Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 10, 2011
June 09, 2011
June 11, 2011
Transcript:
Boy: Mr. Burke, how much homework do we have left? Mr. Burke: Let's talk about all the homework you still owe me. Boy: I'm digging a hole deep enough to force an arrangement. Mr. Burke: Like debt consolidation. Boy: Yes! Mr. Burke: No. Boy: The commercials on the radio in the morning... Mr. Burke: My job is to make them as pointless as the rest of the show.
lewisbower over 13 years ago
Hiding a few 4 letter words in the middle of my Eng Comp taught me they do read it sometimes.
McGehee over 13 years ago
Back when they still used to mark off for spelling (because they knew how to spell — ah, the good old days) there was a less drastic way to make sure they were paying attention.
JanLC over 13 years ago
Lewreader, I hid a comment (something about doubting the teacher ever read the homework) in the middle of an English assignment. Yup, she read it. Yup, I got in trouble.
StoicLion1973 over 13 years ago
I wrote a marketing paper in B-school based on the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, the Ferengi being straw-man Capitalists from Star Trek. I advocated several their views in relation to the course got an A on that paper. What’s hilarious was the professor announced to the class my paper was one of the most creative and well-written she’d read.
Niki1983 over 13 years ago
I read everything my student submit. I may not change their points (because except for the four major papers and final exam, their work is more writing exercise-related). My students find this out the next day when I begin a lecture on why this isn’t a high school class and they shouldn’t expect it to be what they’ve had before.