Educators are amazing, but they are underpaid and underappreciated. We just wanted to get that out of the way before telling you that they, too, make mistakes. Students will become frustrated if their teachers make mistakes. If you’re a student or the parent of a student, hold your breath because these teachers have just boarded the express train to “I don’t care anymore.”
Students should be focused on you and their studies rather than the clock when they are in your classroom. But, let’s face it, this is the twenty-first century, and they almost certainly have a watch on their phones if they don’t have one on their wrists.Why hide the class clock if not to annoy students who want to know how much time is left on their tests at a glance? When students ask if they can use the restroom, we assume this is the same teacher who says, “I don’t know, can you?”
Move. The. Cursor.
YouTube has become an integral part of nearly every modern platform. For example, students don’t have to read history anymore; they can watch it open before their eyes! It’s an excellent teaching tool that we old coots lacked as children.
So we should consider ourselves fortunate because most teachers leave their mouse cursors on the play bar throughout the video, making it visible. However, things could be worse: at the very least, the teacher knew how to make the video full-screen!
Simple, yet effective
Many teachers chose to teach not only because they are passionate about the subject, but also because they are genuine people. They like that their jobs require them to interact with children and adolescents and that they have the opportunity to mold their current selves into their future selves.
Those aren’t the same teachers like this one. When even a raging student can’t get you to stop doing what you’re doing, it’s time to look for a job that suits you better. The majority of your students are likely to be in favor of the change.
That monster!
We don’t want to be the first to throw the first stone, but based on the way his shirt is only half-tucked into his slacks, we have to assume that this teacher hasn’t given a single thought to his students in a very long time.
Is there anything else I can give you? Why not point out that he couldn’t be bothered to completely wipe the blackboard? Yes, we’re willing to wager that the student who took this photo with their phone was the least distracted in the entire class.
No extensions
No one can really blame this teacher for not being completely honest about the situation. They told their students exactly what they could and couldn’t do in the event of a late assignment in no uncertain terms.
We suppose telling them to just throw the papers in the trash is a little more refined than telling them to bury it somewhere where the sun doesn’t shine. After all, it is slightly more refined… Despite this, it teaches the students an important lesson: the world isn’t always concerned with you or your problems.
Hey, you never know…
One thing needs to be established: texting in class is never an acceptable practice. Students should concentrate on their studies rather than wasting time on their SnapToks or whatever else they are doing these days (we honestly have no idea).
That being said… Was it essential for this teacher to phrase his new take on “I have eyes in the back of my head” in such a creepy way? Hey, we’re all trying to make the best of what God has given us, and some people may have had it a little easier than others. We’re implying that you shouldn’t hate the player but rather the game.
I need a whole period to type that in
Some professors are… How do we phrase this delicately? They didn’t consider history to be a subject when they were students because they lived it. That means they aren’t always on top of the latest technological developments. Whether we like it or not, technology has become an integral part of modern education.
The internet is an obvious valuable resource that can greatly enhance the learning experience. Or, if you have this teacher, you’ll be pulling your hair out because they couldn’t figure out that you can’t click a link that’s printed on paper – and that typing it in one letter at a time will take students 20 minutes.
No amount of blowing will do
It irritates me greatly when teachers do certain things that I find offensive. When they don’t care about students and grade tasks unfairly, it’s nothing short of a world-changing event. Some things, on the other hand, have the potential to drive students insane in the most insignificant of ways.
Take, for example, this teacher. They photocopied their assignment for the entire class, but they also photocopied a stray eyelash. Cut to the entire class furiously blowing on their paper in a futile attempt to remove it, becoming increasingly irritated as they fail.
How many do you need?
According to our observations, this French teacher could use some assistance. Teachers frequently express dissatisfaction with the performance of their school computers. Perhaps you have 98 tabs open simultaneously, if we may be so bold to speculate.
It’s actually a lot more than that because astute readers will notice several windows open behind the one with the presentation. Knowing how school computers work, slowing down to a halt is the best-case scenario. It’s a miracle it didn’t just blow up.
Okay, we won’t!
This was an honest mistake, and I apologize to anyone who has already started writing a furious letter to the Secretary of Education in response to this. The teacher was writing end-of-year notes to each of her students, and she was completely exhausted by the process.
When you’re tired, you’re more likely to make mistakes. Rather than leaving her student with the uplifting message, “Never think what you have to offer is insignificant,” they sent the polar opposite message. Crying James Van Der Beek over there on the left now seems oddly appropriate…
Prime case of tunnel vision
Teachers aren’t always able to think outside the box. That’s one thing if it means they’re using less-than-creative teaching methods, but this is something else entirely. The teacher wanted the students to use repeated addition to solve 5 times 3.
The student proposed multiplying by five three times, which is an entirely acceptable solution, as you will notice. However, the teacher mismarked it because they expected to see 3 added five times. That is also correct, but there is nothing wrong with the first response. These ladies and gentlemen are how you teach children to hate mathematics.
#KeepingItReal
Occasionally, when a student is working on an assignment and comes across a problem they have no idea how to solve, they will get creative. Oh, you silly goose, refrain from being inventive in your search for the correct answer! We meant to encourage you to be inventive in writing something completely unrelated but amusing.
The hashtag “YOLO” stands for “You only live once,” in this student’s case. On the other hand, their devil-may-care attitude was not well received by their teacher, who responded with some of their own rather hurtful hashtags…
That’s not how that works
There is nothing in this world that teachers and administrators love more than acronyms, as anyone who is currently in school or has attended school in the previous century knows. Seriously, they’d probably do it if they could get paid in abbreviations.
But here’s the thing: there are guidelines for making them. There is only one rule: you must take the first letter of each word. Not, as this teacher did, just pick any old letter that fits the bill to make the word you want. What about “BEACH”? What does this have to do with education?
Rough first day
Oh, my goodness. The first day of this substitute teacher’s job is not going well. You might not even notice what they did wrong if you’re a little older. That whiteboard is a Promethean board, which means it’s a digital whiteboard that can project whatever monitor it’s connected to.
You can, of course, write on it, but only with the special pens that come with it. You’re probably starting to figure out what happened by now, but just in case, she used dry erase markers instead of pens, which was an expensive mistake.
(Not) Rewarding creative thinking
The task given to this child was to count all of the pennies in the picture. They counted and discovered seven, plus the one in the example, for a total of eight. While this is technically incorrect, given that the prompt specifically stated to only count the ones in the picture, did the teacher have to be such a jerk about it?
Burning out among teachers is a serious issue. Teaching is hard work, no joke, and doing it for a long period of time can and will tire out even the brightest and best. Having said that, even if you are tired, perhaps this isn’t the best way to communicate your feelings to your students.
Uh, how about an A?
Without a doubt, we are dealing with a young child who made the innocent mistake of misinterpreting ambiguous instructions. You could even argue that those are cents rather than pennies if you were really concerned with accuracy.
That is to say, “I’m too old to read this. What grade do you want?” Even if it brightens that student’s day, it will not provide them with any additional knowledge about anything other than the futility of human life.
Stay in your lane, Aidan
When done correctly, teaching is about making students feel bigger than they actually are to the teacher. We’re sorry to say, but this teacher only served to make this young first-grader feel smaller. What does “no cursive in 1st grade” even mean?
Isn’t it true that the last thing a teacher wants their students to do is to learn things independently? Assuming the answer is “no,” we believe this teacher would have been better served to praise Aidan for being wise beyond his years rather than attempting to bring him down.
Curse you, Rick Astley!
We don’t mind when teachers take advantage of their positions to torment their hapless students. This teacher, for example, sent a message to their students with the subject line “Final exam – answers.” Oh, how ecstatic they must have been to see a teacher so badly screwing up with technology…
That is until they clicked the link, which took them to a YouTube video of Rick Astley Never singing Gonna Give You Up. Granted, “Rickrolling” was a popular term a long time ago, but we’ll forgive the teacher for resurrecting it for this.
Always use the fake names you got!
Many language classes, including French, give students appropriate names based on their age and gender. But it was not until more than halfway through the school year that this teacher realized that they had forgotten to give their students French names.
They’ve also decided that they’ll lose points on their exams and daily participation if they don’t refer to themselves and others by their French names. It could be argued that the whole thing is pointless and teaches nothing, but honestly, are you taking points away from your buddy Frank for not calling him “François”? Ugh.
Dear Gertrude, I hope this finds you well…’
Unfortunately, this poor individual made only one mistake, and it was the oversight of forgetting to bring a pencil or pen to take notes. Instead, he was compelled to request one from his teacher. As you can see, the teacher was only too happy to oblige… by providing him with a quill and an inkpot, to be precise.
