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Whether it was that dreaded 1000 word assignment on why you shouldn't put boogers in Mary's hair or that you never did the work the boss piles on you. We have all been there. Almost everyone...

So my question is this; what is the most funniest homework/work related story you have got, and can you remember the most lamest or funniest excuse you ever used for when you forgot to do your homework? Better yet did they ever work? And if you are a teacher, why not tell us the so stupid it is funny reasons on why Johnny didn't get his homework done AGAIN!


And no I'm not on NS when I should be doing my homework. Shut up!

Let me guess...the homework you aren't doing is English?

Learning the difference between "there" and "their".

(And yes, that also goes for your location!)

Grammar troll!

Also I didn't do any of my homework.

What is this...homework?

Learning the difference between "there" and "their".

(And yes, that also goes for your location!)

As well as the difference between "weather" and "whether", the use of possessives, the use of hyphens, commas and colons, and the proper formation of superlatives.

In social studies class, we had a substitute teacher who (like many) was ignored by multiple students. SO she assigned an impromptu 500-word essay on world war II as homework for the class.

Exactly one essay was turned in the next day, which was the sentence "World war II was very very very very very bad.", with enough veries to reach 500 words.

As well as the difference between "weather" and "whether", the use of possessives, the use of hyphens, commas and colons, and the proper formation of superlatives.
That too.

Learning the difference between "there" and "their".

(And yes, that also goes for your location!)

I was never, ever, taught that until Year 12 (age 16). Luckily I figured it out on my own.

Whether it was that dreaded 1000 word[-s] assignment on why you shouldn't put boogers in Mary's hair or that you never ending doing the work the boss piles on you. We have all been there. Almost everyone...

So my question is this; what is the most funniest homework/work related story you have got, and can you remember the most lamest or funniest excuse you ever used[-,] for when you forgot to do your homework? Better yet did they ever work? And [not meant to start a sentence with an and, but I'll let it slide] if you are a teacher, why not tell us the so stupid it is funny reasons on why Johnny didn't get his homework done AGAIN!


And [again] no I'm not on NS when I should be doing my homework. Shut up! ;)

Fixed.

When I was out, I had sent the sub an essay for the class to do, and on the top of the paper he photocopied and handed out was the assignment and the words, "This will be counted as a test. If you choose not to do it, you will receive a zero for this test."

Five kids did it. 25 kids got a zero and were mad because they didn't think I'd give ALL of them a zero for blowing off their work.

Let me guess...the homework you aren't doing is English?

If I told you I get 90s in English without trying?

The reason why my grammar is so bad is because I'm hearing impaired and when I was growing up I never could hear words spoken in the "correct" way so I never correctly copied the sounds I heared right. Also as a hearing impaired it harder for me to hear such subtle changes like their and their. I do indeed know the different by the way. But also considering the fact I wrongly pronounced words due to not knowing how to correctly speak and not being used to placing my tounge in the correct postions to make those words. It means that my typing and speech isn't as good. Its something I been working on those and I use a spelling check now and my spelling and grammar has improved greatly. I guess I should have realise that their was being wrongly used as I learned that since grade seven(grade nine here) and if you ask me to write the different on a English paper. I easily could do so.


So please do realise not everybody is lucky as you to be so naturally great at spelling and grammar and has to work at it ok?

P.S I read alot and that never taught me much grammar. So go figure.

The most amusing homework assignment I had was when our class was on a trip to Brighton in the UK. My Canadian English teacher thought it would be fun for me to talk randomly to people and have them guess at what country I was from by my accent*. If you know Brighton, you know it has a very special atmosphere in certain parts and that its inhabitants can be somewhat eccentric, so having an excuse to engage them in conversation led to some funny exchanges.

*No one ever guessed I was from Sweden, which the Canadian teacher saw as a success. Eventually, so did I.

When I was out, I had sent the sub an essay for the class to do, and on the top of the paper he photocopied and handed out was the assignment and the words, "This will be counted as a test. If you choose not to do it, you will receive a zero for this test."

