kathryn
Cathlete
As you may know, I'm a French prof. Today, in one of my classes, I was asking students questions and having them write answers. The questions were in the " imparfait" (a past tense). One guy (who has insulted other students on more than one occasion, called them "uneducated oafs" and laughed in a very mean way at their errors and definitely lacks social skills-I think he may have a slight case of autism, but don't see how that fits with his "arrogant about being arrogant" attitude) kept saying things like "I don't remember such-and-such when I was 10," "couldn't you ask a different question?",etc., in very snooty voice.
Then I asked them "Quand vous aviez 15 ans, quelles émissions de télévision regardait votre père?" ("When you were 15, what television shows did your father watch?") Again, Mr. "Constant commentary" had something to ask: "How do you say 'I'm almost embarrassed to say'?" Without thinking much, I answered: "Écrivez ("write") 'des films pornographiques'"
The students who were in class with him last semester, and know his personality (he's also VERY prudish), started laughing uncontrollably, as did some of the other students. I was fine for about 10 seconds, then it hit me, too, and I couldn't stop laughing...and I had 4 questions to go. We finally calmed down, but he didn't make any more comments about the exercise after that!
Then I asked them "Quand vous aviez 15 ans, quelles émissions de télévision regardait votre père?" ("When you were 15, what television shows did your father watch?") Again, Mr. "Constant commentary" had something to ask: "How do you say 'I'm almost embarrassed to say'?" Without thinking much, I answered: "Écrivez ("write") 'des films pornographiques'"
The students who were in class with him last semester, and know his personality (he's also VERY prudish), started laughing uncontrollably, as did some of the other students. I was fine for about 10 seconds, then it hit me, too, and I couldn't stop laughing...and I had 4 questions to go. We finally calmed down, but he didn't make any more comments about the exercise after that!
