Monday, April 23, 2012

"Bull Shit!!!..."



I'm calling Bullshit on this one!!!



What is an academic year without allegations of 'Bullshit!?!?'

It's the end of the semester... it's this time of the academic year that things like 'Full Moons' should occur, because some of the dumbest shit happens then!!!


A student stopped me the other day and asked if I could help him with some things in one of his other classes... I asked if it wouldn't be better if he talked with his prof... he said I made things easier to understand...


So... he walks into my office this morning with his 'worksheet'... I sit down with him and scan the material...

Shoes: 'Which of these are giving you trouble...?'
Dumbass: 'All of them...'
Shoes: '...but you haven't tried to work any of them...'
Dumbass: 'I don't know how to work them... I looked for the answers on-line but couldn't find them...'
Shoes: '...on-line... did you look in your text?'
Dumbass: 'I don't have a text book...'

I just looked at him...


Shoes:  'I think in that case, you need to go to your professor for help.  I thought you were just hung up on a question or two... there are... damn, 48 questions here... I don't have time to help you with all of them.  Run up to his office and see when he's going to be in... and then come back to see me...'

So, he gets up and leaves... and then I get to really giving his papers a thorough going-over, and I see at the top of the front page, "Exam IV."


EXAM IV?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I take the papers and go off in search of this student... I find him in the hallway... and I ask...

Shoes:  'Is this a take-home final exam?
Dumbass:  'Uh.....'
Shoes:  'You were going to trick me into working this exam for you!!!'
Dumbass:  'Yeah...'


It should be a full moon phase... the idiots are running amok!!!

~shoes~
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26 comments:

  1. RCBApril 23, 2012 at 1:21 PM

    I looked for the answers on-line but couldn't find them... Sounds familiar, Shoes. It's called THE NEW STUDENT. You need to connect them to the internet. Or insert a coin.

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    1. Red ShoesApril 23, 2012 at 9:32 PM

      Hi there, RCB... you know the routine... many test banks and instructors manuals have been scanned and are now on-line... these losers are motivated to go seek out the manuals, and not learn their material. It hasn't been that long ago that we shunned schools that had a great deal of on-line classes; now we are encouraged to place as many classes as possible on-line.

      Education has become a sham... :o(

      It saddens me because I SO love what I do here...

      ~shoes~

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    2. RCBApril 26, 2012 at 11:33 AM

      The last time I called my students losers online I got a call from the people on high... I thought I'd ended up in that book called 1984, I tell you.... Still, I love my job. Do you think we need help? ;)

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  2. UnknownApril 23, 2012 at 1:25 PM

    It isn't until the mid-20's that most males realize they are not smarter than anyone else...

    This is brilliant. And I remember doing something like this with a Spanish take-home, and asking my mom for help on homework.

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    1. Red ShoesApril 23, 2012 at 9:36 PM

      Hi, Brandon... there is nothing brilliant about this guy. This so smacks, I think, of where we are going as a society, and even our government... 'How can I get by? How can I cut the corners??'

      Our country... our school... are losing sight of what we used to do well. We do nothing well now, it seems. :o(

      ~shoes~

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    2. RCBApril 26, 2012 at 11:35 AM

      I hate it when people cut corners. And I'm not just talking about students....

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  3. Ryan BeaumontApril 23, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    That kind of reminds me of that movie "Meet the Robinson's" where the villain is always being told "I'm just not sure how well this plan was thought through!"

    It's good to know college students come up with the same lame stuff my 9 year old does! :)

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    1. Red ShoesApril 23, 2012 at 9:45 PM

      Hi there, Ryan... it sounds as if your 9-yo is ahead of the curve!

      I have a handful of great students that makes everything I do all worth while. It strikes me that these students don't seem to be as focused on learning something and earning a degree... they just seem to go through the motions... *sighs*

      ~shoes~

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  4. RobinApril 23, 2012 at 5:43 PM

    This doesn't give me much hope for our future existence....

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    1. Red ShoesApril 23, 2012 at 9:49 PM

      Hi there, Robin...

      I feel the same way, Robin... I don't get it...Evidently, this guy had mistaken my drive and zeal to help students as my being willing to help him circumvent his other professor... :o(

      ~shoes~

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  5. musicwithinyouApril 23, 2012 at 6:27 PM

    Doesn't he realize he could get kick out of school for doing that? I'm just shaking my head at people like this. We had plenty of them at my college also but I think this one wins hands down.

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    1. Red ShoesApril 23, 2012 at 10:20 PM

      Hi, Music... 'Ethics' has ceased to exist... in business, in politics... even in religion. I am so disappointed.

      Maybe it's time to quit, buy a mule, and move to New Mexico...

      ~shoes~

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  6. IleanaApril 23, 2012 at 6:44 PM

    Unbelievable! He seriously thought a measly compliment would get him all the answers??

    Love the Jesus image. :)

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    1. Red ShoesApril 23, 2012 at 10:23 PM

      Hi, Scarlet...

      Re: the student... it is unbelievable...

      Re: the Jesus image... My God has a sense of humor!! :oD

      ~shoes~

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  7. Jack and JillApril 23, 2012 at 8:00 PM

    Pretty reprehensible. I mean, I thought his looking for answers online was bad enough. But the fact that it was a take-home final? Get some ethics, kid.

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    1. Red ShoesApril 23, 2012 at 10:27 PM

      I know, Jack... I know... I think Society is greatly missing ethics...

      *sighs*

      ~shoes~

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  8. Wine and WordsApril 23, 2012 at 10:29 PM

    Heh heh. I hate school. Learning something you don't give a shit about is so damn exhausting :)

    Of course yes...I agree with you...but none the less...exhausting.

    You crack me up Shoes.

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  9. LeahApril 24, 2012 at 5:49 AM

    Sadly, your student dilemma isn't confined to the US. It's rife here too. I assist students with research and, in the past if I wasn't careful I found they'd hoodwinked me into doing the work!

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  10. red.neck chicApril 24, 2012 at 7:12 AM

    So... my kid just read this on his way out the door for school... he's laughing - but he's laughing at how stupid your student is. LOLOL!!!

    That's CRAZY!!! And sad!!! And I just threatened my 17y/o's life if he tried something like that... he said; "Mom... I'd come up with one better. I'm smart like that."

    *sigh*
    xoxoxo
    gobbles

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  11. AnonymousApril 24, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    Would you have been disappointed if he had not at least tried to con you?

    Wait...I mean...

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  12. BathwaterApril 24, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    I wondering what in the world made you consider helping him do work for another class in the first place!

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  13. HeffApril 24, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    Hell, I give him an A for effort, lol !

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  14. AnonymousApril 24, 2012 at 10:16 AM

    Oh that is Priceless!!

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  15. Julie FergusonApril 24, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    Crazy story! I could use a Bullshit button.

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  16. PhoenixApril 24, 2012 at 4:44 PM

    I'd reply with something along the lines of how damn LAZY kids are these days, but then I'd have to start going to bed at 7 pm after Jeopardy! and shaking my fist angrily when kids are on my lawn.

    But damn. Kids are LAZY these days! I worked my ass off in school!

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  17. grinsApril 24, 2012 at 11:37 PM

    And they say kids today are stupid. He probably graduated high school without learning to read. How stupid can you be if you manage that?

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