Laura: “Have you ever heard of a teacher giving someone a B+ on a paper when it would have gotten an A, except that the student used three-hole-punched paper? Why would a teacher lower the grade of an essay just because it wasn’t on the correct paper?”
Mom: “Maybe the teacher partly grades on the content of the paper, and partly on following instructions.”
Laura: “But the instructions didn’t say what type of paper to use.”
Mom: “Then how do you know the grade was lowered because of the kind of paper used?”
Laura: “The teacher said it was a B+ instead of an A because it was written on three-hole-punched paper.”
Mom: “If the instructions weren’t written on the assignment she handed out, did the teacher say to use a certain paper when she handed it out?”
Laura: “No.”
Mom: “Well, teachers usually have reasons for these things. Does the teacher have a particular type of paper that is typically used in class for writing assignments that isn’t three-hole punched?”
Laura: “No.”
Mom: “What kind of paper was supposed to be used?
Laura: “I don’t know.”
Mom: “Well, did you ask your teacher?”
Laura: “Mom, this didn’t happen with my teacher, it happened on iCarly.”
Mom: [*hangs head*]
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LOL...oh Lord...THAT was funny
Oh, for the love of God! Here I was getting all worked up about the unfairness of it all and it wasn't even real! I guess that should be the first question next time. "Is this real?"
I am laughing my butt off!!! I totally would have asked all of the same questions!!!! Too funny! I love reading your blog!
(I'm not sure what just happened . . . I tried to leave a comment and it seemed to have been sucked into some black hole . . . if it managed to get through, feel free to delete this one . . . )
All that drama for such a disheartening punch line! Kids . . .
I'm a first-time visitor from C2+3's blog, just stopping in to say hi.
I'll be around . . .
Well, you had me going too!!! I was getting all ready for my little rant about how ridiculous that teacher was being. That Laura is so funny! : )
Hahahaha!!! Like Blognut, I was going to say something about getting worked up! Must have been Catholic school (my kids went and one still does go to catholic school and the have lost points for something as trivial as that) and here it was just pretend. :)
Sadly, I saw that episode.
But yeah, I would take off for NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. I do that all the time on the 2nd grades math papers.
So is this part of her Year of Practical Jokes? You're going to be a basket case by the end of the year.
alright, i feel a little bit less bad about my children's intellect now that i know laura watches icarly too.
Ha! This is a good one.
I was getting all worked up like blognut, and I was ready to get on my "gee I'm good teacher" soapbox.
But I don't think the people at iCarly would care.
Mmmmm....but Laura was right, you know, to ask, because some teachers actually do this. My son was marked down by his fifth grade teacher because she deemed his grocery-bag book-cover, that the kids were supposed to color themselves, wasn't "creative enough."
That's right. An elementary school teacher graded a kid's coloring as "not creative enough."
I was furious. But for my son, I decided to teach him what the idea of minimalism in art meant.
now you've given me an idea for a blog post.
This was hilarious.
Hilarity aside, I think people simply have a tough time following directions, especially college students. I take off 5% on my students' two week long projects when they don't submit a simple little write up about their project. I'll even accept a write up that says, "project done".
That was hilarious and perfectly written!
And now I have to re-write my report...why oh why did I use a three-hole pad?
On the other hand, with two lawyers for parents, maybe Laura will also one day.....?
She's a thinker, that one. Oldest Boy and Middle Boy have discovered iCarly recently, and they love it. I'll be on the lookout for heightened empathy - like Laura.
You had me on a roll...
Hahaha! I fell for it too!
hahahahahaha gotta love the things kids say!!!
dawn
It is good that you got to the bottom of this iCarly mystery....
Youth trauma by iCarly.
I love it! And I see this type of exchange in my future. ;)
Ah, yes... iCarly. My DVR is FULL of iCarly episodes... Do you ever wawtch it? It's very silly, but surprisingly funny. I am such a nerd!
Oh geez, I was about to rifle through Henry's backpack to see what report he had done recently and what kind of paper it was on. I must have missed that episode.
XO
Who says kids just blank out watching TV? Laura was exercising the lawyer genes something fierce when watching iCarly ... in our household we just watch for the random dancing!
I'm laughing so hard my abs are getting a serious workout. It totally cracks me up even more knowing you are a lawyer and I probably would've gone down the exact same road!
Oh and the fact that you have a wii fit you've never used? Killing me - easy to say from my seat on the couch....
Just too funny.....thanks for sharing...I'm a teacher and while I'm not that obsessive I do have quirks...like only black or blue ink..but the kids know this and I don't take points off....but sometimes I really really want to :)
D'oh!
They know how to wear you out, don't they??
Finally a Disney or Nick show I know nothing about--it's taken years to get to this point!
This made me laugh out loud. We all invest so much energy in teaching our kids lessons, and then they suck us into something like this. ha.
Poor, poor ICarly.
ROFLMAO!
hahahahahaha!!!! oh my tum tum hurts laughing at that. good ol' iCarly!
way too funny!!! the things to look forward too!!
heh. I think your daughter is awesome! She asks the same kind of questions LD asks.
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Well, it's still a good question mom! I bet the teacher has some long term issue arising from childhood, when she was forced to read a copy of Little Women that had holes punched in it. Or maybe she can't handle things in threes... I'm like that myself.
You are a very, very good mother.
aaaaggggghhhhhh.
I got wrapped up in the wackiness that was the fake/real/fake story of "Fred" & iCarly. It hurt my head.
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