Comments on: Even the best of systems has it’s unintended problems. http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/221 Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ZenKimchi http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/221#comment-651 ZenKimchi Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:47:36 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=221#comment-651 Got one for the record books today. A student showed up an hour into class because he was doing his homework. He thought it was a legitimate excuse, as did his mom, who showed up five minutes after he entered the classroom -- with his homework. To add to the hilarity, he turned in his penalty paper. The penalty paper is a two-sided sheet where the student writes "I will always do my homework" over and over. So I look at him. I point to the paper. "The paper says you will always do your homework. Where's your homework?" Shrug. Got one for the record books today. A student showed up an hour into class because he was doing his homework. He thought it was a legitimate excuse, as did his mom, who showed up five minutes after he entered the classroom — with his homework.

To add to the hilarity, he turned in his penalty paper. The penalty paper is a two-sided sheet where the student writes “I will always do my homework” over and over. So I look at him. I point to the paper.

“The paper says you will always do your homework. Where’s your homework?”

Shrug.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/221#comment-650 Eric Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:47:29 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=221#comment-650 Are all the students deliberately failing the first time? If so, that's a seriously organized group of time-wasters you got there. It's almost like the students in that class have unionized and implemented a slow down as protest. Fascinating. Are all the students deliberately failing the first time? If so, that’s a seriously organized group of time-wasters you got there. It’s almost like the students in that class have unionized and implemented a slow down as protest. Fascinating.

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