Teacher makes entitled student regret complaining about upcoming quiz after she had nearly forgotten: 'Everyone, thank [Student] for reminding me we had this quiz!'

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    Two high school students take a quiz while sitting in the desks of a classroom.
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    I teach English as a second language in a non Anglophone country.
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    I'm walking up to the high school with my ear buds, mentally prepping myself for my day. I have ADHD so my memory is not great and I mostly function because I write things down. I have a
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    notebook for each class where I write down what actually happened (teachers know there is the plan and the reality.
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    The school has an online portal where I plan out the progression each semester.)
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    Grades are almost closed for the term and the rule at my school is you need at least three grades per class.
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    It's fine it's not that many but I have 8 classes, over 200 students so it's actually kind of overwhelming. Especially
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    bc some of my class sizes are too big to manage really. Like 36 kids in a 55 min class and so many of them don't come prepared, don't
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    listen, just chat. Cheat on tests etc. So the classes where I spend more time "policing" than teaching, I'm low on grades for.
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    Ok so I'm rolling up and one of the students outside walks up to me like "oh Madame, how can you give us a quiz with such little notice, it's not fair duh duh duh."
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    No "can I have a min?" No "how are you?" Just direct launch into tirade.
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    Now I have no idea what he's talking about. But it is not only my right to give a small quiz with very little heads up, as it is to do pop quizzes for classes who don't work in class.
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    So I defend myself, like, "This is my right as a teacher. As long as you studied you'll be fine."
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    But I'm wondering, "wait wtf was he talking about" So I go to their class's notebook and ohh yes. I did announce a quiz for then a few days ago on like 10 vocabulary words.
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    Cool bro, thanks for reminding me. I had 100% forgotten.
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    But I didn't care for the accosting manner in which he did it. So instead of punishing him, when I gave the quiz to the class, I simply said,
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    "Everyone thank Student for reminding me we had this quiz. I had totally forgotten."
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    (Before anyone gets pissed it was a 5 word vocab quiz that was fairly easy)
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    A female teacher leads a classroom full of student. One male student raises his hand.
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    cahors_f... .32m ago I knew this was France from the first sentence and then bam MADAME. Have fun!
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    StinkypieTic... • 23m ago I remember my students saying, "what? we have to take another quiz?" I said, "No, you GET to take another quiz! Your grades are in the basement-this quiz will help your average!"

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