Tuesday, September 30, 2008

america's future

My roommate teaches at one of the public schools here in Montgomery County. Which, by the way, spends more money per child on education than almost any other county in the US, and has a reputation of having really great schools.

So.

When asked to define "optimist", 80% of the 11th graders gave one of two responses:

  1. I think it's the guy who checks your eyes
  2. um, isn't that the truck from Transformers?

Totally. 100%. Awesome.

5 comments:

MOM THE BOMB said...

Please tell me you're kidding!

erica s said...

For some reason that doesn't really surprise me when you hear her describe her students. But really?!

Lindsey said...

Brandon says that when he was in high school he would have answered something like that, not because he didn't know but to be cheeky.

Bexie Funk said...

i really hope they're just being cheeky b/c if not they're just dumb!

erica s said...

I tag you!