The latest stories from my teacher friends.
1. On the board are written a list of 4 items with prices. The student is asked, if you buy 2 of this item andn 1 of this item, and you have $75.00, do you have enough money?
Teacher: “Do you have enough money?”
Student: “Yes.”
Teacher: “Then you need to write that answer in the box.”
Student: In the box, writes “$55.27.”
Teacher: “No. The question is, ‘Do you have enough money?’ ”
Student: “Yes.”
Teacher: “Then you need to write that answer in the box.”
Student: In the box, writes “Do you have enough money?”
Teacher: “No. The question is, ‘Do you have enough money?’ ”
Student: “Yes.”
Teacher: “Then you need to write that answer in the box.”
Student: Does not understand what to do.
Teacher: “It is a yes/no question!”
Student: Blank stare…
2. Teacher asks, “If there are 93 students on Bus 7, and 112 students on Bus 12, then how many students are there altogether?”
Student: Multiplies 93 x 112.
Student: Does not actually know how to multiply, so somehow comes up with the answer of 404.
Teacher: Explains how if you multiplied those two numbers together, the answer would be 10, 416 students.
Teacher: “Have you ever seen a bus with 10,000 students?”
Student: “Well, yeah. My bus is like that.”
Teacher: “Well honey, let me tell you something. It may seem that way, but those buses only hold 70.”
Sounds like these kids belong on a bus that holds a lot less than 70 kids.
Oh yeah.
These kids sound like typical 7th graders. (Seriously. I had whole classes of 7th graders like that: either dumber than a bag of hammers or proud of acting stupid.)
I know. I am in awe of anyone who is able to teach middle school, because I could NOT do that.