, so I kept doing it. In the end, it probably saved me close to 5 pages of writing over the course of the year.
*Edit for grammar
imnotquitedeadyet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit! This is what I was going to put! I felt so stupid when the teacher walked up to my computer and was like "Uh... What are you doing?"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that for a writing competition when I was 16.
[deleted] ยท 1830 points ยท Posted at 20:57:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I picture you with on of those alphabet stencils writing the entire paper
engineeringirl ยท 721 points ยท Posted at 21:47:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While sticking his tongue out to the side in concentration.
Dominx ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:04:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even as I'm writing this Reddit comment on my phone I have my lips closed and tongue out, some of us do that for even pretty easy tasks
gratz ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:31:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey hey. Redditing is no easy task.
ferventfox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:35:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lips closed and tongue out?
PM-ME_Your_BUTTS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is how I do almost everything. All the other male's on my mom's side of the family do it too though, so I'm not alone.
ahakimir ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:44:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is your username engineer in girl or engineering IRL?
Now that I think about it, it is probably the latter.
engineeringirl ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:39:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it's engineering girl with the 2 g's combined
Zebba_Odirnapal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:45:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Enginee_ring_IRL
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know you guys tried doing this
skiman224 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a massive world history test tomorrow (it's 10:22 pm) and I can't fucking stop laughing. This thread gets better and better the more I read.
50R14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is exactly what I pictured in my head.
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He's got his thinking tongue on, guys, watch out!
ErikaChah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this whilst concentrating on my baton routine (was a majorette and competed for 17 yrs)... Learned my lesson when I landed a leg trick and about bit my own tongue off :( lots of blood and tears on a very expensive costume lol
[deleted] ยท 915 points ยท Posted at 21:01:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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happysealND ยท 2534 points ยท Posted at 23:30:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
What sort of dumb fuck ass stencil only goes up to E?
Edit: au
[deleted] ยท 378 points ยท Posted at 23:34:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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__LordNibbler__ ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 01:46:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What if he needed a g
plokijuh1229 ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 01:53:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You called?
__LordNibbler__ ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 01:57:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i mean an og
SadGhoster87 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:03:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does an SG work?
__LordNibbler__ ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 02:05:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
standard gangster?
hell no
i pay for quality
babyrhino ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:03:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That might be the funniest thing I've read today.
__LordNibbler__ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:14:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
is it because it makes no sense
themindlessone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:44:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
SG is a Gibson, man.
__LordNibbler__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i had to look that up
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My username.
ItsOkayImCanadian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:44:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a cod scrub.
SadGhoster87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:39:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Naw m8 those days are well in front of me
krokodilchik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
damn, son
Teledildonic ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:58:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or Y or Z? Those are legitimate axis one may certainly need to graph and label.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:06:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How would that work out?
CrackaAssCracka ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 00:02:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*Hec
PrematureEyaculator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:08:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Amen
username_lookup_fail ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 00:13:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hexadecimal. He apparently lost the F.
barn_yard ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 00:49:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well if you can't make an F with an E stencil...
shpongolian ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 01:59:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
โ
โ
โฌ dammit
ConstipatedNinja ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:47:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And just one more stroke finishes it: โ
shpongolian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:17:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
โฌ\
dammit
anotherpoweruser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So base 15?
GENERIC-WHITE-PERSON ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:14:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha "dumb fuck ass"
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:32:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably one where you had to pay to unlock the rest.
thenickdude ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:59:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still pissed off that the region-locked DLC for รครซรฏรถรผ isn't available in my region.
484448444844 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:26:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You turn it upside down and then the A - E letters make up the rest of the alphabet...
meza20 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:02:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
V checks out, as do p and q.
484448444844 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:10:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: The first 5 letters of the alphabet can be used to spell out the remaining letters of the alphabet
meza20 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:13:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait... Really?
Gliste ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 01:40:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No.
meza20 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:47:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aw fuck
Kiddler ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:52:05 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you usually get them in sets with about 8 letters per stencil, maybe he lost the rest?
HeyitsNoonan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:12:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd be questioning why an ass-stencil goes up to E in the first place!
cuntycunterino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dewies
SylvesterLundgren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Arent stencils used for graphs, dont you have to label graphs?
afcagroo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could use it for hexadecimal if you faked the "F" using part of the "E". Assuming you also had 0-9.
Barney-Coopersmith ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This guys asks the important questions
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it was A-E and 0-9 it's probably for hexadecimal and the E can F as well.
The_Alpacapocalypse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
F that.
VampireSurgeon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had one of those because it was on a baby ruler
malenkylizards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was in hex. They lost the F.
...and the 0-9.
iam1080p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP's mom took the D
sgtpepper901 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Dumb fuck ass" Out of all the retardedly strung together insults I have made, this is new.
Fluffymufinz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand why you got gold for this...
kuilin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hexadecimal number stencils?
sadmadmen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's fucking midnight. Not the best time to burst out laughing at this shit.
earlofsandwich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:07:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an idiot
fergbrain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One for writing in hex, would be my guess: 0-9 and A-F
prancingElephant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It might've been part of a set with the other stencils missing
nintrader ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:51:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hexadecimal stencils. Yes, hex goes up to f, but you just don't draw the bottom of E.
YourFavoriteAnalBead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:48:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One that only stencils vitamins
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:13:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, people just gild anyone these days.
KarmaKaroo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:21:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For grading? Some schools have F, some have E instead. Probably not.
Hellome118 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:27:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
in the UK a U is a fail. (The system was A*-E, now being changed to 10-1 for no fucking reason.)
DaemonNic ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:10:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not like there's any reason for either system. Both are arbitrary metrics, used to indicate a sliding scale from failure to competence. Rainbow-Eternal Gloom would be just as valid a metric as A-F.
Hellome118 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know, but 1 to 10 is way less clear imo, from the point of view of someone that doesn't know, is a 1 high or is a 10 high? How do graduations compare? Way more confusing than letters.
DaemonNic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not really. Just that we're used to A-F. If we were used to Rainbow-Eternal Gloom, we'd be complaining about the transition to A-F grading systems.
Hellome118 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:21:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know if that works in the same way, 1-10 could be bidirectional, it is confusing in the sense that 1 could be good or bad and so could 10, it isn't as explicit as it is with A-F or Rainbow-Eternal Gloom.
ijjimilan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:15:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Challenge accepted
DavyShipps ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:45:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A cruel twist to make your experience even worse!
VoidMaw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:28:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only two letters?!
/s
bathroomstalin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was so poor growing up, my family could only afford the first 5 letters of the alphabet.
I was a grown man the first time I used lord Zedd
DrBarrel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:57:30 on April 18, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Meltingteeth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:17:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It would be more efficient to line up the stencils beforehand and trace out the letters altogether, instead of doing one at a time. Even better, why not just ink the letters so that you can just press the stencils to the page to write the essay in one go? You could even make multiple copies instantly and whoops we just invented the printing press again.
[deleted] ยท 1220 points ยท Posted at 21:17:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly I'd accept this as a teacher. I mean, I'd say next time type it but I'd say you put hell of a lot of effort in something like that and it can't be overlooked O_O
[deleted] ยท 1161 points ยท Posted at 21:19:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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bigmeaniehead ยท 746 points ยท Posted at 21:32:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
he shouldve framed that shit
Zurrkitty ยท 91 points ยท Posted at 01:07:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know of at least one teacher (US high school) who kept "special" assignments like the ones in this thread in a binder. I never had a class with them, but according to other students he liked to hold a short ceremony (complete with an 'acceptance speech') when something got put in.
sinisterskrilla ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 01:50:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teachers have so many opportunities to be cool.
bobby8375 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:07:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's pretty good. I had a teacher, who assigned one major term paper among other assignments/tests, who gave out "awards" (candy bars) to students who hit various milestones in turning in the paper: the first submission, the last submission before the deadline, the first submission AFTER the deadline, the last paper turned in at all (one time he called this out and gave to no one because he was still missing a paper...yikes), closest to the assigned word count, longest paper, etc.
ZandaDiPiccolo ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:12:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
he might have. you never know
Sefiren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:04:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would.
Oiled_and_ready ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or maybe put it on his fridge?
RockTheBank ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:18:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or at least put it in a 1.5 gallon glass jug.
SchroedingersHat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:21:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly the answer would have been to upload your handwriting as a font, and type it with that.
athennna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:14:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What the hell does type-print even mean?
Orlitoq ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:07:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you still had it laying about, submit it to /r/PenmanshipPorn/!
misskaitykat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If even one of my students wrote even a 16th as nice as this I would have to keep asking "What does that say?"
CapSteveRogers ยท 2322 points ยท Posted at 21:36:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The opposite happened to me. My physics teacher specifically stated that homework must be handwritten. I turned mine in and he called me to his desk after class saying, "Cap, I said handwritten, not typed." I took an eraser and erased something on my homework, and he was shocked that my handwriting looked as if it were typed.
thecatgulliver ยท 1155 points ยท Posted at 22:17:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to see this handwriting now.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1980 points ยท Posted at 22:33:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well I don't have the original homework in question, but I do have some organic chemistry practice sets I was working on. It gives you a hint at what my handwriting looks like.
Organic Chemistry HW
Ochem HW
Ochem HW 2
Cyclohexane
EDIT: Added a cyclohexane structure.
tombue ยท 1568 points ยท Posted at 22:44:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's really nice looking, but I'd never thought someone would think it's typed. Even though it's a different homework, the lines aren't perfect. Was he drunk?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1905 points ยท Posted at 22:53:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, the same physics teacher was passing back homework and somehow my homework was a bit wrinkly. In the margins, he wrote, "Sorry! I spilled some beer! :("
So, there is the possibility that he was drunk =p
[deleted] ยท 327 points ยท Posted at 00:54:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Took this gen ed music course my freshmen year of school. professor was this goofy looking old dude who wore ripped jeans and a wallet chain with combat boots but still wore a blazer and had a whitepony tail.
he's starts talking about our midterm paper and is just like "yeah, and you know, it's gonna take me and my associate Jack Daniels a few weeks to get through grading those messes"
guy was a legend
radrmd216 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:47:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A whitepony tail is way better than a white ponytail.
LordWheezel ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:54:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds like a guy who dressed the way he wanted until his department head said, "At least put on a fucking blazer."
poptimist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:04:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
JD is the best GTF.
Bobbybill123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:14:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a teacher who came in one day with stitches from getting a bottle smashed over his head in a moshpit.
Trofeetito ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was his death ponytail related?
tombue ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 23:02:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck, my physics teacher in my last year didn't know where the particles in an atom are and your spills beer over your homework.
CapSteveRogers ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 23:04:07 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One person got a red wine stain =/
Another student got his homework returned with crayon drawings. The teacher had to explain to the student that his son decided to draw pictures on his homework with crayons.
He was rather clumsy.
rekta ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 00:08:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor once who was always returning stuff with crayon and marker and glitter on them. He said it was his kid, but I choose to believe that he sat around in his office coloring and playing with glitter glue all day on the university's dime.
CapSteveRogers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:25:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh damn, glitter.
Zaveno ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:10:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, the crayon thing isn't that bad.
CapSteveRogers ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:12:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, it wasn't bad at all! I found it hilarious! The kid was kind of sad because he wanted to use his homework to study, but there were a bunch of weird crayon drawings on them!
Womcataclysm ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 23:07:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well of course he didnt know even the protons and neutrons havent got a fixed and known place they just move so little that you usually dont take it into account.
tombue ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 23:19:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher: "What particles are in the core and what in the shell?"
Insecure bad student raises her hand, tries her best: "Protons and neutrons in the core, electrons in the shell?"
Teacher, as insecure as the student: "No."
The same student tries again: "Neutrons and electrons in the core and protons in the shell?"
Teacher, still insecure approves.
I nearly literally flipped my table. I never wanted to punch a teacher so hard. No problem with not knowing something. No problem with not knowing something that has to do with (for many people) complicated, boring physics subjects. But a big problem with not knowing a pretty simple thing about atoms and misguiding students.
How fuck would that object even work? I don't think it's possible to exist long enough to study it.
The same teacher gave me a 4- (just a little bit better than failed) in politics and economics. I got the 1 (equivalent to A) in physics because I regularly saved the fucking class and made her speechless with a project about beta plus decay (she wanted to give me a 2 (B) for it at first because it wasn't nice or some shit).
She's one of the two teachers that I never want to meet again.
othellia ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:53:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of teacher teaches both physics and politics/economics?
tombue ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:20:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A teacher that shouldn't even teach one of these subjects.
My last chemistry teacher teached arts and chemistry.
Most of the good teachers in Germany are teaching in Gymnasium and Abitur (highest school form, if you have Abitur you can go to university, if you don't you have to do some shit before you can go to university). The other school forms aren't worth as much, so they get the bad/new teachers.
FizzleMateriel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:08:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does Gymnasium mean something different in German?
In English speaking countries Gym is a synonym for physical education and Gymnasium is the indoor building you do it in, so I'm a little confused now.
Also, your teacher was a dunce.
tombue ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:26:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, Gymnasium is a form of school. It's similar to high school or middle school, after Elementary you either get into Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium. Gymnasium is the "highest" form of it and the end of Gymnasium is the Abitur, the highest school graduation (except university).
igordog ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:06:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gymnasium comes from a Greek word meaning naked. That'd make highscool even more awkward.
tombue ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:25:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gymnasium is the latin version of the greek word. Gymnรณs means naked.
a_birthday_cake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe it's just high school in Germany isn't it?
KwisatzX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:39:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Poland Gymnasium means middle-school, you normally spend 6 years in elementary, then 3 in gymnasium and 3~5 in highschool (then university). There's only one type of middleschool and different types of highschool.
Or at least that's how it was for a long time, it seems gymnasiums in Poland are going to be eliminated in 1~2 years in favor of 9-year primary school.
Pit-trout ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:35:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But he knew exactly how fast they're moving!
Lez_B_Proud ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:41:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like you.
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody "knows" where they are, just where they are most likely to be found at a given time.
tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:52:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Look at my other comments.
I didn't know that the protons can be in the shell while the electrons are in the core with neutrons.
Isn't it pretty normal to say that electrons are usually in the shell and protons and neutrons are in the core?
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And now think about 10th grade physics lessons. Do we really need to discuss that we only know the probability where the electrons (or the protons/neutrons) or is it enough for most of the people to know what makes up the core and shell?
I made a presentation about beta plus decay and pretty much nothing that I said was known by my teacher or by the guy who is doing his science (math, chemistry and physics) Abitur.
Most people learn it in university, not in 10th grade in a schoolform which doesn't allow you to go to university after you graduated.
Quiinton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:02 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Physics teachers give zero fucks. I regularly got back my problem sets with lemon chicken sauce on them, and we did some really stupid things during class that the teacher just did not care about (exploding batteries, inhaling helium, a good amount of variation on "burning things/setting things on fire").
Best class ever.
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:14:47 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a really cool physics teacher once. PhD, knew a shit ton, if he didn't know something, he said he'll look it up. Always relaxed. My favourite teacher.
Quiinton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:05 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, my 9th grade science teacher was a PhD as well, astrophysics - he was mildly disappointed I wasn't also going into astrophysics, but he was a really good teacher.
kimprobable ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:08:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my co-workers wrote, "Sorry, spilled some coffee!" on her students' paper, but it was cat vomit.
SimpleRy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:31:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How in the fuck did this ever come to light?
SinkTube ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:57:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP was the cat.
kimprobable ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:41:19 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, she told us about it.
trippy_grape ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:40:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup, checks out.
Rivers_On_Fire ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:35:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What is it with physics teachers and alcohol? My college physics teacher would go to the teachers lounge and drink during breaks.
CapSteveRogers ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:44:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That shit ain't easy to teach!
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Explains a lot about my dad, thinking back on it
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:27:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
YOU try researching quantum physics while sober...
chooter365 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cliff Stoll TED talk https://www.ted.com/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything
SimpleRy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From what I understand from my brother who is finishing up a PhD at Rochester (and also named Steve Rogers, weirdly. I checked ops history to verify it wasn't him), physics professors essentially have so much pressure and things to do, they have no life outside of physics. Add stress and esoteric knowledge to that mix and see how long you can stay sober.
__LordNibbler__ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:50:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Idk if it's beneficial or bad for you that he was drunk-grading
CapSteveRogers ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:51:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Beneficial, because he doesn't pay attention when he's drunk. Lol, he's mentioned this to us before.
quickpocket ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:39:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The same thing happened to my math teacher, apparently he was bringing home some beer in the same bag and managed to spill it over everyone's homework...
liberaces_taco ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree with the other guy. I could see how someone could think it was typed. Maybe not a standard font, but I imagine if you purposely wrote it really focused for a paper at first glance it could look typed (and it would probably be more aligned when you are not writing a bunch of molecules (?).)
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually tested it with my friends. I stood 10 feet away from them holding up my homework for them to see and from that distance they all thought my homework was typed.
WinterWick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In middle school a few of us were in our orchestra teacher's office looking for something, probably candy and found an empty tall boy
triciamc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Psh that teacher probably had to stay up late working overtime grading papers, I'll be damned if I didn't have a beer at least.
Fuel-For-Life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:26:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit that looks advanced as fuck
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:45:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's only the second semester of ochem. There's another class that I didn't take called Advanced Organic Chemistry, my friend has told me horror stories.
sunnydaize ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:03:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shut up are you serious???? Lol. That's adorable.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:46:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep! He has told us in class he drinks a beer while he's grading our tests/hw/quizzes. So it wasn't a shocker when there were beer stains or red wine stains on our papers.
The best part was when his son drew stuff in crayons on someone's homework. It was hilarious.
thisisbelinda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I submitted a lab report in high school and got back a photocopied version of it. There was a quarter sized black mark near the bottom of the page and next to it was written "I got blood on your paper, sorry about that."
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now that just makes you wondering what your teacher was doing at the time of grading your paper.
the_nidificator ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:06:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I doubt that this happened to you.
Edit: I saw this on likealaugh.
CapSteveRogers ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:14:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Potassium.
the_nidificator ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:25:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fuck you.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 01:35:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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CapSteveRogers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:36:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well the picture was popular among my friends. =\
sparr ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:36:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
these examples are on blank paper. I imagine OP's handwriting looks amazing in ruled paper.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh fuck, when it's lined paper...man...it's a work of art =p
...depends if I'm not lazy and want to write neat...which is 85% of the time.
Lamenardo ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:32:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First glance, I could believe he used a comic sans-type type, if my eyes were strained.
tombue ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:49:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, on the first glance. But look at the l's for example, they aren't straight, they are (a little bit) wobbly.
Lamenardo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:40 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
disclaimer - I didn't downvote you, and don't know why you were. I think we just interpreted OP's story in different ways - I assumed teacher just glanced through the pile and saw, next to messy handwritten assignments, OP's neat and structured print, and thought it was actual print. Whereas you probably thought that the teacher had read through the homework already and never once picked up that it was type. If that were the case, I'd be checking the teacher's water bottle and sending him to specsavers.
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're sober and look for more than 5 second (more than the first glance) you should be able to tell the difference.
Don't worry about people reducing my internet points, they're worthless so I don't care who up- or downvotes me.
1976dave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(probably) not OPs teacher, but approximately 90% of my grading is done with booze.
GollyWow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It looks a lot like comic sans to me.
tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what type of Comic Sans you use (small joke) but Comic Sans MS (are there even others?) isn't as wobbly. It looks similar at the first glance, but for example look at the l's. In Comic Sans MS it's a straight line, just tilted l. His l's are a little bit wobbly instead of straight.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They said that's not the same homework but that these are other examples.
crc128 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know... could be comic sans...
tombue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd quote one of my other comments, but I think you can just look for them in a few seconds.
AsherGray ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he thought it was Calibri bold?
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly what I thought...sure, I guess it looks typed if the prof squinted. Or was drunk.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's up with all these people who tell me the same thing? It's faster to just skim trough the responses and read my other comments about Comic Sans.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:56:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:10:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why do people use this as an excuse so often? Over 90% of my internet time is on the phone at the moment and I pretty much encounter none of the problems many people encounter.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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tombue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:23:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You didn't done me "a terrible wrong", I was asking a simple question.
But you had time to rant about me without answering my question, why the "I'm on the phone" part relevant is.
DebonaireSloth ยท 170 points ยท Posted at 22:43:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That dithioacetal reaction is lacking RaNi
CapSteveRogers ยท 241 points ยท Posted at 22:54:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First, second or third pic? Haha, ochem was my WORST subject in college. Second semester was the worst for me. Took me three tries to pass this fucking class!
Edit: So basically, I have no idea what you're saying. Lol.
brintnall12 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:14:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I'm in gen chem and I'm already switching sciences. I don't know how you guys do ochem. I should add I'm a Computer Science student being forced into environmental sciences as part of my degree (IDK WHY, I already did all my damn GURs)
Howland_Reed ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:43:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Different things just click for different people. Ochem just clicked for me and I was good at it so I loved it. On the other hand, Pchem made me want to slam my head into a wall pretty much every other day.
Cianalas ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:37:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am the same exact way! I struggled with chem 101 & 102 but as soon as I got into organic it felt like grade-school stuff in comparison. I think it's because I'm super visual so I found it easy to imagine what was going on, where all the numbers & math in physical chemistry meant nothing to me.
sc8132217174 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:07:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the same. I hated every chemistry class except organic chemistry, which was visual and also tied all of the other ideas together. I probably would have continued with it except the lab freaked me out.
BWOcat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you still have your notes from Orgo or any tips on studying? It's my second time taking the class, I just can't get it in my head :c
Cianalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If they're not making you work with models already buy yourself a set. It is a huge help to see a physical representation of the molecules. I also watched a lot of YouTube videos of people working with the models because the way my prof was explaining it wasn't getting through to me. One day it all literally just snapped into place. I was watching a guy "flipping" a cyclohexane & I was just like "OH!"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:04:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
precisely why i dropped CS and got an art degree. happily working as a software developer being self-taught, now.
brintnall12 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:14:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thats awesome man, I'm jealous. I have a really hard time focusing on my own and find it much easier to learn in school.
I actually have a question, I want to attempt to further my knowledge, but don't quite know where to go. We've been covering basic concepts using Python (My school focuses more on concepts over specific languages). So I know strings, lists, functions all the basics etc very well. Where do you suggest I start learning next?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would suggest starting projects rather than just learning concepts. Find something simple that would be useful to you and just go from there. I started out making a small app to keep track of surf sessions I had, what board I used, the wave size, eventually grew into adding graphs and such.
Web development is also very easy to get into (that's what I do for a living right now). You can get a lot of stuff done just with javascript, and you can make full web apps (both server-side and client side) pretty quickly. But my suggestion is just to start small easy projects to practice concepts with.
brintnall12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perfect, I like this answer ;)
Thanks a bunch. Stories like yours are very inspiring!
SoberNick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dropped it and finishing Media Arts next year! :D Happy as ever!
jwws1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My roommate/friend dropped chemE for art! She was so miserable during her freshman and sophomore years as an engineer.
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's how the universe was created and with that knowledge comes the ability to manipulate it. Chemistry is everything that isn't theoretical physics.
brintnall12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was more just commending them for their efforts, because I suck at Chemistry. I actually find it insanely interesting, but taking chem, calc, and a CS course in the same quarter is too much "manipulation" esque courses for me.
Pacify_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:10:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, why are you doing chemistry as a Comp Sci student? That is beyond weird
brintnall12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:15:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I concur, but to answer your question: my school requires you to finish a science sequence (chem, bio, geology, or physics) and I went with chem. Its an odd requirement and I personally think physics is the only one that really suits it.
Other than that the only reasoning I have is that our school is VERY big on its environmental science program, and may want to get more students interested in that, or applying CS to it.
Pacify_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:35:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is pretty interesting, definitely an unusual requirement for CS
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ochem is a lot of pattern matching and memorization. The pattern matching part isn't dissimilar to routine algorithm questions (you actually are writing an algorithm, just no loops!).
-C.S. Major who took OChem2 because my adviser said, "Oh you might as well do it, you already took gen chem!"
brintnall12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm good at that first part.. Not so much the memorization part. If my advisor said that I'd cry. Luckily it worked out in my favor and my chem credits won't go to waste.
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not memorization, people who say that don't truly "get" what's going on and are actually pattern matching. If you really understand it, you follow the electrons and the answer becomes apparent and obvious.
brintnall12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel ya. We're doing electron config right now and I actually understood that very well, but when it came to stuff such as stoichiometry, I understand whats going on, but applying it to an actual problem became.. well, problematic.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Um, there's a lot of memorization in regards to all of the different reactions and reagents. The pattern matching part I was when dealing with synthesis questions once you've seen enough of them you get a feel for how they go.
It's been a long time since I've taken it, but you know how you can be like, "Okay so I end up with structure x, there's only a few reactions to get that structure from, and I know how to get to one of those reactions from my original structure..."
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, and in total absence of that ability the correct answer can still be deduced by following electrons. Reagents are goofy yes.
THROWINCONDOMSATSLUT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly. One you see the general rules behind reactions, all the mechanisms make sense. You have to have a solid grasp about acids and electrophilicity/nucleophilicity though. Once I got that down, ochem2 was a piece of cake. Just had to remember to match the proper reagents with the proper mechanisms to get the certain reactions/rearrangements, but rewriting mechanisms just made sense when I knew how the electrons were supposed to flow.
themindlessone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your last sentence is the essence of organic. Follow the electrons.
Pacify_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But why. I really don;t under stand that logic
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:17:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could either take 2 courses and a lab for 2 sciences (so 6 classes) or go deep in one science.
I was already registered for OChem1 and was transferring into CS at the beginning of the semester so she advised I stick with it instead of switching.
I didn't mind it terribly. I got to take OChem2 with one of the most amazing chemists alive today.
Pacify_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is pretty cool. even the most boring subject can be amazing with the right lecturer
Here_For_Da_Beer ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:23:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RaNi = Raney Nickel. Reduces thioacetals to alkanes.
CapSteveRogers ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:26:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah! Completely forgot about that.
DemonsHot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:15:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As someone in ochem at the moment, I feel ya....it's killing me
CapSteveRogers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:19:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hope you pass on your first try.
3 fucking semesters of second semester ochem was 3 more than I intended.
DemonsHot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:21:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in the first semester of it but it's super fast paced, the only way for me to keep up is to ignore other classes. Thanks, I'm hoping I can tough through it
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:38:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just be lucky you aren't taking it over the summer like I did. 3 hour lectures every fucking day. 4 hour labs four times a week. =[
DemonsHot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's insane!!! Definitely not doing that. I actually love lab, it was an easy A. These tests and quizzes are made to screw you over
bexyrex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was it required for your major? Are you premed?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:26:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a Chemistry major with a Film minor. So I had to take the chem classes. Not fun.
bexyrex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:35:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I briefly considered chemistry as a major in highschool (before applying to college yes I had the major crisis very early lol). Went to a gifted program for chemistry and came out saying fuck that.
Although no lie orgo 1 was fun. Orgo 2 I dropped like a hot rock. It wasn't helping my feelings of depression etc and was putting me in tears and fear that the professor would call on me in class and I wouldn't know the answer because I was so fucking lost. Every chem class I've had has arguably been the worst class ever in college. Calculus 1/2 were easier. Hell physics is easier.
capnofasinknship ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Be honest. Do you really remember now?
skeptical source: also sucked at organic chemistry
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:03:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck no! Lol
themindlessone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:01:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And pretty much everything else to its lowest oxidation state...still not as shitty to quench as LAH though. So many little, tiny fires.
boogswald ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:54:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay, ya don't need it unless you need it!
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are missing a crucial reduction of benzylic alcohols also, but it's really only used for making meth anymore, so whatevs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
stupid AND self deprecating, nice
jwws1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was my worst too. I had to take 3 semesters of it for my major. Beginner, intermediate, and a lab. Although the lab was fairly easier. I was so good at drawing cyclohexenes by the end of it all.
masta666 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:24:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's whatever you're talking about for ya
fleeflicker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:43:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just like California!
benwaffle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fucking rekt
cafedickbomb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*rain
TribalDancer ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 00:27:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh reddit, you never disappoint with comments like these. KUDOS, good sir/madame.
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:02:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that table in the last picture made me think that you needed to see a dermatologist.
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, that's my ochem book =p
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
your book looks like it needs to see a dermatologist.
CapSteveRogers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:30:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, my book looks like it needs to be burned -__-
MegaTrain ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:49:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Very nice! /r/penmanshipporn/ might appreciate this.
CapSteveRogers ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:51:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, they didn't. I think the Organic Chemistry was just too intimidating. =\
Poultry_Sashimi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:04:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the elusive "planar" cyclohexane, right? Not to be confused with "chair" or "boat" structures of course.
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:09:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes? Maybe? I forgot all my ochem =\
Poultry_Sashimi ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:22:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha I do know the feeling!
It was a stupid joke...you typically don't see cyclohexane drawn like that since it's never planar (you might be thinking of benzene/phenol groups.)
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh yes! I remember now =p
Missy166 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:53:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is extremely satisfying handwriting.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:01:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if you smear my ochem practice sets then it'll look like you smeared chicken shit with a toilet brush all over =p
RobinLSL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:09:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, I'm gonna use this as a reference, I want to learn how to write neatly...
RiPont ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like you should add stick figures having a car chase in there, just to see if the graders are actually paying attention.
thatcutefuzzy_fellow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:22:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Geez, people had nice handwriting in the 1940s.
thathomelessguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:26:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you in first semester or second semester ochem?
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:31:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was second semester ochem. But these photos were taken 3 years ago.
AndGraceToo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your handwriting just gave me a lady boner! Gorgeous!
CapSteveRogers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:51:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I'm sure it was organic. ;)
ZandaDiPiccolo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this makes me happy
/r/StrangelySatisfying
ZandaDiPiccolo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:15:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This makes me happy
/r/oddlysatisfying
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:19:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's really nice handwriting.
Daviddem1234 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:29:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not excited for the class. My hell will be starting in the fall :(
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good luck! Just keep practicing and don't give up on the mechanisms and the reactions. ALWAYS do them on paper so you practice drawing them out. If you don't understand ask your professor.
Daviddem1234 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:41:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I'm someone who writes down everything! Thank you for the tips. Good luck on your future classes.
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:44:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh, I graduated two years ago! But thanks for the thought!
crownsandclay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looking at these makes me so glad I changed my degree to genetics instead of chemistry!
Olympia1528 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I found my identical handwriting twin.
poko610 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:54:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teach me Senpai
stampadhesive ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time a college professor made me come in and read my blue book aloud to her because my handwriting was so bad. I really think it's legible but whatevs
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:07:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your handwritting is outstanding. Is there any way to save a user? You might come in handy
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can save this comment? :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:17:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so dumb.... Why am i so dumb
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ochem does that to you...even if you just stare at it. Makes you feel inadequate.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ochem?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Organic Chemistry. The photos of what I was doing lol.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oooh okay. Well i'm a design fan, not a chemistry fan
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:44:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a film fan, not an ochem fan. =p
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like The Godfather, am i cool yet? Or just really basic for film nerds?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're cool. You can sit with us! :D
Haha I like all kinds of movies, as long as they're great. I have a soft spot for Marvel (hence my username...uhh...I'm still Cap though ;) ).
The Godfather is a great movie!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:59:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yaay i can sit with the film geeks
Elhazrahe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:13:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice structures. But how are your chair conformers?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Abysmal. Let's not talk about chair conformations. They literally gave me nightmares and night sweats.
TheAtomicOption ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's really impressive--even if your are stuck in Comic Sans a bit :P
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:18:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As far as I'm concerned, I think my handwriting is better than Comic Sans =p
FizzFoxFaxen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:31:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude. Your handwriting should be a font. CapSteve Sans
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now that you mention it...I'm inclined to agree.
Robert_Skywalker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am so jealous... My handwriting is often not even legible.
Justagreewithme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of pen do you use typically?
Xan_Void ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fox or Falco main?
Kappa.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, now I'm confused.
Xan_Void ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:22:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some of his drawings look like Fox or Falco's shine. Yeah it was a pretty obscure reference.
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:24:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OH! You mean my drawings!
Haha, I got it. Took me awhile lol
Gking19 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is some /r/PenmanshipPorn here.
TTT14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you make your hand writing into a font for me?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:58:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There were a couple times during the semester when I was taking ochem when I asked myself that same question.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:00:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:59:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend it lol
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think ochem constitutes as art. But sadly I am no artist.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's so beautiful. I can write almost like that for about 2 or 3 words before it turns into a disaster. I hold my pencil too tight.
That looks like a wooden pencil, too, not a mechanical pencil. Tell me I'm wrong, please?
Schizoid_Llama ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Chickenscratch here, jealous as fuck.
1Commentator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
R/pennmanshipporn
Brookett ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that College Biology or the class is only Organic Chem?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is only ochem
somewhere_in_VT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And now I know how to make meth..
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh the formula is in there somewhere ;)
OmegaXesis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that in pen or pencil? What did you use to write it?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was written in pencil with the Rotring 800.
drunz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:25:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why does Captain America have such nice handwriting and why is he taking orgo?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha I'm a guy actually. But I am gay, so that might explain things.
lutefiskeater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:28:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously, fuck everything about Ochem. That 6 hour lab is bout to kick my ass next year and I am absolutely dreading it
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took ochem over the summer for 6 weeks. Labs four times a week....BANE OF MY FUCKING EXISTENCE! Ugh. Hated lab, every fucking minute of it. Luckily it was my third time taking it so I used my previous year's lab reports to help.
atimholt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/Handwriting
LachlantehGreat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:31:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
please don't tell me i need to memorize this shit when I go to uni...
please
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you planning to going into biological sciences and/or chemistry? If no you're good. If yes, umm good luck...?
igotthisone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you decide to just redraw the entire textbook?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's pretty much what I did to understand all the concepts.
seannygee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh how i love o chem.
WombatBeans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is lovely, I want your writing as a font.
misskaitykat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap!! Can you teach me to write like that?
marlow41 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a mathematician that knows nothing about chemistry, I'm pretty sure this is what the stuff I do looks like to people who know nothing about math.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:54:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit. My Ochem homework looks like it is high on acid...
Melicalol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! You will never qualify as a doctor now with a fancy handwriting!
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:02:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or I could be the first doctor with legible handwriting =p
akohlsmith ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know, I think I have a great new idea for a cryptographic alphabet after looking at your homework...
PokeZillaX3000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This belongs in /r/penmanshipporn.
PillipVanHedgehaag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should make a font! I'd totally use it
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:04:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/PenmanshipPorn
am_i_potato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:04:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is your name Ryan and are you an orgo SI at a major state school, by any chance?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a cousin named Ryan. But I am not named Ryan. Sorry bud.
am_i_potato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Darn, you have the exact same handwriting as my orgo SI did and he was amazing so I was going to say thank you again for saving my ass in that class
UnnecessaryShoutOuts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of pen or pencil do you use, if you don't mind me asking? Love how thick everything looks
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used a mechanical pencil called the Rotring 800. And the lead was 0.5mm 2B
Sefiren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your orgo chem work just gave me flashbacks of vietnam...err Sophomore year...
ProxyMuncher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thanks I just remembered I need to study for orgo...
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:04:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry I ruined your night. =[
Orlitoq ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some of this might be suitable for /r/PenmanshipPorn/.
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I posted it there once, but they weren't having it. I'm pretty sure the thought of ochem scared them.
Orlitoq ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:08:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ochem was so fun, I took it twice!
/cry
jennbunnyy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Asian?
51Serah15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That looks so beautiful, but it gave me PTCD of taking Organic. (Post Traumatic Chemistry Disorder)
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I shudder every time I scroll past that photo in my library lol
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol, I had a nightmare before the midterm once and I woke up in sweats and I was panting. My ex had to make sure everything was okay.
AsinineToaster27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy moly that penmanship is just...like...a turn on. Is that weird?
CapSteveRogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you turned on right now? =p
Far_and_Forever ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/penmanshipporn
SwedeBeans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit I'm stupid. Can't understand anything.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's been three years since I took this class and it's all Greek to me now
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:21:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Burn the witch!
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who said I was female? =p
KeithSkud ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/penmanshipporn
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that cyclohexane is just a hexagon
CapSteveRogers ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:10:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's kinda the point =p
WOWNICEONE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:31:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol how you liking second half of Ochem?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha this was 3 years ago, so my thoughts are: I FUCKING HATE THIS CLASS
ConnorF42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You were born to be an Organic Chemist man, that is insanely neat.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
I do not want to be an organic chemist! No! I want to be a talent agent or studio executive =p I minored in film back in college
MizTaKes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what do you write with?
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 22:36:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen some like that on /r/handwriting or /r/penmanshipporn. Can't link it easily from my phone, but if you search I bet you can find it.
AndGraceToo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:02:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks! 2 more subs for me to get lost in! Yaaaaaaas!!!! ๐
Silentbunny95 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm curios as to where this phone number leads
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
pizza hat
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/PenmanshipPorn
SinkTube ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 22:26:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of pencil were you using that he couldn't tell it apart from printer ink?
CapSteveRogers ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:28:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was using a normal mechanical 0.5mm lead pencil.
SinkTube ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:30:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then he should have noticed at a glance that it couldn't have been printed. Unless he has access to a really weird priner that uses pencil lead instead of ink.
2059FF ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:51:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this a thing? Could this be a thing? I don't know what I would do with it but now I want it.
SinkTube ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:59:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose it could be a thing, but it'd be expensive and largely pointless.
2059FF ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:59:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The concept of a pencil lead printer is mentioned on the web but I can't seem to find a working model. I do have access to an old HP 7550 plotter. I wonder if I could replace one of its pens with something like a Kuru toga mechanical pencil.
SinkTube ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I forgot all about that kind of printer, yeah that should work and I bet a few of them did use erasable. The one in the first link looks pretty cool.
CapSteveRogers ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:35:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have no idea how he thought my homework was typed. His eyesight wasn't that great, so I guess that's why he thought it was typed. But still, I wrote my homework on lined paper!
SinkTube ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:36:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bad eyesight? Fine, your story checks out.
But I'm watching you!
Do_not_dare_give_up ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:16:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You are allowed to turn in homework written in
crayonpencil? If I do that I get a zero because the teacher goes by the logic "if I can erase it, there might as well be nothing there".edit pencil, not crayon.
SinkTube ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:59:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can erase crayon?
Do_not_dare_give_up ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, crayon... I meant pencil... I'm not a native speaker, and although I'm rather fluent, sometimes I mix up certain words. This is one of those times I guess.
SinkTube ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:03:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No worries, it happens. What's your first language, French?
Do_not_dare_give_up ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:50:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Flemish Dutch, I'm from Antwerp, Belgium.
John_McFly ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:39:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a professor demand all homework be turned in on engineering paper. So after he gave me two deductions for poor hand writing, I did the homework in MathCAD and fed engineering paper through my printer.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why "handwritten"?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because if it were typed, I could've just looked up the answers online and copy and pasted it. Granted, I could've just rewrite the solution on my paper had I found the answers online, but I would still learn that way lol
bzdelta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Monk, you cad.
Mysterious_X ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plot twist, you were using a graphite printer
CapSteveRogers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:47:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
throws hands up
Ya caught me!
trevor_magilister ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This happened to me the when I filled out a W4 for my first job. My boss thought I'd typed on the form (which he said would void it) and I said no I was just so scared I would mess up I made extra certain to make it perfect.
noctrnalsymphony ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it a power trip when teachers demand one and receive the other or what?
Kepgnar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/thathappened
DaBestAround ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I had the opposite problem where my teachers required me to type everything for a little while before i was to smart to say no fuck you. They stopped handing out worksheets in classes I was in becasue they could not read half of what I wrote down and after a little while I refused to do it differently than the other kids becasue it was unfair for me to have to go home scan a worksheet then modify it to type on it then print it when other kids just got to go home and write theirs.
kaetror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm always amazed with the students that have really neat handwriting, like typeface neat. Always Joke with them that they must be part typewriter (they don't get the reference).
TheFeshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I had the opposite. "I know I said handwritten, but... take this back and type it. And all the future assignments too. In fact, you should probably have the school look into declaring this a disability so you can type everything."
Needless to say, handwriting is not a subject I am good at. Fortunately, technology happened and I haven't had to write literally anything in over a decade. Except my name, I guess, and if I ever turn in a legible signature on a check I fully expect my bank to reject it.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was my ex. He had shit handwriting and would always marvel at mine. He had to type EVERYTHING. The TAs wouldn't let him write out his lab report because no one could decipher his handwriting. I could though =p
do-you-remember-me ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that in Nick Fury's voice.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Great username haha, love the whole marvel universe
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:45:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you from northwest PA?
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope! CA
Ouma_Shu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friends writing style also has that typed look to it. Pretty freaking awesome.
thedantasm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your handwriting isn't that neat
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to write those pretty quickly =\
lumpy_gravy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:41:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was called the Human Typewriter when I was in high school. I feel ya.
Toux ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:46:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You liar.
CapSteveRogers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I'm just diene of laughter over here.
QuinnMallory ยท 4622 points ยท Posted at 19:53:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bless your heart.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:55:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What in tarnation is this in reference to?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:43:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember that comment
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:34:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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briankariu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Swahili? Found the other Kenyan on reddit
jgilley23 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The ole southern Christian way of saying your a fucking retard "bless your heart" lmfao!
[deleted] ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 03:07:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Excalibur457 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:20:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lmfao!
jgilley23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bless your heart! ๐
TooHotPocket ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 21:44:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meta as fuck
DapperSandwich ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:55:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is that meta? Bless your heart is just a phrase.
Boiled_Potatoe ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 22:54:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I think its beautiful...
SpyderEyez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well she sounds hideous.
ArbitraryPotato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:22 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's what grandma would have wanted.
danamal ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:58:05 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im out of the loop. Whats the reference?
TooHotPocket ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:45:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In another ask Reddit thread here
Hipp013 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:52:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When someone calls a remark meta, it usually means it's a funny reference to another popular post on reddit at that time. Basically an inside joke that you'd only get if you'd checked every thread's comments on the front page at the time.
DapperSandwich ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 02:55:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah the question wasn't what meta meant, it's what he was referencing. Which was nothing. Bless your heart isn't a reference. It's just a phrase.
yogiibear ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:22:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bless his heart
jonloovox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im out of the loop. Whats the reference?
thiosk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:00:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bless your bollocks
TedTheViking ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:29:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fuggetaboutit
yourbestfrientt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The only thing I can think of is a few weeks, maybe months, ago there was a thread asking "What phrase sounds like a compliment but is actually an insult?" And "Bless your heart" was one of the top comments.
Astrognome ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:32:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You obviously don't live in the southern United States.
yourbestfrientt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I live in Charlotte, NC.
QuinnMallory ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're right, I had not read the other thread when I made this comment. It's just something that comes up on Reddit a lot anyway.
zugtug ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:52:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's honestly a nice way of saying "What you did was dumb as hell. Aren't you cute."
DapperSandwich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:33:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know what it means. I'm saying its not a reference, hence it is not meta.
danamal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I understand that. I meant, what thread is it referring to? Someone linked it though!
CaDoran ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:03:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing. Just shenanigans
barn_yard ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:47:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm gonna pistol whip the next person that says shenanigans.
JMS1991 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:26:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey Farva, what's the name of that restaurant you like with all of the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
snuffl3upagus ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:53:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh you mean shenanigans?
jj77875 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:11:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right?
RBomb19 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:18:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cool.
Cool cool cool
Tmbgkc ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meteta as fucka.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cup of tea?
Denziloe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blart.
whittler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Comment couldn't be more perfect!
I grew up in the South and have been out west for 20yrs and now I'm back in the South working on the road. Needless to say, my accent is coming back, y'all.
chrislewhite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:41:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Spotted the southerner
ImStuuuuuck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ever get home?
obviousvirgin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Found the Southerner.
definitelynotthe-NSA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bless your body, bless your soul Pray for peace and self control
ToxicSandwich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Found the southern belle.
BaumSquadM24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:37:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Bless your heart is my favorite way to call someone retarded.
Edit: calm to call. Still funny though.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:05:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, you don't want them getting too excited.
theflu ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:35:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Smh
DragonSlayerYomre ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
theflu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:32:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck that fuck you
roh8880 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:02:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which is the "Southern Way" of politely calling you a dumbass!!
Hide_me_from_you ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:08:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not polite if you say it out loud like you did, though.
roh8880 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not your typical southerner!
Bustermchooter ยท -79 points ยท Posted at 20:36:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HA! AKA Dumbass
[deleted] ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 20:52:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the best comment you could think of?
Pizza2kbitchslut ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 20:57:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the best comment you could think of?
EbenumStudios ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:06:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that the best you your comment could think of?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:15:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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zach2992 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 21:21:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best comment I could think of.
iliveonsaturdays ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:54:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HA! AKA Dumbass
anticusII ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol
roflpwntnoob ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:17:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the best comment you could think of?
Bustermchooter ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 21:26:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, I was just trying to help them understand the meaning of 'Bless your heart'. There evidentially seems to be issues there understanding the obvious...
infez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:46:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't mean my comment literally. I just continued the thread of rewording "Is that the best comment you can think of?"
Bustermchooter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:57:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I realized that after I hi 'submit'. It wasn't till then I knew I had the wrong one. They all look alike you know. ;)
ivebeenherelonger ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 21:15:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he take your work at least? Or did you have to redo it?
[deleted] ยท 273 points ยท Posted at 21:18:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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ivebeenherelonger ยท 175 points ยท Posted at 21:39:07 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's good! I don't know why he didn't just accept yours since it was neatly written.
TheHornyToothbrush ยท 978 points ยท Posted at 21:49:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Comic Sans
kekalekkadingdong ยท 337 points ยท Posted at 22:25:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please arrest yourself
TreeMiner ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:55:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cardiac arrest*
PalpableMoon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:00:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Comic papyrus is a thing now...
divastarz63 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:21:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I could gold this, I would lol.
NSA_Chatbot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I sent a helicopter.
cjmook21 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Before you messed yourself
BDKoolwhip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can someone explain the comic sans hate?
Puzzlem00n ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:24:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a default font on many systems that so many people used back in the day when they wanted to seem "fun" that it became cliched and annoying.
BDKoolwhip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still use it, because of those reasons, and it's better than TNR or whatever the new default is
flameguy21 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:39:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Use of comic sans for serious use is terms for the death penalty.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 00:45:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Papyrus
yolibobchris ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:48:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/undertale is leaking
Arathnorn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:19:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Come on guys, we can do better references than this!
Stay Determined!
SebastianMaker7 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 00:45:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you wanna have a bad time?
smardalek ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yee haw
SebastianMaker7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:23:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yee haw
giscard78 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:51:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My 12th grade math teacher made us turn in projects (stats class, had to record the price of cereals and do math for them) in Comic Sans. It was written in the syllabus: must be submitted in Comic Sans. When asked why, she said it was because reading our projects would otherwise be too boring. I wish I was making this up.
She also used to routinely not show up to class and they tried firing her but before they could do that she left on maternity leave.
SadGhoster87 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This teacher is the embodiment of Satan.
Doctah_Whoopass ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:12:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol I write my chemistry lab reports in Comic Sans, because that's what the template is in. I am in University.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are the embodiment of Satan.
Doctah_Whoopass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:52:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not my fault, thats just what its written in.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:01 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your default is the embodiment of Satan.
Doctah_Whoopass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:32 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My default is arial. The assignment was a template, formatted with Comic Sans. I didnt write the template, but I did write the actual rest of it in Comic.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:21 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your template is the embodiment of Satan. You know what I meant.
Doctah_Whoopass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:52 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I do now.
scotscott ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:14:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck that fuck you
jkortech ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:32:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
META
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guacamoleo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:51:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...ton
AssistantManagerMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:31:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... Mr. Burke?
bls9701 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:59:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah...it looks like comic sans so I would have just lit it on fire in front of you. Glad you proved him wrong before he found a match...
AssistantManagerMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:31:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This got gold.
I'll let that sink in.
This
Got gold.
TheHornyToothbrush ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:38:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was unexpected to me too.
AssistantManagerMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:17:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, congrats regardless I guess. :p
PyroDragn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He screwed up and got given an extension to correct the error. That's fair enough - especially since it was easy to resolve. Good work ethic is also important - and if you don't know what something else means in future ask someone and you won't have to do extra work to fix it later.
mitchij2004 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:39:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's kinda bullshit you had to redo it at all but at least you got your credit.
thgril ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:07:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does that mean you'd have printed it in a handwriting-like font if you'd been asked for "print-type"?
mslack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:03:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Courier New?
KomenisaScam ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:04:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
was he at least impressed with your hand writing?
DoctorDizzyspinner ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:28:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you get it back? If so, can we see pictures?
jlitwinka ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:36:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I did, but it was 8 years ago at this point. No idea where it ended up.
DoctorDizzyspinner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:04:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dang it!
charlie145 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:25:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guarantee it's in the teacher staffroom on some kind of wall of shame
ChaIroOtoko ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:19:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Such a pure soul.
derp_08 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:44:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy Lord why wouldn't you ask him to clarify rather than undertake such a task?
jlitwinka ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was a summer assignment and the instructions were sent out via the mail. In retrospect I should have tried to email him and clarify, but it was one of those moments where you don't assume you're misinterpreting anything.
kel-c ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:46:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god, this gave me flashbacks to Drafting class. First assignment before we learned how to draft floor plans was to fill blueprint paper (12"h x 24"w) with the alphabet over and over again at different font sizes. We had to turn in 3 perfect sheets. I got a total of 6 sheets thrown out before 3 "perfect" sheets were accepted. To this day I get compliments on my handwriting, but oh the hand cramps that resulted from that!
jlitwinka ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:10:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was for a stagecraft class actually and involved drafting. This was a 12 page analysis of the play. Helped prepare me for when I took typography.
themindlessone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa. I've run I to your type before, never understood it. I cue by sitting in front of the Strand console and cue live.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LPT: Don't be afraid to ask for clarification.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:51:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How old? If this is any time after elementary you must have been.... Special
jlitwinka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... Senior in high school. It was not a proud moment.
DrTardis89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did the teacher make you type it up? or did they just say eh screw it i'll let it slide this time?
mowbuss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:01:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school there were times is hand write an essay because i didnt have a printer and ran out of quota at school.
BeIow_the_Heavens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't write the bulk of exams in this but I do fill out the identifying info doing this..I believe I adopted Times New Roman as the font. Sometimes I completely space out while doing it until I finish, but I'm proud nonetheless afterwards. My professors have since encouraged me to bring up OCD with a professional, but I don't think it interferes with my life enough so whatever
Hipp013 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Post a picture of it, let the Internet enjoy it.
gummybear_dragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have any pictures? If I may ask...
ocyries ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's more effort than I ever put in during grade school. Have an up vote you motivated person
monley2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This kind of applies. Our grade 7 French teacher goes to give us back a writing assignment and says, "Now, one of you used the Internet to translate. Your were not allowed to use the Internet for this so you lost marks." He gives me back my paper first and says, "Next time, make sure you translate it to French." I translated it to German. He marked it anyway. That day we learned he spoke 4 languages and almost got eaten by a shark while in a plastic canoe. Coolest teacher ever.
wisdom_of_pancakes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you're like Forrest Gump in those boot camp scenes.
suicidebylifestyle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have given you 100% just for the damn effort.
demandingsmudge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that reminds me when i was learning cursive i must have missed the part where the teacher said the words aren't connected just the letters ...
Takeme4granite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:52:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Picture? I wanna see this handwriting
humanclock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:34:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a little addition quiz but there was a printing error on mine (late 70s ditto machine era), so I fixed the printing error and continued on with my addition. Turns out there was this new thing called "subtraction" the class had learned about while I was home sick.
WompaStompa_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On the plus side, you're probably a superstar on /r/penmanshipporn now.
wheredoiputmypenis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. I hope you got an A+ because that is ridiculously hard and potentially very frustrating thing to do.
Source: Am a graphic designer who does a lot of "handwritten type" for clients.
ryuujinusa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How many years did that take?
cavtron15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Found the Hermione Granger
skyman724 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:29:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet the first couple hours went a little like this.
gorampardos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?! What a country.
PMmeforsocialANXhelp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You dumb-glorious motherfucker
kcgnarly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it helps, I once volunteered to take the class science project notes home and type them for the board in the science fair (younger classes did one together, and I was in 3rd grade). My teacher reminded me to type it double spaced, so I typed the whole thing with two spaces between each word. She was not amused.
Scherzkeks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I tutored English in college... you wouldn't believe how many fully grown adults would type to the end of a page and then hit enter... they'd complain to me that Word capitalized the following word on the next line even though they weren't done with the sentence. X(
Antiibody ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of that Spongebob episode where he has to write an essay for driving school.
http://imgur.com/IG1bWAT
charlie145 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:37:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you Adrian Monk?
almightySapling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:06:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In your defense, I have never heard someone refer to typing a paper as "type-print" and if someone said that, I would have to ask what the fuck they were talking about.
Lockjaw7130 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's really impressive, to be honest.
VisionsOfUranus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You never thought to ask what he'd meant before writing out 12 pages?
paescu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:43:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In german we say "Dasselbe in Grรผn" which basically means "same difference/one and the same thing", but is literally translated to "the same thing in green". A teacher was explaining a math problem and said something like "Now let's do the same thing in green with that over here" and a friend of mine took a green pen and proceeded to write down everything again, in the color green.
MuffinMan12347 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:45:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A teacher told our english class that the essay we handed in needs to be double spaced (more space in between lines of text for her to write notes). My friend however just pressed spacebar twice between every single word of that 2000 word essay.
sprout92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Transferred from shitty public school to a really nice private school in third grade. Teacher asked us to write a paper double spaced, which I thought was putting two spaces between each word since I had never had any of that kind of training at my old school. I was pissed when I found out.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude hope you kept it that's damn impressive. Should post a pic of a bit if you did for that sweet karma
stealing_thunder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:35:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You made me remember of something I did for a group project. When I was in primary school. I worked so hard on a report and I wanted it to look professional, so I wrapped each page in saran wrap in order to make it look as if it was plastified. On the school bus, I showed my crush, and he just made fun of me "why do you want to keep it fresh?"
KibanyaG ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:20:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This happens a lot in my Law School no less.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:06:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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jlitwinka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It wasn't too absurd. It was for a drafting class in stage design, so I figured he just wanted us to make this crazy paper to help train us to have steady hands when drafting.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:59:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
he was asking what teachers think you wanker, your opinion is invalid.
mrs_pteranadon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:19:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh that reminds me of when a socially inept boss told me to "get a pen and paper" so I can take some notes (he'd come to my desk). I was like "okay, I'll just open a document and type it." He's all "nooo, just a pen and paper." Derpy derrr... So I ignored him and opened up Word, since (like many people) I can type much faster than write.
Delsana ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This kills my hand, my handwriting, my grade, and my tendinitis.
Bravo.
gertzkie ยท 6603 points ยท Posted at 20:57:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Friend of mine had an assignment in his photography glass to take "unusual photos of usual things", as he told it.
All the other students got the gist and took unusual perspective photos, pictures through water droplets, etc.
He hiked up to an overlook spot that was an old military outpost and took pictures of his cat, whom he had carried up there.
The teacher was amused, nonetheless. "I know this trail. It's like a 3 mile hike? And your cat was cool with that?!"
BlatantConservative ยท 2830 points ยท Posted at 01:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://imgur.com/KX1hebW
Did the same thing in Washington DC
starrydays ยท 3457 points ยท Posted at 01:41:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a strange-looking cat.
BlatantConservative ยท 1568 points ยท Posted at 01:43:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know how Jelly Belly lets you buy reject jelly beans? It was the same deal, but with cats
Stomish ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 02:33:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reject jelly beans? Where??
pudinnhead ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:44:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They're called Belly Flops and they only put in the the traditional flavors. None of that Harry Potter bean nonsense. I've only ever gotten them in Fairfield, CA at the factory. It's midway between San Fran and Sacramento. Maybe you can order them online? You get a gigantic bag of oddly shaped beans for like half the price. But you typically only get what was in production the day they were packaged. So you may get a bag full of Buttered Popcorn (gross) and Cotton Candy (yum!) and Licorice (meh), you get the picture.
FicklePickle13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:46:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One can now buy them online, but the smallest they come is a two pound bag. Or you could buy the two-pack of two pound bags, or the ten-bag case of two pound bags.
The_Sober_Ocelot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:08:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Popcorn is such a troll flavour. Blech.
pudinnhead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know. So gross.
bfaithr ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:39:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just remember that Jelly Belly also makes Bean Boozled. You could end up with Skunk flavored jelly beans
Stomish ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:42:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What even would a skunk jelly bean taste like? Would it taste like skunk as in the meat of a skunk? Or would it taste like the smell it sprays?
bfaithr ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:49:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Skunk spray
moleratical ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:11:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So dank?
I cool with that
themindlessone ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:37:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My thoughts as well.
chellgames ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes terrible and makes your breath smell terrible. The alternative is licorice, so there's no winning.
ElCapitan878 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:26:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes like bad beer or good weed.
skullfart ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:09:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IIRC they're called Belly Flops.
quick edit: boom http://www.jellybelly.com/belly-flops-reg-jelly-beans-2-lb-bag/p/95698
Stomish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:45:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I LOVE YOU
dannyisyoda ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:13:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to the jelly belt factory in Wisconsin and the old guy who walked in right before me was the millionth (or some big milestone) customer, and he won a lifetime supply of those things.
Neuermann ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:46:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, if you had gotten in that line 4 seconds before you would have a lifetime supply of them.
dannyisyoda ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:55:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, i was about ten at the time, and I remember holding the door open for him while I was waiting for my mom to get my baby brother out of the car. I'm still pretty pissed about it, I love jelly beans.
Rocketbird ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:53:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL Jelly Belly sells cats
CodenameMolotov ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:43:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Airheads does the same thing, the white mystery flavor is the excess of the other flavors mixed together.
prancingElephant ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:13:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whaaaaaaaat.
GreatBabu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:08:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same for Dum-Dums. ? = the changing of the flavor and mixing the 2.
mwagsyoke ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:41:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what!!! My whole life has been one big lie.
frinqe ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:07:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/nocontext
Wudzy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:37:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What flavor was it? Hopefully not sour apple. I hate sour apple.
BlatantConservative ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It tasted like chicken.
actionslacks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait what
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jelly flops
prancingElephant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:15:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's Belly Flops jsyk
daays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait hold up. I can buy rejected jelly beans?
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Look up jelly flops
prancingElephant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Belly flops! Those are the best!
BenedictKhanberbatch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Belly Flops!
panda_nectar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:25:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Belly flops
chutril ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:20:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why was JellyBelly selling cats?
One__upper__ ยท -23 points ยท Posted at 02:45:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry bro, but you are one ugly bastard.
Bgst55 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:50:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some people... I mean, we are all just human beings. Some people need to realize that being blatantly rude is really not ok. But at least you apologized before you typed it out and sent it to someone you will never even meet.
BlatantConservative ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:59:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can only see half my face. Now Im super self concious about my forehead
takkinn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:06:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
dont let him get ya down, thought you were hot from the tiny snidbit I saw
BlatantConservative ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:07:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't worry, I don't take Reddit that seriously.
Thanks.
One__upper__ ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 04:22:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I saw your pictures when you posted an album of them. Your whole face was visible.
BlatantConservative ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:27:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone else commented back then saying I was cute though.
Its almost like some people are into different kinds of people than others.
Im comfortable with myself and I get an average to high amount of attention from girls, and thats all that matters.
Dunno what you gain from calling me ugly on the internet though.
One__upper__ ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol, ok bro.
Castriff ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:44:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, the old Reddit cockadoodleroo!
StoryTime_With_Will ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:08:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hold my cock, I'm going in!
StillSundayDrunk ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:12:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holding safely. You have an athlete's heartbeat dear sir.
d311h0p ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:23:21 on January 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Father's Journal: Day 167. As I crossed a small mountain range, searching for my lost son, I imagined that the echoes of "Where are you son?" bouncing around the mountains were on fact other Fathers searching with me. In my loneliness, this served as a comfort.
Viking_Lordbeast ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:27:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That wasn't really a switcharoo, but oh well.
Castriff ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:32:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why, what's wrong with it?
Viking_Lordbeast ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 14:37:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To me it was more of a call back joke than a switcheroo.
Castriff ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:59:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is it a callback joke? There's only three comments of context needed.
jennthemermaid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:13:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes it was...
Viking_Lordbeast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:29:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What type of dog is this?
MP4-4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
is this a cat in a hat?
LibertarianMatt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it is a cock.
PalpableMoon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That cat looks cocky
BigCat8110 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But a nice-looking cock
ryabauer94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, the ol' Reddit switcha-doodle-do!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't be a cock, dude.
GeorgePukas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a strange looking capitol building.
Ubergoober166 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's because it's a cock.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:23:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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TosyV1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:00:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he knows.
starrydays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OH
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:03:27 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its a fuckn rabbit waj
elpantybandito ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 01:38:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice cock
Parkz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:24:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah and for a white cock it's pretty large too.
peon2 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:14:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Umm...sorry to break it to you but...that aint no cat.
BlatantConservative ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:18:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what youre talking about
peon2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well...how often does your "cat" lay eggs?
BlatantConservative ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:24:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes, parts of the cat fall off. Is that what you mean?
peon2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:25:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No because what you're seeing is....ugh...you...you have a very cute meow meow there. sighs
aznc00kies ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:36:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Picking up chicks in DC
checky ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:40:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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shhh
BlatantConservative ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:58:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Almost got sniped
Musicalmoses ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:13:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
PROOF!!! PROOF!!! The chicken army is taking over the government!!!
/r/chickenapocalypse
IchBinGelangweilt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:25:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/ofcoursethatsathing
BigRedMan69 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:16:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
DUDE... It's the Hen of State
AerThreepwood ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:46:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Steve Holt?
Asturiaas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:54:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
STEVE HOLT!
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No but the name seems familiar
LeafyQ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bruh I dunno how to tell you this. But your cat is super amazing.
vambot5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:11:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most of the chickens I have had would be much easier to carry up a trail than either of my cats. Once you got them tucked under your arm, they would sort of go to sleep, and if they freaked out, you just put your hand over their head and they would calm down again.
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah that works except when your friend whats to pose them and take artsy pictures
vambot5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fortunately, I was in Biology shortly before camera phones were commonplace.
iskivolkl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:16:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
STEVE HOLT \O/
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay obviously theres a reference Im missing here.
axistim ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
should we tell him?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We don't need any more cocks on Capital Hill, thanks.
wolfbear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cool that you can just take your breasts out for a walk around the Capitol
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, at least your joke is technically correct.
wolfbear ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The best kind of correct!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want this as my wallpaper now. Awesome
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Go ahead. Not really sure how I feel about being in some random dude's wallpaper, but Im not gonna stop you
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:55:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I'm a girl. Does that make a difference lol
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then please do. Still not entirely sure how I feel, but its better this way.
I always assume anyone on Reddit is a guy, it seems statistically probable.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel the same way. But seriously that picture is hilarious. Pretty sure I woke people up at my house from laughing. They probably think I'm psycho
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks. You shoulda seen the looks on people's faces when we were carrying the actual chicken around DC
melapot8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's the cirrrrrrcle of LIIIFE
Casswigirl11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is amazing. Thank you for that
CatherineConstance ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:27:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Close enough.
babyrhino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey its the chicken guy!
Fluffy8x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More cock shots please.
TurnOffTheNewsNRead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That looks like a pledge
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It actually wasnt
Percy_3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too http://imgur.com/wdF3nuU
RICKY_Nicholoff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wanted pussy, got cock instead
ocean365 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's so much going on in this picture where do I start?
almightySapling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:09:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're hot dude. And this is a great cock pic, but not the kind I'd like to see from you.
TestRedditorPleaseIg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:55:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cool chicken bro
dannytheguitarist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your cat doesn't look good. I'm no vet, but he may not make it.
Aboumai ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:12:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love that you took your chicken with you. I love chickens.
volatile_chemicals ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:32:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lion King Theme plays
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:51:45 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:02 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly a year ago today. Odd for you to ask now
TitiesMoist ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:15:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
dude! nsfw that shit please!
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:24:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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BlatantConservative ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:56:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, she got away. I almost got sniped while crawling through the bushes while literally touching the Capitol.
creepy_doll ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:33:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a chicken...
BlatantConservative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hadnt noticed
stubbledchin ยท 5571 points ยท Posted at 23:11:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From some reason this has made me cry laughing. I'm in bed shaking with laughter trying not to wake the wife.
All I can picture is a cat on a cliff pulling an expression like "what the fuck is this shit? Where the fuck am I? "
Delvakiir ยท 4883 points ยท Posted at 00:34:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can just picture him, cat slung under one arm and camera in the other huffing his way up the trail. Cat, "Meow?" Him, " Shut up kitty this is for a project!"
[deleted] ยท 3330 points ยท Posted at 01:07:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Wdwdash ยท 2023 points ยท Posted at 02:05:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kitteh
[deleted] ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 03:45:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITS MAH PEHT PIEEE
Delsana ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 08:27:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ooo.. this reminded me of his Pewdiepie episode.
CARTMAN BRAH.. or something.
Drespectt ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is mah pot pieeee
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:52:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meeeeeeeemmmmm
kittehkhat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:25:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:34:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pot pie.
NapalmKitteh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:09:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Burning hot kitteh checking in.
BelovedofRaistlin ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 02:11:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO kitteh that's a bad kitteh!
username12746 ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 02:16:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No Kittheh, that's Mah Potpie!
Peach_Muffin ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:25:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mooooooom, kitty's being a dildo!
username12746 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:30:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I know certain kitty-kitty who's going to be sleeping with Moooommy tonight!
Tsquared10 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:24:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It took me rewatching this years after the first time I saw it to finally get that joke
ShaynePC ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know who's sleeping with mommy tonight
Oh_Gee_Hey ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:30:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But meeeaaahhhmmmm kitteh's being a dildo!
reezuschrist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
MAAAAHM
Jorion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:10:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mom! Kitty's being a dildo!
ResultsMayVary4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO LUCA GET THE FUCK DOWN
TheInsecureGoat ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:56:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cartman wouldn't hike three miles for a school project though.
TheMysteriousMid ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:12:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He would however walk 500 to fuck with someone. And if that somehow involved hiking a trail with a cat to take a picture, so be it.
TheIncredible_BatCow ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:49:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read this as Catman (from Fairly OddParents basically Adam Wests voice), was much funnier.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:15:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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kjata ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:18:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, the plumber is the shit man. Also the pipes man.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:17:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. This is shot at a 5.6 aperture using a low-light filter. You can see the grain from the high-speed film. There's sort of a penis in my mouth right here and the low depth of field keeps the background soft.
pdpedro77 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out.
Bwazo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:15:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NO KITTY THATS MY POT PIE
LeeDaLong ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:30:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did the cartman voice the first time. Damn social conditioning.
JacquePorter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:35:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Try not to steal any coats tonight.
LeafyQ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure if you specifically commented this due to your username being written in a Cartman voice or not.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's how I read it, too.
jmeaden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:54:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep!
___BOOSH___ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:00:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that in his voice too! :)
RotmgCamel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except Butters is carrying everything.
BluePineapple19 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had to leave this thread, didn't want to burst out in class lol
forca_micah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same.
Neuro_Prime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bubbles voice
LiggyRide ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think Cartman would do a 3 mile hike...
ReasonablyBadass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I made a picture of a dil-do"
Justinxip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
thought this said "catman voice" and was gonna reply "I'M A CAAATMAAN!"
ZamrosX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:22:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
NOKITTEHTHASABADKITTEH!
Trainkid9 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:45:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bad kittay, that's my chicken pot pie.
Sub116610 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 01:41:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I imagined the cat on a leash making the 3-mile trek. People passing by in gym attire and their German shepherds thinking dafuuuuck
IEatMyEnemies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stopping to climb up one meter and then start screaming because they can't climb down, so you have to go to it and put it on the ground.
And then it does it again with another tree, the entire journey.
BucKramer ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:42:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Decided to try my hand at making this visual The Background image's source
Fhy40 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:11:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whispers "do it for the vine" to cat
Uldyr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:15:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"SHUT UP MR. KITTEH. THIS IS FOR A PROJECT. MEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUM TELL MR. KITTEH TO LISTEN TO MEH"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:42:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The student could, too
samwulfe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY "Shut up Mr. Kitty this for a project".
cookemnster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The oatmeal needs to draw this.
Anpeo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:16:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For science!
knightni73 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Sit still Kitteh! "
"No you can't have my Cheesy Poofs!"
ImperialLump ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:21:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't deserve all that karma, and you know it.
JK nice seeing you at the top buddy.
Delvakiir ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey man, you know it's my rightful place in the world.
orionsbelt05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:17:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That image reminds me of the tale of Abraham and Isaac venturing up Mt Moriah.
Delvakiir ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:33:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So Issac was a cat?
alienpirate5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/nocontext
afcagroo ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:03:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college who had a Siamese cat. It spent a lot of time sitting in the window looking out. I felt sorry for it, so I decided to take it to a local park in my car. Bad decision.
It spent most of the ride over and back latched onto my shoulder, except for the part where it went underneath the brake pedal. When we got to the park and I put it out on the grass, it just cowered. It only took about 2 steps and then just froze up.
We never did any more outings.
Bananaramananabooboo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:47:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat is similar. Except he actively tries to sneak out the front door. I am never worried about it though because he gets maybe a foot out before getting overwhelmed and running inside.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:08:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took my cat to the beach once. I thought he'd love it because it was the world's biggest litterbox (to him), and had birds to chase and stuff.
As soon as I put him down (was so sure he'd adore the trip I didn't even consider a leash) he teleported into the plants on the dunes. I had to track him down, tunnel under huge clumps of sea grapes, grab him and carry him back home.
Asdayasman ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 10:43:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do not ever let a cat out of captivity in a car that anyone intends to drive. How are you this fucking stupid? Every time I drive anywhere, or even cross the road, I'm at risk of being taken out by one of you retarded fucks.
afcagroo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:09 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did a lot of stupid things when I was young. In my defense, I simply had no idea that the cat would be so nutty in the car. Now I know better.
But if I were to accidentally run someone over, I'd like for it to be someone like you.
Asdayasman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:25:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd happily be the kill that drives you to suicide.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:38:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to see those pictures so badly now.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:52:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A guy I used to work with goes hiking with his cat all the time. It's a thing. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/23/rock-climbing-cat_n_5380069.html
MrEarthbound ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:11:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I suffer from nearly waking my wife up in bed cos of reddit too!
