Organic Mama
April 5, 2007 at 7:25 pm
I’m so pleased that you won’t have to deal with him again this semester. No doubt you will encounter other challenging students, but at least this pain in the ass will be in someone else’s class. Best, not in MY class either. I’m giving props to Joe for handling this deftly – he’s quite a decent administrator and I look forward to interacting with him (and I am more likely to, given your positive experience) on student matters this semester.
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mrschili
April 4, 2007 at 6:22 am
Bowyer, you hit on my ONLY concern for having the kid again. Toward the end of last term, I heard him complaining to Tad – the other Bozo Twin and Dave’s nearly constant companion – that it didn’t matter what he did, I was going to “screw” him out of a good grade. The fact that I can’t grade what he doesn’t hand in never seemed to occur to the boy.
It will be interesting to me to see what the other English teacher’s experience will be with the kid, and whether or not he passes someone else’s class (though I suspect he won’t. I also heard him boasting that he’s not passed an English class since the seventh grade, so he’s got a record to maintain). This will be his third try at a passing grade in public speaking – he’s already failed out of my class, and Joe’s before me. I’ll keep an eye out and report when I have something to tell you all.
Janeri, never apologize for going off-topic when it’s fun (geeky) interesting stuff you’re talking about. I’m fascinated by the little variations that English presents in different popluations (and generations). For example, we here in New England use the word wicked as an adjective of emphasis; that was wicked coolor I’m wicked tired. As far as I can tell, very few people outside of this geographic region use that word in that way.
My students informed me, last term, that I should stop using the world tapped to mean volunteered or called upon – I was tapped to participate in the curriculum committee this term – because, in their parlance, tapped means sexual intercourse, as in Itapped my boyfriend in the back seat of the car last night.
I watch Nigella Lawson on the Food Network, and I’m starting to pick up little Brittish-isms from her. An amount of indeterminate size, for example, is a wodge (you’ll need a good wodge of butter), and tossing something in without having to be careful about it is bunging (bung in the strawberries at the end, and Bob’s your uncle!).
I love it!
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