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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 8:14:27 GMT -5
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Post by sgtmajor on Dec 16, 2014 10:04:50 GMT -5
Those were great!!! I too chuckled out loud a few times. (smile)
Cheers,
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Post by bhk on Dec 16, 2014 14:35:19 GMT -5
The majority of those kids will grow up to be smart-arses like us!  |
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Post by sgtmajor on Dec 16, 2014 15:32:10 GMT -5
The majority of those kids will grow up to be smart-arses like us! One can only hope. Cheers, |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 7:26:09 GMT -5
I'm sure they'll be OK. Probably some of tomorrow's creative geniuses among that lot  Roegr |
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Post by stewstewart on Dec 18, 2014 20:16:30 GMT -5
When I retired from the Air Force I returned to teaching the Sciences - beginning with Middle Schoolers. I really would have given half credit for a few (very few, but a few) of these.
Over thinking was the time I tried to give every student at least one correct answer on a midterm. The Question: "Mark C on your answer sheet."
About half of the students got it wrong - many of them the brighter students.
When I asked - hopefully not showing too much frustration - how they got it wrong there was a long silence, then one of those brighter kids blurted out "We thought it was a trick question!"
I had been away from teaching over 20 years and it took me a while to get back into the groove...
Stew
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 8:52:49 GMT -5
That's interesting Stew. I also became a college lecturer in my later years ranging from trying to help the dead-beat unemployed in subjects like maths and computer studies, right up to marketing and general management for post-grads. I found that teaching many of the former was incredibly satisfying as they discovered talents that they didn't know they had that had never been uncovered while they were in formal education, and also the latter, who were committed to improving themselves and furthering their careers and so put in tons of effort. The worst group were younger people recently out of education and newly employed who had maybe been encouraged to take up the courses by their employers. I found many of them to have an over-developed sense of self-entitlement and a view that 'self-expression' was more important than demonstrating genuine knowledge of their subject, which required effort for them to acquire. It was the latter group who eventually persuaded me to pursue other avenues because what I was earning didn't justify the hours of preparation needed and the hassle on top just didn't make it worth it.
Be interested to hear about your experiences.
Roger
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