SonOfWolves95 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Better yet if he passed anyone on the way. They'd probably be like "who let him get a cat?"
fkracidfire ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this and thought why the hell are you in bed at 6pm. Then I remembered the world wasn't all in the eastern time zone.
drdeadringer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Followed by: "Damn it, now I have to find a new secret lair and consider firing my owner."
LeafyQ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:20:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It garnered one of those barking type laughs from me - you know, when you're just not expecting something to be really funny and it totally catches you off guard? But the world slowed down around me and I remembered that I'm in a quite quiet cafe, so I tried to stop it. The resulting sound was far more embarrassing than if I'd just let myself laugh at the damn thing. And now people won't stop shooting glances my way to see if I'm dying.
tiredmom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:31:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You made my evening. My mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer today and either way the prognosis isn't great. I've been numb since hearing this and just couldn't cry, then picturing your comment made me have this ugly cathartic cry, so thank you.
Cavewoman22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:44:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he's from the Salvador Dali school of hiking and photography.
Rattolord ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:24:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that like every expression of a cat
mistedsunset ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:59:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get how you can laugh like that. When I'm alone I barely laugh at anything. With friends though it's a different story
madethisat6am ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I imagine every redditor to be married and browsing at night
belethors_sister ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:25:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not married and browses at night; I do try to not laugh too hard since it'll wake the cat
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:11:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that whole tempur-pedic claim about jumping on the bed and not tipping over a glass of wine? It's bullshit. When I silently shake from reddit-induced laughter, the bed wiggles and my husband wakes up.
Snackleton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't wake her up.
Saint947 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:21:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish anything in my life made me laugh this hard.
ididshave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm imagining a very Lion King-esque photo and it has me in giggles.
Tianmeihua ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Khajiit would certainly not be pleased. 'Merouuuuu?!?'
henhouse0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/u/AWildSketchAppeared
ParasolCorp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And your comment got me to laugh, my cat sitting on my bed looking at me like I'm crazy.
roarercoaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"hang in there!"
SpinDocktor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hate it when this happens. Then I have to pretend I'm having a good cry or a mild seizure.
GrahamSaysNO ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe an over exaggeration...
Metal_Badger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"If I wasn't filled to the brim with sloth-like spite, I'd kill you."
BotchJones ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Smh
OuttaSightVegemite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:30:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"You wan me to smile?! Are you fucking shitting me???? You've carried me up here, AGAINST MY WILL, and now tell me you've done it all to get a photo. Fuck off, cunt. I'm going home....yeah, not my problem you can't find your way home, jackass. See ya."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:52:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My girlfriend hit me because I woke her up laughing lol
Askada ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:36:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't laughing that much on the story itself, but this comment.. oh god
julioh33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:20:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was having the same thought but for some reason reading yours made it infinitely worse. I blamed the dog when she woke up. Too ashamed to admit I'm still browsing reddit
aunt_snorlax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I literally read this comment as my boyfriend woke up, all worried because I was shaking, trying to stifle the laugh. I may have to leave the room.
buckygrad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you are having a stroke?
Ben_Ulrand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:30:37 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cat was getting ready to be sacrificed
acvg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Omg me too dying laughing. Then giving the pictures to the prof who's trying to be nice but giving the wtf look
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Especially if it was an indoor cat, like "Holy fuck the world is a lot bigger than I thought!"
Thuggish_Coffee ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:46:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
You're in bed early.
Edit: yes, it's a selfish comment. Fuck me for joking on reddit you bunch of hippies. Sorry, not sorry.
Arsewhistle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:10:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or he's not American. 2am where I am, I'm in bed late. Work will be fun tomorrow.
Thuggish_Coffee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Get some rest bro!
Arsewhistle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Will do mate, goodnight.
LegbeardTheGreat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:51:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am in a lecture trying not to die from silent laughter. I feel your feels.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2189 points ยท Posted at 21:34:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Hey, some cats are like, mega chill. My black and white cat, Pandora, is super chill. If you approach her, she flops over and is like "Scratch my belleh!"
EDIT: I love how my top post is about my fat, lazy cat.
thepilotboy ยท 113 points ยท Posted at 00:54:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat, Spotify, is even more chill AND let's me play with her however I want, when I want.
soren121 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:48:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Does she make you pay $9.99/mo for premium playtime?
meliaesc ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:01:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got her as a student so it's only $4.99 for cuddles!
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:56:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pandora, the cat I mentioned, lets me get away with holding her by the front shoulders. Seriously, it's adorable.
Tollaneer ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:52:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And my cat, Amazon Prime, ...
SecretiveNarwhals ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:26:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you name your cat after a music streaming service?
Asdayasman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:59:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could you get less cultured?
ResultsMayVary4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cats lame as fuck
living_lego ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:41:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Colby
GV18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get the joke, but that sounded worryingly sexual to me, to begin with.
Jorion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:13:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Amazing
Riley_T ยท 736 points ยท Posted at 22:14:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat chance does that too! Except he does that whenever someone is in the same room as him and he likes to do it dead-center of room so he's in everyone's way....
Bobshayd ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 00:34:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then you push the cat around the floor with your hand on his belly, and he purrs happily, and you make "pchooooo" noises.
xtreemediocrity ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:31:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I totally do
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:36:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My parents have wood floors and after they got them waxed back in the day, my brother and I would play shuffleboard with the cats. As in, our awesome chill ass cats would just flop over on the ground and let a couple of little kids slide them across the floor toward the other. No cats were ever harmed in this process.
Bobshayd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds absolutely lovely.
strawburry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:53:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know the exact noise you mean. I'm doing it alone in my room right now.
LizzieDane ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:53:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's you!
Bobshayd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:35:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hi! glomp
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:47:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine likes to extend his leg and lick his balls in front of company. Then gag on a fur ball so we all pay attention.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:09:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice. Establish dominance AND gets attention.
thisshortenough ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:46:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat no longer has balls to lick but he'll still go to town on the area when I'm making dinner then just give me a look like I'm the weird one for interrupting him when I was in the room first
GreatBabu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:09:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fur ball or ball fur?
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:18:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
O-ow. The feels...
CONTEXT: My dog was named Chance, and he is passed away.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:10:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are the Chances of two pets named that!?
joe_m107 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:07:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Betcha he has a Shadow and Sassy too.
SmeeGod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I may or may not have had a dog named Shadow and a cat named Sassy.
BlueDrache ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:55:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What about a cat named Fluffy and a dog named Dogmeat?
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:12:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Dude/dudette, stahp.
LuciferianAntichrist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:07:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a Chance.
Fadman_Loki ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:22:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a cat named chance, too.... Y u do dis?
nik4nik ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:51:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat Bill
calmdownparty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat Ernie
loyal_achades ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My room mate's cat does that as well. He even will go to roughly the same spot on the rug to flop over.
Except he doesn't like it when I pet him for too long, and he'll claw at my hands. He doesn't claw at my boyfriend at all >.>
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Riley_T ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:19:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...son?
lovecats91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha my cat does this and then if you step over him, he attacks your foot.
Uldyr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat likes to do that to. Except he's not a cat, he's a dog. And except I don't have a dog at my apartment and it's just my roommate.
BLARGITSMYOMNOMNOM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My roomate does that too!
RooRLoord420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do the same thing when my wife walks in the room. Just sprawl out and get dem belleh scratches.
Usually spend the next half hour stalking about and knocking shit off the shelves
Storrytime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat Stormaggedon does this. Always in the fucking way. The adorable little fuck.
balancespec2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are we just naming our cats now like everyone else knows them?
GunsGermsAndSteel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Leave it to redditors to turn this into a discussion about cats.
Riley_T ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey (wo)man, this is the internet. Every conversion no matter what site ur on has the chance to become about cats. Cuz they awesome
ErikaChah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He must be related to my Whiskey... She won't acknowledge you until I have company over. When I do, she's all over the floor like "oooooh I'm so neglected and abused!! Please rub my belly because my human is a bitch"... And then asks for milk the next morning like the slooty one night stand kitty she is
ImReallyGrey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:40:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is your cat dead?
howsthatwork ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:20:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The question is, do you call her Panda? I only ask because our cat is named Pandora but we call her Panda, which baffles people because she is not black and white. Someone once asked if I knew what pandas looked like.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We do. We also call her nugget.
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:13:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine too! But only after it died.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:17:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too soon.
Icanjam ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:20:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aww I love the name Pandora for a cat. Super cute!
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:22:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know! She's the biggest, chubbiest, dumbest kitty ever! She's also fluffy!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I have to say, my cat would be totally chill being carried up a mountain. I brought him out to a park (on a leash, in a dog harness because they don't make vest harnesses for cats and the string ones look painful) for a picnic (because I'm crazy). A lady with a dog walked up and was like "A cat?!"
Dog barking, the lady approached my cat, who was sitting on the picnic table. She put her face close and he just gave her a headbutt. A stranger. In a strange place. With a strange dog nearby.
He's the chillest.
sunset_blues ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat has a certain way she likes to be patted, and of course we let everyone she meets in on this, and so she has no reason not to expect that every human will just automatically do this for her. This consistency has led to her developing a tendency to just sort of plop onto her side in front of you, make direct eye contact, and smack her tail impatiently until you do it. I think if a burglar broke in she'd just plop down in front of them and look up expectantly while thumping her tail.
TromboneTank ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:06:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You sure your cats not a dog?
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:11:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She's small and goes "mew".
TromboneTank ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:21:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dog with a barking issue
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:25:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Retractable claws.
Forcefield1268 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 23:26:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wolverine dog.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:37:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That one was good.
Hardin_of_Akaneia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:48:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Has lass pronounced nose.
Iggy-Koopa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Part ragdoll? My cat does that too.
logos__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:38:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder how your cat communicates the idiosyncratic orthography of "belleh".
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes it funnier, she's a chubby cat. Imagine Fat Bastard from Austin Powers as a cat.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat does that, only when you go to pet him he attacks.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:00:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pandora, she doesn't attack. Like, ever. I don't think she knows how to attack.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lucky my cat is the devil, black as night and he knows it. I can't tell you how many times I've had the piss scared out of me because I don't see him
Supportbot13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:09:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And when you do scratch the belleh, out come the claws!
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:12:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, she might lick you, and that's about it.
Supportbot13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your cat is not my cat. But then we don't call him 'The Destroyer of Worlds' lightly.
Edit: Just noticed your name. Sweet Irony.
ichosethis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My families black and white cat, Simon, put up with being carried like a baby, stuffed under a milk rate to play vet or petshop, he even let me paint his nails once (I was like 11, sue me). He was great!
Snollygoster1110 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat is pretty much a small, furry version of Fat Bastard.
nadarko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dose it go "blegh" when you poke its stomach?
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:32:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately, no.
heeldawg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How weird! I have a black and white cat ALSO named pandora...
troublemaker
at2wells ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dont do it! Its a trap!
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:36:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one doesn't attack.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Weirdly enough, my SO's grandmother has a black and white cat named Pandora. That thing is a straight up demon, I wouldn't scratch that cat's belly unless I wanted to lose my hand.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Pandora is basically a walking pillow/slug/slupillow
__LordNibbler__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why the name Pandora?
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I... Don't know. Spurr of the moment, I guess?
RebeccaBuckisTanked ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:02:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My old man than just passed away, Biscuit, was chill as FUCK about everything. We taught him to walk on a leash and took him on a cross-country camping trip. He was the strangest cat I've personally ever encountered.
ChronosHorse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My wife's Pandora is afraid of you wife's cat Pandora.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why are we bringing up wives?
ChronosHorse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well Pandora is my wife....
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My old cat, Tiddles, was lovely. He used to decapitate birds in my bedroom.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:27:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:o
My friend has a tabby called Pandora who is also 100% chill, as well as being the centre of all love in the Universe
Pandora = good kitty
WombatBeans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat Tizz is like that too.
batshitcrazy5150 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah my wifes cat does that but it's a trap. You touch that belleh and she starts ripping and biting. That cat's an asshole...
Cripnite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a black and white can named Pandora as well. She was an awesome cat.
WompaStompa_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:34:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat's super chill, but if I dragged him on a three mile hike to take his picture at some sketchy old military base, he'd kill me and leave me at the end of the trail.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat Butterbean is the same way. He's 25 pounds and a Hemingway cat.
He's a sizeable bastard.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is he named Butterbean because of You-Know-Who?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Boxing gloves and all.
automatic_shark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever I visit my buddy his cat will come right up to me, roll over on its back and meow. The second you get close enough to rub its belly it will scratch the fuck out of you. Ian, your cat fucking sucks.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:45:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What color is its fur?
automatic_shark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
White. And very very furry.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this his cat?
automatic_shark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:53:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, way fluffier. kind of like this
dreamofadream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A highschool friend had a pair of cats that were literally the chillest in the world (they were mother and daughter, if memory serves). Anyway, one day I came over after school. I was wearing extremely large pants, which was the style at the time. His folks told me he was in his room, so I picked up one of the cats, undid my pants, and slid her down one pant leg, leaving her head poking out of my fly.
I did this so I could walk into his room and say, "Yo tengo un gato in mis pantalones."
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Translated?
dreamofadream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"There is a cat in my pants."
dma1965 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My two black cats live in the yard and murder animals and proudly display their heads on small poles.
thumpas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sir, I'm sorry to be the bear of bad news, but I think your cat might be abusing opioid pain killers.
qwe340 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
joe the cat, is that you?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
are you postman pat
little0lost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine too :) loves being carried like a baby, will lay anywhere you put him, you can drag him across the bed into your arms and he'll just flop out like "This works too."
icos211 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat does this whenever you tell him "No" to something.
"Buddy, no!"
"Fine, I just won't do anything!" flop
TopKekSkye ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
half the time my cat does that the other half she is baiting you into a whisker bear trap
tonyd1989 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cousin had a cat like that, except when you scratched her belly she would proceed to maul your arm, like an Ocelot that has been trapped in a room with nothing to entertain it except the thought of murdering your face.
I did not like that kitty.
senopahx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, super chill. We're watching a movie right now.
thehumangenius23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad you specified that it was your black and white cat, I was wondering which one of your cats it was.
NateGT86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My black cat Ninja does the exact same thing!
audeus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i have a cat called Pandora too! great name. Though mine is all black, except for one white spot under her chin, and she is not a fan of belly scratches.
findingemotive ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My dad told me stories of his cat who would sit over his shoulder while he rode his bike. Pretty chill.
beelzeflub ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was horribly depressed a few years ago and my mom dragged me along while she visited my great aunt. I had cried a lot that day and I laid down on the couch, and her two Norwegian forest cats hopped up, one by my feet and the other on my chest and they cuddled me the whole time. It was the best thing ever.
StumpNuts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:13:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat gets pissed if I give her any kind of attention outside of when she approaches me and demands it for five minutes before biting me and running away pissed.
HelloGoodbyeBlueSky ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never met an Oreo or tux cat that wasn't the sweetest thing ever
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:42:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:)
hostilepenguin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
and when do she attacks and scratches the shit out of you.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No. She accepts it. She is not bright.
FicklePickle13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:48:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Our late tabby, Kika, was much the same. He officiated soooo many Barbie weddings.
Yourwtfismyftw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:52:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat does that, and greets me at the door when I come home. Working theory is he thinks he's a dog.
jster1311 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I live in a small city, and my black cat, Bagheera, will follow my girlfriend and I on mile long walks to the park and back (so two miles all together). We just make sure that he crosses the busier streets safely.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:21 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My black and white kitty is the same way,good ol' Freddie Mercury (Merkitty?)
cakez_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:51:57 on December 11, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd give Pandora so many belly rubs! I love other people's cats but I can't have one of my own because I am super allergic. :( But usually when I approach friends' cats, they just look uninterested or just sit there while I'm petting them all excited.
KosstAmojan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:01:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah my cats would meow as if I was about to bake them into a meat pie and they knew their gruesome fate.
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 00:03:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And you know that guy was thinking "Man, I'm going to have the best one in the class!!!"
wandering_ones ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:25:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like he succeeded.
2LateImDead ยท 72 points ยท Posted at 22:11:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd have taken pictures of my nose or of things being completely out of place or what have you.
Thedustin ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:18:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like a dick pic?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:16:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As in, nutscapes?
TheNerdySimulation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:42:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought of ridiculously up close, blurry, or out of focus photos.
kirbysdream ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 22:25:22 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's definitely unusual, though
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 582 points ยท Posted at 22:30:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I had the same assignment. Everyone else had pictures of family or their car etc and a brief written description. I went out behind the dorms to a creek/runoff ditch and took pictures of trees growing through tires, washed out tree roots, and had a song quote for each one.
Got an A+ and the professor asked to keep my project for a teacher's workshop she was running over the summer.
Edit: trees were growing through tires, not growing tires
Slamwow ยท 106 points ยท Posted at 02:15:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Were the song quotes relevant at all? Or was it like:
Picture of Tree Root
Haters don't like we got the spotlight,
Sorry for party rocking
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 02:25:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mostly relevant. The tree through the tire for instance was "Just 'cause you're in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow." -Tupac Shakur
On the day we turned them in I quickly realized I spent more time on this English project than anyone else. It was an engineering school so a freshman photographic language arts project was low on priority for most people.
I freaked out because it was 40% of our grade and misunderstood "Looking Beyond the Ordinary".
beelzeflub ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is an awesome lyric
matthewtheninja ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 02:51:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't have the same assignment, but in a Chinese class that I did in college we had an assignment where we were supposed to show pictures of a family vacation and explain (in Chinese) what we were doing or how we felt in those places. I didn't really have any ready access to any vacation photos so I just improvised with some crude photoshops of me in stereotypical situations in different countries.
I just had fun with it and made some silly BS pictures, although my favorite one by far was the one where I was in Japan. It was just a picture of me going Godzilla on Tokyo, breathing fire and that kind of thing. Shit, I actually still have a copy.
I succeeded in making the teacher laugh and got an A.
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:09:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Awesome!
jbs13572 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:19:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nice brag dude.
Nice job though.
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:31:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well I spent hours on an English project I could have done in 15 minutes and still gotten a B. Turns out Freshman English isn't graded too harshly when your school has Polytechnic in the name.
MQ2000 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:44:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds really creative, nice one
Kepgnar ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:42:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What, you want a cookie or somethin'?
vetement_pour_homme ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have you still got the pictures?
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never got them back, lost the negatives (yes it was back in the days of film).
rezachi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:36:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was similar, take 3 pictures of the same thing in different contexts. I had a rear differential/axle assembly from a 1976 Monte Carlo in the bed of my truck for weight, so I took a picture of it peeking through the snow. Then I crawled under one of the hick's jacked up bro truck and took a picture of that the same parts on that truck. Then I took a picture of a janitor bending over picking something up.
I used the caption "Rear End".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a photography class my senior year of high school - first time they offered it. I had been on a camera kick all summer, and spent most of what I'd earned buying a Rebel XT, 70-200F/4L, and a thrifty fifty.
I would literally take pictures of garbage and consistently get some of the higher grades.
I was never a dick about it, but I always felt like I was cheating...
buttaholic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good job
spobrien09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:59:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Growing through tires, not growing through tires... Am I just too drunk?
Yourwtfismyftw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:53:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have a copy? I would love to see this.
blazedancer1997 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:55:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think he misinterpreted it. I just think he did it best.
war_lobster ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:03:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So he actually took his cat somewhere weird for the pictures, while the rest of the class took... the usual unusual photos?
meowww333 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:50:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can we see the pics?
skyflyer8 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:30:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really want to see those pictures now
Austin7537 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:29:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cat would be totally up for it. I walk him in the woods like a dog.
RanaktheGreen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:50:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know you can shorten "Photography glass" to "lens" right?
BreadedGecko2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You still have the picture?
jakielim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did he think cat was 'unusual'?
foolishnun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds to me like he nailed it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
-The teacher was amused, nonetheless. "I know this trail. It's like a 3 mile hike? And your cat was cool with that?!"
We had a cat in South America than would walk with us a good two miles then return home. Always thought it was weird, not normal behavior for a cat. Do any Redditors have cats that do that?
hartke20g ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That kid was an everyday hero.
IluvatarAintDead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly from an artistic standpoint thats excellent because he stood out from the pack.
VesperLynd92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wonder if he had the cat on a leash lol
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So that's 6 miles hike..including climbing up and down?
cakeeater808 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:28:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can we see the picture?
Gordomperdomper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:32:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me the cats name is simba?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We're gonna need to see this picture. For posterity.
captain_joe6 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That guy needs to go to art school.
Slanderous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
twist: he wanted rid of the cat and used the assignment as an excuse.
vambot5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The cat screamed the entire way in the cat carrier, thinking it was going to the vet. Then it got out, and was like WTF is this?
cluckay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have misinterpreted it the same way. I am not the sharpest apple in the block.
Artess ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it technically fits the assignment.
whitecompass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That cat was probably stoked to be outside in nature.
blackbirdsongs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.adventurecats.org/
Just for the record
MarioThePumer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Photography glass sounds cool
ledzepretrauqon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, that is a usual thing in an unusual scene.
jennybella ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really wanna see the picture.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:44:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hate it when my photography glass has assignments in it - gotta wipe lenses down constantly.
postingstuff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was the cat infact cool with it?
gertzkie ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:48:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Totally! Rode on his back most of each way. I can only hope to one day belong to a cat that cool
mada447 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The internets demand that this photograph be posted immediately.
nschonbe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that is amazing. I hope that teacher gave him an A.
graymankin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, that's more creative to me than the ideas you mentioned. Those are exactly what I'd expect for that kind of project.
DrBoobCheese ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For all the sad shit on reddit there's always a cat story to replace the tears with seemingly unwarranted laughter.
7LeagueBoots ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've had a few cars that would go hiking with me. The longest hike they took with me was about 5 miles. The funniest thing was that they'd try to protect me from what they thought were threats. Chainsaws on the next ridge were especially threatening and they'd get between me and the noise, bristle and growl at it.
Drama_Derp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I invoke Rule 32 of the internet.
culturehackerdude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Art Center Pasadena?
gertzkie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:47:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something in Hawaii, actually. But it sounds like a pretty common assignment
licketysplitting ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took a photography course and the professor forbade cat and flower pictures since for some reason they're so common that they pissed him off. Sure enough he took us to a photo exhibit of other photography students from other classes and I shit you not like 80% were cat and flower pics. It's like a fetish or something.
Philofelinist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is one of the silliest and cutest stories I've read on here. That poor kitty. That's dedication to an assignment. Are you able to get the pics?
Macabee721 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always took my cat hiking and to follow me while playing disc golf. Some cats LOVE hikes.
dashmar1414 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you could somehow get us that picture "I would be sooo happy"
allora_fair ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
do you have any photos of the kitty?
ball_tastic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://youtu.be/_7mJmJ4q53c
iamjacksonmolloy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pics or it didn't happen...
Please?
hayden_evans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:04:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, please post these pictures, I beg you!
SP4C3MONK3Y ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is this a missinterpretation?
Seems spot on to me.
Geta-Ve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:15:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Boy, I must be WAY too tired ... I don't get it. ELI5 peeps.
jas9111 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/thathappened
phil035 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:03:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
come on got to get us that one
C0DK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:43:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
now i know what i'm going to do next photoshoot
Benramin567 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:16:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What's so funny about this?
G_Morgan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:30:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like he followed the assignment down to the line. His was the most unusual photo of a usual thing. Everyone else just did weird perspectives or water droplets.
phySi0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see how this was misinterpreted.
nolaokie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So first off, I laughed so hard I was crying after I read this. I was imagining someone hiking up a trail, cat under on arm and camera equipment under the other.
My question was, at the 1.5 mile mark of the hike were they regretting there idea for the project? I have had several cats and I cannot imagine trying to take them on a 3 mile hike.
horsenbuggy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took photography as an adult education class at a junior college. The teacher turned out to be very cool. But I wasn't quite sure I'd read his personality yet for the first assignment. He told us to photograph "lines." Since we are in the south, I desperately wanted to turn in just a bunch of photos of "lions." But I didn't. I told him about it afterwards and he was like, "that would have been hilarious."
Purelectricity ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:59:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
bbarnhi ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:35:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't literally laughed out loud from a Reddit comment in a long time.
Bargh9 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:16:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lame story
[deleted] ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 01:37:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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vpovio ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:23:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Funny, my French teacher had the same problem but with the languages reversed.
lollity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:54:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what were the consequences?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:41:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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SolidCoal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:01:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read this as a teacher who is literally spanish and translated an assignment into spanish so she could read it more easily, with an assignment for, say, a french class...I should probably look for more obvious interpretations. D'oh!
CAPS_LOCK_GOT_STUCK ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:54:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WAS THERE ANY FALLOUT FOR THAT KID?
avje ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 10:00:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you hold down SHIFT you will be able to type normally.
LeavesCat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:31:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
username checks out, at least.
Amadan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:39:41 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I was his parent, I'd buy him the Spanish version.
srivats2 ยท 256 points ยท Posted at 01:03:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student in 5th grade, we were asked to write a short essay about peer pressure and how it has affected our own personal lives as an English assignment.
Almost none of the kids knew what it was but one guy in particular wrote two pages about how a pear can apply enough pressure on a tree branch that they would fall to the ground. There was nothing remotely correct in the two pages, not physics nor the language or the interpretation.
eekstatic ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:13:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't work out if this is adorable or completely mad.
MDKrouzer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:50:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What did you write about?
srivats2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:18:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had no choice but to leave it blank, didn't know what to write
Spartancoolcody ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:46:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would you say that you couldn't handle the pressure from your peers that you would have felt had the essay been bad?
srivats2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:15:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Most certainly. My school was ruthlessly competitive.. I still feel the pressure lol
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:03:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is hilarious!
inkredibel ยท 1100 points ยท Posted at 19:52:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm not a teacher but my dad used to be. He once gave his students an introduction which they should use to write a story. It went somewhat like this: "Bob and Tim were out on the sea in their rowing boat with nobody around to see them, when it suddenly got colder. They felt a storm coming up and a black wall (of clouds) forming on the horizon". One student continued it like: "They kept on rowing, trying to escape the storm, when suddenly, with a bang, they hit the wall."
I hope this makes sense in English, as this took place in Germany.
Edit: Put "of clouds" in brackets because it wasn't there in the original version.
General_Josh ยท 1028 points ยท Posted at 21:21:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that the end of the Truman show?
Zardif ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 02:35:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Spoiler alert!
Snollygoster1110 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:34:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yup
CaninePajamas ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:24:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And incase I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
Mr_Austine ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:40:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jeez man, spoilers!
jennybella ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:37:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair though, trueman was alone and the wall was rather blue.
fuqyu ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:07:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Highly underrated Jim Carey film. Absolutely loved it.
mistah_legend ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 04:08:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Underrated? Who are you talking to?
fuqyu ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:12:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never seem to hear about that movie in person, but apparently the internets loves it. This makes me happy, it is by far my favorite film with Jim Carey. Well, not by far. He's done a lot of good stuff.
TigerlillyGastro ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:39:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Cable Guy is the highly underrated Jim Carey film.
clorence ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:07:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Spoiler alert
HarryWasHere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:09:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm 14 hours late but I just wanted to drop in and say thatsmyfavouritemovieAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Thanks for the reminder about this beautiful piece of art.
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:43:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. Gladiator.
gravitychasm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
Drespectt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
YOU MEAN ED
Qwertycwer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol exactly what I thought of.
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"congratulations Timmy! You've shown that you have indeed watched a movie!"
Jughead295 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:52:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too soon...
heart4world ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:48:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good afternoon, good evening, & good night.
ButtsexEurope ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 22:52:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How's that stupid? That's pretty clever.
tuxcat ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 21:31:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's some Truman Show shit.
Core_Four ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 00:34:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The wall they hit was the fourth wall.
DemandsBattletoads ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:31:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment.
Combogalis ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:05:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fact that you felt the need to include "of clouds" in there shows that it was a perfectly reasonable misunderstanding. I'd like a word with your father.
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:22:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to reread the whole thing excluding the "of clouds" and then I got it
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:32:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it
CatZombies ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:38:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one took me a long time to understand too. The student thought 'black wall' meant a solid wall rather than clouds.
Mozzius ยท 68 points ยท Posted at 22:08:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh cloud-to-butt extension
PrinceTyke ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 22:53:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A hidden beauty of Cloud2Butt is that it turned your comment into "butt-to-butt" for me.
adjective-ass-noun ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:00:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ASS TO ASS
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:09:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the butt to butt extension?
danmart1 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:20:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1000 times, this.
PsylentKnight ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:03:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of The Count of Monte Cristo when a ship mistook a rock for clouds and ran into it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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inkredibel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:24:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, didn't reread it, but I corrected it.
Quartinus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:43:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Zeugma!
the_supersalad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, first one in the thread to actually make me laugh out loud. Thank you.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did anyone turn it into something... romantic or at least characterised the two protagonists?
Johnappleseed4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Normally one would use square brackets for that.
I spent much too long confused.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:00:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good old Donald Trump and his Pacific to keep out the Chinese.
We don't weein anymore.
zapzoroath ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:29:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually thought it might have been a joke/ statement on the Berlin wall for a little bit.
Snollygoster1110 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the movie "The Truman Show"
BlueHighwindz ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 19:58:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
Snollygoster1110 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:34:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bang bang
gotenks1114 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:30:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Into your heart?
Snollygoster1110 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:09:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
welp there went my heart
Bartisgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
๐ต My baby shot me down ๐ต
OpiWrites ยท 640 points ยท Posted at 20:30:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here: Recently, we had to do a project about future technology. One of the things we had to talk about was making the product "green", as in environment friendly. Well, let's just say that one girl thought it meant literally making the project green. She was sufficiently embarrassed when she realized her mistake, and many laughs were had during their(her group's) presentation.
sylfire ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 01:49:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What product did she turn green?
Shin-LaC ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:23:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Foundation.
luke_in_the_sky ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:41:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bruce Banner
Obieousmaximus ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Astro turf
[deleted] ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 02:18:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom refused to buy "green" light bulbs because she thought they illuminated green. She was pretty red faced when I explained what that meant.
Quolli ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 02:11:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did no one else in her group realise the project wasn't about changing a products colour!?
OpiWrites ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:50:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think that was her "part" to do, so no one checked it.
luke_in_the_sky ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:43:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In most groups I had in school, only one person worked.
lustywench99 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:33:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a joke for our ethics class presentation, the Asian kid in our group launched into a detailed description about youth in Asia and flashed a picture of kids playing soccer. Then we lead into euthanasia by explaining how everyone's always wanted to kill someone for something, like ruining your group project, and here's how it could be legal. The rest of the presentation was solid and all on topic. The teacher was a hard one to crack but she got the joke and laughed and we ended up with an A.
The class sat there in stunned silence as he rattled on about soccer and other sports kids play in Asia though... they thought we were dead serious.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:23:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
'dead serious'
I see what you did there.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:21:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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OpiWrites ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:50:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, it happened like a week ago.
smokingirishmonkey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:24:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it green?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, it's only a matter of time before someone makes a green product and markets it as such
Slayer1973 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Soylent Green is people!
JustusGS ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did she think that would be remotely relevant?
luke_in_the_sky ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:44:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, teachers sometimes ask for weird things with no further explanation.
JustusGS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but I mean... surely she justified it in her mind somehow, since she never even asked her groupmates about it or anything. What was her thought process there?
luke_in_the_sky ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She probably didn't thought at all.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you know X, why ask about X? It turns out her knowledge of X was incorrect, but she was very confident in her knowledge.
Swagwagon2323 ยท 1309 points ยท Posted at 21:47:22 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not teacher, but embarassing moment as student Junior year of high school in AP history. On test we were asked something like "Make a sketch of Teddy Roosevelt based on his ideologies" Rather than summarizing Teddy's politics, I actually drew a little Teddy on the test with a spectacle and big stick. (speak softy and carry a big stick). For what its worth, my teacher shared it with class and he accepted my answer. :S
[deleted] ยท 1342 points ยท Posted at 23:55:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Since when is "Make a sketch" a summary?
Ironfruit ยท 332 points ยท Posted at 00:16:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I also have never heard of this, what on earth.
Casswigirl11 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:08:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've heard variations of "sketch out his character". Character as in personality.
Bravetriforcur ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 00:24:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sketch out the rough details?
Anyone?
Aardvark_Man ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 01:43:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you phrase it like that, but I'd interpret "making a sketch" as a drawing too.
Sadsharks ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:15:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah... that is, draw the rough details.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:24:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A sketch I writing means to be very discriptive. I've written character sketches, in which you outline the characters physical appearance, beliefs, goals and general attitudes in a couple short paragraphs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:10:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But that also refers to a rough drawing.
IchBinGelangweilt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:48:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For an AP class, too. Wtf?
jennys0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe a propaganda poster? Or maybe just a regular poster representing Teddy and his ideas/contributions to the world?
Just a guess..
cartoonistaaron ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 01:49:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not out of the ordinary to use that term but usually you would say "write a sketch." As in "write a character sketch" meaning "describe the character in words" kinda like you would draw a character in a descriptive manner, like a model sheet for a cartoon or something.
If I heard "make a sketch" I'd assume drawing. That's on the teacher for bad phrasing!
[deleted] ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 01:37:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a lot about this dude's response that suggests English is not the first language of anyone in the story.
callmejenkins ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:19:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He lives in Memphis, TN. So, no, he does not speak English.
pcyr9999 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless this is in the southwest, they speak English. AP is an American thing, and there's no real reason people in another country would be studying American history in enough depth to merit an assignment like this.
Also, juniors take APUSH (AP United States History), so it all lines up.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:26:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, no way is this a native English speaker.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 04:37:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a message board, not GrammarCon '15...That's perfectly crafted given situation formality.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:59:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're kidding me. It's not about formality, it's about basic writing.
Heck, i'm not native and I write better than that
A_kind_guy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:46:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe because you're not native you don't understand that people write in a casual manner online? It often involves missing out words or punctuation that aren't necessary for people to comprehend what the sentence means.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:29:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do, but that was not casual manner. That was poor writing, not casual,
A_kind_guy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:50:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll admit, that was rather poor writing. It made it difficult to understand what he was saying, sorry about that.
raukolith ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:31:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
still dont mean he wasnt native english tho plus many ppl dont care about typing properly
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not about typing properly, I'm ok with your ppl or lack of punctuation. It's about wording a phrase that almost doesn't make sense.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
[I am] [n]ot [a] teacher, but [here is an] embarassing moment as [a] student.
Everything omitted is a modifier that could be readily inferred. I despise English fir its verbosity. The language is neither well suited for poetry nor getting a point across, why is it so common?
Scheur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:51:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm*
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:27:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're comparing that to not using Caps Lock?
Scheur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:46:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if I wrote an i am on an exam I would still get points deducted (not a native speaker either).
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who would write "i am" on an exam, though?
You're taking my point too far, typos and these small mistakes are common in Reddit, that terrible phrase building is not.
Scheur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:17:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if you write an essay or a short story you might use I am. I do agree that it is phrased in a way that makes it hard to understand. Just nitpicking.
dekrant ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:12:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But they're learning about Teddy Roosevelt? Has to be like Puerto Rico or some other Caribbean country.
cariagno ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A character sketch is what I assume the teacher was going for, like a description of a person's character
isit2003 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:18:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Political comic?
fuqyu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's kind of antiquated terminology, but I'm 30-ish and have heard this from cranky old teachers before. Interestingly, all those teachers were also assholes.
Chem1st ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My first thought was this was a tie in to political cartoons and made perfect sense. It took me a minute to remember what thread I was in.
imhereforthevotes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More appropriately you would say "sketch a summary" or something. Straight "sketch" sounds like art.
blaghart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because a pic is worth a thousand words?
_ky_cats_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe it means character sketch. Thats how I learned it.
AdventurePee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always got confused when they told me to "Illustrate" a topic
Kaell311 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe was "first draft".
kuilin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, sounds sketchy.
HotToFoxTrot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like your incredulity is misplaced. Normal communication in English is full of idioms, metaphors, and figurative language. This one, honestly, is pretty blatant. It's like those SAT word comparisons that you may have done. [Sketch] is to [Picture] as [BLANK] is to [An analysis of Roosevelt, his politics, and his place in American history]. It's just asking for you to hit enough of the high points to suggest the larger picture. I assume it would have been clearer in context, though, apparently, not clear enough.
kylehe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've always heard it called rough sketch.
"Create a rough sketch on Teddy and his policies."
I can see it
this_is_not_enough ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was a current phrase up until the 1940s. Still used among some educated English lit types. But also it may be that they were speaking British English.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm British. I can confirm that it isn't a standard thing in British English.
fahr65nheit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In older literature the author would "sketch" a/the character(s) for the reader describing them. Citing as my source Little Women and a Wikipedia article that probably exists.
Happy-Tears ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:08:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a country not the USA.
le_petit_renard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:26:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have pretty much the same wording in German as well... Everybody asked what kind of essay "a sketch" was supposed to be, the structure, what should be included, etc.
BoozeMeUpScotty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:17:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like a character sketch/profile. This is the sort of shit I remember from school, where it all totally makes sense until you get home and re-read the directions, panic, question your future, and develop crippling anxiety.
hamlet9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Since 1715 according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
See definition here.
xxTHG_Corruptxx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:53:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When your AP History teacher is just like the other dickheads that make us do art projects it is.
That's one thing I do not like about school. This is PreCalculus, not "make a perfect-fucking-tetrahedron and expect it to fly when combined with other ones."
Anvillain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In an ap class...
Sir_Citronaut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:17 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it an idiom?
roninjedi ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 00:43:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When they started teaching that lectures were bad and that it was better to do lots of littler activities and projects all semester. It annoyies me and i am hating the class im in focusing on it. Basically the idea is the kids can show what they know in some fort of art/dialog/representation without having to write or take a test.
euphomptus ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:18:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Education as a whole has been pushing in that direction for at least a hundred years. Some combination of stubborn and lazy will ensure that only a few determined teachers follow through
roninjedi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:04:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im not saying assignments are bad perse or that it should be all lecture. But the teacher i have wants it to be just 90mins of kids doing assignments and activities. I feel like i acctually need to at least be in front of the class and saying something instead of letting them teach their selves.
NateNMaxsRobot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait.... I'm thoroughly confused here. Are you a student or the teacher?
roninjedi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student teacher. Im in my last class of supervised teaching before going for a full semester of student teaching.
NateNMaxsRobot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, got it. Thanks. Oh, and good luck!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:15:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really hope you pay better attention to details when mapping out your lesson plan. Your posts are full of spelling errors, incomplete ideas and did not convey the information clearly.
No wonder people misinterpret assignments.
WhatRUSaiyan47 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:15:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Summarize the president and his stances in a sketch I'm assuming.
ADreamByAnyOtherName ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:58:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In all fairness, that's a stupid question.
businessowl ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:41:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you draw a little human Teddy Roosevelt, or a Teddy Bear with spectacle and stick?
KingDarkBlaze ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes
Dhallia ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:23:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had 2 students just recently respond to "draw a conclusion" with a picture. They weren't wrong and it gave me a chuckle so I don't ecided to accept it.
shaun3000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have done the same. A sketch is a drawing, no?
saintlypie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:52:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took APUSH and I would have thought the same thing.
36ofsomething ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:46:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just had something similar happen in a my 8th grade ELA class. I made sure to explain to subsequent classes that when I said "What conclusions can you draw from this evidence?" I didn't actually mean draw a picture.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's something I would've done... Can totally see how you got there.
fcuke5r5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We are going to need to see the picture
Mighty_Trip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:36 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have done the same thing
DamnShadowbans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't blame you. One of the questions on my history test was "Draw one of your teachers transforming into a fruit or vegetable." Based of this photo.
[deleted] ยท 1524 points ยท Posted at 19:30:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My missus is a teacher, with the younglings did a "dress up with what you want to be when you are older" and the school provided heaps of costumes. Got heaps of doctors, lawyers, firefighter etc. This one larger kid found a thin silk tiger onesy probably made for a 4-5 year old and dressed in that. Busting at the seams. As she was a student teacher at the time she had to document the work so I have seen photos. It's hilarious.
wnp ยท 679 points ยท Posted at 20:30:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just don't tell him he can't, you'll be ok.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 11:27:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My perfect day. Woke up at 8:30am. Ate some ramen. Became a bear. It was a good day.
ImNotBatmanStopAskin ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:35:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now he works for Ant-Man
MIKE6792 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:47:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
SMBCPBF on Reddit? Awesome!Edit: SMBC is everywhere on Reddit.
wnp ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 20:48:17 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoy SMBC too! But, that was PBF! :)
MIKE6792 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 20:53:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God damned acronyms.
Velocirexisaur ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:08:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This Is Life.
probablyhrenrai ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:33:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm So Meta Even This Acronym
oblivion007 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:38:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder who's hating on xkcd.
Senor_Andy_Panda ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:33:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure he can. Just wait 25 years and 175 pounds.
DrInsano ยท 321 points ยท Posted at 19:34:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like Kevin was in her class.
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:44:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, Kevin.
franichan ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:18:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Kevin.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:29:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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ProfessorMetallica ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:44:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not that old, nor is it obscure.
Or maybe that was the joke...
TheActualAWdeV ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But it is both stupid and irrelevant.
MSUSpartan06 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:02:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
do you have a link? I feel like I need to read it again
Amadan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/219w2o/whos_the_dumbest_person_youve_ever_met/
and, of course, the resultant /r/StoriesAboutKevin
Captain_Curlyfry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Kevin lol
bathroomstalin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now he wants to be the Air Force.
My man's movin' on up in the world.
Frighteningly.
FatedAwakening ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 21:58:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, hold up a minute; I think your wife might be a Jedi.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 22:19:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That would explain the "that's not the hole your looking for"
showyerbewbs ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:53:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A wizard does not arrive at the right or wrong hole, he arrives at exactly the hole he was looking for.
daytonatrbo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:57:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, just an alcoholic that doesn't spell so well.
http://imgur.com/9tcEHcF
DeShawnThordason ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:23:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should edit in the age of the younguns, it'll make more sense.
RidleyOReilly ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:56:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In elementary school, we were assigned the task of researching a famous character from history. On the day we presented, we were to come to school dressed as our historical figure.
At the time, I was extremely into World War Two - probably since I played way too much Medal of Honor: Frontline - and the choice seemed obvious.
I spent the whole day wearing all khaki, with my hair parted, a costume faux-soulpatch sticker on my lip, and a little swatstika armband I'd made out of construction paper.
shovelkun ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:06:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you get told off?
RidleyOReilly ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:49:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't remember being in trouble. It was more like a shrug of the shoulders than a slap on the wrist. My mom helped me make the armband! They did ask us to dress up as our subjects, and it was too late for me to change to a different person.
I was told not to wear the armband outside of history class. I can't remember if they let me keep my "mustache" on, but I probably snuck it where I could.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:45:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Silk and tiger print for a 4-5 year old?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
meow
Strategist123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds me of something I may have done. Where was this/what grade?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
2 years ago, Australia.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Proof or gtfo
Nick12506 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Proof?
Flailed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/4I9tNAJGjb4?t=20
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kids choose to dress up as always surprises me. My school recently had a "throwback Thursday" theme, where you could dress up as anything from the past. 2 middle school boys decided that they wanted to dress up as babies... So they wore onesies with adult diapers over them, large dummies and bonnets. I was very tempted to take a photo and keep it for when they graduate.
NW_thoughtful ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fabulous!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How did the kid misunderstand the teacher? Maybe the other kids snatched up the good costumes and the onesie was the only one left.
Daggaroth ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:22:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
can you share said photos with strangers on reddit?
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 21:34:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, were he to be recognised the missus would be in trouble.
Daggaroth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:44:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fair enough. the mental image gave me some level 3 chuckles so it was all and all a positive experience :)
aryst0krat ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:28:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hope she knows she can get in huge shit for showing you pictures of the kids. They're not even supposed to use names when talking about them at home.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:48:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't use names. She was working in our study and I saw.
aryst0krat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:18:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's good. :) I know a lot of teachers and it can be pretty scary how hard that stuff can come down on you.
And on other cases, scary how hard it doesn't... I know a former care home worker whose coworkers would take pictures of their residents in compromising positions and share them between each other like it was a big joke. Eesh.
NeedsNewPants ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:41:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
he must be really afraid of dentists now
BlueDrache ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:01:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like the foodstamp kid that only had one parent that preferred to cook at McDonalds.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:12:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could she be in preparation to end up being a FPS?
Edit: this was wrong to say, but being addicted to FPS, that's where my mind immediately went when a larger girl puts on a much to small costume/outfit.
SG_Dave ยท -15 points ยท Posted at 22:52:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*eye twitch*
You're the worst kind of person.
ihatedogs2 ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 01:39:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A couple years ago, one of my teachers said that when we sent her emails, we don't have to be super formal. She also told us that the year before, someone had started an email with "Wazzup woman".
horsenbuggy ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:36:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher I would have tried that on. She was cool.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:56:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wazzap woman
ZenKeys88 ยท 288 points ยท Posted at 00:46:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a young piano student, I was learning to memorize pieces. We were using a common method in which you memorize the first page, then the second, etc... My piano teacher suggested I work on a piece back-to-front for the next week, the idea being that I had played the first pages much more than the last pages, so I should practice the last page, then the second-to-last-and-last pages, then the third....and so on. However, I didn't fully understand her as she didn't go into these details, so I spent the whole week trying to learn the piece COMPLETELY backwards, like note-for-note backwards.
[deleted] ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 05:06:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did any of the pieces say hail Satan when played?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:49:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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TheMexicanPenguinII ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:38:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dog si natas. Sounds latin or something
MyersVandalay ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:55:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
did you succeed?
ieshido ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:24:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Twist - it was Stravinsky's Owl and the Pussycat so it sounded exactly the same.
461weavile ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:42:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach percussion and we talked about this the other day. A couple interesting ways to keep your hands going are to play phone numbers against a metronome or turn a sheet of snare music you usually play upside-down and play the whole thing from the new top to the new bottom
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:39:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"You're playing all the wrong notes!"
"I'm playing all the RIGHT notes, but not necessarily in the right order"
schtroumpfons ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:26:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now you can play arabic music
resquall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:12:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The piece? 4'33".
bantherone ยท 155 points ยท Posted at 23:22:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In nursery school we had to color in a bee with crayons. I asked if I could do the whole thing in black. The teacher said whatever just make sure I do the whole page. I laughed and asked "the whole page?" She ignored me so I colored the entire page black from edge to edge. The teacher told my parents there was something wrong with me and it was the only time in her career that she's ever given out homework.
Kiyoko504 ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 02:49:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I will never understand teachers, They openly willingly give a toddler the color black, but as soon as they use it, "Oh no something is wrong in there heads" how about something is wrong in their head for not double checking what they said. Faults on her.
rahyveshachr ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:30:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lol that just reminded me of something I did in preschool! We did worksheets of letters; I clearly remember it was the letter F. Anyway, that day I decided I was going to be a little kid and scribble on my homework so I colored the whole page black with my pencil. I got in trouble. Haha
nevernevermaybe ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 07:21:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was almost held back in the 1st grade for scribbling all over my papers. They were concerned I wouldn't pass any of that standardized tests because I would mark all over the scantrons. I was perfectly up to speed in every other way. When my mom asked if they had asked me to stop scribbling on my paper, they said no. She was like "well let's try that first....".
rahyveshachr ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 17:54:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
omg I love when teachers accidentally omit the most logical thing to do. It makes everyone feel stupid and makes for great stories later...
lilafee ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 12:30:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read that nursery school as nursing school, and I was only a tiny bit confused for a moment. Sounds like something our instructor in nursing school would have made us do.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:43:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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gingerybiscuit ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:12:34 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You colored in a correct bee, but not the MOST correct bee.
MelisSassenach ยท 673 points ยท Posted at 22:47:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm the student but I was in improv as a teenager and our coach split us up into groups of three and was having us do like teamwork exercises. so one of them was "tie your shoelaces together" as the rest of the groups physically tied their shoe laces to the other members' shoe laces my group just tied our laces "together" as in at the same time as a group. our coach was impressed/baffled
Leelluu ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 03:17:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually can't determine who was wrong here.
lost_send_berries ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:43:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think each was meant to tie the other's shoelaces at the same time.
Hazcat3 ยท 43 points ยท Posted at 02:43:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That would look pretty cool. A simple every day action made sublime.
blaghart ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:34:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should see them eat chips.
TinyFoxFairyGirl ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 05:06:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
11/10 with lice
Ask_John_Smith ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:35:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meta
ZorbaTHut ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:17:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a "teambuilding exercise" in high school. We paired up with random people and then the teacher told us to arm wrestle with our partner, "and every time one of your arms hits the ground, you get a point!"
My partner and I instantly realized that the teacher was going to pull some cutesy thing about how cooperation means you score more points than competition. Meanwhile, the pair next to us were flinging their connected arms back and forth like a convulsing monkey. We decided to actually arm wrestle.
It turned out we'd correctly figured out the "exercise" - the teacher went around the room and asked everyone how many points their team had, making it clear that she didn't care about individual points but group points. The pair next to us had about sixty points, but had hurt their arms. We had one point but we'd had fun.
This was not the intended outcome and the teacher was not pleased.
noggin-scratcher ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 10:50:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're just trying to maximise total points between you, the convulsing monkey routine is easily beaten by letting one person "win", then lifting both your arms off the desk by a millimetre before dropping them back to the desk for another point (and repeat).
KJ6BWB ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:33:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How would you get group points in that exercise?
ZorbaTHut ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:37:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess "pair points" would be a better term - the intended point of the goal was that if you cooperate to fling your arms back and forth as fast as possible you get more points. Whereas if you fight each other you get fewer points. The teacher hadn't said that the person who wins the arm wrestling competition gets a point, they just said "if one of your arms hits the ground, you get a point".
KJ6BWB ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:34:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tappity tap -- they never said arms had to reset to the "upright noon" position before another point could be earned. If one person is really strong and just taps away like they're trying to do Morse code with that arm, they'll get more points than the person flinging their arm back and forth and cooperating.
Iced_TeaFTW ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:01:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to read that several times before I could wrap my head around it, good job!
Echotilt588 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:10:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh. I though you were supposed to tie the other person's shoelaces while they tied yours at the same time.
KJ6BWB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:32:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not a good teamwork exercise -- it's a pain to untie shoelaces after they've been knotted to the person next to you and you've been yanking on your shoes and tightening the knot.
A better exercise would have been for you to normally tie the shoes of the person on your left, while the person on your right ties your shoes, and everyone individually ties each other's shoes at the exact same time.
MelisSassenach ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair it was part of a series of timed exercises and the end goal was working together helped us complete the tasks more quickly. or something.
whats-this-button-f ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:35:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's an entirely different kind of tying, altogether.
RedditWasNeverGood ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:52:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(In unison) It's an entirely dfferent kind of tying!
TheGreatWallOfGraz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether
hadanish ยท 2911 points ยท Posted at 19:13:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher:"Submit an assignment on "The Sun" next week."
Student:"My parents won't send me that far."
[deleted] ยท 583 points ยท Posted at 21:04:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 23:01:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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allthetimes ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 23:10:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah they'll do that!
GEARHEADGus ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:02:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hi principal Skinner. Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers! I'm leardning.
MetaCommando ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:17:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
SuperNintendo Chalmers?
onelovesuperwoman416 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 03:24:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
daddy doesnt have enough money WUDDUP DOUBLE SIMPSONS REFERENCE
Rehendix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Britta?
onelovesuperwoman416 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:13:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
awe snap
Sophus_Lie ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 21:39:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why The Sun? Isn't that effectively assigning students to write about filth?
Ironfruit ยท 103 points ยท Posted at 00:05:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Science when our teacher told us which part of the sun was the hottest a student put up his hand and asked "Isn't page 3 the hottest part of the Sun?" I fucking died, we all did.
DemandsBattletoads ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 02:32:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For the uninitiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Three
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:55:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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fatmand00 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:28:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Sun is a British tabloid. British tabloids are well known to feature topless women on page 3 (the first page you see after the front page, which obviously can't feature tits itself)
TheCatcherOfThePie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's only the Sun that did that, and they have to have the nipples covered now anyway.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:26:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it... Explain?
fatmand00 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:29:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Sun is a British tabloid. British tabloids are well known to feature topless women on page 3 (the first page you see after the front page, which obviously can't feature tits itself)
Jaxter1123 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it.
decayingteeth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:02:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah.. I've never.. errrh... been there... either.
GV18 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:21:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were studying different forms of media in my English class. We got split into groups and got given a different form each. My group got newspapers, and I specifically was given the S*n. I initially refused, but was then told I'd get a detention if I didn't do it. So I stood up during my part and said "It is apparently a newspaper. Personally I believe it to be no more than a collection of papers filled with bullshit and lies, barely good enough to be used to line a cat's litter tray." I was going to get a detention either way, so I figured in for a penny and all that.
tsengan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It'd be a fun sociology assignment?
[deleted] ยท 869 points ยท Posted at 19:37:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If the student said that on purpose I would give him an A for creativity and wit alone.
[deleted] ยท 1893 points ยท Posted at 19:39:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd make a pretty bad teacher
[deleted] ยท 810 points ยท Posted at 19:41:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn straight!
dragontouch ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 21:59:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Straight ey?
SkrublordPrime ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:11:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Straight A's?
doorkn00b ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Straight aayyy lmao
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:44:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
straight dirt nasty
Fishinabowl11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:43:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Straight ayy
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:14:22 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn straight A's?
probablyhrenrai ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:20:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Look, I'm all for gay A's, but if you think straight A's deserve damnation then we've got a problem.
immatellyouwhat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude.... teach me.
funkychicken99 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:19:51 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd give my students extra credit for not coming to class
co0ldude69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's clearly C territory.
100percent_right_now ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:08:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless they were a Drama teacher.
kaeroku ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 11:04:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you mean because teachers don't normally teach creativity and critical thinking, or do you mean you think a teacher rewarding those qualities is the sign of someone who is not good at their job?
You'd make a bad HR hiring rep at a school.
Nick12506 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:42:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd be that teacher that doesn't accept late work.
Spartancoolcody ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:27:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You'd be that student who turns everything in late.
Nick12506 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:39:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, average 1 per semester. Students have lives and outside of there control issues that make it impossible to submit work.
AwesomeLove ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I were a president I'd invite that student to the White House.
Alocasia_Fruit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It gets real old real fast. I asked my Korean kids for an example of something ancient last week and Jerry (fuckin Jerry) raised his hand to say "my grandpa."
andKento ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is a few tales i've heard about people turning in exams and getting top grades with witty answers like this. They claim to be true, but i don't know if i believe them. In one the task was to explain "what is laziness" the student wrote "This is" and handed in the paper.
nliausacmmv ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:42:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"The only way I'm getting published in the Sun is on page three!"
somjelly1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:55:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand the joke
hamlet_d ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:19:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
So the student was a dad already?
edit: forget 'a' word
zach2992 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 21:22:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They just keep having sex younger and younger.
jakielim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was expecting the student to send assignment to The Sun as an op-ed or something.
Bandit312 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My parents would be happy to send me that far.
Zebba_Odirnapal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Page 3 is rather interesting.
sir_mrej ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The yellow one is the sun!
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:51:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sigh... This kid was what we call a "dad". We aren't stupid, if anything, we're a little more quick witted.
He was making a joke. Trolling, if you would.
For example, my reply to the kid would have been, " send you 'that far'? No, the sun is 'that star'".
Not the best comeback, but not every sentence is dadjoke material.
devicemodder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:24:07 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*Hands teacher a book report on the Toronto Sun newspaper*
Preponderancy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:28:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait so "The Sun" is a book? Who writes it?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:05:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Newspaper in the UK. It has topless women on the third page. Yes. This is real. It's not censored and you can buy it without restrictions
rainbowdashtheawesom ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:22:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In High School I was told that Europe doesn't have our (America's) taboo against nudity on TV/film/print as long as it's not actually showing sex. I was told that the censors in Europe were the reverse of the ones in the US; they freely show nudity but put very heavy restrictions on gore.
A quote I'll never forget from a guy in my Government class while we were discussing this: "Here we can see a guy get his brains blown out but God forbid we see a boob"
lost_send_berries ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More true in continental Europe than the UK though. I remember going on holiday to somewhere in Europe and seeing a huge ad on a bus advertising fruit. A topless woman was hiding her boobs behind two giant fruit. That wouldn't fly in the UK. People here do laugh at the attention nip slips get in the US though.
Preponderancy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I heard about that newspaper actually, that actually makes sense about the replies that were sent
[deleted] ยท 1804 points ยท Posted at 19:24:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
once we where told to all set up a sensible email that we could use for all university related application. Pretty easy and a useful homework. One guy though completely misunderstood how email worked. He travelled over an hour to visit a university he was applying to so that he could set up his email there as it looked better. He then thought he had to go back to that same computer every time he needed to check it. He believe it would only work on the computer he set it up on. No matter how much we told him he thought we where all making fun of him and where trying to get his identity stolen. For 2 years he did this I dont know what happened to him I like to think hes still there to this day.
forman98 ยท 1285 points ยท Posted at 21:03:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The opposite thing happened with one of my wife's middle school students. Her school has laptops for every kid and they do everything in Google drive, so it saves it and you can access it everywhere.
This one kid missed an assignment because he couldn't find the paper he wrote on his computer. My wife asked him when he wrote it and he said "This weekend on my sister's computer. I saved it, but I can't find it."
He assumed every computer was like his laptop that used Google Drive.
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 657 points ยท Posted at 22:21:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Man, I never thought about how nice Google Drive must be for students. I once fried a flash drive and took my PC to school but couldn't get it networked to the plotter. I wound up yanking my hard drive, cracking open a school computer, plugging it into the school computer's motherboard and setting it up as a slave drive to print a final project. (My home internet was out so I couldn't email it to myself).
EDIT: I was too broke to buy another $30 or so 4gig flash drive.
EDIT 2: It was a 512 mb drive
Edit 3: I should mention that it was a drafting class, I had to print 15 pages at 22ร34. There was nowhere but the classroom I could print that out.
xorgol ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 23:08:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my school opening up a computer would have put me in so much trouble. Also, couldn't anyone lend you a drive?
Octacle ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:40:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Desperate times call for desperate measures. ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 00:00:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I wasn't supposed to do it but the towers were under a long desk. By the time I realized I couldn't print from my computer (dumbass me forgot about drivers, it was my first computer) everyone I was friends with in class had left and I panicked.
Luckily the professor didn't walk around or ask me any questions about how I got it printed.
wilbs4 ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 01:14:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude... that's just incredibly impressive. Top 5 best ways to print out an assignment at school:
Mackelsaur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget: transcribe the assignment onto paper while reading it from home computer, then bring that to school and type it all out again.
Error410Gone ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 00:57:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HS senior here. Our entire school district got google apps accounts. so everyone uses it on group projects. really convenient. Also Google drive is the most convenient thing in the world for switching computers. Can work on an essay at home, in the school library, on my phone between class or at lunch, or on my tablet.
One day google drive was down during lunch. (only for like an hour) The library was full of panicked students trying to print essays or unable to work on whatever assignments they had. Really funny first world problem.
Zardif ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:54:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I loved Google docs when in college. Fuck flash drives.
IAmAAlaskan ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:42:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm; am college student with university Google Drive account.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:36:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You young whippersnappers. When I was your age, the whole college freshman class had the same first assignment in English. Go to the computer lab. Get an email with our name and .edu.
The year prior I'd been on Compuserve for all of ten minutes. Some guy started sexually harassing me on the first chatroom/bb I went on. So my folks made me get off the internet. I guess at that point there were no other options (or at least none my parents knew) to avoid people like that.
Anyway, forced email. It was so lame. We'd all (vaguely) heard of e-mail, but it was a really technical thing for people in the government and huge companies like IBM and EDS. Regular people would never need it.
The next few years we checked email weekly. The only messages we got were from the college, sent out on Mondays.
By the year I graduated, email was becoming more well-known; computers were still too expensive for most people to own one though, so we were still all at the computer lab.
It wasn't until 1996 that I worked somewhere an email address was actually necessary, and they gave us one per their naming convention.
zack4200 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I agree with this statement. Also, happy cakeday!
Lady_Techtroyia ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:06:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
nowadays the 8 gig flashdrives are 10 dollars :o
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:26:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know, this was 2005 so it might have been less than 4gig.
Lady_Techtroyia ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:41:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember in like 2008 being happy to get some spare MB flash drives.
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:44:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah this was probably a 512mb. Man that was a while ago.
Lady_Techtroyia ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:57:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I bought a 32 gb one for college because it was on sale for 20 bucks. I felt like I was cheating with how much I could store on it.
zack4200 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:54:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A couple weeks ago, I bought a 64gb for $12 because it was on sale. It's crazy how much storage has dropped in price.
Sharrakor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:22:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember that going for about $5000.
mcfly357 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:58:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i remember once having to vacate my 512 mb ipod shuffle (the one that was basically a usb stick) of music to save an essay so i could print it out at school. wow times have changed.
thefran ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i have a 32 MB flash drive
it's very nice looking, i wish i could just stick an SD card in there or something
SAugsburger ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:23:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 2005 it may have been less than a 1GB. Flash drives used to be expensive because flash storage wasn't cheap. I remember buying a 1GB SD card for $40 back in 2005 and that was cheap at the time.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:40:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Cereborn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
128 MB here. I could have gotten a 256 for an extra ten dollars, but pfffft. Who needs that much space?
Sharrakor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:23:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My old digital camera came with a 16 MB Memory Stick. That was enough space for about a dozen full-resolution photos.
Dusk_Walker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shit man, I got a 128gig for $30 or so a few months ago.
Cereborn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. That's a steal.
Dusk_Walker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right? Amazon rocks
apaniyam ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:01:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What shocks me is how many people don't use it... Since the latest endnote clone is just as good, there is no advantage to using word at all.
yadec ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:30:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've purposely shifted away from Google Drive because it lacks insane amounts of features. I mean, Google Slides doesn't even let you insert an audio file, there are absolutely no way you can precisely place anything in either Docs or Slides, and something with the kerning or whatever makes documents look different compared to Word. In fact, because the font looked so different, I remember there was one incident where a teacher took a point off for "not using Times New Roman" when I did, but just in Google Docs.
On the other hand, Microsoft Office has every feature you can think of, and with newer versions, directly save to and integrate with OneDrive. With Office Online or Office 2016, people can work together just like in Google Drive, but with many more features in Office 2016 than Google Drive. I'm quite happy with this change.
apaniyam ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:38:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not I said no advantage to word, not other office products, which are still indispensable. University however is defined by portability, which I feel crushes the potential minor formatting differences on word. Not ever forgetting an essay is a very important feature.
yadec ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:12:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's probably no advantage to Word when it comes writing a university paper, but whenever you want to write something more casual, or make anything with a hint of design, Docs falls short. There's also significant mental strain in having to switch between ecosystems all the time, so I just chose whatever works every time.
It's the same reason why I switched from Mac, to dual-booting Windows, to Windows. Windows has no advantage to Mac in 99% of cases (and Mac is better in many cases as well), but I end up having a lot of those 1% cases where some special Windows software I need can't run properly in Wine, so I need Windows. And it becomes a hassle to switch back and forth so much, so I now use Windows only.
If Google Docs works for whatever you're doing, fine, it's some excellent software. I'm just telling people a second option if they get frustrated like I did.
EDIT: And OneDrive is portable, it's cloud storage, just like Google Drive, and files made in newer versions of Office default to saving there as well. Just wanted to make that clear.
nearlyp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:15:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I imagine a lot of universities and businesses pay for Microsoft 365 or whatever the business suite is called. Onedrive for Business is a couple things but Sharepoint basically makes it so the organization's local storage servers are available on the cloud. I've seen values as high as a terabyte at some universities, though I imagine anyone actually trying to use that much storage would draw some IT attention. If your school provides all of Microsoft's products for free with that much storage, it's a tough deal to pass up. For the most part it's as feature complete as Google Docs and even has some better options.
taolbi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hard core as fuck
InsideTheLibrary ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:25:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would not have been as resourceful. You should've gotten extra credit.
Motivatedformyfuture ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:48:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am impressed with your ingenuity and persistence. That said I would have bought a usb drive and then returned it afterwards.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:13:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why didn't you email it to yourself at school?
No wifi on the PC?
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know that the school had wifi (2005), and this wasn't a laptop, it was a full tower. And unplugging the school machine's jumper and plugging it into mine (along with their mouse, keyboard, and monitor) got me an unfamiliar login prompt that the lab's default login 'student' password 'just hit enter for every station wouldn't cut it.
Also I didn't know a damn thing about computers except how to put one together and run the cds that came with the pieces. And I only knew that because I couldn't afford to buy one and heard building was cheaper. (It was, that computer ran 5 good years, 7 total.)
So what I knew how to do was move around hardware, and that's all I had to work with.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:13:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is awesome haha.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:29:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It worked well for group projects, but other than that it's not much better than other word processors unless you use multiple computers.
RockDrill ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:46:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you thinking of Google Docs? Drive is cloud file storage.
nearlyp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Which are pretty heavily integrated--your Docs file gets saved to Drive by default. I'm actually pretty sure you can't open/save a local file using Docs. You could upload to Drive or download a gdocs file from Drive but aside from the occasional offline use, I doubt anyone is doing much of anything with Docs without using the cloud.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're right. I was referring to both without distinguishing between the two. However, my original point stands.
DammitMegh ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:07:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Best part as a teacher is that it saves all revisions. "I typed my whole project and it's just not here anymore!" Check revision history, Nope!
SAugsburger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's an interesting aspect I never considered. For sometimes clumsy students that it is a positive.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Couldn't email it to yourself?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Helps when you have friends who can operate spreadsheets it's like "Hay can you check this link and fix this for me"
awkwardlylurkingdude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah sadly its blocked at my school... It was blocked. I just graduated. Shit. I'm old.
Lapulta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Google Drive is definitely one of the best things I've ever found on the internet for students/myself. Right up there with OneTab, AdBlock Chrome, and StayFocused. I still carry a jumpdrive in my purse just in case, but Google Drive is brilliantly handy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I admire your tenacity, I feel like this is what I'd do after crying and drinking about my lost work for a while.
ydoowoody ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A little late to the thread, but this just reminded me of the old trick of corrupting a blank word/ppt and throwing that on a flash drive to buy another day to work on a project. I have to say, I did this once in high school for a PowerPoint presentation and it worked like a charm!
Ucantalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IT guy walks in, sees you, and just thinks
"God dammit. I'm just gonna turn around and imagine I didn't see that. Time for another coffee, I think. I'll deal with it if he breaks something."
Idunforgot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
College student here. Can confirm, it's fantastic. Until your university's wifi decides to crap out on you. Or a county-wide power outage strikes. Both of which have happened within the past two weeks.
Saint-Peer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:34:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I paid $70 for a 1.5gb flash drive which I lost in a month and stuck with my 512mb flash drive for another 4 years
Sinai ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:41:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when cut and paste involved scissors and tape.
ricecracker420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
pfft, I had to use floppies, had to buy them from the librarian if we didn't have any on hand
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I swear to god I never cried as hard as I did involving computers than when my first laptop crashed taking everything. Including my stories. I was heartbroken. After that, my friend taught me about google drive and I NEVER looked back. FUCK OPEN OFFICE.
Rudirs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's amazing how much flash drives have gone down in price. I remember in middle school or something first trying to get one and they were like $25 at least for like 250mb or something. Now you can get 32 gig for pretty much the same cost, maybe $30.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, try having a floppy disc get demagged by the metal detectors that were installed the day before you final essay was due.
Mackelsaur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Google Drive is a godsend as a student. I can do work simultaneously on my phone, laptop, etc. all while sharing it with others, collaborating, seeing the revision history, and having proof that I'm the only one putting in work on a group project :(
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:44:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still have a 128 MB flash drive in my drawer. Good times. notreally
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:39:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am a student, can confirm, Google Drive is probably my favorite piece of software in the last 10 years
P1h3r1e3d13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:18:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I took my first computer class, my dad had to shell out $75 for my first flash drive: 256 MB.
LovelyColors ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's really nice....until I transferred schools and lost five years of work because my account somehow got wiped.
Lehk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol I remember taking 3 floppies just in case one was corrupt or otherwise failed to read on the school computers, and also backing up a copy to my yahoo email inbox.
inmyhumbleo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn son
Bandit312 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your smarter then most of the kids to know how to do that
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I knew just enough to assemble a PC and not a damn thing about networking.
ForTheText ยท 316 points ยท Posted at 21:59:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just another example of Chromebook ruining the world.
locks_are_paranoid ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 00:03:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Chromebooks are wonderful, they're cheap and work perfectly for accessing the internet.
Malcolm_Y ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 01:07:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, for 95 percent of people a Chromebook is all the computer they need.
PLament ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:41:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, have a chromebook. I also have a desktop for the occasional use of steam or to program for a class, but I don't use it anywhere near as much.
Malcolm_Y ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:58:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I have been setting up all my offline older relatives with the jitterbug version of a laptop using Chromebooks. If they can browse The Facebook, Amazon, Google, and The Email, that's all they need.
Although I admit finding it a bit painful to set up separate desktop icons for Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Gmail. And the less said about 3 accounts with the same username/password the better.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:37:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do they have the ebay? I got my great-grandmother onto computers just by showing her she could buy shoes online. She didn't progress much farther than ebay, but she was happy with it.
locks_are_paranoid ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:29:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a chromebook but it broke after a few years because I kept opening and closing it too much. I would close it, than realize I had to do one more thing, and open it right away. or I would open it, than decide to go online later and close it right away. Now I use a mac and make sure to only open or close it if I'm sure I want to use or stop using it.
Malcolm_Y ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:37:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, to be fair, if you had treated the Chromebook as carefully as you do the Mac, it might still be working. Just curious, did you get the Mac because your computing needs increased, or for a different reason?
locks_are_paranoid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:45:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had the Mac from before the chromebook. But I stopped using it because a few of they keys on the keyboard had stopped working. Also the hard drive was messed up from incorrectly installing a Linux partition. After the Chromebook broke, I finally took the Mac to a repair place to get it fixed. The warranty had long expired.
Malcolm_Y ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like you are part of the 5%, xD
GooseBook ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't help thinking of this.
xenuman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:46:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the comparison is accurate I'm just amazed how you got there
locks_are_paranoid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it's kind of similar if you ignore that fact that a computer a Jeans are two completely different things.
GooseBook ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:46:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No need to be testy, the similarity is that it's talking about somehow overusing things that are meant to stand up to pretty heavy wear.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
how did it break? did it say opening cycles depleted or is it just a mechanical problem?
locks_are_paranoid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever I opened it, it would start to turn on, but then the screen would flicker and it would stay on a white screen. I tried turning it off and on again, but it didn't help.
elypter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
maybe just the data cable for the screen isnt properly in its socket anymore. if the screen is broken you probably easily get a replacement since its a mass product. or it was just coincidence and its an unrelated hardware or software problem.
