"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
10/17/2019 at 19:58 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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I was teaching a trumpet lesson today, and I noticed that the student had this sharpened pencil taped into his band binder. I asked him if this was his “In case of emergency, break glass” pencil. He said no, he had failed two “pencil tests” where he had to show the director that he had a pencil, so his mom taped it in there so he would never fail again. He’ll never write with it, but he’ll always pass. Brilliant.
VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
> ttyymmnn
10/17/2019 at 20:12 |
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Maybe it’s the engineer in me, but I would have suggested that your student have his mom tape a small zipper pouch with two pencils. One to use and one to lose.
I do think it’s a clever way of passing the pencil test. I just hope he actually also has a pencil when he needs one.
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ttyymmnn
> VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
10/17/2019 at 20:18 |
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Knowing this kid, it’s best this way. He can always bum a pencil off his neighbor. That’s what I do.
MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
> VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
10/17/2019 at 20:32 |
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He would lose both. Ask me how I know.
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VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
> ttyymmnn
10/17/2019 at 20:49 |
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Fair enough, I typically subscribe to if it’s stupid but it works, it ain’t stupid.
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VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
> MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
10/17/2019 at 20:54 |
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I’ve taken care of kids, I know how it goes. I’ve found that like designing online tools for laymen users, designing the experience to prevent most likely causes of failure seem to help a lot.
It doesn’t always work, of course
shop-teacher
> ttyymmnn
10/17/2019 at 21:40 |
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I teach my perpetually pencil losing students to mine the ground. I haven’t bought a pen or a pencil in over a decade. They’re all over the floor in schools.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> ttyymmnn
10/17/2019 at 21:51 |
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Reminds me of the time I ‘accidentally’ laminated our draught person’s entire collection of drawing pencils using our poster laminater... certainly made it easier for him to pick the right pencil. Especially after bitching endlessly about not having sufficient space on his desk to display and find them easily...
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ttyymmnn
> shop-teacher
10/17/2019 at 22:01 |
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One of my boys has already learned that lesson and picks up every pencil he finds. He’s got quite a collection. That’s how I got through high school.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
10/18/2019 at 22:41 |
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Love it. I’m sharing this!
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> ttyymmnn
10/21/2019 at 09:27 |
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I’ve never heard of a “pencil test”. It sounds like it’s literally a check that you have a pencil? Is that right?
Sounds pointless.