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Apr. 1st, 2004 05:18 pmI have a student, I believe I've mentioned him, who at this point has not turned in a single assignment save the midterm. To be fair, he did extremely well on said midterm. I've been trying to get ahold of him for ages, and finally he came to see me during office hours today.
I informed him that at this point there was no way he could get higher than a D in the course, which is true, and asked him what was going on, and if I could help. He said he'd suffered a serious injury at the beginning of the school year which was impacting him physically -- lack of mobility plus painkillers -- and emotionally.
"Emotionally?" I asked, thinking perhaps he'd been in a car wreck, and knowing what that's like.
"Yeah," he replied. "See, I fractured my penis."
What's the polite thing to say in that situation? Wow doesn't really seem to cover it...
Commentary post-hack: This story is NOT an april fool's joke, and has since become something of a legend. It is my favourite story to tell at dinner with friends. :D
I informed him that at this point there was no way he could get higher than a D in the course, which is true, and asked him what was going on, and if I could help. He said he'd suffered a serious injury at the beginning of the school year which was impacting him physically -- lack of mobility plus painkillers -- and emotionally.
"Emotionally?" I asked, thinking perhaps he'd been in a car wreck, and knowing what that's like.
"Yeah," he replied. "See, I fractured my penis."
What's the polite thing to say in that situation? Wow doesn't really seem to cover it...
Commentary post-hack: This story is NOT an april fool's joke, and has since become something of a legend. It is my favourite story to tell at dinner with friends. :D