Grim-Sleeper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:33:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The beauty of Chromebooks is that they are essentially disposable. If you break it, grab another one. They are really inexpensive, and they don't need any set up.
I just bought an ASUS Flip to replace an older Chromebook that has a failing power connector. This is probably the third or fourth Chromebook that I bought for myself (plus a few more for family members). They get used for a while, and then either get passed on or retired. At around $200 per device, I don't spend that much thought if I want another one two years later
Cereborn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about that. I work in a store that sells computers, and I frequently have people get all excited about Chromebooks because they're cheap. But once I explain to them that all they can do is access the internet, they are quite disappointed.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:38:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No word processing/excel/printing?
Grim-Sleeper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Google docs is good enough for a large number of use cases. Anybody who only needs light word processing a few times a month is perfectly fine with that.
Same for spread sheets.
And Chromebooks have been able to print for years now. Many modern printers have support for cloud printing right out of the box. Others can use a Windows PC as a helper.
elypter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:42:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
just because ice cream is perfect for hot summer days doesnt mean that all you need in the kitchen is a freezer. technically you could live from only eating ice cream but then dont complain about the concequences.
bgaesop ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a chromebook and it's honestly pretty miserable. If I could write offline then maybe it would be okay, but half the time when I do it it just erases whatever I wrote as soon as I reconnect to the internet, and it can't even handle that many tabs being open. It's really not that great.
Metalsand ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 04:36:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Loooooooooool.
They are utter pieces of shit. I hate mac computers, but I'd choose them any day of the week over a Chromebook. Those things are most effective at being lobbed like a Frisbee, but not much else.
Mackelsaur ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:35:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you want to explain why you feel that way, or why you conspicuously left out laptops that run Windows (the majority of laptops)?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that school in the Virginia area?
JustFucIt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:27:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am in college for tech support, it seems half the class is on this level of understanding.
Dank_Skeletons ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:13:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds a lot like my school! We do everything in Drive too. I'm wondering if that's a common thing. Do they also use Macs and Chromebooks?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:08:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher here from Tuscaloosa Alabama! My students all have their own Chromebooks as well. I think it's catching on pretty quickly.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:47:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aw, that's kind of adorable. I have a chromebook. I've almost done this.
JackFromStraws ยท 667 points ยท Posted at 21:30:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A 25yo student once was confused because he thought the Internet was closed on weekends. It was hard for everyone not to laugh in his face.
ButtsexEurope ยท 876 points ยท Posted at 22:45:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His parents probably told him that as a kid so he wouldn't waste the day online. Poor kid.
Alched ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 01:35:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus I can't imagine how sheltered though you'd have to be in order to not realize this until you are 25. Poor guy if any of this is true.
JustusGS ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 02:52:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of how in Sweden (I think? Somewhere in Northern Europe) they tell kids that you can only eat candy on weekends, so then even when they grow up and realize there's no actual reason not to, they still think it's super weird and transgressive to have a piece of candy on a Thursday or whatever.
Ottermadnesss ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 07:16:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Swedish here. Only eat candy during weekends. Thought everyone did that
115049 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 12:14:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
American here. Eating Swedish fish on a Tuesday morning.
6feet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:36:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aww, there's something adorably sensible about that. Did anything ever cause you to stop and think about it? For example, if you were watching a movie where a character eats a piece of candy, would you notice it and assume it was the weekend in the movie? Did you ever notice anyone in real life eating candy on a weekday, and did it alter your opinion of that person ("what a rebel/glutton/doofus who doesn't know what day it is...")? I want to know all about this strange, new way of life that's so very different from our own!
Ottermadnesss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:47:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I shall do my best to answer. I have never thought about it being weird, neither has it changed my opinion of anyone. In Sweden, when i was a kid, we recieved a small amount of money every Friday to buy candy. It was like that for everyone. Grown up version is called "fredags mys" or Friday cuddles... Basically involvera chips,movie and alkohol with family or friends.
eldonkr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:32:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know why, but that is like the coolest thing ever.
Cereborn ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:18:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I bet Swedish Reddit is full of arguments about weekday candy eaters.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:45:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"the ice cream trucks play songs when they run out of ice cream" You know what, fuck you dad.
ctetc2007 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:01:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that ice cream truck is out of ice cream when it's playing its music?
NotShirleyTemple ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:41:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I recently learned my parents (probably) lied about Halloween. "The mayor sets up times for kids to start or stop trick-or-treating. That way drivers know when to be really careful. So we all have to be done by 7:30."
I'm 41 and not sure if our town was that small/regulated, or if they were lying so they didn't have spend the whole night escorting us around.
Thewal ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 23:15:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha! A+ parenting there. "Sorry Timmy, today's Saturday so you'll just have to play outside!"
gr8ca9 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Waaaaaait.......you're telling me the Internet is NOT closed on weekends????????????????? Mother. Fucker.
JCoda413 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:29:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My brother had to create an email account in middle school, but couldn't use his real name for identity purposes. So he used his middle name, and our extended family surname for the profile. However, he didn't realize that his account name, not just the email address, showed up in the sender's address line. Now his middle name is our great-grandfather's first name, who passed away in 2005. So when we were planning a trip down to go visit our great-grandmother, still alive, he sent her an email that went something like, "Hi, I know it's been awhile! The family says hi, and I miss you! Love you, see you soon!" All she saw was a letter from beyond the grave of her deceased husband, and called around the family to say her goodbyes!
Cereborn ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:20:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's an amazing story. It also warms my heart to remember the days when people didn't put their real names on the internet.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:35:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What are you talking about? I still don't.
Cereborn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:06:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm talking about how Youtube kept sending me messages to change my username to my actual name, linking it to my Google+ account. And after weeks of declining, Youtube just went ahead and created a separate account under my real name.
6feet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:48:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Facebook has now locked me out of my account, because they want to verify that I'm using my real name by having me submit a scan of my photo ID. They gave me one week to submit proof of my name. Apparently it's going to become a site-wide policy, they're just starting with a few flagged accounts before they expand and get everyone.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:03 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well they can eat dicks if they want my real name. I've been hearing that for years though.
6feet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:45 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's been a couple months now probably since they locked me out, and my sentiment at first was that they could go kick rocks. Now I'm starting to get annoyed though, 'cause there are some apps I wanna use and they won't log you in if you're not logged into Facebook. Plus I miss being able to interact with my friends- I moved a couple hundred miles away and haven't made many new friends, and sometimes it feels awful lonesome.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:42:30 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've had a facebook under my pseudonym for six years now, never had one problem.
Cereborn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ.
eldonkr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:29:01 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All of my what?
TeholtheOnly ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to use a craigslist type site that was local to the community I lived in at the time and I swear to god it closed on Sundays. The main page would be blank and had some dumb message about enjoying a break from the Internet and going outside, every Sunday. It was just so dumb you had to laugh.
jakielim ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:08:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When did that happen? I may understand if it was the 90s.
JackFromStraws ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was 3 years ago.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His parents maby told him that
TheGreatSpaces ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My ex's university website WAS closed on the weekends for several years. #australia
DaFreakish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:32:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When was this? I can't imagine this happening in 2015 unless he was sheltered as hell
JackFromStraws ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:00:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Believe it or not, there are people completely uninterested in "computer stuff". They seem to manage,more or less.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He might have gone to the library to get internet like I did.
Grim-Sleeper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He must have been shopping at B&H photo. Their computers observe the Sabbath and won't do any actual work that day. But you can still browse at that doesn't require the CPU to do work
duckspunk ยท 334 points ยท Posted at 20:46:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught a course over the summer that was hybrid online, so all the assignments were turned in via email. I had one student email me to say they couldn't email their assignments because they didn't know how to use email.
RUGoin2TheMallLater ยท 236 points ยท Posted at 21:10:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you say "Ok just send them to me on here then"?
BadgerUltimatum ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:04:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably didn't know how to attach it
KitsBeach ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:39:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, they responded "hi (student). Thanks for the courtesy e-mail"
aryst0krat ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:25:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they didn't know how to use attachments?
ChloeTheCat753 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:27:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work in IT and had a lady email me telling me her email was offline
kaiju-taxi ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:44:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's like calling someone and asking for their phone number.
Cobbleking32486 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:41:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"lemme call you back, i think i lost my phone"
Arcane_Bullet ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:53:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't know how to email. That's a wipin.
R34R34 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:34:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They might have meant they didn't know how to attach documents to an email.
quadrisecant ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 20:46:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kevin? Is that you?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:15:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:18:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kevin is talking in the third person.
DoctorDizzyspinner ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:43:22 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, yes you are.
beatdestroyer29 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 20:15:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kid definitely wasn't honor roll
nihilisticpunchline ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:07:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My coworker does something similar. Our loan origination platform is browser-based but she thinks she can only log in to the system at her own computer. I've told her she can log in anywhere but it doesn't sink in. If she is working from a different computer, she'll call my extension and have me look up something in the system for her. I used to try to get her to log in her own damned self but now I just look it up for her and get on with my day. How are people so computer illiterate?
FizzleMateriel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should stop enabling her.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:42:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How old is she?
nihilisticpunchline ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
41? Maybe she just turned 42.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:47:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I'm 41 and wouldn't do that, but I was also an electronics tech in the military. Does she just not have a computer-skill background? Any chance she's power tripping with you or flirting?
nihilisticpunchline ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:18:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She's a married female and so am I. I guess it's not impossible that she's flirting but highly doubtful. Also probably not a power trip. I think she's just really that dumb about how computers work. She also was freaking out that the sound on her computer wasn't working despite not having speakers. She thought her monitor doubled as speakers.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:24:45 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. I can see about the monitor/speaker thing. Since so many pieces of tech have multiple functions, it can be hard to know what process comes from which piece of hardware.
Can you set aside some time to tutor her, with the expectation that she either gets it or has to wait for your help? There have to be more important things you should be doing.
"Gina, I'd love to help you, out. I'm in the middle of a big project right now, so I'll call you back in 2 hours. That's the best I can do."
She either has to find someone else and advertise her ignorance and get their help, or try to convince a boss that your stuff isn't as important as her stuff.
Send her some resources (libraries and senior centers often have free classes). Again, after those class dates have passed, "Gina, I know you want my help, and my help was connecting you to other places you could learn how to do this. You chose not to take advantage of those learning opportunities. I'm working on tasks assigned to me by my boss right now; your problem will have to wait."
Stretch out the periods she has to wait. Sadly, you are basically going to have to wean her off of you...and she will probably react like every other baby.
Good luck - you'll need it.
nihilisticpunchline ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:11:45 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fortunately, the stuff she needs me to look up is super fast to find - the VIN for a vehicle, stated odometer, etc - and takes literally 2 seconds to do. Our boss has sent her to several Excel classes and she still requires my help on even the most basic of tasks in Excel but that is only about 10% of her workload. As an aside, I'm going to be expanding my department next year and for the briefest of moments she thought that she might put in to be my employee (even though she's an assistant manager of her department) until I told her the advanced Excel tasks that would be required and she quickly changed her mind.
I sound like such an enabler, and I totally am, but my aforementioned expanded department and I are moving buildings next year and I won't have this problem because it won't be so easy for her to call me to do these things for her. She'll have to find someone else then and I'm just dealing with it until that time comes.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:54:33 on November 25, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds more bearable; although I don't see how being in separate buildings will prevent her from calling you.
Since you know there is a definite end point, it doesn't seem so much like enabling as it does 'grin & bear it' until you're outta there.
Random420eks ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:41:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Were* you making fun of him?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not gonna lie allot of people did make fun of him. I wasn't one of them as I was bullied my self. He wouldn't listen to anyone though even the teacher.
ellsmirip25 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:14:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work in IT for a university. Get people like this all the time
fwaming_dragon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:47:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's always amusing to see how some older folks just can't grasp at all how certain technology features work.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
he was 16
mathewl832 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:13:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pierce? Is that you?
maryjanerx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:39:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Peirce?
HeloRising ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I do freelance IT work. If I told you how often this kind of thing happens and to the people who have this problem you would probably start crying.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for keeping us in the dark we owe you a great service
culturehackerdude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:28:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this Kevin?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:51:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish, lets call him Mike
odd84 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:31:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You keep writing "where" when you mean "were". These words do not mean the same thing and do not sound the same. "Where" sounds like "wear". "Were" sounds like "her".
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yes well done
Terminal_Lance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:34:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why didn't you show him that it was accessible on one of the class computers?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He wouldn't sit down with us he thought it was a trick.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:20:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah that guy isn't getting into university...right?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lost track of him after school I dont think he did.
arbitrarycharacters ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
2 years. No words man, no words.
NotShirleyTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was his name Kevin?
InternD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:24:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Kevin
bp_516 ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 02:06:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work with delinquent teens, many of whom are also special ed students. We were doing research papers on the computer, and they had to use MLA citations for quotes to support their papers. Students were generally confused about why they weren't allowed to just copy/paste entire articles and finish the assignment a week early. My shortened reaction was to say "if I read your paper and you don't know what all the words mean, you fail."
One student copy/pasted an entire article, then spent a week looking every word up in the dictionary.
Dracomaros ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:43:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he fail, though?
bp_516 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 14:48:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As the kid normally refuses to do anything in class, I gave him the minimum passing grade. He did technically do what I asked, even if he didn't follow the directions. He also cited his source correctly.
defectiveawesomdude ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 16:42:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then you're a good teacher for recognizing that he did what you asked
lollity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:56:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What were the consequences?
devicemodder ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:58:34 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'll just leave this here.
No I don't believe in copyright.
Wiiums ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 23:35:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For high school summer reading, one of my classmates read a book called The Wrath of Grapes, which is about wine, instead of the Steinbeck classic The Grapes of Wrath.
PalladiuM7 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:28:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dyslexics of the world, Untie!
BookishRuth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:47:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, he had more fun on that read, at any rate. It's a crime that we students had to read that thing sober.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:20:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bullshit! Hahahaha
whoisbasil ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 05:36:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am not a teacher. But as a student I had a huge fuck up on a final exam (IB exam for those who get what that means). English exam: read a passage and comment on it. The prompt for the literary commentary was Ani Defranco's song "Both Hands". Now, if you listen to the song you quickly get that it's a beautiful nostalgic and melancholic song about a relationship that isn't working out and how hard both people tried to make it work (a perfect song about the feeling of saudade). [just for context: the female English teacher taught at an elite all-boy high school so she was always trying to get us to open up emotionally and get in touch with our souls through literature and break through the 'boys will be boys/alpha male/sports/pre-frat/nomeansyes' mentality we all had (or had to pretend to have to get by)]
However, this was a written final exam. When READING the lyrics there is no music to give the words context, so I had no idea that the speaker of the 'poem' was female or that 'both hands' were being used to pray... TLDR: I wrote a 15 page paper on how "Both Hands" is about a guy who wanted the girl he was gettin' down with to give him a hand job with both hands while she stared deep into his eyes and then when she does it he ejaculate on her body with his seed and is proud of the masterpiece jizz art he created; the subject of said jizz art being the tale of how intense and difficult it was to get the speaker to finally cum but that the couple worked together and became closer as a result.
In my defence, this is the excerpt from the song that inspired my pubescent mind to wander into the depths of my own former sexual frustrations and come up with whatever garbage poor Mrs M. had to read: "and both hands/ now use both hands/ oh, no don't close your eyes/ I am writing/ graffiti on your body/ I am drawing the story of/ how hard we tried"/
It wasn't until years later when I listened to the song for the first time and realized my horrible misinterpretation. Also, it was an IB exam, so an external marker read it too.
Still got an A.
fuckitx ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 10:44:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
AHAH holy shit. And still an A..Also how in the hell did you go on for 15 pages about that..? That's amazing
carolynnn ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:02:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sounds like 7 material
PM_ME_JIMMY_PAGE_PLS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:07:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god, my IB HL English teacher would have killed me twice over.
Phoenix_667 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:22:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How is this not the top comment
KissMyAspergers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:56 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"IB, therefore, I BS," as my childhood friend would say.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:54:12 on December 9, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am in the IB, can confirm this is a real test, cannot confirm is mistake was justified.....
picatel ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 03:01:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Actual teacher, but late to the party...
In a grade 6 social studies class, we had a discussion about what things people think of when they think of Canada (maple leaf, beaver, red and white, hockey, etc.). I then asked the kids to write about whether or not they thought that was an accurate representation of the country.
A Jehovah's Witness student gave me his paper with a Bible and said, "You're going to need this to read my essay."
It was all about how worshiping symbols is evil. That wasn't the question at all, but whatever.
lollity ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:53:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
do you have a copy of the text?
picatel ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 12:02:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, sorry, I quit teaching and purged all the memories of that terrible chapter of my life.
Tokagehito ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 17:27:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have a copy of the holy text?
OKsammich ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:27:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mom is a JH. Can confirm the attitude.
JCoda413 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:36:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guys, this needs more upvotes!!
VaginalOdour ยท 163 points ยท Posted at 23:27:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in high school career class, the assignment was to write a paper on our dream job and how we could get there. One guy wanted to be a farmer, but instead of writing about how he would do it, he wrote his whole paper on how to properly milk a cow.
the_supersalad ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 02:54:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if you can get that down you're halfway there!
KJ6BWB ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:30:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He really milked that assignment for all it was worth, didn't he?
topcircle ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 10:25:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cow could you make that pun?
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 443 points ยท Posted at 20:43:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I was the student in this one. This was more misunderstanding the material rather than the assignment, but it's kinda funny.
Back in college, I was in a small class where we were reading passages of a book every week and then discussing them. One week, one of our assignments was to find some of the author's source material (it was all cited in the endnotes), read it, and report back the next week ready to discuss.
Well, admittedly I waited longer than I should have to begin the assignment, but did start it a few days before class. Except I couldn't find any good source material to use for the discussion. All of the ones I would have been interested in were by some Latin guy named Ibid and I couldn't find anything by him at our library.
So I went back and said I couldn't do the assignment because despite being heavily referenced, I couldn't find anything written by Ibid. Everyone had a really, really good laugh at me.
Edited for clarification
-del2phi ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 02:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I too have an Ibid story. I turned in a report once and some of the references were repeated, so naturally I used Ibid, as clearly taught to in English 101.
Get the paper back from the TA, and written at the end, in bright red ink, "Improper reference formatting. -5" Grad student didn't know what Ibid meant, and docked my for it. Wouldn't even give me points back when I told him it was standard practice.
Revriley1 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 03:51:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When was this? I cannot believe a grad student had not once heard of or seen 'ibid' anywhere in his studies. Had he never once read anything with footnotes before? How did he make it through high school or undergrad without once checking a book or article's footnotes? How was he in GRAD school I don't understand
ldAbl ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 04:47:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It depends on what school you're from.
I'm from the school of anatomy, physiology and medicine, and I've never heard of ibid until today.
Casswigirl11 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:18:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same. That is not how you reference in science. Also, I must have not payed attention to the footnotes in my philosophy/English/history classes, I guess?
forumrabbit ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:30:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm similar with music, literally never seen it and I am a grad student :S
Revriley1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:45:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, certainly I know that different fields often use different referencing patterns. Gives me a pain every time I write something for archaeology vs something for history.
I guess I'm finding it strange that people have managed to go through high school/secondary school without ever picking up a book with ibid in the footnotes. I thought that at least for a history class everyone would have picked up at least one book with that sort of footnote style.
Huh.
superiority ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:30:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not everybody takes history.
Revriley1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:37:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school/secondary school? It was required at mine that we had to take three years of history. (I imagine that everyone takes it in middle school, but I suppose you're less likely to come across scholarly source material there).
Was history not a required subject at your school? Not even for the first one or two years?
superiority ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:45:02 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a "social studies" class which does include study of history, lumped in with some other subjects (such as civics). Learnt about the Declaration of Independence there, which I had never heard of before. Mandatory for only two years (the first and second of high school's five years).
No scholarly sources used at all that I can recall. Just photocopied worksheets and copying things from the whiteboard.
Revriley1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:56 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh. We had to do essays/research papers for our classes, which often required referencing proper academic secondary sources. I was in Honors/AP history classes though; I don't know how rigorous the regular history classes at my high school were.
Of course, the academic standard and homework varies from high school to high school/state to state/country to country. So maybe some high schools are more lax regarding source material and assignments.
Did you never have essays assigned, then? Now that would be truly bizarre in my eyes--not critically wrong or anything, but I firmly associate essays with history classes (and English, and foreign languages, and...), so it's hard to conceive of a history class without at least one assigned essay per semester/month.
If you did have to write an essay...well, you say you didn't use scholarly sources, so did you use any sources at all when it came to homework? In other classes? English/literature classes?
I dunno. My high school tried to emphasize the importance of sources and research (as best it could, that is), viewing the ability to research and source stuff as relatively important for us to learn.
superiority ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:10 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was the occasional research project, but no particular reference formatting was requiredโor even inline citations at all.
ldAbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:36:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I recommend Endnote. It let's you switch between referencing styles very easily.
There might be a better alternative, but that's just what I use.
supbanana ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:58:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm applying to grad school, going to graduate with a bachelor's degree next May, and I didn't realize what Ibid meant until OP posted about it. I've seen it before but always assumed it was a name and never gave it a second thought.
babyrhino ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have never heard of it before but I've also never been an English major.
Mundius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:36:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Computer Science here, never seen ibid in any CompSci course, but I did see it when I took history. And only history, not in my economics, marketing, or philosophy classes.
Revriley1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason I thought philosophy also used ibid (which, indeed, historians love the shit out of)--didn't see it there? Huh. Maybe I'm misremembering the philosophy articles I've read here and there.
Mundius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, I'm surprised that I haven't met it yet. I thought it'd be here already.
forceuser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never heard of ibid and I write essays for a living lol. Just not much Chicago style so I don't deal with many footnotes.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 02:28:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
BOOOO. I'm sure that guy got the academic karma that was coming to him. Some say he's still living on a measly grad stipend, improperly marking undergrad papers to this day.
-del2phi ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:31:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Last I heard he was living the dream and making bank.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:52:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like my version better.
Sonja_Blu ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:44:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually not standard practice, it's really antiquated and not acceptable in most citation formats. I haven't docked any of my first year students, but I'm hoping it won't show up in my third year students' papers.
-del2phi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
English 101 lied to me! Prof. C., how could you?!
stolid_agnostic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:44 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First I've heard of this, with two masters even...
Sonja_Blu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:16:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When, where, and in what disciplines did you get your masters? You certainly see it a lot in older sources, but it's not something done in most disciplines now. Most of my research is cross disciplinary and it's not done in any of the areas I work in.
stolid_agnostic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:48 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Classics for one, which may explain that. The other is discourse analysis, which is completely in the French and German traditions. Planning on doing another in comp ling, so I may have to change some habits. Edit: the where was the university of buenos aires.
Sonja_Blu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:51 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work in classics and am familiar with discourse analysis. I think it may have to do with location and possibly when you did your degrees.
stolid_agnostic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:08:43 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. I'll need to look at some more recent papers with an eye for that.
numbersletterssigns ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:41:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This happened to me in philosophy (Arts student here, majoring in philosophy like a moron). Until now, I thought she was just docking me points because we weren't supposed to know about Ibid until we were postgrads or something.
Engend ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:56:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For most of my life, whenever someone used the phrase, "'Nuff said," I wondered who this 'Nuff' person was to have such widespread wisdom.
DaVince ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Might have been Sho'Nuff.
OldWolf2 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 21:21:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, always wondered who that was.
In primary school one of the textbooks referenced "Haydn" all the time too.
LabYeti ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 23:00:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it.
Oh, it was referencing music and you couldn't find any book by this author in the library?
Fraerie ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 23:25:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what about his mate Et Al?
dekrant ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention the prolific quote-maker, Anonymous.
stenzor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:47 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes, I know Al... he's really out of this world
TenF ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:37:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no.... Today I just critiqued a classmates paper where he used this in history.
FUCK. He probably thinks I'm so dumb now.... Shit shit shit.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 01:39:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha what did you say? Something like "Ibid isn't even a real person you dumbass"? Anyway, it's ok we all make mistakes.
TenF ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 01:41:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I said "Where's your citation for this work? I can't find it in your sources."..... Fuuuuuck. Haha. Damn. Well, TIL.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 01:45:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, I learned MLA citation style (and you probably did too) and they don't use ibid anymore. Seems to be used in Chicago Style.
TenF ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:00:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was cited in Chicago.... Facepalm
ant_sized ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:18:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know Chicago is moving away from it...
DaVince ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:26:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, so that's why I've never seen it...
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:43:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this pre-Internet? If not, I don't believe you.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:15:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was in 2004/2005. Like I said in my post, I waited longer than I should have to start the assignment, scoured the references in the back of the book (the physical book) we were using, then looked up Ibid in our school library system (yes on the internet), which came back with errors. I had only just discovered wikipedia that year (along with firefox and trillian!) and didn't think to use it to search for ibid. I must not have tried a google search because that surely would have pointed me in the right direction; most likely I abandoned it as un-doable and worked on something else. It was a really small class and I don't seem to have taken it that seriously, unfortunately.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:43:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Explanation accepted. I had one class I didn't take seriously and didn't do well in at all.
PubliusVA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too bad you didn't find H. P. Lovecraft's biography of Ibid:
http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ibid.aspx
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Haha I totally have to read that. One reason I thought that Ibid was a guy was that our school had a fiction periodical called "Ibid's Musings." The fact that it was for fiction should have tipped me off, but I'm not too bright. Lovecraft would have confused me even more.
littleromangirl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a college senior now and I would have been confused. Good info to know now lol.
pluvoaz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:42:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school I once trolled a frenemy by telling him Ibid was a great Greek Philosopher. I forgot about it until he gave an oral report on him.
CommodoreBelmont ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:25:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"The trouble with you, Ibid, is that you think you're the biggest bloody authority on everything." -- Terry Pratchett, Pyramids
yomoxu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:08:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was younger, I thought Ibid was the greatest scholar in the world, because he was cited in everything. It wasn't until high school that I learned what it meant.
locks_are_paranoid ยท -18 points ยท Posted at 00:18:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the age of the internet, there's no excuse for ignorance.
LilyKnightMcClellan ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 01:24:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let he who has never been ignorant cast the first Encyclopedia Brittanica.
[deleted] ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 00:52:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Protip: if a test question has subheadings a), b), c), & d) and there's a few inches of space between each one, it's not a multiple choice question.
UnexpectedColonoscpy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:16:25 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The opposite happened to me. I solved for abcd when it was multiple choice
Hallmarks ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 01:11:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked my class of adult ESL students to practice past tense verb forms by writing their autobiographies. The next day, one student handed in a paper about her Buick Skylark. It was blue, and she loved her car. I corrected her grammatical errors and returned her paper without letting her know her mistake, but she caught on from looking at other students' papers.
osmiumos ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 23:07:11 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but was in this class. We had to write about organisms, a fellow student wrote about orgasms - we were about 13/14 I think. It was from the type of student you'd least expect to make such a mistake, I'll never forget it.
RenegadeFarmer ยท 97 points ยท Posted at 02:36:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but was the student who misinterpreted something... I was walking into Physics class and not paying attention. The teacher was at the door and apparently counting off students as they walked in (10 at a time) to form teams. When I walked past him I hear him say urinate. I looked at him and said "urinate?" He says yes, urinate.. I said, what, right here? He says no, YOU ARE AN EIGHT.
Gark32 ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 05:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"you're not so bad yourself, Prof."
LovesBigWords ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:23:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Prof's good looking, he's into water sports, what's not to love?
Snakebite7 ยท 3836 points ยท Posted at 20:32:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, but...
As a student we were asked to write a paper for English class using the writing style of an author of our choice.
I chose Machiavelli.
I turned in the entire paper in Italian.
Arcane_Bullet ยท 2167 points ยท Posted at 21:01:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean you weren't wrong.
premature_eulogy ยท 1382 points ยท Posted at 21:38:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Then again, who would describe any author's style as a specific language? I mean, I wouldn't say that Kafka's style of writing is linguistically German.
xkulp8 ยท 1127 points ยท Posted at 22:07:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure it is. Try using 25-letter words and randomly sprinkled umlauts in English.
HugeSpider ยท 2199 points ยท Posted at 23:34:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Easy. Looks like swedish for some reason.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 02:19:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
PHรSPHรTIDYLETHรNรLรMINES
Available at IKEA
Artess ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 03:34:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's why it feels Swedish!
Ymca667 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: SMรRGรSBLรRTร! Oh, she's all you could ever want in a table!
stewmberto ยท 291 points ยท Posted at 00:20:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know they have regular o, u, and a in German, right?
obnoxiousghost ยท 351 points ยท Posted at 02:02:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stop poisoning us with your lies.
sin_tacks ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 07:40:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
MadlockFreak ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 10:13:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't know you spoke German.
[deleted] ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 02:29:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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IgnignoktErr ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:39:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man, that website is sick!
FreedomUnits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like it succumbed to the reddit hug of death.
hotpea ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:00:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it doesnt even closely resemble a valid link lol
FreedomUnits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:06:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was kind of the joke.
RUST_LIFE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Page won't load for me, assuming the good old reddit hug of death. Anyone got a mirror?
professional_giraffe ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:33:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Look at the url.
Now take a moment.
Magmaniac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But why would they use those when they have cooler versions?
dannytheguitarist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:51:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
grammar nazi
jakielim ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 02:06:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ย A Mรธรธseย onceย bit my sister...ย
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:10 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No relli! They're teeth are veri sharp.
Hedgehogs4Me ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:52:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The eszett is a nice touch.
scharfes_S ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 01:56:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you.
TheOccasionalTachyon ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:39:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You couldn't have a better username to make that comment.
hektur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:53:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
His name could have been eszett.
TheOccasionalTachyon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:57:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read it sarcastically, as if he were irritated at being called by a less-preferred name.
hektur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is eszett less used? I had always called it that and heard it called that by my German profs. I didn't even hear of 'scharfes s' until I went to Germany
TheOccasionalTachyon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:35:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've had exactly the same experience, so I don't know. I've heard (though can't back up) that "scharfes s" is more common among younger people. Either way, I'd imagine that /u/scharfes_S prefers being called /u/scharfes_S to being called /u/eszett, which is where I was aiming with my joke. :)
For what it's worth, Wikipedia says:
metans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that what it's called? My German teacher in secondary school had a slight lisp so he always pronounced it as "ethethett"
And now, 14 years later, I finally understand what he was trying to say.
Hedgehogs4Me ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also called a scharfes s, as sharfes_S's reply might imply.
LachsFilet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:57:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Its also wrong :<
TheFifthMarauder ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 01:35:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She was carving her name in the moose with a sharpened toothbrush.
colorvarian ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 01:02:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
at first glance it looks kinda like finnish to me (speak fluent german so i'm biased). Too many umlauts in each word!
Notagtipsy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There aren't nearly enough double letters to be Finnish. I mean really, look up a sample of the stuff. It's remarkable how they double everything.
TroutTroutBass ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:40:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fact that you used an eszett in a place for the proper pronunciation makes me so so happy. Thank you for making my night! โกยฐโ(เฒ เณเฒเฒ เฒฟ)โยฐโก
firedrake242 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 01:05:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Umlauts over As. That would be Finnish.
-10 points.
ExtraSmooth ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 01:26:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well also German, mein Freund
smultronstalle ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:50:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The รค is a separate letter in Swedish, along with รถ, and รฅ. Have you ever heard of Rรถck Dรถts?
ViperhawkZ ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:04:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I ever make a metal band, it will be called Sรผperflรผรถรผs รmlaรผt.
Maxnwil ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:47:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I completely support this. Can I be your drummer? I don't know how to play the drums, but I do know how to be enthused about performing with Sรผp-Lรครผt
ViperhawkZ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:57:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah of course. We'll have one or two guys randomly strumming guitars, you can flail enthusiastically at a drumset, and I'll yell incoherently into a microphone. In other words, indistinguishable from most amateur metal bands.
oo5050100 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:22:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can I play the vรผvรผzelรค?
Maxnwil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:34:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It will be a key part of our hit song's Bรฏg Bรคnd interlude.
Ae3qe27u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:41 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... I can play the purring cat.
metans ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rurk derts? Ermahgerd!
Upsilon667 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:24:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No double รครค's or รถรถ's or yy's or consonants of any sort. Definitely not Finnish.
+10 points back to /u/HugeSpider
UnchainedMundane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:38:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mรคuse
iAesc ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe Ikea-Swedish.
Sorathez ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:57:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No it looks like Icelandic or Finnish...
5up3rj ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:17:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's some form of elvish
my-chemical-warfare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't work with the necessary pronunciation changes the umlauts make
2059FF ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bork bork bork.
billlowy_meshes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
not enough randomly capitalised words
deadcelebrities ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:33:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"clรคร" made me laugh :)
Katryonyx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:58:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh. Close enough
OuroborosSC2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Too many umlauts lol.
courtoftheair ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably because they use those accents in Swedish.
KngHrts2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just finished reading "The Girl in the Spider Web" and I would have just assumed that these were all locations in the story.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wi not trei a holiday in Sweden this yรซr? See the lรธveli lakes. The wรธndรซrful telephรธne system. And mรคni interesting furry animals. Including the majestik mรธรธse. A Mรธรธse รธnce bit my sister....
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:48:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this hurts
ydoowoody ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly glanced over that and didn't even perceive it as English. It wasn't until your comment that I went back and actually figured out it was English. Nicely done.
Udontlikecake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Needs more ร
ShasOFish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely Swedish. I've already started banging my heads and made devil horns, for some reason.
beaverteeth92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A mรธรธse bit my sister
ThePowerOfDreams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
เฒ _เฒ
Upvoted just for the scharfes S.
MedeiasTheProphet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It totally looks like Swedish!
...As a Swede I am deeply disturbed by this...
thehenkan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:25:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except for the ร
MedeiasTheProphet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:02:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Naaaah, it's just a weird B...
_ky_cats_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mynd you, mรธรธse bites kan be pretti nasti...
MNREDR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To Germanize it, capitalize Every other Word!
inb4 someone feels the need to correct me, I know in German only nouns are capitalized.
just_leavingthishere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When methylated from S-adenosylmethionine they make phosphotidylcholine.
UberMcwinsauce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well Swedish basically is English with a bunch of random umlauts and o's that have been crossed out
thehenkan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:26:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ร is Danish/Norwegian.
UberMcwinsauce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:16:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Go away, commie. Did you learn about these while at communist school in Russia? Why don't you love America?
oracle9999 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL Swedish. Thanks reddit!
mooloor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a German, I lost it at membrรคne.
aflyingflip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you read this out loud you end up sounding like Sir Bedevere from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:04:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A Mรธรธse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the mรธรธse with the sharpened end of an interspace tรธรธthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian mรธvies: "The Hรธt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mรธlars of Horst Nordfink"...
xanisian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:25:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not enough harsh sounds. Sprinkle in some more ck and ch and rrrr
Source: Am native German speaker
superjaywars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:53:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mynd you, mรธรธse bites can be pretti nasti.
DaFreakish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:27:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Interestingly, it also makes you sound like an idiot if you read it with the German umlaut pronunciation
thewhat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely Finnish.
Sssgth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:02:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bjรถrk bjรถrk bjรถrk!
SunnyWaysInHH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:33:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are using way too many umlauts for a German sentence. :)
7734128 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That was surprisingly difficult to read as a Swedish person.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:19:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does German have words like "industrializationalization"? Definition: The process of making something have more to do with the process of making something have more to do with industry.
Jerlko ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:24:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They could if they wanted to. The German grammatical rules basically state that if you want to put words together, you can.
Hell, they could probably just take the definition and make a word that would be the equivalent of: "Processofmakingsomethinghavemoretodowiththeprocessofmakingsomethinghavemoretodowithindustry"
Only it wouldn't be wrong, just unnecessary.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:43:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty certain German compound words only consist of nouns. So you might have something like "cactusbirddonkeymilkdrinker", but in English it would be "cactus bird donkey milk drinker". In fact, those are grammatically equivalent, it's just that English spelling requires spaces in compound nouns, so it's not too obvious that it's grammatically one word.
In the example I gave in my previous comment, I was demonstrating English's flexible derivational morphology (when you add an affix that changes the meaning or grammatical function of a word), and I'm wondering if German derivational morphology is as flexible.
animar37 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:14:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, am German.
And although I have never heard something like "industrializationalization", but it would be "Industriealisierungsisierung". For reference, "cactusbirddonkeymilkdrinker" would be "Kaktusvogeleselsmilchtrinker" (yeah, it's that easy).
Also, as you may see, there's an s between "esel" and "milch" and also before the second "-isierung". That's pretty much the only difference between English and German derivational morphology, if I'm not mistaken. But I have no idea when you have to use that s, I just put it where it sounds right (most important rule of the German language).
Edit: a word
Arcane_Bullet ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:09:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe I am just dumb.
aesopsfoible ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:42:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Funny example, Kafka's style was pretty German though right? He favored paragraph-long complex sentences, which in German, puts the main action verb at the very end. That verb was often the key to making sense of his convoluted sentence. You read the whole paragraph/sentence, just thinking "WTF is going on here", and then you get to that last verb, which hits you like an epiphany, bringing clarity to the whole mess.
I've heard enlightenment (in the Buddhist sense) related to the moment when you get the punch line of a joke, extended. That's like reading a good Kafka sentence.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:51:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could argue that you need to use the same language to completely reproduce the style of writing.
Olakola ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:14:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There is one author that invented a language in Martin Luther. German as a written language and most of its spoken words did not exist before the reformation
Dr_Mottek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is often cited, but not absolutely correct. Already around 1350, the "Frรผhneuhochdeutsch" was used as an over-regional written language. The Luther Bible was an important stepstone, since it's widespread proliferation helped to develope a standard, but it was nevertheless an amalgamation of east-middle german and southern dialects, not a complete "reinvention". The so-called "Lutherdeutsch" is mostly a national mythos, much in the same way as Dante Alighieri is said to have single-handedly "invented" the modern Italian language.
Olakola ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:06:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The issue at hand is that I personally have only acquired the knowledge from school about this story. We were told that written German did not exist before Martin Luther and everyone basically used Latin. Martin Luther also invented a lot of words in order to properly write his theses. If you could show me some proof of what you claim I would greatly appreciate it since this is the only variation of the story I know and youre bringing up something that is completely new to me.
Thanks in advance.
Dr_Mottek ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:51:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Sure :) Written german has existed already during the middle ages, see for example the texts written by Walther von der Vogelweyde. The problem was that these texts were mostly used regionally or in very specific contexts. The corpus of "Mittelhochdeutsch" is nevertheless comparatively small compared to the latin one, as Mittelhochdeutsch was considered profane. Gradually, this changed, until the developement of Frรผhneuhochdeutsch during the 1350ies. For a small corpus of texts, view: http://www.korpora.org/Fnhd/
Linguistic productivity (that is, inventing new words) was the norm at the time, since syntax and vocabulary varied vastly between regions. Now, Luther didn't invent the whole written german language, but instead used and modified it to make his bible translation. Gradually, his version of Frรผhneuhochdeutsch was accepted as a norm, since the Luther Bible was the most widespread book in German at the time.
As for the morphological differences between Frรผhneuhochdeutsch and Luther-Deutsch, I'll have to owe you the answer - time to brush up on Linguistics ;)
Edit: To clarify: I'm not disputing that he didn't set the "Gold Standard" for German at the time - his influence on the German language is undisputable. What I'm saying is that he didn't sit down with a latin alphabet and tried to figure out how to write "Hund", "Katze", "Maus" ... others did that before him.
RPofkins ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:53:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course style is language related. Choice of words would be part of style. Particular ways to use a language's grammar could be part of style, etc.
beaverteeth92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely more German than Czech.
rendeld ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No but it was sooooo fucking German.
Core_Four ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:30:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably was if he wrote in modern Italian and not 16th century Italian. In fact, at that time I think his writing would have been in Latin?
ShouldersofGiants100 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:02:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, Machiavelli wrote in Italian. Latin was heavily used by the church... but not in day to day life or for works not necessarily intended for religious scholarship.
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:38:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just used google translate, so if they're using 16th Century Italian then I did it fully correct
DwayneSmith ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:28:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*cringe*
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:00:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was doing it more for the shtick than the accuracy. I know google translate isn't the greatest for being correct on translations, but good enough for the joke to land
Pterodactylic ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:26:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it was English class, so he kinda was.
SithSquirrel13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:41:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Considering it was an English class, I'd say he was wrong.
ExiledSenpai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:24:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But... it was an English class.
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:38:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And that's why it was fun
Sargamesh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:38:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually he was because syntax =! style.
Andernerd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:44:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Turning an Italian paper in for an English class assignment should at least get him some irony points.
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher retells this story to this day
anonemouse2010 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it's not wrong in as much that it is absolutely most definitely wrong.
zach2992 ยท 764 points ยท Posted at 21:35:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd have written in the style of Stephen Hawking. Turn it in really late because damn it's hard to type like that.
RiPont ยท 294 points ยท Posted at 23:43:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Write it in the style of George RR Martin.
A fantastic and extremely NC-17 rated parts 1-3, then turn in parts 4, 5, and 6 progressively later and later.
AsinineToaster27 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 03:18:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or George Lucas
Turn in the parts 4-6, wait a while, turn in 1-3. Then sell the rights to parts 7-9 to a massive entertainment company.
BrowsOfSteel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:56:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have someone else do most of the work on part 5โwhich everyone agrees is the best.
zach2992 ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 00:07:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And probably die before turning in the last.
Thecharrer ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 01:19:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But not before taking every other character with you.
MLyhne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:17:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except your own favourite character, who survives everything!
AbnormalDreams ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:26:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And atleast half of each part is about food and dicks
thegoon2357 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:51:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fully half
reader313 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:38:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We're still waiting for 6 you asshole
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:44:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Winter better come soon to soothe that burn
AbnormalDreams ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:26:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And atleast half of each part is about food and dicks
ThellraAK ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:14:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was expelled in part for a 3 act play that was NC-17.
Just Utah things.
grape_jelly_sammich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sometimes you just have to take out your dick and go with it. :-p
OfficerTwix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And don't forget to add a bunch of useless shit intinto 4, 5, and 6
random-engineer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:06:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget the 12 pages of clothing descriptions, and another 32 of food.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:38:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Cleganebowl confirmed!! Get hype!
wait wrong subreddit
probablyhrenrai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:28:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In seriousness, how does he write his papers and whatnot?
freakDWN ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:08:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just read this: http://www.wired.com/2015/01/intel-gave-stephen-hawking-voice/
TL;DR, he basically moves his chin to choose letters and predictive text does the rest.
crazyjkass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:40:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He could also type with one hand up until a few years ago.
Steam-Crow ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 00:21:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
By dictation I'd imagine.
Ocaji707 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:00:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A bbbbbbrrriiieffff hisssstttrryyy offff tioimmmmeeee
MikeSV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
it would be hard to write a paper on a "Speak and Spell".
Drando_HS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should have recorded it being said in Stephen Hawking's voice.
GimpedNinja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The style of Mel Brooks. The entire thing sex jokes and random cameos
Teomalan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:03:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ... Turn it in three days late with disappearing ink...
Unique_Cyclist ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 22:59:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had to do an essay about Leonardo Da Vinci. Turned in four A5 pages written with ink and quill mirrored, in Leonardo Da Vinci's handwriting. It was in English.. but still probably a nightmare to correct...
dizzyzane_ ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:42:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As long as you have a mirror it's perfectly readable.
Kromgar ยท 63 points ยท Posted at 20:43:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
YOU'RE A MONSTER
Snakebite7 ยท 232 points ยท Posted at 20:44:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe you mean:
Sei un mostro
TheGrayMerchant ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:37:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
SEI UN MOSTRO
hazenjaqdx3 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:41:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
tu sei?
jflb96 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 23:04:08 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, il pronome non รจ necessario.
Snakebite7 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:23:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Je used google
jflb96 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:28:50 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
J'ai aussi Google utilisรฉ, mais je sais que l'on n'a pas utiliser le pronom en Italien.
forgodandthequeen ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:35:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hon Hon Hon Baguette Baguette.
rikyy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:17:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Baguette au fromage
Snakebite7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:03:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mom's Spaghetti?
CrazySheep808 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ยฟEn cuรกntas lenguas vamos a hablar?
jflb96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yo hablo un poco de quatro lenguas, sin contar Inglรฉs. Weil ich ein Wort nicht wissen, ich habe Google.
Snollygoster1110 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you Italian?
Snakebite7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:34:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, just an american with access to google translate
kaiju-taxi ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:47:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But you're Kromgar. Are you saying you AREN'T a monster?
Kromgar ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:18:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...
You're the first person to ever acknowledge what my name is from.
3 years I have waited. You are the chosen one.
kaiju-taxi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:22:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yay, I'm the Chosen One!
GabrielMisfire ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:09:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're not a native, or at least a good speaker, fuck me sideways 'cause that's impressive. Respect for the m4d 5k1llz
Snakebite7 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:22:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly it wasn't very difficult (since the teacher didn't speak Italian).
I just wrote my actual paper and ran it through google translate.
She asked my brother the next year if I actually spoke Italian.
He laughed.
merganzer ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:28:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In senior English, I wrote an essay on The House of the Seven Gables in the style of Nathaniel Hawthorne. I got marked down for being "too wordy."
bartonar ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:02:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would totally have taken Plato, I nearly did that in a Political Theory course, when I was asked to explain the republic.
Getting to fill 2/3rds of it with "You demonic man!" and "Yes, Socrates, of course you're right"...
bearjew60 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:54:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Twist: you're Italian and this was in Italy
Snakebite7 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:24:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, just a smartass American with access to google translate
maxcrimson ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:26:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of an exam I had in my German class. We had read Faust and one of the tasks was to write on a certain subject out of Mephistopheles perspective. Since Goethe's Faust is written in rhymes I wrote the whole task, two pages, in rhymes. While doing that I somewhat panicked because it was harder than I expected. Got an A+ for it though, the only A I had in years in German.
Lagkalori ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:17:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
haha this remind me of this
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't the correct answer to that to leave a blank page, since at the time it isn't likely that a Chinese immigrant would know how to write?
jpj625 ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 22:08:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's almost... Machiavellian.
I'll see myself out.
abrokennote ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:06:39 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You might call him a Machiavillian.
LeafyQ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:37:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd pick GRRM and turn in the paper shortly after graduation.
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That would've been great but I didn't learn about the series until the show started a couple years ago. A bit too late...
Tsorovar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:40:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But did you use the correct 16th century Tuscan dialect?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends, what dialect does google translate use?
bfaithr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Zac?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't know a Zac that spells their name that way, sorry
purplepenguin4163 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:40:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you get credit?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why wouldn't I? I did the assignment to a T
purplepenguin4163 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:16:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well did the prof know how to read Italian?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not at all.
asmj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:44:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The end justifies the means!
luke_in_the_sky ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:48:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You could choose a twitter author and write a paper with 140 characters.
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was back when twitter was just getting big. Couldn't have pulled that off
Manavj36 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:00:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you know Italian, type then translate, or did you copy pasta?if it's the last, isn't that still plagiarism?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wrote the essay legitimately, in english. Then I ran the whole thing through a google translator.
The english version of the essay was done to the style of his writings except for being in the correct language
GEARHEADGus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:00:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You've should've wrote it in some 90s West Coast rap style.
"listen close, as life turns its pages. Machiavelli here kicking rhymes for the ages.$
Casswigirl11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:11:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once wrote on for AP history in Spanish. Full points! (My Spanish is terrible, but apparently so was my teachers!)
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:34:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
All you need to do is just own what you're doing and you're all set
pluvoaz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to do this type of assignment several times in school. Dr. Seuss (that was fun because I could make stuff up), e e cumming (lowercase & no punctuation) and as Shakespeare (iambic pentameter with technical jargon is hard!) are just a few I remember. This is a really popular English assignment, it must be in the handbook.
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:32:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, doing The Doctor would've been fun, but she wanted us to do 'Major Literary Works'.
NuklearAngel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:13:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a misunderstanding, but a Russian kid at my school did something similar when told to translate a German passage for homework, and translated it into Russian.
Note: I know this is a common urban legend (I first heard it as a friend of my dad translating Italian into Czech), that's where he got the idea.
Snakebite7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:40:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, my paper wasn't as much about me 'misinterpreting' the directions as much as finding a way to be the most nonsensical in my work.
Ae3qe27u ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:33 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, so this one smart-aleck heard the teacher say that they could use any font, right?
The brat turns the entire thing in...
In Wingdings.
ljcarter1906 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:56:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I read machiavelli to mean tupac. Damn you pop culture.
JulioCesarSalad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:13:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sei uno studiato terribile.
xorgol ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:09:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Studente?
JulioCesarSalad ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:12:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That makes more sense. I don't know much Italian, so I just started writing "studia" (from the Spanish estudiante but without the e) and picked the one that looked the best from my phone's suggestions.
Thanks for letting me know!
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Makes more sense than my overall paper. I just ran the whole thing through google translate because I don't actually speak Italian.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And the result was.....?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I turned in the assignment exactly like she asked, didn't I?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:59:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, yes you did.
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So clearly A+++
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, so you were "That Kid." upvote if you know what university I went to
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:36:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if I'm sure, but this was a high school paper.
If it's a college in DC then possibly
CiD7707 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you know Italian or just Google translate?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:34:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Google translate all the way, but she thought I actually knew Italian so it worked out
Mr_Ibericus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love pastiche.
JustPleasedToSeeYou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the story of the student in American History class who, when they were given an assignment to write a letter home from the perspective of a Chinese immigrant to the U.S. in 1870, turned in a letter written in Chinese.
Snakebite7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:33:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha yeah, someone has already linked that to me.
I'm still convinced that they should've turned in a blank page, since the average Chinese peasant wouldn't know how to write.
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Old, fancy, calligraphed Italian I hope?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:31:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sadly no. I wasn't committed enough to the shtick to find a good font to print it in
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:01:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What'd you get?
Snakebite7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:31:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A grade, as was the style at the time
Gaz_Of_Naz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:51:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like some neckbeard linked you to an r/iamversmart post...
DeltaCoast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:23 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure I just saw a screenshot of this on r/iamverysmart
Oblivinatior ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:46:59 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 15th Century Italian?
Snakebite7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:02 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whatever Google translate uses
yung-based-god ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 22:54:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this happened in my American government class. We were all assigned an american president to do a report on. The teacher gave each student their president and gave 'Laura' Lyndon B. Johnson, but said to her "Laura you are doing your report on LBJ". The next day Laura storms in all upset and flustered, and screams at the teacher "Mr Smith, do you think this is a joke?!? There is no President called Elby Jay! I stayed up all night trying to find Elby Jay and turns out he NEVER EXISTED".
Tsorovar ยท 64 points ยท Posted at 03:02:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least she didn't do her report on 'El BJ'
oblio76 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:38:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
goddamn you beat me to it
LovesBigWords ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:18:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, doing a report on El BJ would have really sucked.
RJiiFIN ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Blown, quite frankly.
smelldog ยท 132 points ยท Posted at 23:10:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach high school American History. This year, my students were asked to write a five paragraph essay on how Native American tribes are diverse. Mind you, we spent two weeks on different regions, different tribes, and how their lifestyles vary. We had two class periods (90 minutes each) to work on this. You guys, I GAVE them the damn thesis.
This child wrote an essay on how all Native American tribes are the same. They all lived in longhouses, wore breekcloth (not even breeches, but breek). The absolute best part: THEY SPOKE BENGALI AND HINDI.
I literally could not even grade this because it was just so completely wrong.
Thatonejoblady ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 04:22:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he confuse Indian with NA ...in reverse? What
TheLightInChains ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 11:35:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was his name Kevin?
smelldog ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:31:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My student definitely sounds a lot like Kevin.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:12:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's so funny. Do you have a picture/link?
smelldog ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:25:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I had taken one! I was grading at home and I had to make my boyfriend pause Netflix so I could read it to him. We were both just so speechless.
lollity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:47:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wait what. can you...give us the text?
Flyingcow93 ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 02:37:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In elementary school, we had a class mate who's name was pronounced "evens" (I think it was spelled yvens or something of that sort). In math class, the teacher assigns "questions 1-30, evens only"
About half the class showed up the next day without it.
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 15:19:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, it was "Evan only" in our class.
jaenjain ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 01:55:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a book report assignment, with the book list consisting of science fiction novels. One of the books was titled "Double Helix" and was a young adult level mystery. One student didn't pay attention to the author and picked up Watson and Crick book on discovering the double helix structure of DNA, a higher level biology book. I was flabbergasted when he turned in his paper. He felt so confident trying his hand at reading a book of that level, he went from a low B student to one of my greatest students of all time.
Storm137 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:36:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's impressive... But now I'm interested in this Double Helix YA novel. Who is it by if you remember it? :)
realised ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:02:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Helix_(novel)
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:27:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you!
jaenjain ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:02:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The author is Nancy Werlin.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:57:50 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you.
fuckitx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:33:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Try Google
Storm137 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:42:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I will, but there's a lot of novels with the same title as evidenced by OP's post.
CybernewtonDS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:00:31 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That kid should go for his Ph.D.
SoupOrJuice13 ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 03:47:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but the student making the misinterpretation. Had a first-year CS exam, question was "Write in pseudo-code (half English half code) how you would program the game of Tic-Tac-Toe". Well, for whatever fucking reason, I read "...Tetris." So I had a lengthy explanation of the way I had scoring set up, the randomizer for the tetrominoes, and how I would use if-statements and loops etc. to figure out how to stack the tetrominoes. I got the exam back and had failed because I got a 0/30 on the final question.
Asked the teacher if he could, just this once, re-grade the test based on my misinterpretation. Got a 30/30. Teacher was a bro.
kairon156 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 04:30:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher was probably reading it trying to picture a game of tic-tac-toe and couldn't figure it out.
chickaboomba ยท 379 points ยท Posted at 01:59:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My son is quite literal. When his 6th grade teacher asked the class to write a paragraph and tell her what they thought of the stories they'd read that week and which was their favorite, he wrote, "All of the stories sucked."
After a very angry email sent to me, we had a teacher conference, where the teacher told him the exercise was to get him to write a summary of one of them and that his negative attitude was not acceptable. He said, "Then why did you ask for my opinion if all you wanted was compliments? Just say you will only accept compliments so I can write a fake one."
GodOfDumbness ยท 108 points ยท Posted at 04:02:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kid is right! If the teacher can't handle differing opinions, he shouldn't even have asked for one. Although I would understand if the opinion consisted of only one sentence which was "They all sucked" without any basic explanations.
Nyxalith ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 05:08:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I admit, I would have made them rewrite it to explain WHY they all sucked.
chickaboomba ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 15:55:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! Exactly. It would have made his lack of context and quality effort the issue instead of his teacher's hurt feelings that a sixth grader thought her choice of educational content sucked.
YogiLeBua ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 11:24:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"All of the stories sucked" without an explanation is generally not allowed. We were always told that it doesn't matter if we liked the stories or not, but it's easier to say you did. If your child had said "The characters were boring/ unrelatable etc" he probably wouldn't have got in trouble. "All of the stories sucked" is generally a sign of a disinterested child
chickaboomba ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:23:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or of a child with a high IQ, autism, dyslexia and dysgraphia (which he is). But because he LOOKS like a disinterested child, his lack of engagement or 'inappropriate' responses are judged as oppositional. But teachers in the US are not required to have even minimal training on recognizing or adapting for children with exceptions, while children with exceptions are mainstreamed into their classes. It's led to some pretty difficult years for kids who are outside the norm.
YogiLeBua ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 14:04:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure that would be easy explained though, regardless of how well the teacher could work with it. I have only basic knowledge of autism and I'm not in the US so I wouldn't know what it's actually like in the class room. It seems more the fault of the teacher in this case, if they knew your son had autism
chickaboomba ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:06:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You would think it would be easily explained, but it's not. He's been on an IEP since 3rd grade (individualized education plan for special ed), but he is so articulate and intelligent and speaks to adults as if they're peers that most of his teachers either think he's just lazy or elitist and get personally hurt or insulted by his unfiltered, direct communication. It's a work in progress, and he's far better, but I have no intention of "trying to make him normal". He is created exactly as he should be, and my job is helping him learn to embrace his unique talents and gifts while learning to navigate a world that is quite different than he is.
vidya_vickson ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 03:23:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm with your son in this one. The teacher should say what she really wants rather than reframing it as an opinion piece.
PubliusVA ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:20:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to like the stories to have a favorite. Your favorite out of a group of stories you dislike would be the one you dislike least. He could have explained which was the least bad and why.
Hanta3 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 09:25:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kind of like how elections work.
ashesarise ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 07:10:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was me up until late high school. I had so much trouble with writing prompts because I was just too analytical. I eventually figured it out, but it was really hard on me. I constantly made horrible grades in writing classes when in reality I was a pretty good writer.
Something as simple as "what did you learn from this" would through me into a confused spiral if I already knew it all and didn't learn anything new. I would fail the assignment. I cried a lot in these classes because teachers were frustrated with me.
shovelkun ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 13:25:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always hated evaluation questions like those because I never did have anything I could change or anything that I learnt from the assignment!
OneofLittleHarmony ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:19:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Story of my life in high school.
Tutorem ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 19:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/iamverysmart
ashesarise ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:14:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're implying that a child with underdeveloped communication skills is acting like a arrogant idiot because they don't know how to read past a literal interpretation of something. Reading in between the lines is an ability that has to be developed. I think you've mistaken my phrasing of "too analytical" as a humble brag. I was just describing my weak social skills in a certain area as a kid.
Trees4twenty ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 11:51:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Technically that's not a paragraph.
rrobukef ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:44:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You never read any Latin texts did you?
One sentence is plenty for a paragraph.
PunnyBanana ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:14:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How do you explain to a sixth grader that they are simultaneously right and wrong?
Sefiren ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 03:35:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude your son is badass. As a parent, I would hi five him in front of that teacher and say lets go get Chipotle.
seavictory ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:21:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
God, that sounds exactly like something I'd have done at that age.
kittypr0nz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:49 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Feels. Back in the day there was an in-class writing prompt about "How Could the World be Improved?" or something to that effect where you write for like three minutes and hand that in. Well, being the angsty teenager I was turned in a good few sentences of "some people should just die/be killed" which, hell, I'm sure plenty of people might think at least once in their life. Ended up getting suspended and had to meet weekly with a counselor for the remainder of the year because I should have "cleaned up my opinion."
chickaboomba ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:39:52 on December 9, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry to laugh at your troubles, but thanks all the same. Sad that what sounds intelligent, insightful and brave on a NY Times editorial usually ends up sounding like fodder for lockdown drills in a high school ...
pgaiser1 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:02:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This kid is going places
rabbittexpress ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:31:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I take it you responded, "So, you'll only take compliments, is that it?"
Storm137 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 05:11:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I gotta agree with your kid. I deal with whiners like that in writing, they just wanna hear how amazing they are and how prolific their writing is when in reality they suck, they need to put down the crappy anime tropes and LEARN.
Though I do think he should've written a full critique. Just to rub the salt in a little.
lollity ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 08:29:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The point was probably to write a critique, so only one sentence would not have been sufficient.
indistrustofmerits ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 23:56:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In English class we were assigned a poem and told to set it to music. Most of the class understood and picked a song that related thematically and compared the works. Others picked instrumental work and read the poem to that music.
I performed "when I have fears that I may cease to be" to the tune of "when the saints go marching in" in front of the class with aplomb.
dylansan ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:38:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One song to the tune of another. A classic game, always fun.
I'm a fan of Nicki Minaj's Anaconda to the tune of Stars and Stripes Forever.
Heartnotes ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:46:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reading it to that tune was entertaining.
aflyingflip ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:51:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I reread it to the tune. Damn you.
mdragon13 ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 23:39:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was once told to write about what I saw at the guggenheim museum. So I wrote about the bathrooms, the cafeteria, the lobby...
I hardly mentioned the art lol. 3rd grade was a fun time.
Storm137 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:25:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh let's face it. As kids we don't wanna be at museums for fancy pictures. We want dinosaurs, we want stuff to climb on and of course if the bathroom is self flush it is considered probably part of the best part.
My favorite part of the Museum of Science and Industry was the ice cream.
(I was seventeen too. I had never been until I was almost an adult)
the_supersalad ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:06:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You wrote about what you understood!
Hoberto ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Museum trips really would be better as college or work field trips.
Sure, it has nothing to do with my current career, but I'd love and learn much more from a lectured tour of the art museum now than I ever did in grade school.
Going2FastMPH ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 00:44:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but as a student we were required to draw a picture of a person we loved. I was in first grade and drew a picture of a girl in class. We proceeded to sit in a circle and discuss all of our answers. As everyone said their parents, I said the girl's name. I'm still not over the embarrassment.
Ubuntuful ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:11:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Atleast she knows now
Polarbones ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:19:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Awwww...this is my favourite reply so far..it's all the right mix of super sweet and super sad...bittersweet is just the BEST flavour...
iostefini ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:03:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you get the girl?
Going2FastMPH ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:08:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately I did not. First grade me was too embarrassed to actually follow up on it and I moved from the city the following year :(
[deleted] ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 03:11:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to write an essay about the differences between the European and Japanese theaters of war in WW2. One student wrote about the different films released in the two regions during the time.
moeru_gumi ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 03:02:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my 6 year olds, instead of writing her name on the lines at the top of the workbook page, keeps writing ABCs there. Like Aa Bb Cc until she runs out of space. I try to tell her that's for practicing her name, but she is just bewildered. It's kinda cute but I fear for her logic skills.
Not quite a misinterpretation, but last year I had a class of 3rd graders (I teach English in Japan) and one girl was the doodling-on-everything type (I can sympathize). She brought in her homework and there was a tiny drawing of an apple with a face, which she had labeled "appo". She was doing her best to spell English from memory. :D
That was absolutely my favorite misspelling I've come across.
AstronomicalArtist18 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:19:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That last story was the most adorable thing ever! I used to get in trouble for drawing in all of the margins in my papers in school :(
moeru_gumi ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:51:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did too, and then I became an Illustration major. No one can stop me! So now I give extra stickers to kids who doodle on their homework.
poopnado2 ยท 293 points ยท Posted at 19:50:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will be lame because I can't quite remember everything, but when I was teaching undergraduate biology we gave groups of 3 a really simple assignment. They had to use a "reaction time" test to compare a control vs a treatment group of people. The reaction time test was a ruler that was dropped between a person's thumb and forefinger. They had to grab it as quickly as they could, and the position they gripped the ruler at was used (with an equation) to measure reaction time. Some groups tried distracting the treatment group with music, or compared people who just ate a big meal against people who who hadn't. Anyways, it was pretty simple.
One of the groups had designed an elaborate reaction time test of their own...I think they actually designed 3 reaction time tests using words and colors on a computer screen. I don't even think they tested them on people, I think they just made up these new tests. They were kind of cool, but it wasn't the assignment. They had spent many hours on this, and they were totally shocked when they got to class and realized that they had totally missed the mark on a really simple assignment. I had given everyone a grading rubric that outlined what they were supposed to do, so I don't know what happened there. I don't understand how all 3 of them ignored what I told them in class AND the grading rubric. I think I had them do it over again for a couple of docked points for the next class.
CorvidaeSF ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 02:20:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like an important lesson in corporate committee-led project planning
Sector-Codec ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:31:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No teacher's username should ever be "poopnado."
atimholt ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 02:47:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs why they chose /u/poopnado2 , duh.
Tess47 ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 00:48:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really hate the word "rubric".
RobSwift127 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 03:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just take the colored stickers off and put them in the correct places.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:47:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
stfu you rude brick
SgvSth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:08:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Vibe here. Did these tests have the person shout the actual color of the word while the word was the name of a color?
abstractwhiz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:35:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught several undergrad classes in grad school, and one of the enduring lessons from that experience was: No matter how much you emphasize something, whether you say it or write it down or both, someone will always miss it.
lizzyborden42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, 90% of the time the treatment group is "drunk," isn't it?
BrentOnDestruction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:34:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rubric.. Now that's a word I haven't heart in a long time.
tatoo_salad ยท 104 points ยท Posted at 23:24:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One day we were doing a world culture assignment and each group was given one country to give a talk on. I had two idiot girls who always chatted in the back of the class and never paid attention. Well, the following week when it was their turn to present, they started showing all of these pictures of Sea World, Shamoo, and whales, and whale watching. I was like, WTF girls? They said, "But you told us to do a presentation on whales." I had to break it to them that their assignment was Wales, as in the country, not the sea mammal. The rest of the class thought it was funny.
thebasementdiplomat ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:30:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What mark did they end up getting? Or did they have to redo it?
cgoulet2000 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:24:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
for the record, it's Shamu
lilafee ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:58:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for making me read it again, I thought it said shampoo.
full_of_grace ยท 709 points ยท Posted at 20:43:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I know of a student whose task was meant to be answering something like 10 maths questions in 30 seconds. The teacher told him to try to 'beat the clock' - he proceeded to punch the clock.
wnp ยท 554 points ยท Posted at 21:46:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a sophomore, the band director asked this freshman kid to "hit the lights." He was gonna switch 'em, but then this upperclassman leaned over and said, with a straight face, "don't flip the switch, just punch it."
we all, including the director, watched the freshman for about 20-30 seconds as he stood there dumbfounded, seemingly trying to figure out which of the two actions he should actually take. poor guy. :)
[deleted] ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 22:38:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Twizzar ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 23:30:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe you when you said you were joking first time
shoebenberry ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:40:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Today it rained at my school. There are some portables classrooms on the exterior of the school. I was walking to my class and I watched a kid at the other end of the rows of portables drop a book. As he leaned over to pick it up, his open backpack spilled all over the wet sidewalk. He stopped moving and just stared at the mess.
fireaero ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wnp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:44:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Intentional! I feel bad for him, in a kind of "I'm still glad it happened because it was hilarious" sort of way. I hope he had similar experiences with classmates having funny moments when he got older, too.
Rosko789 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think you may have gone to my high school
wnp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It must be a coincidence, I think I'm over 10 years older :)
unless you had a pretty long delay before college, maybe?
xxTHG_Corruptxx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:55:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think the appropriate sarcastic response is, "but I can't reach them, they are on the ceiling."
ldAbl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a friend like this, who's not really capable of thinking for himself.
He brought two left shoes to his gym class, and upon the teacher finding out, asked him whether he had two left feet. He said "yes". Despite clearly having a left and right foot.
tk-not21 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:50:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I PUNCH THE INITIATIVE!
Amadan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When a friend of mine was in high school, his class was notoriously rowdy, in a notoriously rowdy school. The teacher got fed up with the clamor and yelled "last desk - out!" (to put it in cultural and linguistic context, more or less equivalent to "you guys in the last row - get out, and see the principal"). The three guys got up, picked up their 3-person-wide desk, and threw it through the open window they sat next to. Much hilarity was had, except by the teacher.
Rambo7112 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:59:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You Brits and your, "maths."
Referenced ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:49:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maths is short for mathematics. It makes no sense if you reverse math to mathematic.
Rambo7112 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:46:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or... you could just use math as a word and follow singular/plural rules. Your logic does make sense though, not that I'll ever use the term maths.
Leharen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:37 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shouldn't he have punched the clock anyway after he was done trying to beat the clock?
codeki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:34:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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SteevyT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:19:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Occasionally if my wife tells me to flip the lights off, I'll stand there for several seconds just flipping the bird in the general direction of the lights. She's sometimes amused by it.
Rockman507 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Off topic, but I always loved the "special" people in boot that when told by a drill to "beat your face" literally punched their face instead of doing push-ups....
nextstopreststop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you, Amelia Bedelia.
Ucantalas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Grade 9 small engine repair class.
Teacher: "Turn it over."
Me: Tries rotating lawnmower engine
Teacher: "No, turn the engine over."
Me: Tries rotating it on a different axis.
Teacher: "No... here."
Teacher starts engine
I look embarassed.
NG96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was just trying to disarm it
NotObsoleteIfIUseIt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kid probably has aspergers
theniam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of a certain vine where there's this clearly drunk dude telling his mates that he "is not fucking drunk". So one of them asks him if he could tell the time. Drunky turns to the wall clock besides him, points at it and says " I am not fucking drunk". To a clock.
CTU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:25:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid clock!
RaineDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:56 on December 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a graphic design and marketing teacher in high school who wrote me a pass to go literally "hit the road", and waited until I went and smacked the pavement out front, because he was trying to teach us to speak clearly.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:41:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
found holly holm
[deleted] ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 23:03:24 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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CombatBanana ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 03:10:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
3 weeks of no math homework? Shit worth it.
spahp ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:36:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Next 3 weeks!?
trampabroad ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:16:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You misread it, you only should've done the unusual ones.
Tylemaker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:23:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aww this makes me sad
defectiveawesomdude ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:47:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What grade? Edit: as in what grade were you in?
PoofTheSwagginDragon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:07:50 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was in sixth grade
defectiveawesomdude ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:10:52 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh lol didn't see that in the story
mrs_thatgirl ยท 631 points ยท Posted at 20:23:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Typical "not a teacher, but..." When I was in college taking Spanish I, one of the questions I remember having to answer was, "ยฟCual es tu comida favorita?" (Which is your favorite food?). I was a rather lazy student and assumed the question was asking who my favorite comedian was; I responded, "Mรญ comida favorita es Dane Cook."
General_Josh ยท 1225 points ยท Posted at 21:26:29 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dang, answering the wrong question with the wrong answer... That's rough.
FrodoTeaBaggin ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 01:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bro, if you were a freshman in high school in 2006/7, you would understand. He was pretty much a God at that point in time to such youngsters
balzotheclown ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:03:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actually just listened to one of his first CDs the other day. Forget which one. Whatever one had the traffic accident bit on it where people come out of their houses and shit. Still funny. Then he started trying too hard.
zach2992 ยท 237 points ยท Posted at 21:37:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what did Dane cook?
MacFatty ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:04:36 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A danish.
Epistaxis ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:59:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
some comida
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:32:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Danes
VicRambo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What did the dane cook?
kblaney ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe he cooked up a plot to take revenge against his father's murderer.
Thomassaurus ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:02:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He cooked his favorite comedian of course...
kydaper1 ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 00:44:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah the ol' reddit I'm-too-lazy-to-link-this-aroo
SuperJeb ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:48:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hold my-- wait, never mind...
KSFT__ ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 22:33:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why is there an accent on "mi"?
mrs_thatgirl ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 23:35:02 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because my Spanish is terrible?
IaniteThePirate ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:58:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mi espaรฑol es horrible tambiรฉn, pero tengo un examรฉn viernes y no voy a sacar una buena nota porque I am so confused by the concept of reflexive verbs.
Leaguerr ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:13:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for that beginning of that comment. That's been driving me crazy. I don't care if you aren't a teacher or not! What was the story?!
