When I went through schooling in the UK, I never cared about my grades. Like, at all. I left with pretty shitty grades, and it never held me back in the slightest in work life.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
Kevin - Mar 12, 2008 8:35:07 am PDT #317 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Jackal - Mar 12, 2008 11:08:35 am PDT #318 of 4535
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
I have an education related thing. And it's thread relevant. I'm very pleased by this.
A few weeks ago as part of my non-teaching job, I was asked to teach a lesson about Drive to a bunch of 17 year olds. Today the essays came in. Choice quotes of greatness:
"Drive was made by Fox however as it had a cast of unknowns it was not made by a big company."
"Both sexes are used so it is multiracial."
"At the beginning there is a montage of black and white pictures in sepia." "It could be classed as a TV drama because it's on TV and is a drama, but this would be a bit vague but overtly this is true."
From this I deduce that I rock as a teacher.
Kevin - Mar 12, 2008 11:11:56 am PDT #319 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Those are brilliant. It's like something people would say on Extras.
Pix - Mar 12, 2008 8:38:00 pm PDT #320 of 4535
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Oh Jackal! I feel your pain. Did you see my gem from a few months ago?
When asked about her grammatical ability, one of my students wrote the following: ”I am very good on grammatical concepts. I spent years learning it, so it enjoys me to use it in my writing.”
Not sure whether to laugh or cry, I shared this gem with one of my colleagues. He emailed back a single line. It read, “That was the most funingly thing I have been reading since three or more days from then.”
So no worries. We both rock.
Jackal - Mar 13, 2008 2:37:01 am PDT #321 of 4535
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
On the plus side, at least your student has confidence in their ability or lack thereof.
Theresa - Mar 13, 2008 4:26:58 am PDT #322 of 4535
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
When asked about her grammatical ability, one of my students wrote the following: ”I am very good on grammatical concepts. I spent years learning it, so it enjoys me to use it in my writing.”
Is the girl's last name Smeagol?
WindSparrow - Mar 13, 2008 8:19:47 am PDT #323 of 4535
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
”I am very good on grammatical concepts. I spent years learning it, so it enjoys me to use it in my writing.”
There was a time in my life that I could have written this sentence purposefully, with tongue firmly planted in cheek. And gotten away with it. Had a teacher offer us extra credit for memorizing Hamlet's "To Be or Not To Be" soliloquy overnight. When it was my turn to recite, I came out with "Jabberwocky", got a few laughs, and the points. Still had to have the soliloquy down pat for the exam the next week, though.
Pix - Mar 13, 2008 10:21:16 am PDT #324 of 4535
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
On the plus side, at least your student has confidence in their ability or lack thereof.
Her confidence is the freakiest part!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 13, 2008 10:37:40 am PDT #325 of 4535
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Who did that study that showed incompetent people are more confident of their capabilities than people who can actually do the tasks correctly?
Jessica - Mar 13, 2008 10:38:41 am PDT #326 of 4535
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset