As an English teacher I thought this was sort of funny. I am NOT BASHING Obama; I just thought this was such an English teacher thing! As someone who is currently grading 75 essays, it made me laugh.
http://www.suitablyflip.com/suitably_flip/2008/09/how-come-i-woul.html#more
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When it's paper grading time, it's not exactly happy time around Pat's house. It's not the fact that she's busy, because she is.
I want people to know that I was one who thought teachers had it made until I became involved in the school business, as a school resource officer, and from dating a teacher.
Now back to paper grading. One night last year I was watching tv, and Pat was sitting on the floor, and she had piles of papers scattered around her.
I looked over at Pat, and she was holding someone's paper and had this befuddled look on her face. I asked her what was wrong, and she replied, "I do teach them, I honestly do. I do teach them."
When my world goes to H-E-double hockey sticks (as Pat would say), she is my inspiration and tells me that things aren't that bad. And she's usually right. So, I told her that things couldn't be that bad.
Then I picked up the paper and started reading. My jaw dropped. The first sentence started off with, "Looky Here..." and went down hill from that.
I think I was reading something about history. I love history and I am an amateur historian. I was a poor example of an English student, but you didn't have to know anything about the rules of English to know something was horribly wrong. And if you didn't know anything about history, you would have known something was horribly wrong about its "historical" contents.
I almost wanted to cry, too.
For the teachers out there who are in the field to make a difference and not just for a pay check, GOD BLESS YOU!
at least he writes his own essays for class ;)
Unlike Joe Biden!
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