Kyncaith ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:35:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I remember having a classmate say, "Me gusta comer hamburguesas con queso y mis amigos."
"I like to eat cheeseburgers and my friends." He meant with.
Amadan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:04:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Chinese class... had a Kevin. He never understood anything, and resorted to repeating what others said. There weren't many students (I think 5-6 or so) and me and him were the only guys in the group. He was a big, macho-looking guy. One day, the teacher was teaching about counting. In Chinese, like in Japanese, you can't just say number+noun as in English; there is an extra word in between, called classifier, and usually relating to the shape of the counted noun. So for example, snakes, pencils and skirts all share the "thin long thing" classifier. To solidify the learning, the teacher went and asked everyone "How many (long things of) skirts do you have?" I went first, "I do not have skirts." The next couple of answers followed: "I have two (long things of) skirts." "I have one (long things of) skirts." "I also have two (long things of) skirts." Not understanding the question in the slightest, the Kevin thought it prudent to repeat what the previous student said.
Ringmaster187 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:33:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I too was a lazy bastard in college level spanish. The question was something like "where is the students pencil?" I put as my answer "aqui"
elean0rigby ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:44:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a Spanish student teacher tell us a story about how he told his host family in Spain that he was pregnant.
He didn't know the word for embarrassed and ending up saying "estoy embarazada," which is a false cognate.
"Estoy embarazada" = I'm pregnant.
flamingeyebrows ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:08:09 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think we need to address the fact that your favourite comedian is Dane Cook...
mrs_thatgirl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:33:52 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, this was like 8 or so years ago. He's not anymore!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Spanish, I once told a story about going on a date to my favorite restaurant and having "entrevistas." Entrevistas means interviews. I meant entremeses, which means appetizers.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? I'm in the first semester of Spanish 1 and I'd have a hard time mishearing that.
mrs_thatgirl ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:20:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The issue was I didn't know that 'comida' meant food. I didn't study my vocabulary. I assumed it meant comedian.
angryninja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is Dane Cook really your favorite comedian?
mrs_thatgirl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:21:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was back in 2004/2005-ish. He was relevant then.
Zebba_Odirnapal ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless he's your favorite comedian forever more, Dean Cook estรก tu favorito.
Gone_Green ยท 172 points ยท Posted at 23:28:26 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obligatory I am not a teacher... One day in Spanish class we were doing presentations and it was this guy's turn. The teacher said 'avienta te' which is a phrase used to tell people 'do your best'. But its literal translation means 'throw your self' so the guy just stood up and threw himself to the ground.
mousefire55 ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 00:47:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Es "aviรฉntate", no "avienta te". El pronombre y el verbo estรกn aรฑadido junto cuando el verbo ha estado conjugado en el forma del imperativo.
Gone_Green ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:00:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Perdon es k tengo el teclado de ingles
KaejotianEmpire ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:24:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ยฟQue?
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:19:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taco sombrero.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:29:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The cheese is old and moldy
Ruseinhussein ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Y q tne q vr eso?
valparaiso-dreamin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"el forma"
mousefire55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:38:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Creรญa que era una palabra como enigma... Un sustantivo masculino porque es de griego...... Parece que no.
jakielim ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:08:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would he still have thrown himself if it was English teacher who said "throw yourself" in English?
voiceofnonreason ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:14:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off 'em?
SnowFoxyy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:22:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would you climb him ? ( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
Mojx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of spanish? The only thing i can relate avientate to in that context would be like "dont be shy"
Redgiant54 ยท 193 points ยท Posted at 22:45:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
this will probably get buried but here it goes.
One time I needed to name a graph. It just said "name the graph" as part of the math assignment. I named the graph Brad.
Teacher didn't like it.
drdeadringer ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 03:02:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"... and this is Brad. He's feeling very linear today."
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:46:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"He seems to be feeling a little flat this week, presumably because his kids have been deriving him crazy."
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:03:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey
StarlordPunk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:33:57 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not surprised, the graph was obviously called Steffi
MaxDG1013 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:53:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Man, fuck Brad.
pinkfloyds ยท 312 points ยท Posted at 00:30:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught a philosophy course for a few years. I had students write assignments that would convince me that they were not a figment of my imagination. One student wrote an essay about how he WAS a figment of my imagination. Turns out, it was actually really good, and gave him an A+. I'm pretty sure it was also the only assignment he did all year.
jakielim ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 03:13:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, I swear I read a story on another AskReddit thread just a few days ago, where a redditor convinced his professor he was a figment of professor's imagination when he had to write the same essay.
Sonderer ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:52:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too! Agh this is gonna drive me nuts!
squamosal ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 06:42:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3qcvoc/teachers_andor_college_board_graders_what_is_the/cwe98nz
dsherwo ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 08:30:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wow. that was gratifying. totally the student in question
LadyMichelle00 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:57:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is amazing. Did anyone share this with him? Well I guess I could just do it myself. Brb.
Sonderer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:07:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks kind stranger!
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:37:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a pretty common topic for an intro to philosophy class.
jsmith456 ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 02:37:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, that is probably because he was just a figment of your imagination. (I know, I know, that's the joke.)
Tora-chan ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 03:02:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a redditor not to long ago posting how he wrote a paper to his professor on how he was a figment of the professors imagination. Betting that was your student!
kelsifer ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 08:08:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or this guy also read that post and decided to repost in a new thread...
notconservative ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:24:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does anyone know where the post is?
squamosal ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:42:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3qcvoc/teachers_andor_college_board_graders_what_is_the/cwe98nz
_anxietykid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:46 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or this person is just referencing that post as a joke? That's how I understood it.
mattjuaire ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:42:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he really was just a figment of your imagination.
Ivmann ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:55:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How would one go about disproving this?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:32:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
standard truth invalidity test
napoleonborn2party ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:13:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time, wayyyy back in elementary, I was to write a short paper on Woodstock, the music festival. I wrote it on the Peanuts character. Teacher loved it, gave me an A.
mongster_03 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:34 on April 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YAY CHARLIE BROWN
HEYdontIknowU ยท 1114 points ยท Posted at 19:21:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
My History teacher in high school who also taught Current Events told us a story about a student that misinterpreted the thing they were supposed to research. It may be the teachers fault for not having this written down and only speaking it verbally.
The teacher gave them the topic "Euthanasia" and they turned in a well done paper about "Youth in Asia". Teacher was an asshole though and made them re-do it on the correct topic.
Aperture_T ยท 693 points ยท Posted at 21:11:21 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In all fairness, I thought "euthanasia" was "youth in asia" until 7th grade. Whenever somebody was telling me about how bad it is, I was just thinking, "racist much?"
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 03:08:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Jezuz, I didn't know what it was until grade 11. Same thing though, always thought they were talking about youth in Asia, and wondered what the fuck those kids got up to that everyone was so offended by.
katharsys2009 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:44:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In seventh grade, I knew the concept (and the word) euthanasia. Somehow the topic of mercy killings came up, and I busted out that word from my vocabulary. My social sciences teacher had never heard it before apparently, and wrote up "youth in asia" on the chalkboard, and promptly proceeded to humiliate me in front of the class. Unfortunately, while I knew the word, I didn't know how to spell it properly to correct him...
I hope years later that asshole thinks back to how fucking wrong he was, and burns in shame at his ignorant arrogance; burns with humiliation that a student might just have had a better vocabulary than he did.
I just hope he burns. Of course, there's a good chance the old drunk is dead now.
son_et_lumiere ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:46:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"We must put an end to youth in Asia. Youth in Asia has gotten out of hand, costing many lives. And, do you know who it affects? The terminally ill. But, it doesn't make sense. Why would youth in Asia want to hurt the terminally ill? In conclusion, this was a stupid essay and assignment."
MakeMeBeautifulDuet ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:41:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Even worse, like you, up until 7th grade I thought it was youth in Asia but then I figured Asia wasn't somewhere struggling, so they probably meant youth in Africa.
InfinitySlayer8 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Knowledge is power, France is bacon.
-TheWrongThingToSay- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:39:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the same thing until one day I realized I was the Grand Dragon of the local chapter of the KKK and I KNEW I goofed up something along the way.
SadGhoster87 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:56:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, that was the wrong thing to say.
gringledoom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same here. I spent a whole sermon at church really puzzled why the priest was so upset at a bunch of Asian kids.
Poseidon-Hermes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:24:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least you were taught it. GCSE year (16 yrs old), R.E exam. The essay is "explain euthanasia and various religious reactions to it" or something like that. Literally no one in the hall knew what the fuck euthanasia is - teacher had to go to the front and explain, but without making it obvious that he was helping with the exam.
So, he interrupts an exam to remind us how much time is left, then says something like "I wonder what christianity thinks about mercy killing?" or something equally cryptic - I shudder to think what some people wrote on their papers...
locks_are_paranoid ยท -55 points ยท Posted at 00:07:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the age of the internet, there's no excuse for ignorance.
Aromir19 ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 01:36:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some of us were in 7th grade before the internet came into its own.
jakielim ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 02:09:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't assume everyone is 14 like you.
locks_are_paranoid ยท -31 points ยท Posted at 02:27:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm 23, and I know that anything can be looked up online.
Proditus ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you're 23 like me, you'd know that a lot of kids were only just using computers for the first time when we were in 7th grade. That's about the time when it first became common for pretty much every family to have a computer. So, if we go back a few years further than that, maybe assume that someone was in 7th grade in 2000, you'd see that a lot of families don't even own computers, much less have them hooked up to the internet.
agreywood ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:31:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a question on the census. 51% of households had a computer in 2000, 41% had internet. I was in 7th grade in 94/95. Home internet was so uncommon the government didn't even ask about it.
iloveapple314159 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel very privileged then. I was born in 1991, and my family had a computer when I was about 4, my grandparents maybe a year or two later. Although it helped that my dad worked in a computer shop. I remember waiting for the dial up tone to go online when I was about 7-8. And I live in NZ, which is miles from everywhere else, so our options were (and still are) limited. And no, my parents weren't rich, we had no money.
Proditus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah, I was in a similar situation. My father worked in IT, so we had a computer in the house ever since I was born, and kept up to date with technology trends. But my experience was far from typical, I think.
Flailed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You posted in the wrong thread. This is the one you're looking for
balzotheclown ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:48:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So he would post about himself?
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:36:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How do you know they grew up with the Internet? Maybe they're like 50.
PaintItPurple ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or in their late 20s. IIRC most people didn't have ready Internet access until the late '90s, If you're 28, not having Internet access when you were in 7th grade is not that strange.
Aperture_T ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:36:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We actually did have internet, but as I was a sheltered homeschooled lad, I was not given access until then.
RangerBillXX ยท 314 points ยท Posted at 20:03:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have done it on the Megadeth album, just on general principles.
psbwb ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:15:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But the was the beginning of Dave's career slump.
Skwiggity ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:56:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think Youthanasia was the last Golden Era Megadeth album. Its the least metal one but there are some really good songs on there.
psbwb ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:10:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ehh, I think Rust in Peace was the last "Golden Era" Megadeth, but Countdown to Extinction had some good riffing on it.
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Smgth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:50:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Remembering back to when those albums came out, I really liked Countdown but I remember feeling a little let down by the black album. It was TOO much of a departure for me as budding teen metal fan. I mean, I still listened to it and I went to the concert when they came, but I died a little inside....
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Smgth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:59:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was definitely a big deal to me at the time. The seething anger faded after a couple of decades, replaced with a general bitterness...
distorted_colours ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:28:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds me of a paper my friend wrote back in high school for Religious Studies, "If muslims betray Allah they will be thrown Into the lungs of hell" etc.
Turns out our teacher was a Megadeth fan and did the same thing in his comments..
"Nick, this kind of work leads to a Symphony of Detention"
zach2992 ยท 92 points ยท Posted at 21:29:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have an intense desire to actually assign kids to do an essay about youth in Asia, and then have a majority do it about euthanasia. Then those kids will all make fun of the kid who did the one about the youth in Asia, but that kid gets an A and the rest fail.
Jathom ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 22:07:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I could do this. I teach 8th grade World Geography. We aren't even close to our Asia unit. I could make this happen...but would it be an abuse of my power?
I'm also supposed to provide written instruction for assignments, so that might ruin the joke.
zach2992 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:20:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Write a paper about the topic mentioned in class."
Eh?
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grape_jelly_sammich ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think doing a paper about the youth in asia (about both education opportunities which from what I've heard are a bit different than in the USA) and about the male to female ratio and the shit that that could lead to....
lol this might be funny...but I feel like the topic might just be a bit too adult. Like prostitution, mail ordered brides, and an encouragement for homosexuality is supposed to be a part of that gender embalance. again, EXTREMELY interesting...but lol an 8th grader doing a paper on THAT!?
The_Doctalex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:24:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a grade 8 student, and we generally don't look over the written assignments too closely. Just make the title something relevant, while not actually "Youth in Asia".
If you are my Geography teacher, I will know the assignment. I will be prepared. But I probably wouldn't tell anyone.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:48:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
the only problem is that I'm a math teacher
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Word problem involving the number of youths in asia and the euthanasias.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:50:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
well done
atlhawk8357 ยท 173 points ยท Posted at 21:35:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's not an assshole move. He let the student rewrite the paper. I've had several professors who would have given you a bad grade and that would be that.
Crazypyro ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:14:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, Professor vs High School teacher, the high school teacher is generally more interested in their students getting good grades.
Hydrochloric_Comment ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:55:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Professors are, too. Instructors look bad when their students do poorly.
Crazypyro ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:58:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but professors are generally more protected than teachers. There's a ton more to being a professor than teaching whereas a teacher pretty much is entirely focused on their students doing well.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:34:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They're pronounced almost exactly the same, "Youth in Asia" is a reasonable topic for an essay, it was never written down, what possible justification is there for rejecting it?
ginjaninga ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 00:08:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, they can die and go to hell.
tion24 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:15:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This also happened at my high-school but the teacher accepted the latter.
Xannin ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:06:52 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How does him making the kid redo the assignment bad? He did the wrong thing and should expect full credit without doing? I would make him redo it, but I would not dock it for being late.
HEYdontIknowU ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:32:15 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doing two reports would be pretty shitty. The kid probably felt like enough of an idiot already that I would have just graded the paper he did and made him give the class a brief presentation on euthanasia.
Xannin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It would suck, but it would also teach him to clarify in the future rather than just assume they wanted a paper about Asian children. A kid completely fucking up and then a teacher saying, "Oh that's fine," doesn't teach the kid shit.
jel1995 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:32:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
my history teacher would make us do current events by taking a newspaper article and writing a paragraph about it. He was also an ass. One week my classmate dug up an article from the previous month about said teacher being arrested for drug possession to do his.
roryt93 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:29:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes I have also seen Ali G.
bruNope ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:02:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was he Ali-G by any chance?
katasian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:27:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a perfect mistake. I would've given the kid credit and made a mental note to write assignments on the board as well as speak them.
freezerae ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:32:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you sure they weren't just fucking with you? The whole euthanasia/youth in Asia thing is a really common example of a misunderstanding.
-dudeomfgstfux- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:11:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did your teacher ever teach at a Chicago-land-area school?
HEYdontIknowU ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:04:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Western suburbs of Chicago, yes
GideonWyeth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:53:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher had the same exact story, is this a trope or did you go to school in Melbourne Fl (won't be more specific than that unless I'm right)
HEYdontIknowU ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:23:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Western suburbs of Chicago, it seems every damn teacher in the world tells this same story.
Onearmedman2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:43:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was always confused by the P.O.D. song "Euthenation"
FalstaffsMind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:32:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teachers who can't throw together a decent rubric they either hand out or better, post online, should be retired.
It's infuriating to have requirements like 'must be times new roman, double-spaced' delivered verbally.
defiantleek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:58:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was this a different class? Or was the history class also current events? If it was a history class dude was a total asshole.
-del2phi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought Euthanasia was "Youth in Asia" for longer than I care to admit. People would be all "We must make sure to end the evils of slavery, genocide, and youth in Asia in the third world." And I'm like "Yo, that's not cool dude."
Hazcat3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But surely, surely the teacher had just spent 20 minutes reading a newspaper article on Dr. Kevorkian or Terry Schiavo so the general subject would be obvious to anyone conscious (not having experienced euthanasia, in fact).
Cyglml ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did every history/writing teacher tell this story? I swear my social studies teacher in Junior High school said the same thing.
monkeyeighty8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"What's all this fuss I hear about violins on television?"
Pipthepirate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In the teacher's defense this mistake apparently happens in every class in every school in America based on the antedotes so it should be something people are on the look out for
Kiakakash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember my mom picking me up from elementary school once, and she had a friend in the car. She was telling said friend about her late mother (my grandmother) and how she was suffering until the very end. "Dad and I even discussed youth in Asia, but because it's illegal..." I cut in, "Wait, then where do the Asian kids go while they're growing up? And how would they help Grandma?" They burst out laughing and kept talking, ignoring my question. When we got home I googled it, and thankfully it suggested the correct term...
Doctor-Amazing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did this one once. Someone asked me to sign a petition banning euthanasia. I asked what they did to deserve being banned..
StrangerJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the time in highschool where I told a kid I didn't like that he was responsible for H1N1 and abortions, and he told me I was responsible for Euthanasia. I had no idea what he was talking about, I thought he was blaming me for the over population in China
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought they were talking about the dude that got run over my the tank. Could never figure out why the teens were so pissed off in Asia. Figured they didn't have good rock music.
Merhouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was the student Emily Litella by any chance?
winter-soldier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:36 on December 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had the exact same misunderstanding about fornication.
I thought they were saying "Foreign Occasion."
My whole thing was about GIs who meet women abroad.
Platicake ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 21:26:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this happened to me literally earlier today. We had a debate assignment and our team spend a good chunk prepping for our thing. We were so ready, until we found out we switched up the pro's and con's of our side of the debate. The entirety of our debate consisted of helping the argument of the other team. A class vote was done for best argument. We lost 27-1. :(
[deleted] ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 22:55:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That 1 pity vote makes it worse.
Platicake ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 23:36:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If we could convince one person, thats enough for us!
the_supersalad ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:29:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The worst part is that the 1 vote against your completely unopposed argument says more about your argument than the screw up.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:31:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Better than me. My debate was to defend America's position as world police. Still lost 0-25. Shit was hard yo.
JustPleasedToSeeYou ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:42:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong Il is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit! "
fatmand00 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:28:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I accidentally joined the wrong side after arriving in class late once. The 'con' side that I was supposed to be helping had left the room to work elsewhere just as I arrived, so when the teacher gestured in the direction of where they were I followed his pointing to the next team over - the ones I was supposed to be opposing. I then spent an hour feeding them the arguments I thought would be good, until the teacher saw me and asked why I was working with them. Joke was on them, I disagreed with the issue anyway.
PsionicBurst ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit. That's no good.
koghrun ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 22:51:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student side:
Fifth grade we are in math and learning about circles. Radius, Diameter, Circumference, Pi: all fine concepts that people are getting. Then we start talking about the formulas. Radius is just r. Diameter is 2r. Then she writes ฯ * r2 on the board. (Pi times the radius squared.) "That's the formula for the circumference of a circle." We do a few examples then math is over and we move on to the next subjects, but she assigns homework A sheet of 15-20 problems "Using the radius given, find the diameter and circumference of the circle" or something like that.
Next day, math again. We are checking the homework in class. I'm getting every answer to diameter correct, but every circumference question wrong, except for when the radius was 2. I look to my left and right and everyone else is getting the same answers as the teacher. I ask the teacher about it and she does one of the problems on the board. She uses the formula for circumference ฯ * 2r (Pi times twice the radius). I say that I used the r2 (radius squared) formula for all of them. A bunch of students look at me like I'm questioning the blueness of the sky. "It's the same thing!" says a girl next to me with the sarcasm of a 40-year old housewife.
Eventually, we figure out that while everyone in the class who took notes had ฯ * r2 in their notes, there were only three of us that knew that squaring something was not multiplying it by 2. Everyone else, accidentally did the assignment correct because they had not yet been taught exponentiation. Three of us did it as assigned, and got all the answers incorrect. The teacher was nice about it and only counted the homework for completion not correctness. She also went over the whole thing again, this time with the correct formula.
Thurokiir ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:03:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is a little frightening haha.
yunggunnastunna ยท 254 points ยท Posted at 21:01:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but a student. I was ESL A few years ago, in 5th grade, as I had just arrived to the US. We had to use some words/phrases to form sentences for English class. Most of them were easy: like, walk, shirt, burger, etc. but the one that confused me the most was "home run." I was thinking for like half an hour how to write a sentence with "home run". So, not knowing what a home run is, I just wrote "after school, I home ran home." Needless to say, I got that sentence wrong.
dawninghorror ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 01:05:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes for foreign language mishaps!
I had a vocab list and it said "mikan" = "mandarin"
and on the next line it said "orange" but I missed that.
Spent the next month saying the Japanese word for "orange" instead of "Chinese language"
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Uufi ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:55:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Japanese book had a section on how to say different countries, nationalities, and languages. It's pretty basic stuff. Also half of my classmates were international students from China, so it could easily come up a lot.
But OP didn't actually learn the word for Chinese language, anyway. They learned the word for Mandarin orange and thought it meant the Mandarin Chinese language.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still misinterpreted, but this would be common lesson 2-3 material... You learn the Japanese word for Japanese (Nihongo), and in the process grab a few other common ones for semantic reference (Eigo = English, Chugokugo = Chinese)
DaVince ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:35:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ใฟใใใ่ฉฑใใพใใ๏ผ
aezart ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:09:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ใใใใไธญๅฝ่ชใ ใ (I am very behind on my Japanese review, does that make any sense?)
DaVince ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:37:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It does, albeit without any politeness. (It's fine :p)
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 00:48:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, baseball is an American sport. It's not really played anywhere else, and unless you talked about baseball specifically in class, I can see why you wouldn't immediately understand that phrase.
[deleted] ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 02:07:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The japanese are crazy about baseball.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:31:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are they? Well TIL then.
yunggunnastunna ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 00:53:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had been in the US for like 2 months. I knew what baseball was but didn't know anything about it.
DaVince ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:36:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a time when I would keep confusing baseball and basketball.
There's no story here, just that.
cdragon1983 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:41:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball in common in Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Venezuela, and throughout much of the Caribbean. I wouldn't say that's "not really played anywhere else". I mean, it doesn't stack up to soccer, basketball, or volleyball, as far as team sports go, but it is comparable to hockey, and comparable/close to rugby and cricket in terms of overall reach.
ilovelucy51 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:45:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
as an elementary school ESL teacher, I love this. haha =)
locks_are_paranoid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:13:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I read a book where something similar happened to the main character.
yunggunnastunna ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 00:33:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I also confused sneakers and snickers. Kids laughed at me when they offered me a snickers and I said "I already have" and I pointed to my feet.
meanderling ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 01:17:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a first-grader in ESL, I thought a "screwdriver" was someone who drove the school bus.
iggypopstesticle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just curious, what's your native language?
piscesdaffodil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
what country are you from? most Latin American countries & a decent number of Asian countries know baseball so I'm guessing you're not from either region?
yunggunnastunna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:20:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Eastern Europe
piscesdaffodil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:02:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes. You would not understand the meaning of a home run right away. The teacher should have used less idiomatic phrases.
Macievelli ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 00:19:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My sister tutored a 6th grade student whose assignment was to write a 5 paragraph essay. The syllabus for the essay included a very structured model of how the essay should look, as well as an example. The student turned in a >20 paragraph story about goats. The teacher didn't even put a grade on it, just wrote at the top of the page, "Honey, this is not what I asked for."
Stoutyeoman ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 01:11:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in 4th grade we had a group project about The Renaissance and my group got Martin Luther. After I spent the week pleading with them that Martin Luther and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were not the same person and that the 1960s were not the renaissance, our group leader turned in a fantastic presentation about Dr. King.
jfc47 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:17:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahahaha.... what was their reaction when they found out you were right?
Stoutyeoman ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:18:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was so long ago I can't even pretend to remember, but I'm sure little me gloated at least a bit.
hallipeno ยท 132 points ยท Posted at 22:20:33 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I took world geography in high school, we started with North America. The day before our first major test, a student asked what parts of Canada should we focus on. The teacher said, "None of it." I thought that was weird because he'd been so tough on us to learn all of the rivers and mountains but figured it was some weird ethnocentric thing (I'm from Texas; a professor at our community college wrote on a campus map that Texas was "God's Country" and the rest of the states were heathens, so not studying Canada wouldn't be that weird).
I focused on the US and Mexico that night and came in the next day ready to take the test. Turns out the teacher did not say "None of it," but rather "Nunavut."
the_supersalad ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 01:36:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry.
-Nunavut
LB-426 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 07:42:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Noo-nah-voot. You can do it! Spread the word!
ZacPensol ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 02:30:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, and I'm late to the game here, but when I was in elementary school in the 90's, our teacher had us all write descriptive short paragraphs where we pretended we were tourists visiting a jungle. She wanted in-depth descriptive details, what we're wearing, what we see, etc.
When it's over we're all taking turns reading aloud our stories, stuff about seeing birds, and plants and wearing bright shirts and sunglasses and such. Then this one kid goes.
We're walking through the jungle. We're wearing all black: black turtlenecks, black pants, black masks, black gloves, black boots, and purple socks. We each have guns as we walk past different animals as quietly as we can...
The teacher cut him off, asked him what was going on.
He thought she'd said "terrorists", not "tourists".
Side note: interesting how the go-to description for a terrorist has changed since then.
NateNMaxsRobot ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 05:08:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL in the 90's, terrorists wore purple socks.
ZacPensol ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:30:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really don't remember much of what he said all that well, but the purple socks bit will always be with me. I guess it was his way of injecting humor into what he thought was strangely dismal subject matter for an elementary school class.
NateNMaxsRobot ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:21:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
The teacher asks what's going on.
I would probably laugh my ass off if I worked as an elementary school teacher. I volunteer at my son's school regularly and sometimes I correct math worksheets the kids have done. I love when a kid (must have extra time) makes little (unrelated to the subject at hand) drawings on their paper. This one kid last year in the 3rd grade class never signed his name on his paper. There are always a few of those, but this particular kid always signed his with Star Wars characters' names. Another kid would write his name, but it was always followed with "luvs Anna", or whichever little girl he was crushing on currently.
Ubuntuful ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:28:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hweh I got a good laugh out of this one
fuckitx ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:47:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I enjoy your laugh. Hweh hweh
kairon156 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:28:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If that happened today he would have gotten in trouble for it. ><
Jughead295 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:13:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was it on April 20th, 1999?
Im_an_asshole_online ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:45:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The student was called Eric if that's what you're asking.
XiggiSergei ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:15:55 on March 19, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only person on this thread who thought of Sterling Archer and Co. when initially reading this comment?
Expensive purple socks and the trusty Tactleneck.
MentallyPsycho ยท 128 points ยท Posted at 23:05:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In graphics class we had to photoshop a fake coffee table book. I did mine on canadian photography or some shit. My friend made a book about coffee tables.
Edit: I'm guessing the Kramer thing is some sort of Seinfeld reference?
starm4nn ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 23:41:38 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kramer?
gr8ca9 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Meet at my place, we'll discuss the project over muffins.
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:29:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Kramer made a coffee table book (a book to be displayed on coffee tables), about actual coffee tables (so it was filled with pictures and articles about coffee tables), and it actually had cardboard legs you could extend to turn it into a coffee table.
It was a pretty silly side plot of an episode of Seinfeld.
floridianreader ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
did it come with little fold out legs and turn into a coffee table?
needtomakerent ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:32:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Genius.
floridianreader ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:41:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5ROl2YPbs
It was Kramer's idea on Seinfeld.
msstark ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:42:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kramer?
mr42ndstblvd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
kramer!!!
Doctor-Amazing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KuDPfTfw6w
very first result on youtube for coffee table
TheActualAWdeV ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 02:36:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not funny so it could very well be.
ArtShapiro ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 00:09:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Many years ago, in elementary school, I remember that the teacher required us to write about "checks and balances". So I researched the Federal Reserve system, how paper checks get processed, etc., etc.
Apparently everyone else in the class correctly wrote about the interaction between the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the government. It had never occurred to me.
farieniall ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 01:03:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Canadian I find this very confusing and irritating.
SgvSth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:51:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Er, "checks and balances" basically means what power does each branch have over the others to balance out each other. If the Legislative Branch makes a bill and passes it, the Executive Branch can veto it.
lawnerdcanada ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:43:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have separation of powers in Canada (though to a more limited degree than the United States; the executive and legislative power is fused). He's annoyed because we spell the relevant negotiable instrument as "cheques".
farieniall ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:26:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Canada we spell it Cheques because Check means something completely different. So because I know you use the same word for two things it completely messes with my head. I don't know much about law either.
Overthemoon64 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:29:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Angry Canadian.
Brass_Lion ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:01:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry! I'm so sorry!
Tefmon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:41 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Canada (and the rest on the English-speaking world outside the US) the financial instrument is called a "cheque", so the confusion would make little sense unless the assignment instructions were purely verbal (as "cheque" and "check" are pronounced the same).
Additionally, the Canadian government operates on the principle of "parliamentary supremacy" (with judicial independence) as opposed to "checks and balances", which means that in Canada, the executive branch is directly responsible to the legislative branch, and the executive cannot go against the will of Parliament.
[deleted] ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 01:47:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taught Swift's A Modest Proposal for several years (high school). Each year, there would always be a handful of students who literally thought Swift was advocating cannibalism of Irish children. No matter how much I clarified that it was sarcasm, these students would pop up. So, I finally started putting on the corresponding exam the simple question, "Did Swift actually want people to eat children?" Sure enough, even in this format, I would get wrong answers. Funny, but infuriating.... but that's teaching high school, right?
redlerf ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 04:22:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read that as Taylor Swift's rather than Taught Swift's. My couch is now covered in milk and cereal.
NateNMaxsRobot ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:40:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I, too, read that as Taylor Swift's, not Taught Swift's. No where did it indicate that A Modest Proposal was a book or a written work, so I'm actually thinking WTF? T. Swift writes songs about things *other than ex boyfriend's? * e.g. Cannibalism of children? Really?
MyOverflow ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:01:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was during her early years when she was in Cannibal Corpse.
NateNMaxsRobot ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:13:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, yeah, duh. Should've remembered that! Time to brush up on my T Swift knowledge. For science.
fuckitx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:06:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Same..except the cereal part
mmhmm1029 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously my favorite thing I read in all of high school.
oblio76 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:26:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't this basically what people thought when Swift wrote it?
TheBotherer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:27:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know but if they did they at least didn't have a teacher standing in front of them saying "it's not real. It's satire. He doesn't want to eat kids actually."
rabbittexpress ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:00:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Satire
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:58:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Correct. Sorry. It's been about 25 years.... :)
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:04:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
misread as Taylor Swift. 10/10 would be confused again.
aezart ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:21:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Poe's Law in action. Is it legitimate? Is it a parody? Is it a parody of a parody? It's often impossible to tell.
Although you did tell them.
snipthm79 ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 02:08:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I told kids to draw a thermometer for their image to show heat when doing vocabulary. I got like 10 pictures of very phallic objects that I of course shared with my colleagues. We started keeping a folder of every dick that gets drawn by a student accidentally. If people would like to see some I can upload them tomorrow once I get to school.
Storm137 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:20:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
Remind me bot remind me of this tomorrow.
SgvSth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:21:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am here to remind you that you did not format RemindMe properly. Guide Here.
Storm137 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:02:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you. I'm sorry, I'm still figuring Reddit's various functions out.
Alright let's try this one more time...
REMINDME! 1 day.
SgvSth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:23:50 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if it worked, but here is your reminder.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:55:04 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you!
defectiveawesomdude ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:32:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RemindMe! 1 Day
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:06:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
darthevandar ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:05:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yes. please.
snipthm79 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 15:03:04 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry everyone!! I totally forgot to post the pictures. I'm not at school where most of them are in a folder but I found a few pictures to appease you until I can upload the others
http://imgur.com/a/7i4tQ
ThatGIANTcottoncandy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:11 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha these are great! I hope you can post more soon. I like the incandescent one the best (I'm guessing it's supposed to be a candle?).
snipthm79 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:33:01 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I believe a Bunsen burner, but it I never showed them a Bunsen burner that year. 6th grade
MrBeverly ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:36:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RemindMe! 18 Hours "/u/snipthm79 shows reddit their student's dicks ( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:28:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
YES!
ElfenSky ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:56:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Saved. I hope you deliver.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:32:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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SgvSth ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:21:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hello, this is a reminder to remind you that you did not format RemindMe properly for your reminder. To remind you of how to format RemindMe properly for your reminder, there is a guide here as a reminder on how to format a reminder through RemindMe. Oh, and the word reminder no longer looks like a word to you now.
SgvSth ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:25:31 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP, please deliver.
Doiihachirou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:33:15 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah OP, wtf?
lollity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:50:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
please
rctid_taco ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes plz.
Brass_Lion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:57:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RemindMe! 1 Day
crunchy_cakes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:58:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RemindMe! 1 Day
hanonymouz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:24:32 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
RemindMe! at 4pm
lol360swagscope ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:47:49 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We're waiting...
defectiveawesomdude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:40 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OP hasn't delivered yet!!! WHY U DOO DIS OP
RIOT! RIOT!
ALSO ITS BEEN 3 DAYS AND YOU PROMISED
PlusP38 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:03:11 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So about these dicks...
Zerosen_Oni ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 02:02:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
With a group of Japanese 5th graders-
"How are you?"
"I am happy!"
"I am tired"
"I AM IRONMAN!"
Storm137 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:41:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all? Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there.
Why should we even care?
He was turned to steel. In the great magnetic field.
When he traveled time. For the future of mankind!
BeesSolveEverything ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:36:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see any problems with this. That kid is going places.
itsthatonegirl ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 23:16:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When in 4th grade, I had a really bad problem of not paying attention to what the teacher said a lot of the time, so when we were discussing a project on the solar system, my mind jumped to aliens.
Of course when I told my mom about it, she went with it. We made an alien out of old mannequin parts and dressed it up like a biker.
My teacher got a big kick out of that one.
50PercentLies ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 06:25:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait wait way. The only thing you knew about the assignment was that it was on the solar system, nothing else, so instead of writing an essay, or doing a presentation, you made a biker alien and thought that probably fit in with the assignment somehow?
I feel like there is some info missing from this story :D
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:04:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were supposed to Cosplay as planets like that one Simpsons episode.
pipipiper ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 23:08:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am not sure if this counts but a few years ago one of my 13 year old student's wrote "World War II was the main battle for middle earth"
the_supersalad ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:09:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well they're kind of not wrong, sort of.
kinderspiel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:22:55 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This Kid was totally not wrong, maybe just a budding Anglo-Saxonist. "Middangeard" (pronounced "mid-an-yard" [no, I'm not gonna IPA that shit right now]) was an old English poetic word for the Earth.
fairbianca ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 01:35:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were discussing satire in my freshman comp class, and covering A Modest Proposal. I assigned students a response essay - quite a few were delightfully snarky and did quite well, but one young lady's response was more limited - she just kept talking about how gross it was to eat babies. I took her aside, talked to her again about how AMP was a satire, and asked her to try again. Same thing - "I just think it's gross to eat babies." Talked to her again. Explained satire. At length. Asked her to try again. Her last venture began with "well, maybe if nobody wanted the babies...."
Also, not quite a misinterpretation, but one of my students began an essay she'd written about herself beginning with "Most of my clients don't masturbate in public, but...." It was quite a hook, although I'm not sure whether or not it was a deliberate device (she was a home health care worker).
aspiringtiger ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 21:13:12 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I told my high school seniors to "right justify" the last name and page number for their essays. Multiple students just typed the word "justify" in the upper right hand corner.
the_supersalad ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:27:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What they heard:
"Write justify, the last name, and page number in the upper right hand corner."
ButtsexEurope ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 23:17:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in college and I don't even know what that means.
aspiringtiger ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:38:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think my terminology was a little antiquated, so from then on I used "go to the right hand side of the page." No problems after that!
dragonflytype ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:20:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's where you'll have the persons name/info/whatever written on the right side of the paper, instead of the rest of the writing which keeps the clean left side line.
ButtsexEurope ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 02:10:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were always just told "Write your name, date, and class in the top right corner in the header." None of this "justify" shit. That always confused me as a kid reading that in word.
dragonflytype ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:15:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, when you write. But for typing and figuring out how to make the computer do that... In word when you hover over the symbol it calls it that. Might need a different term, but a single compact term instead of a phrase is helpful for that.
wendy_stop_that ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:50:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Formatting stuff; like instead of centering the name and page number you'd align it to the right. Not sure why they'd request justified, though.
KingDarkBlaze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Have the document extend the spaces so every line ends at the right margin?
drdeadringer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:58:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm picturing a trend of "Justify" papers, written by folks who fancy themselves "Justifiers" who "justify any analysis of this topic" and are "damn good too". But they can't be any geek off the street, they gotta be handy with the gavel if you know what I mean. Justifiers, type up!
Random420eks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:30:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, as a native english speaker, i had to read this a few times to fully understand what you meant.
LovesBigWords ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:27:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Right justify and Left justify comes from typing with a typewriter. It predates margins in a word processing program like, well, Word. You used to have to set the tab stops on your typewriter to set the margin, and Jesus Christ just writing this exhausts me, thank GOD for computers.
Random420eks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I appreciate the explanation. I know what the terminology is referring to. Although the word justify still confuses me.
LovesBigWords ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I honestly have no idea.
I will admit typing drills in typing class paid off in the long run. I can type as fast as I think.
aard_fi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:08:01 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a native German speaker I directly understood it. Absolute basic word processing terminology, which nowadays you should learn early on in school, but unfortunately even office workers spending most of their time in word processors don't know (together with not really having a remote clue on how to properly use a word processor)
timawesomeness ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:53:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What senior doesn't know what "right justify" means? Everyone at my school does.
fuckitx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:22:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I never heard this
cjandstuff ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:32:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher myself but... As a punishment the teacher told a girl to copy the glossary at the back of the book. She came back the next day and had xeroxed it. Teacher was torn between furious and laughing.
spin_esperto ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 23:41:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but I was a bit of an ass as a student, so I have a couple: in my ninth grade geography class, we had to color a map of whatever region we were studying, and there was at least one new map per week. I enjoyed it, but thought it was a total waste is time, so to entertain myself, I started using strange colors for the maps. My best one was using different shades of blue for the countries in south Eastern Europe, and greens and browns for the seas. My younger siblings reported my maps were used as examples of how not to do the assignment for years after.
Another was in tenth grade, when we were reading Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in English. The teacher gave us a list of about 20 vocabulary words, and told us to "put each of the words into a sentence, so I asked if I could put then all into one sentence or if I needed to write a sentence per word. The teacher told me it wasn't possible for me to put all the words into one sentence, but I could put multiple words into a sentence. Challenge accepted! Ten minutes later when I turned in my single sentence, he said again that he didn't believe I could do it. I got full credit. Heard about that one from siblings later, too.
fairysdad ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 01:47:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... and that sentence was...?
puffinsmuggler ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 02:43:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Today spin_esperto was presented with an assignment to put each of the following words into a sentence: list words"
defectiveawesomdude ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:59:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I used to do that sometimes in kindergarten and got full credit all the time
Edit: as in i would say Word, word, word, word, word, word is not a sentence
st_stutter ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:46:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully it wasn't one of those sentences that go like "W, X, Y, and Z are all words used in Julius Caesar" where the actual meaning doesn't even matter.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:54:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Albert Cena
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:07:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He was wicked ๐บ๐บ ๐บ๐บ
farieniall ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:05:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my Grade 9 Geography class those maps were literally a quarter of our grade.
TOASTEngineer ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:06:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... you were given "color this in" assignments in 9th grade? I mean, I know high school is run by complete morons, but that's a little extreme.
farieniall ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:14:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was just my schools Geography teachers were a joke. Our final exam was a one hundred question multiple choice test. Basically questions with a/b/c/d and t/f. About 10/100 of the questions weren't even Geography related, bullshit like "which street in my town has the most Tim Horton's".
Artess ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:49:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that question basically on the Canadian citizenship test?
farieniall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:25:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is it really? Well I was born here so never had to do it, if it is that's probably pretty sad.
Artess ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:47:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, I was making a joke =)
I mean, I have no idea, it actually might be, but probably not.
Artess ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:47:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had those assignments in grades 6 through 9 in history classes. After spending fifteen minutes on colouring the map you really start to understand where all those things are happening. To this day I approximately remember the borders of each partition of Poland
El_guero_mexicano ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had them in all my highschool history classes up thru senior year. I am currently in college so I'm not that old
cindreiaishere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to color so fucking much in 9th grade geography. I hated it. I don't even like coloring.
numbersletterssigns ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:25:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a 9th grade French assignment that was "Color in Europe and name 10 countries correctly in French. Extra 10% for every extra country". Only assignment I ever went full Hermione and got >100% on.
goalieamd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:08:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sophomore year - wold cultures class
We were given a map of the Europe, Africa, and Asia. We had the class period to fill in every country that we could identify on the map.
Extra credit: one point for every capital
I ended up getting close to 150%. The next year the same teacher made capitals 1/4 of a point.
Sefiren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who has geography in 9th grade?? That shit was in 7th for me...
Wookiemom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:51:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Where did you go to school? (Country/State) We studied Julius Caesar in 10th grade too but the questions were harder I think, needing us to write pages of analysis (rather poorly done of course, we were 15!)
Jamespeachyyyy ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 01:51:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in second grade we got a textbook which was full of short stories. Each story was followed by a set of questions you answered to test your reading comprehension. It was probably 200 or 300 pages, which as a second grader was a ton. The teacher told us to "cover the book" by next week. She meant that she wanted us to put a book cover on it to keep it clean (not sure if this is done everywhere or just in Texas). Anyway I mistook "cover the book" to mean we had to complete it. So I spent the next week reading every single story and answering every single question.
SOSFromtheDARKNESS ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:14:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you make it?
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 02:54:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
10 Years. Banned without reason. Farewell Reddit.
I'll miss the conversation and the people I've formed friendships with, but I'm seeing this as a positive thing.
<3
cam5478 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:14:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So got bored and read the Wiki page. Apparently it's called the recorder because you're supposed to learn it by heart(a whole bunch of Latin stuff led to that one). That is definitely the best Seal of Virginity I've ever heard: Having learned the recorder by heart ( unless you're this guy of course.)
fuckitx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:49:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
HAHAHAHA I WAS NOT EXPECTING ALL THAT
devicemodder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:59 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would've done the same thing. I collect tape machines and tapes, so I always have one within reach.
Boobsnbutt ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 23:40:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time on a written test the last question was something like: "How do you spell Brontosophoroustrate." It was written on the just like that. My first thought was, "shit i can't spell that." Then i realized it was a freebie.
jakielim ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:56:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did anyone get that wrong?
theKalash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:36:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, Kevin
Boobsnbutt ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:42:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kevin, but I think the teacher would have given the extra credit anyways.
Zhanchiz ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:18:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well how did you spell it?
Boobsnbutt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:40:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
luckily i had my smart phone, and I wasn't against cheating.
CripzyChiken ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:12:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
middle school vocab class. Match the word to the definition. Teacher forgot to randomize the answers so it was 1:A, 2:B ....
One guy was freaking out b/c he didn't feel like it should be that easy, so he refused to turn the paper in with the answers in order. Everyone else did.
lewarcher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:08 on March 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In Grade VII, my history teacher gave us a similar question on a test: "How do you spell 'Iroquois'?"
Troy Ricketts got it wrong. Poor Troy.
flapjack1989 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:57:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach in Vietnam and a lot of the teenagers are heavily influenced by South Korean pop culture. For Halloween I had them write a scary story. One girl wrote of how her beloved Korean pop star had recently gotten a girlfriend. This was the most horrifying thing she could imagine. But it's OK. They then broke up. So now my student is free to stalk and marry the Korean pop star of her dreams.
Really gave me a good chuckle.
Patrho ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:15:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's really cute!
NoTFTLight ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 03:03:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't think this should be in here honestly. If that is the most horrifying thing she can think of that is good really, maybe ask the shit in the world would stop happening of people can't think of horrifying things.
rabbittexpress ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:13:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Her horror is the basis of a rather large number of deaths in tragedies...
MadmanPoet ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:06:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Notateacherbut...
My sister was in class. The instructions on the board read "Copy these five questions and be sure to leave room for the answers."
She copied the questions and then walked out. The teacher had to get her from the hallway.
LB-426 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:25:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is awesome.
IWantALargeFarva ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 03:20:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is my misinterpretation. I grew up in a really shitty household with abusive parents. My gifted and talented teacher noticed this, and she tried to take me under her wing. She would comb my hair in the morning when I got to school, bought me underwear when she learned I wasn't wearing any, brought me lunch, etc.
In the summers, she taught poetry at a state college. She would take me with her just to get me out of the house. So as a fifth grader, I was taking a college poetry class.
I usually kept up pretty well. But one assignment had the prompt: "Two roads diverge in a wood. We know which one Robert Frost chose. Which do you choose?"
I had no idea that it was talking about a famous poem. So I did the entire assignment by explaining that I took the road on the right, and why.
ScrewYouMorbidPanda2 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 03:29:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like an amazing teacher
Tank82 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:10:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you still in touch with this teacher? I love this story.
IWantALargeFarva ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:17:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unfortunately, I'm not. I moved out of that town, and I haven't been able to find her on Facebook. For all I know, she could have passed away. I feel bad that I didn't keep in touch with her.
lollity ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:15:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did you take that road? Also, how are you doing now?
IWantALargeFarva ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:48:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took that road because I write with my right hand lol.
I'm doing much better now. I've been married for 12 years, have 3 kids, just dropped down to part-time to spend more time with my family. I still talk to my mom on a VERY limited basis. I completely cut out my asshole stepdad. Surprisingly enough, we're doing pretty well financially. I'm not the 1%, but I don't have to worry about how to feed my kids. It's a completely different lifestyle from when I grew up and legitimately went to bed with no food on many nights, and had no heat in the winters.
Jughead295 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At first, I thought the misinterpretation you would've made was that the teacher had the hots for you.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:42:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
How do you think she found out that no underwear was being worn?
IWantALargeFarva ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:19:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Funny story. It's because I was wearing a skirt and I jumped off a bathroom sink just as a teacher was walking in. Ah, to be 7 and dumb again.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ooh. Ah. I'd hate to be 7 again. But it would be cool to be jumping around.
picklesandmustard ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 00:03:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a student for this one. We were given a timed writing prompt about how Beethoven's Sinfonia Eroica (Heroic Symphony) had to do with Napoleon and how great he was.
I spent most of my time wondering why I needed to write about how erotic Napoleon was. I was very creeped out.
TheBotherer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair the man was a true perv, and his tendencies in the erotic depeartment are well documented. There must have been a lot to write about.
trickytown ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 00:47:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A classmate of mine back in high school had to do a presentation on a well known indigenous Australian. He chose a footballer, but ended up confusing two indigenous players, Michael O'Loughlin and Michael Long. His presentation was a weird conflation of two football careers, and he even used both names interchangeably in front of the class. When the teacher interrupted him to ask which player he was talking about he just looked confused and soldiered on.
defectiveawesomdude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:29:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The show must go on!
Muzer0 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:40:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When she was young, my mother was told to bring a tangerine into class. Not being from a particularly healthy or wealthy family, she didn't know what a tangerine was. However, for some reason, she happened to own a tambourine. She brought it in.
budlejari ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:43:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's sweet. A little sad but mostly sweet.
courtnoo ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:45:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My students were assigned to do a little research paper on black lung when we were learning about labor history. One girl turned in a paper on some heavy metal band named Black Lung.
Mach_Cinco ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:52:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LMAO this is great.
Jazzimusprime ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 00:03:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not necessarily an assignment, but still a misinterpretation I had during preschool and 1st grade.
Whenever there was an in class group project/assignment my teachers would say "work with your neighbors". I would either not work with them or do so reluctantly because none of the other students lived next door to me.
JMCrown ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:31:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me but something I witnessed as a student. In 3rd grade we had to all do book reports. One girl who was painfully shy gave our teacher a cassette tape and the teacher naturally thought that she recorded her report because she was nervous about speaking. So teacher plays it in front of everyone. After about a minute, it becomes obvious that the girls is literally just reading the book word for word and recording it. I felt bad for her because she was obviously shy and thought she was doing the assignment. The look of displeasure and disappointment on the teacher's face when she shut off the tape player was crushing.
Storm137 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:35:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She made her own audiobook. I'd be impressed.
sound2503 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:29:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not mine, but I once overheard a woman telling her friend about an assignment she had in nursing school. She had to draw and name the human heart. By "name" her professor meant "label". She drew a heart and wrote "CHARLIE" on the top of the page. ...I hope to god I never have her as my attending.
NoTFTLight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You hope to not have her as she perfectly followed the instructions given to her? If the teacher said name and not label that is clearly on the teacher. Who the fuck says 'name' in place of 'label'.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:29:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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aezart ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:28:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Anthropomorphizing creates sympathy towards the subject. Clearly the teacher wanted the nurses to care more about the heart.
sound2503 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:05:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno. A weird teacher I guess. I just think maybe a bit of common sense was in order? I mean, c'mon. Critical thinking and whatnot.
thetechoverload ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:29:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My dad used to always tell me this story from when I was younger. I was practicing pitching and catching with my baseball coach(technically he was my teacher and pitch/catch was my assignment). I have no clue why he even tried to help me out considering every game he had to run to my purposefully appointed outfield position and tell me to stop doing cartwheels mid game. So I was a ditzy child as most of us were and I could not catch the ball during this pitch/catch practice to save my life. I remember him throwing it one more time and I didn't catch it and he says ," Make sure to keep your eye on the ball son, remember eye on the ball". I followed his advice very literally and proceeded to pick up the ball and put it on my left eye, and then my right because I realized I was a righty so why would I keep my eye on the ball with my left eye?
If the cartwheels weren't a sign enough that I was a lost cause, I'm sure my sweet ball to eye skills did the trick.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least he didn't say balls to the wall. THAT would've been awkward.
JCoda413 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:48:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This comes to mind...
trollshand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:28:43 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed so hard I keep having to wipe my eyes. Thanks for being a sprite of a child.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in 3rd grade I misheard project instructions and thought I had to make a candy wrapper and bar. Turns out we just had to make a wrapper, but I spent like 3 days making a homemade chocolate bar.
KatJit ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Recipe? :)
zooeymochibear ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:45:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom teaches 8th grade Georgia (the state) History in Georgia (the state). Inevitably every year at least one kid turns in an assignment with facts describing Georgia (the country). Like they don't even realize the place about which they are writing doesn't sound anything like the place in which they live.
kairon156 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:37:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
though it's important to learn about where your from at least some kids are learning about other countries. :)
Storm137 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:44:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
....There's a fucking country called Georgia?
caitlinadian ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:39:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh honey.
Storm137 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:45:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mind. Blown.
caitlinadian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:50:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When Russia invaded Georgia a few years back, did you think they were invading the US?
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No. I literally never heard anything like that. I don't keep up with a lot of the news unless I absolutely have to, because a lot of it really upsets me. I never even heard of a country being called Georgia until tonight.
caitlinadian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:06:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, TYL, then :)
Storm137 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:10:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:) You learn something new every day.
Though this whole thing brings up a funny memory.... I was browsing DeviantART and this chick has asked the random people of dA (who are basically trolls most of the time) to help her with her homework. And this chick is convinced Arizona is a country. Even when explained it's a state, she claims she's Canadian and can't fathom that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:34 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:54 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You know that is really rude. You know you don't have to type everything that comes to mind right?
Not everyone knows everything. And something THAT obscure? Most ADULTS probably don't know that!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:16:44 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:16:55 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And you amazingly believe that? From your posts you're not American yourself so you have really no room to say anything. Being from a foreign country doesn't make what you're saying any less of being an asshole.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:43:22 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:44:59 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You apparently do because you CALLED me a perfect example of one.
TheManBuzz ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 12:29:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was in grade 8 we had an assignment for social studies to make an anti-racism poster. A genius in my class didn't notice the "anti" part and made a full blown racist poster with stuff like "death to Jews" and "die Pakis die" on it. The teacher nearly had a heart attack when he saw it.
[deleted] ยท 163 points ยท Posted at 01:32:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone posting "not a teacher, but a student," is misinterpreting this very assignment
SgvSth ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:55:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, at least we get funny stories.
ArbitraryPotato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:31 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, so are you because it asked for teacher, and the OP is the teacher for his thread.
ifinkufreeki ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 02:29:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aww, man, I'm always too late for these.
In 7th grade everyone in our English class had to illustrate a vocabulary word: and they were supposed to be as nice as you could make them-- posterboard, map pencils, the whole nine yards. Well, this one girl in our class, a SUPER sweet, super Christian girl was a great artist, so I was looking forward to seeing hers.
Her word was "rapture," and she drew..... the Rapture. With Jesus and everything. It was so cringey-- but she had put SO much work into it, and it looked really nice. It was awkward having the teacher explain that she didn't mean THAT particular version of rapture.
kairon156 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:32:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What other "rapture" is there?
Ubuntuful ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
"Leonora listened with rapture"
kairon156 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:44:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've honestly never heard of the word rapture used in that way.
Thanks for teaching me something new.
Ubuntuful ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:45:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No problem.
Storm137 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/ed5cc221eb058dd64f904914c1a5a201/http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i56/super-duper_man/raptor-jesus.jpg
The Raptor of course.
ifinkufreeki ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:28:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Rapture the feeling. Like, intense happiness?
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:35:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
seems like it.
andthushedidcreate ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:58:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The one with no gods, no kings, only man.
caitlinadian ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:22:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only one who doesn't know wtf a map pencil is?
ifinkufreeki ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 16:29:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha, sorry, colored pencils. Maybe it's a Texas thing?
caitlinadian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:14:14 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Woah, I've never heard that before! I live in the states now, but when I moved here from Canada as a kid, everyone made fun of me for calling them "pencil crayons." Who knew colored pencils had so many names?!
ifinkufreeki ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:20:41 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ha! Pencil crayons, that's awesome. I guess we called them "map pencils" because we predominantly used them to color maps in social studies... I just asked my son (10) what they call it at his school and he said "colored pencils." I'm going to have to investigate now.
caitlinadian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:41:26 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So fascinating! I wonder what the etymology behind all this business is.
ifinkufreeki ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:41:48 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I took a poll on facebook about "map pencils vs. colored pencils" and the results were pretty unanimous (it actually went on a lot longer than this, I just grabbed it as an example). Fortunately one of my friends was able to explain the origins for me! : )
caitlinadian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:44:17 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! Awesome. Thanks for sharing!
TrollinGolem ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 23:21:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was in high school we were assigned to read "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison over the summer. I read "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells. Didn't realize my mistake until when class started and we had to write an essay about themes in the book. I just wrote my essay about the book that I had read; the teacher was understanding about it and gave me like half credit.
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:22:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the first one in this thread.
Nick0013 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:57:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A story that a student teacher told me: It was some class on European history and the class was assigned to write a research paper on the influence that Martin Luther had on society. Apparently, one student wrote a fantastic paper that was very academic, excellently cited, and very insightful... on Martin Luther King Jr.
fuckitx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:41:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And yet she couldn't realize that none of that happened in Europe..
Spidey16 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:22:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mother is a primary school teacher. Part of her curriculum was to teach the kids about Wales (the country) but she was only verbally told this, she never saw it in writing.
So for several weeks her and the students spent hours of class time researching Whales! The different types of whale, how whales reproduce, how whales feed, whale migration patterns, how whales differ from sharks and fish (ie: what makes them a mammal), even art lessons in which they painted whales.
She put so much effort in and the kids learnt so much about whales. The only time her supervisor picked up on what she was doing was when she put in a request to take the kids on a field trip to the beach as whales often migrate up and down our coast here in east Australia.
They never learnt about that little region of land next door to England, but they had such a great experience learning about marine biology!
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:05:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Might be a bit late but my parents love this one. When i was 5 years old our teacher was teaching us about Jesus' resurrection and how a seal covered his tomb. She asked us to draw it and because im the genius that i am, drew the animal protecting Jesus' body.
IcebergGlaceon ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 22:45:59 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
3 people in my class back when I was 10 interpreted "underline everything [that you think is important]" as literally underline EVERYTHING.
Every time we had a test you would just hear the sound of lead being drawn across paper constantly for the first 15 minutes.
Jughead295 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:41:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, hope those kids didn't poison themselves with all that lead!
IcebergGlaceon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:18:29 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I.. admit I may have messed up a small bit.
Cranthony ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:57:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A kid came into my class with a paper all about those under the age of 18 in Taiwan, Korea, India, China, and Japan.
Too bad the assignment was about "Euthanasia".
rabbittexpress ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:16:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was it at lest well written? Because if it was...A...
StrictlyForTheBirds ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:43:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
English teacher. In one of my first years teaching, I had a low-performing class. Getting any of them to turn in any writing was nearly a miracle. But I had a few kids who really worked hard. We had been working on essays, and we were reading The Old Man and the Sea. I told the students that they needed to include quotes to prove their points better.
The next essay that followed, I had one student turn in a short, but earnest essay that talked about Santiago's struggle, and how it reached a peak when Santiago screamed to the sea, "I'LL GET YOU, FISH!!" This line never appears in The Old Man and the Sea.
I guess I forgot to mention that the quote should actually be from the book itself.
EDIT: typo fixed
CreatrixAnima ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:04:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think that was from Moby Dick.
EvilGiraffeDemon ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 09:49:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but I remember the first time I've ever misinterpreted an assignment... and it's pretty embarrassing.
I was in the 1st grade when my teacher handed out the world's most basic assignment a 1st grader could ever get. It had only one question on the entire page and I still got it wrong. I remember that day clearly because it was precisely when I was diagnosed with ADHD. That damn question only asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. So I immediately wrote down "giraffe" and sprinted towards the playground.
12 years later, our elementary school teachers finally gave back our assignments at graduation. I looked down upon my 1st-grade assignment and that's when I realized, I still want to become a giraffe. And I will, goddamnit. I will.
El_Barto_227 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:24:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant username.
polterdog1344 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 12:12:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student. Was supposed to buy and read The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Accidentally bought The Pearl, a collection of Victorian erotic stories. 15 year old me was very confused.
ninetyeight98 ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 23:00:48 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had an ESL class made up of refugee and migrant kids. We were learning about Indigenous Australians and after a few lessons on dreamtime stories, I got the students to write their own. One of them, a giant sweethearted kid of Kenyan descent wrote a story about why white girls shouldn't be worried about going out with black guys.
thebananahotdog ยท 131 points ยท Posted at 20:34:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but one notorious meathead was in a class where your essay was to be double-spaced.
So he typed every sentence, then hit enter twice.
His formatting for the whole essay was the same as this comment.
Last I checked, the kid was pushing buggies at a supermarket full-time.
Achatyla ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 21:57:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once submitted to a writing contest and had never heard of double-spaced. I went through and put an extra space between each of the almost 3000 words.
Boy, that was embarrassing.
the_supersalad ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:23:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On the plus side, if it was online and in html format your extra spaces may have been ignored! Yay!
Or, maybe they thought you used a weirdly kerned font.
scharfes_S ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:12:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kemed*
ack4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:14:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You unbelievable bastard
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:04:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/keming
brickmack ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 21:53:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher ask for a 3 page double spaced paper, and thought he just meant 2 spaces after every word like this. Got docked for writing too much...
Valdrax ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 23:03:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In HTML, all white space is treated as a single space. That's why your "like this" example doesn't show at all.
Try using " " like this.
dizzyzane_ ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 01:44:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmmmm...
White Space feels weird.
Valdrax ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:32:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well technically, on Reddit, every time you leave a double-spaced line, it's getting translated to a <p></p> block, but point taken.
dizzyzane_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:13:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
*<br>
Valdrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Inspect elements with your browser's developer tools on the page, and you'll see that it's <p> tags, like I said. Dunno why. Breaks would make more sense to me.
...Assuming it isn't sending different HTML to different browsers, now that I think of it. I'm on Chrome.
dizzyzane_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Oh yeah, it's because I'm using a lot of ZWSpaces (​) instead of spaces.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:50:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Thank mr unico
rnde for other invisible charactersdrainbead78 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shows up on mobile, though.
Valdrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:37:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's bizarre. What OS & browser? Treating whitespace any other way would be non-compliant with HTML since its first specification.
Unless you mean those tags I escaped out with a \ to be visible.
drainbead78 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Alien Blue shows the extra space.
lostatsea93 ยท 59 points ยท Posted at 20:52:54 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, he didn't exactly misinterpret anything. He knew what you meant and how to turn it in. Just obviously didn't know the difference between "double space" and hitting enter twice
Alched ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup I did that all the time in 7th grade and I don't remember any teacher ever correcting me. Didn't find out until next year when I took comp.
lostatsea93 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:01:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah, I'm pretty sure every 7th grader thought of the novel idea of type in size 24 font and hit space twice to achieve the "5 page paper" limit in 2 pages, max.
xorgol ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:24:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hitting enter twice isn't even the right way to do it, it's much better to change the line spacing settings.
nebuchadnezzarVI ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my 1101 english class our professor had to teach us how to double space because half of everyone would hit enter twice.
ForTheText ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:17:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know how to setup formatting for double-spaced, but I still prefer the "press enter twice" method. It gives me more control. Am I weird?
the_supersalad ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:24:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you not edit? As soon as you go back and change anything, everything below it is ruined!
ForTheText ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:37:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's been a few years since I took those classes. You're actually reminding me that, yes, I did have to do this.
Maybe formatting would have been easier? No, it definitely would have been. lol
PsylentKnight ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:09:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was kinda confused too. I think he means that every single sentence was on a separate line.
c_dawg7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:53:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You're the same person who always ruins formatting in group assignments by starting a new page by hitting enter until you get there, aren't you?
ForTheText ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ironically, I'm the a-hole who holds up group assignments while everyone else slacks off.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No one ever broke out what "double spaced" meant and for years I thought that this is what it meant.
cannibalisticapple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:23:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember my teacher telling me to double-space a paper in first or second grade. They had never used that term before so I thought it meant press the space button twice every time, and I tried to do that but kept forgetting and gave up.
brenster23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:55 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually knew an idiot in my senior english class at a prep school do this, he was in all honestly an idiot.
DNDnoobie ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 23:53:06 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was doing a gel electrophoresis lab on DNA fingerprinting with the backdrop being a murder mystery. One student couldn't get the comb out of the gel. I told him to gently press down with a finger on the gel and give the comb a wiggle.
He looked at me and said, "but they will think I'm the murderer if my DNA fingerprint is on it."
iamthekris ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am not a teacher but I have to tell this story.
A few years ago I was taking an Artificial Intelligence class. This was a graduate level course at a University. There were a lot of foreign students, maybe half the class.
The final assignment which we were working on for about two months was to create an agent (an intelligent bot) that would play minesweeper and win. The harder the difficulty of minesweeper your agent succeeds at, the better you do in the project. Three of the students, out of about 15, had totally misunderstood the instructions of the project. On the final day where we go up one by one and have our agent play minesweeper, these students went up and presented their minesweeper game. That's right, they had written their own version of minesweeper instead of writing a bot that would play minesweeper. One student went above and beyond by making his own version of minesweeper as well as a bot that would play it.
The professor was not pleased because the whole point of the final project was to have a competition.
CripzyChiken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
top bot vs the top game - losing group all get's 0's! problem solved!
veglt ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:20:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids were suppose to draw a dream they have for the future and think about how they were going to work towards achieving that dream. A young student drew one of his nightmares. He must have felt awful when he was drawing it.
LaMarquesa ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 02:55:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I had to take a women's studies class in college. The teacher kept talking about how women were expected to be "pure and chased." Wrote my final essay about how we see men as the predators and women as prey and how women have to seem pure by trying to elude the advances of a man. She wrote on my paper that what she meant all semester was "pure and chaste."
CeauxViette ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:21:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I seem to remember a Carry On film doing that one and all!
standtallnofall ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:13:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach ESL geography in a nearly all-Hispanic high school in Houston, Texas. We just went over a bunch of land forms and the kids were instructed to make a comic strip using a certain number of land forms. To make it a bit more fun and structured, I told them to make it about an alien coming to the U.S. and is surprised at the land forms they see.
I guess there was a lost in translation moment for all of them because when I got them back the next period they were nearly all about illegal immigrants coming to the U.S.
gingersyndrome ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:39:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I messed up pretty bad in high school biology. We took a trip to the local forest to collect "owl pellets", which are little balls of vomit that are filled with mouse bones. The assignment was to "construct a complete skeleton" using the bones. I collected about 6 owl pellets, dissected them, and made a brontosaurus skeleton. Apparently we were meant to construct a complete mouse skeleton. My teacher was so amused she decided to accept the assignment anyway. I think it's still hanging in her classroom.
Kdrama ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:16:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure how related this is, but I'll share it. Took a world religions class. Thought BDSM was short for Buddhism, wrote it on the board.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:48:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Attachment is the root of all suffering Vs Attachment is the root of all pleasure.
rambooster ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 04:11:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I made the misinterpretation.
In year 7 I went on holiday overseas with my family. When I came back 2 months later, my English class was finishing up reading The Hobbit. I was lazy and never got around to reading it.
When they finished the book, we got an assignment where we were supposed to create a travel brochure about a trip to Middle Earth.
Having not read the book, my assignment was all about lava, fire pits and the Earth's core.
falls_asleep_reading ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:10:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, Mordor is part of Middle Earth (just not seen in the Hobbit). I'd have at least given you half credit.
PurpleElephant888 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:40:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This my own story. So, Freshman English and History class (which in all honesty was a total joke) were blocked, so we would go to 2 periods of English one day, then 2 period of history the next, so the courses would kind of go with each other, so when we were learning about the Greeks in history, we would learn about their gods and myth and writings in English class, that sort of thing. What I didn't realize was english has gone on to the next unit and history hadn't. So, we get this assignment in English, where we were learning about propaganda and all the "tricks" advertisers use to get you to buy their product, like bandwagon, shock value etc (those are the only two I can think of atm). We were supposed to find 3 real life examples of these propaganda tricks, then write a short paragraph explaining what kind of techniques it was using and why it worked. Again, not realizing this has absolutely nothing to do with the Greeks we were still learning about in history class, I spent over 2 weeks in the library in all my spare time looking up products Greeks would use, and made up my own "advertisements" for them. I thought the assignment was to do 3 OF ALL THE propaganda techniques. I was freaking out! I was in a total panic that EVRYONE was able to finish their project in about a week, and after 2 I was still not done. It was then I found out I was totally doing it wrong. At this point, I just said fuck it and turned in what I had done, hoping maybe my English teacher would give me a break and see that I did put a ton of work into it. I got an A not only in English, but the teacher sent it to my history teacher and he thought it was so cool he actually hung one up in his room, and my little brother said its still hanging up (that was about 12 years ago). So, totally fucked it up, ended up being pretty awesome.
funknjam ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 12:26:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once asked my classes to visit a local nature sanctuary with the instructions of finding and identifying as many native and invasive species as they could for extra credit. They were to take a closeup picture of the plant and then take a selfie with the plant in the background (so I knew they weren't just ripping pix off the internet). They were to take those pix and put them in a simple Power Point and turn that in.
One student submitted a Power Point with him standing in the hallway of his home holding up an iPad with pictures of different people on it. He took more than 50 pictures, every one with him holding his iPad with a different person's face displayed on it. Anyone with non-white skin was identified as "invasive." Anyone with white skin was "native." These were just random pictures of random people. Cringe factor 1000.
XiggiSergei ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:05:41 on March 20, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Disturbingly colonialist thought pattern in a youth right there. Whoo boy. O.e
I don't know how to put this any better so; did he know that was epic level cringe worthily racist, or was he that stupid, OR was it more of a sociopathic social disconnect/"disturbingly literal" thing? (Imho, all still indicative of racism on some level, but context.)
GoAwayWay ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 00:19:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So it wasn't for an assignment, but I was judging a speech tournament for high schoolers, and I was in the impromptu round. Kids would open an envelope which contained the mystery topic (usually a word, a name of a famous person, or a quote) and had 2 minutes to come up with a ~5 minute speech about that topic.
For this round, the topic was destiny. This kid read it as "density".
To his credit, the kid tried really hard...but there is only so much your average 15 year old can say regarding density.
TheLovelyLadsGroupie ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:21:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
McFly?
jakielim ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:25:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
George McFly?
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future references. Night. Made.
KingDarkBlaze ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:55:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except for at my school, where physics is freshman year
GoAwayWay ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:14:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Density is one of those things that gets brought up at some point in pretty every science discipline whether it's earth science or physics.
Also, I always wonder why any schools bother doing physics freshman year. I know that some put high school freshmen in physics as a blanket policy. At that point, math skills aren't typically developed in most kids well enough to support useful physics skills that aren't solely conceptual.
(I happen to have a physics degree and am also a high school chemistry/physics teacher by trade.)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:37:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Except inadvertantly, through their every word and action.
Doiihachirou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:40 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did it start with: "Lorraine, my density has brought me to you..." ???
Nosiege ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:37:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was a student. A Japanese teacher asked us to translate Japanese numbers into Roman Numerals.
They meant Arabic Numerals, and everyone in the class went along with the standard 1234567890 deal, except for me, I wrote them all down in actual Roman Numerals. Everyone got it right because it was what she intended, but I got an extra mark for actually doing what it said, rather than what she intended.
jef2000 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:56:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A 9th grade student kept failing to turn in assignments. Each time, he would claim that he turned it in. After this happened several times, I asked him where exactly he was turning in his papers. He was not turning them in to the box on the table that literally had a big sign over it saying, "Turn Papers in Here" with a giant arrow. No, he was putting them in the box under the table. The blue one that said "recycling."
chardonn-yay ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:41:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in grade 8, there was a kid in my French class who when handed in an assignment, was accused of using google translate. When he asked the teacher how she knew, she said it because it was in Spanish.
mongster_03 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:21 on April 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WTF tho
mongster_03 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:21 on April 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WTF tho
FequalsMfreakingA ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 07:56:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's for you, guy who sorts by "new". You get The Taco Story. My public speaking teacher says that she tells this to every class now as an example of what not to do.
One of the lessons she teaches for giving speeches is parts of the speech, starting with a good hook. ANYTHING, she used to say, that will grab the attention of your audience. One of her students, who she described as "not a bad kid, but quiet and a little awkward" took this to heart and started his next speech assignment in a way that she will never forget.
He walked to the front of the classroom, put his palms together over his head, and scanned the classroom slowly from left to right while he said loudly "TACO... TACO... TACO." While that seems funny now, apparently the delivery was so creepy that no one laughed except the presenter who threw his head back and laughed like he just reanimated Frankenstein's Monster. He then proceeded to give a completely monotone speech about video games or something.
