Roger and I were eating at our neighborhood pizza restaurant last night when I overheard the conversation at the next table. There were three people and at least one of them was a teacher. He was talking about his first couple of days of school and commented on how things were going well. Then he asked his friends, "Oh you want to hear my new rules?" He continued to say that his students can now drink in his class. So this means water, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or whatever. However, if his students leave any cups behind or spill their drinks without cleaning them up, he's taking 5 points off their semester grade. WHAT??!!??
5 POINTS OFF THEIR
SEMESTER GRADE? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Does anyone think that the punishment is completely ridiculous for the crime? That could mean going from a passing grade to a failing grade! That is completely wrong! I mean...the students should throw away their trash and clean up their mess, but still... the teacher is seriously playing with his students' futures! Students should only have grades they have earned. The teacher also annoyed me because he came off as if this new rule was the best rule ever. Argh!
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In someways it seems like the teacher is setting the student up to fail. Why let them drink in the class if you are going to punish them by fing with their grades... I am usually a responsible person and I have a cup or bottle here or there in my undergrad years.
I'm assuming this is a young teacher. It just sounds like something a young teacher would do. Also consider what a parent or his principal would think about this rule. Saying it out loud just sounds really silly and embarassing. Of course, it also sounds like a joke. It'd be ridiculous if he actually followed through with it.
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