Please Shoot Me Now
Have you ever had students or children behave so horrendously, or show such lack of basic knowledge, that you wish someone would put a gun to your head and end your misery? That's what I was thinking as I recently corrected some final exams in U.S. History. My college bound juniors were asked to identify the date of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. History. Some responses:
November 11, 2001
September 9, 2001
September 11, 2000
And at least three students left it blank! I'm honestly not sure which is worse, not to have answered it at all or to have answered it incorrectly. Either way, it's pitiful.
You want me to say just kidding about now, right? But I kid you not. My generous side wants to say this can be chalked up to a long exam, hot weather, and it being near the end of the week of exams for these students. But these are all somewhat lame justifications for the blunders.
Does anyone feel inspired about the world being in the hands of these future leaders?
November 11, 2001
September 9, 2001
September 11, 2000
And at least three students left it blank! I'm honestly not sure which is worse, not to have answered it at all or to have answered it incorrectly. Either way, it's pitiful.
You want me to say just kidding about now, right? But I kid you not. My generous side wants to say this can be chalked up to a long exam, hot weather, and it being near the end of the week of exams for these students. But these are all somewhat lame justifications for the blunders.
Does anyone feel inspired about the world being in the hands of these future leaders?
posted by redsoxwinthisyear at 8:37 PM
4 Comments:
Don't worry- if they're this dumb, college will chew them up, spit them out and they'll end up pumping gas for a living.
Oh, dear.
You'd think they'd at least get the Sept. 11 part right, even if they got the year wrong.
Whatever happened to "We will not forget!"?
Apparently the "we will not forget" slogan does not apply to students taking a final exam.
And Claire, you might be right, except if they have money. If that's the case then some college will be sure to overlook their deficiencies in order to take their dough. But I'm not complaining too much about that, because that money then supports the likes of you and me in paying for our college education! :-)
Of course, they were only in junior high or middle school when that event happened, but still...that's pathetic!
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