Five kids did it. 25 kids got a zero and were mad because they didn't think I'd give ALL of them a zero for blowing off their work.

Harsh. But since grades don't really mean anything...

The most amusing homework assignment I had was when our class was on a trip to Brighton in the UK. My Canadian English teacher thought it would be fun for me to talk randomly to people and have them guess at what country I was from by my accent*. If you know Brighton, you know it has a very special atmosphere in certain parts and that its inhabitants can be somewhat eccentric, so having an excuse to engage them in conversation led to some funny exchanges.

*No one ever guessed I was from Sweden, which the Canadian teacher saw as a success. Eventually, so did I.

I where did they guess you were from? and what crazy things did they do and say?

I was never, ever, taught that until Year 12 (age 16). Luckily I figured it out on my own.
Good for you!

I guess it sometimes does help if you're learning a language from scratch and such false friends - although they might sound similar - are usually not mixed up because one also learns their translation, thus showing whether your wording makes sense or not.
When I was out, I had sent the sub an essay for the class to do, and on the top of the paper he photocopied and handed out was the assignment and the words, "This will be counted as a test. If you choose not to do it, you will receive a zero for this test."

Five kids did it. 25 kids got a zero and were mad because they didn't think I'd give ALL of them a zero for blowing off their work.
That made me laugh.

Did you expect such an outcome or did it surprise you?

If I told you I get 90s in English without trying?

I'd think your teacher would need to face disciplinary action for such poor grading standards.

The reason why my grammar is so bad is because I'm hearing impaired

That does not explain, nor excuse, the state of your written language. One need not be full of hearing at all to know the difference between "there/their" (phonetically, there isn't one - that's why they're called "homophones"), "difference/different", or to know that "heared" is incorrect, among other things. Kindly, do not use your disability as an excuse - especially not regarding things it does not affect - you'll find no sympathy for it, it just means you have to work harder in certain areas.

The most amusing homework assignment I had was when our class was on a trip to Brighton in the UK.

I live there. :eek: At least I do when I'm not at uni.

I live there. :eek: At least I do when I'm not at uni.

I've been there on several occasions, as I have friends there. Imagine, we may have even met one another. Creepy, no?

I've been there on several occasions, as I have friends there. Imagine, we may have even met one another. Creepy, no?

Indeed. What parts of Brighton do you like btw, any particular pubs/clubs/bars/restaurants etc..?

In 11th grade (age 16) we had to do a "practice" thesis paper of 5 pages with at least 4 sources. The teacher made me redo mine because "The War on Terror is not only ineffective but aids terrorist organizations," was unacceptable. So I wrote a 10 page report with 13 sources on "Crinkle Cut Versus Straight Cut Potato Chips." She was not pleased.

In 11th grade (age 16) we had to do a "practice" thesis paper of 5 pages with at least 4 sources. The teacher made me redo mine because "The War on Terror is not only ineffective but aids terrorist organizations," was unacceptable. So I wrote a 10 page report with 13 sources on "Crinkle Cut Versus Straight Cut Potato Chips." She was not pleased.

Oh man. That is awesome.

Can you post your report?

Fixed.
you missed him using 'most funniest'. Double superlative. bad. very bad.

Harsh. But since grades don't really mean anything...
Don't they? Ask students who refuse to do the work or report to class, then cry to their guidance counselors when they have to repeat the class.

That made me laugh.

Did you expect such an outcome or did it surprise you?
I expected it. But the next time I was out and left an assignment, it was done and they didn't drive the sub crazy.

Coincidence?

I'd think your teacher would need to face disciplinary action for such poor grading standards.

Perhaps English is based on more things then just grammar? Which is probably why come I don't have a 100% average?



That does not explain, nor excuse, the state of your written language. One need not be full of hearing at all to know the difference between "there/their" (phonetically, there isn't one - that's why they're called "homophones"), "difference/different", or to know that "heared" is incorrect, among other things. Kindly, do not use your disability as an excuse - especially not regarding things it does not affect - you'll find no sympathy for it, it just means you have to work harder in certain areas.

