Friday, December 12, 2008

Favorite student quote of the week:

"She gave me an F?!!! That's so not fair! I didn't even do it (the work that was graded) !!!"
Ahhhh that precious sense of entitlement some of today's youth have.


And the runner up:

student 1: "Did you know Elvis died of constipation?"

student 2: "No he didn't!"

student 1: "Yeah, probably not. What is constipation, anyway?"

student 3: "Who's Elvis?"

student 1: (rushing over to me eagerly) "Mrs. Knipp, what's constipation and did Elvis die from it?"

Um, not in my job description?  And no, I'm pretty certain he did not.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am laughing so hard. I don't know how you can teach that age group. They seriously do not know who Elvis is. Maizie knows who Elvis is! She knows who Fred Astaire is. What are parents teaching their kids? ;)

Kristi said...

OK, being your relative and living in Memphis. I feel it is my obligation to clear up your crazy kids comments. Yes, Elvis died on the toilet. They believe he was "straining" to poop, which caused a heart attack. They also say he was on drugs. At the time? I'm not sure. But, no, I do not believe he still lives!! :D

Unknown said...

Wow. I certainly learned something today! Did not know that, thanks Kristi. Next time I'll be able to settle the argument : )

Anonymous said...

Hi Honey,
UPSing a box to you today, finally some girlie stuff for Bobbie. Your student reminds me of time when the professor called on a student to answer a quesion and the students response was"Wha, wha, what? you can't call on me, I didn't raise my hand" Cracks Peter up to this day. Love you bunches, Momxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Calvin said...

This is hilarious...also hilarious...Kristi feeling the need to 'clear' things up.

haha.

Merry Christmas you two!