You Can't Fix Stupid... I saw that bumper sticker as I was driving down the road yesterday. To that I say "AMEN!". Between dealing with my clients and dealing with my students, I feel like I am surrounded by some form of stupid every single day.
Most of my clients don't get into their criminal troubles because they are mean horrible people...most are just plain stupid.
You may be surprised that my students are stupid, but alas most are. I had a smarter summer class and was hopeful that maybe it was just my Spring students who were not so smart, but no, it seems summer was just an anomaly. Here is an example: I take attendance at the beginning of my classes. At the end of class, I always say "If you were late to class and I didn't get you counted as here when I did attendance, be sure to come up here and let me know that you are present so you don't get counted absent." I had a student raise her hand last night and said, "What do you mean by late? How do I know if I was here for attendance?" To which I replied, "Were you sitting there in that chair when I called out your name, and when I called out your name did you reply 'Here'?". To which she replied "No". So I explained, "then you weren't here when I called attendance!".
Like I said, you can't fix stupid!
Most of my clients don't get into their criminal troubles because they are mean horrible people...most are just plain stupid.
You may be surprised that my students are stupid, but alas most are. I had a smarter summer class and was hopeful that maybe it was just my Spring students who were not so smart, but no, it seems summer was just an anomaly. Here is an example: I take attendance at the beginning of my classes. At the end of class, I always say "If you were late to class and I didn't get you counted as here when I did attendance, be sure to come up here and let me know that you are present so you don't get counted absent." I had a student raise her hand last night and said, "What do you mean by late? How do I know if I was here for attendance?" To which I replied, "Were you sitting there in that chair when I called out your name, and when I called out your name did you reply 'Here'?". To which she replied "No". So I explained, "then you weren't here when I called attendance!".
Like I said, you can't fix stupid!
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