Ahahaha...I really had forgotten how stupid high schoolers can be. I also have a new appreciation for the writers on this site.
Okay, so here's the story: I have a friend who's an English teacher. She got really sick, so she asked around for a sub; someone who could step in for her for as long as needed. Nobody was available, so she ended up asking me. It's a small private school, so they can let in just about everyone. <.< Anyway, after meeting with the principal and getting the nod from him, I stepped in for a few days this week. On the first day, I assigned a small essay--nothing big, just 500 words comparing Romeo and Juliet to Socrates' "Ladder of Love," which they had learned about previously. I told them that they could turn in a hard copy when it was due, or if there were any problems, email me with the Word document attached. One kid had such problems, and emailed me.
He ended up sending me three emails. The first said "Here's my essay," but didn't have an attachment. I sent him an email telling him so, but I got nothing back. It was due the next day, and when I got nothing from him, I gave him a zero. The second email he sent me was "What the hell? Why did I get a zero?" I replied last night, and I got an email this morning that literally said this:
"oshit.
i accidently emailed the essay to myself.
here it is."
I ended up giving him an F anyway because he got Romeo and Juliet confused with...a bastardized combination of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, I guess. I have no idea what the hell he was writing about.
Okay, so here's the story: I have a friend who's an English teacher. She got really sick, so she asked around for a sub; someone who could step in for her for as long as needed. Nobody was available, so she ended up asking me. It's a small private school, so they can let in just about everyone. <.< Anyway, after meeting with the principal and getting the nod from him, I stepped in for a few days this week. On the first day, I assigned a small essay--nothing big, just 500 words comparing Romeo and Juliet to Socrates' "Ladder of Love," which they had learned about previously. I told them that they could turn in a hard copy when it was due, or if there were any problems, email me with the Word document attached. One kid had such problems, and emailed me.
He ended up sending me three emails. The first said "Here's my essay," but didn't have an attachment. I sent him an email telling him so, but I got nothing back. It was due the next day, and when I got nothing from him, I gave him a zero. The second email he sent me was "What the hell? Why did I get a zero?" I replied last night, and I got an email this morning that literally said this:
"oshit.
i accidently emailed the essay to myself.
here it is."
I ended up giving him an F anyway because he got Romeo and Juliet confused with...a bastardized combination of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, I guess. I have no idea what the hell he was writing about.