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« Reply #195 on: September 07, 2008, 07:50:13 PM » |
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Ah, I have one:
Student 1: "That really pissed me off, that stuff."
Student 2: "Why, man?"
Student 1: "Because when you're old, you're like, old! This middle aged crap is stupid."
Student 2: "Dude, what are you talkin' about?"
Student 1: "Chaucer, man! She said he's not an "old" English guy! That is so totally bogus!"
Student 2: "Nobody says 'bogus,' dude."
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« Reply #196 on: September 08, 2008, 01:08:28 AM » |
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Not overheard, but told to me by a student the other day at the end of a class: "Wow, this class doesn't suck as much as I thought it would."
My response: "Ummm, okay, I guess I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks."
I got that too! I was teaching the Enlightenment, and my student said, "Wow - this isn't nearly as boring as I was afraid it'd be." I just laughed and didn't tell her that I'd been afraid of exactly the same thing. I had something similar a couple of years ago. It was an email from a student thanking me for teaching the class. It said something to the effect of "I learned more than I expected and enjoyed the class more than I expected I would." It came from a student who needed a three-credit science course to graduate and made it very clear to me and all of her classmates that she was shooting for a D-. She overshot and got a D+. |
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« Reply #197 on: September 08, 2008, 09:30:11 AM » |
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Not overheard, but told to me by a student the other day at the end of a class: "Wow, this class doesn't suck as much as I thought it would."
My response: "Ummm, okay, I guess I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks."
I got that too! I was teaching the Enlightenment, and my student said, "Wow - this isn't nearly as boring as I was afraid it'd be." I just laughed and didn't tell her that I'd been afraid of exactly the same thing. I had something similar a couple of years ago. It was an email from a student thanking me for teaching the class. It said something to the effect of "I learned more than I expected and enjoyed the class more than I expected I would." It came from a student who needed a three-credit science course to graduate and made it very clear to me and all of her classmates that she was shooting for a D-. She overshot and got a D+. You have to watch those ambitious types. |
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Because, you know, that stuff on the syllabus is like, in writing, and there are so many ways you can, like, read that, but when the guys who sit by you in class, like, you know, must know what's really going on, right? -- AmLitHist, channelling student
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« Reply #198 on: September 08, 2008, 10:04:42 AM » |
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Tail end of conversation between two girls:
Girl 1: ...maybe you should crack a window or something, you know, let some air in
Girl 2: Well, it wouldn't be a bad thing if she dies...
Girl 1: Hahaha, true!
Not sure if I want to know what they were talking about...
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« Reply #199 on: September 09, 2008, 10:44:07 AM » |
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Overheard walking behind two students:
Student 1: Was [class I teach] easy?
Student 2: "Yeah, it was pretty easy once I started paying attention."
Student 2 pulled a D after a midsemester grade around 40%.
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« Reply #200 on: September 09, 2008, 10:47:26 AM » |
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Girlfriend: "That course seems really hard. A lot of readings."
Boyfriend: "I'm not doing any reading this year. I'm turning over a new leaf."
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« Reply #201 on: September 09, 2008, 10:35:22 PM » |
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Girlfriend: "That course seems really hard. A lot of readings."
Boyfriend: "I'm not doing any reading this year. I'm turning over a new leaf."
Apparently, that leaf is going to come on a Big Mac with extra cheese. |
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« Reply #202 on: September 10, 2008, 07:27:15 PM » |
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One told me after class the other day:
"Gosh, this class doesn't suck near as bad as I thought it was going to!"
I wasn't sure whether I should smile and thank her or smack her in the mouth. I just gave a Scooby Doo look and nodded. D'oh.
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Hell is other people at breakfast.
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« Reply #203 on: September 10, 2008, 07:42:13 PM » |
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It wasn't this year but I still like talking about it. Student on day one tells a couple of sorority sisters: "This (intro) class isn't that hard; I've taken it a couple of times before."
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« Reply #204 on: September 13, 2008, 02:28:06 PM » |
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Student on cell phone: "No, no! The Dalai Lama and Dolly Parton are two different people!"
Of course, it's good that the student knew this, but I'm not sure that I want to know why the person she was talking to didn't.
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« Reply #205 on: September 13, 2008, 04:49:03 PM » |
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Student on cell phone: "No, no! The Dalai Lama and Dolly Parton are two different people!"
Of course, it's good that the student knew this, but I'm not sure that I want to know why the person she was talking to didn't.
Maybe her friend was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |
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« Reply #206 on: September 13, 2008, 08:39:29 PM » |
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While I was in the coffee shop fixing my tea, I overheard two young men behind me having this conversation:
Student 1: I'm like, so burned out with everyone asking me for training advice. They're all like "Dude, you're so CUT. You gotta help me. I'm mean your so RIPPED. You gotta show me how you polish your gut."
Student 2: I know, like all the guys on my floor want me to map out how many squats, how many lifts, how many reps. It's like, can't you work that out for yourself?
After I finished fixing my tea I turned around and saw the speakers, who are the two skinniest bean poles I have ever seen in my life.
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How many of your grandmothers still are living, and how is their health?
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« Reply #207 on: September 13, 2008, 09:15:53 PM » |
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Overheard in the stairwell yesterday, "My brain, my brain! This is hurting my brain!"
I looked at him, but since no one was swinging heavy objects, I must conclude that the copy of Finnegan's Wake clutched in both hands was the source of the pain.
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« Reply #208 on: September 13, 2008, 11:48:35 PM » |
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Boyfriend: "I'm not doing any reading this year. I'm turning over a new leaf." Jeez, why do they even bother with college? |
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What about all them other professors – ain’t they your kin? Good God, no. I loathe them and they loathe me. – Sunset Limited
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teaching science to the masses one person at a time
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« Reply #209 on: September 13, 2008, 11:51:43 PM » |
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Boyfriend: "I'm not doing any reading this year. I'm turning over a new leaf." Jeez, why do they even bother with college? Chicks? |
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It is only a match if you shout back. Otherwise it is your colleague acting like a lunatic.
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