They used to have regular tiny quizzes in my college lit class, but they were tiny slips of paper handed out at the start of class to see if we’d read the material.
You got 2 points (out of 5) for just admitting that you hadn’t read it (instead of trying to make up the details). That way, the teacher knew the difference between people not understanding the material, and people just not putting the time in.
That was a great class. We got raffles for free tickets to plays, due to a former student who was subscribed to all the local theatres and would send any unwanted tickets to the teacher he’d so enjoyed, so younger students could get some culture ^_^
Back in the 60’s, they were an irregular part of Jr. High and High School. No partial credit for admitting that you hadn’t done the assignment, though.
If they had been regular, there wouldn’t be a suprise.
Jessie outright blaming it on the new kids seems like a bad move here.
We did have tests like this but they were just for the prof to get an overview of the class like here, or to give the students an idea how they might do on a real test. Anything that could affect our grade negatively got announced in advance.
She didn’t say this was going to affect their grade; though. Just that she wanted to find out where everyone was on their studies, so she could more effectively integrate them into the current classwork.
Welcome to the new season of Unsolved Mysteries!
Tonight we find Sherlock (played by Selkie) and John (played by George) in their first face-to-face encounter with Moriarity (played by Tehk). Wherein Pricess Dr. Terrorhammer and John have the wind let out of their sails by Moriarity. Will John be able to de-fuse the situation? Tune in to find out in this 10 part series.
Hey, Selkie, what the fracking Haitch-Eee-double hocky sticks is up with you? How are you so flapped about this, you, who are usually so unflappable? Just what the heck? Where is this paranoia from? The hells??
Brain, and brain! What is brain? And where is yours, Princess Dr. Terrorhammer?
Well, from her first interaction with Tehk where she was trying to be nice & he was standoffish (reasonable, given his circumstances) to his earlier slave comment regarding Todd adopting Selkie, coupled with the pre-adolescent angst he’s carrying about (enhanced by his family being war refugees at the moment, and that uncle is the one at school, not dad, implies something happened to one or both of his parents) and you get a nice little cycle of snide and snippishness.
Plus, she recently got outed as a different species, while the story had been “skin condition”, so that’s an extra stress on her (fortunately most people we’ve seen on page have been cool about it). Double plus: we know she doesn’t like tests & the like (most kids don’t, especially when sprung on you last second) and it gives her something else to hold against him (though it would also be held against the girl we haven’t seen for a bit, but she was accepting of Selkies offers of kindness, so she’s not to blame, only Tehk)
The question was more rhetorical for me, usually she’s so unflappable. She Does get flapped about certain things, and i agree with almost everything you said. Except I did find it confusing; usually each species thinks of themselves as the “Most Superior”, (I did say usually). Look at foxes– quote: “Yeah, ya caught me- ya dirty rat, but it took you 14 humans, 14 horses, and 30 dogs to do it. Now, let me go!” My Gosh, look at Cats!! Not even gonna start on that.
I assumed that Tehk thought Todd was Selkie’s servant. I (rightly, or wrongly, -possibly both) assumed that Tehk’s perspective would be that Sarnothi are superior, anywhere We go We will be the Dominant Species. (Even if My group was kicked out of Eden. We were kicked out by Sarnothi– Not by these ugly things with the HUGE (my gosh HUGE) Noses.)
You’re right on her usual controlled (if not cool-headed) approach to things, but I had another thought after making my reply. On top of everything else, Tehk is only the second male Sarnothi close to her age she’s dealt with (the first being Benny, but he’s older and angstier and the situation with him & the rest of the Brown family had other aspects that took priority).
So far, her dealings with other Sarnothi have been Pohl & his family, Then, agent Browns family, and lastly the refugees (and that whole trip went from amazing to violently unpleasant in a matter of moments, which probably overshadowed a lot of the trip & the encounters she had in it (Scar & the like)). We’re still getting tidbits on Sarnothi biology/societal norms/surviving puberty & the like, and it could be that there’s an additional level to this sudden flappability, which seems to be centered around this one similarly aged male who is now seated next to her.
I don’t know about Tehk having that particular mindset, but it’s still early with him, we don’t know everything to know about him yet. I’m interested to find what else might have put this chip on his shoulder (but again, getting kicked out of your home is more than enough for most anyone)
Now this is one of the few things I can’t sympathize with.
Because, you see, I was one of those insufferable kids who always paid attention in class and always did well on tests, and thus pop quizzes were always a welcome surprise!