Monst3rr ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:01:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Poor kid will never forget that moment of his life.
zacharysnow ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:13:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully he felt like Zim and it was awesome. Probably didn't give a fuck about those people anyway, no offense, of course.
El_Barto_227 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:40:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is why I browse by New.
DiscordsTerror ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 12:49:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back in elementary school, we had an assignment to do 1-25 on pg. 19. I misheard and thought she said #19 on pages 1-25.
...I wasn't the brightest knife in the lamp shed.
dingo8muhbabies ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 10:02:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not an assignment but something I had said.
I'd broken up with my fiancee the evening before and was pretty down. The kids (13-14 year olds) asked what was wrong and I just said 'someones just taken the jam outta my donut'.
They get a note to go to the library, despite never ever wanting to do any work ever, and vanish for half an hour.
When they get back I ask them where the bloody hell they went and they sheepishly replied 'miss we went to ask the canteen and the home ec room to get you some jam for your donut to cheer you up'.
Held back the cuteness tears and ended up having an awesome day from that adorably misguided gesture!!
Pharestofall ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:16:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach job skills as a part of my high school class. We had been talking about interviews and interview questions. I had them answer the infamous "what are your strengths/ weaknesses" questions. Here are some of my favorite for the weaknesses:
adelaide129 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:00:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
for whom are bears NOT a weakness?! hahaha!
CanadianJesus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:54 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dwight Schrute.
sowsplowscows ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:32:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I teach middle school and one project was to make a "junk art" contest model of a plant or animal native to our area. One student chose to make a prehistoric whale (Basilosaurus) because, "Florida used to be under water, the rules don't say it has to be currently alive. Basilosaurus swam over where we are right now when Florida was underwater." I allowed it, it did follow the rules as they were written.
Edit: marine dinosaur to whale
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:04:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that is dedication.
I would've done a Mosasaur.
PlagueDilopho ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:10:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Basilosaurus was a prehistoric whale, not a dinosaur.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 04:07:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Immigrant here. Grade 3 and we were to draw something christmas related from a list. I got stuck with 'elf.' I was pretty confident in my drawing but the teacher probably thought I was slow. I drew 'Alf' the alien, I had no clue what an elf was.
eland_ ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:40:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will get buried, but when I entered kindergarten I only knew a few words in english, since my family had just immigrated. The teacher asked us bring in "dirt," a word I wasn't familiar with. She also happened to be holding a bagel (her breakfast) in her hand. I associated the two and brought in a poppy seed bagel the next morning. We were going to be planting flowers.
shannytyrelle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:44:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
When i first moved to an english school in 4th grade, on the first day of the course, all the kids were teaching me the bad words. First class the teacher tells us to complete the 'sheets' she was about to hand us, I burst out laughing confused looking at the other kids...I thought she'd said shit.
ooranu_indeed ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 10:17:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking on behalf on the girlfriend who is a primary school teacher... she set an assignment for her 8/9 year old kids to write about life as a Victorian street child. One kid started off his story on a cold night in London but then quickly jumped straight over to condensing the story of Lord of rings with multiple references to 'Azog the defiler'
CripzyChiken ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:41:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
was expecting a story about the kid in class named Victor living on the street.
kaiyotic ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:52:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student. teacher asked us to draw a real life item in rainbow colours. The other kids drew rainbow coloured grass. rainbow coloured house etc... I drew an oil spill on a road on a summer day cause that was the only rainbow coloured thing I could think of
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 23:45:31 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but w/e. We were supposed to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison for class, a story about a black man who realizes he is practically "invisible" in a institutionally racist society. I didnt think there were 2 books with the same exact name out there (copyright? Idk) and accidentally read the one by H.G. Wells, a story about a scientist who literally turns himself invisible but can't turn himself visible again.
PalladiuM7 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:26:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Invisible Man vs The Invisible Man. Understandable.
Yess-cat ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:56:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to think they were the same story; about a black man who turned himself invisible and couldn't undo it, but discovered it didn't matter anyway because institutionalised racism. Or something.
libraryspy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:32:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, thought they were the same book for decades
silas34 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:26:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is this also you?
washichiisai ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:23 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In case you're curious: Book titles are not protected by copyright,, although they can be trademarked.
I've learned to always write down the author of the book as well as the title, as a result.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:52:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I took a fitness class and the instructor told the class about the time they had a female exchange student from Sweden in the class. She had asked her and a male student to come up to the front of the class and show off their upper bodies. Apparently in Sweden women aren't modest about taking their tops off for this sort of thing and, well...the boys in class weren't upset by this.
Pokemonprime ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:01:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In other news, there has been a large increase in the amount of teenage immigrants to Sweden.....
merrymilano ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:08:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to teach a middle school ESL class, and I once gave the students an assignment whose prompt was something like, "Write one page of a day in the character's shoes." Can't remember the book we were reading at the time.
Anyway, one kid literally wrote about himself exploring the main character's shoe... except as a character from GTA. He described this "dank-ass smelling, forever dark-ass place" Shoe-opolis where he "t-boned mothafukas," "blasted hookers," "hijacked helicoptrs," "banged dem bitches," etc...
I was just happy that the assignment was longer than half a page (which is what I expected from him, since he hated doing any sort of work), tbh...
logopolys_ ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:29:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Class: College freshman comp
Assignment: Write a three page film evaluation. Choose three different elements of a movie (acting, music, FX, writing, sets, etc.) and write about them.
A few results: Exactly what was assigned.
Most results: Here's a five page summary of the plot, which may or may not be accurate.
Worst result: Criminal Minds is my favorite show. Here's four pages about why I respect the FBI and why I'm afraid of serial killers.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:57:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:15:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair, they didn't ask why not....
dumbartist ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:38:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but the student. I decided to create a profile just for this one.
In preschool we were told to draw a picture of our mother for a display that our parents would be seeing in a few days. I, being a very literate preschooler, thought about this assignment for a few minutes. "They only told me to draw a picture of my mother", I thought "and my mother is not the clothes she wears. Furthermore they did not tell me to draw a picture of my mother with clothes on." I then proceeded to draw a naked picture of my mother. She saw it a few days later at the event and proceeded to have a panic attack.
ajquick ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:01:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student. It was 4th grade and we were asked to write a small little thing about where our ancestry or heritage comes from. I didn't really understand what the big deal was. I assumed this was for students that were from other countries, or had parents that were from other countries. My classmates had to go home and ask their parents, I didn't know why it was so hard for them. They came back with their ancestry's origins written out in percentages. 25% this, 75% that.. etc.
I just had to write out one line.
100% AMERICAN
On that day I received an F.. but my mullet grew 4 sizes. I still know nothing about my ancestry's origins.
ElipsesCorters ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 14:29:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My grandma tells a story of my dad who in high school had to write a two page paper for getting in trouble. Since the teacher gave no direction in what to write, he completed a two page essay of absolute nonsense, the first line being "when come around, waffle head lively."
Billebill ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:07:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was once given Saturday school for excessive tardiness, spent the whole day unsupervised strolling through the school listening to my ipod eating out of all the teachers hidden snack drawers, A- detention
Sonicx00222 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 17:09:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but there was this one time my high school chemistry teacher made me write a paper on the Love Canal incident. I somehow managed to interpret that as her wanting me to write a paper on Tunnels of Love, aka those crappy boat rides through dark tunnels in state fairs and stuff. Ended up handing in a two page paper on a carnival ride for a chemistry class.
On the bright side, it made her laugh so hard she let me do it over.
accentmarkd ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:56:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I can answer from the other side. I was in a psych class called Stereotypes and Prejudice. One of our final projects was to write about a stereotyped group in a popular mainstream movie that wasn't overtly about racism. All of the examples she used of movies with unexpected subtones of prejudice and stereotyping were comedies, so I did my paper on Shrek and the way they gloss over the stereotpying of ogres and other fantastic beasts. I got to class and almost everyone else chose a dramatic movie based on real events and groups of people. I felt so awful. My teacher actually loved it and thought it was a well written paper with a great example because it demonstrated how feelings of otherness and exclusionism are so present in our culture they are a staple of even childhood classics. But until I read her grading notes that she loved it I felt like the worst person.
cheeruphamlet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:44:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I always applaud unusual and unexpected choices when the student makes them well. I'm definitely on your teacher's side here.
JustusGS ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:43:38 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like Shrek was kind of overtly about anti-ogre racism.
FenixSolutions ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 23:48:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
For my Honors 10th grade English essays, I turned in works of satire. My teacher was recently out of college and also a browser of reddit.
We had a creative writing assignment. I wrote about how anti virus programs give computers autism. For a book report, I read about Scientology and wrote a news report satirizing a pro-Scientology stance in comic sans. I got extra credit.
I think I still may have some of my essays saved in my google drive.
EDIT: Here's one of them: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nhZ2vniRn-Y3NtOZBXpgbG4aEI1VUaqwG5mQFq7mnjM/edit EDIT 2: Scientology one https://docs.google.com/document/d/1STyP3QPFlyZ6OUdsjyOf40GMUeiTI78O9BmQ8I0gV64/edit
the_supersalad ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:59:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not relevant to OP's question in either sense... but cool story bro.
ahaisonline ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:23:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like /u/FenixSolutions misread the assignment.
the_supersalad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:37:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I knew how to do one of those sunglass-lowering faces I would right now.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:58:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have the scientology satire?
FenixSolutions ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1STyP3QPFlyZ6OUdsjyOf40GMUeiTI78O9BmQ8I0gV64/edit
MaxDG1013 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:01:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is impressive. I wish I did shit like this in 10th grade. Rather, last year.
horsenbuggy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:18:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 12th grade I wrote a poem that was intentionally obscure. I adored my literature teacher, everyone did. But I was always arguing with her about symbolism in poems and literature because I'm such a literal person. When she assigned us to write a poem, I took extra pleasure in asking her if she knew what I had written about. She didn't.
DIMGOD ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 23:59:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/thathappened
FenixSolutions ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:07:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
here's one of them
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nhZ2vniRn-Y3NtOZBXpgbG4aEI1VUaqwG5mQFq7mnjM/edit
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:44:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a work of art
Sefiren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:38:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you handed that in or something like that to a college/university, I would wager that you'd get in.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:54:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We sometimes forget that teachers are humans too. You remember the adults when you were a kid? This you now. For me i'm 26 and i still remember the time when i thought of people that old as serious adults. Yet here i am... doijng shit all the time.
DIMGOD ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:42:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
don't worry bro I know OP personally i'm just fuckin with him
FenixSolutions ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:15:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sup nas
lollity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:51:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:O
grizzlybear1337 ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 00:12:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I assigned students to watch a BBC documentary, telling them the link was on my website.
One student didn't hear the part about it being on my website, and told me the next day they couldn't find the documentary on big black cocks.
the_supersalad ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:36:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What? Why would you assign them that?
fakerachel ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:18:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because the British Broadcasting Corporation makes a lot of informative documentaries on a variety of subjects.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:23:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I found it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007y80c
MikeDUMask ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:28:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You found the documentary on Big Black Cocks? Good for you.
the_supersalad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Omg it wasn't until I started reading the thread on misread acronyms that I realised BBC could also stand for Big Black Cocks. Could not figure out why anyone would have trouble researching the BBC...
andreyevich ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 02:29:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You are the ones who will just send me to sign up for 2 bucks at a group people why you are worried about.
Totentag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:50:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wat.
gr8ca9 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:25:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They didn't look hard enough.....I mean...they should have looked harder....uh...I mean...
aflyingflip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of that one time a lot of people clicked on a clearly labeled NSFW picture because OP said he'd misunderstood what "BBC" stood for.
Kongcha ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:54:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but freshman year of high school the teacher told us to write our paper so that our ideas are illustrated. I literally drew a picture. He used mine as an example of what not to do.
emptysee ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:54:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. One of the girls in my Social Studies class way back when wrote her paper on Sequoia trees. We were supposed to write them on Native American tribes.... I don't even know what happened there.
the_supersalad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She definitely heard "trees"
LoneW0lf1828 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:00:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once had to write a fictional diary for an anne frank project, and turned it in, in german. to say the least, my teacher was not amused....
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:51:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why ? it only seemed appropriate Anne Frank was German after all.
LoneW0lf1828 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
she couldn't read it.
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:07:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once did an entire project about Auschwitz a comparison of Propaganda compared to Truth. I did it all in German, even had some files on the Gas Chambers if Reich survived, you know like future plans All in German, not legit files all copied of course. did not think to translate them, got a B.
LoneW0lf1828 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:18:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
interesting project man. did the teacher leave any comments?
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:19:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only that if I insisted doing my WW2 project sin German to have English translations for everything. but this wa slike seven years ago.
LoneW0lf1828 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:21:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
seems like a cool teacher.
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:25:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone else was jealous though, that I understood enough German to do my projects and come out unscathed, and not look like an idiot.
LoneW0lf1828 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:46:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
where you a native speaker or did you learn through school?
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:49:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just picked up naturally with self teaching I don't speak the full language, I know just a bit.
LoneW0lf1828 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:57:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i mean its pretty good if you can write a whole paper in german haha.
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:00:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well it was not a paper as much a sit was a bunch of pictures with statements describing the Propaganda VS Truth, like things they showed to the German people like how the Jews were given fun games and lots of food. one pic I found which was a rare piece of photo was a propaganda photo of the front of Auschwitz with a big Farris wheel.
LoneW0lf1828 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:02:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh ok interesting.
Kiyoko504 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:08:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like the first few portions were all propaganda photos, then I got to the horrors of the different methods of gassing and the photos of those that were found on liberation day. It was worthy of a standing ovation. Didn't help that the some students called me a Nazi the rest of the school year. As none could pronounce half the words I spoke as German uses the back of the tongue and throat.
Estacomfome ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:18:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I walked into a 10th grade reading class and wrote on the board, "Your nose runs but your feet smell" and they got offended. Stupid kids.
TOASTEngineer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:20:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nose is my trigger word how dare you
IDoNotTalk ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:26:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
student, not a teacher but pretty good misinterpretation happened on my part.
it was the grade 9 geography exam, and much of the year we were studying political cartoons. we would have to analyze them, express what theyre referencing etc.
Well, on the 2nd page of the exam i noticed a large blank box with now lines inside of it. i didnt bother read the question cause i thought, "oh only one thing she could be expecting.. she wants me to draw a comic of my own!"
halfway through this stick people masterpiece my teacher comes by and absolutely breaks down laughing. she even picked up my page to show the class how not to answer that question.
it was not my finest moment.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:03:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it
IDoNotTalk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:05:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
basically picture a large empty box on a test with a question above it that entails a written response.
now in that box picture an image of a globe, stick people, and speech bubbles instead. that was my response.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ahhh, okay, I get it :) That's pretty hilarious
lugabs11 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:30:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On a recent test in my English class, my 8th graders had the following instructions, "Make an observation about the passage and draw an inference from it."
They drew actual pictures.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:52:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair... I'd assume you meant to draw a picture too.
causticfox ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:31:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student that misinterpreted the assignment, it was AP English and I recall the subject saying "Write a fairy tale in your own way" so I wrote a comedy about a bear. It turns out we were supposed to rewrite an already existing fairy tale.
sacrosanctt ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:33:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Poor choice of wording on your instructors part. Actually rather sad for someone teaching writers craft.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:41:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not so much misinterpreting an assignment as much as I misinterpreted what the teacher said (I'm still pretty sure she said it so I'm sticking by my story) Around Easter time my 1st Grade my teacher was explaining the death of Jesus, coming again in 3 days and the book of Revelations. I'm pretty sure I heard her say that "3 days after Jesus was crucified, on the day of easter, he would rise again and bring upon the worlds end." Me and another kid started crying and had to be picked up from school because well we were basically 6 year olds being told we had a few days to live and that there were no street sharks in heaven.
Overthemoon64 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:47:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a religious misinterpretation too. There is a line they would always say in church, "jesus was crucified under pontius pilot" I didnt think much of it, and my family stopped going to church when i was about 8. Well years later in my 12th grade theology class, the teacher was talking about pontious pilot, and it clicked so hard that i just busted out in the middle of class with "wait a second, pontious pilot is a person? I thought it was a mountain!" I thought pontious pilot was the name of a geological feature where it all happened. In all of the paintings ive seen of the cruxifiction, there is this huge mountain in the backround. Then later he ends up in a cave, so it makes sense that he gets cruxified under, or in the shadow of, a mountain. The class laughed at me.
mirrorspirit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:01:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Upvoted for the Street Sharks part.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me this wasn't public school...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha no I went to a catholic school
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, phew!
Also, hilarious story! And sad, haha.
theadaman ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:36:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school, our college-level geography teacher assigned us countries for a project. He assigned "Merica" to one of our not-so-bright girls... She came in the next day with the response, "I couldn't find Merica anywhere! Is Merica even a country?"
Here she had thought there was an actual country named "Merica" and didn't catch on to the Prez-Bush joke... When our teacher figured out she was dead serious, he left the room without saying a word and didn't return for the entire hour.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:48:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I discovered that midnight is an ambiguous time for a deadline. Technically 12:00am begins a new day, so is midnight on Nov 16th the night of the 16th or is it the previous night? Once I realize this caused confusion, I made the obvious switch to 11:59pm. So 11:59pm on Nov 16th is now unambiguously the night of the 16th. Except when I still get students emailing for clarification. Mind you, these are college students.
aezart ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:45:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Switch to 24 hour time, solve all your problems. 24:00 on May 10 is 0:00 on May 11.
willmaster123 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:54:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a student at my old high school was supposed to write a project on how drugs have helped humanity (penicillin, aspirin etc).
He came to class with a PowerPoint presentation and essay about why marijuana, acid and MDMA are great drugs and everyone should use them.
The worst part was that he had to present first, meaning he wasn't able to see other people present and realize he fucked up.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:15:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LOL
Holaacu ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:09:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember our language teacher one day told us the following story:
She was working with 8th graders, and in the day of the final exam, a few kids raised their hands. after saying she would not answer any questions at all, they stopped with their hands. it was much to her dismay when she saw that these students, in the poetry section, had not understood the assignment"measure the length of the verses, and explain why is this so". they had literally taken a ruler and measured how many centimeters long it was, and one even tried to explain that this was because of the font and writing style, and wrote 4 paragraphs about the use of longer sentences, larger letters or spaces, and how this affected the poem.
JLR- ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:20:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taught grade 1. The assignment was to draw a liquid, solid and gas that was in their house. One of the students drew a picture of her dad farting for "gas". Technically right but not the answer I was looking for
anteni2 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:21:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were studying distortion in art. Homework assignment was to draw ourselves in the reflection of a spoon (or another metallic surface). My friend drew himself as a spoon, including a tiny school tie which went all the way down the handle.
Even though he did completely the wrong thing, he still got a better mark than me, which says a lot about by artistic abilities.
Maximum_Ordinate ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 11:42:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My first literature class in college was with a notoriously tough professor and I never actually looked at the syllabus, because I'm smart like that. The first three assignments were to read excerpts from The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and Crime and Punishment. I read all three, in their entirety.
It wasn't until we got into our next series (Homer), that I addressed him with concerns that his class was too time consuming. Upon realizing my mistake, he laughed at me so hard he started crying.
animar37 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:52:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't quite get where the misunderstanding was, care to explain?
Maximum_Ordinate ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 14:06:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was supposed to read small excerpts from each of the three books. Instead, I read each book from cover to cover. All three are very long books considering the amount of time between assignments.
animar37 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:07:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's dedication :D
Maximum_Ordinate ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:13:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah one of those a week, plus a four page summary, was soul crushing. Luckily that amount of work right off the bat helped me work into a good rhythm for the rest of my freshman year and my GPA reflected that.
Also, I really like Dostoyevsky now.
dtorb ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:28:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is far too late but:
In high school science, the teacher gave us a research and presentation project in which we chose our own topic having to do with bodies of water and aquatic animals. We are given a class to do preliminary research to decide our topics and at the end of class we tell the teacher our topic. It became the turn of the girl behind me and she says "The Ocean Flow..." which the teacher under his breath says "Oh, ok you mean the currents of the ocean, very interesting."
Two weeks later we all present and it comes to said girl, who holds up a poster board which says "The Ocean Floor" and the teacher says "I thought you told me you were doing a presentation on currents..." The girl responds "No, I told you I was doing the Ocean Flow, did you not hear me?!" and begins to lay on some attitude. "Yes, and by flow I assumed you meant currents, as in the flow of the currents in large bodies of water." One of this girls' close friends pipes up from the back of the room "Yo! He thought you meant you was doing the ocean flow not the ocean flo..." at which point I sat back and enjoyed the ensuing (and awkward) argument over proper pronunciation of words.
Osi0425 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:52:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shamed student here. My junior year of high school, I took a Shakespeare class. At the end of our studies of Hamlet, we were asked to write an essay on which character we thought was the most dastardly. I was a bit surprised at the teacher's language, but no one else reacted, so I buckled down and spent the next hour writing about the character I thought was the most bastardly. I had never heard the word dastardly and had no idea what it meant.
DerpYoshi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:52:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You dastardly bastard!
dalecat ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:18:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Middle school teacher here. Gave the students a packet that was stapled together consisting of 5 pages. Assigned only pages 3 and 4 for homework. The pages were not numbered. One student came to me the next day and told me he couldn't do it because the pages were not numbered. I told him to just count and he would be to find pages 3 and 4. Even his parents couldn't figure it out. It was a baffling moment for me in my teacher career.
DerpYoshi ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 17:46:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...Kevin?
Mcginnis ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 17:43:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher in elementary school give out basic counting homework. Basically color the 3rd house, color the 5th cow, etc. however, me being a lefty and confused as to which way to start counting from, I counted right to left. (I'm Canadian, we write left to right). Anyways I got all the homework wrong and complained to my mom. My uncle was like "kids got a point, the assignment didn't say to count form the left"
hmorani1 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:08:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Couple of first graders get on stage but are so nervous they can't sing the national anthem. So the teacher hands them a book that has the lyrics written on and starts singing with, she told them sternly just READ. Turns out the teacher slipped some fingers and told them to read the index. They were too afraid to say anything and they start singing the index in the tune of the national anthem. Funniest and truest shit ever.
Boontz13 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:12:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 6th grade health class each student was assigned an infectious disease to research. We were supposed to write a paper, an oral report, and a visual board to use during our presentation. You could tell my teacher was irked when I walked in without pictures on my presentation board (Dad said no pictures). I was 20 seconds into my presentation when the teacher emphatically stopped me and asked "What are you doing?" I said "I'm doing my presentation on genital warts!" She said, "No, General Warts. GENERAL!" She told me my presentation was over and laughed hysterically for the rest of class. I knew more about genital warts, as a 6th grader, then most will ever want to know.
kevvok ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:35:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, both DuckDuckGo and Google auto-correct "general warts" into "genital warts," so I feel like your teacher may have not thought that assignment through well enough.
Emerenthie ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:52:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a moment I wondered who General Warts was and why you had to do a presentation on a general in health ed...
[deleted] ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 21:32:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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voixxy ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 00:43:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry, you teach parenting classes and you can't spell "babies"?
GoldenEyedCommander ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:58:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Babies don't need to know how to spell.
Octacle ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:21:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They might be Dutch or other ESL
tehjoshers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:14:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who kill these babbys, because they can not frigth back?
PenelopeMarsh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:04:36 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I will pary for your lots.
[deleted] ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 02:13:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Frostypancake ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 02:54:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's a grammatical error
That's a typo, or possibly a plant, maybe both.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:33:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Newbirns, bahaha. And when you can easily edit!
Sad
voixxy ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:51:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just...how can it be a typo when you spelled it that way consistently in the entire post?
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voixxy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:46:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
shrug it was just an observation. As a teacher, yes, we are expected to be able to spell. Just poking fun. Your responses speak much more about yourself than me.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:18:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't early introduction to foods hurt their tummies and possibly cause allergies?
proxythe1337 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:10:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not an expert, but I have a friend who is a virologist.
A couple of months ago, he mentioned something about exposing young kids (about 7-10 months) to small amounts of things that are commonly associated with allergies, like peanuts. Doing so would allow their immune system to develop with the ability to handle these substances. He wanted to identify if part of the reason these allergies seem to be more and more common has to do with parents preventing their kids from having any exposure to these things.
I have no idea what, if anything, he found.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:16:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I meant early introduction as in wheat cereal at 3 months, jars of baby food at 4.
From what I heard introducing possible allergen except dairy at 7-10 is ideal. But Im not a professional. Also, breastfeeding moms should eat peanut butter so peanut proteins get passed through the milk is something else I heard.
proxythe1337 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:28:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I get ya.
That's actually interesting. I'll forward on the peanut butter breastfeeding trick to... Someone at some point. None of my friends have kids, yet.
princessodactyl ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:41:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure how valid the peanut thing is since my mom breastfed 3 kids in a country where peanuts are not a common food, and none of us have peanut allergies.
the_supersalad ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:19:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, but I approve of the use of "tummies" as the correct medical term for a baby's stomach.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:28:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of the countless people telling me I should give him solids, and an ex friend trying to shove her mashed potatoes down my 3 month olds throat to *help him wean"
Shudder...
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me you punched her in the fucking throat.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:44:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:46:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh most certainly. I couldn't stand her "motherly advice". It was like she was passive aggressively trying to one-up me and control me, and, her advice was bad. So bad..
She was my friend pre-kids... The differences in how we raise our children just made us grow apart.
soapyeggs ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 00:39:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A purposeful misinterpretation, and I'm not a teacher but anyway. My old religion teacher liked to be creative when punishing students, once he told someone to write a 2-page essay with the title "Essay in a Balloon." The guy comes in the next day with a blank page with "Essay in a Balloon" written on top inside an inflated helium balloon. The teacher approved.
Danny_McBridesmaid ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:23:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not exactly a mixed up assignment but funny non the less, teacher walks in my 9th grade class and says, "today we're going to work on double negatives." One female replied, "tssk, don't nobody need no help on no double negatives!"
conceptgamer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:32:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I imagine that the teacher just turned around and walked away after that
oh_fuck_you ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:50:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In third grade my teacher asked us to summarize a book we read. "Give me your version of the story in your own words" she said. I went home and wrote down every sentence but changed it just enough so that it'd be different. Example: Magnolia was a gorgeous city and the denizens all led happy and fruitful lives to the beautiful city of Magnolia had citizens that all led wonderful lives. EVERY SENTENCE. It took me like 14 hours and when I turned it my 70 page summary of the book, she gave me the most pitiful look. I'm sure she didn't even read it. Boy was my face red when everyone turned in a paragraph. Still got an A though.
izz0i ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 00:59:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher or the student but there was an assignment to write a response to a poem that involved cranes (as in the birds). Guy ended up writing an essay about construction cranes. Bless him.
JustusGS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:02:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: A very compelling case for always providing written instructions.
YourNameHere ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:38:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teach English at a Japanese university. Assignment was a 300 word essay about Japanese stereotypes. Student gave me a 50 word paper about Pioneer and Panasonic.
msfrizzlerizzle ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:59:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to score some science fair projects for a lower grade when I was in high school - I was a senior and these projects were done by sophomores. Each student was assigned a topic. I was completely confused when reaching one poster that had a table listing the accuracy of horoscopes for a few people over a couple days. Such as "Jimmy, Horoscope=True. Sally, Horoscope=False".
Why are horoscopes scientific? I looked at the card with the topic assignment on it and it read "Astronomy". It took me a second and then it clicked...
rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
About 50 I.Q. points... :)
TonyBones81 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:59:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This didn't happen when I was teaching; it happened way back in second grade. The teacher was presenting a project, but I wasn't paying close attention. We were supposed to dress up as a famous character from a book, but I just heard the famous part. I came in dressed as a famous historical figure. I figured everyone would be Abe Lincoln, George Washington, or someone a 2nd grader would know. I decided to go all out and dress like someone no one else would be dressed like. Class presentations day came, and there I stood, amongst such characters as Peter Pan, the Cat in the Hat, and Mickey Mouse, dressed as Gandhi. Mahatma Muthafuckin' Gandhi.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:11:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't exactly answer the question but in the first grade we had to do a presentation on a famous Canadian. One of my classmates chose John McIntosh. He said he couldn't find a picture of him so he brought a framed picture of a McIntosh apple he had at home. I still laugh at it to this day.
Capri-Tsun ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:31:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in primary school, I had to research Elvis and write out what I found out and some interesting facts. Didn't have internet back then, so I asked my 15 year old brother, he thought it would be hilarious to give me facts about Hitler (yes Hitler), so I go into school the next day and hear everyone read out their homework, slowly realised that I had been punk'd.
Xiphias_ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:35:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Read on a science paper from a student: "If it were not for decomposers the animals would just lie there and rot".
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:47:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher but the student, our English teacher set us homework of going home and looking up the ancient Greek god Hymenaeus...sometimes shortened to Hymen.
TL;DR- English teacher sent a bunch of 11 yr olds home to look up "Hymen" on the internet.
eldonkr ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:58:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to write a cause and effect paper for a college class. I couldn't think of a good topic, so I wrote my paper on the cause and effect of not having a topic for your cause and effect paper. The alternate title, because all of my essays have alt titles, was "Using rhetoric to obscure lack of content"
The next semester I had a similar class with a teacher I didn't like, so I did all of my papers on topics I knew would piss her off. I put extra effort in to make sure that the formatting, grammar, etc was perfect. Passing a class only because the teacher had no legitimate reason to fail you is awesome.
imagangster_ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:05:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a teacher now, but I still remember this from grade 4 when I would have been 9 years old. The teacher split us all up into groups of 3 and each group received a different assignment task. The teacher didn't explain each project verbally but handed cards with the task outlined on to each group.
I am vague on the wording of the assignment because it was a really long time ago, but my groups task was about volume and we had to use cups to measure water and see how much we could hold using them. For some reason, the other 2 classmates in my group interpreted the assignment task from the teacher as being to drink as much water as humanely possible using cups. I remember knowing they had misinterpreted the task but stayed quiet because I thought it was funny and it sounded more interesting to see how much water they could drink than the actual task.
Long story short, they both gave everything they had to the task and they both ended up projectile vomiting like crazy.
NamelessAce ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:55:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I started learning algebra, there was a question about finding the nth part of a pattern (n being a variable that you were supposed to make an equation with). I thought it meant every part that ended in "nth," so I found the seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and so on and so forth until I got tired.
DONT_PM_ME_BREASTS ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:28:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher. When I was a student, we watched a film on Africa. Our teacher told us to write a review of the film. He want a summary. I wrote a Siskel and Ebert style teardown of thing complete with jokes.
Next day, out of nowhere, he tells us we have to read them.
This is great. Now I get to preform. And my stuff is HILARIOUS.
Top notch. Worked all night on it.
The first person reads. Really dry stuff about what the film was about. They obviously didn't get the assignment. Wait for the teacher to say something. Teacher says "Good job" and the next person reads a similar summary.
Something is wrong here.
I'm next to last. When the teacher calls on me, I try to explain the problem. I didn't understand. I wrote a critique. I maybe shouldn't read it out loud. It's not what was asked for. He tells me I have to read it.
So I did.
It killed. I mean, this is 7th grade, so it's not hard to make kids laugh, but they LAUGHED constantly as I tore this old educational film a new one.
When I get done, I sheepishly walk to hand the paper to the teacher for grading, and he says to the kids who are still cracking up, "It won't be nearly as funny when he sees the grade." 0/6 F. And a detention.
As a post script, a girl in my class came up to me in 7th period and said that she totally was on my side because "the filmstrip called Zimbabwe 'Rhodesian' when it hadn't been that in years." She admired the way I was willing to stand up against the substandard material they tried to foist on us.
CripzyChiken ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:23:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
way too late, but who cares.
3 or 4th grade, art class. Doing a special section on native American art. So we get the assignment to "Make you own paint like a native American would". Double check - yup it says 'paint'. Weird, but I go home, find some berries, mash them up, mix in some ashes or dirt or something - make paint. Do that for 3-4 colors. Boom - paint!
Next week everyone brings in their paintings, I bring in my paint.... teacher couldn't understand why until I pointed out the spelling error in the assignment, it honestly said to make paint. Sadly, the rest of the class did not get 0's.
๐๏ธ jmjf7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:39 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you paint with it afterward?
nickaustin316 ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 21:22:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
not a teacher, probably not a real anecdote, I read it somewhere as a joke.
the_supersalad ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:03:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, that son of a bitch is four!
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:06:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
cities7 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:09:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry you got down voted. This made me laugh
leilanni ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:28:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel exactly like that when I have to do math.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:36:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What I write on my assignments: Due Friday.
What they read: Do Friday.
jadesaddiction ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:48:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've told this before but it's worth telling again.
In my sophomore year, I had biology and one of our assignments was to match the DNA with the DNA on this crime scene my teacher made up by decoding stuff or whatever. It was a huge thing and he made it into an actual murder story with characters and back stories for each of them. He added a cat as a joke.
After the assignment was said and done, he said that we all needed to write a story from the viewpoint of any suspect and how they carried out the murder. He said we could even do the cat.
One kid chose the cat. My teacher expected a funny story about a cat getting pissed at his owner and wielding a knife or something. He goes up to present it and he starts meowing. Then, he starts woofing because the news anchor was a dog who was covering the murder scene. His entire page was covered in "meow". I was laughing myself to tears and my teacher was so amused that he just let this kid meow his heart out.
Probably one of the funniest moments I've ever had in class.
Sirspoppet ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:50:55 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obligatory "not a teacher, but"
When I was in high school, I took a creative writing course. One day, we were discussing describing objects. The teacher assigned a quick paragraph for us to describe something in the room. We would get an A if she could figure out what it was with ease.
I wasn't wholly paying attention, and misunderstood the directions. I proceeded to write two paragraphs of deeply emotional prose from the chalkboard's point of view (still making sure not to mention that it was a chalkboard I was "describing"). I got full credit for it, but the teacher had a good laugh while explaining what I had missed.
caitlinadian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:28:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's an even better assignment!
tygloalex ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 01:41:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I write random shit on the board to see who copies it. One time I wrote a formula involving large arc (la) and small arc (sa). A kid asked me what la and sa were so I put la sa and rotla on the side: large arc , small arc, and raiders of the lost arc. Almost everyone copied it down and no one bothered to ask what it was.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:19:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What did they do wrong?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:19:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They were ask to write the sentence verbatim but someone thought the sentence was a part of the instruction.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:39:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, so they were supposed to write "fall seven times, stand up eight"?
zifyoip ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:52:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was teaching a calculus course to high school students as part of a summer program a couple years ago. One morning, about halfway through the course, I gave my students their projects. Each team of three students got a different optimization problem to solve. For example, one of the teams had a problem involving a light hanging from the ceiling of a room, and the question asked what height the light should be hung so as to maximize the illumination at the corners of the room.
I had two intermediate deadlines before the final deadline, so that I could make sure the students were making good progress. The first deadline was for the "mathematical modeling" phase, which involved drawing a picture of the problem, establishing variables, writing mathematical expressions for the objective function and the constraints, and so on.
Around noon one team, the team with the light-hanging problem, asked if they could meet with me the following morning to show me what they'd done for the modeling phase. I was impressedโthey had just got their problem that morning, and they planned to have the first phase of it done by the next morning. So we set an appointment to meet, and they headed off to their afternoon classes.
A couple hours later two of the members of this team stopped by my office again for a clarification: "Do you want the model made out of clay or cardboard?"
InsideTheLibrary ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:56:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My English 101 teacher told my class this one. She once gave out an assignment, When the first draft was due one kid had a bland title. So she told him to make it more interesting. He comes back next class and has his title in 3D word art with all kids of funky colors. He wasn't being a smart aleck, he was completely serious. She had to have a sit down discussion with him about making a good title.
rabbittexpress ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:19:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe it was she who needed to be sat down for a discussion about titles...
ChuTur ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:35:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked him to draw a curve with a saddle point. The kid drew a fucking centaur with a saddle.
elhaupto ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:30:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in one of my classes we were supposed to write an essay on the values of facing and overcoming adversity. A friend of mine managed to mix up the terms "adversity" and "diversity" and ended up writing a big white supremacist essay.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:36:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As if you may not have considered this, a good deal many celebrities have ghostwriters write their autobiography...
MarsellusWalace ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:39:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but in my highschool bio2 class the teacher was talking about how cats most likely came to America from Wales and a student said "wait cats evolved form whales?"
PlagueDilopho ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, technically, that could be true.
CreatrixAnima ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:50:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
ITT Youth in Asia
Teachers, assign this topic in writing. Always.
Students, there is no paper on youth in Asia. Ever. But if you are ever assigned one, write it on euthanasia.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:18:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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CreatrixAnima ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:14:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
There is no paper on youth in Asia. Ever.
Source: This thread.
Merkinfumble ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:55:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once made a sheet where the kids had to draw a line under certain words. One kid actually drew a lion underneath each word.
ilmman ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:19:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student I recall a situation where we had to talk about weed problems in our area, and some one went on to talk about gardening.
callmebubble ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:54:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Was once in a sculpture class where our assignment was to make a sound sculpture.
Gathered a bunch of Buddhist chanting machines, deconstructed them, soldered them to old school speakers, and constructed a giant weiry shiva sculpture that made monk chanting sounds. My eyes got 1 degree weaker from all the squinting. Mad respect for those chinese kids that do this every day. (No, it's not because they're naturally born with squinty eyes).
I show up to class seeing everyone made recorded sounds. One guy just overlapped his grunting sex sounds over his girlfriend moans and car crashes.
Then I ask myself why did I ever even try.
PoonamiExplosion ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:37:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't the teacher but I was helping my old calculus teacher out in senior year. He also taught algebra and in his previous class he assigned extra credit. All the student had to do was tell him the one millionth digit of pi. One girl misunderstood and printed off pi to a million digits and turned it in to him. There were over 200 pages of numbers.
RollingChan ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:48:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A little late to the part but back when I thought 5th grade, there was an assignment in the subject "Religion" to write a story of a nun in their perspective.
Anyways, a student who was completely against religion in all forms wrote about a fake nun that was an assasin whivh was planning to kill everyone in the monestary...
CeauxViette ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:55:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's Nunsploitation!
GrandDukeOfNowhere ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:19:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in middle school, my geography teacher asked me to name a non-government organisation, so I said the IRA, I didn't know she meant a charity. Also another story, not mine, rather less funny and significantly more heartbreaking: a teacher friend of mine asked her students to do a creative writing project about a fantastic holiday, so most of the students wrote about going to the moon and things like that, except one student wrote about going to Lowestoft (a nearby coastal town which is an absolute shit-hole), it turned out his parents had never taken him out of his home-town and that when his grandmother had visited once she had taken him to Lowestoft.
McMonocle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:24:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aaaahhhh Suffolk, the Arsehole of the East
apescapes ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:35:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 1st grade, my little sister's teacher wrote a long passage on the board and told her students to copy it down. When she ran out of room, she asked the class if they were finished so that she could erase the contents of board and write the last couple of sentences down. When everyone in the class said they were finished with that section, the teacher erased everything she had written while my sister followed suit and erased everything she had just copied down.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:59:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but witnessed a fellow student gloriously mess up an important essay in 11th grade.
It was an english (as foreign language) essay about pro/con of capital punishment. He mistook "captial" punishment as monetary punishment. The 10 pages of how to reduce jail population and save money by generously applying captial punishments for minior crimes were hillarious.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:07:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A for effort.
Photon-from-The-Sun ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:02:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is going to get buried but it reminded me of something I did as a kid.
I misunderstood my maths textbook when I was in primary 1. It was a chapter about coins, and how the units of their values were either in "dollars" or "cents". The textbook had an activity where it said something to the effect of "colour the 'dollar' coins red and the 'cents' coins green in the box below", and there was a blank area under the question.
5-year-old me was throughly confused, not with the units on the coins, but as to how colouring the coins can magically make them appear in the box on my textbook, and in red or green too. If there were a bunch of drawings of coins for me to colour in, I would have had no problem. But it was a blank area. I had enough sense to know of course I wasn't supposed to go and colour in actual coins. How can any random bunch of coins interact with my textbook? So what I did was flip to the back of the textbook, where there were a bunch of coin stickers (clearly labelled as material for another activity in the chapter but whatever) and proceeded to colour those in instead. Not too shabby for 5-year-old logic. I knew that whatever this magic is, it has to be confined within the bounds of the textbook itself. It frustrated me that, of course, nothing appeared in the area below the question. And now I'd ruined a bunch of stickers too.
Turned out we were supposed to get real coins, and use the correct colours to do rubbings to create impressions of the coins in the blank area. The question was either poorly worded, or using concepts (e.g. rubbing) 5-year-old me hasn't acquired yet.
Mzsickness ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:44:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but as a student we were tasked with summarizing a 12 page story we read. So I went home and asked my parents what a summary was and they said I had to rewrite it in my own words.
So I rewrote the whole story how I thought it should go. Twelve fucking pages, 5 hours, and in the third grade and all I had to do is write one or two paragraphs.
twofourty ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 14:05:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but when I was in first grade, the first piece of homework we had was a find-a-word puzzle. The teacher told us to find the words listed on the side, so first-grade decided to cut out all the letters in the find-a-word and glue them to the page, spelling out the words on the side. When I got the work back, there were just a bunch of "???"s on it. I have no idea what the teacher must've thought.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 14:05:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've told this story before somewhere on Reddit. I am a teacher of English as a foreign language from Hungary.
My first job was at this school where all the "also-ran" kids from the town were 'collected".
So first lesson at this class and I started to talk about the English language when all of a sudden, this guy from the back shouts in English: "I AM A BIG PENIS!" I almost died of laughter inside but managed to keep a straight face. Apparently, no other people in the room understood anything other than "penis" and clearly the guy wasn't sure either what he wanted to say.
Now, to make it clear, you can use the verb of existence in Hungarian to express possession as well. It was quite clear that he meant to say "I have a big penis".
I took the opportunity to explain the difference between the verbs "be" and "have" in English and how they correlated to their Hungarian equivalents.
There was a huge laughter when they managed to put the pieces together and the class virtually unanimously agreed that he was right the first time.
It was funny as hell, I have to say, but I couldn't show that of course.
Plot twist: just this morning I saw a mugshot of the guy at the market, he is wanted by the police.
GourmetCoffee ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 14:25:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student experience. 1st day of web design class. Our teacher tells us we're going to learn HTML and to design a website. I'm like are you fucking kidding me? You haven't even taught us shit and you want us to start making an HTML website? So I'm supposed to just teach myself and at the end of class you'll judge how I taught myself?
Fuming I open up my text book, learn the basics of HTML and make a website.
I ask him to come check and he tells me I was just supposed to design a layout for the website, and that we'd be learning to create it in HTML the following class, so I'd already completed the next class's assignment.
69Centhalfandhalf ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:42:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I high school spanish I was to do an assignment in which we created a fictitious non-profit organization. The idea of my presentation was to "feed the children," I somehow decided that "cortar" meant feed, long story short "cortar" means to cut and my presentation wound up sounding like a South American genocide initiative.
JustGiraffable ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:04:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
High school English teacher. I once assigned extra credit opportunities for my college bound sophomores that included writing a three page short story without using the letter E. There were several other prompts/assignments and I received a fair number of assignments. However, only one student attempted to write a story without using the letter E. She simply wrote a regular story and neglected to put the e into words where it belonged.
So, h r story look d a lot lik this. With th spac s and all.
And yes, I had explained that the story should use words that don't contain e.
JohnnyRussell ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:17:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you fail her?
JustGiraffable ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:53 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No need to fail her, just no extra credit given. She was totally confused when I explained (again) what she should have done.
JustusGS ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:48:07 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, wasn't there a moderately popular novel about a town that gradually loses the ability to use certain letters, in the form of lttrs that bgin just laving thm out of words lik this? She was probably thinking you were referencing that.
JustGiraffable ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:02:42 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd love to give her that much credit, but she was really confused even after the second explanation. When it finally clicked for her, what I was asking for, she responded with, "But that's, like, impossible. Es are in, like, every word ever."
beltfedshooter ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:15:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student story: Intro to Java programming class in 1998, teacher gave us an assignment that required the use of several java classes. I did not know that a large library of classes existed that we could call, so I wrote my own. Got the file structure correct so that they could be called and return correctly. I delivered it on a floppy with instructions that it had to be run from the disk due to hard path designations in my code.
Teacher thought I was an idiot for not paying attention to the assignment, then invited me to join his advanced group.
snoop_rhino ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 16:46:25 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This needs its own subreddit
CatOfNineSails ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:14:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to the thread so I fully expect this to go unseen.
However, back in school I had a IT lesson that required us to write information on phising so it could be put on the school website. My friend thought we were supposed to create a fishing website. We came back over the weekend with our written work, he instead had two orders for fishing poles.
rabbittexpress ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:14:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As in...people were trying to buy fishing poles?
I dare say he was doing better at phishing people for their financial data if they included their financial information...as Ironic as that may be!
moronmonday526 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:03:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Again, not a teacher. In 10th grade English we were told to memorize Macbeth's Soliloquy and that she would pick a random person to recite it. She picked someone who recited it perfectly. I called out, "That's IT?!"
I couldn't figure out where it ended, so instead of memorizing 1/3rd of one page, I memorized two pages. Teacher took me out to the hall where I recited the Soliloquy++ for her and earned an A++ for the assignment.
JackofScarlets ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 23:05:18 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to do a persuasive speech. That was all we were given, we could pick any topic as long as it was successful persuasive - it was more about making sure we could argue effectively, and I think the class voted on whether or not they were persuaded.
Anyway, friend of mine did "why we should say cunt more". Full marks!
jakielim ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:32:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He never got the topic wrong...
JackofScarlets ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:39:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty much! Teacher loved it!
lollity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:15:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was his argument?
JackofScarlets ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:24:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't even remember, was a few years ago. Something about not letting words control us, or something.
Jphu1291 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:18:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(Not a teacher). Kansas Redditer here. While visiting CA, I met a girl who did a report over Kansas her freshman year. The teacher told her to write a paper over the Middle East so she pulled up a map of the US and went a little east of the middle.
frizzykid ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:20:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im the student, genuinely misinterpreted the prompt,
my biology teacher gave the same prompt every year to all her9th grade kids, I was in 9th grade this year and when presented I didnt read the prompt at all, just listened to what she said,
she said "your essay is a short story about an environment mystery that you solve on your own, the example given is a bunch of bubbles in a lake and what caused them"
Now reading the paper (which I didnt do) it said something completely different, which was make your own mystery based around someone finding bubbles in a pond.
so basically I write a story about how a dragon escaped from its owner and burned down villages and how eventually the story concluded with a family in the ghetto capturing the dragon and cooking it for a party.
She gave me a "B" for it, and wrote on it "This has nothing to do with what I told you to write about"
I talked to her after class and she laughed hysterically and told me that the only reason I got a B was because it was funny and it kind of fit the whole mystery theme
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:36:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I had an essay question years ago on a GCSE mock exam paper, it was something along the lines of "How would the Eco system of the lake be altered if waterboatmen were removed?" So I wrote a very detailed and well written answer about how the lake would be overrun with fish because the men in boats would not be fishing them anymore... No one ever told me what a waterboatman was!
PlagueDilopho ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:31:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm. Growing up in north-east England we alsways called them Water Skeeters.
_talking_bird ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:05:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
google says this is some kind of bug thing? TIL
mishibaby007 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:21:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This might be irrelevant but it's about a disconnect between the teacher, and well, herself I'd say. Her instructions for a presentation I had to do were to pick either a poster or a powerpoint. I picked a poster and she docked me points and wrote "a powerpoint would have been the more professional choice." Ok...? Her other instruction was that my speech had to be between 10-12 minutes. I spoke for 10 1/2 minutes and she said "you should have spoken closer to 12 minutes to which she docked me more points. I ended up dropping a full letter grade because of that assignment.
rabbittexpress ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:10:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Such people [these teachers] in life should be docked a full economic class...
mishibaby007 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:46:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed.
CripzyChiken ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:14:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hate teachers like this. College capstone course (basically the last course using everything you've learned). We had to reverse engineer a given multitool, discuss the design including pros and cons, improve performance of the tool in some way, discuss the manufacturing impact of the improvement, provide detailed drawings and analysis for the new parts and how they work.
The types of things you would lose points on your final paper for - not professionally printed and bound - 10 points, no picture on the cover/title page - 10 points, picture on cover but not in color - 5 points. Misspell the teachers name - 5 points. 40 points were assigned to the 1 page summary. The remain 25 points were spread out over the rest of the 72 page document. Yes, 72 pages was the average length for the class. So about 1 point per 3 pages. The teacher felt his name was equivalent to 15 pages of work.
Note - none of these grading points were given until after the assignment was turned in. Here I felt the analysis of the engineering system and discussion of the design process and manufacturing process was important - nope, need pretty pictures in color and ego check for teacher.... got it.
mishibaby007 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:01:25 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes I think teachers don't even know what their job is.
eric22vhs ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:27:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Little late, and I'm not a teacher, but I took drawing anatomy in college...
First assignment was to draw a figure in motion.
So I came in with this awesome drawing I did of a jelly fish snagging a fish. Its tentacles were squeezing it and everything, I thought I did a really great job of showing motion in the first drawing.
Turns out drawing anatomy is about drawing the human anatomy. I felt more than a little stupid, but still left class that day feeling like I did a badass job at what I thought the assignment was.
DeadColours ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:34:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know im too late for this thread but when i was like 9 i had to take a test. One of the questions said something like "tell the story of 4 3 and 7". Apparently this means put them into the right equation idfk. Long story short i wrote a whole story for the numbers. The teachers must have got a kick outta that.
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:10:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
sounds like something I would do. :P
opossums3 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:43:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine printed out and brought a picture of Dorian Gray when asked to bring The Picture of Dorian Gray
MacAdler ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:52:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They had to do a paper on the Victorian Empire and they had to use encyclopedias from the library. She went ahead and did the paper from uncyclopedia.wikia.com . Never have I laughed so hard.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why did they have to use encyclopedias?
MacAdler ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:12:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Part of it was on how research was done before the internet, and then compare the information with online sources and their notebook. Validity of sources, how the content changes, etc.
Edit: online for inline.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:37:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I see
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:52:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
obligatory "not a teacher," but I like to think my third-grade teacher would tell this story if she went on reddit.
I only missed one day of third grade, but it turns out that was the most important day. My teacher assigned us a writing assignment, which (unbeknownst to me) was based on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. I wrote my "I had a dream" speech based on an actual dream I had, that big black spheres (basically chomp chomp from Mario) appeared and went around eating people and taking over the world.
cam5478 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:29:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You obviously missed MLKs dope Mario 64 speedrun in the I Have A Dream Pre-Show.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:42:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I missed a lot that one day of third grade.
psychospacecow ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:22:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I made a Scorpio instead of a trebuchet for physics and the teacher didn't accept it because it looked like a bow.
teacherk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Assigned my 7th grade honors social studies class a double-spaced essay. Received numerous essays with two spaces between every word.
Abadatha ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:39:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but one of my teachers (English 11) gave out a "10-15 page research paper on any subject, including bibliography in MLA Format." Turn in a well reasoned and written paper to receive a C because apparently she only graded the first 15 pages, leaving me with 20 more pages ungraded.
It took me a long, long time to understand why.
CripzyChiken ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:06:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
why the hell would you write a 35 page paper?!?!.. I was expecting this to be so I wrote 15 pages on "bibliography in MLA format"
Abadatha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:25:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To much matter on the subject I chose, the history of the United States marine corps.
Jass1995 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:40:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uni student here. Still make this mistake but at least I can catch it now.
In our papers we have to use double spacing. I thought it meant that between every word I had to use two spaces (instead of 'blah blah' it was to be 'blah blah'). Got royally screwed by the lecturer and submitted a new one. Except it was double spacing in the sense that I pressed Enter twice between every line. Lecturer gave up and just took it.
I laugh now.
TheJoePilato ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:01:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty late but a relevant story. In 6th grade, we were all told to bring in a winter poem. Naturally, I went with the Calvin and Hobbes snowball poem because it was great.
Oh, lovely snowball, packed with care
Smack a head that's unaware
Then with freezing ice to spare
Melt and soak through underwear
Fly straight and true
Hit hard and square
This, oh snowball
Is my prayer
So I bring this in and the first hint that anything is wrong is that all of the other kids' poems suck. Like, what are they even reading? Second sign that something is wrong is that the teacher is going nuts over my poem. "TheJoePilato, this is amazing! This could end up in Ripples, the student art magazine!" To which I respond "i mean, i guess?"
Turns out the assignment was to write a winter poem. I had to apologize and give a speech about plagiarism and about how it wasn't fair to the other students that I'd brought in a professional poem, all despite my repeated pleas that it was a misunderstanding and that I'd never cheat on anything in my life! I'm not still bitter about it but I'm still bitter about it.
GoodLunchHaveFries ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:16:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tryna trick us with the double back!
LadybugLyss ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:06:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Actual teacher here. One of my colleagues who teaches kindergarten was testing her students on beginning sound recognition. For example, she would ask " what sound does balloon start with?" and the student should say "buh". When asked what sound "pig" started with instead of saying "p" one of her students actually oinked.
mes251 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:11:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back in middle school we were asked to write an essay about the troubles in and around Crowslanding road, a section of my town where gangs are notorious and violence is of the norm.
At the time my English wasn't the best and I understood the prompt as "why crows landing on the road was bad" in my little 6th grader brain I had gotten the image of a crow plague.
It wasn't until years later that I looked back on this and realized me mistake.
In my defence the instructor said something along the lines of " you guys have heard on the news all about the problems over on crows landing right? Just write about how those problems affect people in our community."
Needless to say it was one of the most confused essays I have ever written.
FettuciniFlamingo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:35:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was in 7th grade we had to write a story about the underground railroad, and the kid next to me wrote his paper about a subway train.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My college prep English course was reading Waiting for Godot. Basic essay assignment on symbolism (let the juvenile bullshit machines spin up). One girl wrote a very long-winded essay about the symbolism of "blood" in the story. It took me 3 pages before I realized she had misinterpreted all of the slang dialogue--"ah, my bloody leg"--as referring to actual blood. Had to give a C: A for effort; F for being a moron.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:09:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just for context. This was also the same student who in my freshman western civ elective course started asking questions about the draft during the Vietnam War as if I was referring to the NFL draft; she was asking about how they determined which states got the first picks.
CripzyChiken ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:11:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
With the first pick in the draft, the Air force selects...... Jim Smith!
Chants in the background: J E T S - Jets, Jets, Jets!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:23:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught improv to elementary school kids for a while. They had trouble coming up with scene prompts, and my favorite was when I asked for a relationship and some kid yelled, "Peanut butter and jelly"
chelcdora ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:28:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but when I was in year three the teacher gave us a sheet of statistics or something and told us to create a graph of it any way we want. I thought that included what the data was about since it wasn't specified. So I spent forever creating this beautiful graph about Nerds. My teacher called my mother into school and told her I was a horrible cruel girl who uses derogatory language and I was going to end up in prison with no friends. I tried to explain they were a kind of lolly and I wasn't trying to be mean to anyone but she told me to shut up and called all sorts of names.
The next day my mum sent me to school with a box to give to the teacher as a present.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:07:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a fucking idiotic teacher. Nerds are awesome.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:51:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Because enjoying Nerds definitely means you are horrible /s
Also, was this before the Internet? Because you probably could have googled the fuck outta that shit.
chelcdora ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:59:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She felt the downfall of society was going to be caused by people using the internet for everything. She didn't approve of us using computers outside of our mandatory computer lessons twice a week.
I thought that everyone knew what Nerds were. She thought I meant the smart people kind of nerds and I was supportive of slavery. I just wish she had spoken to me and asked me to explain myself instead of calling my mum and telling her I was a delinquent.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:04:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bet she's kicking herself now, ain't she?
chelcdora ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:28:37 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She went on to win the teacher of the year award three years in a row and humiliate eight year old girls for not wearing bras.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:32 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does she still hate the Internet, though?
chelcdora ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:47:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes but because everything t that school is done online she has to use it. She teaches my best friends brother at the moment and he told me she's retiring at the end of next year. Apparently she is really looking forward to throwing out her laptop and becoming a normal person again.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:48:28 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...She does realize that doing so means she isn't a normal person, right?
chelcdora ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:56:47 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She's old. All of the normal people she knows are probably dead.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:08:13 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn.
jini1871 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:52:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In our fashion design course students were asked to research 'muslin' of Bangladesh but somehow one of them ended up researching 'muslims' of Bangladesh. Made for a very interesting report.
Mujyaki ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:39:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked some Japanese kindergarten kids to draw their favorite ไนใ็ฉ - which literally translates to "thing you ride" or vehicle in English. All the kids drew cars, planes, trucks etc.
Except one little girl. She drew an elephant, which I thought was very cute and imaginative.
If you asked a million adults in Japan to name a ไนใ็ฉ, not a single one would say elephant.
scientistical ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:43:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach new entrants (age 5). I was doing a maths assessment on one and I said, "Count backwards from 10." She got up, turned around so she was facing away from me, sat back down, and went "10, 11, 12, 13 ..." Had to hand it to her, she followed the instructions. In a way.
cream-of-cow ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:15:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A human sexuality instructor had a funny story, one of her regular assignments was to have each student rent and watch a pornographic video before the semester was up (this was 1990, before the Internet as it is known today); she just referred to it as the "adult video assignment." Anyway, one day, a female student raised her hand and asked, "do we have to show our faces?"
ImperialSympathizer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:13:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Essay prompt for middle schoolers was: Agree or disagree with the statement "Two heads are better than one". One student clearly was not familiar with the idiom, and spent two pages debating the pros and cons of literally having two heads on the same body.
miniapples12 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:23:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a sixth grade writing class we had to read The Invisible Man by HG Wells. This was before sparknotes and wikipedia was a thing and I only used computers for making word art on class reports. I went to the local library (and actually had to sift through a physical card catalogue) and borrowed Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison instead. The book was about a black man facing intolerance and racism with something about wanting pink nipples thrown in there. I was pretty confused in class when we started talking about a man who turned himself invisible.
derpblepderp ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:42:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Teachers" of Reddit, people
SrMandril ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:40:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot you are talking with the "look at me!" generation.
Scarlet-Ladder ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:28:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were set an assignment last week to do a poster explaining conceptual art. A friend of mine wrote his poster, crumpled it up and put it into a small portable bin. It was a conceptual piece about how a lot of people think conceptual art is trash.
Dionysus24779 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:35:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Since so many not-teachers are sharing I have a small story too.
As a student a teacher once asked me to prepare a "debate" for the papers everyone was required to read for next session and then hold that debate with the class. I took that literally and prepared questions based on the text that I hoped would nurture a debate and have people talking to each other, trying to see the pro and cons of different things and play devil's advocate here and there etc.
Well what the teacher actually meant was that I simply go through the text with the other students and maybe ask a question here and there to make sure they understood it or give them some kind of task to make it easier.
The teacher was quite shocked that I "misinterpreted" her assignment so much, but she was pretty adamant about me being the one making the mistake for misunderstanding what a debate is.
Worst part though was that I actually wasn't alone in this mess, it was supposed to be a small group project and two other students were assigned to the same task. Problem was that these two were pretty lazy and had no idea what to do, so without intending to brag, I took charge and tried to shoulder most of the work, which I did.
But since I misinterpreted the whole situation it wasn't just a problem for me but for my teammates as well, but they were sure to distance themselves from me and kind of backstab me to save their own hides and make me take the fall and responsibility.
Oh well...
TheRealDealDawg ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:42:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I came to the States in 3rd grade, and one of the first assignments was to type up an essay we wrote in class, double spaced. After a while, I was starting to get really annoyed with the double spacing format. At last, I finished and proudly turned it in to my teacher, only to have her burst into laughter. Yeah, turns out double spacing isn't putting two spaces between every word.
phlux22 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:27:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A bit late to the party, but this happened in my country.
TLDR: Final Exams of the year, a teacher dictated the answers to the group taking the exam. The teacher said "Go Ahead", indicating to start. Some of the students then proceeded to all write Go Ahead on their exam papers.
ballstatemarine ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:36:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
By interpreting them as fucking optional. Then here come the parent emails and calls about the zeros their little shit is earning.
SnapeOfVape ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:42:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a friend studying computer science at University. The assignment had a part where you had to attach screenshots of your work to show the designs and such. He wasn't aware that you could do a screen print, so he took his camera, took pictures of the computer screen, and attached those as part of his assignment.
i_need_wi-fi_to_live ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:51:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me that he printed them out and then scanned them back into the computer when he had to upload them digitally!
SnapeOfVape ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:49 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, unfortunately not, I remember on some of the "screenshots" you could still see the monitor's frame!
locotoure ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:44:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not exactly an assignment, but one of my music edu -students asked me how to do an F Sharp on an egg shaker.
Tenchizard ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:56:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No teacher here, but this happened to me as a student during my most important exam before entering college. In Spain we have a group of exams called "Selectividad" (which means selectivity in english), one for each subject we study. In the math one (which was one of my favourite subjects), I had to solve a couple of equations which seemed something like this:
So, after fighting with these equations for more than an hour because the second equation had that pesky yx on one side, wich made all the solving full of decimal numbers and operations, the teacher suddenly speaks aloud to tell all of us: Please note that, in the exercise, the "y" is a "coordinated conjunction".
I just couldn't understand what he was talking about, and kept staring at the paper, trying to figure out what he meant. And then it came over me...
Well, you see, in spanish, the word "and" is just "y". That "y" in the equations was just joining them together and not part of the equations at all. I had to cross out all of my work until that point and try to solve the new (and infinitely easier) problem in no more than 10 minutes because time was running out already, with very little free working space on my paper because we couldn't use more than what we were given. Couldn't get the final solution, but at least got to pass the exam with a 6/10.
-Xerim- ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:07:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a Teacher , but a really funny mistake:
A friend of mine was told to present a paper about Charles Darwin...
When he looked up his homework at home his handwritten "D" looked like a P and so it occured that he held a presentation about Mermon Parwin, who is a afgahn singer.
Datdudebp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:17:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend was in a Latin (like the language) class in high school. She had to do a big final project on an important figure in latin history. She chose Jennifer Lopez. Somehow she thought latin America and latin were the same thing. She spent like ten hours over the course of two weeks on this and her mom even checked over it for her. She received a zero percent (yes a zero!) for the project. Had to redo it for half credit just to pass the course.
DudeManBr0 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:24:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher, but this happened to a colleague of mine who teaches religion (Catholic school). He was giving a test where one of the questions was "How are we made in God's image?" The student responded "We are made in God's image when a man and a woman love each other very much. The man gives the woman sperms, which need to find the egg. Many sperms die, but some make it to the egg where they rest there for 9 months, and then a baby is born."
Needless to say, this one made its rounds in the faculty room.
moongirli ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:49:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a student teacher in a class the teacher described as "You could follow the trail of grease from auto shop directly to my door."
It was high school English, and they had to do vocabulary words, one of which was "relent: to soften." When using it in a sentence, 98% of the class used the sentence "The pillow was relent."
Teachergus ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:46:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was this girl who was like 18 in my ESL (English as second language) course, and she was definitely the worst student ever. By the end of each course module, there was a test, nothing too hard, but she managed to fail it seven consecutive times.
On the 6th time, she decided to try it - previous tests had been all blank - and answer the problem: What's the question for someone's age?
Her answer: 'what birthday happy?'
On the 7th try, she gets the same test, same questions...and her answer to the problem from before...?
'what happy?'
Aperture_Kubi ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:13:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student, and not me but one of the other students.
So we had a summer reading assignment in high school to read Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison. Someone in the class ended up reading The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells.
Oddly of note, despite being an AP English class, only that girl and I even attempted the summer assignment. No one else did and that bit the teacher had to re-structure her curriculum for that semester.
bikermonk ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 17:14:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but posting the story of my twin sister. In grade 3 during an exam the question was Form a sentence out of any 5 of the words given below.
She sat there counting something on her fingers for a long time and then final asked loudly, "Do we really need to have EXACTLY five words in each sentence?"
tsavoy004 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:19:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but my freind did this. In fourth grade, each student had to draw maps of their houses, school, etc..., and had to make a legend for each of them. Friend didn't know what a map legend was, so he wrote stories about each map.
PhamNuwensGodshatter ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:53:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Happened in my 10th grade class. We were learning about the origins of certain words and my teacher called on the quiet girl in class. He asked her about the meaning and origin of the word meander. She looked down for a second, embarrassed, then said, "Well I know it comes from the Meanderthals." The teacher looked at her quizzically and said, "You mean the Neanderthals?" And gaining her confidence, she said, "No, the Meanderthals, because when they were hunters and gatherers they would, you know..." and she made a motion with her hand like a fish swimming through water, "...meander around."
God bless the teacher for holding his laughter, the other kids were not as forgiving. Although, I guess I'll never forget what meander means...
BarbBushsBeastlyBush ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:27:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As the student...I was in an advertising class in college and we were supposed to create an advertisement for a Kia Soul specific to a local car dealership. I made a 30 second stop motion claymation video wherein a succubus was attacking the town that the dealership was in and the car dealers used the Kia Soul to vanquish the demon. (In retrospect, soul music could have been nice too) Highlights included my friend's homemade rap music and the demon being run over with the car, spreading bloody tire marks all over the scene GTA style. When it came time to present, I realized that everyone else had simply made a storyboard!
bertie343 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:45:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my friend is and her assignment to her English class was to write a number poem (http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/number). All the students had to read their poem in front of the class. One student came up and gave the most inspiring performance that went something like this: "Six one nine. Seven eight two. Nine nine, seven two." Needless to say, the class was in stitches and the story is repeated year after year to show what a number poem ISN'T.
JustusGS ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:40:06 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eight six
Seven
Five Three Oh
Nine
Bblack06 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:41:00 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a first grader, my teacher asked the class "what do you want to be when you grow up?" This was when Dahmer was still going strong and my parents had talked of a "serial killer" at breakfast that morning. Me, eating "cereal" thought it was the funniest thing as I started smashing cereal with my spoon. Proceeded to tell me teacher I wanted to be a "serial killer" when I grew up.
[deleted] ยท 121 points ยท Posted at 20:14:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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zachgowensleg ยท 153 points ยท Posted at 21:53:03 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This hurt to read.
fourdots ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:36:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TL;DR: School gets internet access, teacher wants to show students how amazing it is. Tells them to bring in an item to look for information about online. One student bring a dildo.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:05:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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lollity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I noped out of there" is internet slang for "I refused to do that", with the implication that whatever you're talking about is disgusting or something similar. For example, "I noped out of there" can also be used when you see a giant spider.
ButtsexEurope ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 22:54:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well he's not wrong. He doesn't know what it is and the Internet will help him find out.
Twizzar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:31:40 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can help him find out the birds and bees too
[deleted] ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 00:38:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you having a stroke?
NG96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No he's using the dildo
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 74 points ยท Posted at 22:08:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That explains it.
the_supersalad ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:31:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me you don't teach in a primarily English-speaking school.
Gekthegecko ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:15:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The Loch Ness monster is more real than this story.
ydna_eissua ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 23:05:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of when I was in High school. This is about 10 years ago
We were tasked with doing a presentation that had a visual component. Ie, bring in props, or project something etc. We chose downloading with bittorrent
So our presentation is going great. Near the end we asked the class
"What do we want to download?"
Someone yelled out "Paris Hilton's sex tape!"
Class cheered. So we started downloading her sex tape.
Thankfully teacher was awesome and gave us an A
Morrissey2702 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:03:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it was Kevin.
jakielim ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:28:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you having a stroke or something?
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:35:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Kevin
AgentinaHat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Reading this reminds me that my wife used to think it was "war war 1" and "war war 2" instead of world war. Granted she was five. So, are you five?
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/storiesaboutkevin
RoyaleLight ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:10:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At the beginning of the year a teacher wanted us to write down 3 qualities of ourself. My friend put "quality 1, quality 2, quality 3" on his paper. He isnt the brightest...
imsometueventhisUN ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:28:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, and the misunderstanding was wilful, but still...
In biology class we'd spent the entire session carrying out an experiment and recording results. The bell rings, everyone starts grabbing books and bags and heading out. Over the ruckus, the teacher yells that "homework is to take your results and make a table".
One kid, ultimate smartarse, spends every spare moment he has in the woodwork shop, designing and building a top-notch folding card-table, topped with green baize, and with the results of the experiment inscribed into one leg.
kairon156 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:40:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like one sweet table. Too bad the kid didn't post to /r/DIY
MisterBigDude ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:07:35 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I told my homeroom students that this month's theme for their grade was "Engage/Inquire". Two of them blurted out, "But Mr. BigDude, we're not in choir!"
ThisIsElron ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 16:03:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In year 5, my teacher asked our class to write a story that ended with a cliffhanger. Me being too embarrass to ask what a cliffhanger was, literally ended the story with someone hanging off a cliff.
RaineDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:32:23 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, technically, you weren't wrong....
PopSong89 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:57:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A teacher told my friend that once in his World Religions course someone who had been assigned to do a project on Martin Luther did the entire thing (a significant portion of his overall mark) on Martin Luther King, Jr.
realised ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:08:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder if you are both talking about the same person:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3t1q82/teachers_of_reddit_what_is_the_greatest_way_a/cx2qyri
PopSong89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:20:19 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No haha this was a grade 11 class. Nice catch though!
AlabasterRabbit ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:10:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me, but some other person My mom and I went to a seminar that discussed about the TOEFL test. The representatives there said that there is an essay section in that particular test. Supposedly, this one person who took it was supposed to write an essay about "poverty", but misread it as "pervert". So instead of writing about being poor he wrote about hentai LOL
NEEDZleKARMA ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:11:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher wanted us to turn in an essay on turnitin.com, well my friend wanted to know how accurate the program was as far as plagiarism detection went, so he copy and pasted the entire Wikipedia page about Elephants and turned it in. Unfortunately for him you can only turn in one assignment per student.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:43:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me, but a friend of mine was late for an exam so she didn't really read the question properly before starting the essay.
The question was about weavers. She wrote a whole essay about beavers. (And submitted it.)
Unfortunately I don't know what came of it.
alienpirate5 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:40:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of beavers? ( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
blinded33 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:08:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://m.imgur.com/gallery/tYma4
Not a teacher but found this relevant.
CripzyChiken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:06:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what I just read, but holy hell, I was laughing at work because of it.
blinded33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:14:38 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yeah that made me laugh my ass off!
Mikkachu123 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:23:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in high school I was taking sports medicine. I didn't study for the test so when I read the first question, "how do you handle/treat a wound" I replied, "with care". I got half credit for trying.
