Student Response Gold
My favorite thing about teaching has to be interacting with the students. Every period provides some kind of comic gold. Today, the students were in top form. Here are just a few of the things that made me chuckle today. Student: You know who you remind me of when you wear your glasses? Me: Who? Student: Taylor Swift (One look at my profile picture reveals why I find this humorous) Student: (To the special ed. teacher) I’m going to need you to turn around, ok? Special Ed. Teacher: Why? Student: I have to scratch in my nether region. (Granted, he usually doesn’t ask before he does this, so we’re making progress.) Student: So, to get four sections, we fold the paper in half and then in half again? (Not to mention that he’s actually folding it as he’s asking me) The assignment today was to choose 4 of the characteristics of life and draw out examples for them. I made a point that all drawings should be appropriate for school, especially for reproduction. Student: (For the characteristic “Responds to Stimuli”) Would it be inappropriate for me to draw someone with their eyes burned out because they looked directly at the sun? And from the same student later on, still trying to figure out something for Stimuli Student: You know, this one reminds me of my mother and uncle… and their feud. Me: Ok… how? Student: Well my mother hits my uncle with (some sort of electrical something) and then he attacks her back. Me: Well, that’s certainly a response to a stimulus, but I don’t think you should draw that. I’ve also been grading some of the lab reports that they have turned in. One of my favorite answers has been this (and I’m paraphrasing): -The error for this lab comes from human error because humans make mistakes and mess up on things and there’s nothing you can do about it because nobodies perfect and you just have to live with it and do the best you can do. I’m exhausted.
