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Re:I Can’t Answer Standardized Test Questions About My Own P... by mcguire on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @01:44PM (#19790170)
Note that the difference is not necessarily obvious. I was once in several classes with a guy who would ask questions that were just slightly off-topic and odd---possibly about differing interpretations, possibly just trying to completely derail the class. I still don't know which of the two cases was right. I do know he managed to drag the class so that we missed rather a lot.

AI classes, by the way.

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Re:I Can’t Answer Standardized Test Questions About My Own P... by isostatic on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:14PM (#19798533)
Quite, and I'm sure that many actually inquisitive students are shot down enough to beat the inquisitiveness out of them, on the errant assumption they are a smartass.

I'm also sure that a student who is one day asking a genuine question, is the next day beign a smart ass. I certainly used to do that.

Kids are terrible. When there's 30 of them in the room, half of them who don't want to be there, it's even worse.

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