That'll learn 'em.

[ubermaus]

It's funny how my barely-younger students are scared of me. For example, today, one of my students -- we'll call him Richard Lane (his real name) -- wrote me this email about how he'd given me a virus, and that I'd probably given it out, and so on. So, I looked on google, and turns out the virus file was part of a thingie that's supposed to be

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[haggisthesecond]

it's amazing how much butt students can kiss when they know you're in charge of their grade. My first year as a teaching assistant, I had an engineering student who was only taking the class because he had to have a credit in English. He was a terrible English student and used to come and see me during my office hours bearing carrot muffins in a transparent attempt to curry favour.

By the way, try beating him on the head with a telephone book instead. As long as he isn't bald, the bruises won't show.

[bellapoison]

Well, it's really bad when they begin to bring you curry muffins.

[haggisthesecond]

or worse, muffin curry.

[hussyred]

You are so mean and cruel! I miss that...*sniff*

[heatherglenn]

Why must you put on your sunglasses to beat the kid? I mean, I scream the exact same thing to my students and I don't have to put on sunglasses. Maybe I just have more experience....who knows?

[ubermaus]

The eyes... the eyes rend the soul.