Why teachers are important
Well, teachers are important, because, they can instill a love of learning in us. Plus, they know what they’re teaching (well, most of the time) and can’t get their facts wrong (again, most of the time).
If you leave it up to me, the parent to do the teaching, oh! you’ll definitely get answers.
Not necessarily the right ones, but the answer will be given with much gusto and confidence, you (the student) will be convinced it’s the right one!
Ahem.
So, here I am, taking charge of 1 table of 5 students. Bright eyed bushy tailed, ready to get their work all done. Seemed easy enough, just had to place all modes of transportation based on their elements ~ water, road, air, rails.
One kid didn’t know what a jeep was. Easy, know a hummer. Well, a hummer was originally a jeep. But, the army used it…and made it into a hummer.
Easy, hor?
Eagerly, he nods his head.
Sigh..this parent duty job ~ too easy.
Oh! What’s a aircraft carrier?
I tsked in my head. What’s an aircraft carrier. Too easy.
You know .. that BIG plane that carries loads of boxes. Yea…that’s an aircraft carrier.
Or so I thought.
Teacher came, and marked their sheets and noted..all of them got the aircraft carrier wrong.
Showed the picture on the screen.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Freakin’ warship!
5 pairs of eyes glared accusingly at me………
I raised my arm and gave a sheepish sorry..I was the one who told them it was a huge plane.
Hee hee hee hee….
So..yea. I know now, I suck as a teacher. But I am great at convincing people! 
Mott
No offense
The plane you talking about probably is probably a variant of C-130
^-^
No offense taken. Because I have no idea what that means. But I believe you!
Comment by yenjai.net — August 26, 2009 @ 5:37 am
haahahahhahahahha if that q was pose to me..i will also say plane…..
ok ok. u can do MLM already. PASS
Comment by rachel — August 26, 2009 @ 9:02 am
Oh, is that what an aircraft carrier is? heheehehehe…thanks
Comment by mommy to chumsy — August 26, 2009 @ 1:50 pm
AIYA, nevermind la…but hor, don’t believe the teachers 100%, they can’t be knowing EVERYTHING !?? right? ;P
Comment by blinka.li — August 27, 2009 @ 1:37 am
*look at yenjai’s comment* U samo know the model ah ?
hahhaha u can sell shoes aircond to the eskimo ppl edi u know? haha
*whisper* i do it to hl all the time.. and he belip me muahahhaha
Comment by sasha — August 27, 2009 @ 11:57 am
I would have said it’s a kind of plane too haha. But it’s ok, a teacher is not a walking encyclopaedia. Teachers can be wrong too sometimes.
Comment by Health Freak — August 31, 2009 @ 7:31 am
Hahahahahahaha, i too always simply bluff my girl… sigh…
Comment by VivianZ — August 31, 2009 @ 10:31 am
wakakakakakakakakaka…lousy teacher, great salesperson!
Comment by Shooi — September 1, 2009 @ 9:42 am
I too fail miserably ~ both ways
Comment by Immomsdaughter — September 3, 2009 @ 7:21 am
You’re a riot
I can imagine how the 5 pairs of eyes stared at you LOL
You didn’t watch that famous TV series last time meh? It was called “Supercarrier” and had hot, hunky men in uniform??? I loved it!!!
Comment by KittyCat — September 3, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
i wud’ve given more than one wrong answer! imagine if i were to appear on “Are you smarter than a 5th grader?”… first round already flunk.
Comment by sherry — September 8, 2009 @ 6:59 am
Mott, you are so funny (Freakin warship)! hahaha…
But it’s true that “aircraft carrier”, I would have thought of the “Beluga” owned by Airbus.
Comment by Moomykin — September 8, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
I remember laughing out damn loud when I read this weeks ago and had to tell the Hubs about it.
Comment by Big Pumpkin — October 22, 2009 @ 6:54 pm