We’re not sure what we’re supposed to learn from this. “Remember to bring something to write with” is a given, but if we knew we’d be able to pretend we’re Shakespeare and take notes with a feather, we’d never forget our pens!
Decomposing composers only
Even in the already difficult teaching field, we imagine being a music teacher is a difficult career path. Imagine having to listen to the little monsters pretend to play their instruments all day, even though anyone with functioning ears can tell they can’t.
So it’s understandable that this teacher was fed up with her students playing the piano without prompting. Still, how about taking a vacation? The teacher’s choice of words, combined with the fact that the text got smaller and smaller, indicating that he or she is on the verge of losing control…
No wrong answers here – just kidding
Common sense has been displaced on occasion as technology has become more prevalent in classrooms across the United States. We honestly don’t know what else to say about this digital quiz, which students were told to take online, leaving little room for error in their answers.
Is the student’s preferred sport video games? No, it’s basketball! Can they make a rational decision to abstain from watching sports on television? Nope, they are required to watch only volleyball! Honestly, by that point, telling the student they got their own birthday wrong was the cherry on top of this garbage sundae.
Go back to school, teacher
Digital quizzes are sometimes heavily reliant on the teacher’s technological literacy… or their ability to spell simple words. Students typed in the correct answer in this quiz and then double-checked it by comparing it to the answer the teacher had pre-programmed.
You’ll notice that the student was told they made a mistake on question A. Why? Because they typed “incident ray,” and the teacher typed “incidenr ray.” Yes, they had points deducted from their quiz due to the teacher’s own typo. Isn’t technology wonderful?
Someone take their computer privileges away
Together with having a slew of tabs open, the other cardinal sin that many teachers commit with their work computer is having their entire desktop cluttered with shortcuts, files, and who knows what other things.
To begin with, it goes without saying that they will not use even half of them, let alone all of them. But, even if they were, is this really the best example of order and cleanliness they could give to the impressionable young minds under their supervision?
Eh, they’ll figure it out
Forgive us if you thought this was just a picture of a pair of blue jeans when you first looked at it. However, it is something much, much worse than that. This teacher includes a graph, but the photocopy is so poor that it cannot be read.
You cannot see the question, the graph, or the answer options. We are aware that the teacher took notice. The teacher is aware that his students are aware of his observation… Were they simply unconcerned? To be completely honest, if microwave sounds projected an image, this is it.
Wow, how busy they must be
We’re more than a little annoyed because this student took a photo of how their art teacher always disposed of empty supply boxes. Okay, art is subjective, so there’s a deeper meaning here. But, more than likely, it doesn’t, and the teacher was simply too lazy to spend an extra ten seconds flattening the box.
That is not only inconsiderate of the custodian, whose job it is to empty the trash, but it is also inconsiderate of everyone else who wants to use it in the meantime but can’t because a large box is blocking the opening.
Serially hilarious
We’re not sure what this writing assignment was supposed to be about, but it looks intriguing… In any case, this student made the common mistake of writing “cereal” instead of “serial.” Naturally, the teacher had to correct them; after all, it is their job.
Rather than simply crossing out the incorrect word and replacing it with the correct one, the teacher let their creative side shine by going with it. We’re glad they did, but the student might have a different opinion about the jokes made at their expense.
Pencil problems
There was only one pencil in this student’s bag when he arrived at class. When another student went on a “karate chop rampage,” and we’re quoting him directly, he found himself without any writing instruments in his possession.
When this student requested a substitute, the teacher saw an opportunity for a teachable moment (gotta love those) and advised him to be more responsible with his property. As a result, the student had no choice but to sharpen his pencil to this point. We hope the teacher’s smug satisfaction can overlook the fact that he didn’t take any notes in class that day…
The test isn’t the only thing about to get punched
Take it from us; we understand that teachers are always on the go, needing to complete ten different tasks in a short period of time. It’s also not just a regular 9-to-5 job, and the work doesn’t stop when you walk off the school grounds or leave the building.
By definition, all teachers bring their work home with them from the classroom. Having said that, we believe the teacher could have exercised a tad more caution in her instruction… In other words, perhaps you shouldn’t directly punch a hole through the question the next time? This is only a suggestion.
Why? Just… Why?
Although this particular embarrassing moment has nothing to do with actual teaching, it does involve a teacher. This is how his teacher eats pizza, according to the student who took the photo. Pizza etiquette has evolved in recent years.