Automatic_Randomizer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:30:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My students were required to participate in the school's science fair. It was a three month project, so there were milestones every so often. Turn in your hypothesis, test procedure, things like that. When it came to the actual science fair, one student didn't do it. He had successfully submitted and discussed aspects of his experiment. He said, "I didn't know we actually had to do the experiment." I attempt to be understanding. These are kids, and anybody could misunderstand something, but WTF? I didn't even try with that kid. I had no followup questions, no alternative assignment, nothing. Big F.
Storm137 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:10:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is his name Kevin?
DorkusMalorkuss ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:54:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Counselor here, hope this counts.
Here in California, we have to give English Learner students an English test called the CELDT. There's a spoken portion where I ask the students questions and they answer me, which is all done verbally. One of the questions is: "what is an election for?". At this point, I should mention that the student is a 9th grader and in 9th grade, our students have to take Health class, which includes sex education. Anyways, the student, looking straight at me, answers: "to have sex". We're not allowed to stray from the test script, so I just kept a straight face, marked the answer incorrect, and moved on. It wasn't until a meeting with all of his teachers present that it clicked; his nutrition teacher had just finished talking about his giggly nature during the sex ed portion of class, as he only understood small portions of the topic (because of the language barrier), including the word "erection".
A_S_TAWNY ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:12:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT everyone has a the same friend that confused euthanasia for youth in Asia. He must have been so popular.
9bikes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:42:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
...and he "double spaced" the paper by putting an extra space at the end of each word.
Genutz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:15:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On a poster assignment for the book of Genesis, kid drew a picture of Jesus and his disciples.
stuckinmiddleschool ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:39:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I said "turn it in".
They put it in their backpack.
SPKarenHill ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:53:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please let there be a Kevin comment
inithilian ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:21:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but I have on as a student.
It was middle school and we were learning about plantation life in the south. The last question on the test said illustrate plantation life. I drew a picture of slaves in a field.
I got a 0. The teacher meant illustrate as in write out how it was, not draw a picture.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:30:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depending on the rest of the question, I kinda feel like that was your teachers fault.
If it said "write a short essay illustrating life on a plantation" or similar then yeah, you dun messed up.
But if it just said "illustrate life on a plantation" then the teacher is a twat for not being more clear.
allisa11 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:27:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1st grade teacher: What sounds do you hear in "cat"? /c/ /a/ /t/ "dog" /d/ /o/ /g/ "jump" student jumps
pandamurr ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:30:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda similar. I was raised speaking Spanish and learned English in school. In 1st grade (my English was so so) my teacher tells us to put our things up and I put all my items in the air and held them there until I realized putting things up=putting them away
Desdalynn ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:45:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a canned food drive for the local food bank. One of my students brought a bag full of empty soda cans.
makeshift_gray ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:46:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but two examples from high school English come to mind:
1) Throughout the year, we could choose books from a list my teacher curated to read and do a project on. One of the selections was Ellison's "Invisible Man." One kid showed up with a poster about "The Invisible Man"...as in, Wells.
2) We were assigned to write an essay about the final sentence (as in, judgment) in "The Merchant of Venice." One kid wrote a whole essay about the last sentence of the play.
Actually, I think it might've been the same kid both times...
shushtring ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:51:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. One time, in college, we were told that we could bring in a 5 by 7 inch notecard with notes for writing our final, a three page in class essay. We could fill up the notes with quotes from primary sources, write down ideas for topics, and just generally prepare anything. I got started pretty late the night before, and got about halfway through preparing when it occurred to me that I could just write the entire three page essay on the notecard, and just copy it out in class. So I pulled an all nighter, made my notecard-essay, copied it out and went to my dorm room to sleep. I got a B.
kairon156 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:26:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While reading this I was thinking someone could bring in a 5 by 7 foot "note card" :P
Mr_Funbags ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:52:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught an English as Second Language class in high school. One of my Chinese students had chosen to read a novel about two girls escaping slavery via the Underground Railroad. The book happened to contain the N word in dialogue from slave owners.
She later wrote an essay in which she had to connect the novel to other things she read and/or her own experiences. She wrote that Ns (but using the full word) were sneaker than her because they managed to escape trouble, while she got into trouble. She also said Ns were not smart (taking a slave owner's statement in the novel as fact) and that it was strange that these Ns were as smart as she was.
Poor girl. She also used it in her presentation.
kairon156 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Though it's wrong to use hurtful slang against someone. I think it's perfectly okay to use the word nigger when talking about the history of black savory and keeping it in that context.
Though I'm white so I'm not sure how much my opinion matters on this topic.
CreatrixAnima ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:55:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly the student didn't understand the history of the word... but I agree. Saying "the n-word" infantilizes a very serious topic. If you are going to discuss racism, I think you should say "nigger." That said, if you use it to refer to someone or to hurt or attac them, I will think you are an asshole.
Mr_Funbags ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:53:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah maybe, but you can't fault a fella for trying not to offend reddit.
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder if anyone explained it to her after?
Mr_Funbags ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:52:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I did. She was embarrassed, though she shouldn't have been.
Mr_Funbags ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:56:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Black savory must be a hard-to-find spice. Is it from the slavery era South? :)
She was using it as if it was a synonym for black, perfectly acceptable today.
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:39:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well I'm Canadian so I'm guessing I learned about the same slavery and about the underground railway bit too. :)
I do agree that it could be awkward depending on how others around her takes it.
Mr_Funbags ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:37:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just experienced joke fail... :/
She didn't know any better at the time. She knows better now. Learning happened that day. :)
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:50:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can you explain the joke to me? Is it something about southern spice?
Mr_Funbags ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:20:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, you said black savory instead of slavery. Black savory sounds like a type of spice you'd find in spicy cooking. I bet it would taste better than black slavery.
kairon156 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:59:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ooh... The joke fail is my fault, I didn't even notice the difference in spelling both times. :P
Now I need to come up with a type of man made spice that has several rare ingredients. Just so I can call it black savory.
Mr_Funbags ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:34:16 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please do, and then publish the recipe under some catastrophically racist title.
ieatglue44 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:02:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Draw a conclusion about the character."
Drew a picture of the character.
CrypticCryptid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:15:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kind of late to the game, but I finally have a reason to post this.
We were told to write a paper from the point of view of a historical figure in an important event. We were also given free reign as to how dramatic and "cinematic" our papers could be.
So we get to the next week where everyone is going to read their paper in front of the class. I had written on Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" and up mine was by far the class favorite as of the end of the class.
Just one paper left, this guy named Pete. Jock. Pretty boy. Widely known to be dense as a stump. Dude wrote the entirety. Emphasis on entirety, of the movie '300'. The worst part, is that the teacher didn't stop him until the "Fight in the shade" bit.
The "I don't want to live anymore" look on the teacher's face was pretty priceless. But she told him that he had clearly worked very hard and let him sit back down. He got a B.
He was pretty proud of it, stating that "all I had to do was watch the movie with my dad and write it down"
This was in my Freshman year of high school, by the by.
Anolis_Gaming ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:48:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of those moments when you realize high school can be complete bullshit.
neonchinchilla ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:21:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but I remember in middle school we had an assignment to make posters of the different geographic zones(?). This was in Savannah, GA and one of the zones is "Savannah" and a girl thought we were supposed to put together a poster of local wildlife. I think she got a pass on that one because she didn't realize until she was standing in front of everyone presenting. I felt so bad for her, she looked so upset.
toymachine45 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:22:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My wife is a teacher, today she told a student to come back inside from recess and he bit her instead. So I would say that
HeloRising ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:39:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A couple months ago I was hired to fill in for a counselor at a day program for kids as an archery teacher. I do at least know enough to keep the kids from killing themselves or each other.
One kid draws back the string and just sort of...holds it.
I tell the kid he's got to let go. He gives me this very quizzical look and promptly lets go of the bow. The limbs of the bow do what they do and snap back into position, propelling the bow directly at the kid's expectant face.
The only think that went through my mind when the kid hit the ground was the old Unreal Tournament announcer HEADSHOT!
He got to sit the rest of the archery class out.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:24:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
honestly, I'm impressed. It's hard to let go of a bow with the string drawn.
bonanza301 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:45:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kids picked a song to play on guitar, had two weeks to work on it. Girl says she didn't know she had to do anything for two weeks... She just sat in the practice room and assumed we weren't doing anything... She wasn't sped... I even checked on her and she said she was good (she just held the guitar in her hands and would play one chord or two of a song when I asked to hear what she did)
stuckit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, sped! I haven't used sped in probably 25 years at least.
Hufflepuff_hunk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:46:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher and not really an assignment, but today my professor noticed that a student was pretty crammed into his small desk. Trying to help the kid out, the professor told him that he could use his desk (meaning that the student could put some of his extra binders, etc on the professors desk). The professor then shortly left the room to get our tests from his office. While the professor was gone, the kid stood up and then SAT DOWN AT THE PROFESSORS DESK. The professor, who is a pretty awkward guy, came back into the classroom and it was silent. He had to politely tell the student that he can't sit at his desk during class. Pretty big misinterpretation.
exwrestler83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:48:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i gave an assignment to do a presentation on an abstract word. freedom, liberty..etc.Well a kid in my class shows up when its time for his presentation and has all these tupperware containers. In them are omelets, scrambled eggs, poached, over easy, all things egg. I asked him his abstract word and he said "egg", its so versatile". HA..i laughed a bit, but we all ate the eggs. He put so much work into it(or his mom did).
terrabellan ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:50:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite a misinterpretation, but on my first student teaching in a kindy class we were doing some work on resilience and learning not to give up. I was marking some written work the students had done on not saying "I can't do it" and one child had used a U in can't instead of an A... an entire page of sentences that are going to be really fun for the parents at their learning journey! A few examples had they been spelt correctly:
I hate can't.
Never say yes to can't.
When something is hard I won't choose can't.
eltibbs ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:02:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Math teacher here! Had a student volunteer to solve a math equation on the board. She got as far as the square root of X = 2. My students would work backwards to solve equations. She asks what the opposite of a square root is and the class responds to square the solution. 22 is four so X = 4. She didn't understand and when they told her to square it she literally drew a square around the 2...when had we ever done that in math class?? Idk.
henderson_will ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:04:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher that fir the final let students anything they put on their paper. Well you had about 5 minutes to write things down from your notes. However, one student got the national merit to stand on his paper and drew his shoes. The teacher allowed them to work together but there is now a clause in his rule.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What does the 1st sentence mean. Not being rude, just do not get it.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:14:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had 2 or 3 books on our course syllabus and during the first week of class my professor told us to "Go online and read a review of one of the assigned readings". When he asked us the next class about a review that we read, this girl in the front starts talking about something totally unrelated to the course. He says, "Which book was this a review of exactly?" and she proceeds to tell us that she googled the words "assigned reading" and read the first review she found. So she probably read a review of a book on a totally different professors course that was posted somewhere out there on the Internet. Nobody knew what to say so we just sat there silently.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:15:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in grade school, I had to choose a state and create a brochure about it naming some of the various things that we were required to talk about. One of these things was that we had to draw the seal of the state. I chose the state of New York, so on Google I looked up "New York Seal." I spent hours drawing the sea animal version of the Seal, until my dad came in and made fun of me, haha
Benjo_ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On a standardized test, there was a article about students raising funds by running. On the test, we had to write a composition on that story. So my friend decided to right his piece about a zombie named funds, who was raised from the dead by students during their run
Lalashamo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:25:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach high school physics at a low income/low level school and every year have them write argumentative essays to help them develop their severely lacking writing skills. One of the topics is about whether light pollution is a meaningful problem. Instead of writing about the effects of artificial lighting, the student wrote his paper about low levels of pollution. I ended up giving him credit because this was a student who had just started doing work and turning his study habits around and was really proud of his paper. Couldn't break his confidence at that point and he ended up doing pretty well in the class by the end of the year.
FramingNoise ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a kid, maybe grade 2 or 3, I had to write this timed exam that was supposed to test things like how well you follow instructions and basic logic comprehension and such. I was ESL and when I saw "Underline every other word" I got confused, and after thinking about it for a while underlined all the words but the first.
Kokiri_Salia ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:31:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach preschool to ESL students. The previous unit was about toys, this one is about family. I asked "Do you have a sister?" I knew not everyone would understand, but lots of them said yes. I asked one of the strongest students "You have a sister? Big (with "big" gesture) or small(with "small" gesture)?" - blank stare -
Answer - "I have teddy bear sister!"
ochristo87 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a college writing course I once assigned a paper on what I called "The Narrative of Decline." I showed the students a bunch of examples of people saying "AHH, everything is getting worse!" and had them try to suss out why that sentiment is so prevalent (despite data to the contrary).
I had one student who wrote his entire paper on how to decline an invitation to a party. He was a really nice kid and English wasn't his first language, so that's probably the reason. Still, it was a surprise!
And I learned a lot of ways to politely say 'no'
With-a-Cactus ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:53:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher, but the student. In 3rd grade, we had folders with references. Mostly, metric units, English units, information on the (at the time) 9 planets. Our homework assignment was to write the metric units over the customary units (so we can memorize comparisons i.e. a gallon is approx. 3.74 liters). I did exactly as she asked and wrote out
metric units/customary units
And just doubted that she was sane since this assignment didn't make any sense. This took up two lines on a full sheet of paper and I turned it in. She called me back to her desk and made me cry for clearly being stupid and wasting her time.
heill ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:58:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
When I was in 10th grade we were talking about MLK's dream speech and the teacher called on me to give some characteristics found in the speech. I said self-righteousness. I had no idea that there were any negative connotations around that word until like a week later when I was thinking about why everyone reacted so strangely. I thought it just meant that you believed yourself to be right or something.
EDIT: Said, not sad
wyleFTW ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:59:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In first grade we had a word problem about some guy eating apples. It was probably something along the lines of "Bob has 12 apples then he eats some and ends up with 8. How many apples did Bob eat?" Then there was a blank space below where we had to draw a picture of the amount of apples he ate.
In my first grader head I didn't know if I was supposed to draw 4 apples or not because those apples don't exist anymore, he already ate them. I thought I wouldn't get points for that, so I intricately drew 4 apples cores and hoped that I did it right.
shenanigins ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:10:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In fourth grade our teacher put his hand up and asked for five, not sure how it went, but we were all supposed to stop talking immediately kind of deal. Well, a friend of mine stood up, with the whole class watching him quietly, and walked to the front of the class (from the very back) and give him a high-five before walking back to his seat. There was a good 15 seconds of dead silence before we all busted out laughing. Pretty sure the teacher got mad and sent him outside.
Landentacoma ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:13:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school English class we were told to write a thesis pertaining to "to kill a mockingbird" as that is what we were reading in class. A kid turned in a paper that said "the sis is scout finch" He got 100%....
Gavcradd ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:26:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not so much an assignment, but I'm walking some high school students through the process of setting up a website using Dreamweaver (pro web editing software, I teach Computer Science / IT). We get a few steps in and I say "now in this box, give your website a name". Most students either make up a "www.my website.com" domain or pick a descriptive name like "music website" etc.
One boy types in "Dan Smith". Dan Smith was not his name, nor the name of any of his friends, it was a human name he'd just christened his website with. I found out he'd done this when the person sitting next to him couldn't stop laughing, causing a chain reaction of students looking over, seeing what he'd done and then laughing uncontrollably.
Years later, every so often I'd hear "you remember when you called your website Dan?".
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:34:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: People who mistook Euthanasia for Youth in Asia.
G8kpr ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:35:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In grade 3, we were going to learn the Recorder... Our teacher asked if any of us had "Recorders". Me and a couple people put up their hands. She noted our names and that was that.
A week later, a box of recorders came in and everyone got one, except me and about 5 other people, who had assumed she meant "tape recorders" and had no idea that a simple flute like instrument was also called a recorder.
KookyDoug ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:39:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but it's too funny to not post.
We had a History lesson called South Indian Art & Culture and we had an assignment on "The authors mentioned in the textbook".
We all do the assignment over the weekend. The teacher starts collecting the assignments. This one girl hands hers in and the teacher frowns. The girl goes "What's wrong ? I wrote about the authors of the textbook like you asked"
The dumb bitch literally wrote about the dudes who wrote the textbook instead of the poets and playwrights mentioned. Pretty sure the teacher thought she was trying to screw with her. It's safe to say she got an F and that we laughed at her until the sun went down.
AllMyName ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:48:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am the teacher. I misunderstood the assignment. There was a "superhero day" at the school, K-12. Teachers and staff were encouraged to participate and kind of encourage the students.
I spent six hours making a Captain Falcon costume. I glued racquetballs to a baseball helmet, spray painted a gold falcon onto it, used a storage container lid to make a translucent visor, made shin guards that look the part, got "the knee" looking semi decent, bought fabric by the foot to make his scarf, and used a lampshade with extra fabric to make the weird shoulder pad. Oh, and I got Kobe ones to go with it. Fucking giant welding gloves. Douglas J. Falcon is clean shaven, so I shaved too.
I was never early to work. I showed up twenty minutes early for this shit, and just stood in the hallway making the "show me your moves" pose. I was mistaken for SEVERAL (troublesome and generally unsavory) students. I only answered "are you x?" with "HYESZ!" or "cawm awn!" Students were fucking floored. Nothing of any educational value was learned in any of my classes that day. I kept the costume on for 8+ hours. I went out to buy lunch dressed that way. During a planning period I went to check my mailbox, and a little girl said "OH MA GAWD YOU'RE CAPTAIN FALCON."
Staff member responsible for those kinds of events must've thought I was insane. I hated school spirit shit. I hated pep rallys. Come to school dressed as the greatest superhero of all time? HYESZ!
I looked ridiculoustotallyworthit
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:15:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm the student. Was meant to analyse an advertisement and I was given a photo of a couple stepping out of a car in Rome. At the bottom it said 'Susan'. I was like okay, maybe it's a car company I've never heard of. So I write the entire essay's draft. I then write it out on to the computer, print it out. On the due date, I asked my friend if it was good. He replied with "Huh, I thought Susan was a clothes company." My stomach dropped. This paper took up a huge percentage of our grade and here I was the idiot who couldn't tell the difference between a car company and a clothes company.
xCoachHines ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:22:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am positively, ridiculously late, but when my sister was in 6th grade, she was told to write about euthanasia, but she thought the teacher said "youth in Asia."
socalkid71 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:24:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here, but I can remember the first time one of my teachers told me to double-space a paper. I of course proceeded to put two spaces between every word of my paper. My teacher was quite amused at my stupidity.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:33:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In year 7 I wrote my exam about why being able to stand during an exam was important. I got in depth with back problems and distractions. The topic was, should students sit exams. I thought it was a typo, and I had never heard of the term before.
BoyceKRP ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:54:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda related, I was teaching swimming lessons at work last week and had my student working on backstrokes. Trying to get him to develop rythm and coordination, I told him to start singing out a 4 beat measure, '1,2,3,4' and he starts singing Uptown Funk. He's got a pretty
badcute lisp, so I heard "Up, down, fuck you up" and had to stop lessons to ask him where he heard it. He told me his music teacher at school, that was the most startling part. Mom clarified the song though after lessons hahamrfootballfan55 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:07:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but my classmates and I were given were given a term paper in a morality & ethics class back in high school. The paper we wrote was on a randomly-assigned morally controversial topic, such as abortion, capital punishment, etc. My friend was given "euthanasia" (mercy killing) as his topic. He interpreted it as "Youth in Asia" and proceeded to write over a dozen pages of Asian infant and adolescent demographic trends over the past few centuries, economic and cultural roles that children play in different Asian societies over time, and many other research topics about Asian kids.
My teacher was so amazed and amused by my classmates' term paper that he still keeps it hung on the wall of his classroom.
piscesdaffodil ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:11:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a good laugh about this one with my coworkers, but the common eye might not find this funny. Who knows?
I'm a tutor at Kumon (it's a shitty math and reading center in case you don't know. Yeah, it's shitty, but they pay me and I'm getting college internship credits towards my degree).
I have a kid who I think originated from the Middle East. I don't know though; he refuses to tell anyone where he's from). Anyways, he's is not a native English speaker; therefore, his grammar is off a lot, his spelling isn't always right, and he can NOT read directions (usually out of laziness and IDGAF-ness, but often it's also a literal misunderstanding).
So here I am grading some homework. The directions say "Combine the sentences into one, separating them with commas." Problem #1: Andy likes cars. Andy likes ice cream. Andy likes school. Answer SHOULD HAVE BEEN: Andy likes cars, ice cream, and school. Answer I GOT: Andy likes cars, Andy likes ice cream, Andy likes school. The kid literally replaced the periods in between each sentence with a comma.
TL;DR - ESL kid misunderstands directions, takes them extremely literally. I got a good laugh out of it.
TreeAndPlants ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:12:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know a kid who went to Kumon. Ended up being a know-it-all math geek. This is why I won't send my kids to tuition centers
piscesdaffodil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:58:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh believe me, I really hate the program. I don't know the math stuff because I suck at math (I'm an English major in college, so that's the tutoring I do.) Everyone I know who ever attended Kumon hated it. The kids I tutor despise it.
TreeAndPlants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:10:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
haha i would despise it if i went to a tuition center. i don't get why they do that though, parents I mean. I know American schools are inefficient and don't teach students much but isn't there room for parental education?
piscesdaffodil ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:23:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We do recommend that parents home-grade and correct with their kids, but one argument for the centers are that this is our job. We're extensions to the schools (not that I necessarily agree with them but that is the argument). Also, a lot of our kids come because they're behind in school. The school curriculum is moving too fast and they need extra help. Or the kids need an extra challenge (for those students who are working above grade level). Another argument is that parents may not know the subject that well either. Especially with students like the one I described originally, who is not from the US originally. He has no support at home. As do many of our kids. Parents don't have time, or the knowledge, to help their kids.
TreeAndPlants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:06:29 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yea... it's kinda sad sometimes. My cousin goes to Kumon and her mum evaluates her math when she's done. Rare case I guess....
piscesdaffodil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:46:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, we lend answer books to parents so that they can do that. But a lot of times, it's correcting wrong answers that parents can't help with. They can only check to make sure the answer is right, you know? That's where we do come in; if the kid can't figure out what he or she did wrong, then we can explain the process to them.
Dark_Jester ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:15:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But that's still correct.
piscesdaffodil ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:25:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually not. He has successfully completed a multi-comma splice, which is not an appropriate way of writing. It's a run on sentence without the conjunction "and".
Dark_Jester ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:33:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But isn't a comma just meant to be a slight pause. So if, I wanted, to type like, this, I could, right?
El_Barto_227 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:38:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No. It's kind of a dick move.
piscesdaffodil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:01:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No, you couldn't. Commas are not "just meant to be a slight pause". We use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, AND yet. We also use them after introductory clauses, phrases, or words that come before the main clause (also known as prepositional phrases).
Dark_Jester ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:21:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, never learned this in school.
piscesdaffodil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:08 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's depressing...
lebouffon88 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:41:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Heard this from my girlfriend. This happened in Taiwan (she is Taiwanese). The language teacher ask the elementary students to make an essay. The teacher wrote the theme or the topic of what their essay should be about. She wrote: "Mama de shou" (in Chinese) which means: Our mother's hands. Some students understood it wrong, what they read was: "Mama de mao" which meant: Our mother's body hair. This happened because the Chinese character of hand and body hair is pretty similar (try googling it). And because of this the students wrote essays about their mother's body hair.
madhousechild ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:11:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of one time in beginner french class, we were learning reflexive verbs. When we got to "se raser," which means to shave (yourself), my friend got excited and shouted out in french, "Is it true that french women don't shave 'sous les arbres' "? I knew he meant "sous les bras," under the arms, but what he actually said was "under the trees."
lebouffon88 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:06:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lol. What does the trees here meant? Is this an analogy to anything or this means literally a tree?
madhousechild ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:44:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if you're asking seriously, because I was unclear. He meant to say arms but he blurted out the wrong word, and said 'trees' by mistake.
lebouffon88 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:01:59 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Noo. I thought that the trees have a more embarrassing meaning for something. XD. If not, it's not so bad then. Thanks for the explanation!
Dark_Jester ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:45:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher told me to read the next paragraph of a thingy the class was reading. It had something to do with penises. I read the entire fucking thing pronouncing penis like Venice with a P. I did not realise the word PENIS was the word PENIS.
AVGASismyGatorade ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:17:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to the party, but we had an assignment in English class to create an "original book cover" for a book and ad a summary, fake reviews on it, etc. There was a student from Myanmar (Burma) who took original literally as in use the ORIGINAL book cover. So he photo copied the book cover and then in pen, crossed out some of the reviews on it and wrote in fake names.
The teacher accused him of plagiarism, until the whole situation came to light and everyone including the teacher got a good laugh out of it during class.
Then the teacher gave him an F. Dick.
CAPS_LOCK_GOT_STUCK ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:20:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL: ABOUT YOUTHS IN ASIA
Super_Swag_Hacker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:53:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My sentiments exactly. I feel for these kinds of threads, Reddit should have a computational intelligence-based feature that filters out posts that are similar, but made by different people (e.g. filter out all the responses involving confusion of "euthanasia" with "youth in Asia") as though they are unique experiences to the posters, it gets rather bothersome to read the same thing again and again.
How this would work is the feature would analyze all posts made to a particular thread and based upon the word choice of each individual post, group them together (e.g. responses that mention "double spacing" and "press the spacebar twice" are grouped together as they convey the same thought). Then, the option would be given to hide the posts completely from the page; that way, you and I can keep reading about other interesting experiences.
I say "a particular thread" and not "the entire website" as the most popular kinds of post will vary by thread, especially in a subreddit such as this where unique questions are often asked. Not all will be memes.
CAPS_LOCK_GOT_STUCK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:01 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
holy shit that'd be nice
superjona ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:24:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. Not really a misinterpretation of a teacher, but an extremely exciting story nonetheless.
We were in our fifth year of high school and were given the task to create a news report in videoformat. We had to include fictional news items.
A couple of friends worked together in a group and decided to stage a hold-up at one of their parents' pharmacy, as it would make a good news item for the task. They had everything: location, props, actors and pretty realistic looking guns. So they went ahead and filmed a hold-up, but they forgot to close the curtains.
A pedestrian saw the whole thing and immediately called the police. Five minutes later a tactical response team storms into the pharmacy, thinking it was a real hold-up. The whole "GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR" was even caught on tape. Well, lets just say the police were pissed and it became a popular discussion topic at school.
pengylover200 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:40:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fifth year of high school?
El_Barto_227 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:29:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could be Australia, which was years 8-12.
superjona ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:23:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, sorry. We have six high school years in Europe.
56qetr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:01:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Probably a school that had 7-12 together
Ihavenofriendzzz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:24:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In middle school we had these standardized tests that I assume everyone had. Pretty easy, but a pain as well. There was a writing section and the prompt was "What is your favorite grade?" I wrote about 3rd grade I believe because I learned to love math from this teacher blah blah. The next period we were talking about our answers and we discovered that this kid had thought they meant letter grades. So he said his favorite was an A. Because it was the best I guess. Would have loved to read that essay. Most bullshit ever probably. How do you even argue that...?
LaBoheme08 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:36:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but thought the topic Euthanesia was about, "Youth in Asia." Oops.
redditM_rk ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:38:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had to do a presentation in highschool on a famous WW2 battle. Everyone did powerpoint presentations and gave out boring handouts. Me and my friend showed a 20 minute video with commentary of D-Day. We just recorded ourselves playing Battlefield 1942 for the entire weekend. (What we were going to do anyways.)
Entire class and teacher loved it.
h_p_bitchcraft ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:46:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Politics: Teacher says "this is a choose your own presentation"
One student chooses whisky distillation.
Broken_chairs ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:50:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but there was a guy in art class who wrote an entire essay on post modernism, describing how people would time travel to the future and bring artwork back with them.
mixu1308 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:00:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were in math class, and our teacher announces that we are going to start learning about polygons. My friend, trying to be a smart ass, says out loud (btw he has a very loud voice) "oh, so we're doing polygamy?!" The teacher starts laughing so hard that you could see a tear or two.
dripberg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:12:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did he pronounce it (pah-la-ghami)? Cause that would have been awesome!
confused_koma ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:01:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach English to a basic-level class at a university in Japan. At the end of our unit on daily routines, I asked them to write an e-mail pretending they had returned to Japan after studying abroad and staying with a homestay family. They were to thank the homestay parents and tell them what their daily lives were like back in Japan.
One of the e-mails reads: "Dear maser," (was already quite confused here) "Thank you for taking care of me and broser after faser died. You work very hard to send us to university, I really appreciate it. I am very busy studying hard everyday..."
and that was when I realized he wrote a very touching e-mail to his real mother.
madhousechild ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:49:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me of one of those cheeky-student joke emails that made the rounds, of students who either didn't follow the rules or followed them a little too literally. Students were asked to pretend they were a Chinese immigrant and write a letter to their grandfather back home, telling them about America. And one is a long letter, written completely in Chinese (which of course the teacher cannot read).
KellogsHolmes ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:05:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"It is ok to take a look at Wikipedia to get an overview over the topic and find first sources" was interpreted as "We may copy and paste the Wiki article, change a few words and pass the assignment".
RoskoJ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:16:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
During an elementary history class we were instructed to "write our own history" report. I basically wrote a gundam wing fan fiction about napoleon invading Europe...
OhioMegi ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:18:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I teach prek, so they don't really have assignments. But when I was in high school, I took an IB course on American literature. Our final project was to pick an author and "become" them for the class period. There were only 6 of us, and we had to sign up with what author we wanted.
Well, one afternoon, we come in and our teacher was just sitting at her desk. She points to the list and says "there is something wrong. Fix it." And that was it. We spent close to 30 minutes discussing what was wrong. It finally dawned on one of us- NO ONE HAD CHOSEN AN AMERICAN AUTHOR!! You'd think one of us would have chosen someone we'd already studied, but no. I never felt so dumb.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:19:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but one time my history teacher was talking about gerrymandering and one student asked who he was, needless to say he got teased quite a bit whenever this topic got brought up.
jeviestay ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:31:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not an assignment but still a funny misunderstanding. Teaching English in Korea. Handed a student a worksheet and asked them to go to the staffroom and make 2 copies for me. He comes back 5 mins later with the sheet I handed him and 2 coffees, looking perplexed. The koreans have a symbol ใ which is used for f and p. Kid thought I asked for 2 coffees!
Takatalvi_Ignatio ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:32:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember back in second grade, my teacher (literally the worst teacher I've ever had) gave us this one assignment early in the year. It was supposed teach us about rounding, but there were no instructions on the paper and the teacher didn't tell us what we were supposed to do. It literally just looked like a bunch of pyramid-looking things with lines along them and numbers at either end. None of the kids knew what the fuck to do. There was an open house sorta thing that night and it quickly became apparent that none of the parents knew what the fuck to do on the assignment either. She explained it (obviously) and that was that. But, looking back, that really set the tone for the rest of the school year.
gesika6 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:10:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is a student's perspective (mine), when I was 18 and in driver's ed, the one rule our teacher had was when doing a paper assignment that we should never leave a question blank and he would give us 0s if we did it even once. Well, one question was, "Define PBT.", and I had no clue, but not wanting to get a 0 I wrote what first came into my head, which was, "Probably Bananas or Tangerines." He had many classes during different days of the week and in our last class, all of his classes got together in one room for a final exam. As he's passing out the exam he reminds everyone about his 'No questions left blank" policy, and at one point he says, "and please, if you don't know the answer, at least TRY to make an educated guess, not like when a certain student thought PBT meant Probably Bananas or Tangerines, not naming names...(coughJessicacough)" The whole class was roaring with laughter and a few looked at me and said, "THAT was you?"
sinanis ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:49:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in year 5 or so, we had to write a little essay where we should discuss the idea of "Hunde auf Rezept", which means somethings like "A Prescription for Dogs" (as in service dogs for people with a disability etc.) Now, in German the word "Rezept" can either mean "prescription" or "recipe". One of my classmates then wrote his essay about the idea of eating dogs.
Dimensional13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:13:20 on November 24, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nun, witzig war der fehler auf jeden fall, wow.
rices4212 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:49:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Looks like I'm 17 hours late so no one will see, but I'll leave this for you op because I thought it was pretty funny. After the first 9 weeks, I switched grade levels with another teacher. My partner teacher had the students write goodbye letters to me. The first one I opened and read was addressed to the principal and had nothing to do with me leaving, so she clearly didn't understand what she was supposed to be doing. Everyone else's was sweet /funny though
madhousechild ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:14:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I once worked with a summer intern who was studying economics at a fairly exclusive university. The professor had asked them to write about some business set in Peoria. Apparently most of them had never heard the saying, "Will it play in Peoria?"
(For those outside the US, it basically means, will simple folk in the heartland understand, usually asked of sophisticated works.)
They assumed Peoria was the name of a hypothetical country, which colored their analyses since they could not know anything about the economy there, making it a pretty useless exercise. Apparently, the professor was pretty pissed off that well-educated, well-traveled 20-somethings had never heard of Peoria and the intern was shocked to hear that we all knew that it was a city in Illinois.
Samareault ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:07:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was about 6, one of my assignments was to write certain words "without looking". So here I am with my hands covering my eyes and my mom had to explain to me that my teacher meant not to just copy the words but actually pull them from my memory.
Tsukeo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:14:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were having English class (in Norway). Just a simple task to write about a movie. A friend of mine copied a Wikipedia article in its entirety (with formating and everything) and another one of my friends wrote in Norwegian for some strange reason.
mandi318 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 16:28:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am not quite sure if this applies, but I gave a President Report over fall break. They drew names out of a hat and had to make a presentation on the President. The kid who pulled Bill Clinton's name had an entire presentation on his affair. It is now hanging up in the teacher's lounge.
NotSoGoodFellas ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:34:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but a student. So we were supposed to have a pilgrim themed day at school and dress up and eat like pilgrims. So my mom being an immigrant and me being in the 3rd grade took the assignment literally when my teacher said in a letter that we should bring a meal that consisted of 'meat, cheese and bread'. So instead of a lunchbox with a turkey sandwich in it, I showed up to school that day dressed as a pilgrim with a picnic basket and in it an uncut loaf of bread, a massive turkey leg and a block of cheddar cheese. Safe to say I was really confused when the teacher didn't have a bread knife for class that day...
I was called Bilgrim for the rest of elementary school (Black Pilgrim).
cheeruphamlet ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:43:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also way late, but it was an interesting one. My students one year had to write a cover letter for a job application describing their accomplishments and interests. One student turned in a two-page description of his ideal girlfriend. No career aspirations, just "What I really want in the future is a girlfriend [proceeds to ramble about her]". I thought he was joking at first but nope.
Goofiercheese ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:24:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is really late and probably won't get seen by anyone... Not a teacher, but in college a teacher told me that he got his students to do a presentation on different types of genres in film. One kid got 'black comedy' as in like dark comedy. anway he stood up and did his presentation about things black people find funny, with videos pictures etc. The poor guy didn't even catch on that he did the wrong thing until he sat down.
MorganMayday ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:41:07 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a horrible lisp in elementary school which made me go stupid in math.
My teacher was teaching us how to add and would often say "Ok now look at your sum and do..."
Well I would repeat her and go "Look at my thumb? Ok." And would intensely look at my thumb, waiting for some kind of math magic to happen.
My parents got a call about my "mental state".
RoxinRollin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:40 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You had a humor about it? What's wrong with that!
clancster ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:06:55 on November 21, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me: ok so in The Outsiders how can we tell that Dally likes Cherry? What's the text evidence? Student: on page 26 it says he buys her coke and cocaine is really expensive so you wouldn't do that for someone you didn't care about. Me: wait...no...it's Coke like coca-cola. Student: oh. OH. Ok nevermind I think I need to rewrite my essay then.
DerWaffleHaus ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:08:50 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Amelia Bedelia
f0rcedinducti0n ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:36:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a geography class in college and there was a 40 something in the class who struggled for half a class trying to find Yugoslavia on a map. "It no longer exists." didn't seem to mean anything to him. "But where is it on the map?" ..... just and endless loop, till the prof dug out a really old text book...
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:28:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I remember in high school our English teacher gave us a creative writing assignment where we had to describe life on the lam. Bro-y kid in my class who wasn't the brightest, wrote a three page paper about his adventures riding through the world on his fluffy pet lamb. Got an A because the teacher thought he was trying to be clever...whoosh.
Sgt_Pepper42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:57 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TIL about the expression "life on the lam".
heman8400 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 16:31:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My daughters class was recently given an assignment: decorate a paper turkey as something else, so that the turkey doesn't get eaten on thanksgiving! My daughter dressed it up as Santa, it looked pretty good. When I was dropping her off one day I looked at the other posted in the hall. Someone decorated theirs as a pizza.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:05:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. My final project for my one class this semester is to choose a novel/author and give a presentation on why that work/works should receive a class-awarded Nobel prize. I chose Metro 2033 for the impact it made in Russian literature. Wrote up my presentation in English, sent it to my friend who is fluent in Russian to translate it for me.
If she wants to teach a non-Spanish class half the time in Spanish, she's getting a Russian presentation on a Russian novel.
nrith ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:07:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Former student here. The first time I was told to write an essay, I wrote that it was an "S.A."
SCM1992 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:41:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but abcamp counselor: we had kids age 10-12, boys for me in my cabin. The last day of camp is a theme day to have an exciting conclusion to the week. One week, I and my co-counselor decided to do a military theme day. All the boys (about 20) were all given nicknames al la Full Metal Jacket, private snowball, joker, wiley coyote, et cetera, and all started out as privates. Woke them up at 5 in the morning, went for a run (without medical exceptions, who were made to learn some trivia and repeat it back. Lots of screaming, yelling, and laughing, fort building, and field promotions were granted based on merit, something we thought would happen maybe two or three times. Turns out, these boys really loved being respected and given responsibilities. We wound up with several staff sergeants, sergeants and corporals, and the entire camp knew by the end of the day and wanted to join the "Marines". What's more, all of my boys became loads more respectful of the other counselors and just helpful in general. Responded to staff with yes sir/no sir yes ma'am/no ma'am...it was amazing.
Despite the success of the theme, I felt really guilty for calling myself a Captain without earning that title and we didn't do it again. But I learned something valuable by giving a kid with little support some respect and responsibility even the orneriest boy became an excellent human being.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:09:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a young piano student, I was learning to memorize pieces. We were using a common method in which you memorize the first page, then the second, etc... My piano teacher suggested I work on a piece back-to-front for the next week, the idea being that I had played the first pages much more than the last pages, so I should practice the last page, then the second-to-last-and-last pages, then the third....and so on. However, I didn't fully understand her as she didn't go into these details, so I spent the whole week trying to learn the piece COMPLETELY backwards, like note-for-note backwards.
Jass1995 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your teacher asks you to memorise? Hmm. Mine always said never to memorise but muscle memory usually kicks in when I'm playing the song for the umpteenth time. That's interesting.
Fluffaykitties ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:00:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach an intro Computer Science course that focuses on the Python programming language.
There was a question on a test that asked something like "write a statement that prints a list, a string and an integer." One student wrote:
print("a list, a string and an integer")
I gave them full points because it was technically true.
SuperDuckMan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:18:41 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got a punishment when I was five. The teacher wrote something on the board and told me to write 'fifty lines of this' (pointing at the board). I was there for about five to seven minutes. I had literally written 'lines of this' fifty times.
me_suds ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:37:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
you had the right idea but really should have just been "this" 50 times
oblio76 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who can write 50 lines of anything when you're 5 years old?
SuperDuckMan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:22:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me.
jkbrodie ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:34:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked my grade 7s to write a letter as if they were someone in New France. One girl wrote the letter in French. I don't know any French.
Gompa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:51:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Obligatory "Not a teacher, but a student". This was long ago, around age 8-9. One time the teacher was talking about air travel, and how to be a good passenger on a plane, and the next day we were going to do a "Practice flight" with chairs lined up in a row.
Now I was apparently not paying attention, and all I heard was that we were going on a trip to Sri Lanka, and went home scared about being so far away.
blove301 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school our class was assigned an English Lit. oral presentation . We each had to select an English author, poet, etc. to research and deliver a 5 min. presentation. We were encouraged to have our parents come watch, I think to give us a bigger audience. It came time for 1 of my classmates to present and he stood up and gave an A cappella rendition of D'yer Maker by Led Zepplin. The craziest part is he sang the entire song, and never cracked a smile or anything and the teacher let him. It was both the funniest and most awkward thing I have ever personally seen. The same guy later ordered delivery pizza to the end of the bench (where he sat) at a basketball game. He was a lunatic.
gothoops3 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:57:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college, my brother (an engineer) was given a box with a store bought cake inside. In his class they were told to frost the top and use different candies and other food items to create different rooms in a building that the cake was representing. My brother, being the literally person he is, didn't even think to look insde the box and just assumed "frost the top" meant put frosting on top of the box. He didn't even notice it seemed weird. Apparently about halfway through frosting the box his professor came over and asked what the hell he was doing.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:26:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The fact he was in college...
ElmerJShagnasty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:03:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I worked in a metropolitan public library with some really smart librarians back in the 80s. One day, a man called in and got a librarian who moved here from London. The man asked her to gather some information on Boss Tweed (the former New York state senator.) Except he just said "Boss Tweed." she spent an hour going through fabric books looking in vain for any reference to that particular type of fabric before one of the other librarians asked her what she was working on and took pity on her.
mento6 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but me when I was a student. It was around fourth grade and we were assigned to type a short paragraph, double spaced, about a musician and the story of his life. This was basically the first time I had to type up something and I had no idea what double spaced was, so I ended up putting two spaces in between every word I was writing.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:09:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in third grade I started counting off students for a group project in halves to show off/practice my math skills. The teacher heard me when I got to 1 1/2, which was a girl. The teacher thought I was counting the girl as a half and refused to listen to my explanation, rather sending me to the principal instead.
Ah shit i misinterpretted the thread assignment
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Former Percussion Director with a competitive marching band.
I had a band parent record our entire competitive show. I gave copies to each of my percussion and front-line ensemble students and asked them to write two or three paragraphs of what we should have done.
One student (A supremely talented percussionist and who i secretly knew in my heart was better than me in almost every single way) got a copy of the entire score for the show from the director and rewrote every percussion/frontline part.
It sounded amazing. I wasn't even mad.
He's graduating from college this year with a Bachelors in Music Education, and I couldn't be happier for him.
isu1857 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:21:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh not an assignment but...
My kids are assigned a number between 1 and (class size) so that I can file away papers more easily.
On an assignment, next to the space where the kid's name is written is "Number: ______" to record that number. One of my kids wrote down his telephone number and was dead serious that he didn't know I was looking for his class number.
8th grade, by the way.
dukeofducttape ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:24:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Halfway through reading Red Badge of Courage we were assigned to write a letter home from the war front as if we were in the American Civil War. I suspected that the teacher didn't even bother to read our papers half the time and I wanted to test that theory. I began my paper:
To My Dearest Dog Wesley,
Bow wow wow bark bark ruff ruff.........
An entire page of that. Fully punctuated and everything.
I got an 'A'.
Ubuntuful ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:33:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bow wow wow ruff bark
damn you are good at this
dephcon05 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:25:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took three years of Italian in high school and ended up switching to Spanish in college. Throughout the term I routinely mixed up the two with pronunciation and would get corrected by my Spanish teacher when she would say, "Bueno, ahora en espanol..." She also told me that she had to learn Italian to get her PhD in Spanish. Our final consisted of a 3 page paper on anything Spain. So my paper started out in Spanish talking about the Moors but slowly morphed into Italian by the end of the second page and the entire third page was completely in Italian. She let me rewrite it and turn it in the next day and was nice enough to not dock me any points, but not before she put me on display in front of the class and hand me back my paper with a big red "Bueno, ahora en espanol" on it.
Euouae ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:26:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Things get glued to faces CONSTANTLY. ....... I teach preschool
bellyogilates ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:26:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to teach environmental education in elementary schools. I would visit 4th grade classes each school once a week for a lesson. This particular lesson was about habitat loss in north american wetland areas. I talked about how bulk heading impedes travel from water to land, how strip mall parking lots cause runoff of chemical pollutants, invasive and non-native plant and animal species, etc. I handed out paper with a wavy line thru that represented water and they were to fill in their wetland. The students drew pictures then we put them all together to show a river connecting the wavy lines.
Anyway, one kid interpreted 'strip mall' by drawing pictures of scantily clad dancing girls. It was funny and I clarified for the class what I meant by strip mall... A big parking lot with multiple storefronts. I tried not to laugh or smile too much but I'm pretty sure I blushed a little.
amanderrrr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:27:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to this but nonetheless... I teach English in Korea and have for some time now. The language barrier can sometimes result in interesting things:
I told students to double space their essays so it would be easier for me to leave a comment. One student misunderstood and wrote on half of each page, but only wrote on the right or left side of the page, not leaving a line in between.
I give students really random topics to do impromptu speeches to practice for their toefl tests. This one girl, I told her to talk about pineapples for 40 seconds and she ended up talking about sponge bob which isn't completely off topic I guess. She talked about why a pineapple was a good house.
I have my toefl students prepare research and then make a presentation about it at the end of the semester. One student submitted their PowerPoint for evaluation early and I suggested they put in a quiz to make sure students were listening. They did. The quiz, however, was about superficial things about their ppt. "How many pictures are in this ppt?" "How many slides were in this presentation?"
God I love them. So great.
Edit: while teaching phonics you hear some great things. Spelling tests... I've seen whore, shart, poo, and others when they are definitely not the targets.
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:48:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
bahahaha. I love it.
Qwertyz13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:29:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, actually a sort of teacher in a preschool class. We have a mix of ages, and it's the three-year-old kiddos who are usually last to understand.
This time? They did not understand Duck, Duck, Goose. After modeling it ourselves, and then having a student do it perfectly...when one of our very young threes was chosen, he went around the circle, "Duck, duck, duck, duck....DUCK!!!" and then started running like he had just tagged the other student goose.
We gently corrected him. "You're supposed to say goose when you want them to chase you."
So what did he do? Started around the circle again, "Goose, goose, goose..."
It was the most fun I've ever had playing that ridiculous game.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:39:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly... When I was four, that was one of the first cheating techniques my cousin taught me. I usually played fair but they played dirty including in ridiculous games like that. Saying duck was biding your time to find a reliable route to the bathroom that had a lock cause when my cousins played... They played like it was the last thing they'd ever do.
The_Renegade_Master ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:30:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds me of one time in Design Technology we were asked to draw a desk tidy, the thing you keep all your stationary paraphernalia, I didn't do this though ...... I drew a tidy desk.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:34:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Assigned a paper on the pros and cons of euthanasia. Got back a paper on the pros and cons of youth in Asia...
zeenies ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:36:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of a friend had a to do a report on controversial topics. His subject was euthanasia. You can imagine the shock on everyone's faces when he started to give a presentation on "Youth in Asia".
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:37:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taking a Japanese capstone course with four other people, one of them being a Chinese genius guy who's lived in Japan since he was a kid. Totes only took the class for credits and didn't give a fuck for the class.
Business Japanese. Writing about how current events could effect business in Japan. Teacher says "You can write about anything you want." And he took it and ran with it.
He ends up writing about Schrodinger's cat, like, full blown essay in really hard to read Japanese and turns it in. Teacher gives him an F because it had nothing to do with business. Absolutely fucking hilarious. "But you said we could write about anything!"
tittysword ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In health class the teacher assigned us a paper about anything we wanted. The entire class knew this to mean anything health related. Timmy, on the other hand, wrote an entire paper about how Weezer was the greatest band ever ever and chronicled their entire discography and all of his concert experiences. The entire class giggled from the first sentence to the end as he read aloud. Poor Timmy.
agentq512 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:42:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school, the A.P. English class was supposed to read Invisible Man. A friend instead read The Invisible Man and was confused as to why everyone had such a hard time getting through it.
JPA5210 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:43:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom was a fifth grade teacher and regularly had tests over specific numbers multiplication tables. She announced that the class was going to have an "8's" test the next day. A little girl went home and told her mother (in a strong southern accent) that she was having an "aids" test. Needless to say her mother was not happy at all.
mrglubglub ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:45:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
r/AskRedditWithoutBots
Spread the word!
gardenawe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:46:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not really an assignment. In 5 th grade my English teacher was asking for the German translation of the term question mark. He asked me . I knew question meant Frage and I had a classmate named Mark. So I answered "frag (ask) Mark ".
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
As most the people in this thread, I'm not a teacher, but I'll share.
My freshman year of college there was a kid who lived down the hall from me. He liked to drink beer and play NHL and so did I, so naturally we became friends.
One day, we are sitting in his room and he asks me to proofread an assignment. It was a short paper on Platos "Allegory of the Cave", so basically a stereotypical freshman year of college assignment.
I start reading it and it seems like he writes well enough. Then he starts going into a tirade of how absurd the premise of the allegory is (despite it being, you know, an allegory). My favorite line was "What mastermind was behind this plot? What were his motives?" The whole thing came off like he was offended that the story even existed.
I have no idea how he ended up doing on it, but it's still one of the funniest things I've ever read.
mbw4688 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:53:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As an American MBA student studying in France, I was supposed to teach a class about "insurance in Europe". I thought I was just supposed to talk about insurance companies in Europe or something. Seemed too simple but whatever.
The professor was confused; my presentation consisted of maybe 5 slides of insurance companies founded/headquartered in Europe and lasted just a few minutes. I sat down and he proceeded to teach the class about risk assessment/mitigation or something. Oops.
Passed the class but I'm sure this professor will forever think of me as the stupid American that didn't give half a shit about his assignments.
desole sir
OstrichOuttaNowhere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:16:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So, what was the actual assignment if not insurance companies in Europe?
mbw4688 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:09:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
your guess is as good as mine. the overall class was about business risk assessment.
livestockhaggler ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:54:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm late to the party. When I was in middle school the teacher wanted us all to have put papers "double spaced". I didn't know what that meant and it was before I knew about ask jeeves. So I meticulously went back and added an extra space between words. I was given a F for not following directions
hazemarick44 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:54:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but back in high school we are supposed to do an impromptu speech with 3 minutes of prep. The topics are drawn and one student got "mercy killing" except he rambled about war and the military etc. Everyone was confused until the time was up and the teacher was able to explain euthanasia to him.
Frostypancake ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:58:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: youth in asia and double spacing
riggyslim ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:06:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I once wrote about my pet's peeves instead of my pet peeves.
Phoenix86 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:09:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a fourth grade student draw a poster for red ribbon week to promote the team jersey day...
He drew two guys visiting a drug dealers house with one guy shot and the other one declining drugs with red ribbon week in giant letters.
RoostasTowel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:19:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was from my high school teacher.
He assigned us to do a report on a medieval figure. And we each picked one from a list.
When Martian Luther was picked he made sure to remind the student not to submit a report on martian Luther King Jr.
Like a student of his once did and ended up having to do two reports.
ScrewYouMorbidPanda2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:28:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah, my teachers assign aliens as topics all the time.
RoostasTowel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:31:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
worse then George waRshinton
ScrewYouMorbidPanda2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Without a doubt
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:21:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Bill138 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:33:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Liston, not Lesnar.
stuckit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but now I want a picture of Ali over Brock Lesnar.
dalmintz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
maybe not a misinterpretation, but when I was in middle school, our teacher assigned a paper on plagiarism and how to avoid it. My idiot friend plagiarized it and got caught. Teacher and principle thought it was so ironic they let it slide.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ะฟัะพััะพ ััััะบะธะน , ะฟัะพั ะพะดััะธะน ัะตัะตะท.
lawschoolbreak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:37:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Translation: "Russian just passing through." Google wins again.
Michris12 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:23:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Few weeks ago we got a redundant assignment from our professor. One of the questions was "how will you study harder?" The class coordinated to simply put "I will study harder". Next class we were able to listen to a fifteen minute rant from the instructor.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So much win!
stupidlostpassword ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:25:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm late to the party but this is too good not to share- when teaching a lab class in chemistry (to first year university students) I found a student stirring a beaker of liquid with his finger. When asked what the hell he was doing he replied "i'm checking to see if my finger turns red". Thankfully he had messed up the earlier step so he didn't burn his finger and actually turn it red - in what was supposed to be an acidic solution that would turn litmus paper red...
bro4all ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:34:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Happened to my group; the english teacher wanted each group to name their group as a nice imaginary character, and then add the villain part to the end. So my group ended up named" jiggly buff the rapist" which he later changed to the " scary fellow" ):
spacecasedilla ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:36:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I recently found this in a box when my parents were moving out of my childhood home. The assignment was to describe how to do something. Apparently I just copied the directions from a box of brownie mix
taylorHAZE ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:40:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cousin did this
7Arach7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:38:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
(Obligatory not a teacher)
Okay, so here we go - In middle school, we were learning some spanish vocab like two weeks before the exam (final vocab to learn). The teacher, to help us out because he knew we'd procrastinate assigned us to write all the verbs from the vocab from the chapter. My friend didn't hear that last part - so he went through our entire textbook, found every vocab section, and copied the english and spanish of every. single. verb we had learned, all in that night. Unsurprisingly, the next day, when I met up with him that morning, he was complaining about it. Lets say he wasn't the happiest person that day ;D
ceruleantornado ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:38:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
TODAY: a student was supposed to use their textbook to create a timeline of a story. We made a large timeline on paper. After 20 min. I noticed he had nothing else added to the blank timeline. He had done every drawing IN THE BOOK on the page of the story. 7 in all. ((there were 26 kids around him doing it correctly))
aptadnauseum ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:39:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a portion of a summer project this past summer, I had my incoming 7th and 8th grade English students make a soundtrack for the novel they read. I specifically told them to "pick 7 songs and include the name of the song, the artist, and three to four sentences explaining what event in the novel they thought the song would pair well with."
I had four students write songs lyrics, and one who set his to music.
They all got full credit, because, come on... effort.
snoogans122 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:40:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were assigned a report on the various planets in our solar system once in elementary school. One little girl got up and spent 5 minutes straight speaking about the Roman god Neptune rather than the planet. It was amazing, she went up there with no shame and went for it. Always admired that.
Mew_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:41:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to write an essay on an international ethical issue surrounding public relations earlier this year, stupid me I thought we had to go research one and do all the legwork ourselves, with no essay question etc and I worked super hard on it.
Turns out I'm an idiot and didn't read the 'assignment guide' (I was just going off this 3 sentence paragraph on Blackboard) and we were all meant to write about a pre-chosen specific ethical issue detailed in the guide with a question and all the usual stuff.
My lecturer said she was initially going to fail me, but then caved when someone else did the exact same thing as me and I ended up getting a better mark than most of the class who did the assignment correctly. I felt so stupid.
Mr5miley ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:41:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I saw this during my first year exams. We went into a giant gym for our first set of university exams. They split the gym into six sections and each section has two exams. They use a checkerboard so it's harder to cheat. A guy from my class, let's call him David, shows up a few minutes late and gets seated in one of the last open spots. Twenty minutes pass when David, a few rows over, raises his hand. I hear voices and then he gets up and goes to a different section.
It turns out that he sat at a Japanese language exam for the first twenty minutes. They took the paper because he wrote on it. No, not just his name. He tried to balance the kanji symbols.
It's second year and suffice to say, he's no longer at university.
989989272 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:44:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but...... In second grade I was out for surgery. I had my tonsils and adenoids removed. During those few days I was out of school, my class did a small unit on "what is realistic fiction." The day I came back to school was the day my teacher announced the final project of the unit. We were to write a realistic fiction piece. I had never heard the phrase realistic fiction before, but I just decided to figure out later. Fast forward three days of working at home and in class writing time. Our teacher was going to look over all of our rough drafts, and hand back edits. I handed my piece in, quite pleased with my writing. Five minutes later my teacher calls me into the hall. I had taken the phrase realistic fiction as a chronological description. I thought my teacher had told me to write a piece that started of as realistic and would end in some crazy sci-fi adventure. My teacher didn't make me rewrite. I learned what realistic fiction was, and she was reminded that second graders should not be left to figure things out on their own.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:56:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Realistic Fiction is something fictional that takes place in a realistic setting, right?
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:48:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Correct. Stuff like most contemporary stories, like Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins or Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell are stories like that.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I gotta ask.... What was the story about?
Rebelpride1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:44:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Freshman year of college we had to write a paper and do a presentation on discourse communities for English. Basically, the project was to be about how people communicate in different communities, their specific slang, and . Most people did pretty normal stuff. FPS gamers, the anime club, cyber defense team, etc.
Then there was the kid that did his project on "people that work at CVS pharmacy"
I think he dropped out
missbellatti ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:25:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've never laughed so hard at a Reddit post before
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:40:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
maybe he realized he wanted to work at a pharmacy?
joko20605 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:46:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Up until last year (My freshman year) I was homescooled. So the first week of school, I wasn't sure how hard this school thing was going to be. So, on the second day of school my math teacher gave us homework. He has a different kind of style then some of the other teachers. So his assignmets would be something like "Page 234 Problems 1,6,97,57,3,3,7 etc" I didn't understand this. I thought those were all page numbers and we had to do every problem on said pages. So there I am, doing 200 plus problems crying to my parents saying "regular school is too hard, I wanna go back" My dad is fed up at this point and tells me to email the teacher, I do. And he replies saying that is definitely not the homework. The good part that came out of it all is that I had no homework for a couple weeks.
notsureiflying ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:47:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was in high school we were supposed to do a research on one of many sociopolitical topics and present it to the class.
A friend of mine got Xenophobia. Everyone half-assed the assignment, but this girl really took it seriously.
She finished a hard cover, 40 pages study on the Chernobyl disaster.
Not the brightest but hardworking...
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:13:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
how do you get Chernobyl out of Xenophobia?
notsureiflying ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:32:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In portuguese they kind of may, perhaps, sound alike.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:43:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It happens.
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:32:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure there's many books on Chernobyl but I wonder if she could have gotten hers published.
Dojodc ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:50:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach Taekwondo, and once when I was teaching a group of young students this five year old wouldn't stop moving like there were ants in his pants while I was explaining the drill. Every time I started to talk he would start wiggling. So, I finally tell the kid to stand still and I finish explaining and we start doing the drill. I was facing the front of the class room moving with the students to show them how to do the moves and I catch that same kid from the corner of my eye not doing anything. I tell the other kids to keep going and I go over to him and he's standing straight as a board hands by his side and I ask him "Kid, what are you doing?" and the kid, without turning his head to look at me said "You said to be still"
stalling1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:59:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Extra credit: What is your favorite part writing convention? (In music theory, part writing concerns how individual voices move from chord to chord in relation to each other. No parallel 5ths, or keep common tones when possible.)
A student answered: "The national convention??" As in, thinking there are conventions dealing only with part writing... That's like mathematicians holding a convention devoted solely to addition.
Maudesquad ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:03:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Having a discussion with my EAL class and I said, "you know what my pet peeve is? Do you know what a pet peeve is?" An eighth grade student said, "I bet it's a mouse!"
Then it quickly derailed into a conversation about when I was going to bring my mouse to school...
Diredoe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:03:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite an assignment, but the idea is the same.
In a math class in college we just finished going over a really difficult chapter, and the professor said that she'd break her usual rule and allow us to use one single index card for notes to bring into the test.
Before class I'm chatting with one of my classmates, and he asks me how many notes I made of the material. When I told him that we were only allowed one, his face just went white. He had something like ten...
dartimos ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:03:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
More of me misinterpreting what the answers would be but...
I really wanted my students to know about their family history. The assignment was to talk to their grandparents about a story from their youth. Teaching in a Hispanic community, I received many stories about "swimming across a river."
I'll be honest, being a ghost-skinned carpet-bagging teacher, I didn't expect those responses.
GoodLunchHaveFries ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ordole! Es Casper the friendly Meeklo!
karione ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:17:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Well, it was an English 200 level class in the US and just as the class was ending our professor told us write a 300 word essay about holocaust and to submit it next class. Me being an international student didn't know exactly what she was referring to. I though she was sick and why would she want us to write about these stuff. So I wrote about a movie I saw when I was a teen, "Canibal Holocaust"(most graphic movie ever). Only after when she was reviewing the essay I got to know about the Holocaust she as referring to. She did not say anything regarding my content but just graded my english.
noobloid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:17:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Classmate was called to front to "check" an equation on the board.
He walks up and draws a huge check mark.
eloquent_nyc ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:22:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to the party but true story: a friend asked students to draw factor trees for a set of numbers. When he received the list of numbers back, the student had written "fact" next to half of them and "tree" next to the others.
zt4ci ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:26:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher, but I recalled a moment I had as a student in 8th grade Spanish.
Our teacher gave us a quick 10 question verbal quiz. The quiz consisted of yes or no questions, so she instructed us to respond to each question with "Sรญ' or "No."
My paper looked kind of like this:
C No C C C No C C No C
broganisms ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:28:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a student who was told he needed a specific class to get his diploma and then proceeded to enroll in the wrong class.
He didn't notice until halfway through the second semester.
Donna_Freaking_Noble ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:29:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught a course for secondary ed majors on integrating technology in the classroom. For their final project, they had to choose a free software tool and use it to create a lesson plan and assignment for their future students and then create one sample student project - so if they used a wiki, they would create the lesson plan and assignment and then create a wiki as if they were the student completing the assignment, etc.
I had one girl choose Google SketchUp, which was a great idea, but for her sample student project, she drew a building on a piece of paper. She sketched what the screen of Google SketchUp would look like. So to demonstrate the potential of a 3-D modeling program, she drew a 2-D picture of it. I never could figure out why she thought that was the best way to complete the assignment.
lpmkonjibhuvgy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:34:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was posted just minutes ago and it applies. For our Physics class we can earn up to 10 participation points (informally known as Bucket Points). Various ways to earn them are homeworks, attending class, making an instructional video, etc. One of the easier ways has been to attend guest speaker lectures.
Well, this girl just posted on a public forum for the class: "Dr. <Teachers Name>, I see in the syllabus that I can give a public lecture for 2 bucket points. Would you mind if I ran class on Friday at 9am to get these points? I think I've got a good grasp on radiation. Let me know if this works! ~<Student Name>~"
The forum post has about 20 likes and nobody has told her that she misinterpreted the syllabus.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He should let her do it!
rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:48:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So if she's the guest lecturer...everybody earns points too?
katpressler ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:34:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but when I was in kindergarten, our teacher gave us workbook pages to complete on Monday and simply said to "bring the workbook pages back on Friday" and so I did. Without completing any part of it. Oh well!
Dosage_Of_Reality ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:42:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once wrote a paper and a friend came over and hit alt-f4 as a joke... Thinking I'd just cancel the prompt asking if I wanted to save.. Yes, no, cancel. I thought it was asking if I wanted to close the application so I hit no... It closed without saving...
corona_and_rhyme ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:46:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when in college I had a public speaking class and the speech assignment was to compare yourself to a fictional character. I had a player from the football team in my class and he spent his time talking about how his life was similar to Michael Oher from the Blindside.
Note: I went to an SEC school where football is the number one priority. He obviously got an A.
Lossa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:47:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Music teacher: gave my junior high students an assignment on the soundtrack of their lives, where they choose 8 songs and say why they're meaningful to them. A student chose RHCP "Californication", saying it reminded her of her cousin and the trouble they got into together.
HiMountainMan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:49:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher asks "can someone name one of the five senses?"
I eagerly raise my hand, "The Penis!" I though she meant one of my "sensitive" areas, not senses.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:50:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher but I was half asleep one day in class when we were talking about famous math mathematicians, I don't know why but I thought my teacher said math magician, so he had an assignment to make a comic strip about a mathematician and I made something about a magician who solved math problems, when I turned it in my teacher just started laughing. How I feel looking back at it
CreatrixAnima ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I laughed at that far harder than I should have.
disgruntleddave ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:52:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
During my Mechanical Engineering undergrad, we had a technical communications course. We had an assignment near the end to prepare a technical presentation. You know, on something technical and relevant to our field. People generally did things on engines, cars, rockets, mechanisms, etc.
My religious friend, bless him, decided to do his technical presentation on Syphilis. I loved it, but he got an F.
ribbitman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:58:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My wife went to an open audition for a theater production of The Thing About Men. All the auditioners stood in a big circle and the director would give each one a character to improvise. My wife was asked to "show us a woman pushing a baby carriage." The director mumbled the word carriage, and my wife didn't miss a beat. AAAUUUUUUGGGH GOD DAMMIT YOU DID THIS TO ME!!! I hear it went on for about a minute before she noticed all the dropped jaws, followed by uproarious laughter.
She did get the part. She actually played eight different small comic relief parts. Won a local theater award too.
greencat6 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:05:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT Students of reddit telling stories.
bumbuff ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:32:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well...there are more students than teachers.
EnRicque ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:09:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Way back when I computing, first time sitting at the computer, teacher asks me "what is a mouse?" I answered "it squeaks and eats cheese" he was not amused..
CreatrixAnima ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:15:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Shit.... that answer would have been right when I was a kid.
Dont_You_Dare_PM_Me ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:18:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in 4th grade and missed the entire "state map of Pennsylvania" lesson due to some other classes I was in that pulled me out of regular ed a couple times a week.
Come back to a test on the map of Pennsylvania - counties and rivers and such. I didn't know what I was even looking at since it wasn't labeled "Map of PA" so I thought it must be the United States.
Failed me for putting Texas, California and the other 5 or 6 states I could remember into the map and drawing my own border lines. I had to stay after and do a special project just to pass 4th grade :[
Kbearforlife ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:26:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In all honestly this is why I am always "that guy" asking extremely simple questions to the teacher to further r educate myself to the nature of said assignment mentioned. I would never randomly bring a stool sample into a college and not ask myself "Wait..."
Taste_of_Space ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:28:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Early in elementary school I was in the spelling bee. It was getting down to the final round, only a few people left standing. The word I was given is "lure". In my head I pictured the red light-up sign for the liquor store, which, as the child of a non-drinking family, I had somehow always imagined was a fishing shop. Referencing this image in my mind, I say "lure. l-i-q-u-o-r." I can't remember what the adults reactions were, I was in a whirlwind of defeat and confusion.
Zarnees ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In first grade, my teacher was teaching us how to write letters. She was giving an example on how to format it and she said, " you want to write Dear So and So." I was young and never knew so and so meant place the person you want here. So I ended up writing a letter to so and so about the weather. The teacher didn't take this light heartily. I can recall her yelling at me and telling me I'm stupid. The entire class played along for the rest of the 5 years there...
seafarer2440 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:30:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh God, I didn't misinterpret an assignment but a fact...when I was in high school I went up to my history teacher to ask her how in the world Matthew Perry from the show "Friends" opened Japan up to the West. After she finished laughing she said the actual person who opened Japan up had the same name, the actor was mentioned to help us remember his name. That's what I get for not properly paying attention.
malariasucks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me: Do your own assignment
50% of the class plagiarizes with 5 students turning in the same paper and then denying they copied each other.
fuckin China
braiel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a school assignment or anything like that but it's kind of fitting so I'll tell it anyways.
This happened back when I was about 11 or 12 and I was doing some baking with my mum, we decided to make this caramel cake mix thing so my mum was getting a pan ready and I started to follow the instructions on the box. The box told me to beat the cake and I didn't really clue in that they're called beaters for a reason, so there I was beating the ingredients with a spoon flinging it all over the kitchen...my mum found it funny at least.
sensically ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had to write an essay about the Situationist International which is essentially a theory spun off from Marxism but more existential (I welcome clarity here). Anyway the main concepts were dรฉrive which is essentially wandering or as I interpret it living in the moment and not living by a routine in order to take advantage of every moment every day and dรฉtournement which is a purposeful diversion from the status quo through art; essentially taking a cultural or pop culture symbol/logo and altering it for the purpose of creating an ironic definition.
So in the essay I wrote about the fact that while writing the essay I was taking shots of vodka and smoking weed - and admitted that I was writing it ten hours before it was due all within the context of the objective: conveying I understood the concepts of the Situationist International and that I was putting these concepts into action by breaking from the status quo.
Anyway I got a D- fought it and got a B+ once she understood what I was trying to do.
TL;DR - had to write an existential essay, got high and drunk, wrote about getting high and drunk while writing the essay to show I understood the concepts, got a D-, fought it to a B+.
TL;DR - take two - wrote essay, got high & drunk, fought bad mark, got a good one.
EkriirkE ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:40:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In High school English, after reading a book, the teacher had us begin a collective paper on some topic of the book. She began by stating "Please write the 10 commandments on the top of your papers". I only know 1 or 2 of them, so I raised my hand and asked
"What if we don't know the ten commandments?"
She got pissed and yelled at me "Just write the ten commandments!"
"But.." then a classmate chimed in "She means the words 'the ten commandments'".
Oh.
DaveDaveDaveDav ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:00:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to the party but I have a good one.
When i was in elementary grade 6, the teacher asked us in a test how human reproduction works. That was the last essay question of the exam so my exhausted younger self was not thinking clearly and wanted to go home immediately; thus, I wrote a very vivid yet different explanation.
Instead of explaining how the sperm cells meet the woman's egg cell and what not, I described how the male will carefully insert his package into the woman's vajayjay and thrust it in and out until the fluids come out. That's all without mentioning about the sperms or the eggs, so it's basically just the pleasure of having sex.
synopser ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:04:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student, in my foreign language final the question was "please introduce your country in 1000 words or less". I wrote a very thoughtful piece on how American gained independence from England in 1776, fought a brutal civil war, and a few culture things about how we like football and cheeseburgers. I got it back with a very low score (I'm not THAT bad at Japanese). Turns out the question was "please introduce a famous place in your country".
Fuck.
LordOfTheWang ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend back in high school had the same teacher for the same subject as I did but just at different times. He had her class first followed by myself in a later class. The assignment was to write a couple of pages on WHO we admired the most and why. When I went to turn in my paper I noticed my friends paper was on top of the stack for the previous class, so I decided to read the intro. The first sentence was " The person I admire the most is football.". I busted out laughing so hard that the teacher knew what I was reading. I will never let him forget.
danluke ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:26:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not necessarily a misinterpretation of one of my assignments but a student made a flyer in my computer applications class advocating for the saving of trees. Then he printed it out a bunch of them on pieces of paper.
XxAWildAbraAppearsxX ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:48:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in my final year of university I took a course on Equine Nutrition and Health. We had to do an assignment on horse behaviour where we were supposed to watch a video of horses in the wild, and basically chart any behaviours we saw every 10 seconds or whatever and make a pie graph of how they spent their time. When my prof sent the link to the video, she said please watch up to 1:58. Now apparently this meant 1 hour and 58 minutes, but I interpreted it as 1 minute and 58 seconds. I thought it was a bit odd, since it was a 2 hour video, but I thought hey, I'm just glad I dont have to sit here and watch horses for 2 hours. I ended up doing the entire report based on the first two minutes of the video. When our TA was handing our assignments back and I went up to get mine, he said he needed to talk to me privately and pulled me aside to explain my misunderstanding. He was really apologetic and I guess assumed I'd get mad that he had to deduct marks for my error, but I just found it hilarious that I'd misinterpreted the assignment so extremely. Ended up still getting 78% despite the "deducted marks" so whatever, and I didn't have to spend 2 hours watching horses in a field! Win win.
shlam16 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:49:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Grad student here who marks assignments for some classes at uni.