Pop quizzes are easy and fun, and a great source of those wonderful “reward chemicals” my brain loves so much! I bet we’re all pumped up to take this test right now, right, guys? Guys?
Too bad my social skills were so underdeveloped compared to my academic skills…
I can’t understand what Dave is on about, every subject had at least One pop quiz each semester, Moar! If the teacher was unsure if we undersood the material or just did not “get” it. In middle school they were used as dignostics as well as disciplinary and authority reenforcements. “Put a tack on my chair? How infantile. Well I’m putting a mimeographed pop quiz on your desks! Wanna up the ante, kiddies?”
Some of my teachers in high school and college used pop quizzes as a freaking Sword of Damacles. They told us they would happen sometime during the semester but we never knew when they would come.
I can’t tell if it was evil genius, keeping us honest and on our toes through the semester, or sadistic, watching us sweat and suffer when we weren’t prepared. Either way if didn’t keep up, they sucked.
I had pop quizzes in elementary and middle schools. Not as much in high school. In elementary school they confused the heck out of me. School was such a trauma to me that I was in a near-continuous disassociative state. I didn’t understand their purpose other than that they were a new horror for me to endure.
This sounds like I was abused or bullied, I was not. I was undiagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome in an era when it was believed only boys could have Asperger’s. (It shows differently in girls and women.) I was super shy and just wanted to read or draw. Nothing else. I didn’t much understand the point of it all, and felt like I was being set up for failure in someone else’s game.
Much like Monopoly.
God how I hate that game, win or lose.
Anyway, the social aspect of it all got easier as I got older, and by the end of middle school I understood the “why” of it, but the “how” still left a lot to be desired.
Seriously, school needs a MASSIVE makeover.
They used to have regular tiny quizzes in my college lit class, but they were tiny slips of paper handed out at the start of class to see if we’d read the material.
You got 2 points (out of 5) for just admitting that you hadn’t read it (instead of trying to make up the details). That way, the teacher knew the difference between people not understanding the material, and people just not putting the time in.
That was a great class. We got raffles for free tickets to plays, due to a former student who was subscribed to all the local theatres and would send any unwanted tickets to the teacher he’d so enjoyed, so younger students could get some culture ^_^
Back in the 60’s, they were an irregular part of Jr. High and High School. No partial credit for admitting that you hadn’t done the assignment, though.
If they had been regular, there wouldn’t be a suprise.
Oh- I haven’t brought a pen-
Jessie outright blaming it on the new kids seems like a bad move here.
We did have tests like this but they were just for the prof to get an overview of the class like here, or to give the students an idea how they might do on a real test. Anything that could affect our grade negatively got announced in advance.
She didn’t say this was going to affect their grade; though. Just that she wanted to find out where everyone was on their studies, so she could more effectively integrate them into the current classwork.
Tehk’s next line: “Enemys, yes. Powerfuls, nopes. Bwa ha.”
Welcome to the new season of Unsolved Mysteries!
Tonight we find Sherlock (played by Selkie) and John (played by George) in their first face-to-face encounter with Moriarity (played by Tehk). Wherein Pricess Dr. Terrorhammer and John have the wind let out of their sails by Moriarity. Will John be able to de-fuse the situation? Tune in to find out in this 10 part series.
*snerk*
He basically already said that. I have enough faith in Tehk’s wit to trust that he doesn’t think he needs to spell out the punchline.
Hey, Selkie, what the fracking Haitch-Eee-double hocky sticks is up with you? How are you so flapped about this, you, who are usually so unflappable? Just what the heck? Where is this paranoia from? The hells??
Brain, and brain! What is brain? And where is yours, Princess Dr. Terrorhammer?
Well, from her first interaction with Tehk where she was trying to be nice & he was standoffish (reasonable, given his circumstances) to his earlier slave comment regarding Todd adopting Selkie, coupled with the pre-adolescent angst he’s carrying about (enhanced by his family being war refugees at the moment, and that uncle is the one at school, not dad, implies something happened to one or both of his parents) and you get a nice little cycle of snide and snippishness.