No, one does not need to be "full of hearing" as you so weridly put it to know the difference. The point is it something I have to think about. I don't naturally know the difference. And I knew that "heared" was wrong as my spellchecker said so but I thought it must be wrong as "hear" didn't seen right. Just another example of what I was talking about in my last post.

And kindly please don't be stupid and think you know more about wheather my "disability" affects my writing then me or my hearing impaired teacher.


you missed him using 'most funniest'. Double superlative. bad. very bad.

That was the funniest thing I read today!

Oh man. That is awesome.

Can you post your report?

I wish I could. It's under the care of my father, who possibly threw it out (though I doubt it because he found it hilarious), but he is in New York, I am in Washington State, across the country. And that was a little over 6 years ago.

Here's the outcome though:
Crinkle Cut is better because the shape requires more potato, so therefore, more flavor. Between the increased thickness and the "V" shape in the cuts, it is also more structurally sound, so it will be less likely to break in dip. The cut also adds surface area, so in frying, more grease will attach itself to the chip, so, again, more flavor.

Crinkle Cut FTW.

No, one does not need to be "full of hearing" as you so weridly put it to know the difference. The point is it something I have to think about. I don't naturally know the difference. And I knew that "heared" was wrong as my spellchecker said so but I thought it must be wrong as "hear" didn't seen right. Just another example of what I was talking about in my last post.
Having a hearing problem myself, I understand where you are coming from. I also understand the frustration that comes from having someone make fun of your spelling when the 'normal' routes that everyone else uses to learn spelling do not work (I could cheerfully kill the next person who tells me to just sound out a word and then look it up in a dictionary).

That said, the hard lesson I learned is that you have to do your absolute best at your written work because people will notice the mistakes more and form negative opinions about your abilities from that work. It's not fair, it's not right, but it is true.

Back to the actual OP questions, I honestly cannot remember the funniest homework assignment I've ever had. There were a number I enjoyed and found interesting, but nothing that stands out as being odd. The best excuse I ever used (While in elementary school) was telling my teacher that I had indeed done the assignment, but that the assignment got lost because I got into a fight with student from anther class who had insulted her (my teacher) and of course I could not let a matter of honor like that slide. Sadly, my backpack burst open in the scuffle and the paper was lost to the wind where it got stuck on a passing car.

I got some points for causing my teacher to double over with laughter, was told I should consider either acting or creative writing in the future, and to do the paper over again. :tongue:

The best excuse I ever got was from one of my ichinensei (US 7th grade) who, when confronted about why he didn't do the worksheet I gave out last class, stood up and started giving this long speech about being Japanese and how the pride of the Yamato spirit would not let him study something like English. Besides, he planed to be a baseball player in the future and he wouldn't ever need to speak English because he never wanted to leave Japan and would never, ever meet any foreigners, so why should he study English?

It was quite impressive.

subtle changes like their and their.

that is all

That was the funniest thing I read today!
you've obviously never watched 'Rain Man'. bad. very bad.

So my question is this; what is the most funniest homework/work related story you have got, and can you remember the most lamest or funniest excuse you ever used for when you forgot to do your homework?Turned in a 1,000 word essay on how the aliens were in control of the education system. I don't understand what the problem with the essay was. The topic was "Problems with America's education system". The title of the essay was "The Aliens". :p

Got a meeting with the administrator for my trouble, too. :(

Oh, that reminds me! I had a 100 word essay due last Friday. It was, apparently, two words short when I turned it in. My teacher gave it back to me, and told me to fix it. So, being a jackass, I added "The End." :D

Turned in a 1,000 word essay on how the aliens were in control of the education system. I don't understand what the problem with the essay was. The topic was "Problems with America's education system". The title of the essay was "The Aliens". :p

Got a meeting with the administrator for my trouble, too. :(
Yes, but you can't prove that, or cite trustworthy sources. That's the trick to coming up with one of these projects to piss off the teacher.

The best excuse I ever got was from one of my ichinensei (US 7th grade) who, when confronted about why he didn't do the worksheet I gave out last class, stood up and started giving this long speech about being Japanese and how the pride of the Yamato spirit would not let him study something like English. Besides, he planed to be a baseball player in the future and he wouldn't ever need to speak English because he never wanted to leave Japan and would never, ever meet any foreigners, so why should he study English?

