student: My adviser just signed me up for this class, so I do not have the readings.
me: Oh, OK. Your adviser signed you up? Are you interested in the class?
student: Uh, yeah. I asked her to sign me up for a "modern" class.
(note: "modern [discipline unspecified]" is kind of broad.)
next class
(same) student absent.
next class
(same) student: Professor, I downloaded the books for the class onto my I Pad, so if you see me looking at my computer during class for a long time, that is why.
(note: I have banned computers in my class.)
me: Your I Pod? That is not a good way to read the books.
student: No, my I Pad! These are the new times, I downloaded the books.
me: Uh, which book? We did not read any books for today. We read articles.
student: Uhm.
me: Do you mean [name of textbook]?
student: I don't know. My mom downloaded them for me.
4 comments:
Thanks, Mom! These are the new times! Unfortunately for both mom and son, I am pretty sure your "no computers" rule applies to iPads.
Ack, I let it go! I always get caught off guard by these wacky requests--at least, the first time I hear them--and can't bring myself to say no.
Oh, Mommy raised a winner. Can you just see this little darling at their first job, with Mommy in tow to fill out all the HR forms? "Mom, do I need dental insurance?"
Update: this student finally dropped the class.
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