Only a knife and fork will suffice in polite society. In New York City, however, the slice is folded and eaten with your hands. On the other hand, what kind of monster eats only the cheese and toppings and leaves the rest? That is not someone we would want our children to learn from.
A+ for creativity
We may be referring to the fact that this test was written in Comic Sans, the Pauly Shore of fonts. Isn’t there someone you haven’t thought of recently? You’re welcome. In any case, it wasn’t the font choice that caused us to squirm in our seats.
It’s not the fact that this presumably qualified and certified teacher misspelled “copper” twice… And each time, I made a different spelling error! To be honest, we’re not even mad – that’s amazing!
Well, color them embarrassed
Try to figure out where the teacher went wrong on this one. Go ahead and do it; we’ll wait. Are you going to give up now? This teacher photocopied a color-coded map of colonial North America…
They didn’t seem to notice or care that the photocopy was black-and-white. To put it another way, using different colors to distinguish between colonial holdings is fine as long as the color is preserved. Aside from that, it only teaches students how to roll their eyes all the way to the backs of their heads.
The staple of bad teachers
We’d like to emphasize once more that teachers are grossly underpaid for taking homework and preparing new work for class. Still, nothing has changed. Despite everything, This teacher only had one task: staple the worksheets together for their students.
They sped through it as quickly as humanly possible, so we’re guessing something was interesting on TV that evening. The final product, as you can see, falls far short of holding those pages together.
How low can it go?
This picture has several disturbing aspects. This teacher appears to have more keys than a medieval dungeon master was the first thing that struck us.
But it was the fact that this poor keychain was also expected to carry a USB stick made our skin crawl. The teacher then inserted a USB stick into the computer, expecting it to support the weight of about 15 pounds of keys. Looking at that plastic, which is clearly about to give way, we’re getting a little worried…
Tiiiimberrr
First and foremost, let us reassure you: those kids may be a little jittery, but they’re excellent. It’s nothing more than a large piece of paper of some sort. Some teachers should not be allowed to use Pinterest now that everyone is breathing easier.
Sure, social media is a gold mine for cool arts and crafts ideas, but this teacher should have stressed classroom safety more than she did. When your classroom creations, such as a tree, can no longer support their own weight and collapse on your students, it’s time to back off.
Homework accepted by fax or floppy
Clearly, this teacher has developed strong attachments to his (dare we say) somewhat outdated technology. There isn’t even a rotary phone up on that shelf, which is surprising to us!
We’ve all been there: after upgrading a phone or switching operating systems, we go through a period of frustration while getting back into the swing of things. This period of self-retraining is an unavoidable part of keeping up with the times. Who has 14 minutes to sit around and wait for their computer to startup?
Modern day roll call
Either this class was texting excessively under their desks, or their teacher is a total control freak. We only hope the instructor’s decision to take attendance and impose a no-phone ban is justified because the students fail to text responsibly.
We know we wouldn’t be happy if our phones were taken away and displayed for the duration of the class. However, it appears that “I forgot my phone” is a common refrain among these youngsters, as the number of empty pockets is nearly equal to the number of phone owners.
Time to wrap it up
We’ve all had teachers who insist, “The bell does not excuse you, I do.” These are also the people who never finish lecturing by the end of class but refuse to admit that this is due to their own poor time management. As a result, they go on and on…
It’s not fair to keep anyone later than planned because the world does not revolve around this one course. Holding everyone up is more of a jerk than being courteous.
Oh, and by the way…
Welcome! Now that all of you students have physically arrived for class, please allow us to inform everyone, in the most antiquated, least practical manner possible, that coming here to read this in person was a complete waste of time.
Of course, not ours. This paper is doing the dirty work for us while taking advantage of the entire chunk of additional time, just as some of you might have done if we had simply sent an email. We’re guessing that the teacher did not even show up to hang this sign.
Come hell or high water
This isn’t a course for the faint of heart, and we’re not just talking about the difficult material on the chalkboard. The professor refused to cancel the class because the room was actually flooded. Either he is extremely committed to his passion project, or he has a lot of catching up to do.
Was it impossible to find a different location or method of delivering the information if he simply couldn’t miss the coursework rather than holding the student’s hostage in a room that was slowly filling with students?
Truth hurts
This teacher is completely correct. It is never acceptable to write school assignments in “text speak,” where one-letter substitutes are used in place of actual words. However, based on the handwriting style (note the circle dots on every I this kid is quite young.
