Go back in time and stop sucking?
Exactly!
I would not be able to not laugh in their faces. And that's just one of the reasons I knew teaching was not for me.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
lisah - Apr 10, 2008 7:43:05 am PDT #3997 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Hil R. - Apr 10, 2008 7:43:18 am PDT #3998 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Be more realistic in your self-perception.
It took every ounce of self-control I posess to not respond with something like this.
Miracleman - Apr 10, 2008 7:44:02 am PDT #3999 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
It took every ounce of self-control I posess to not respond with something like this.
And we applaud you for it.
Even as we secretly wish you had said it.
Hil R. - Apr 10, 2008 7:44:02 am PDT #4000 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The thing is, this is far from the first time I've had this conversation. Generally, at least one or two students per semester.
Miracleman - Apr 10, 2008 7:45:08 am PDT #4001 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Just for kicks I sometimes wish I could go back to school so I could say
"What can you do if you're getting an A, but you know damn sure you're not an A student?"
Sparky1 - Apr 10, 2008 7:48:48 am PDT #4002 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I get that argument a lot from students -- that they're better than I'm grading them. I shake my wee fists of blame at the education system that inflates grades to make parents happy. When they arrive in law school it's probably true that none of them have ever been anything but top 10% of their classes in high school and college, and I try to patiently explain that the math is now against 90% of them remaining in the top 10%. The student in front of me always thinks it should be someone else, and I end up repeating that I'm the one who read all the papers.
The weather on the outer banks has finally improved, after days of rain and cold winds. We're headed out to Jockey's Ridge so my DH can try to fly and my puppy can try to eat the beach.
Jessica - Apr 10, 2008 7:49:00 am PDT #4003 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, what can we do if we're getting a D, but we don't think we're D students?
Point them towards this study.
Hil R. - Apr 10, 2008 7:50:53 am PDT #4004 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, their midterm pretty obviously separated the people who understand the material from the people who didn't -- 20 people got 75 or higher, 9 people got 66 or lower, and nobody got between 66 and 75.
Lee - Apr 10, 2008 7:54:37 am PDT #4005 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
During law school I got to listen to one of the other students in the advanced wills and trust class explain very earnestly to the professor that she really should be gearing her grading towards the lowest common denominator instead of the people who were doing really well in her class.
Sparky1 - Apr 10, 2008 7:58:14 am PDT #4006 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Law students make some really terrible arguments for people who are supposed be advocates.