The Pissed Off Professor

Today’s post is my way of letting each of you experience a bit of my daily routine: reading, marking, and grading papers.

This is one of those areas I have little room to complain about; after all, papers are a staple of a teacher’s life, right?

Okay, while that might be is the case, I can still complain about things surrounding the issue of papers that simply shouldn’t exist:

1. I don’t get paid to do it.
2. There’s way too much of it.
3. It’s often obvious that I spend more time reading a piece than a student took writing it.

Therefore, I give you the way the above statement would look had one of my far-too-typical students (or several of my colleagues) written it:

Todays post be my way uh lettin’ each uh ya’ ‘espuh’ience some bit uh my daily routine, dig dis: eyeballin’, markin’, and gradin’ sheets.

Dis be one uh dose areas ah’ gots’ little room t’complain about; afta’ all, sheets are some staple uh a teachers life, right?

Okay, while dat might be be de case, ah’ can still complain about de stuff surroundin’ de issue uh sheets dat simply shouldnt ‘esist, dig dis:

1. I dont git paid t’do it.
2. Deres way too much uh it.
3. Its often obvious dat ah’ spend mo’e time eyeballin’ some piece dan some student took writin’ it.

Okay, I know, if it had really been written by one of my students, the grammar might have been a bit better, and surely there would have been more text-message-based spelling involved, but ya’ git whut ah’ mean, right?

Want to know what your thoughts would look like if a witless and or/lazy individual from your life wrote them? Go here, and enjoy!

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