It was quite impressive.That's hilarious, Nerv. He didn't by any chance have the gall to use Yamato-damashii, did he?

I have friends that work in rural areas under the JET Program, and they have fed me dozens of stories about their students. How did you get involved in teaching directly in Japan? Marriage? :)

Perhaps English is based on more things then just grammar?
No, it's also spelling.

Which is probably why come I don't have a 100% average?

Is this a question for us to answer?

I'll be nice and post on topic now, although it will be very difficult.

I homeschool and my curriculum this year wants us to "seek out a black person" to talk about civil rights. I thought it was really funny at first, the mental picture of sleuthing around looking for someone dark enough to assume they were black, but then I realized that maybe the publishers assumed that people who are homeschooled don't much see black folk, and then I was offended.

Yes, but you can't prove that, or cite trustworthy sources. That's the trick to coming up with one of these projects to piss off the teacher.It was more commentary than substance, that's for sure. Though, compared to other people's papers, it was...much more interesting.

Was the Administrator an alien in the end, though?

Was the Administrator an alien in the end, though?I'm not allowed to answer that question. The CIA (Yes, I know you're there.) and NSA/CSS (Yes, you, too.) still monitor my activities.

Maybe a story about Kakashi would have been more up your alley.

Oh, and your silence speaks volumes. :D

Maybe a story about Kakashi would have been more up your alley. Thank you for giving me the topic of my next paper. It will be epic.

Oh, and your silence speaks volumes. :DDon't let them hear! :p

That's hilarious, Nerv. He didn't by any chance have the gall to use Yamato-damashii, did he?
He may have, this was a few years ago and I remember the meaning, but not the exact words now.

I have friends that work in rural areas under the JET Program, and they have fed me dozens of stories about their students. How did you get involved in teaching directly in Japan? Marriage? :)
To make a long story short, after I got my MS, I was accepted into the JET Programme and placed in Nagano Prefecture. Three years down the line when my contract term ended, I decided to stay in Japan due to circumstances (Namely my wife being pregnant and unable to travel) and found a private ALT company where I work now. They placed me in my current elementary school. So, technically speaking, I'm still an ALT like I was on JET, but in actuality I act as a full teacher given that most of my Japanese colleagues cannot speak English and couldn't really hope to teach it.

And there you have it. :D

I wish I could. It's under the care of my father, who possibly threw it out (though I doubt it because he found it hilarious), but he is in New York, I am in Washington State, across the country. And that was a little over 6 years ago.

Here's the outcome though:
Crinkle Cut is better because the shape requires more potato, so therefore, more flavor. Between the increased thickness and the "V" shape in the cuts, it is also more structurally sound, so it will be less likely to break in dip. The cut also adds surface area, so in frying, more grease will attach itself to the chip, so, again, more flavor.

Crinkle Cut FTW.too bad I had cool teachers who woulda given that 100% for creativity. Rebelling's so hard.

too bad I had cool teachers who woulda given that 100% for creativity. Rebelling's so hard.

Oh, she had to give me 100%, it followed exactly what she wanted.

Also had a buddy that did his senior thesis that Corn Bread is the basis of Civilization.

That's fascinating. I've always been intrigued with the way that foreigners wind up living in Japan. It seems like JET is often the culprit. And ooooh, Nagano is neat. You have some ugly trains, though. Like the Shinano line. ^^

GF: Just pen "Icha Icha Paradise", so we can stop wondering what it's like.

Also had a buddy that did his senior thesis that Corn Bread is the basis of Civilization.
That's not a thesis, that's a simple fact of the universe. Did he also try turning in "Breathing is important" or "The sun is big"?

I had a friend who answered "God" to every question on a biology test about sexual reproduction.

No one ever guessed I was from Sweden, which the Canadian teacher saw as a success. Eventually, so did I.

