My teachers are very amused every time I burst out laughing at my desk. Honestly, if you were me, you'd be unable to hold back as well. Some of the crap these students write...
In this case, the students were given a picture (of van Gogh, no less) and asked to write a few sentences of what he was thinking. Giving these students this kind of liberty can only bring bad things. Here's what I mean:
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| What's not shown is the giant red =( I wrote in the margin. |
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| I'm impressed they know what "a whim" is. But still, NO. |
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| I'm sure that would make anyone exciting. |
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| I don't even... |
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| "was"? |
Anyways, I'll be sure to post more crazy junk I see on stuff I'm supposed to grade. Stay tuned for the next post, which will be about what you probably care about most: FOOD!!
First kid has familial issues? Second is prone to breaking the law? Third may become a serial killer? Fourth either watched too much inception or will become a religious psychopath? Last one is true to him/herself? lol!! Wonder what else you would uncover if you made the prompt "why is this man unhappy"
ReplyDeleteWhat does it say about your handwriting that it looks like theirs? I'm also impressed they know what a problem child is, but maybe that's important to their culture...
ReplyDeleteIn one of my classes, we were teaching animal names and then we had groups compete (with candy as the prize of course) by having one member draw the animal on the board and the rest of their team guess the name. one kid drew a donkey but his group labeled it "honking". I laughed so hard I started crying