gordsellar’s avatargordsellar’s Twitter Archive—№ 6,658

  1. …in reply to @JustinHowe
    @JustinHowe One of the things we felt was important when we were teaching kids was, while never insulting or disrespecting our students' parents directly, also never bullshitting kids or lying to them about our feelings regarding things they talked about with us.
    1. …in reply to @gordsellar
      @JustinHowe Kid: "So, my mother beat me because I got this test answer wrong." Me: "Let me see this... okay, first of all, that's a incompetently designed test; your answer is the least wrong choice. Your English teacher is unqualified, and your parents should be contesting the grade..."
      1. …in reply to @gordsellar
        @JustinHowe "... and I don't think hitting children helps anyone anyway. Do we beat parents when they make mistakes? Should we? Should we beat your teacher for designing such a bad test? Does that sound like a world anyone wants to live in?" *shrug*