Note to wingstop: In the future, since you know the Super Bowl is kinda a big deal for wings, try putting your pride aside for just that day and have a pile of chicken wings cooked and ready to be sauced, instead of dropping an order as soon as it is place. I and the other people who waited (probably not as patiently as myself) would appreciate it.
My English teacher says that my Pride and Prejudice essay was too grand, and that I referenced the context in which it was written in too much. This in it of itself would be stupid, but not terrible. I could get a bad grade and move on. Instead, she's asking me to rewrite it, because apparently if I write a piece of shit it gets excused, whereas if a student who actually works hard writes a piece of shit they just get a F+.
Can't say as I'm surprised, since she's the fourth or fifth teacher to do this to me, but I'm really fucking sick of it. They always say that it's because I'm smart, but simultaneously flunk the kids who are smarter than me and equally inept. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the double standard, I'm sick of the guilt trip they put me through extending the deadline, and I'm sick of my attempts to just get it over with being thwarted every time. And there's a History test tomorrow about That Boston Novel I Didn't Read, so I'm probably gonna go through all this shit with the two subjects in harmony.
Can't say as I'm surprised, since she's the fourth or fifth teacher to do this to me, but I'm really fucking sick of it. They always say that it's because I'm smart, but simultaneously flunk the kids who are smarter than me and equally inept. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the double standard, I'm sick of the guilt trip they put me through extending the deadline, and I'm sick of my attempts to just get it over with being thwarted every time.
Then don't rewrite the paper and take the grade you get. And don't tell me that isn't an option.
Can't say as I'm surprised, since she's the fourth or fifth teacher to do this to me, but I'm really fucking sick of it. They always say that it's because I'm smart, but simultaneously flunk the kids who are smarter than me and equally inept. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the double standard, I'm sick of the guilt trip they put me through extending the deadline, and I'm sick of my attempts to just get it over with being thwarted every time. And there's a History test tomorrow about That Boston Novel I Didn't Read, so I'm probably gonna go through all this shit with the two subjects in harmony.
That's the plan, but it's going to be a pain the ass. She will inevitably fight to force me to write the paper, as Ms Garvey and Mr Manning did before her. She's a student teacher, so she's kinda naiive. I've noticed that teachers with longer careers in the field (can't say old, because some of them are 40+ but only spent 5-10 years teaching) tend to get less attached to individuals and care more about how much the class as a whole benefits.
That's the plan, but it's going to be a pain the ass. She will inevitably fight to force me to write the paper, as Ms Garvey and Mr Manning did before her. She's a student teacher, so she's kinda naiive. I've noticed that teachers with longer careers in the field (can't say old, because some of them are 40+ but only spent 5-10 years teaching) tend to get less attached to individuals and care more about how much the class as a whole benefits.
Tell her you'll talk to the principal about it if she continues to insist.
I know I'm probably asking the stupidest question in the world, but have you said any of this to her? Bring up your concerns, though I might suggest in a less confrontational way, if you haven't already. What's she going to do, force you to rewrite the paper twice? Flunk you below an F? There's really not a hell of a lot you stand to lose by doing so.
Well obviously she went into crippling debt from the recent sales. She couldn't pay it off, so the yakuza lit a match under her finger. We're rooting for ya.
I know I'm probably asking the stupidest question in the world, but have you said any of this to her? Bring up your concerns, though I might suggest in a less confrontational way, if you haven't already. What's she going to do, force you to rewrite the paper twice? Flunk you below an F? There's really not a hell of a lot you stand to lose by doing so.
I will. Tomorrow. Today is a sick day for me. Whether it's physical or mental, I'm not sure, but the two combined put me out of commission.
So, an anti-gun democrat supporter page found this picture of a guy holding an enormous gun, and have been using it to mock gun owners. The guy found out, and wrote an article about it.
Why does this make it a Fail of your Day, rather than your average garden-variety failure?
1) On the way to work I slipped and fell on a patch of ice, twisting my ankle and landing on my back. 2) At work, I reflexively ducked to catch a falling ketchup bottle and slammed my forehead into a shelf, which I couldn't see due to the brim of the hat I am required to wear. I was dizzy for most of my shift. 3) Get home and plant my foot directly into a pair of skis my brother left in front of the door, little toe first.
F's, I'd assume, are primarily from missing school and not getting work done. Also, consider that Greg probably knows more US History than the teacher does.
Greg, if you need any help with Precalc (with subjects or just with someone to bother you to do your homework), I know that shit backward, forward, and sideways in my sleep.
Last year I failed English 10, but it was the only class I failed so they let me do "reachback," which means I still get to be a Junior but I lose an elective to take the failed class. An F+ is %50-59
As for the History/FoPo disconnect, the entire term so far in History has been spent reading "The Given Day," which resulted in the class essentially turning into a third English class. I don't do well with English classes. EDIT: Ninja'd by Justin. I don't know more than the teacher this year (last year it was the case, reaching its peak when I got a %150 on the WWII test), but I do know more than she admits she knows.
Thanks for the offer, too. I'll keep that in mind.
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And no I didn't get my chicken wings.
Can't say as I'm surprised, since she's the fourth or fifth teacher to do this to me, but I'm really fucking sick of it. They always say that it's because I'm smart, but simultaneously flunk the kids who are smarter than me and equally inept. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the double standard, I'm sick of the guilt trip they put me through extending the deadline, and I'm sick of my attempts to just get it over with being thwarted every time. And there's a History test tomorrow about That Boston Novel I Didn't Read, so I'm probably gonna go through all this shit with the two subjects in harmony.
Why does this make it a Fail of your Day, rather than your average garden-variety failure?
Because the person is Stephen Totilo of Kotaku, and he's standing in the Bungie studios offices, holding a full-sized replica of the famous Halo sniper rifle.
Vegetable omelet MRE or Veggie burger MRE?
1) On the way to work I slipped and fell on a patch of ice, twisting my ankle and landing on my back.
2) At work, I reflexively ducked to catch a falling ketchup bottle and slammed my forehead into a shelf, which I couldn't see due to the brim of the hat I am required to wear. I was dizzy for most of my shift.
3) Get home and plant my foot directly into a pair of skis my brother left in front of the door, little toe first.
English 10: B
English 11: D-
Pre-Calc: F
German 4: F+
US History: F
American Foreign Policy: B
Also how did you manage to get a B in Foreign Policy but a F in Us history? :-p and what is a F+?
Greg, if you need any help with Precalc (with subjects or just with someone to bother you to do your homework), I know that shit backward, forward, and sideways in my sleep.
As for the History/FoPo disconnect, the entire term so far in History has been spent reading "The Given Day," which resulted in the class essentially turning into a third English class. I don't do well with English classes.
EDIT: Ninja'd by Justin. I don't know more than the teacher this year (last year it was the case, reaching its peak when I got a %150 on the WWII test), but I do know more than she admits she knows.
Thanks for the offer, too. I'll keep that in mind.