priorities

[anach]

A student walked into my class 10 minutes late yesterday. He proceeded to walk up to one of the girls, talk to her a moment, and walked back out of the room. (infraction 1 - leaving the room without permission). He then walked back in a minute later and hands her a bag of chips from the vending machine (infraction 2 - students are not supposed to

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[phillip2637]

"(infraction 4 - bribing a teacher)"

I'm not sure if I'm more fascinated by someone doing that or by the suggestion that there's an explicit rule against it.

Rule 35,771: No burning of sacrificial goats during final exams. :-)

(In a similar vein, Toronto's public transit has signs pointing out that attacking their drivers is forbidden. I somehow thought that should have been obvious.)

[anach]

i didn't mean to say that he violated Rule #4. I don't think it's stated explicitly, but I also have the feeling no one considered that we would need to explicitly state it.

It reminds me of the way rules and regulations develop in the military. A lot of the time, the presence of the rule means that someone tried it. Example: When I lived in the barracks, we were explicitly told not to tape ponchos to our arms and legs and jump off the barracks roof in the middle of a hurricane. The reason we had this rule? Someone did it and broke both their legs...

[phillip2637]

Got it. (I didn't think you meant #4 specifically, just that maybe it *was* an actual rule.)

The problem with explicit is that you're likely to find someone saying, "But *I* didn't use ponchos...."

[anach]

Someone said "but I used the tarp from my tent..." The Officer of the Day declared that a tarp was a makeshift poncho and busted the guy back down to private anyways.....

[anach]

So far, I'm only in the 2nd class of the day, and I've had 3 cases of "I don't show up for weeks, but i accidentally came to school on the day of the test..."

[anach]

and we've just had a case of lets accidentally flash a lot of tit at the teacher while i take the test...

[sweetmusic_27]

*facepalm*

Your students. Your patience. I have no words.

[anach]

one more case of I haven't been here for 3 weeks, but I showed up on test day.

one case of I missed all 3 of the review days this week, but showed up for the test and it's your fault, Mr. Teacher, that I don't know how to do this stuff.... Did we even learn this in class? This is new stuff, isn't it? You're giving us a test on something you never taught? How could you? I'm gonna sit here and sulk and throw my paper on the floor. Don't you see me pouting at you?