My home base while I teach is the library and because of that I have a variety of interesting conversations with students. One such conversation was not so much interesting as it was scary.
After school today a student asked to borrow a pair of scissors. After trying a couple of draws with no luck, I asked the girl what reason she had for needing them she said "The mouse on the computer I logged onto is missing and I need to take the mouse off the other computer". She thought that in order to do that she would have to cut the cord on the mouse.
What she thought would happen after she cut the cord I don't know, I just don't plan of giving out scissors. ever.
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Are you teaching at a Youth Correctional Facility?
nope, just school frequented before and after the correctional facility
I got stabbed by a student with scissors. Use only the rounded, kiddie scissors in your classroom. They work fine, plus, they don't draw blood.
If she was teaching at a correctional facility, the kid would've used the scissors to stab the kid with the WORKING mouse, and just use his computer.
ubie is right.
this story is awesome.
Do you carry tape with you too?
I weep for the future.
The technical term for such a query is a luser-request, but I guess they're too young for such abuse (yet).
Apropos of nothing, thought you should see this.
Awesome.
I had a kid steal my keys today. When the Vice Principal asked her if she'd taken them, she said, "Oh yeah! They're right here! I saw them on Ms. McGee's desk and I just picked them up. I do that a lot."
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What sysm wrote is funny. I was going to say a similar thing. I love how you had a picture to go with the blog entry. HA!
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