Friday, November 07, 2008

In my class on Wednesday, I passed back some assignments I'd graded, and then I fielded some questions from a student about her grade.

Student: Why did I get marked down right here? (pointing to a clearly wrong answer with the correct answer written beside it in my handwriting with a different color pen)
Me: Umm ... because your answer was wrong.
Student: But that girl got it right. (pointing to no one, as everyone else had gone home by then)
Me: She had this exact answer? (pointing to the answer that she'd written and I'd crossed off)
Student: No. She had this. (pointing the correct answer, written in my handwriting in a different color pen beside her answer, which was was crossed off)
Me: Umm ... I wrote that.
Student: Oh ... Well, then why did I get this one wrong? (pointing to the next question, where I'd again crossed off her answer and written the correct one beside it)

Not everyone should go to college.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:46 AM

    Unbelievable!! She thought she could get credit for YOUR answer! Maybe she was just looking for an excuse to engage you in conversation! She DOES realize you're married? Your Mother-in-Law

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  2. Anonymous1:27 PM

    I think the short-bus bus driver made a wrong turn that day.

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  3. Anonymous6:00 AM

    Maybe she was trying to psych you out.
    PSYCH!
    Love, Mom

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  4. Oh my goodness!! That same scenario happened to me with a freshman!! I can't believe she made it to college...

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