One project required the students of an astrobiology class to choose a paper specifically from the journal 'Astrobiology' and provide a scientific critical review of it. Pretty low level stuff. One student chose "Life The Universe And Everything" by Douglas Adams and wrote what came across like a year 10 English report.
He got 0.
megabyte1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:02:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Now I kinda want to take this course.
I took basic Astronomy in college and loved the class, until we got to the writing a paper part. We were supposed to read an article on astronomy and summarize it in a paper. I read one from Astronomy Today and it must have been a long one because I had to do a ton of side research to understand it and my summary paper was 12 pages long. I got a C because I was apparently supposed to use an article from like Newsweek or the paper or something.
shlam16 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:07:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's a pretty fun unit. Another cool assignment they have to do is to create a mission to one of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn in the search for life. Design the specs of their little lander/drone, highlight why the moon was chosen, which equipment is included and how it will help the search, etc. It's actually fun to mark the good ones.
megabyte1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:33:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds great.
r0guew0lf ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:54:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher, but the student...
Nearing the end of my freshmen English class, we were to write a short poem of our own. It was a Friday and I wasn't really interested in writing a poem, so to look busy I scribbled down the Gilligan's Island theme song. I figured I would just write a poem over the weekend and turn it in Monday. I was wrong...
At the end of class, my teacher asks us all to turn in our poems. Shit! Well, it's all I had so I turn it in...
Monday I missed my afternoon classes for a dentist appointment, but Tuesday morning I find out that my teacher (who is more than a little flighty) loved my poem, read it aloud to the class, was confused about the part with Gilligan and the skipper, etc. She had apparently never seen or heard of the show! But instead of letting me get away with it, my classmates ratted me out... dammit!
So Tuesday afternoon, I had to stay after English class and discuss plagiarism and its punishments with my teacher... all because she didn't tell us to finish that damn poem by the end of class.
KwyjiboTheGringo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:54:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but for my music appreciation class we had to go to a concert and write an 8 page essay on the experience. The essay was supposed to be double spaced, but I didn't realize that and ended up writing it in single spacing, so it was basically twice as long as it needed to be. Not really a funny story, but definitely an experience that has taught me to read directions more carefully.
SamplePop ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:00:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Very late to the show here but I'll give it a quick go.
In grade 10 science class at a Catholic school, I was the quiet kid at the back of the class. I always did my homework and did well on tests, so the teacher never had to much to worry about with me.
The lesson one day was about bacteria and its replication. So one topic that came up was (baking) yeast. It was a very slow class and not many students were into the class material. I had missed the part about it being about baking when she asked the question "can anyone explain the process for which yeast operates?".
I looked around and no one had decided to answer. The night before I had receieved knowledge from a commercial about applicators for yeast infections, so I launched into a full explanation about yeast infections and how you have to insert a pill into your vagina with a long narrow applicator.
After my spiel about yeast infections, the teacher and class were silent. The teacher cleared her throat and very kindly told me that infections would be covered in a later class but maybe not that infection in particular.
After class she had a quick chat with me about the different kinds of yeast and that I should possibly follow along more closely to the material next time.
Never again did I speak up in that science class.
jdizzle000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:00:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Happened to fellow students, not necessarily misinterpreted the assignment but just fucked up hard.
In PE in grade 10, we had to do a presentation on a drug in groups of two. My group did heroine, another had ecstasy, etc. These two girls did their presentation on rohypnol. While the content of their presentation was on topic, they spent the whole presentation pronouncing it "roofenol".
Zeo373 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:20:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but when I was in 1st grade our homework assignment was to draw a sandwich.
I drew a witch conjuring up a sandstorm. A sand witch. I don't know why it never clicked for me.
DibsArchaeo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:27:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Her test asked us to draw a conclusion, so I drew Columbus attacking Native Americans.
She gave partial credit.
Trail-of-Beers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:27:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher, but as a student. I was taking an easy A online class, Music Appreciation, and I don't remember the exact wording of the assignment other than to choose from various musical eras to write a paper on. I saw what I thought was "modern" or something like that, and proceeded to write my paper over the British Invasion. Teacher explained this was a "classical music" class and dealt with Beethoven, Mozart, etc. She said it was still a good paper and gave me a B+.
MercenaryZoop ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:29:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One of my brighter students calmly told me me that he intended to turn in everything (daily assignments, multi-week projects, etc) the following week, which was a week after final grades were due. When he saw my face of "Why would you think you can do that!?" he started crying, and I felt bad. Pretty sure that hosed his graduation.
swelly3000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:32:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my philosophy class in high school we had a class about the ethics of euthanasia. I look over at the girl next to me and she's taking notes on "youth in Asia"
t0mserv0 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:20:24 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Twist: girl next to you is actually hyper intelligent dog
GnarbroTaKa ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:33:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Like a lot of posts, I was the student, not the teacher. Basically, it was a 5th grade history class. We were supposed to make this sort of timeline "book" with pictures & factual information about certain events in history.
I thought I was supposed to do the whole thing in a week. I ended up getting my mom to help me because I was so flustered with it. It turns out, I was only supposed to do the first "page" of the book by the end of the week. There were something like 10 pages.
The only good thing that came out of it was that I had it finished before anyone, so I didn't have to stress about doing it like my friends did.
The teacher did not look impressed when I told him I finished the whole thing. He kind of sighed, but gave me full credit for it anyway.
corybomb ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:36:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will get buried, but oh well.
One time in middle school our class was assigned topics to debate. Our teacher read aloud our names with a topic, and a classmate of mine was given "euthanasia." She came to class the next day with a presentation full of little Asian children.
Arancaytar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:45:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm the student in this story. One of my teachers in elementary had an unusual way of telling us to turn our booklets over when we were done writing.
"Please lay your notebook on the face." (Something is lost in translation here which makes it sound a bit awkward in English.)
She meant we should put them onto the desk face-down.
This sounded strange, but I wasn't old enough to question teachers. I leaned back in my chair and awkwardly tried to balance my notebook on my face.
GKorgood ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:48:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: "euthanasia" == "youth in Asia"
yafflehk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:54:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2280300013/centaur.html this poem is like catnip for misinterpretation, it's a fairly innocent reminiscence about a little girl pretending to have a horse, but the kids just freak out. "She has killed and skinned a horse and is wearing the skin" is one of the best interpretations I have seen. "This is bad, even for a poet" "Is she masturbating?" and so on, it's great.
El_Barto_227 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:42:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My sides!
mashfordw ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:07:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student once in this case. Teacher gave us a list of artist to study over the holidays. I misread the sheet and studied Monet instead of Manet. Glad I did because it jump started my love of paintings of the era. Monet is now my favourite classical artist insisted on seeing his work the last time I was in Paris.
Was quite funny when I handed in my work cos i was explaining it to my teacher and he commented at the end that I wasn't supposed to have done Monet. Got marked well I seem to remember though, put a decent amount of work into that assignment.
MetathranSoldier ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:13:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Couple years ago in german class (in germany) we had an examn over the book "Effi Briest" from Theodor Fontane. One guy was writing furiously and he had to have written around 20 pages after 2 hours. The teacher went her rounds around the class, came past him and stopped. She looked shocked, then amused, then pointed to something and the guy just said something like "Oh god why".
He had made a 20 page explanation how Fontane was dealing with his experiences in the second world war and nazi-germany until the teacher finally pointed to the year the book was published in: 1896.
God_hates_crabs ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:47:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher ask us to write an essay on euthanasia. Couple of days later one of my friends turns in a 6 page paper on the youth in Asia.
kozikus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:50:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was an Environmental Engineering undergrad. This was back in junior year of college. In the industrial wastewater treatment class, the professor assigned us different types of industries and asked us to follow the IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) guidelines of the EU, as it has the best available practices from every sector. (For those who are interested, this directive has been integrated with others later and is now known as the Industrial Emissions Directive.)
Anyway, during our presentations, we would obviously start with introductions, including a brief explanation on the IPPC and why we were using it as a source. A girl from our class started talking about IPPC briefly (without actually expanding on the abbreviation, just saying IPPC everytime), however it was obvious that her version of the IPPC was extremely different to what we learned about. The professor than asked if she knows what the IPPC means (the abbreviation). She said: International Plant Protection Convention. The professor was so angry that she didn't let her finish the presentation and picked somebody else to do theirs. To this day I wonder how the rest of her presentation went trying to relate industrial wastewater pollution in the x sector to the protection of plants and plant products moving in international trade (according to Wikipedia :D).
Superlennon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:05:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When my mum was younger (around 10 years old) her teacher assigned a 'bring a toy to school day' my mum misheard, and brought her 3 year old neighbour into school.
thedavidstone ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:11:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Last spring my friend and I were taking Integral calculus in college and apparently he wasn't listening to our instructor who was telling us to NOT do problems 15-22.
Unfortunately for him he executed all 7 of those problems as well as the rest of the assignment. But he got to do 7 problem of lengthy & rigorous Riemann Sums. He didn't understand why it only took me an hour and half to do the assignment when it took him 6.
If only he had the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus...
Alarid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:14:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. We needed a specific cover format for our assignments (our name, class, and so on), but I couldn't remember the format so I asked a friend if I could copy his.
But I didn't just copy his format. I copied everything. Name, class, assignment. Everything. I didn't realize it until I got the assignment back.
Fionex ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:19:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was maybe 10? Asked to draw a table for four people playing in a knockout tournament, drew a table, four chairs, a carpet and a surrounding room (think I made it a kitchen). I was quite proud of my artistry but got 0 marks for the question
Lucidmike78 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:21:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Macaroni and Beans
When I was in Jr. High, for health class, the teacher gave us a piece of cardboard, and a share of assorted beans and macaroni. The project was to glue them to different parts of the digestive system. It was an arts and crafts project.
Everyone did their project similarly. Some were exceptional where they did a great job to make sure there was minimum gaps between the beans and macaroni.
Then there was this kid. All bitching about how his mom forcefully boiled the beans and the macaroni before they were glued on because that's what made sense to her. The cardboard was sagging.... The teacher surprisingly took it with a grain of salt.
I was an extremely nice kid. But oh my god...I think I shed many tears biting my lip for the hour...and probably laughing about it years and decades after.
flodnak ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:32:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
English as a foreign language teacher here, high-school level.
A few years back, we had a practice exam using questions chosen from previous national exams. One of the questions they could choose for their short answer question gave them the lyrics to Dolly Parton's song "9 to 5" and asked them to write their own interpretation. One girl, who was one of my best students that year otherwise, wrote that the song was meant to encourage people to work harder and listen to their boss.
I mean, it's not even wrong. It's just not from our planet.
WanderingRiver ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:41:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was actually the student. In third grade we were required to memorize and perform poems by Shel Silverstein. Mine was about night time so it made sense when the teacher said "Wear night clothes to the presentation. Parents will be there." I was pretty embarrassed when everyone showed up in little suits and dresses. At least the teddy bear I brought didn't judge me too harshly.
madhousechild ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:55:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, did you wear pajamas?
WanderingRiver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:15:02 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did indeed.
Atmoscope ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:44:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but this happened today. Group project for history, we were supposed to write an exposรฉ on a ~1900's progressive reform problem. These 3 guys who have no clue what to do present their project on the band "Exposรฉ". They talked about their top hits and what they're doing now, etc..
MilitantSheep ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:05:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in year eight we had an assignment in history to write an essay about our "woman of the millennium" for a display in the classroom. I went home and mentioned it to my dad who was completely into it and offered to help. Because I'm despicable I let him dictate to me entirely a page long stream of consciousness about Margaret Thatcher and how wonderful she was, first female PM, Iron Lady who was not for turning, Falklands War etc etc. The problem being, I'm from Liverpool where Maggie was.... well frankly she's despised. I never even got a mark back for "my" essay, and a week later a lovely board went up with everybody else's essays on Princess Diana, Elizabeth I (who I most likely would have written about myself if I'd been bothered) and Emmeline Pankhurst. I would say lesson learned, but I'm 28 now and I'd still rather hammer nails into my eyes than write an essay.
made-u-look ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:07:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 11th grade Spanish 1, we divided into groups and had to do a presentation on a spanish-speaking country of our choice. I can't remember which one I chose (maybe Spain?), but looking over the rubric, we decided I would talk about local dishes and traditions.
I interpreted dishes as plates, etc.
The day of our presentation, we got to the slide about dishes. I gave the best dang talk about painted ceramic bowls and plates of Spain ever. The teacher was so amused she let it slide and gave me full credit. I realized my mistake afterward.
Morel3etterness ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:13:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an art teacher so misinterpreting assignments sometimes works out quite well. I did however, have an 8th grader my first year make a pattern using 69s and rainbows. Another one made a weed leaf pattern. The pictures were nice looking but I needed to confiscate them. I didn't report the students. Figured that was enough
Also had a first graders draw a sword fight on his sketchbook. They swords looked just like a man's genitalia... the whole package lol. Good times
Svenzoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:14:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher, but sort of TA.
I was helping my grandma teach a class at a local community college called a "Transition Class". It was meant to help older students who were attending college for the first time or hadn't been to college in a while. Anyway, it was the first night of class and we were doing the normal "Hi, I'm so and so" introductions and explaining why the student was going back to college. There was this one student who was clearly a man, dressed as a woman who introduced herself as Liz and then sort of had this awkward answer about why she was going back to college. Turns out she had come to the class thinking it was a class about transitioning as in transgendered. I felt so bad but she got a kick out of it, and then we helped her find a support group near by. I always wonder if she went through with the process.
bumbleflea ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:15:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't make prefect in school (because I was a badass), but they had this other title "lead student", for which every class voted, and I got it in my class (because I'm awesome?). It was kind of a nominal thing, and a bit pointless but when parents day swung around, the head of our year made a point of using the "lead students" in important roles to raise our profile or something. I was supposed to be orchestrating and overseeing all the parking for the whole night.
I forgot to ask what time I should be there (clearly prefect material), so I asked my mate and he was like "5 to 7".
I rock up at 5 minutes to 7 like a boss only to find the whole thing wrapping up. Found someone who was on my team in the car park (looking pretty frazzled) and he was all like "where the fuck were you??" ... ooooooooooh 5pm to 7pm
It was a good day for the "lead students" :D
thetechkid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:39:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That just sounds like an honest misunderstanding.
coffeeinvenice ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:33:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I am a teacher, but this happened when I was in elementary school.
I was sitting in the public library one day, reading a book on the history of the kings of England. It was a really old book, written in a very dry, academic style, with a lot of antiquated expressions. Came across a passage on William the Conqueror, that went something along the lines of, "William, the bastard, could not easily become Duke of Normandy."
At that age I didn't know the traditional meaning of the word, and was shocked and scandalized this book would so suddenly and emphatically curse out a future king. I stared at the book and hissed out "BASTARD!!??" in shock.
I had everybody in the library looking at me.
R_for_Robija ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:50:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mother is a teacher, currently bunch of 10-yr-olds. My fav is the kid who had an assignment to write several anthonyms. He did well except last example, where he was suppose to write anthonym for 'brave'. He simply wrote 'pussy'.
twinsocks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:56:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... Do you mean antonyms?
Wetbung ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:09:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT a lot of teachers who are not great communicators.
exonumi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:32:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I'm still a little bitter about the time I was assigned a semester-long assignment to research a novel-- no short stories-- using only contemporary sources. I was assigned the author Rudyard Kipling, but technically speaking his most famous work, The Jungle Book, is a series of short stories. So I read Kim instead, for which I swear only 2 contemporary reviews were ever written. I just tried to do my best, but the paper was an unsubstantiated disaster. What really got me was my teacher's comment on the last page, "Why didn't you research The Jungle Book?"
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:35:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend from school took his cooking utensils and ingredients for his written cookery exam. His teacher was not pleased.
noorah ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:48:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but have worked as a TA for an introduction to programming course during uni days. While we were discussing basic repetition constructs, an assignment was given to the students with a question to display students' name a certain number of time. The question text didn't actually say "using loops" as it was understood because that was the topic we were discussing. One particular student didn't get the implied part and came back with twenty lines of print statements with his name in it. Needless to say that after that all assignment questions contained exactly the constructs that needed to used and not relied on students' understanding.
k3npach1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:39:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have a friend who apparently because of a lack of time for his English paper spelt essay as "S.A" and spelt his name as "N.Ame" ( D.Ave Mathews " )
seedpod02 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:51:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also not a teacher, but an exam question asked me to discuss the liability of the leader of a mountaineering group who all fell into a crevice and died. So, I assumed the leader had also died and discussed accordingly, only to fail it totally. So I went to see the lecturer, who said of course, I should have known or at least assumed that the leader did not die.
Ha
madalitchy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In English class, we spent a whole lesson on nationalities, as in people from England are called English, people from France are called French etc Next day, pop quiz, teacher writes on the board "10 adj that end in -an" "6 adj that end in -ish" "3 adj that end in -ese". It didn't occur to me she was referring to nationalities, probably missed half of her verbal instructions, so I proceed with "van, man, can..." "tarnish, English, distinguish..." "cheese...". I got the grade back (something like 10-20% because running out of ideas I did in fact put some nationalities in my lists) then was pissed off at the teacher for days until I realized what the actual prompt was.
threedown ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:10:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but the first time I was told to double space a paper I thought that meant to hit the space bar twice in between each word. I got halfway through a paragraph and remember thinking "Why the hell would she want us to do this?!". So I looked it up and realized my mistake.
cheeruphamlet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:46:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god, I think one of my students might be doing that now. One of them has a weird spacing issue in the lines themselves. It has never occurred to me before this thread that someone might not realize it refers to spaces between lines, not between words.
threedown ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:05:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Inform the poor kid nicely, please. It's tough to realize you did something so stupid.
OttselSpy25 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:32:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one's a little off base from the basic concept but it's a funny story anyhow. In 11th grade we had an assignment to read a book about civil injustice that we could choose ourselves. We would talk about it in front of the class and discuss the lessons taught in the book. Deciding to go for an obscure but interesting one, I decided to read "Klan-destine Relationships" by Daryl Davis. Daryl Davis, if you didn't now, is an African-American blues musician who has befriended members of the KKK as to understand what makes them like they are. In doing so, Davis has caused many branches to dissolve as they realize that their racist brain washing is completely wrong. His book isn't popular, so I figure it'd be a fun report.
NEVER READ THAT BOOK -- ESPECIALLY FOR ANY SORT OF ORAL DISCUSSION. In the book, he focuses a large chunk of his stories to how members of the KKK are mistreated because of how they are, and goes as far as to compare how people treat them to how black people were once treated. I'm not joking. This is a real book. And I had to explain the story of the book in detail to a class-full of my peers who had read books on racism, hatred, and bigotry about how the KKK is apparently mistreated by mean people. It was the most horrifying thing that I've ever had to do. Nnng!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:25:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Daryl Davis' story seems cool!
OttselSpy25 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:52:20 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I thought
ichigoli ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:58:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When trying to get the kids to count off instead of trying to do a headcount every time we went somewhere I was trying to explain that they each had a number (1-17 which they already had assigned and knew) and when they heard me say "count off" they would say their number loudly so we could all hear it. Went to give it a practice run and cue everyone shouting their number at once. The other aids and I cracked up and tried to explain it better.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:36:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a college communications class, I got a teacher who asked us to do a project about our culture. I came in dressed in a kilt talking about the Scottish Clans, while everyone else gave a sort of family history maybe 1 or 2 generations back. As it turns out, I was the only one who got it right...
mel2mdl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:47:15 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am a teacher, but this is my aunt's story. She taught a "Special" class. The instructions said to draw a bar graph. Student had no idea what a graph was, but he drew a beautiful bar. It was an western saloon, with double swinging doors and a long bar. The bottles were not labeled, but very clearly drawn.
This was on a state mandated test too. She had to take a break to laugh as she wasn't allowed to say anything.
Buy_The_Dog ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:08:11 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is my favorite thread ever
pro-life-dicks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:10:05 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me, but my Spanish teacher. We have to do this assignment where we make a book for 1st graders on good hygiene in Spanish. She told us a story where a dude turned in his assignment, and she looked through it and there was a picture of him taking a shower with a little black box over his dick (this made the entire class laugh), not anything else. Then she finds out who took the picture: his girlfriend. That dude must've been mortified. I learned that day to be careful when the assignment calls for pictures.
SnowUltran ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:32:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In science the assignment was to make a song about photosynthesis. I photoshopped Shia Labeouf next to me with a plant in front of us as we both shouted "Do it!" then the plant grew. Worth it.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:16:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god tell me there is a video of this.
SnowUltran ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:13:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No but I used Shia in another assignment
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:42:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Epic.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:22:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was little I had a math word problem that said something along the lines of "Tom as a bowling ball and a scale. He wants to know it's weight. He can't place the ball on the scale, it will roll off. How can he do this?
I said to duck tape cardboard on the sides of the scale. Seemed pretty fucking intuitive to me. I got it wrong and I was really upset. The teacher said my solution won't work, and that he had to weigh himself with and without it and minus. Still to this day I'm mad at that bitch, my method for weighing a bowling ball is far more efficient to a kid just learning math.
Sgt_Pepper42 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:17:13 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a similar question in elementary school about a dog that keeps jumping off a scale. My answer was "Put a fence around the scale".
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:07:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Greatest troll ever!
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. Damn.
Damn.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:14:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I asked one of my students to complete a calculus assignment for homework, he thought I meant do meth, beat up his girlfriend and get her pregnant
KamaljotB ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:52:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school a girl in my politics class was assigned to do a presentation on euthanasia, instead she did the assignment on youth in Asia.
Billebill ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 15:04:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You must've stopped her before she got to the meat of her presentation GENOCIDE: EUTHANASIA OF YOUTH IN ASIA. Everything before that was fluff to get you emotionally invested
Celestial_Requiem ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:55:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite an assignement but a concept in general. Was in grade 9 science class and we were talking about vacuums and how there was no air (thus no pressure) inside one. After 2 months of talking about vacuums in our daily lessons a girl suddenly raises her hand and says "Sorry its just... I just really don't understand whats so special about vacuum cleaners". The class erupted. Teacher lost it. Don't think she asked another question for the rest of the year.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:17:00 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone in my English class a few years ago thought that "double spacing" meant adding 2 spaces between each word, instead of one.
Thickboned_jones ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:56:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in 3rd grade we were given a project to research a famous athlete that was assigned to us, dress up like them, and present in front of the entire grade and their families. One kid was given the baseball player Bing Crosby, but misunderstood and researched Bill Cosby. Now let me tell you, this kid was as white as snow so when the day came to present, he painted his whole body brown, and came in the classic Bill Cosby sweater. The teacher was confused and so were all the kids and parents watching since they thought it was about athletes and not comedians. After he was done, the teacher told him about his mistake, he left the school crying because he was embarrassed, and to this day I still laugh about it.
picatel ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:04:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Umm, Bing Crosby wasn't a baseball player, was he? Didn't he sing "White Christmas"?
RoyalDuckling ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:30:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's the only Bing Crosby I know of as well; after Googling I think he may have played golf at some point as well.
Silver5005 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:38:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my little sisters teacher asked her to do a report on ISIS, so she did one on the Isis from greek mythology.
infestahDeck ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:54:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a teacher told our class about this one time in social sciences.
The students needed to write papers on a topic the professor drew from the hat. The professor would than after drawing a topic for a student proceed to tell the student what the topic is, and then would write the topic in his clipboard next to the student's name (this part is important).
Once all of the students had their topics (controversial and current issues), they were told their presentation dates where they would present their thesis to the class. So one of the students came back and did their presentation. And the teacher was baffled, because instead of assisted suicide, which was the topic the student was assigned, the student did their presentation on child labour in Asian countries...
Since the teacher never spelled out on the board or gave the students their topic in anything besides verbal form and euthanasia and youth in Asia, sound very much alike, the student still had their paper graded, not sure how they did though.
kairon156 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:18:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is like the 8th euthanasia one so far. seems to be a fairly common mistake. Though this is the first one talking about child labor.
IrwinElGrande ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:12:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think your classmate just posted about this
jsneeb ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:59:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here, I once in 8th or 9th grade brought a compass ( tool of navigation ) to my geometry class because our instructor had told us for the next lesson we needed a compass ( like the tool to sketch circles) I only realized my mistake when I, like a total dumbass, produced the compass from my backpack while everyone else had the correct tool.
ggoran ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:10:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a student not a teacher but its a funny story nontheless.
Back in high school I would never study for any of my English language classes homework or tests but rather just do them on the spot and hope it worked out fine, and they usually did.
On this one test there was a rather strange question: What do you think about The test?
The capitalisation of "The" didnt mean anything to me at the time so I just thought it was a really strange question to put on a test but I was somewhat excited to be able to provide my own thoughts on the exam as well!
So I began to note down what I thought was positive and negative about the test and my overall impression of the class as a whole like mentioning that I think the verbal part should have more emphasis because to me it felt that it was lacking compared to written English.
Once the exam was complete and the class was walking out to our lockers I found my best friend and asked him what was up with that strange question and he just looked at me with this WTF face and told me that "The test" was actually a short story you were supposed to read in preparation for the exam. Oh shit
Fast forward a few days when we had our next English class which was just about to conclude when she casually mentions that everyone may now leave except for me - I got a 30 minute lecture from her about her teacher plan and why things were structured as it was. I guess she took my critiscism quite personal ยฏ\(ใ)/ยฏ
pandabro14 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:31:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So I'm not a teacher and this will get buried, but here goes. I was in a class and we had a test about osmosis/diffusion. Basically, the lesson was about how due to the biology of slugs, they shrivel up with exposed to salt. The teacher put a comic strip of two slugs driving on a road with a road sign that read "Great Salt Lake 2 miles ahead".
The test question asked us to indicate why this would be the worst vacation (answer: because the slugs would shrivel up and die). When the tests were returned, the teacher couldn't stop laughing at one kid. Turned out his answer was: "This would be a bad vacation because slugs can't drive".
israblof ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:42:04 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: No Teachers
pivot5 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:26:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Still hilarious
n0remack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:46:47 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck I did this in university.
The point of the assignment was to write/draw up a policy for the government.
However, completely missing the mark...
I wrote an essay about how we need to not use nuclear energy (It was just an easy topic to use because there are a lot of sources of information on, lets not start an argument).
I seriously interpreted the assignment as "Your argument as to why this policy needs to be in place"
To this day, I still don't know what the prof was asking for, and embarrassingly I had the lowest grade in the class (He gave me a 50, out of pity, I think...)
It was a good class though, and he was a great prof.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:08:45 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a giant folder I have of them somewhere. Personal favorites included when I ask kids to bring a rock in, I've gotten anywhere between a copper pipe and dried up animal poo. Another was a teacher I worked with asked the students to do a paper on euthanasia ....and they wrote about youths in asia
MushMcBigCock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:25:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That youths in asia mix up sounds familiar...
Kayco2002 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:45:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty often that I'll assign something like "Problems 1,3,15-17,21,50", and a kid will interpret that as "1,3,15,17,21-50" and complain about the excess work.
the_supersalad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:18:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh. I'm a 27-year-old grown woman and seeing those numbers written like that gave me flashbacks all the way back to elementary school of boring ass math problems that I would dedicate my evening to hating hating hating.
iamkuato ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:12:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is not particularly interesting, but maybe it will help someone.
My kids screw up because they don't take the time to read the parameters of their assignments or the grading rubrics. They tend to do something they are comfortable doing instead of doing what has been asked of them....kinda cross their fingers and hope for the best. Maybe I'll be generous or something, they think.
:)
Sometimes I am. But only if I think it is the best way to help the kid.
anypeachessong ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:13:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you think your data has to do with the properties of water?
"it doesnt"
Why do you think that?
"Because of my opinion."
Relate it to your data or the class you ass.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:14:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher told us to produce this 2 page essay in double space, for an in-class test to determine our skill level. So I typed it up making sure I hit the space bar twice between each word. The next day she told me to visit her after school as there was an issue with my essay.
That was the day I learnt what double space meant.
drcl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:32:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
technically she should have said double line spaced.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:43:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She got a good laugh and gave me a decent mark thankfully.
thatswhatshesaidxx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:17:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but as a student in like Jr. High this super advanced brilliant kid moved from India and started in our class.
Teacher intro'd him and started the lesson by talking and writing on the board. She said you have to do this one 3 times (and wrote 3x) and this one four times (4x). New kid puts his hand up and answers what he thought was a mathematical problem.....nah dude it wasnt 3x - 4x like some equation... it was 3 times and 4 times, like visual instructions to the info being verbalized currently.
My friend said aloud "you're too smart for your own good" in a friendly way....first and only time I heard that and agreed with it.
gtluke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:20:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"who does team four play"? Health / phys Ed teacher. Not me. I think it's an old joke or maybe it happened.
beefstewforyou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:20:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a former substitute teacher and while I never had any major assignments to give, one of the hardest things to explain was something like, "You have to do numbers 1, 2, 4 and 7." It took about five minutes and the best thing to compare it to was this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdKa9bXVinE
crewserbattle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:23:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does intentional misinterpretation count? In my high school CS class we had to write a program to make something pick up a bunch of dots on a grid, and the faster it did it, the better. But since the teacher didn't specify how, he just made the thing (it was a picture of an animal or something but i don't quite remember exactly what) as big as the entire grid so it instantly picked up all the dots. The teacher was so salty but he still technically won.
Monty_Droppings ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:27:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, was a student at the time.
8th grade teacher asks us "What were some causes of the industrial revolution?"
Girl promptly raises her hand and asks "What time period did that war happen?"
Girl wasn't the sharpest, she thought she was really good at singing though.
mdmonger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:27:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I told my students we would be watching some necking videos in class hoping to get a chuckle out of them before explaining that necking occurs during tensile testing. I thought they still considered necking to be giving someone a hickey. Nope. Me, "What's so funny?" Overly excited student then opens his mouth and nods his head back and forth. Shit.
Ding_batman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:30:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teaching IT. I told my students to create a folder called firstname.lastname on the shared drive, and save their work in that. Not long after, numerous students were either complaining that someone had deleted their work, or that a message popped up when they tried to do it.
They were literally calling their folders firstname.lastname
HairyBaws ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:38:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My Gran is a retired primary school teacher and one week she was teacher her class about shapes. She asked her pupils to bring in something in the shape of a sphere. Of course, one of her students brings in a homemade spear the next day.
Shaunaaaah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:40:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student I was writing a history test and one of the essay questions was something along the lines of 'is it possible to imagine modern society without the Ancient Egyptians' I wrote a whole essay on the boundless nature of imagination. As well as an actual essay answering the other option.
xXxXhermitXxXx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did you hand in both essays? If you did, did you get a mark on the first one?
Shaunaaaah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I handed in both of them, I remember I made sure to put in the conclusion of the first one that it wasn't my real essay. I don't think she gave me any marks for the first essay just for writing it, there was very little to do with the actual question. When she handed it back she just glared at me and said not to go on tangents.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:49:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I was a student...
In 3rd grade I had to define carpet. I guess I was confused and said it was a pet you keep in your car
spoonman_alex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:49:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but one time in my SAT class we had to write a pratice essay. I forget what it was about, but two kids who had no idea that it was going to be read by the teacher (some were read outloud) and had some pretty amusing results.
The first one involved The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck. We had read it earlier that year and wrote a paper on it. This kid wrote an essay about how he convinced the English Teacher that "Olan was a bitch-ass-hoe".
My friend wrote a zany, albeit fake, story about how his clan in Clash of Clans attacked a rival clan in real life. He was pretty shocked when he realized this was getting collected.
wingzone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:51:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I took an architecture 101 class in college(mid 2000s) at UT. Everyone was given a different important American building to write 4 papers on over the semester. I wrote the first paper on the Crown Plaza Hotel in Austin. Hardest paper in my life to write. Turns out my assignment was Crown Hall, a famous Ludwig Mies van der Rohe building in Chicago, not the bit rate hotel in Austin.
mowbuss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:00:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Urgh. In year 9 english class we were tasked with creating a brochure for any topic relating to the WW1. I didnt listen and just heard "any topic". So i went about creating a brochure on Lemons! And all their wonderful uses! Was an inside joke with myself and a few friends at the time. I got a good mark considering i missed the point of the assignment.
CrockoRocko ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:10:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher. In one of my art history classes, we got given an essay to write relating an artwork to a quote by JFK. All was well until a bunch of us started discussing what we wrote about. Turns out one of my classmates didn't know JFK was a person. No prizes for guessing what a great quotesman JFK airport was.
That_Teacher_U_Hate ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:11:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Impossible. All my moron (read most) students ask me 12 times what they're supposed to do, so there is never any misinterpretation. Unless it's the due date. They misinterpret that bitch all the time.
Gusta457 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:22:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but a student. My teacher told us to write a paper and put it in double space. So after I wrote it I went through the whole thing and put two spaces in between each word.
loserpants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:25:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I once had a teacher provide us a list of historical American figures to choose to write a biography about and give a presentation to the class. One of them was the outlaw and bank robber Jesse James. When presentation day came, one of the presentations was all about Jesse James the custom motorcycle designer and all the things he built on Monster Garage on the Discovery Channel.
Sithis74 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:25:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher here, I asked my students to make a profile of a greek god (I teach history) one kid made a Christian god but with greek attributes. Including feta and a greek flag. I gave him an A for effort
Kiyoko504 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:02:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
oh Jesus
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:29:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In biology I remember a question as part of a lab that was something like "what shape has the optimum surface area to volume" The question was meant to lead you to the conclusion of why cells are round, but I just interpreted it as what shape has the best surface to volume ratio, and I was like a REALLLLY long rectangle would have a great surface area to volume ratio.
norajbryant ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:33:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this happened in my high school drama class. We had an assignment to create a collage of images and text about the technical dramatic terms we were learning about. (Examples of tableaus used in theatre for instance).
Sounds like a very artsy, bullshitty assignment, right? Most people quickly forgot about it. So a girl in my class texts her friend, another girl in the class, the day before it's due: have you done that gay collage for drama yet?
Her friend hands in a collage on LGBT rights the next day.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:35:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a student plagiarize on a paper, and so I allowed him to rewrite the paper with proper attribution and a grade deduction so he would at least learn how to properly cite. He turns the rewritten paper in, again with unattributed sources and whole-cloth plagiarism. Okay. For a further grade deduction, I allow him to write a short paper describing plagiarism and giving a few reasons why it's bad. He turns in the paper, and the fucking thing is rife with plagiarized passages. FML.
Tree_of_Meats ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:36:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Preface by stating I am not a teacher.
As a small child, I was told to count the number of triangles I could draw in an octagon. The intention was that we would draw regular octagons and some diagonals, which would be piggybacked on for the rest of the lesson.
I drew some diagonals, then divided the triangles created by those diagonals into sets of smaller triangles, then divided those triangles into sets of smaller triangles, etc. It was a lot like a Sierpinski Triangle, but an octagon and I left no pattern of larger triangles.
How many triangles can you fit into an octagon? Easily hundreds.
Mochme ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:41:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not the teacher but when I was in first year uni one of my professors told me about a student who wrote a paper about bengal tigers in the Zoo which was all well and good until they learned that the paper was supposed to be about biodiversity of native birds between urban and rural environments.
Raffo7777 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:41:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My professor in community college told us to add a "Work Cited" page at the end of our papers. One awesome dude turned his paper in with the last page titled "Work Site!"
chill_pill7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:41:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach kindergarten and we were focusing on phonemes. I put on the board __uck hoping my students would respond with "yuck", "truck", or "luck" as that is the word stem our curriculum guide said to use. As I saw my students going through their mental roladexes one student says "buck" and I knew it was only a matter of time. Sure enough the next student says "fuck". The funniest part is that none of the students had any idea what was so funny.
HawksGo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:43:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my freshman year of high school they assigned a 5 page paper double spaced. I never knew what that meant so I literally hit the space bar twice after every word. I was so freaked out she would know if I missed one!
Sagefox2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:49:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher but a friend of mine had an assignment to find the average weight for two groups of 20 pennies. One pile being old pennies and the other being new ones. What you were suppose to do was put a pile on the scale and divide the pile by 20. But what my friend's group did was fine the weight of all the pennies individually, add them all up, and then divide by 20. Her group was so confuse how everyone else got done so quick.
paddydisaster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:50:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but I have 2 relevant stories:
1) I started a full-time MBA program a couple months ago. During orientation, we were given a small bag of random Legos to build "whatever we wanted." I put my head down and constructed a really abstract piece that I thought looked pretty cool. Time was up, so I picked up my head and saw that everyone else had built an actual object (airplanes, bridges, boats, cars, etc.). Luckily it was just a warm up, so I never had to describe it to the class, but we had to pass around our Lego models for a few iterations, and people were asked to describe what they have now. The person who eventually received mine got called on and their response was basically, "uhh.... I have NO idea what this is." I laughed very hard on the inside.
2) Completely unrelated to school, my father grew up on a farm in Italy. His cousin, who has some sort of mental illness, took a liking to my grandmother growing up, so she was over their house almost everyday. One day, my grandmother asks her to make a little pasta (from scratch), and she will come back and cook it with sauce when she is done feeding the animals. My grandmother comes back, and her niece made one portion of pasta (it was supposed to be for ~ 5 people). My grandmother laughed it off and made something else. The next day, she asks her niece to make pasta again, but this time a little more. My grandmother goes to feed the animals and comes back to her house FILLED with fettuccini hanging to dry on every surface.
ItsRachie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but when I was in middle school my teacher told me that our essay had to be double spaced. Double spaced for her to be able to read and insert comments. I have always typed single spaced up to this point and being the naive creature of a child I was, I literally hit the space button twice after each word. I turned it in thinking what the hell this is a waste of time and this is defiantly not enough space for her to put comments in. The more embarrassing part was that we had to peer grade it as well. The other students all had puzzled faces and mine turned bright red as I saw the format of their papers.
hotsideofthepillow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:54:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My ESL student was supposed to translate a song into English. They wrote their own christmas jingle.
LieutennantDan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:10:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well... Let's hear it.
hotsideofthepillow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
'Santa makes the happiness for oneself', was one line. The rest I don't recall, was many moons ago.
nebuchadnezzarVI ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:56:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This still haunts me. When I was in third grade our teacher asked us to write our own "I have a dream speech." She neglected to even tell us what MLK did and what his speech was about. So I write about a dream I had the night before. My teacher smiled and said wrong kind of dream.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:41:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I had a dream that my four little siblings lived in a nation where people weren't judged by the color of their skin!"
M_jar5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:56:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a twacher but in sixth grade STEM (science, tech, engineering, and math) class we were tasked with building balsa wood bridges. We would draw the template of the bridges out onto the paper and arrange the wood pieces on it, gluing them together so they resembled the 2D drawing and then putting the large pieces together in the 3D. Almost the entire class glued the wood to the paper.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher must've been called a twacher when the superiors found out, though.
Chiefhammerprime ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:56:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher. In the 6th grade we were assigned The Gettysburg Address for a history/public speaking assignment. Simple, memorize the speech and recite it at a podium.
I shit you not, when the day came to deliver the speech, but before anyone had done so, one girl's confused hand shot up and asked "Were we supposed to memorize all the left and right turns." Yes, she was serious. No, I won't ever forget it.
amg78 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:59:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This JUST happened: I was absent one day...so I left a note for my Teacher's Aide to "take down the bulletin board in the hall, and move it to the whiteboard inside." Simple enough, right? Nope. Somehow he read that as "Take down the whiteboard inside," and proceeded to recruit one friend from class, talk the custodian into giving them screwdrivers, then physically took my whiteboard off the wall. He was totally upset about it, but his only "punishment" was he had to explain it to the maintenance guy that came to repair it.
pdcolemanjr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the most exciting but in English we were reading Frankenstein and one of the assignments was to draw a monster.. (meaning create your own monster) and yeah one of the students drew me a can of Monster Energy.. creative :)
jebediah1618 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mother had a colleague that had to write an essay on leisure (written "lazer" in my language) and instead wrote about laser beams.
trufflepastaxciv ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:02:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher. In history class, we were assigned to write a paper about Martin Luther. Half the class ended up writing about Martin Luther King Jr. Not a single one of them wondered why we had to write about a civil rights leader when our lesson was about Protestantism.
frizlvr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me, but these guys I went to high school with were given an assignment in a psychology class to something against the social norm and write a paper about it. The idea was to go into an elevator and face the occupants, sing loudly in the line at the McDonald's, etc. Not these guys....They staged a kidnapping.
rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:25:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I pity both the victim and the police station...
frizlvr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:38:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well the "victim" was one of the guys in the group who planned the kidnapping.
Luckynumberlucas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:06:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite the question, but whatevs.
Had a teacher notorious for never giving an A. He had never given out an A in his entire career.
So, exam time comes around, I hand in the essay, next week teacher opens up the lesson with, luckynumberlucas you did something historical. Your writing got an A. Whole class basically went apeshit.
He proceeded with "however, your formatting was an F" (wrong font, not double spaced, etc)
Total grade: B+
To this day that makes me furious thinking about it.
KinglyJoker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, nor is this a story about school. But when I was about 11-12, I approached my friend and asked him if he wanted to make some money painting trees. Where I am from, it is not uncommon to paint grapefruit trees white. So... I invite him over and he told me he was going to get the paint for us. I was like sweet I'll get the brushes. He came over with watercolor and pieces of paper. The whole time he thought we were going to be painting pictures of the trees and selling them on the side.
cyborgwaffle18 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:08:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but one of my mom's students decided to write about his true love. Chocolate cake, and how he adored seeing it in the afternoon after school. Then he he droned on about how he is Ant-Man, and living in a world of ingnorant fools. The scary part was that the prompt was simply, "how do you like the 3rd grade?"
bigfootrescue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:10:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach college physics. In a class about pendulum motion I drew the pendulum on either side of its motion (a simple drawing of a string and ball pulled to one side). After much discussion of the motion, the velocity of the ball, the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy, a student asked me what pendulum motion had to do with the "house" I had drawn on the board as he interpreted the angled string as a roof line. He must not of heard a word I said in the five minutes preceding his question...
PM_ME_TACO_CATS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Not a teacher, but...
cyelfie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but one time in my eighth grade journalism class, our teacher had us write some sample newspaper articles. And one of the things we went over for the assignment was how our essays should be structured - most important information at the beginning with less important details towards the end. As opposed to easing into the story then writing a conclusion. The way she described the structure was "inverted triangle." One kid in class ended up turning in his assignment with the paragraphs spaced out to look like an upside down triangle.
ZaratustraElJarkor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:24:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Back in high school, we had to do a a homework that consisted in answering some questions about civil conflicts around the world, and an essay about this work. A friend of mine misunderstood the instructions and did an essay about THE WORK, like, how it is a human right and shit.
rahyveshachr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:24:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mine's a bit different. Every year in elementary school all grades put on a choral music program and spend the year of Music class learning their parts. It always has a theme and when I was in 3rd grade the theme was dinosaurs. Anyway after we were done singing the music had one of those cheesy endings with a big finishing chord. Our teacher told us to smile on that chord, probably as a joke, but I took her literally. My mom filmed the performance and there I am at the end of the song, totally somber-faced, and then put on the stupidest fake smile on that last chord. I thought the whole class was doing it. I was in the front row too.
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:23:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And it's on film too.
Your mom is going to pull that out every time you bring a boyfriend/girlfriend home.
rahyveshachr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:52:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lol she never did actually! She's not one to do that. I can't show it to my husband now because I have no VCR :P
Storm137 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:42:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
XD Well you got that at least!
Mullattobutt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:34:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Always get lots of confusion when discussing Immanuel Kant.
liemtruong ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:34:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college we had to give presentations that were taped and sent in to be "graded" to make sure we were learning how to use technology in the classroom and public speaking. One of the guidelines was to "get the audience's attention at the start" and "be interesting." One of the guys got up, took out body spray and a lighter, did a brief flame-thrower (sprayed a quick blast at the flame), calmly put it away, and then gave his presentation. https://youtu.be/b6Z-gjkmsrM I don't know how the graders reacted...but the class was highly amused.
kairon156 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wrong YouTube link?
Ubuntuful ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:25:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think so
ILookandSmellGood ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:39:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This will get buried, but teaching in Korea, my girlfriend handed out a word search to her first/second grade students (all beginners at learning English).
Anyways, one kid saw the words, but was circling the letters he found, not the whole words. So each letter was randomly circled throughout his paper.
rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:45:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There's a very popular word search puzzle that features this style of circling the letters instead of the words. When you get done circling all the words, the remaining letters form a word that relates to the title of the puzzle [as do all the words that are in the word bank].
They were in the newspaper every day where I grew up.
cleverless ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:41:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wife is a middle school science teacher. There was a lab where the students needed to pick clues out of an envelope. She told the class to draw the next clue and more than one drew a little picture of the clue.
AssistantManagerMan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
On the other side of the coin, I once had a class with a Korean teacher who spoke somewhat disjointed English.
I can't remember the exact details of the project, but the handout she gave us had ambiguous directions that could be interpreted in two different ways. When several of her students spoke up asking her to clarify, she simply waved her hand and said "Just read the handout."
"But Dr. [name], we did read it and it's confusing."
"No, you didn't read it, or you'd know what to do."
"But we did. Can you just tell us if you want this or that?"
"Read the hand out again, and this time pay attention."
I'm not exaggerating to make her look bad. This is a pretty true representation of what happened.
When we turned in our assignment, predictably, about 50% of the class did the assignment wrong. Consequently they were docked points when they "didn't follow directions."
IsTofor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student who misinterpreted the teacher. 10th grade World History class. We took a test about the French Revolution. A week before test day we had a substitute teacher who showed a movie and of course the class acted up. So the teacher put us on something he called "lockdown" or something like that.
Last question on the exam was an essay and it was "How do you feel about 'lockdown'?" 15 year old me thought it had something to do with the French Revolution so I BS'd an answer because I was confused as hell.
Teacher later read the essay questions out loud (didn't name names), got to mine, read it, class laughed because obviously the dolt who wrote it was confused as hell. Kid who cheated on tests sitting next to me pointed at me and said, "it was him!" Props to the teacher for insisting it wasn't me.
princesshashbrown ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:44:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure at least one of these posts is about me, as a chronic misunderstander.
jheins3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:45:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Late to the party, but my mom was a teacher in a rural school in Illinois. One of her students had cussed in class in response to a grade (Something along the lines of "Goddamn It")... In which she had responded with, "I am going to start a swear Jar and every time you kids swear in my class, you will have to put a Quarter in the jar" (she wasn't really serious, but jokingly warning them).... The class clown of the decade says, "How much will a 20 get me?" ~pulls out a crisp 20 dollar bill....
tl;dr student tries to prepay for a swear jar.
Kaikebob ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:46:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My philosophy teacher told me one year when he assigned the paper on ancient Itallian philosopher Niccolรณ Machiavelli, a huge stoner in his class who hadn't done any work so far came back with an entire essay on Tupac's Makaveli album and when he found out he got no credit for it he dropped the class.
Defiledxhalo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:48:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but to this day, I remember the worst misinterpretation I've done with a teacher's assignment.
Back in early elementary school in some sort of English class, we were writing our answers to a series of questions. The teacher told us to write them "In complete sentences."
I misinterpreted the teacher, thinking she said to write them in "incomplete sentences." It made no sense to me, but I thought she was gonna have a lesson about it or something. I kept this up for about a week before the teacher had to reprimand me.
TheBacteriaMan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:51:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A food chain on a yearly exam, something like
Corn > Insect > Frog > Bird
Q1: If a plague of insects occurred, describe one impact this might have on the food chain.
Answer: Well.. all the insects would die.. so the frogs would die too
-.-
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know someone who on a biology test misinterpreted a diagram of a kidney and labeled it as a testicle.
kcsimmon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:54:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a writing prompt back in middle school that was 'Describe your favorite dessert' and a friend of mind wrote a brilliant essay about the Sahara Desert.
Shoemakerrr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:59:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Students
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:59:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had to write a research paper on school vouchers and one girl was rather confused and shared her paper on "school vultures". I had to peer edit and grade her paper and it was like one paragraph wrong so I gave her a D+. Our teacher said I was too kind.
qeruso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in my college creative writing class one student turned in a paper about French war heroes. The professor didn't take it well.
NewAnimal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:29:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10th grade lit teacher asks class to write about a 5-10 minute experience that changed your life, in a lot of detail. so basically, Find a "important experience" that only lasted a few minutes, but explain it in great detail.
my friend ended up writing about how this girl he liked came over to his apartment, and ended up hooking up with his brother in the bathroom. and he was really bummed out. it was the girl he "loved" and she came over to hang out, only to end up in a bathroom with his brother.
hah.. he kinda missed the point of the assignment and he spilled his guts to the entire class too
tecopad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:31:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one's short: One of my foreign exchange students repeatedly uses "erotic" instead of other English words like "electric" or even "exotic" on my geography assignments.
I giggle each and every time.
2Twice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Way late to the party but I got this one last week on a quiz.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:28:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
36?
2Twice ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:30:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Correct! +2 pts for you!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:10:11 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:D
Metalworks13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:35:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't put a space inbetween the bracket and the parenthesis. ]( not ] (
rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:33:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ZINGER!
kimreewillis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When i taught pre-kindergarten. We focused on one letter of the alphabet each week. I asked them for words that start with the letter N. One kid said "Nana. The kind like your grandma & the kind like a banana." Ok then...
SweatyPetti ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:41:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i was the student. In my 8th grade German class, I was asked to go up to the board to write the German equivalent of an English statement. The structure of the sentence was perfectly fine, but I had no clue how to spell the name of the person referenced in the spoken sentence. So other than asking how to spell it, I too a stab at it. The name was Knut. I, ignorant of its meaning, wrote Cunt.
Not quite the topic, but I stand by it
RiverPacem ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:43:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once assigned a complete the sentence activity with a word bank they were instructed to use multiple times. I had several students come in with random words they thought fit in the sentence in the blank. -face palm-
Crazytree101 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:53:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
please Tyler, take a seat.
He actually picks up the seat.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:56:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The should be a /r/shitmystudentdoes
J1ffyLub3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:01:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
not a teacher, but when my father was a kid a teacher told his class to put some more elbow grease into their work. my little father proceeded to cry to his parents when they wouldn't take him to the hardware store to get elbow grease
ilikpankaks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:08:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but back in high school my teacher assigned us where the wind blows. I misheard and read Gone With the Wind. Really different books. and now i always imagine Rhett butler with angel wings.
LadyTeacozy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:09:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So it might have been a miscommunication between British and American English but I received an assignment to compare the Greek the legend of Hercules to the modern one. Which I thought meant compare Sam Raimi's the legend of Hercules to the ancient Greek myths. I watched all of the seasons of Legend of Hercules including Xena as a point of feminist comparison and started to write my 30 page paper on the topic. Before the assignment was due. Being a British university and I'm an American student I had done more than was expected, and she was very confused as to why I was looking at a TV show when she meant Disney's The Legend of Hercules. Sam Raimi you are the reason I got a B okay let's be honest a C in Greek myth.
CreatrixAnima ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You got off easy. I had to compare Homer's Ulysses to James Joyce's. I just watched the movie, but even that was painful.
DrTacoman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:10:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A little late, although not a teacher. I was taking an English class and I had one of those teachers that was known for giving an essay every week. We were learning about MLA format and using roman numerals to list things in a paragraph. She had given us a topic to write about, so I stood up all night the previous night fixing my work and typing around 5 pages. I turn it in and the teacher just looks at me and eventually tells me that she just wanted us to show how to format it and write just one word for each Roman numeral. Still got a 100 on it though, which was nice.
3trophies4thecheat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:12:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but if my 5th grade teacher were here he'd probably tell this story.
I was supposed to read October Sky as a summer reading assignment. Being the responsible student I was, I almost immediately lost the assignment paperwork and somehow forgot the book name (even though we watched the movie on the last day of class). So what I ended up reading was The Hunt for Red October, which was one of the driest reads of my life and a little beyond my 5th grade comprehension. I turned in an essay for it and everything. My teacher took pity on me and gave the essay a B even though I read the wrong book and wouldn't be able to participate in the class discussions about the ACTUAL reading assignment.
Ristake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:19:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I remember we had to draw topics out of a hat, write and then present a speech in front of the class.
One kid pulled the topic, something Lint, and it was meant to be a speech about the person and what they accomplished. He wrote and presented a speech on lint, the material that forms from fabrics in a clothes dryer.
Pretty funny, the teacher was amused and I doubt I'll ever forget this speech happened.
D-Evolve ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:21:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OK...so I'm reading this...and still not able to tell if he was meant to do it about dryer lint or not....
ImmenseGirth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:19:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Writing Essays
Reapero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
New wave of teacher questions on ask reddit again yay
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Me, somewhere in the second half of elementary school. We could submit words for dictation, so I often searched for new words in the dictionary. So the class ended up facing vocabulary way beyond their level (how can the know random animal names or advanced concepts), teacher eventually caught on and said to stop using too complicated rare words.
TheBaltimoron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:30:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Goddammit Kevin.
StuiesJuJu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:30:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but it made me think of a funny story one of my teachers told me once about reading instructions.
On a Bio final, a student meticulously filled out a diagram with the parts of an ear. They turned in their paper and the professor starts laughing and point to the top of the page where it says "Female Reproduction". It was a diagram of a vulva/vagina.
i_want_my_sister ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:33:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here.
At my first semester in primary school, teacher told us to finish homework on textbook Page 1, and next day Page 2. I didn't remember which day it was but one day she told us to finish Page 29. Most of us finished the page we were at the last day way up to Page 29.
babyrhino ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:37:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but this happened last week in my engineering class. The assignment was to build a square toothpick bridge. With a hollow center, like as if a car were to drive through it. One guy showed up with just 4 ladder style beams laid out in a flat square.
_BearHawk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:41:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Everyone starting off their response with "Not a teacher but..."
TheKlassyKamper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: youth in Asia
BoterinoOliver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:49:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For my English final we had to draw a family tree for the book Macbeth. My friend just drew a really elaborate tree.
Taygon55 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:50:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student but I remember in middle school, my teacher wanted us to research the origin of vampires. I may have misheard the assignment because my memory is fuzzy on details. She could have very well said a disease specifically. She wanted us to write a small paper on a disease that made sunlight dry out and crack the victims skin making them bleed and some believed they needed to drink blood, usually goat blood if i recall correctly, to survive. I however wrote a paper on Vlad the Impaler.
CreatrixAnima ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:35:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Porphyria. You may have started off on the right track but then went off when all the articles talked about how the disease is sometiimes linked with the vampire myth.
Taygon55 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no. I think she purposefully vaguely asked for the origin of the vampire myth, so we could learn how to research stuff. She may have asked for a disease that may have caused the myth of bloodsucking but I may have not caught that part. All I remember is she asked for the origin of vampirism and I came into class with the wrong origin.
CreatrixAnima ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:11:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ah.... so she asked you to research if there might be a disease at the heart of the myth and to research thaht disease. I still say a paper of Vlad the Impaler could be a viable answer if you foused on his psychopathology.
Taygon55 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:19:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She very well could have specified and I missed the detail of looking for a disease. I don't remember her correcting me on looking in the completely wrong direction. It kind of sucks because it was one of the few research papers I enjoyed doing as a kid and I was embarrassed of doing it completely wrong because every kid I asked got the same disease in their paper.
kblaney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:50:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I taught Tae Kwon Do for several years. When telling children to write their name clearly in print on an attendance card one of the other instructors he phrased it as "block letters" how he remembers calling it back when he went to school (he was old enough to have a teacher who thought his left handedness was from the devil). Got a lot of stuff like this.
chickenwingsinbed ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in nursery school the bathroom was located outside the classroom and down a hall. Whenever any one had to go the teacher always said, "go with a buddy." My best friend and I took this quite literally and would routinely sit on the toilet together.
TuxPenguin1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but one of my friends thought that making a character sketch meant that he had to actually draw out characters as opposed to describing them in his report.
Smiha0 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did that the first time we had to do one of those! I had forgotten that lol
CowboyFunk15 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A dude in my grade 10 English class went in front of the class and presented his report on Youth in Asia. Not euthanasia. That was pretty funny.
osufan765 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:53:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Freshmen year of high school, English teacher assigned us research papers. Kid picks the topic euthanasia, proceeds to write a paper about the youth in Asia.
smokedstupid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was any 8 years old when the teacher had the class draw their heroes. Almost everyone turned in pictures of their parents or older sibling or such. I handed in a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger as I remembered him from the movie Commando.
AboynamedDOOMTRAIN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We do a school wide science fair every year. Every kid. Every grade. 6-8. Kid was in in-school suspension the day we spent in class brainstorming our "science fair questions" ie the question you want your science fair experiment to answer. I tell the in-school lady that he needs to come up with 3 potential science fair questions and give them to me. Again, this is something they do every year, this student has done this 2 other times in his life... here's the completely not sarcastic answers I got back the next day:
What is a science fair project?
What do I want my science fair project to be?
What is something I can do for my science fair project?
(Just pretend they're written in over sized, barely legible letters, and nothing over 3 letters long is spelled correctly if you want the full experience of working in my school)
mkgrider23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher in my high school biology class told us to make a Facebook Profile for a certain part of a cell. Little did I know, she actually just wanted us to fill out information on a blank screenshot of a Facebook profile.
To this day Cilia Sharpey still remains on Facebook, never to be fully explained.
And the whopper is that I got a B on the assignment...
CZILLROY ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:01:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend had to write a book report in like 5th or 6th grade. He somehow interpreted that as he was suppose to copy the book word for word.
Isthegameafoot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:05:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in middle school we were supposed to read two novels over the summer. I misinterpreted and thought we could pick one to read. The day before school started I found out we were supposed to read both. I didn't have time to read the second book so I just read the blurb on the back and BS-ed my way through the quiz. I ended up getting a better grade on the quiz for the book I didn't even read.
IceKnight_21 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I hate being late to these things but I have one. I was the student not the teacher. It was one of our first writing assignments in 7th grade and we had to type out a paper. The teacher wanted the paper to be double spaced. No big deal right? Wrong. Between every. Single. Word. I put two spaces. Both my parents(who were also teachers) and the teacher of that class have still not let me forget about it.
TL;DR put two spaces between every word when teacher asked for a paper double spaced
tklotsfordawin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A little late, I was a student learning alphabetical order. My teacher gave us a sheet with about 100 words on it. He put them in groups of 5. I thought I had to put the 100 words in order.
CreatrixAnima ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Teacher misinterpreted this one. Kind of our fault, though.
We had to make up a skit in French class. Ours involved the forcible redirection of an aircraft, but we didn't know the French word for this, so we asked the teacher. She answered, and we preformed our little skit. It took a bit of thought for the class to figure out what we meant by "bonjour Jacques."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:09:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My history professor has an assignment where you pick a chapter in the textbook, read it, and then write a subjective paper on whether or not the chapter is a good teaching tool. Seems like a weird paper, but the professor actually helps edit the textbooks, so she wants to know.
Anyway, some kid analyzed every chapter from the book and came in all exasperated with a stack of pages on the due date.
Fuzzyjello ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:10:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher assigned us an essay on euthanasia. I proceeded to write a long and detailed essay on China's one child policy.
Mexkimo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was at a campus were middle school English students had to come up with a country and create a flag, describe customs and geography etc.
Had a kid make Cock Island. About "Roosters"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had an assignment in grade 9. We had been talking about confidence a lot in school because of a bullying incident. The theme class to class was about confidence for the week. The assignment due Friday and it was to speak French for five minutes. To help you build confidence in the language. "Speak for five minutes in French class" was the title. 5 days later I spoke for 5 minutes in english because I thought we were to speak about confidence. A speech of sorts.
Nope, just just speak for five minutes.
He passed me. I was satisfied.
lostinpudding ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I gave my students an assignment to write a paragraph using FANBOYS- a common acronym for coordinating conjunctions.
My Mexican student wrote his essay about FANBOYS at a baseball game...
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I would have at least given him a C+, for trying.
pm_me_your_mantits ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i think i was in 5th or 6th grade when this happened. i can't remember the specifics anymore but seeing this post just made me remember it hahaha. our class was divided into groups and each group was given the class period to look over books in the school library and put together a brief presentation about some part of the united states. my group was "economy". i was confused and kind of dumb and got "economy" confused with "ecology", and i guess my whole group was confused and kind of dumb because they just went with it, so we ended up talking about saving animals and shit instead of, you know, economy stuff. haha.
reallygottawinthose ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but had a teacher tell a story where he assigned a paper on discussing euthanasia at the end of the week to have a student turn in an A+ essay on youth in Asia on Monday.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At the end of an online quiz I gave my AP spanish students, I asked "What is your name?" in Spanish. Then I thought I'd be funny and follow it up with "What is your quest?" and "What is your favorite color?" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Well... Instead of funny answers, I got really heartfelt responses about how their quests were to make their parents proud and be the first in their family to go to college.
KarbonMarx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in culinary class in high school if we ever missed a lab (cooking session) we could make up the points by creating a Powerpoint presentation about whatever we cooked that day.
One dopey wanna-be gangster white dude in my class missed one too many labs by the end of the semester and at the beginning of class on a Monday we all gathered in the classroom half of the kitchen to watch his presentation.
Apparantly he didn't understand that the presentation had to be about whatever food we cooked last and thought that he literally could make a Powerpoint about anything. So there we are as a class watching him give a fifteen minute presentation on the background and lifestyle of Juggalo culture in extreme detail- everything from the purpose of face paint to their favorite drinks, to whatever stupid Juggalo carnival he planned to go to. Meanwhile the culinary teacher just watched from the back, trying to contain her laughs.
I'm not sure if he got credit or not, but damn was he proud of that presentation.
GoredonTheDestroyer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:53:23 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, did he become a Juggalo or not?
KarbonMarx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he considered himself one at that time.
As for where he is now? Well you only need to listen to the wind whistling through the cd-hole of an ICP album to find your answer.
TommyVillain ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Taught in Japan for 8 years, now I am managing, but was observing some high school students last night.
They had to introduce themselves and then ask me one question, about me.
One kid, no confidence, squeaks out, "what time is it?" Everyone laughed and told him, about the teacher, in Japanese, to which he quickly self-corrected, "how old are YOU!" Had the biggest smile too!
I told him 7:00pm and tried to stop from laughing after moving to the next student.
I have 8 years of great moments with students here!
mecderder ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Might we all produce an ode to the literacy, and merit of that which is christened school?
AlmostPepe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not the teacher, but a lucky witness. We had to give a presentation about certain subject in a certain country which was given to us by our teacher; the economy of Blangladesh, for example.
This girl comes up and starts talking about the gorillas in Uganda. We were all very confused since we had all talked about social science subjects. All of sudden, in her moment of epiphany the teacher yells: "I said guerrillas, not gorillas!"
We laughed so hard the class had to be dismissed.
ALittleBambi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:51:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my old school on the final, our science teacher said that as long as we gave our graph a name, it would be correct. One kid named his graph, "Representin da hood." The teacher still gave him full points for it.
gredgex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student, once I accidentally wrote an entire essay on how the printing press saved Martin Luther's wife. Turned it in only to find out the essay was about how it saved Martin Luther's life. Still got full credit, teacher said it was amusing and original!
bartlebeetuna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:56:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like 75% of these comments are going to be on r/ThatHappened later.
Ripperman91 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:56:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in 2nd grade, I was assigned to be the class cleaner. Basically kids were chosen to make sure the room was tidy after the first half of the day before lunch. Now my mom cleans houses professionally so I figured I had to do as good a job as her. So I spent like 20 mins picking up every piece of scrap paper and junk off the floor. This wouldnt have been bad except I really had to pee but I had to finish cleaning first. Ended up peeing my pants.
angry_burmese ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was around 6-7 I had to do a spelling test. I got 9 out of 10, the word I missed out being 'hospital'. I told the teacher that my spelling was correct, and she took out the textbook to show the actual spelling.
I took the book, crossed out the word, wrote down my own version and stubbornly retorted that I was correct as seen in the textbook.
lost_james ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Somebody once told me that in his English class, everybody had to give a presentation in front of the class, which topic varied from person to person. The topics could be anything, but the teacher decided who presented what. A guy in the class had to do his presentation the next class, so he asked the teacher what his topic was. The teacher replied, "Your topic is: how computers kill jobs."
So in the next class the guy goes in front of the class and starts his presentation. First, he spoke about the history of computers: when they were invented and so on. Then, he says: "Ok, now I'm gonna talk about Steve Jobs." So he starts speaking about Steve Jobs, his life, his successes, and so on, and so on. The teacher, suddenly says, "Ok, so when are you going to speak about the topic I assigned to you?".
The guy replies, "But... I am. I am speaking about how computers killed Steve Jobs."
The teacher says, "Your topic was about how computer kill jobs. JOBS." Everybody in the class started laughing, and the guy just said, "Well, the only thing left for me to do is laugh as well."
magoo1234 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:59:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've got a good one from a few weeks ago. 8th grade English. Have a good number of ELL students. We finished our first essay & were writing a reflection on it. 1st question was: What did you like about your paper and why?
Kid writes: I like paper because it gives me something to write on. Also, when I want to draw, I can do that too.
I about shit myself. Wanted to write "Hilarious, A" at the top, but was advised against.
synschecter115 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:59:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In AP English L&C in High school, one of the first writing prompts we received was to write a paper based on whether or not one could feasibly argue the statement in the prompt, after reading a chapter discussing what can and cannot be argued.
The prompt went as follows: "The Surgeon General of the United States released a report that concluded that smoking is bad for your health"
Simple enough, I get to writing on how you can't argue it because the information given came from the highest authority in the land. Most of the class did the same.
The average grade ended up being about a 64/100. As it would turn out, everyone in the class except for one guy was under the impression that we had to determine if we could argue the information the surgeon general presented, when really we were supposed to determine if you could argue the fact that he said the information in the first place (you can't).
Needless to say, that assignment got curved graciously.
mightymegacookie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:01:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well not a teacher but I heavily fucked up on the AP US history exam back in high school.
The prompt was to write about slavery post 1774 or something around that time and I went ahead to write that since this was after the civil war all slaves were free and things were really great compared too before.
Right after taking the tests everyone was talking about how they wrote about the time period right after the American Revolution. I was really confused as to what my mistake was until someone let me know that the civil war was in the mid 1800's.
TL;DR : I'm a moron who misinterpreted a history question and wrote about the wrong war.
FunkaTV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm it's practically the same place as Hawaii?
Teh_Cactus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I saw this in person, but in my final year of high school we had an English assignment where we had to re-enact a scene from a Shakespeare play. We were encouraged to use props (so most of us dudes chose a sword fighting scene from Romeo and Juliet, of course). One guy in the other English class decided to be a little more abstract, and dragged a rubbish bin in from the outside lunch area. The teacher, I'm guessing after seeing sword-fight after sword-fight, allowed this.
He had pre-staged his performance with a bunch of paper in the bin, and I'm guessing some form of lighter fluid - legend has it during his performance he's lit up a match and thrown it in the bin, inside the classroom - suddenly flames, slightly singed ceiling, much louder than normal smoke alarm, and a significantly more startled English teacher who was now wide awake after seeing scene after scene of terribly acted out sword fights.
brberg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Heard this one from my technical writing professor: The assignment was to make a causal argument. One of the students turned in an argument peppered liberally with slang.
strawberyl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but my friend had an assignment on CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) and wrote it down as CDD, and wound up doing a paper on some protein database.
BobbaSweat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I told my class of 7 year-old Korean kids to draw a picture of yourself riding on a horse. One girl drew a picture of herself riding on a hose, as in a hosepipe, with water shooting out the end of it.
Arkroy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still remember when i did my first crossword puzzle in pre school
Obviously the instructions were find the words in the puzzle and circle them. I circled the words in the word bank lol
Dreadmonkey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:26:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I was in a college course (bear in mind, not a good college) for IT and we had to do a short report on E-commerce. We had to give a brief summary of our paper. There was one girl in the class who was quite reluctant to share, but the teacher encouraged her to go on as he knew the quality of the school and did not care how bad it was, he was willing to help if there needed to be changes. This girl in the class had her paper on sex toys and instead of giving a summary, read the entire paper verbatim. It was extremely difficult not to laugh about this as not only was this incredibly inappropriate and way off the mark, but other than the girl who was reading her paper there was not one person in that room looking at her in total disbelief that she had screwed up royally. I don't know why the teacher did not stop her, but after she was done, the teacher stated "well that was... interesting".
buttaholic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:32:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First grade, teacher holds up addition flash cards and calls on somebody to solve them.
Card says "8 + 0" or something to that effect.
Calls on me, "0 + 0 + 0 = 0" (they were written like the 8 over the 0, plus sign on the left, and the line under it all)
Que laughter from just about everyone.
Thus my fate was determined. Good at math, terrified of public speaking.
bumbuff ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:35:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This one is away from school:
I was coaching a bunch of 14 year old first-year players. One kid had the usual attitude problem, so out of habit with better teams I tell the kid to go do lines. Lines are where you skate straight up and down the ice stopping at each line. I usually make them go backwards on the return trip.
So, anyways, he takes me literally...he skates to the nearest blue line....and skates across it between the side-boards. Over to the red line, same thing. Then on to the next blue line, ringette line, and goal line, and then back.
We let him keep going. Made the rest of practice interesting.
themoonm4ster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:38:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Got to the end of naming the solar system to the first graders. Pluto was the classes answer from first to second last. I Asked what the last planet was. They were stumped (like really, you just repeated it numerous times). One of the students I got to know quickly replied "penis" mad at first. died of laughter later on that day
LadyRhythm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:44:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. This memory always stuck with me as one of the stupidest things I've done.
It was after I moved to North Dakota-from California- andI was a couple days into the school year as an eighth grader. I was sitting in my math class (pre-algebra) when we finished the lesson. Our school had these super cool smart boards that were new to me, and on the next slide it said "Do 2-36 evens, and 54-72 evens." (Rather something along the lines of that; I don't recall the specific numbers.) Me, looking at the screen and not really knowing how the class worked just yet, thought that this was going to be a real easy breeze. So I pulled out a piece of paper, whipped out my trusty mechanical pencil, and began listing the even numbers between the two. I somehow assumed this was the assignment, and kind of smirked at my other classmates working so slowly. When I finished in less than a minute, leaned back in my seat and tossed my pencil back isn't my backpack, my fellow peers freaked out at the speed of my assignment-finishing skills. I really, truly don't get how my brain didn't think to actually do the numbers of those questions that corresponded to our math books.