Plus, she recently got outed as a different species, while the story had been “skin condition”, so that’s an extra stress on her (fortunately most people we’ve seen on page have been cool about it). Double plus: we know she doesn’t like tests & the like (most kids don’t, especially when sprung on you last second) and it gives her something else to hold against him (though it would also be held against the girl we haven’t seen for a bit, but she was accepting of Selkies offers of kindness, so she’s not to blame, only Tehk)
The question was more rhetorical for me, usually she’s so unflappable. She Does get flapped about certain things, and i agree with almost everything you said. Except I did find it confusing; usually each species thinks of themselves as the “Most Superior”, (I did say usually). Look at foxes– quote: “Yeah, ya caught me- ya dirty rat, but it took you 14 humans, 14 horses, and 30 dogs to do it. Now, let me go!” My Gosh, look at Cats!! Not even gonna start on that.
I assumed that Tehk thought Todd was Selkie’s servant. I (rightly, or wrongly, -possibly both) assumed that Tehk’s perspective would be that Sarnothi are superior, anywhere We go We will be the Dominant Species. (Even if My group was kicked out of Eden. We were kicked out by Sarnothi– Not by these ugly things with the HUGE (my gosh HUGE) Noses.)
You’re right on her usual controlled (if not cool-headed) approach to things, but I had another thought after making my reply. On top of everything else, Tehk is only the second male Sarnothi close to her age she’s dealt with (the first being Benny, but he’s older and angstier and the situation with him & the rest of the Brown family had other aspects that took priority).
So far, her dealings with other Sarnothi have been Pohl & his family, Then, agent Browns family, and lastly the refugees (and that whole trip went from amazing to violently unpleasant in a matter of moments, which probably overshadowed a lot of the trip & the encounters she had in it (Scar & the like)). We’re still getting tidbits on Sarnothi biology/societal norms/surviving puberty & the like, and it could be that there’s an additional level to this sudden flappability, which seems to be centered around this one similarly aged male who is now seated next to her.
I don’t know about Tehk having that particular mindset, but it’s still early with him, we don’t know everything to know about him yet. I’m interested to find what else might have put this chip on his shoulder (but again, getting kicked out of your home is more than enough for most anyone)
He called her a Drama Queen. Seeing as she IS one (but is in denial over it), she’s taking that “insult” personally.
Now this is one of the few things I can’t sympathize with.
Because, you see, I was one of those insufferable kids who always paid attention in class and always did well on tests, and thus pop quizzes were always a welcome surprise!
Pop quizzes are easy and fun, and a great source of those wonderful “reward chemicals” my brain loves so much! I bet we’re all pumped up to take this test right now, right, guys? Guys?
Too bad my social skills were so underdeveloped compared to my academic skills…
Had a classmate who regularly did stuff like remind the prof that we had homework that day! Everyone hated her.
Well since she actually did it, she wouldn’t want all that hard work to go unrecognized, would she?
Hahaha! I like you. 😀
I can’t understand what Dave is on about, every subject had at least One pop quiz each semester, Moar! If the teacher was unsure if we undersood the material or just did not “get” it. In middle school they were used as dignostics as well as disciplinary and authority reenforcements. “Put a tack on my chair? How infantile. Well I’m putting a mimeographed pop quiz on your desks! Wanna up the ante, kiddies?”
Pop quizzes are totally a real thing.
Yep. Had them all the time in elementary school.
Yep!
Some of my teachers in high school and college used pop quizzes as a freaking Sword of Damacles. They told us they would happen sometime during the semester but we never knew when they would come.
I can’t tell if it was evil genius, keeping us honest and on our toes through the semester, or sadistic, watching us sweat and suffer when we weren’t prepared. Either way if didn’t keep up, they sucked.
Yup, she’s a “drama queen” alright.
Quiz is short for “inquisition”.
That is all.
I had pop quizzes in elementary and middle schools. Not as much in high school. In elementary school they confused the heck out of me. School was such a trauma to me that I was in a near-continuous disassociative state. I didn’t understand their purpose other than that they were a new horror for me to endure.
This sounds like I was abused or bullied, I was not. I was undiagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome in an era when it was believed only boys could have Asperger’s. (It shows differently in girls and women.) I was super shy and just wanted to read or draw. Nothing else. I didn’t much understand the point of it all, and felt like I was being set up for failure in someone else’s game.
Much like Monopoly.
God how I hate that game, win or lose.
Anyway, the social aspect of it all got easier as I got older, and by the end of middle school I understood the “why” of it, but the “how” still left a lot to be desired.
Seriously, school needs a MASSIVE makeover.
🎶Makeover, makeover! Makeover, makeover! Makeover!🎶
Points to whomever can name the song reference.