Yesterday I found myself proctoring a high school chemistry test. A couple of the students begged off, explaining that they had missed so much class their teacher had told them to take the test at a later date. All right, I said, you write your teacher a note, and I'll sign it and leave it for her. The two were happy enough to do this. Here is the note that, between the two of them, they produced:Jenny Kalley and Ben Fleet* are not taking the chemistry test because we was not here to understand.
Upon receiving this note of absolution, I added my own endorsement in a state of amused disbelief. Was it genuine, or a clever forgery? A witty double entendre? Ebonics meets Chem Lab?
Some questions are better left unasked.
* Yes, of course, the names have been changed to protect the ignora-, uh, innocent.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Why Earnest Teachers Weep on the Job
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1 comments:
American edumacation at work.
I are happy speak good grammar do I.
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