tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916906.post113711993899195381..comments2023-11-05T03:30:52.349-06:00Comments on Ramblin' Educat: Crediteducathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03927744738999545249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916906.post-1137202728549081012006-01-13T19:38:00.000-06:002006-01-13T19:38:00.000-06:00First off, Tom Brokaw doesn't have an accent. He t...First off, Tom Brokaw doesn't have an accent. He talks normal. It's these folk in Texas who talk with an accent.<BR/><BR/>Second, I absolutely have to chime in with my story about Mike.<BR/><BR/>Mike rode the short bus for behavioral reasons. He was one of the brighter kids I taught other than the fact that he could never understand why people were so upset by his mouth, he'd get frustrated by that lack of understanding, and bail. Sometimes there were three or four adults chasing him through the weeds and bushes that inhabit that part of the desert southwest.<BR/><BR/>Anyway (back to this lifetime, and the story), after carefully and (sometimes) generously nursing the numbers up to a "D," I handed him his progress report. The look on his face said, "This makes no sense." The words from his mouth said, "You might as well give me a f*****g 'F'." Kid was furious. Had no clue that doing pencil sketches wasn't going to earn him anything better than an F if he didn't alternate it more consistently with actually turning in assigned work. Or something. Anything. As long as it had to do with English.<BR/><BR/>Ahhh. Good times.Amerlochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001434250939119091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916906.post-1137178879561943222006-01-13T13:01:00.000-06:002006-01-13T13:01:00.000-06:00Congratulations on not falling into the trap of gr...Congratulations on not falling into the trap of grade inflation. You are a hero. Keep up the good work.Scott Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494862766824923528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916906.post-1137176033825449792006-01-13T12:13:00.000-06:002006-01-13T12:13:00.000-06:00I'm sure you're glad you didn't say those things o...I'm sure you're glad you didn't say those things out loud in class...but MAN, am I glad you can say them here.<BR/><BR/>This is your safe place, Educat.<BR/><BR/>My theory is that America has convinced itself that it has an 'A' until proven guilty.<BR/><BR/>(Word Verification today was 'gursor'; Neanderthal predecssor of our modern 'cursor')The Crib Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665830732669404123noreply@blogger.com