My class is doing a project on rotations, reflections, and translations. This involves little thought...all they have to do is come up with a design, color, and write a paper to pull all of it together and tell me what they have learned (and yes I said write a paper. In math class. Get over it!) My classes today have consisted of the following questions:
1. How much do I actually have to color to get a passing grade?
2. What if I just shade in my project and don't actually color, will you take points off?
3. What will it do to my grade if I don't write the paper? Answer: Well, you'd get at best, a 90/150, which is a 60% D-. Response: Oh ok, good enough
4. If my paper is crinkled when I turn it in, will you take points off?
5. I know this is due Friday and you've given us Mon-Wed to work on this in class (plus an extra day at home) but can we have an extra day?
6. How much of this do I really have to do of this to get by?
I feel like question #6 is the general concensus of most students today, which is SUPER frustrating. It makes me want to pull my hair out. So I did what I do best, I lectured...
Mrs. Cheese: You do realize that when you get a job if you do "just enough to get by" they will find someone to replace you that works harder than that, right?
Now before I tell you the response, I do have to preface this by saying that this kid normally says funny/inappropriate stuff, but even he caught himself off-guard with this one. He said the first part, had a quick pause as he realized what he said, face immediately turned red because he knew he couldn't take it back, and finished his thought...
Boy: Mrs. Cheese, in a job it's different. You actually get paid. If you paid me, I'd put out.........more effort
Maybe I should have a project where they calculate the amount of money they could make running a personal escort business...Do I still have time to change my curriculum?
End Of Year Letter to Myself
4 years ago