Swedish hockey players are always the best at disguising their accents. Lidstrom truly frightens me. That said, I know very well it's part of your plan, along with IKEA and Borje Salming, to take over the world, and I will be ready.

GF: Just pen "Icha Icha Paradise", so we can stop wondering what it's like.:salute: Can do! *wanders off to begin*

Don't they? Ask students who refuse to do the work or report to class, then cry to their guidance counselors when they have to repeat the class.

-snip-

Let me elaborate. Marks don't matter on things like that in New Zealand high school educational system. It's not nearly as informal as what your sounds like. If a mark really matters, is NCEA, and you know if it's NCEA.

Swedish hockey players are always the best at disguising their accents. Lidstrom truly frightens me. That said, I know very well it's part of your plan, along with IKEA and Borje Salming, to take over the world, and I will be ready.

Yes, the Swedes are very good actors. Especially that Markstrom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwRUpoaa4rI) fella.

EDIT: And to remain on topic, I don't recall any interesting homework projects. Except of course those ones from the 3rd grade that involved a lot of glue and cardboard and always fell apart in the back of my moms car on the way to school.

If I told you I get 90s in English without trying?I'd say there needs to be a bigger focus on grammar and spelling.

The reason why my grammar is so bad is because I'm hearing impaired and when I was growing up I never could hear words spoken in the "correct" way so I never correctly copied the sounds I heared right. Also as a hearing impaired it harder for me to hear such subtle changes like their and their.Ignoring the fact that you said the same word twice, those are true homophones. They are pronounced identically. There is no excuse. Their is posessive, there is a location, and they're is a contraction of they are. They are all pronounced identically. Hearing impairment, while unfortunate, is not an excuse.
I do indeed know the different by the way. But also considering the fact I wrongly pronounced words due to not knowing how to correctly speak and not being used to placing my tounge in the correct postions to make those words.I get that. I was taught under a system of "inventive spelling" which fails because English isn't phonetic. Granted, my difficulties don't compare to that of someone who is hearing impared, but some of spelling is memorization.

It means that my typing and speech isn't as good. Its something I been working on those and I use a spelling check now and my spelling and grammar has improved greatly. I guess I should have realise that their was being wrongly used as I learned that since grade seven(grade nine here) and if you ask me to write the different on a English paper. I easily could do so. Good that you work at it. But also important that you see the shortcomings. I grade and/or correct papers frequently. I've been told it frequently looks like I slit my wrist on the page because of the amount of red. It isn't a judgement...it's teaching people their errors. You can't learn unless you know your failings.


So please do realise not everybody is lucky as you to be so naturally great at spelling and grammar and has to work at it ok?Ha. I suck at spelling. I'm almost entirely self-taught. Most bestest is still an elementary mistake.

P.S I read alot and that never taught me much grammar. So go figure.
Depends what you read, and what concept of grammar you subscribe to. I prefer descriptive, which does what it says: it describes the grammatical structures and their impact upon the written piece. Prescriptive is the form that says "never end a sentence with a preposition", which is something up with which I will not put.

That's fascinating. I've always been intrigued with the way that foreigners wind up living in Japan. It seems like JET is often the culprit. And ooooh, Nagano is neat. You have some ugly trains, though. Like the Shinano line. ^^
JET does bring a lot of people over, yes. Of course, I had been interested in Japan since I was in elementary school and had tried, and failed, a few times before to get over here in an exchange program. But, since I meet my wife during that time, I'm not all that upset any more. :D

And do you mean Shinano the line or Shinano the limited express train? If you mean the line, they're the standard local train, nothing special. If you mean the limited express, I hardily agree.

The best excuse I ever got was from one of my ichinensei (US 7th grade) who, when confronted about why he didn't do the worksheet I gave out last class, stood up and started giving this long speech about being Japanese and how the pride of the Yamato spirit would not let him study something like English. Besides, he planed to be a baseball player in the future and he wouldn't ever need to speak English because he never wanted to leave Japan and would never, ever meet any foreigners, so why should he study English?

It was quite impressive.