This message would probably be received better by small children if it were delivered a little more gently. We’re sure the teacher works hard and loses patience from time to time, but it’s a good idea to bring extra patience to work with each morning when working with children this age.
Boxed into a corner
We guess that this teacher was having a stressful day, month (or year? ), or even year. On occasion, we all have “off” days when we choose to “phone it in” at the office. This, on the other hand, is some next-level evasion.
Not only has this teacher made a cardboard imposter take her place in class — complete with plastic hands and a pink hoodie — but she’s also gone above and beyond by strategically placing an iced beverage and a set of keys to add to the dummy’s authenticity. Mrs. Cardboard is far from a model teacher, and being in her class would undoubtedly frustrate us.
Trick question
We love that this section’s title is “Reasonableness,” because that appears to be exactly what the poor child’s teacher lacks. How is this possible? No, it isn’t. Seriously? What is the point of asking trick questions to children who are clearly very young?
It appears to be nothing more than a shameless attempt to sow the seeds of trust issues from the beginning. Instead, we recommend emphasizing and encouraging this child’s innovative problem-solving skills. After all, there are usually multiple solutions in life.
Math teacher gets an F
Marie could turn one board into two with one cut, which took her 10 minutes. With two cuts, one board becomes three. Two cuts of ten minutes each equal twenty minutes. On the other hand, is Marie scratching these boards with a butter knife at such a slow pace?
The pigment in red ink is designed to be loud, so it’s like handwriting’s caplock shouts. Here, the grader has made some overly confident and overly-explained markups. But did we mention that this teacher’s arrogantly highlighted solution is incorrect? Let us take a closer look…
The value of time
It’s thoughtful of this instructor to provide a quiz comprised of only one question, especially one that is such a no-brainer. However, this quiz should have been homework or an assignment from an online course rather than a quiz.
Since when was the last time a teacher drove all the way to class for a one-hour timed test and then asked, “Can I give you five more points just because?” it was a bad day? Then we’d have to politely request that they spare us the trip the next time and simply award us the points in some other completely arbitrary manner.
A little too comfortable
This guy’s level of comfort in this room, lounging cross-legged across the tables, makes us uneasy. If we knew the response would be delivered by the teacher laying his entire body across our desks, we might even hesitate to raise our hands to ask a question.
Many of these flat screen desktop monitors are not just sitting on empty tabletops but also housed. The fact that his students are horsing around like this, sprawling out like a jealous cat right in between the school’s computers, is something we are confident he would disapprove of.
A unique angle on art history
With a sense of humor, we can get behind a teacher. We, on the other hand, cannot get behind a shark. Even if we could draw it, we would not want to—what a bizarre piece of information.
The only connection we can make is that he is an art history teacher who incorporates some art, but even that is a stretch. We could try to scribble a quick tailfin and hope for the best. If not, it’s only four points. Isn’t he concerned that he might elicit a similar response from his students by appearing not to take his own test seriously? Just putting it out there.
Task manager manager
Because so many classes these days use computers, it’s not uncommon for students to encounter unusual settings and restrictions. Teachers, of course, do not want to compete with social media during a lecture. And we completely understand why schools would prohibit any type of offensive material. But what about the task manager?
Most of the computers in our schools were slow, so ctrl-alt-deleting was a must from time to time. We’re not sure what this instructor was afraid of when he decided to take away his students’ ability to manage their own tasks. How paranoid are you?
Funky Feng Shui
Why do some teachers enjoy using a seating arrangement as a life-sized chess game to assert authority? Disclaimer: no one wins. Trying to keep a pair of chatting students apart? Splitting them up will most likely just spread the chatter to two different places, allowing it to multiply. Are you attempting to prevent cheating?
Peering through the window of your neighbor’s newspaper isn’t the only trick in the book these days. Changing the test colors to create the illusion of different versions could be a better deterrent. Because, despite how it may appear at times, teachers are not prison wardens, and classroom isolation is not a thing.
Enough with the group projects
The thought group work makes everyone cringe a little. Some students are less social because they are aware that they will be assigned the most work. Perhaps some of us identify with the group’s slackers. No one enjoys it, regardless of the reason. I mean, almost… The ensuing frustration must give some teachers a sick joy.
It’s never a good idea for a teacher to share their illness with the class, whether they’re exhausted or sick. Maybe some mental health days can provide a small break for tiredness or frustration with the job, allowing the kids to give those headaches to a sub instead.
