Today, my minions helped me wrap up the semester.
Here's the deal: my syllabus specifies that if a student's cell phone rings s/he loses that day's attendance point. But I'm a big believer in reciprocity. So if my cell phone rings, everyone gets extra credit. All semester, students beg for my number, wish for the phone to ring, etc.
So, naturally, I arrange to have it ring at the end of the term. It's a little gift from me to them.
And today was the day. Charles called during the 11 o'clock class, and I put him on speaker-phone. "Do they deserve extra credit?" I asked. "Well, it's in your syllabus, right?" he said. "Yeah, but I was just saying that if a law goes unenforced it's not really the law, is it?" "So you're going to break your word? You're mean!" They loved him.
At 2:30, it was Mother's turn. On speaker, when asked if they deserved extra credit, she said: "Well, they had to put up with you all term, right?" They roared. I took that as a 'yes.'
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That is awesome. That school will certainly miss you. Congrats on finishing the semester!
What I really said was "Well, sweetheart, they had to put up with you all term." It was the sweetheart part that they cheered for, I feel sure.
And it will go down in Kentucky History as a sad day indeed!
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