Stupid Questions
posted by Mridula at 11:37 AM
Saturday, March 25, 2006
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8 Comments:
Oh well. What happened to all that jazz about " The only stupid question is the one you don't ask" which every teacher used to earnestly repeat ?
:)
“What!!! me smoke?? Never did that .. will never do that. Oh my God.. who stuck this disgusting, smoldering white thingy between my fingers.. and how the hell is smoke coming out of me…another one of those inexplicable things!!”
Ha! This made me laugh. He's a funny guy, your collegeue.
As a teacher I am plagued by stupid questions: “Professor, will I lose points for not attending the workshop?” I get this one almost every other week, in spite of the fact that the answer is always the same.
The one I like is "Are you still here?", when working late in the evening. My usual answer is "No, I'm a hologram, Lyn's gone home..." (also, after a holiday, "Are you back?"; Answer, "Only physically"). Although, as a linguist, I know these sorts of questions are "phatic communication", and not requests for information.
Top stupid q I was always asked : " What are the important topics" ?
There is a SYLLABUS, idjits, I wanted to scream.
How about you write about the questions your studens ask you? It should be fun.
?!, from your second comment, so you used to teach? Do you still teach?
Jb, I really enjoyed your post on the kind of excuses you got from your class!
Lyn, thanks for sharing your stupid questions, made me laugh.
Anirudh, I will try.
: ) No longer, though we no longer say "No longer, thank god!"
That's interesting. You should write about your teaching experiences some time. To be honest, makes me curious!
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