Contagious bad vibes
They appear to relish the chance to teach children the harsh reality that life is not always fair. Otherwise, they might, well, occasionally allow students to choose their own groupings. Even these sad faces might be captivated by this concept.
Refresh yourself, or fake it until you make it, because their instructor’s apparent annoyance may just make them want to follow suit (the polar opposite of a teacher’s job, by the way). And, of course, if anyone is truly ill, they should stay at home for the sake of everyone.
Lead by example
If teachers want their students to absorb as much information as possible throughout the year, they must first meet them halfway and learn all of their students’ names correctly. The impact of being called a knock-off version of our names regularly can be more profound than one might expect.
Furthermore, when we are aware that we are being observed, we perform better. Each student is unique, so providing them with their identities is a simple rite of passage that should be implemented in every classroom. Please don’t ask, “What’s your name again?” If necessary, use this visual aid strategy.
Total chaos
We can only imagine how stressful it must be to try to get anything done in this cluttered, overflowing — what do we call it? Although it may have been a workspace at one time, it is no longer. We have no idea what anyone in here has been up to.
It appears that an arts and crafts explosion occurred, and everyone simply continued to work atop the resulting shambles. We’ve never seen a classroom in such desperate need of organization, and it doesn’t even have students! Detention is due to this teacher.
Sleeping on the job
We don’t think this is cool unless this guy is teaching an advanced course in naps. At first, some students may enjoy the lack of supervision. However, most of them will eventually realize that this flagrant display of disrespect effectively announces to the class (perhaps through snores): “My needs are more important.”
For that matter, his own needs (and safety), his job responsibilities, and even anyone’s right to learn are all deemed to be far more important than anyone else’s. No, Dr. Deep-sleep, you may proceed as you wish. Until then, we’ll be here educating ourselves.
What the heck is frutation?
That’s all there is to it. It’s almost unfathomable to us that a teacher would make such a (non)correction. Instead, we’re going to pretend it was a peer review or something. Otherwise, we risk losing complete trust in the educational system.
Even if a fellow student did make this bizarre word choice inquiry, we have no idea how the pencil user could be in the same class, based on the writing level of the typed words. In any case, we sympathize with the paper’s author.
Playing around
When teachers assign time-consuming tasks before they quickly dive deep into their own PCs, their students often can’t help but wonder what it looks like. In this educational moment, what could be so demanding and important attention?
When the instructors get on their laptops to do some personal browsing or gaming, they sometimes forget that the projector is still connected. If he caught a student doing the same, we’re sure he’d tell them to “knock it off,” and we wouldn’t appreciate the hypocrisy.
What are they teaching them?
We find this teacher’s logic to be almost unbelievable. First, this kid has docked a point for omitting what, exactly, in 1.c.? Well, judging by 1.d. ‘s answer — which we would have said is wrong but somehow got full credit — this teacher wants students to interpret “and” to mean. “We’re happy to report that the students’ parents were equally confused.
The conversation progressed through a series of notes, culminating in a mic-drop-worthy, spot-on argument from the parent as to why this is utterly untrue in the absence of another label to follow (such as “hundredths” or “thousandths”). The teacher was reprimanded.
Forgetting something?
When a teacher forgets to collect the lengthy homework, they will receive this glare from the students in the class. Another scenario is that a large, stressful project was supposed to be due today, and we have realized that we have run out of time.
Few things are more aggravating than staying up half the night to complete a task on time, only to be given an extra day (or more) to complete it. We wouldn’t even want to use the extra time to do a better job at that point, just for the sake of being spiteful.
Obsessive dedication
When it comes to Microsoft Word lessons, we admire how detailed and clearly talented this instructor is. This is a brilliant act of resourcefulness, and we think he did a fantastic job. What happens if the students don’t have access to computers to apply what he’s teaching them or practice using the information?
Is he expecting each of them to draw a detailed sketch in their notebooks in the same way? This method would either make us groan at the impossibility of the task or make us completely unwilling to follow that masterful work, preferring instead to admire it with gaping mouths. We’d get nothing out of it.
No understanding, no exceptions
Life is unpredictable. It can sometimes keep us from taking a test. Whether we like it or not, there are times when there is nothing we can do. We’d expect our professor to understand, especially if a family member had died. Reconsider your position.
This professor expects his students to know months in advance if and when something terrible will occur! Harsh. We might think he’s a total monster if he didn’t follow this abrupt, heartless clause with the detail of dropping everyone’s lowest test score. At the very least, this loophole will save students money in the event of an emergency.