Me: Ok, take out your math book, remote, and a pencil.
Student: Mr. Hackman someone took my remote.
Me: Could you do me a favor and double-check?
Student: Nope, it's not here.
Me: Could someone sitting next to him check his desk, please?
Student 2: Nope, it's not there.
Me: You do realize, in a moment, I am going to walk over there and pull the remote out of the desk, right?
Student: It REALLY is not here.
I then walk over, reach in, and pull the remote out of the desk. The students stare at me like I just accessed an extra-dimensional wormhole.
This is why I don't put a lot of stock into 2nd grade state-standardized tests. 🙂
2 comments:
OK I'll bite, but what, in this context, is a "remote?" I'm sure I'm showing my age and ignorance! :-)
Bob -It looks like a TV remote. The kids use it to respond to questions I ask or write on the board. If I put 223 + 345 on the board... the kids respond on the remote and all of their answers, anonymously, get put on a graph on the board. It has a lot more available than that... but that is the gist.
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