The Tuttster, as I have so affectionately taken to calling King Tut, made some serious strides today.
And by that I mean she quit taking notes after five minutes.
I would've quit if I were her, too.
50% of the words on her page were spelled wrong.
That's HALF, people.
For her sake, I'm modifying the phrase "stop while you're ahead" to a slightly more appropriate "stop when you can at least break even".
That's HALF, people.
For her sake, I'm modifying the phrase "stop while you're ahead" to a slightly more appropriate "stop when you can at least break even".
The first sentence (fragment) on her page:
"Very advance in techology."
Techology.
Scariface.
Calim.
Drout. (Drought.)
Foriengers.
Inivators. (Innovators.)
I started to give her the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe she's created her own short hand.
Maybe she's dyslexic.
I have reason to believe that both of these possibilities are 100% false.
For the latter, you could mix up the letters in some of those words and they still wouldnt be English. Or correct.
In regards to the former, that would require a certain shortness to the words.
A specific instance we've encountered shoots down the theory.
Topic: Sumer. A region of Mesopotamian times.
Her rendition: Sunnemner.
WHAT?!?
But it gets worse.
Her academic struggles aren't solely confined to spelling.
Someone please help me.
But it gets worse.
Her academic struggles aren't solely confined to spelling.
Also can I add to this that she's spilled coffee on me twice?
Someone please help me.
This sounds exactly like the girl I had to sit by in history class my freshman year. She wrote stories, spilled coffee, and drew anime characters..along with bad breath.
ReplyDeleteThere was this girl in middle school who sat right in front of me and would finger comb her long, silken blonde hair all. class. long. She chose that activity over most everything- note taking, reading, participating, passing papers back to me. One time, I was working on a test and she just laid her head back on my desk. Her sea of hair was sprawled all over my paper and hindered me from writing. I just stared at her until her she finally saw me and was like "Oh! Heeheehee" like she was so embarrassed because she had no idea there was someone in the desk behind her.
ReplyDeleteI know this is nothing like Tuttster, but you just inspired me to share.
seriously...you are hilarious. I don't typically pay this much attention to people in class, but it makes me want to. and I love your drawings.
ReplyDeleteI love the Abbie scowl of disapproval. I will somehow work this picture into a lecture. Thank you.
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