Did you tell him that you were a foreigner? Just to see his reaction? :p

Did you tell him that you were a foreigner? Just to see his reaction? :p
That's actually what I did. I reminded him that I am a gaijin, I speak English, and there's over a billion English speakers as opposed to a few hundred million Japanese speakers, not to mention that both I and his Japanese English teacher expect him to do his bloody work, so get to it.

He sulked for most of the rest of the class, but I did get him to finish the sheet.

I'll be honest Nerv, I had no idea that Shinano was a normal train line.

I'm ignorant. :( But yes, I meant the limited express trains.

You know you've been posting on NSG too long when you attempt to use the BB code for Italic font, rather than Ctrl+B, while typing an essay in Word.

XD

I'll be honest Nerv, I had no idea that Shinano was a normal train line.

I'm ignorant. :( But yes, I meant the limited express trains.
It's a little confusing. Shinano Line is a private line that runs over old JR tracks that were sold to a private rail company when the Nagano shinkansen was completed. The ONLY reason I know about it is due to having ridden on the line one time to Ueda to look at a car I bought.

But, yes, the limited express is very ugly and very uncomfortable and I will be SO happy if they ever get that maglift line going from Tokyo to Nagoya via Nagano done.

Ah, I see.

What kind of car didja buy? :D

Ah, I see.

What kind of car didja buy? :D
Toyota Starlet

Also, I'm relating a reading on the American melting pot becoming cultural pluralism to the Borg from Star Trek.

God help me if my professor is not a Trekkie. :tongue:

a guy in my A level biology class kept on not doing his homework. so the teacher set him a 3000 word essay on the sex life of cabbages, and told him to illustrate it. the dude did a fucking epic job, with photos and props and everything :P

Oooh, snazzy. What are gas prices like at the moment? They were ~130 yen/litre last summer, and I forgot to check when I went back for Christmas break.

Christma: My first professor at Pepperdine was a religion teacher named Rick Marrs. My roommate and I fondly remember him as "Captain Picard".

The resemblance is a lot more striking from the back of a lecture hall. ^^
http://www.pepperdine.edu/pr/images/marrslarge.jpg

Christma: My first professor at Pepperdine was a religion teacher named Rick Marrs. My roommate and I fondly remember him as "Captain Picard".

The resemblance is a lot more striking from the back of a lecture hall. ^^
http://www.pepperdine.edu/pr/images/marrslarge.jpg

The best part is I'm hardly a Trekkie... I never even regularly watched the show, nor have I ever watched the numerous films produced.

:D

And, yes, that man looks strikingly like Cpt. Picard. o.O

His Texan accent ruined it somewhat, but we cajoled him into saying "make it so" towards the end of the semester. I was so happy that I actually bothered reading the Old Testament.

I hardly ever did homework. I was in streamed classes and should have been doing far more work than I did.. I just never got in to it. But hey, I think homework is bullshit.

As for funny stories, I'm not sure.. I tended to make up a whole lot of random stuff.

Toyota Starlet

Unless it was an eighties model, those things are damn ugly.

Oooh, snazzy. What are gas prices like at the moment? They were ~130 yen/litre last summer, and I forgot to check when I went back for Christmas break.
Currently around 104, though the station I go to usually gives me a bit of a discount.

Unless it was an eighties model, those things are damn ugly.
Early 90's and yes, yes it is. :p

Just owning a car in Japan is quite a big deal. I don't know what it's like in other provinces, but at least in Tokyo you need to submit proof that you own a place to park it (I believe). Unless you already have a foreign license, acquiring a Japanese Driver's License is incredibly tedious and expensive. When I was living in Tokyo I hadn't had the chance to return to America and get a California State Driver's License, so it simply wasn't feasible. I always found driving in Tokyo to be nerve-fraying, anyways.

Just owning a car in Japan is quite a big deal. I don't know what it's like in other provinces, but at least in Tokyo you need to submit proof that you own a place to park it (I believe).
That's the same everywhere in Japan except in the villages (mura). If you're living in a town (machi) or a city (shi) or, God help you, Tokyo, you have to provide proof of a parking space.