I don't want to sound cocky, but I thought I was a pretty intelligent individual. I realized about half an hour later that I was an idiot.
daria_87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:45:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my mom is. This girl once wrote a paragraph describing how she wanted a car with hairdryer, mirrors and washing sinks.
She misinterpreted my mom's question about "how would you improve this saloon car?"
PeteyPark ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:46:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here and not a specific assignment, but when I was a younger student. I thought double spaced meant literally that. you press the space bar twice. no one corrected me after the first one, and it went on for years until I talked about it in class. The whole class laughs at me, literally everyone, even the teacher who doesn't pick on anyone or doesn't believe in being mean and is nice lady with a good heart, she couldn't stop herself from chuckling and then full blown laughing too. I've had my fair share of dumb/embarrassing moments but this is one of my top. Also they didn't let me live it down. If was in an argument or debate, "well atleast I know how to double space" or "hey PeteyPark, remember that time when you didn't know how to properly double space?" I also went to a small highschool, so everyone heard of it. It sucked but im not gonna lie I can't help but chuckle at it as well.
salmonjapan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:47:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
on my first or second day of 1st grade in elementary school, the teacher gave the most ridiculous homework assignment. something crazy like pgs 7-10, 15-18, 21-30. i go home and start the homework, only to realize it's damn near impossible for a 6 year old to do. however, my mom made me finish it so i don't embarrass myself the next day for not doing the assignment. i stayed up till midnight in tears resenting my teacher.
turns out... the she said "preview" those pages, but i didn't know what that meant at the time and assumed she meant "do". i stayed up doing all that work for nothing
seanmcgoldy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:47:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in 8th grade we were given prominent people in US history to give a speech on. My buddy gets John Wilkes Booth. He goes to the library and gets a conspiracy theories book, and gave the wildest tale of the assassination I have ever heard. Deafening laughter ensued.
AlexJohnsonSays ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:49:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but as a teachers aid I got to grade the quizzes of kids in lower grades.
"As you raise a ball, does the overall energy increase, decrease, or stay the same?"
"Yes."
Period and all. This guy was sure.
blakewrites ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:51:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Former Student: In a grade-school project on alliteration, we were each given a letter and had to write a poem using that letter. We were also assigned numbers for the project to sort us all, which I took to represent the NUMBER of unique items we should use.
Cue me panicked at 12 A.M. hunched over my mom's Betty Crocker cookbook, skimming the index for enough "B" foods to fill my 15 word requirement.
(I also assumed--erroneously--that we could ONLY used words beginning with our assigned letter, and so I brought them all "by bike".)
UncomfortableNPC ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:51:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: lots of confused students reporting in
bjornostman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:54:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I asked some questions about the evolution of a murder of crows, and one student answered that it would not be beneficial for the crows if one of them had been murdered. :/
wdrake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:56:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I put two spaces between every word the first time I wrote a paper that was supposed to be double spaced :/
-pale-blue-dot- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:59:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't my student but a friend/colleague of mine. I don't know if 'misinterpreted' is the right way to go or if she was just trying to take the easy way out. We're English teachers in Thailand but we teach University students. A creative writing assignment was given to a class. One of the stories handed in was a play-for-play retelling of Frozen.... I don't know how she thought she would get away with that.
LordOfDustAndBones ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:05:17 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Not teachers
nonameonthelist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:08:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Got "F" for turn in father day's card instead of X'mas for primary school class. The teacher just divorced at the time so she hate it.
synaptica ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:11:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Assignment: write a 4-page mini literature review on any topic that interests you in psychology or neuroscience. It should be quite a specific topic, given that you only have 4 pages and only need to cite 5 papers. Email me your topics for approval by Monday. Proceed to discuss acceptable levels of specificity, giving examples of good and bad topics for 10 minutes.
Email: Professor synaptica, I would like to write my paper on child behavior.
Clearly, I have failed.
bLaDzErOx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:23:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it
missbellatti ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:07:08 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher says it has to be very specific because the paper is short. Child behavior is a huge subsection of psychology, and is thus too broad. The student was not specific.
hanna-xo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:13:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time my year 2-3 class had to make a poster about a celebration, holiday or festival from around the world and one boy made it on "The Charlie Charlie challenge".
fuck_ya_bud ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:13:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my little brother got an assignment on euthanasia and wrote about the youth in Asia.
kaos11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:36:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 7th grade we were studying the middle ages and specifically to the story we were studying surfdom. I know now surfdom was the bottom of the social classes but in 7th grade I failed to understand this. Our assignment was to write about surfdom in the first person and what it is like. Here comes the fuck up, I had no idea what a surf was I wrote about smurfs. Yes smurfs, little blue people with white hats where every other word is surf based. I really smurfed up.
Tl;dr: 11yrs old needed to write about surfdom in the middle ages wrote about smurfs instead.
gbs5009 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:35:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Serfdom.
TreeAndPlants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:22:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
i was just say that.
kaos11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:07:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
See it never stuck
DCLX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:36:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was like 10/9 the teacher told us to describe "a well painted image" I live by the sea, and almost 40 km away theres a dock So I always liked ships, I interpreted "well painted image" for a drawing, I started thinking, HOW, THE FUCK. DO THEY TRANSFER PETROL TO THE MAINLAND??? So I thought for a few minutes, then somewhat drew her a ship, and an underwater opening, you know like those Evil bad guy lair entrance where it opens up and a flying ship goes up? That, and like 25 divers carrying petrol hoses down from the ship to receptors inside that opening that are strongly inspired by a car's tank.
She didnt get it, and failed me. I remembered it a few weeks ago, and was like OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH
Sorry late for the party
Lanko ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:50:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher. This story is about a fellow student way back when I was in highschool.
We were taking a media arts class, learning how to create films the tricks behind special effects. (matte painting, compsiting, 3d animation etc)
One of our final assignments was to recreate a scene from a popular movie. The movie was chosen by the teacher, and each scene was drawn out of a hat. The idea was that as a class we'd piece together enough scenes from the movie that'd we'd have our own version (of at least a portion) of the movie.
I remember one of the guys was pretty upset that he drew the parking lot scene. his whole shot was an establishing shot for a house party and a car pulling up and parking, he didn't even get to be in it.
He asked the teacher if he could spice it up a bit. throw in some effects or something since he was feeling cheated. The teacher was all for that. Yes absolutely! get creative! make mistakes! Go wild! She was feeling pretty proud that her students were taking it upon themselves to challenge themselves.
Cut to monday morning and she's... pissed. Like visibly holding back anger. She gives us a 1 hour rambling lecture on film safety and public safety, common sense. Oh and don't break any fucking laws while your filming. I don't remember the details but I Do she barely stopped herself from dropping the f-bomb a couple times during that rant.
Her daughter was a friend of mine, so after some prying it was revealed that that poor teacher got a phone call late on saturday night. Two of her students had been pulled over for reckless driving at like 2am. They had flat out insisted that they were doing it as part of their homework assignment and so the cops were interested in speaking to her about it. The parents were also pissed and blaming her for it. I guess they had gone so far is threaten/frighten her with criminal negligence charges for having given them this assignment.
After some asking around I was able to get my hands on the video they'd taken. I loaded it up, and there were these two fucktards. Wearing their football equipment in their car, FILLED TO THE CEILING WITH PILLOWS, COUCH CUSHIONS AND STUFFIES! And they're racing at 100km an hour around a street corner and pulling the turn as hard as they can in an effort to FLIP THEIR CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT!
At some point they had decided that doing the special effects that they had requested be tacked onto their assignment was actually really hard. Since they had requested it, they felt they couldn't back down. Instead their master plan to ace this assignment and impress the class was to do the real thing and pass it off as special effects.
If they had just kept their mouths shut from the begining and done the original assignment, they could have just filmed their car driving up the street, pulling into the parking lot and turning off their lights. but no.
retarded-horse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:50:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This was actually the teacher's FU. Had a friend who was working in the UK as a supply teacher for kindergarten. For safety, they have the kids change into their gym clothes (this was a uniform school) in the classroom altogether. So my friend was giving them instructions to get their gym clothes, take off their pants, etc. Unfortunately, in the UK, "pants" means "underwear".
KillerWolf96 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:51:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was in High School, my English teacher told me this story.
In the writing exam, you get a bunch of assignments to choose from, you only choose one.
Some kid had done ALL of them. He had never ever encountered this before, so he phoned up the marking agency and basically asked what the hell he was meant to do, and he was told "Just grade the best one."
The one he chose as being the "best" was as follows:
"I like Satan stuff. I like Satan music and Satan movies. My friends think I'm a Satanist because I like Satan stuff. I am not a Satanist though."
britta97 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:54:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my European History course, the assignment was to do a report on any of the topics we had covered. Some examples the professor gave were Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation, etc. One student gave a spirited account of Rosa Park's busride.
inheritor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:02:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend and I found a loophole in the criteria for a physics 11 project. We had to make a projectile launcher and the teacher said the volume could not exceed 30x30x30cm, well my friend and I took that as total volume and we built a kickass air cannon that I still have. We were the talk of the school for days. With next year's class, he specified that it would have to be able to fit into a 30x30x30cm box.
Metamere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:06:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a Chinese language class in uni where the teacher gave us a set of different topics, and told us we would have to select one topic from a set of different topics to discuss during the final exam, and so we should prepare accordingly. She explained this in Chinese, as with everything, and I missed that we would be making the selection during the final exam. So, I prepared for one of the topics, instead of all eight (did she think it was my only class?). My performance on the final exam came down to luck of the draw.
I felt likeI was drawing lots for some horrible fate.Holeinmysock ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:12:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but as a student I was assigned a two page essay, double-spaced.
I had never heard "double-spaced" before. I assumed it was 2 spaces between each word. I tediously typed out a 2 page essay with 2 spaces between each word...
Despite my protest, I still got points taken off my essay for not double spacing.
my_random_thots ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:58:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For a moment, I pictured your essay the way it would have ended up had you texted using double spaces between all the words -- It. Would. Be. So. Hard. To. Read. I'm pretty sure you would have questioned your teacher's motivation (or sanity) for insisting on that format!
hayden_evans ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:16:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My stomach hurts from laughing at the stories in this thread. 10/10
Pnutt7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:19:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 1st grade we were told to right about our aunt (which I pronounced AUNT but they pronounced ANT). My family had just recently moved from Boston to North Carolina so I wasn't familiar with the southern pronunciation. I just sat their confused why everyone had pet ants to write about. They held me in class during recess, and it finally clicked when they explained to me that it's the "sister of my mom."
Gg_lolita ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:22:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student.
In my last year of high school I also took on a tafe course so I was fairly busy, and missed every Friday from school which meant I missed a 2 hour biology block.
We had an assignment where we had to keep a plant journal. Since I was away the day they assigned it I missed the details. I ended up writing a daily journal and picking flowers to write about how they made me feel about my day...
Nothing to do with the actual assignment and to this day (8 years now) I still don't know what I was meant to do.. and I still cringe about it.
The teacher was great about it tho. Very understanding and she enjoyed the creativity. She read an extract.
lazerozen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:56:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my English finals exam, we got to select a topic to write a text on. Mind you, this happened in Germany. A female friend of mine chose the subject "All men are equal", only to ramble on how men are always looking for sexual intercourse and constantly hurt your feelings. Her legacy still lives on.
Mickeymackey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:09:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In third grade my teacher took of points on my informative essay because I used the word "fridge" instead of refrigerator.
In fourth grade my teacher took off points for every time I used the word grandpa or grandma in my book report instead of grandfather or grandmother. Which was ridiculous because they were never called grandfather or grandmother by there grandkids. I got a 50 on that book report all because of that, other than that she was an awesome teacher
Arch_0 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:16:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but back in uni I did a report on something and it was completely not what was being asked of us. I put a lot of time and effort into it. My lecturer was nice about it and laughed saying it was really good but he couldn't pass me with it. He gave me a week to resubmit and I gave him a really rushed, basic report that just passed but I think he sympathised with me and didn't give me much hassle for it being so crappy after he'd seen the effort I'd put in previously.
kruel_tea ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:31:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/31ybf0/the_teacher_asked_for_a_16_line_poem_this_is_what/
KingpinCola ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:39:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Was the student, in grade school we had a short story that I really hated, but had to do some report thing on it, can't remember most of it now, other than I spent an entire page saying how awful it was compared to Godzilla and how it was really really really bad, I basically filled a booklet saying it was bad over and over and drew a picture on the front and called it a day.
Teacher literally ripped it in half and said it was crap in front of the entire class due to some issue with the class (I think a high fail rate for what was supposed to be a simple project?), despite that he was still one of my favorite teachers I ever had, something must have set him off that day considering he was probably one of the nicest teachers that have ever taught me.
More recently back in Highschool I had a hell of a time ruining everything in auto. Teacher says reinstall the ball bearings on the classes test brake assembly? Stuff them in backwards, wonder why it was so hard for me, break the ball bearings, beads everywhere, teacher staring at it scratching his head wondering how in gods name I pulled that off. Oil change? Nah, don't need to check the oil container before emptying the car out, or that after cleaning the floor not triple checking that the filter is on secure. Putting a tire given to the class on a rim? Blow it. Teacher brings in a junker for the class to mess with? Cars really shouldn't be lifted where I lifted it the first time, crisis averted by friend yelling.
I was a walking disaster in there, and I still somehow passed because I was honestly trying as hard as I could, and most of the time I was halfway competent, just stupid mistakes. Pretty much determined after all those in one year that Auto probably wasn't for me.
GoldMouseTrap ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:28:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, as the vast majority of posters here. But, we had to make a fake newspaper, with subject matter mainly relating to Somali Pirates. Well, one member of the group had the assignment to compare Somali Pirates to the way pirates are portrayed in the movies. He talked about how the pirates in movies are just actors, and how they aren't really missing legs. Of course, this dipshit also asked why the Egyptians didn't use dinosaurs to build the pyramids.
infant_hercules ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:29:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but something which happened whilst I was at school. We were in a Geography lesson and we were naming the seven natural wonders of the world as the teacher but them onto the board. Niagara Falls came onto the board and one of my friends who wont mind me saying he isn't the brightest knew the answer, he automatically threw his hand up into the air and of course the teacher chose his as he was surprised that he actually knew one of the answers.
'Go on then, Charlie. Lets hear it'
'Viagra Falls Sir, Viagra Falls!'
We still laugh about it now.
Kaaraii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:39:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember in third grade I got in trouble with my bitch of a teacher, and she told me that i had to "write out this page of the textbook" so I literally wrote down every single word on the page of the textbook. She was some pissed, but fuck lady that's what you told me to do?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:28:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
confused. What did she want you to do?
Kaaraii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:49:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
She had wanted me to do the questions on the page. I instead wrote every word and paragraph on the page onto a lined sheet of paper.
MadameHussein ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:40:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but back in primary school we had to rewrite the story of thanksgiving. Only I thought that by rewrite, the teacher meant I had to change the story. I ended up writing about a group of dinosaurs that snuck in and murdered the pilgrims. I didn't do so well in that class.
MISREADS_YOUR_POSTS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:15:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
brr that happened a lot of times
SublimeDom777 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:27:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student story here:
I majored in Digital Media, and in my 400 level photography class I was disheartened after assignment 1 didn't go well. Teacher specifically told me "I see your work and it is like you're hitting all the notes but not playing the music." Needless to say I was pissed, and a little hurt. So, being the lax student I am, I skipped a few classes to cool down about it. I kept up on the reading and everything in that time, and showed up for the Assignment 2 presentation pumped to knock it out.
"Self Photography" was the assignment and I was sure I would slam dunk it. As such, I volunteered to go first. I get 3/7 of the way through and the Professor stops me and asks, "Why are you in all of these pictures?"
I was flabbergasted. I tried to mutter out an answer, but somewhat thankfully he cut me off again and explained that "Self portraits are photos that depict the object's self"...
highdiver_2000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:09:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Lecturer: When the base emitter village reached 0.8 cold, the transistor turns on, hard.
Class breaks into laughter, except for the Lecturer.
drewgolas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:50:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was first told to "double space" my paper, I put two spaces between each word. The entire paper took so much more time to write and my teacher did not want to applaud my effort.
RandomScreenNames ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:56:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In elementary school I had my 6th grade teacher assign a paper on some book we'd been reading that needed to be double spaced. I didn't have a computer at home so I wasn't very computer savvy. I ended up heading to the computer lab and started typing up my paper, adding two spaces between each word. I turned it in and the teacher never said anything but a kid pointed out mine looked weird and told be double spaced meant, spaces between the lines. I still cringe thinking about it.
_funnyface ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:40:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but my 7th grade embarrassment. We were doing reports on vitamins and how they affect health, etc. I chose Vitamin D. I also chose to abbreviate it on the paper (and pronounce it in front of the class) as VD.
Teachergus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:53:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have another story. During the course-end test of my ESL classes, the students had to listen to a recording of a lady speaking about her books on science and metaphysics, and then answer a few questions to check their listening skills.
For the first question, they had to answer: Who is conducting the speech?
This girl's answer: 'the Physical Box'.
It ended up becoming a meme among the teachers of the school. We even made a papercraft box with the all-seeing eye on it and said it was the deity of bad test answers.
imitebatwork ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:38:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
first journalism class in college we were told to look up a story from the AP - Associated Press - read it and interpret the writing. Well I'm a music guy, I looked up the AP - Alternative Press- and critiqued a story on Senses Fail
AstronomicalArtist18 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:14:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was the story? I love senses fail
imitebatwork ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:27:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
hmm this was 2011 or so, so it was probably right around when he started speaking out on gender issues. I don't remember exactly but my best guess is it was on that. That, or it was after they released Renacer and he was saying, yeah we'll lose fans for changing our sound but idgaf im gonna do what I want.
babelincoln27 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:13:42 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: comments I shouldn't read in class
In_A_Drunken_Stupor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:12 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have standardized tests and at grade 10 there was a literacy test with a mandatory pass to graduate high school.
My friend, during the multiple choice section, interpreted the question differently. It said to answer closest to the right answer. If the multiple choice was answered A, he selected B instead. Unfortunately, he failed. He did end up graduating after retaking it.
notallwhowanderlost ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:55:14 on November 22, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
1 of my favorite responses to a quiz: Q: Besides battle, what other biggest threat killed soldiers? (The answer is disease) Students answer: "Women that will set you up"
thezizybalooba ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:53:12 on December 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but my older brother of five years was given a book report in 9th grade and the only instructions were to prove you read the book. Being the person he is, my brother sat in a room and recorded himself reading the entire book cover to cover in one sitting. Like 600 pages or something. Nevertheless 5 years later I get to the class and he gives us the project. Proceeds to tell me he doesn't want any of that bs and tells the class the whole story
gemh489 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:31:20 on December 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not an assignment, but a case study in an exam. Intro prac exam, the students had to do an intro health assessment interview - just rapport building, exploring the client's health.
This one kid comes in and sits down, and proceeds to mispronounce the condition in his case study, multiple times. Not only that, but the mispronunciation was for a different type of condition that was NOT related to the subject at all (and actually didn't exist), and it was obvious he had not been attending classes. He also did numerous other things wrong, so ended up failing. When marks were released, I received a long email from him about how I was unfair in failing him, as he was "exemplary" etc etc. I responded politely, pointing out that he had confused the actual condition in the case with another, unrelated/non-existent condition, and that he needed to consider how he might approach a similar situation in the subsequent (and more important) exam. I didn't hear from him again, but he did start turning up to classes.
At the end of the semester, the students had to address three case study scenarios and perform a specified task for each. A different marker took each case. This kid comes in, cool, calm and confident. He comes to me for his final case, and out of 100+ odd cases, happens to pull THE SAME ONE as for his first assessment with me (seriously, <1% chance!). And proceeds to make the same pronunciation error as the first time. I stopped him and asked "are you sure it is Condition X?" "yes." "You are 100% sure it is that?" "yes." "are you sure it might not be something else?" "Absolutely sure." "ok." The student acting the case knew what I was getting at, and struggled to keep a straight face.
The ACTUAL condition was Rheumatoid Arthritis. The condition the student identified it as: "Haemorrhoid Arthritis."
treatbone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:50:56 on February 13, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A bit late to the party, but here it is. When I was in kindergarten my class had a lesson on the warm and cool colours. The thing was, I had not attended that particular class, but I still had to do the assignment, which consisted of covering small pieces of paper with pastel colours and indicating whether that colour was cool or warm. Me, not knowing what was meant by 'warm' and 'cool' simply touched the coloured pages with my finger and proceeded to name them all 'cool', as they all felt relatively chilled to the touch.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:18:56 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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the_supersalad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We had a couple boys that asked "if periods are made of blood, why are they blue?"
FakeThrowaway1119 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:00:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was in the middle of my first practicum experience, it was a kindergarten class, and my professor was there evaluating me. I was already nervous about leading an English lesson on poetry and was walking my students through their 5 senses. I asked if any of them could tell me one of their 5 senses and my sweet little kindergartners all raised their hands and said nickel. I had no clue what was going on with them! Well they were learning about money and money value in math and thought I had said 5 cents, so they were right! Just not the right I wanted at the time! Lucky for me my teacher found it hilarious and had to leave the room, because she was laughing so hard!
18BPL ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:43:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite a misunderstanding, I was in a JavaScript class and we had an assignment to quite literally "Draw Something." We needed to use at least 1 each of a circle, a rectangle, and a line, 5 total shapes, and at least 3 colors. I sat around for a while wondering what to draw, when the idea pops into my head to draw a dick. Thought about it for a little while, decide, screw it, teacher can't get that pissed. To make it satisfy the 3 colors rule, I made it red, white, and blue because 'MURICA. He wasn't particularly pleased BUT I did satisfy the assignment so he had no choice but to take it. Yes, this was, of course, an all-guys school.
TL;DR: Drew a penis because 'MURICA
parker1111 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:37:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my high school european history class, we had to write a paper about Martin Luther, the protestant reformer. One of my classmates mistakenly wrote his paper about Martin Luther King JR.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like 1 out of every 2 people have done this.
fishyfriday ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:40:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
obligatory not a teacher but had a friend who was absent call me for the homework assignment. the topics were gay marriage, euthanasia or female voting. she wrote hers on youth in Asia.
macca_ttack ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:49:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but I once had to do an assignment on Ancient Roman art. Everyone else did the usual pieces of the frescoes and what-not, but I decided to base mine solely on the sexuality presented through art pieces and so added 'Pan Copulating With A She-Goat' to it. My teacher didn't know what to make of it and said it wasn't quite what he was expecting, but that it was a bloody good read nonetheless and started a good conversation amongst the other teachers, so I got a high mark.
rmurphree ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:16:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was teaching a college writing class where the students sent several weeks on a research paper, and they submitted portions of it each week. One week they were supposed to submit their references, as in the research they were referencing in the paper. One student submitted a document with her personal references, including her neighbor and pastor, with phone numbers and everything.
harishgibson ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm late to the party, but I have to share this one :) also, not a teacher myself, but my father was a professor at temple university. Anyways, when my dad assigned his class to do a report of sorts on euthanasia, he figured it would go well, no problems there. But when one student handed his report in, there was something wrong with it. Although complete, his student legitimately did his entire report on the youth in Asia, I shit you not. I don't have the specifics of the story since he told me it awhile ago, but if I remember correctly the poor kid got a zero. A for effort though
fuzzylogic_y2k ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:00:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student the single greatest assignment I ever had was a technical writing course. We were to write instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Little did we know a passing grade was determined by how edible the outcome was when the teacher attempted to follow them. Mine was the only perfect sandwich. (I have done phone support b4 so I figured I would write it like giving instructions over the phone.) Others were quite hilarious.
Pb_Blimp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:20:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but a student, almost wroute a paper on youth in Asia.
Akaze2 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:22:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this one person in my class a few years ago was assigned a presentation on euthanasia. Well presentation day rolls around and it's his turn to present. He starts presenting on the youth in Asia rather than his assigned topic of euthanasia. He didn't understand what was wrong with his presentation until our teacher spelled it out for him.
gnomes616 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:26:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mother, a public school math teacher, would assign "Alice in Wonderland" to read for her geometry class, and they would have to write a paper on it afterward.
I think it was about 7 years ago, one ESL girl wrote a paper about Allison Wonderland and her pet rabbit. It was great.
Personally, in my high school physics class, we had a question on a test about how to slow the momentum of a spaceship in a frictionless vacuum. So in my hypothetical, instead of doing all the math my teacher wanted me to do, I crashed it into a planet. Problem solved!!
chaoscrisis ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:33:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wrote a 96 page paper for a civ class in 9th grade was told to write about and discuss articles at length a minimum of 7 pages with 12 articles I took it as 7 pages for each article = 84 pages with the 12 references for a total of 96 pages he gave me a 97 because he had to read the damn thing.
ransomnator ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:35:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school physics our teacher instructed us to build a speaker from scratch so we could learn about the physics behind speakers. Everyone went out and bought magnets and coils and tried to make a speaker. The day we bring our speakers in for testing all the speakers are very quiet and sound terrible. The teacher then hooks up this one kids speaker and it startles the class because it was perfect sound and was very loud. Turns out the kid misinterpreted the project and built a speaker from off the shelf parts and he had to redo the project lol.
Fluffymufinz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:35:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My brother got pissed off at a teacher once and wrote his entire assignment backwards from bottom right to top left.
Still impressed by that. I'm not sure it is relevant but it was awesome.
BlackoutWithaHorse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:53:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school, I had a class called Death in Literature. For one of the writing assignments, I was assigned to write a paper on, what I thought the teacher said, was youth in Asia. I was not sure how that corresponded to the class, so after class I asked the teacher, what does writing a paper on kids in Asia have to do with this class? After some laughing, he informed that my actual assignment was on Euthanasia. So glad I cleared it up before writing the paper.
climb026 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:58:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you Ali G?
BlackoutWithaHorse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, although I did see that skit a few years later and had a good laugh about it. It's really easy to confuse the two!
wtrwt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:00:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine misinterpreting a question in exam. C/C++ programming was a part of our curriculum in our first year of Mechanical Engineering followed by an end semester programming exam(oral and practical). So, we take the exam,come out of the room to overhear a friend of mine wondering why the examiner asked him a bizarre question-"what is volume of prism" to which he had answered rightly as "baseXheight=0.5ach". A moment later, the examiner comes out looking for this friend of mine with a "?" appearing on his face and says how in the hell is the answer to the question "what is polymorphism" is "baseXheight"
Deadroachdancing ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:05:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Does it count if I completely misunderstood the class?
In my 9th year I saw an elective class for "forensics." I had wanted to be a Crime Scene Analyst for a while and thought "perfect! Hands on dead things." First day the teacher does a q&a. One student asks, "when are we gonna see dead bodies?" Laughter erupts... My life as I knew it was a lie!! I kept quiet out of embarrassment, and stayed the whole year. I ended up with an extra English credit so I didn't have to take British lit. My senior year so I guess that was nice.
For those who were ignorant like I once was. Forensics in terms of English is "speech and debate"
dunkonit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:25:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
In a history of opera class in college, (I took it for multiple credits- both history and music, I was not a music major,) I was assigned to write my final paper on Peter Sellars. I wrote the paper on the Pink Panther guy and how his entire career was related to Opera. Turns out there's a Peter Sellars who is an Opera director too, and the paper was supposed to be written about him. Teacher gave my an A minus, and told me how cool it was to read the paper. This was my last 2 required credits to graduate.
blondebella12 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:53:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach freshman English at a mid-level university, and we get all types. At the beginning of each course, I ask each student for a diagnostic (they don't know that's what it is) piece of writing so I can judge where a student's writing level is. The common prompt is "Explain a time you communicated well." 90% of these are motivational speeches for their sports team during a big game or a valedictorian speech.
One girl, though, didn't understand what I meant and wrote out a spaghetti recipe for two pages. And I mean literally "And then I told my boyfriend to boil the water. When the bubbles came up, I told him to shake out the pasta and measure it with his hand. Once he did that, I told him to break the pasta in half and put it in the boiling water, but to turn the water down so that it wouldn't boil over."
Needless to say, she did not pass my class.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:42:46 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, her writing might have been boring but I gave you and indication of where her abilities sit which fulfilled your need. And getting someone to complete a task can be pretty challenging. 'Communicating well' can have several interpretations.
alive12375 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:22:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher here, but a story from high school.
Our Catholic Morality teacher was assigning us papers on controversial issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, etc. A friend of mine got "euthanasia."
2 weeks later, the teacher calls my friend up to the front of the class and asks him to read his paper, titled, "Youth in Asia."
thetechkid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:36:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I want to know how this turned out.
madhousechild ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:36:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"What do I think of euthanasia? They should be in school, just like the American kids."
I remember we had an assignment to discuss proper treatments and punishments for various crimes. My friend had a great time recommending euthanasia for everything from shoplifting to prostitution.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:20:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Please.
alive12375 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:52:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The theology teacher was great about it- old, mumbling man who saw the humor in the situation. My friend earned an A on the assignment- the teacher was very logical and understood how that could have been misinterpreted.
Peruvian_Warllama ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:07:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. I remembered another one. I was in P.E. (gym class) in like 4th or 5th grade. We were being introduced to a game where you walk around the gymnasium on the outer edge holding some foam balls. In the middle of the gym there pins and when the teacher shouted "Go!" we would all roll our ball to hit down some pins. Like bowling. Anyways, during the instructions, the gym teacher said "Remember, if I shout 'Go!' -" That's when I, and I alone, rolled my ball because I heard 'Go!'. I remember hitting a pin down and exclaiming "Yeah!", I was proud and excited until I realized no one else threw their ball. I was then told by my crabby teachers to sit out for the game.
Edit: Clarified who I was
jdc4aub ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:39:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher tell us a story (I assume to be true) about how a guy at Stanford(?) came into class late and hurriedly copied down everything that was on the board, but wrote the homework assignment down wrong, and had a very hard time solving it, but did eventually. When he turned it in to the professor, he mentioned how difficult it was and the professor took a look at it. The student solved some famous equation that no one had been able to solve before and the teacher had put on the board as some example.
theknightofnee ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:20:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It was my freshman year of college, analytical and rhetorical writing, the professor had us write a research paper on the subject of euthanasia. Two weeks and 12 pages later she got a paper on the youth in Asia.
IBiteMyPhallusAtThee ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:55:58 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Whole lot of "not a teacher, but...".
the_supersalad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:19:49 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, there are a whole heck of a lot more former students out there than former or current teachers.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 01:47:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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DrLawyerson ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:06:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Teachers of reddit"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That doesn't make the steroids themselves less entertaining.
the_supersalad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Very nice. Steroids are pretty entertaining I guess...
1yawaworhtsdrawkcab ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:34:01 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once had a girl ask me for some guidance on a paper she had to write about "Youth in Asia" in her ethics class.
Sure. I worked in China a bit, I can provide some basic insights regarding working conditions of youth.
She failed.
"Euthanasia" was the assignment.
SoulofThesteppe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:56:22 on January 2, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
late response but...... da hell? how.... does she mis hear that?
SorryIAsked ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:25:25 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Euthenasia != Youth in Asia
_Aurora_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:16:10 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Also in a middle school social studies class.
The "Youth in Africa" and "Youth in Oceania" papers should have tipped that group off...
JimDixon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:09:49 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Euthenasia ~= Euthanasia
ItsMe_RhettJames ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:21:53 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To this day, I still don't remember what the actual assignment was, but I re-wrote Romeo & Juliet in its entirety as if it took place in the old west. I was so excited when I turned it in. My teacher called me up I think at the end of class or the following class and said that I didn't understand the instructions. Then I was just confused, went to lunch, ordered doubles and did the robot for my friends.
Prof_Boni ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:44:42 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In a test, students were asked to describe one important social psychology experiment. One student wrote about the "1000g obedience experiment." Took me a second to understand what he was talking about. Well, 1000g in french sounds exactly like Milgram, the guy who performed the experiment.
foreign-dude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:03:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a great case, and I wasn't the teacher; I was the student. At my sexual education class in fifth grade we were all asked to draw the human genitalia. I was a kid, so I took my teacher's words literally: "OK, kids, your assignment for next class is to DRAW a penis and a vagina". It was a weird task for me, but I did it anyway. As usual, I asked for no help toy parents or elder siblings, which is why I ended up sketching a sauce-like organ with two hairless balls in the background... As for female genitalia (I was a boy) I put the pencil on paper and then freaked out: " What the hell does that look like?!" I did no searching and thank God back then we didn't have internet access so I came up with a bunch of confusing lines with legs. Next class we, nerdy guys, we're checking up our assignments of all classes before handing them in. This friend of mine takes out her awesome drawings which included parts and functions of every organ. I got embarrassed but managed to remain calm at my stupidity: "Oh, that's what Miss X meant. Fuck." Next time, fellas, make sure your kids get their assignments right.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:13:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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xXxXhermitXxXx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher meant to draw a diagram of the reproductive system for males and females. Images that would label the parts. He took it literally and attempted to draw a penis and a vagina like you would see if someone dropped their pants
PalladiuM7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:38:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As far as homework goes, that one is just asking to go wrong.
yurieu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:53:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Guy in 7th grade made a presentation of Joe Green (Baseball player). My teacher had told us to make a presentation on Giuseppe Verdi, who had the nickname of Joe Green.
What makes this all hilarious is that we were in drama class studying opera, there was no reason we'd be talking about baseball.
Kid was fucking oblivious of all he had done too.
Rough_Cut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:55:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In 9th grade we did an assignment on animating in flash, only the teacher didn't know how to animate in flash, so I actually taught some of it. I told them to press f5 to add a new frame. One girl yelled at me because she was pressing the f key and then the 5 key and it wasn't working
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Once heard of someone that had a high school group project on euthanasia and showed up the day of the presentation with material on "youth in Asia"
PleaseDontGuess ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:10:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was a lab instructor in undergrad and taught for the computer science department which, at my school, also distributes the lab instructors for this pointless class where we teach our students how to use excel and Dreamweaver. It really is a very basic class and we have projectors to show the students step by step what to do. come the end of lab, i tell my lab to name the lab "My_Workbook1" ...when i went back to grade, some genius actually named his project "my underscore workbook1." I was not amused.
rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:18:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If you weren't amused, you're not a very good academic...
KittyCatherine11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have one student who has misinterpreted every assignment as optional. :')
bratzman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:36:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well.... Most of them are if you don't mind failure.
XDanger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:52:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In Middle School someone was assigned a project on euthanasia. Gave a presentation on youth in Asia instead. Teacher not impressed.
Chubsmagna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:02:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Asked the kid to draw a visual for the definition Tabula Rasa. He drew nothing. We laughed.Then I failed him.
Just kidding I let him slide for being clever.
Burnupforwhat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:02:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student-- in 2nd grade, we had a writing assignment that was to be double spaced. I put two spaces between every word and the teacher never corrected me.
GoodLunchHaveFries ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:14:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Literally what I thought up until about a month ago... I'm a Junior in HS.
pinktoady ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:27:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Two separate projects in one week. One a short one in class during the week requiring the student to design an experiment that tests some homeostasic mechanism to see if it is necessary for life. The idea being that if you removed part of the feedback loop you could then monitor which of your chosen organisms die. I made sure to mention multiple times over and over that it was just an experiment design and no one was to actually kill any animals (I know what my kids are like.) The second one was to be done at home and involved a model of a body system and the levels of organization for it. Ended up getting a message to call a very frantic parent in the middle of the day. The kid had told his mom that he had to go catch some frogs and then do an experiment that would kill them. He was then to dissect out the levels of organization for the muscle system. The office was rolling with laughter as they watched me try to talk this parent down.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One year of high school we had to do a speech on Gallipoli, I somehow got it in my head that we were supposed to do it as a first person recount. I left it to the last minute and wrote it up the night before. I got to school and all my friends were talking about their speeches and i asked my friend to see his. Not only was mine a poor effort in comparison but his was more like an essay detailing the key parts of the operation where as mine was more like a soldier dealing with the horror of it all. Lucky for me that friend was boss and offered me his spare speech (He was from singapore if your asking). Needless to say i read his out verbatim and got decent marks. :)
FalkenXV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't happen to me but a friend of mine saw a girl do this not understanding but blatant disregard to the objective. They had to draw a still life for class, it was of a ceramic dog and it's pretty self explanatory. She turned in a drawing of realistic dog with fur and expressions. And she got an F on it because it wasn't the assignment. And couldn't understand why as she was "better than everyone" and "the other one was boring" and "it's art school I should do what I want"
She never changed and ended up failing that class.
bumbuff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People forget to tell students that part of going to school was learning to conform (slightly) and doing what you're told so you could get a job when you were done.
thestaredcowboy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When i was in the fourth grade we had a strict no eating after snack time rule. But i had a bunch of extra cheezits left over from snack time. So, i ate them in secret, keeping the bag under my desk and slowly eating one cheezit at a time. I felt like I was in mission impossible by how careful I was being. Well, my teacher caught me and promotly said "Stop eating in class! Put that food away!" I was caught off guard and spit all the cheezit-mush in my mouth onto the ground. I wasn't the most popular kid in the class...
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:34:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck that teacher
XxAWildAbraAppearsxX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:59:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had to participate in a class debate on the topic of raising and slaughtering horses for meat. In the email I got from my prof, it said I was on the side of "Against" which I took to mean against slaughtering horses for meat. But apparently the debate title was actually "Should we NOT slaughter horses for meat?" and therefore I was FOR slaughtering horses for meat because of the double negative. Stupid way to word it imo, and basically I showed up with points prepared for my competitors' arguement, not mine.
AngriestCosmonaut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:02:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but this happened to me once. In my senior English class, we were studying 6 word stories, and we're challenged to come up with our own in a way that describes ourself. I tried to make mine pretty deep and meaningful, so it was "Waiting for something, don't know what", so describe how I felt about life. Yeah, pretty lame. Well I was asked to go first, and when I read it, everyone just looked at me kind of awkward and the teacher said "Huh, ok...", the rest of the class read theirs, which consisted of stuff like "Soccer team goalie, also really smart" and other stuff that's actually about them. Kind of embarrassing.
Dark_Jester ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:42:20 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This seems like a dumb thing to be studying.
TheDeep1985 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:24:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty late to the party but when I was about 10 years old I was in school and we were each given a topic to write on and give a presentation. Each topic was pretty political and my table was asked to write about "Keeping Animals in Zoos" as a topic. I wrote a whole presentation about how it is important to keep animals in zoos because otherwise they could hurt people and what kinds of bars and cages could be used. I totally missed the point of the exercise.
antsugi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:16:48 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Greastest as in best, or greatest as in magnitude?
I feel that your question could be misinterpreted, and I find that rather amusing
DamienJDP ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is anyone ACTUALLY a teacher on this thread?
Lockjaw7130 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:25:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Something from my own schooltime: our topic in educational science were small stories teaching morals. We studied the old, rhyming ones a lot and focused on dissonance with modern morals. As homework, we were supposed to write one of our own. Of course it didn't need to rhyme, that would have been unreasonable to expect, and it didn't need to be long.
I forgot about the assignment and had to do it in five minutes before the lesson begun. My panicked brain, only knowing half the assignment, didn't understand it didn't have to rhyme and could just be a few sentences. So I wrote a beautiful, oldschool rhyme of substantial length that taught children about giving wallets they find on the street to the police.
I was never able to replicate that, my poems are shit. My teacher was very surprised and heaped glowing praise on me for ages.
hughie-d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:16 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a teacher, but during my first semester in a Journalism degree, I started seeing this chick in the class. It was pretty cool as up till then I knew everyone I had "hooked up" with from previous social circles. Anyway, we receive our first assignment from our Mass Communications subject - The Title of which was something like "How has technology affected the industry (implying media since we are studying journalism, not a giant reach)", a title topic I thought was fairly straight forward and handy enough to research.
However, the following week I rock around to her place on campus for a snuggle the night before with the intention of dropping in my assignment the following morning and then going home for the weekend. My snuggle buddy/classmate was pretty hyped & proud about how good her assignment was and she wanted me to read it.
So I did, and the first few lines were about the development of tractors, slurry pits and fertilizer; intrigued by where this was going and how it was related to Communications Technology, I read on in earnest. After two paragraphs of farming technological breakthroughs, I glanced at the title of the essay again and it clicked. Because she came from a farming background, she assumed the "industry" meant farming and she had zero references in her assignment about the internet, radio, television etc.
Well being the kind hearted soul that I am, I told her I spotted one or two typos and it would be a good idea to let me fix them on her laptop. I basically put in a TLDR paragraph about how the media communications changed the landscape of communication (basically my conclusion paragraph), except with a line like "as we can see farming and communications have advanced side by side and many of the lessons learned from farming can applied in communications in general" and I pressed save.
The following week in class, the lecturer said that roughly 30% of the class failed, he also said that there was one lunatic in the class who tried to tie in unrelated industries to communications with incredibly tenuous links. However, he was forced to give them a pass because they at least tried to argue how they was similar. I never told her about it, but I remember her being super pissed at her passing mark.
TLDR Fling from 1st semester in Journalism degree forgets what subject she is studying. She writes 2,500 words on the technological advancements in farming instead of the development of Mass Communications technology. I add hastily written paragraph trying to demonstrate how the industries are related into the middle of her essay. She receives passing grade and doesn't know how I helped.
Peruvian_Warllama ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:55:51 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I remember one of my follies way back in the day. It was 7th grade, and my English teacher said she wanted our essay to be double-spaced. Well, this was the first time I had ever heard of double-spacing so I hit the spacebar twice in between every single word.
iamtheowlman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:15:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My cousin had a social studies class, spent weeks on a project about the daily lives of kids in China.
...the assignment was about euthanasia.
atlamarksman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/Jokes is leaking...
jflb96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:16 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but at one point in primary school my teacher decided that / means 'and'. She gave us out a written assignment to pair off and 'write the questions/answers for an interview, then carry it out.' The group interpreted as 'write the questions for an interview' because what good are just the answers outside of Mock the Week? We then had to stay behind for only doing half the work she thought that she'd set us.
thebasementdiplomat ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:33:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In that context it does mean 'and'.
jflb96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:27:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I still feel she should have used the less ambiguous '&' or even just the word 'and', rather than assuming that a group of ten-year-olds would know that.
AskingOnce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:35:00 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student once, my teacher gave three options for things to answer and said something along the lines of "answer the first one then pick your own" but I was pretty tired writing the test. Anyways, turns out I ended up writing my own version of the problem we were doing including a full solution and explanation. I didn't even realize what I'd done until I got the test back and read his comments... Something along the lines of "eh, better than most answers, 3/3". I loved that teacher.
mexicojoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I once took a Media Law class and we had a big 20 page research paper due at the end of the semester that was a large part of our grade. we also had to present it and go over it with the class.
One student wrote his about the illuminati and his presentation was pretty much just a slide show of celebrities (mostly rappers and basketball players) who he claimed were a part of it and random illuminati symbols. His presentation had absolutely nothing to do with anything we had discussed in the class and and the quality of his claims were sub-tabloid material but he presented it with enough conviction that you could tell he was serious about it.
Whenever I think about it I wish I had read his entire report.
bartonar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a friend of mine once did a "draw a labelled diagram of, and explain the function of the parts of an organ" on the Pipe Organ.
She got a better grade than I did.
logos__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:44:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't the teacher, but the student fucking up an assingment. Once, in chemistry class, we were supposed to boil water and then guide the vapor over some other substance. In the same experiment, we were also supposed to do something with isopropyl alcohol. I interpreted this as "Set a bunsen burner below the isopropyl, vaporize it, and guide it over the same substance."
Luckily the teacher stopped my setup before it burned off someone's eyebrows.
SgtSmilies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:45:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not me but my mother. One of the questions on her exam had the students define five of the 20ish terms she had down. One student defined every single one. Note that it was very clear that you should be doing only five. She barely had time to do an incomplete answer for the final question.
Still got a B- somehow.
Engineer_Outside ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:47:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to a Catholic college and everyone was required to take a class called "Biblical Traditions" about looking at the bible as a historical text. One of our assignments was to pick a symbol from a list provided by the teacher and write a 10 page essay about what it means/when its used etc. One girl picked "Yolk" for her essay. Problem was she didn't realize that the teacher meant like oxen and yolks and instead thought it was egg yolk. She found the only 2 references of eggs in the Bible and wrote her whole paper around it. Teacher gave her an F for not writing about the right symbol.... She was kind of a b****
kaikadragon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
....the kind that goes on oxen is spelled "Yoke". So either the teacher spelled it wrong, or the girl didn't even look at the spelling of the word she chose.
Kiyoko504 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:00:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher I assume, yeah there's always that one teacher, They don't quite explain but get hot headed when you fuck up and everyone else is to blame but them.
canibeapicklenow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:17 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
part of the issue may have been that oxen are yoked, and not yolked.
thehungryaZn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:54:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but the last question on an English exam was to "illustrate the meaning of the poem." Some kid drew a very elaborate picture.
PrivetKalashnikov ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The first time I was told to write a paper that was double spaced I thought she just wanted me to hit the space bar twice between each word :/
Mcv4umhf4u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Several years ago, was supervising the provincial Literacy Test at our International boarding school. One of the questions asked students to argue the merits of teaching Physical Education in school. Seemed like a pretty reasonable question to me until I heard several of our ESL students after the test discussing their arguments for why it's so useful that we teach them physics.
daniyyz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
question: What can conclusions can you draw about blah blah blah answer: student draws a picture of the end of the story.
Gleger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A buddy and I purposely did a whole project/oral presentation on Pluto the planet instead of Plato the philosopher in history class. Teachers reaction was priceless.
grassesgreener ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:00:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I teach 3rd grade, and "drawing conclusions" after reading a text is a common task. One boy must not have listened to my explanation of the instructions for his homework and drew a picture of the conclusion of the story. Took me a second to figure out the mistake, and I might have laughed a bit too hard when I did. Luckily, he was a bright kid and laughed, too, when he realized the mix up.
kryz5150 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:00:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here. Just transferred to an international school from my local high school. Teacher asks for a 5 page paper double spaced as the mid term project. I had never heard of it at the time so I thought it meant character spacing. I wrote the entire paper hitting the spacebar once inbetween letters and twice inbetween words (i didnt know about the character spacing setting in MS word either) Needless to say I learned my lesson on double spacing that day...
ryan21o ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:01 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a teacher now, but my story is from the ninth grade. We were doing vocabulary work and my English teacher wrote the list of words as "Define: Juxtaposition: Etc...."
Anyway, my friend started off by defining the word define. He didn't even get that he had some something strange. So funny.
muffintaupe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:06:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My mom is a teacher. She made up a multiple choice study guide. One kid memorized the ABCD answers of the guide rather than the content of the question, responded in the same order on the test, was confused when he failed.
MeltingDog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:13:27 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Teacher asked this kid who wasnt paying attention in class to explain what Warsaw was. He stood up in front of the class and explained what a 'morsel' was.
TadeuszofChicago ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:13:59 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The teacher once said that we could "BYOT for our in class essay"... I brought in a typewriter and proceeded to clack away for 45 minutes.
She never specified what BYOT was...so I was technically correct (the best kind of correct)
pirateninjamonkey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what BYOT is.
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bring Your Own Technology.
So you just did as told. A typewriter is technology.
Cicale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Recently told one of my 6th grade students to "paint a picture" when using details. She came in the next day with a picture she drew of her falling off the monkey bars
I_AM_NOT_A_WOMBAT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:17:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
From the other side of the desk, when I was a very young elementary school student abroad in Belgium for a semester, on the very first day I was given a math test at my host school. At least in this particular region, the handwritten (on a chalkboard - I'm ancient) number "1" very closely resembled a "7" to these young American eyes.
I got every answer wrong because - for example: 10 * 50 =/= 3500 (which is 70 * 50, as the problem appeared to me). Since I couldn't explain myself in French, all the kids and teacher thought I was a complete idiot.
I'm not really an idiot - I'm even considered pretty good at math from time to time - but ever since that trip I write my "7"'s with a line through the middle. So people in the States think I'm weird.
I feel somewhat vindicated, as the Wiki says: "[One] is sometimes written with horizontal serifs at the base; without them it can resemble the shape of the numeral 7..."
Rodry2808 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I heard a story that a mother told. Bare in mind that this happened in Argentina and we speak spanish. So the kid goes to his mother and says that he has an assignment to which he has to bring cow meat (translated: carne vacuna). Although that was a strange request, she bought a piece and the child put it in a tupper. When she took him to the school, the mother asks the teacher what did they need the meat for. And she replies, "oh no I didn't ask for cow meat (carne vacuna), I asked for th vaccine's card (carnet de vacunas).
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im a teaching assistant and recently the teacher asked the class to do a poster about themselves in English. One kid somehow completely misunderstood (even though it was explained in his native language) and submitted an A4 sketch of the Queen's face. It was the best drawing I've ever seen, so much detail that it almost looked like a black and white photo. Poor kid must have spent hours on it but the teacher had to fail him because it was completely off topic.
beadlejuice44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:27:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not really misunderstood. But when I was in 4th grade we were supposed to color a Leprechaun. I couldn't find any peach markers so I made him black
Maestrosc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:27:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Took a design class in college...
Teacher wanted us to make a sort of collage depicting an emotion. But he ran out of time as he was explaining the assignment, and as we are all walking out of class "Oh and it has to be a landscape!"
So the next meeting... he got 30+ collages that were all landscapes like of fields of flowers/tall grass... or a cemetery to denote sadness/ etc etc... and when he was like "why is everyone's collage so scenery focused?" and someone said "You said it had to be a landscape!" and his response "OH! I meant it had to be IN landscape... as in that it was oriented horizontally rather than vertically...
3xphate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Im not a teacher, but I heard that my friend got asked by a philosophy teacher about objects you see. It seemed like the teacher tried to explain and wanted the students to think in a philosofical way. He asked my friend: "when you see a white animal with 4 legs and with black spots, how do you know its a cow?" Which my friend responded with "Im not stupid I know how a cow looks like"
hazyoblivion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My students were supposed to research images related to movement, in a sign language class. I didn't think I needed to stress it was 'physical' movement, because a bunch of them brought in pictures of the civil rights movement.
RocServ15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a student- I was told to read paradise lost.
Well I read the wrong one. Lol. He read the report and asked to see me after class. It was a fun to read book about nuclear bombs going off destroying most of civilization
๐๏ธ jmjf7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:38 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Discutir โ Dibujar
brendawendygladys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure if this counts, but I had a professor tell a story about a student that typed two spaces between every word.... she thought that's what double-spaced meant.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Jesus. If you reverse the question, I was always the student who did the assignment wrong because I missed vital parts of the instructions. Or the assignment was very open ended and I took some... Artistic freedoms.
Worst ones... Hmmm. In Pre-Press(required college class for Graphic Design majors) we had to design a typography book for lyrics of a song. Awesome! I love creative assignments and I went super elaborate with it. I illustrated the whole thing, had unique styles of type, and even made it so that the song played when you opened the book. I thought I was hot shit, until I got a 40% back on the assignment. Funny thing about Pre-Press... You're supposed to write out specifications so that any printing/editing companies(or whoever is supposed to theoretically mass produce your work) can exactly reproduce the piece(in an efficient and cost effective manner). Well, I did literally none of that. I got nearly full points for every creative part of the project, but completely missed the point of the assignment.
Ah, my other favorite... In Photo 2(Color photography college class required for Graphic Design majors) I kept dosing off during the explanation of the assignment. Standing up, and all. My teacher was pretty sure I was narcoleptic. Nah, just didn't have time to sleep between work and my 18 credit semester of all student classes and a lab science. So yeah. FML. Our class is supposed to each take pictures of things, see how those images correspond compositionally, and crop them so that they fit together, forming a pleasing new composition. He literally cut a corner off of one picture, fit a second picture into that corner so that some of the imagery lined up, and glued them to a matte board. Simple right? That's what I thought. I took two rolls of films, got great focus, awesome simple curvilinear compositions going, and my white balance was beast. Cool. I hate photography so go me. I do exactly what he did. I fit two picture together, by cropping one so that their compositions fit together nicely, and seal then onto a matte board. Yay! I do that 3 more times and show up with them for the big critique where we hand them in. I get there and everyone else has these big elaborate photography compositions going on. They look great! And here I am, having exactly copied the example project the teacher made... To give a vague idea of how to begin the assignment. Pretty sure I got a C on that on. Oops. I would've had so much fun collaging them too. Shitnuggets and such.
Then there was the time I painted my assignment for drawing class...
I'm pretty shit at listening to directions. Take that teacher-oriented question!
afronaut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:42:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a group of students misread "Insects of the Desert" as "Insects of the Dessert"
Reytan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:46:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In sixth grade, a classmate responded to some kind of homework prompt which ended with the phrase "draw your conclusion," by drawing an actual picture. The teacher was really nice about it and said it was creative of him, but everyone else thought he was pretty dumb.
dstowizzle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:46:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but when I was in first grade I remember seeing something on the board that said I had to "write all the words I knew" down on for a piece of paper for hw. So I go home and write like 7 words before running out of ideas and then get up and go play outside. I go into the class the next day and I realized it was actually my first spelling test words on the board, and that I was an idiot.
roh8880 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have misunderstood so many assignments, I came here looking for my writing instructors.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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HarbingerDe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:09 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just stahp!!! Atleast 20 other people have posted their own shitty version of this.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:58:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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sanbrew ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:01:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't tell people this story.
vinegarstrokess ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:00 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We were learning how to play the recorder in fifth grade music class when one of my classmates COULD NOT get his recorder to work for two whole weeks.
Turns out he was sucking in the whole time instead of blowing in it.
Not so much a misinterpretation, but thought it was related and hilarious.
RaineDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:27 on December 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student, not the teacher. I was in high school around 2000 and a bunch of us were taking a typing class. The class was required for students in a special college prep track that let us earn college credits in a major field like Biotech or CompSci while in high school, so of course, we could all type and use a computer.
We had assignments each day, and then when we were done we could do whatever we wanted. I guess we must have been getting through the assignments too fast, because the teacher assigned us to re-type our textbook. The whole thing. It was hundreds of pages long. So we all set out typing, and a couple weeks pass with us each typing for maybe 30 minutes a day and the end is nowhere near.
Of course, all being smart kids, we realized that we could digitize the book much quicker for the teacher if we split up the book. So a couple weeks in we pass around a slip of paper, sign up for chapters and copy down everyone's email addresses. We are emailing chapters to each other and quickly compiling a digital copy of the book.
I don't remember if someone in the class turned us in, or if he somehow just found out, but I remember standing in the hallway with a group of other honor students taking responsibility for a cheating ring and asking that he please not punish everyone as it had been my idea.
He gave us a stern lecture and threatened to block all of us from joining NHS. I guess he never went through with it, because I got into NHS.
In hindsight, it's really funny, but at the time I was mortified. I somehow had totally missed that it would be considered cheating.
plokool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:53 on December 8, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In late elementary school we occasionally would have letter writing assignments with some useful theme. One I remember in 4th grade was a complaint letter to a company and I wrote about some not-so-great popcorn kernels. Then in 5th grade we had a similar assignment, but writing to the principal about problems with the school bathrooms. What the teacher didn't make clear, however, was that these were supposed to be real problems with the bathroom. So I, of course, started making stuff up. There were some truths, like the heater/vent/whatever that had a big hole in it and people stuffed it with paper towels. But then I started talking about how there was broken glass all over the floor and toilets that would back up while you were sitting on them and launch you into the air. Fortunately, I wasn't the only one who made this mistake and some of the other stories were wilder than mine. I remember one kid had said there was a wall where people wrote threats to each other. I think it was mostly the boys who did this and the teacher (a woman) got freaked out by it and asked us if what we wrote was true.
Diversus_Conner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:53:28 on March 30, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So we did a project where we chose an event to research from the song, We didn't start the Fire- Billy Joel. I chose JFK Blown Away... I did an entire project (8th Grade) about the Sex Scandal between JFK and Marilyn Monroe. My teacher wasn't happy. My class thought it was golden.
NSA_Chatbot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:54:57 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Here's why I'm an engineer and not a doctor:
I was in my first year, and I was taking a full course load. Chemistry, physics, biology, math, etc. In Chemistry and Physics we had weekly labs, with reports, and in the "Procedures" section we just wrote, literally, "refer to lab manual".
In Biology, there was a lab worth 30% of our grade. I wasn't sure how to write up the lab report, so I asked the professor. She told me "just refer to the lab manual". I got a 0, and when I tried to explain neither she nor the dean listened to my explanation. I did not get a high enough mark to pass the course.
Well, maybe I would have failed some other course, but that's what got me out of the biology field.
Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
bratzman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:09:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I am so tarnished from the billions of rickrolls, that I am actually disappointed that that was actually wonderwall.
NSA_Chatbot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:24:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I wouldn't let you down.
IrishEv ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:52:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In high school we had to doe a senior inquire to graduate. It was a 15 page paper about any topic. A friend of mine tried to convince the teacher to let him do it on why magikarp turns into Gyarados. The look she gave him was a mix of destain and exhaustion
Srivera37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not, a teacher but I had a religion teacher who would always reference an essay that he made his seniors write about Euthanasia but received an essay on youth in Asia.
New profile and new to Reddit . Please take it easy on me, don't know the format or anything.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:55 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
its okay, the post is written like you've been on reddit a year or two
sebtheweb29 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:42:01 on April 14, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I WILL NOT TAKE IT EASY ON YOU
Charak-V ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Student here, not teacher, since I'm hard of hearing I made some typical mishaps:
Plo-124 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:27:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This wont get much attention but,
Our school was trialling an online test, where every person had their own account premade.
The teacher wrote on the board "Username: JohnSmith2015" since nobody has been on this test before, and I was the only one smart enough to replace "JohnSmith" with my real name.
1337_IT ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:29:18 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/Iamverysmart
markovitch1928 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:34:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my father was an officer in the military. In the 1970s the British built a supply camp in the Gulf and he was in charge of this place. One day there was a panic in the canteen (mess). One of the cooks had told a new kitchen hand to go put marmalade on the tables for breakfast. So the guy not understanding had spread several huge tubs of marmalade all over the tables
Louiecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:05 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The stories are all gold.
SweetCatto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:05:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hold on..!! loll
cheque-mate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:33:28 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Had a girl that confused double line spacing with double word spacing. That's right, she literally hit space bar twice between every single word in this entire report.
AssholeBot9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:47:20 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That moment you realize that reddit autocorrects your double spaces.
HomemadeBananas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:50:30 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's just that HTML ignores extra whitespace, and Reddit isn't converting the space characters into
AssholeBot9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:56:44 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah.
dkl415 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:35:09 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
10th grade World History class. I assign an essay and tell the class it has to be double spaced so I can more easily write comments as feedback.
Student turns in an essay that's single spaced. I accept it anyway, because I'm just glad he did it. I ask him why he didn't double space it. He says he did, and it took him forever. I look at it again, and realize he hit the space bar twice instead of once. It took him HOURS just to do that part.
PenemueTheWatcher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:32:32 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I usually walk my students through the instructions and take questions/clarify. Sometimes kids miss the boat, but it's very rare.
Sorry, my answer is super-boring (but responsible of me). :)
John_Fx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:43 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Never should have told my class of Mexican students to write an essay....
ayitsnick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
from personal experience. in college we had 2 months to write a 20 page thesis on Ralph Ellison's "invisible man." I wrote it on HG Wells, "The invisible Man." I pretended to have a learning disability and made it out okay.
NBThunderbolt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:54:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but in 8th grade, we were supposed to make a project that explored different regions of the world. Didn;t matter what, but it had to be informational. I got really excited and made my project a board game based on my favorite anime at the time, Inuyasha.
The game involved characters going to different regions of the world, battling monsters which earned you points that you needed to win the game. The whole thing was super elaborate. Each character had their own unique deck of attack cards that you drew at random. Late in the project-- late the night before the assignment was due, my dad found me upset because I had so many cards to cut apart. My dad took a look at my assignment, saw it had very little to do with learning and had much more to do with battling and bassically yelled at me until I was crying and making a new game from scratch that was a half assed-dumb downed version of the game I had been working on for a good month. The game used Inuyasha characters going to different regions and randomly drawing cards that were facts about the different regions.
I obviously missed the point of the assignment and when it was all said and done, I had a D+. I had gotten really involved and worked really hard on a thing and then I had to scrap it at the last minute. School... school was all downhill after that...
NBThunderbolt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:19 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Not a teacher, but...
rurounijosie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:15:50 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but I remember my friend failing his Ceasar Chavez assignment because he did it on Julio Ceasar Chavez the boxer.
tardis1217 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: No teachers
pumpinpat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:52 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in college my first day in some marketing class the teacher tells us to "draw our brain" obviously some dude draws his actual brain.
He was the first to present and I swear this dude did such a good job presenting he made the entire class second guess the abstract nature of the assignment.
travisdy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:41:22 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In most of my classes I assign a "Reaction Paper." I have a set of assignment instructions that is very specific including a tailored list of videos, podcasts, etc that students are supposed to be "reacting" to.
Every semester I have at least one person who doesn't read the instructions and writes about random stuff. Sometimes it's the book chapter we are covering. The weirdest one was when a student watched a YouTube video I made then clicked on one of YouTube's suggestions that appeared on the page after my video. The video they wrote their paper on? A preacher giving a sermon.
Just in case I didn't make it clear enough, there was no connection whatsoever between class content and that video...
MilleniumHandAndShri ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:53 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I like how OP asks for input from the "teachers of Reddit" and a whole bunch of "Not a teacher" responses show up.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:16:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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rabbittexpress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:45:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like the very end of Catch-22...
coreanavenger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:18:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haven't we already seen these "misinterpretations" on Facebook already?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:33 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:37 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
someone needs to learn the "Find and Replace" command...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:06 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/Wn2DNAy.jpg
oerdal123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: "Not a teacher, but..."
Darce-vader ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:10 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kevvvvvin <3
borderlinedo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:32:04 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Student here. Grade 1 teacher told us in exam; if you write only answers and not questions , I'll give you full marks (some strictness was enforced to write whole question and then answer). My fucked up brains interpreted it as, if you write only questions I'll give you full marks.
Well, I didn't get why dad was trying to hide his laugh while I was telling him what I interpreted was is what teacher said.. I got a big fat zero.
TheCount913 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:31 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"Work with a partner" turns into an absolute free-for-all
melanga ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:15:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some students have long-been stereotyped for not paying attention in class and of being serial day dreamers during times when they should be sponges, taking in as much of the teacherโs knowledge as possible. Sometimes this is the case,
bitten_kitten ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 03:25:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One student chose euthanasia as a project topic ... and turned in a project about Asian children.
kpatable ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:32:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
omggggggggg that is hilarious
Madlibsluver ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:52:57 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had one professor who would assign us an assignment in our textbook for Psychology.
We would do the assignment just like the book said. I think everyone would turn in basically the same stuff.
Every single class, he'd tell us we all did it wrong, why couldn't we understand it?
And then, and only then, would he teach us on the subject.
And then make us do it again.
Vornswarm ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:31:34 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
OOh finally!
Ok, so in my high-school we were talking about euthanasia (the process of killing someone else to alleviate pain) in my philosophy class. However, we only briefly discussed it near the end of class, a sort of "think about it tonight, write a paper about if you are for or against euthanasia and we'll discus it in class tomorrow".
Well I fully support the youth in Asia and I was completely confused as to why I had to write a two page paper about the youth in Asia. On top of that I was significantly confused with why anyone would be against the youths that are in Asia.
Mage_of_Shadows ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:27:02 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a teacher who got an assignment about Indians when he was younger....He wrote about American Indians instead of the Indian Indians
kirkwilcox ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:42:35 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but a student who misinterpreted. When I was in sixth grade, my dad took us out of school for a week to go on vacation. Had to write a six page paper when I returned, and the rubric stated that it needed to be double-spaced. I assumed that meant hitting the space bar twice between every word. C+ paper ended up being a D+ as a result.
aussiesurvivor ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:39:11 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a student but in high school we had to do a senior phys ed assignment on ergogenic aids in sport. A quick google would have avoided this issue yet one student turned up with a very impressive report on AIDS and why they have an unfair advantage in sport. He failed. Edit:words
nrw28 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:13:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I knew a kid in high school who had to do a project on a sensitive topic. While his presentation wasn't what anyone was expecting, he did do a good job talking about Youth in Asia.
-Fyrebrand ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:17:36 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
One time we did this weird imagination exercise that I guess was secretly a BS pop psychology session. The teacher read aloud to the class, telling us about vague situations and asking us to fill in the particulars ourselves. It was basically like "Imagine you are in a forest. Describe what you see. You follow a path through the woods. How do you feel. You come upon a house. Describe it." That sort of crap.
At one point, we were supposed to encounter an animal of some kind in the forest. The teacher asked me what animal I saw. I said it was a badger. There was no reason behind it, I just figured it was an animal that would live in the woods. But when I told her, she says in front of the class: "Oh" -- then checks her notes for a moment -- "Do you hate yourself?"
Awkward silence, then... "Uh, no?"
"Oh. Okay then."
Granted, the more I think back about my experiences with this teacher, she was pretty flakey and probably getting senile. Or this was some baloney personality quiz she saw on Oprah. I just remember that this was the teacher who showed us the movie "Gandhi" and insisted he was played by Kevin Costner. Or used the classroom as her own personal soapbox where she'd read us Leonard Cohen lyrics over and over, just because she thought they were cool.
justpeachy13 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:11:54 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was the student in this case. Teacher said I missed the point of the paper entirely but it was such a damn good paper he gave me full credit.
bLaDzErOx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:20:47 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What was it supposed to be about and what did you write about?
justpeachy13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:54:30 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that was why I messed up. His directions were unclear. I was the only one who got a high grade. The rest of the class bombed. I ended up taking the instructions as best I could and made the rest up. It was a music theory class.
Dark_Jester ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:32:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like you missed the point of this AskReddit post too.
justpeachy13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Eh well I didn't see the "students of Reddit" version. My teacher died last year so...
Lokimonoxide ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:50:26 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Our teacher made us do a paper on euthanasia in grade 8. He said our opinion didn't matter so don't say "I think XXXXXX." I didn't get it so I kept writing "People like me think, people like me believe for the entire 3 pages.
Oops.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:26:15 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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jesonnier ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:28:12 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Would you care to tell us what that means, exactly?
Milkdew ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:47:03 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
7777th comment.
Habsfan97 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 22:21:27 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher but my friend missed a class so he didn't have the explanation for the assignment. Our essay was supposed to be about euthanasia he wrote it about youth in Asiaโฆ needless to say he failed
bebarce ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:34 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Kid in my wifes sociology (if i remember correctly) class did a report on "Youth in Asia"
plz_dont_b_weird ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:56 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Topic was euthanasia...guy talked about youths in asia
Caithloki ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:03:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teach, but this is my misinterpeted assignment, euthanasia in law class, I thought we were doing a project on youth in asia... not my proudest moment in school...
cadetcomet ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:39 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ok so, Ive do some vollenteer wrok and I was working with a guy that orginizes vollenteer projocts for groups and schools and stuff. Well for the schools he also has to make it sort of a learning experiance and he had the kids draw pictures of other orginizationns or things that they would like to help out when they get older. One child drew a globe with lots of diffrent kids on it with the words "I Support Youth In Asia"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:53:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Let me guess... English is not your first language, is it?
Rocinante90 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 02:56:25 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My philosophy professor once told me that he had a student one year who rarely showed up to class. One of the few times he did, he found out he had a paper due in a week on the ethics of euthanasia. He showed up to class a week later with a paper on youth in Asia.
HarbingerDe ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:03:24 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen this 12 times now.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:50:21 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Selphicyde ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 01:29:07 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
one time in elementary school my teacher was being this dumb cunt and was all "today we are gonna be learning how to draw conclusions" and me being the dumb shit i am/was i got all my FUCKING ART SUPPLIES OUT OF MY BAG AND SPREAD THEM OUT ON MY DESK WITH A BIG FUCKING SMILE ON MY FACE BECAUSE I FUCKING LOVE TO FUCKING DRAW. and she told me that this was a writing assignment and thats when i discovered cocaine
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 00:46:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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AsylumKing ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:00:28 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Somebody's read David Sedaris...
Charlie24601 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:01:43 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Turtle hats
chillin-inthe-tardis ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:41 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
when my teacher told us to double space an essay, my friend went back through her essay and put two spaces between every word
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:45 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:55:46 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
wat
helplinux240 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 21:57:22 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
When our teacher told the class point to your favorite body part
[deleted] ยท -42 points ยท Posted at 18:43:32 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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SkrublordPrime ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 22:15:14 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gee, thanks for telling me.
HeyBossBehindMe ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 00:30:40 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In college I took a class called "Death as a Fact of Life", with a professor nicknamed Easy A Gray. The class was assigned an essay topic about our opinions on euthanasia. One kid after receiving his test score back angrily went up to the professor for an explanation of his F. He shamefully admitted that he wrote the essay on "Youth in Asia".
nimbusspell83 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 00:32:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My best friend's dad had an assignment in high school to write a report on "youth in Asia." The topic was actually "euthanasia." After the teacher was done laughing he still had to rewrite it.
AS0206RK ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 00:54:18 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm not a teacher. Once our English teacher told us that the essay has to be double spaced. He painted at a student that he's not using double space and told him to do so. He looked at my paper, I was getting excited that I'm using double space (pressing spacebar two times after every word), he didn't correct me. I don't know why? Later on, I figured out that I had leave a blank space in between every sentence.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:34:29 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was asked to do a project on euthanasia in junior high.
Did a project on youth in Asia....
Violettemei ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 22:16:19 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not a teacher, but my first year at community college, in comp class, our first essay was supposed to be a narrative essay, which means tell a story. On guy wrote an essay about a story, and basically did a simple research paper about the different versions of Red Riding Hood through the ages. It was a pretty decent paper, but the old versions are kinda gruesome (murder and/or rape) so it wasn't exactly something I wanted to hear read aloud in class
SomeKindOfBirdman ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 01:11:44 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Senior year English, we had to do a debate on a topic that my teacher gave us. He split us up into "for" and "against" sides and gave each group their topic. He gave one group the topic of "euthanasia" and told us about how one year, he gave out that topic and the "for" group prepared an argument supporting child/adolescent development in Asia.
He thought he was kidding. He wasn't.
JordanHillAMA ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 22:55:13 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
masturbation class.
told us to masturbate, and I did it mentally
zakattack66 ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 22:02:46 on November 16, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: students fucking up.
WavesRKewl ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:04:58 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, the irony.
zakattack66 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:13 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I really don't get the downvotes. Most of these answers are from students.... Not teachers.
WavesRKewl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:14 on November 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Your original comment doesn't clarify that, it just says students fucking up, which is the whole point of the thread. You should have said ITT: Students, not teachers, or something.