"You think you're tired now..."

[alexr_rwx]

Here's a little dialogue from the CoC Commons (which, incidentally, is currently packed -- and so are the labs).

The scene: I'm sitting at a table, it's about 9pm, and I'm clearly talking to somebody and working on something.
2130 student: Hey, can I ask a question?
me: *looks directly at him* No.
student: *hands me some papers* So, my problem is...
me: See, I said that you couldn't ask a question...
student: *continues describing the issue with his homework*
me: I'm working on something. I'm not being a TA right now.
student: See, for homework 10, it says to process the command-line the same way as in homework 9, and this confuses me, because <paraphrase>apparently I don't understand "do the same thing"...</paraphrase>

... I answered his question. I wasn't planning on not helping him, but the point that I don't /always/ have to be doing the TA thing seemed totally lost. Not so much as a "hey, if you're not too busy, could you help me with this?" Insensitive clod!! *fumes* *gets over it*

Okay, actually, I mostly think it was amusing.

So much code to write between now and the end of next week. It'll be exciting.

Comments

[falun.livejournal.com]

the problems of being a TA when a project/hw/anything is looming

kinda like:

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the problems of being a TA when a project/hw/anything is looming

kinda like:
<cs1322ta signs on, project was due at midnight, 'grace period' until 0800> (one of my s/n's)
(1230am) student: hey! can you help me
me: sure, whats up?
student: well, i was wondering how you would suggest we get started on this project?

*doh*

that amused/frustrated to no end (and still does)

[samarin.livejournal.com]

The Cure!? Alex, if you are going to become goth you have to start dressing the part. *clucks* We have to make a trip to salvation army.

[yxesyma.livejournal.com]

the cure are so not goth, but ... we can pretend they are if it means dressing up alex!

[samarin.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Perhaps just the great-grandfathers of goth-rock? You're right though: we don't need much of an excuse to dress up Alex. At least I don't.