He’ll never amount to anything, the teacher pondered as he walked through the aisles during the exam and caught a glimpse of the blatantly wrong answer the boy had penned down on what he himself considered to be a fairly easy question.
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Nice close. The contrast of pupil/teacher mind-set made me laugh.
Yep – there’s always TWO sides to every situation 🙂
This is too brilliant.
This stratified life
Divine.
HILARIOUS!!! (coming from an English Prof)
You are very talented.
Those who can’t do teach. hehe Nice.
A brilliant answer to the teacher’s cynicism, great story!
whitty, great story, the end gives it all. Looking forward to read more
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I wish I had studied harder. Now I’m stuck in school for the rest of my life. I must have failed that test.
Loved the story. It made me think of a little something I read years ago. I can’t remember it verbatim, but it’s something like “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach”.