Student Quote

All this past week has been a mind-numbing standardized testing week. 
* all the teachers sigh in unison *
Sixth graders take instructions from the book the teacher reads.

While bubbling in * sigh * this exchange took place:

Teacher: “Are there any questions?”
             “Joe?”
Student: “Do they want my whole first name?”
Teacher: “Yes, write down the name your mother put on your birth certificate.”
Student: “How do you spell Joseph?”