Unless you already have a foreign license, acquiring a Japanese Driver's License is incredibly tedious and expensive. When I was living in Tokyo I hadn't had the chance to return to America and get a California State Driver's License, so it simply wasn't feasible. I always found driving in Tokyo to be nerve-fraying, anyways.
It depends upon what foreign license you have. Japan does not automatically change over American licenses so you do have to take the driving and written test. True, it's not as hard as the full blown one, but most people fail it at least once and the average is three tries to get the damn thing. I now have my Japanese and my Nevadan license (Which makes it easier to rent cars for some strange reason).

That's bizarre; my mom is a horrible driver (sorry, mom) that's seemingly devoid of night vision, and yet she passed with flying colors. It's all a moot point; she's scared to death of getting behind the wheel of a car after a couple of close calls with a Honda Gyro. ^^

Did you ever go hunting for places to speed? :D

Oh, and where in Nevada?

That's bizarre; my mom is a horrible driver (sorry, mom) that's seemingly devoid of night vision, and yet she passed with flying colors. It's all a moot point; she's scared to death of getting behind the wheel of a car after a couple of close calls with a Honda Gyro. ^^
She's still in Tokyo?

Did you ever go hunting for places to speed? :D
In a starlet? I'd have to push it off a cliff to get speed out of it!

Oh, and where in Nevada?
Reno

She's still in Tokyo?Yep. My sister still has to graduate from high school. My parents didn't feel like pulling her out of Japan and dumping her in Atlanta (long story) in the midst of 11th grade, especially after such a long absence from the...different...US education system. My mom stayed behind to shepherd her through two more years of international school.

In a starlet? I'd have to push it off a cliff to get speed out of it!I take it your car didn't transform into a robot fighter jet, either. When yelling "Transform!" at the GPS only made it freak out and calculate a horrifying route to Chiba, one of my dreams was utterly crushed. :(

RenoOooh. Incline Village for me.

I take it your car didn't transform into a robot fighter jet, either. When yelling "Transform!" at the GPS only made it freak out and calculate a horrifying route to Chiba, one of my dreams was utterly crushed. :(
I pamper my navi. It got my wife, my son, and myself all the way down to Yamaguchi and back!

Oooh. Incline Village for me.
Ooo! And you're actually bothering to talk with the rest of us peons? :wink::p

Oh heck, I hate it there. I make an effort to find friends at UNR so that I have an excuse to loiter around Reno and take up space in the local Barnes & Noble. Being around thousands of rich people is not my idea of a good Christmas.

As an aside, Reno Airport is easily the most consistently bumpy ride I've ever experienced. I've been on planes that circled around three or four times before the winds settled down enough to allow a landing.

EDIT: My Japanese geography has atrophied. I just looked up that trip. Holy hell, talk about "over the mountains and through the woods".

Oh heck, I hate it there. I make an effort to find friends at UNR so that I have an excuse to loiter around Reno and take up space in the local Barnes & Noble. Being around thousands of rich people is not my idea of a good Christmas.
Incline's a nice enough place to visit. I spent many a summer weekend lounging at Sand Harbor after all.

As an aside, Reno Airport is easily the most consistently bumpy ride I've ever experienced. I've been on planes that circled around three or four times before the winds settled down enough to allow a landing.
I'm told that Reno/Tahoe is one of the 3 worst airports to land in.

EDIT: My Japanese geography has atrophied. I just looked up that trip. Holy hell, talk about "over the mountains and through the woods".
And we were actually going to grandma's house too. :tongue:

It's honestly more interesting to sit alongside the road and watch the police write parking tickets. Great Fireworks shows for the 4th of July, however. And Shakespeare is always amusing.

And we were actually going to grandma's house too.I hope this story doesn't end with a rendition of "Grandma got run over by a reindeer".

EDIT: Or perhaps those Sika deer in Nara? A pack of ravenous Tanuki? Hungry, misplaced Iriomote cats? It's Japan, Christmas gets new meanings. :D

Oh, that reminds me! I had a 100 word essay due last Friday. It was, apparently, two words short when I turned it in. My teacher gave it back to me, and told me to fix it. So, being a jackass, I added "The End." :D
Two things:
1. How can you possibly do a 100-word essay. That's a paragraph not an essay!
2. How did your teacher possibly know it was 2 words short? Did you tell them, or did they count each word?

