February 3, 2009

• grading papers

  so it's midterm time, and i have been grading, grading, grading...luckily, we get half days, so i can spend my daylight hours grading.  in order to pass the time, i'm going to post some of the funny things i've seen so far.  we've been studying the environment, in French, and students were required to read an article in french and answer questions about it in English.

  question: "How is un trou (a hole) best translated into English?"
  answer: "a whole, like a whole in the ozone layer." (luckily, i don't deduct for spelling)
  answer: "good for assessment and found in the South Pole" (what?)

  question: "How does the ozone layer help humans and animals?"
  answer: "It doesn't, it makes it hard for the animals to survive and it gives cancer to humans." (we're all doomed!)

  question: "What is the main idea of this article?"
  answer: "People have to get the gases." (what?)

  question: "Where is the hole in the ozone layer currently located?"
  answer: "In the atmosphere" (could get a technicality point)
  answer: "no one knows." (no points)
  answer: "Montreal" (good)
  answer: "Notre-Dame high school in Montreal" (even better)

  question: "To what ordinary object does the article compare the ozone layer?"
  answer: "a parasol giant" (forgot to flip the adjective-noun from french)
  answer: "a grill" (huh? that doesn't even make sense!)
  answer: "a vehicle that has 20km to the gallon" (creative)

  i don't make this stuff up, people!

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