Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Democracy is Dead
I am apparently a part of the greatest travesty of modern justice. For some reason, my students are under the impression that democracy extends itself into the hallowed halls of my classroom. I am not sure how, or why, this delusion has caught on. Nevertheless, I felt the need to squelch this line of thinking today.
In one class my students are taking a quiz. In another, they are addressing a writing prompt. No less than 4 times today have I heard some variation of, "How about we do______ instead," or, "Can't we_______?"
I think what kills me is the utter look of shock on their faces when I inform them that I didn't get bossed around by teenagers when I was a teenager, and they can go right ahead now and realize that I am not going to start now that I am 30.
"That sucks. Not fair."
"You're right, my dear. Not fair at all. Deal widdit."
Amazing. Did they think that was going to work?
Monday, October 13, 2008
Ahoy Pirates!
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