I'm guessing that it was a 1000-word essay, they were required to put a word count at the bottom of the page and that Gauntleted Fist is possessed of a fantastic wit. ^^

It's honestly more interesting to sit alongside the road and watch the police write parking tickets. Great Fireworks shows for the 4th of July, however. And Shakespeare is always amusing.
They have crawdads!

But I miss Shakespeare. I really do. :(

I hope this story doesn't end with a rendition of "Grandma got run over by a reindeer".

EDIT: Or perhaps those Sika deer in Nara? A pack of ravenous Tanuki? Hungry, misplaced Iriomote cats? It's Japan, Christmas gets new meanings. :D
No, but it does feature being forced off the expressway for a 5 hour detour thanks to a heavy snow storm, a cranky baby who wanted to walk around, and nothing as far as the eye could see but pachinko parlors and AV stores.

I remember fishing up crawdads with a coat hanger and hot dog chunks. Awww, nostalgia.

Pachinko parlors have impressed on me just how far humans will bend the rules in order to gamble. It's rather ingenious, really.

I've never had the chance to experience a true Japanese snow storm. Hopefully I'll get myself lost in the midst of one eventually. Although there is this story about a Donner Party that did roughly the same thing, and it didn't seem to turn out so well.

Oh, that reminds me! I had a 100 word essay due last Friday. It was, apparently, two words short when I turned it in. My teacher gave it back to me, and told me to fix it. So, being a jackass, I added "The End." :D

What sort of teacher goes and counts every word? Or do you tell them how many words is in it? And nice way of redoing the essay. :)

As for my homework at highschool? Well I only ever did it when I really needed to do it or felt like doing it, if I was in detention then it would be done but meh I wasn't a fan.

Essays and other assignments I would usually do the night before an 8 hour session still got good marks. If I hadn't done it and planned to do it that night I would come up with some sort of believable excuse I turned it into an art form. I was very rarely knocked back by a teacher with most believing me and giving me the extensions I asked for.

Not really a homework, but when I was at sixth form (and since that was about 7 years ago, I believe it is still the case) we had to do an exam call General Studies in addition to our other A-Levels.

Now General Studies was considered a joke at our college, we didn't even cover any sort of preparation for it. What's more, pretty much anyone who was going to a half-way decent uni (which was most of my friends) had offers that specifically stated "not including general studies" (most universities consider it a joke too). Therefore me and my friends had a challenge with each other - we had to talk manage to insert, in context and as part of an effective argument, references to science-fiction shows, the older and more obscure the better. I think I managed Star Trek, Stargate (yeah, they were easy) and also Blake's 7 and Space: 1999 (for obscurity points).

I stuck a couple of Firefly references into my SAT Writing Component (which really just evaluates your ability to spill big words onto a paper).

Also, the only thing that Western Heritage class taught me was that you could skip every lecture, then follow every link from King George on Wikipedia for a few hours and regurgitate it onto paper for an A.

I'd like to thank Medieval: Total War for being useful.

EDIT: Or perhaps those Sika deer in Nara? A pack of ravenous Tanuki? Hungry, misplaced Iriomote cats? It's Japan, Christmas gets new meanings. :D

Wait, ''sika'' means pig in Finnish.

They're deer that wander around in a prefecture next to Kyoto called Nara. They're quite friendly and you can feed 'em crackers. ^^

I believe that they used to be considered sacred and killing one carried the death penalty.

EDIT: Whoops, prefecture. Not province. China confused me.

They're deer that wander around in a prefecture next to Kyoto called Nara. They're quite friendly and you can feed 'em crackers. ^^

I believe that they used to be considered sacred and killing one carried the death penalty.

EDIT: Whoops, prefecture. Not province. China confused me.

Yeas, I had thought that you didn't know Finnish.

mmmm, a thread about homework and we are getting ads for a Japanese dating thread.