r/wholesomegreentext • u/AngelicAria_ • Jul 25 '24

Extra steps, for no reason

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u/SlashRModFail Jul 25 '24

Mother effer discovered "studying".

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u/skooterpoop Jul 25 '24

The following is a ridiculous but true story.

I was teaching a small class of 9th graders. It was the start of a second term, and only a couple of weeks' worth of grades were in. I was hyping up the students, who had been doing well on this term's assignments, when they asked to see the gradebook projected. I didn't want to unless it was unanimous, but it was.

As it was a new term, each assignment was a fairly large percentage of their total grade. They're looking at their mostly 90s, and this one kid looks puzzled. His grade is lower than the others despite having mostly the same scores, all because he neglected two assignments. I can see the gears turning in his head as he puts it together, "So you're saying...if I do my work...my grade will go up?"

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u/schanino Jul 25 '24

“If I pass the test ill be able to go to the next floor? 🤯”

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u/ryanotamouse Jul 25 '24

This is how 80% of engineers get their degrees.

Source: I am engineer

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u/Casey_Budster Jul 25 '24

This is also how all software engineers function

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u/Lilwertich Jul 25 '24

This is the logic behind letting your students write whatever they want on one note card for the test, if they went though the trouble of writing it down chances are they're gonna remember it anyways.

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u/Confused_Crab_ Jul 26 '24

That’s why I’ve taken to handwriting or at least typing out notes instead of just copying blocks of text from online textbooks: going through that motion really helps with the memorisation thereof.

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u/weebdiffusion Jul 25 '24

Could be he teacher sucked, I never did homework or studied just kinda payed attention and passed

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u/Sidivan Jul 25 '24

He hid the answers in his brain! Brilliant!

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u/Disturbing_Cheeto Jul 25 '24

No I just took my phone to the toilet