Get these snakes off my plane, and other simple directions

[victoriana]

Today, the remedial 9th grade class is taking their test on The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, by Ernest Gaines. Section III of the test reads as follows

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[greyduck]

They're really putting the ME in "remedial," aren't they?

[nwcmwfan15]

What! You mean that you're not doing their thinking FOR them? FOR SHAME, KATE. FOR SHAME.

/sarcasm

:|

[arseaboutface]

I loled.

[badmagic]

There's a weird gap in anyone who seems to think that having to read the book to pass the test is an unreasonable demand.

He does know that the test is supposed to measure how well he understood the book, right? I'm getting the feeling he views tests as just something that happens, like weather, rather than things you craft to a purpose.

[falls2climb]

I'm getting the feeling he views tests as just something that happens, like weather, rather than things you craft to a purpose.
That is a FABULOUS way to put it. I am going to have to remember that to repeat to my sophomores when they look completely baffled by their vocabulary test on Friday.

[badmagic]

Thanks. If you need any other bon mots, let me know. Trenchant commentary also available.

[victoriana]

That is something I keep trying to explain to them and keep failing to explain effectively - that tests have a purpose and grades are actually supposed to measure something. I think I may have to start directly teaching that at the beginning of the year.

[falls2climb]

In alphabetical order?! That's one I haven't heard before. Too funny!