real life in school

[Geoff_N]

I had to laugh with my wife this week. The year 10s had exams this last week. One 14-year-old put his hand up shortly after the start of a geography exam. He told the invigilator that he had sat the same paper the previous day. In the corridor the conversation went something like this.

Teacher: Are you sure you've seen this exam paper?

Student: Yes, yesterday in the other Geography exam.

T: ah, but that means you are in the other Geography group, A. It is B doing it now.

Student: Yes. I am.

T. So why did you go into the Geography exam today for group B?

Student: Because I am in group B too.

T: Hang on. Are you saying you attend both Geography groups?

Student: yes. Mr Greens and Mrs Smiths.

T: but that means you had 8 lessons of geography per week? And from September to April?

Student: Yes. So what?

T. Didn't you notice that you only have half that many for History or most other subjects?

Student: shrugs shoulders.

T. So you've had every lesson twice?

Student: different teachers do everything different, though we used the same textbooks.

T: And your parents came to both teachers on parents evening? And you had both geography teachers for the end of term reports?

Student: Yes

T: looking at the timetable: So when have you been going to German Language lessons?

Student: what German lessons?


Aren't kids wonderful?

Geoff

[Ed]

  Priceless. Ihr Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut, aber ihre Geographie ist leuchtend, mein herr

(and my spelling's atrocious)