This is from last week. As a reminder, I teach at a business-type college. I teach English composition and related classes.
As a note, students at my school have access to an online bibliography creator. They enter the information, and the software formats the entries.
Dramatis Personae:
Me: Your simian English teacher
IS: Idiot student, who evidently believes I have "stupid bitch" printed across my forehead.
IS: Uh...I don't have any of my homework 'cuz my computer crashed.
Me: I see. Did that include your bibliography?
IS: Yeah.
Me: Did you do your bibliography like I suggested?
IS: Uh...yeah.
Me: So that means you used [online software package]?
IS: [Nods.]
Me: Good. Go to the library right now, sign in, and print it out.
IS: Um...
Me: Which means you didn't do it. Nice try.
Seriously, I may look like a dumbass, but I know what tools are available to my students.
As a note, students at my school have access to an online bibliography creator. They enter the information, and the software formats the entries.
Dramatis Personae:
Me: Your simian English teacher
IS: Idiot student, who evidently believes I have "stupid bitch" printed across my forehead.
IS: Uh...I don't have any of my homework 'cuz my computer crashed.
Me: I see. Did that include your bibliography?
IS: Yeah.
Me: Did you do your bibliography like I suggested?
IS: Uh...yeah.
Me: So that means you used [online software package]?
IS: [Nods.]
Me: Good. Go to the library right now, sign in, and print it out.
IS: Um...
Me: Which means you didn't do it. Nice try.
Seriously, I may look like a dumbass, but I know what tools are available to my students.
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