Oh my, it's that time of year again when pupils of all ages are just getting ready to go back to those legalized mental torture chambers, er, educational facilities called 'school' and 'college'.
Even now when I see Back To School ads I still panic and think, "Flip it! Summer just barely got started!" only to remind myself I haven't attended any kind of school or similar environment in years and don't have to worry about it. Yeeeessss! Still, I have fun looking through all the cool new school supplies that come out, that part you never outgrow. I hear Trapper Keepers are back in. Whoo hoo! Too bad they don't sell them in Portugal.
Anyway, to mark this time of panic and new school supply shopping sprees with a dash of humour, I've shared a few photos I've discovered online taken from students' exams, homework questions, and other school-themed memes that might make you smile.
This one sums up my first sentence exactly.
Just in case that wasn't clear enough, Jonathan Boothe from the Class of 2015 will spell it out for you.
Here's one reason school (college, whatever) can be such a drag: you get stuck with a group project, and you end up being the person on the far left of this meme a good 99% of the time. What part of 'group work' actually ends up being 'GROUP'?
They should rename these 'One Man Group Projects' for the sake of accuracy. (Or 'woman' in my case!)
Obviously, through 'work group' they were preapring us for the wild, wonderful realities of the 'Work Place'.
Well, whoever turned in this project sheet below obviously was one of those 99% percenters in a previous work group assignment. Instead of identifying 'all the students with whom you worked on producing your solutions' as requested, they decided to go 'Lone Wolf'. Brilliant! Wonder what the lab teacher thought of this brave soul?
Speaking of doodles, that's par for the course. Notebooks always get doodled on, and unfortunately some students also scribble on school books. (Not me! I didn't do that dastardly deed!) However, I can't help but find this school book vandalism rather inventive:
However, I must admit, kids in the Far East are far advanced in the fine art of textbook doodling.
Here's a 'Before' and 'After' picture of text book illustration which has undergone a makeover by one bored student.
Then, let's not forget the original answers penned on homework assignments with examples ranging from the genius to the strange, to the outright 'huh?' variety.
"Pattern Detection Quiz: How is the brain like a cantaloupe? List several ways."
The only answer given: "It is delicious."
Well, the pattern I detect here is mental derangement. It looks like we have a future Hannibal Lecter answering this quiz, folks!
Hey! The children may be our future, but we shouldn't dump our problems on them yet. This kid below nailed it.
Here's an English grammar assignment in which an opposite must be offered to the word on the left. What does the student say is opposite to 'original'? China! Well, with all the bootlegs, pirate goods and knock-offs pouring out of that country, you can't blame them for making the observation. However, am I the only one who thinks the answer given by the teacher is not quite right either? 'Artificial' is actually the opposite of 'natural', not 'original', but I'm not an accredited high-school teacher, so what do I know?
Okay, here's another 'list an opposite' assignment.
The opposite of the prefix 'pro' is 'noob'.
Not a bad word actually, even if it's incorrect. I think 'contra-' was meant as the opposite prefix.
Still, there could be loads of uses for this. If you're not a 'pro' you're a noob. Has a nice ring to it somehow.
UPDATE! Indeed, this informal slang word has made it into the online Cambridge and Oxford dictionaries, so it is useful after all! Who would have thought? This noob-blogger sure didn't. See? You learn something every day.
Art class 101? At least this was an honest answer! This person knew their limitations.
Since we're showcasing kids giving honest answers, Frankie was brutally frank about his life.
Indeed, why would you fill a 'super fun' aquarium with barnacles instead of seahorses?
Yes, it is one thing to set intellectual challenges, but obviously this pupil deemed the question was questioning their intelligence and didn't mind showing it!
Have at it, kid. Whoever came up with this was asking for it anyway.
Again, we have a thinker here!
Time-changing adventurer, I love you.
Hmm, a name your 'hero' or 'heroine' assignment. I have to agree, 'Harry Potter' is quite addictive reading.
Of course, you have those smart ones who dare to pose challenging answers in return, and get top marks too!
Reminds me of the legendary case that happened at my college during the philosophy department exams. One question given to the students literally was:
"Is this a question?"
One student had the guts to write down, "Is this an answer?" and walked out of the exam hall like a Boss. They Aced the exam. Seriously. I'm not kidding.
Ah, yes, exams. Of course I'd study, but then, there was always that one question that despite all my efforts to recall everything I learned pertaining to the subject, I would still draw a mental blank, stressfully staring at that stupid exam sheet while the clock ticked away the few remaining mintues left. I admire those brave rebels who drew something back in return, even if it wasn't the correct answer. It was a daring, gutsy...SOMETHING. Bravo!
The hours they spent teaching us this 'quadradic function' crud! To think I used to know how to do things like this! Yep, I agree, Tetris is more fun.
By the way kids, you never are going to need to know what the 'vertex of the parabola' is ever again. Unless you're going to be some kind of rocket scientist or high falootin' laser engineer or moon base architect, that sort of thing. You catch my drift.
As a 'Lord of the Rings' fan, I love this artistic rendering. Too bad the teacher didn't appreciate Alex's inventive doodles of the Eye of Saron and Mount Doom.
Question one: explain how the Cold War started, in 100 words. The answer is a big fat NO from angry No-Meme dude!
Don't blame you kid, we're all sick of talking about wars. Too bad about the F though.
Wouldn't it be funny if the pupil who was requested to discuss the Cold War in the previous exam did this doodle too? First class chemistry test doodle! Right on! Don't share your secret formulas with the rest of the world.
Boy, this kid was really stuck on 'draw a human body' and show where the following organs and sundry body parts are located.
True, the question didn't say draw an 'exact replica' of a human body, so a tribute to Picasso's 'Guernica' is the next best thing, right?
Art is in the eye of the beholder~ if the artist says it's a body, it's a body.
This is Picasso's 'Guernica' ~ just in case you wanted to make a comparison.
Yes, there are some really artistic students out there. Mathematics is not their calling. They might have had better luck drawing the ship in the earlier example shown above.
Sometimes, the teachers have no qualms sketching back a reply. It just makes things more interesting.
Apprently, the student was drawing himself strapping on a rocket pack to escape from this mathematical question. Teacher asks "Y U no try" and doodled the correct equation.
Y u no try?
Umm, because advanced algebra and trigonometry type stuff is hard and not everyone has the patience to learn this twaddle which they might never use again?
Here, a student has reported a volcanic eruption has just occured and has blocked out the question so they can't read or answer it.
The teacher drew in a stick figure of an island native with the text: 'frightened villager fleeing from your answer.'
Good call, Teacher.
Again, the angry 'NO' dude has reappeared.
Teacher replies with a skeptical looking self portrait complete with questionable 'cool cat' spelling.
Then, there are some really awesome teachers out there that actually give credit for a student's desperate creativity. 'Trigonometric Forms Man' got a +1. Cheers!
The student here couldn't be bothered describing the characters in a novel and all their convoluted relationships, so wrapped up his answer under a big question mark:
"I believe that sums up my response quickly and accurately without wasting your time reading a long drawn out answer which would not make any sense what-so-ever."
The kid got a mark for honesty! However, I wonder if the teacher spotted the cynicism in the student's rather droll, long-winded answer.
Another honest answer, that also got a mark!
Again, an extra mark just because the teacher was nice.
You remember teachers like these, they help you get through the chaos that is called 'school'.
“It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person’s life. How anyone can come through that time well adjusted on any level is an absolute miracle.” ~ Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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