A student has been asked to write an essay on the American Native Indians. The student wrote an essay on the Indians in India instead.<\/p>\n
S: Teacher, why did you fail me?<\/p>\n
T: Your essay is off topic.<\/p>\n
S: What off topic? I wrote about the Indians.<\/p>\n
T: I asked you to write on the American Indians, the prompt says it very clearly. But you wrote only about the Indians in India, completely off topic.<\/p>\n
S: Well, let's see...they are all called Indians.<\/p>\n
T: Not the same.<\/p>\n
S: Fine, but even Columbus made that mistake.<\/p>\n
T: You are the one being graded, not Columbus.<\/p>\n
S: Fine, but American Indians, India-Indians, they are all humans, what's the big deal.<\/p>\n
T: Fail or pass, they are just grade, what's the big deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A student has been asked to write an essay on the American Native Indians. The student wrote an essay on the Indians in India instead. S: Teacher, why did you fail me? T: Your essay is off topic. S: What … Continue reading