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[miyuru]

+1 MattKeil

 

[Wario64]

The tragedy of the funny-impaired.

lol

 

[fart]

i see, seanbaby... i see.

 

[Alcibiades]

although reading it I believed it the first time I read it just now, after seeing it was fake I have to admit this was funny...

I mean come on, 22 sec. and fail the course? that's ridiculous...

from what I get, this actually happened, but the poster was joking about failing the student...

:lol

 

[stormer]

a lame joke == when you dont know if a joke is being told....

 

[Mike Works]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Spoiler

it was 22 seconds late

 

[Zaptruder]

TheOman, you clearly misunderstand the diversity of retardness that frequents GAF, such that a good portion of us are compelled to take seemingly ridiculous assertions, requests, comments, and what not seriously.

 

[TheOMan]

TheOman, you clearly misunderstand the diversity of retardness that frequents GAF, such that a good portion of us are compelled to take seemingly ridiculous assertions, requests, comments, and what not seriously.

< UNSERIOUS >

Thank you Zaptruder, but this was obviously my fault. I mean, 22 seconds is an *extremely* long time and the reasons I gave for not marking it were undeniably valid. Hyperbole need not enter such things as marking exams for students. Wouldn't you put the fate of a student into the hands of GAF based on the immaculate opinions of the majority of the posters here? I mean, *surely*, leaving the outcome of a student's midterm exam up to the population of this forum, most of whom are strangers makes sense, yes?

If you don't get the tags above and below, I can't help you and you should turn off your computer.

< / UNSERIOUS >

I must admit the MattKeil/SeanBaby story is understandable in that there's no way the customer could have known that whatever they jokingly ran out of they probably don't ever run out of. However, 22 seconds? Marking not fun? Tired? To me, these are ridiculous and funny reasons. I found it laughable the software told me in bright red letters that it was 22 seconds late (meaning that the exam should not be accepted according to the machine) as I know some leeway time could have been coded into the algorithm supporting the software, but I guess most of you did not. Thank you Matt for your example lesson in humour.

Next time I will give an example of what I'm looking for....like punishments that don't fit the crime. A few of you made the leap that I made a little too far to jump, my apologies to the rest of you. <-- That's a metaphor, so please don't ask me why I made this student try to jump over a large gap in the earth's crust. Oh, and yes, that was another lame attempt at humour.

 

[cubicle47b]

I didn't read this thread until now so obviously I couldn't read it from the start as being serious but I've known teachers who were that anal so it was believable.

 

[Slurpy]

If you even deduct a single point, you're an ass.

 

[Tritroid]

oh my god a student's educational future is now in the hands of GAF?!?!

Are you KIDDING me?!

 

[Bildocube]

You are a complete ass if you fail a person for being 22 seconds late on an ONLINE EXAM. You fail to factor in elements such as 56k, internet access problems, etc.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

22 secs....damn some people, I'm tired of all these people wanting everything and anything on their terms! Don't these people know we have rules? Without order it's just chaos!! I say fail her, have her expelled and banned from any future schools! There's just no god damn excuse for not respecting rules.



Have someone torch down here house too. That'll learn her. God damn kids these days.

 

[TheOMan]

If you even deduct a single point, you're an ass.

^^He's probably serious :/. My apologies.

oh my god a student's educational future is now in the hands of GAF?!?!

Are you KIDDING me?!

^^Heh, that was subtle, good one

You are a complete ass if you fail a person for being 22 seconds late on an ONLINE EXAM. You fail to factor in elements such as 56k, internet access problems, etc.

^^ Definitely serious. Really sorry man. It's been made abundantly clear I'm not so good at the funny.


That and the facts that:

1. A lot of you must have had some seriously mean teachers. (btw, I'm an *instructor* - ENORMOUS difference as pointed out earlier in the thread)
2. Reading and comprehension is FUNDAMENTAL
3. Hyperbole is hard to convey over the intarweb

I must be slightly masochistic. I guess you learn something new every day. Well maybe not *every* day, but most days. Meh.

22 secs....damn some people, I'm tired of all these people wanting everything and anything on their terms! Don't these people know we have rules? Without order it's just chaos!! I say fail her, have her expelled and banned from any future schools! There's just no god damn excuse for not respecting rules.


Have someone torch down here house too. That'll learn her. God damn kids these days.

That's what I'm saying man. It's like this student *wanted* to fail. I weep for the future of humanity.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

You are a complete ass if you fail a person for being 22 seconds late on an ONLINE EXAM. You fail to factor in elements such as 56k, internet access problems, etc.

IT DOESN'T STOP.

 

[LakeEarth]

(wakes up)

What the hell happened to this thread?

 

[TheOMan]

(wakes up)

What the hell happened to this thread?

I think people are extremely bored and most here have a strong sense of justice which is admirable and noble albeit rather misplaced in this thread. Either that or people really do like looking at trainwrecks <--- THAT'S A METAPHOR

I'm also looking for pointers on how to deliver the funny in a slap-you-in-the-face kind of way.