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Probably ignore it with a shake of the head or something. Kids will be kids.

Id just tell em to knock it off then get back to the lesson.

Salandriagado wrote:

A-Series-Of-Tubes wrote:
Is it strictly-speaking class time, though, if the teacher is talking about their foreign trip?

Yes. They're in the classroom, it's class time.

So kids who are there for an English lesson, or Chemistry or whatever, should just sit attentively while the teacher wastes their time with bullshit about their trip to America?

It's in the scenario you know. If you just look past the weak way IM tries to spin a travel story as a moral "lesson", it's the teacher wasting class time when the cheeky kid "speaks up".

Infected Mushroom wrote:In the news, there’s a mass murderer with a sniper in the USA (not in the city you visited). This killer killed 4 people and wounded 5 others before being stopped by the authorities.

Wait, there are two people mentioned here, but then you say there is just one? What role did the sniper play?

The New California Republic wrote:

Infected Mushroom wrote:In the news, there’s a mass murderer with a sniper in the USA (not in the city you visited). This killer killed 4 people and wounded 5 others before being stopped by the authorities.

Wait, there are two people mentioned here, but then you say there is just one? What role did the sniper play?

I think they mean sniper rifle

"There's a mass murderer with a sniper"
"There's a mass murderer with a sniper rifle"

The New California Republic wrote:

Infected Mushroom wrote:In the news, there’s a mass murderer with a sniper in the USA (not in the city you visited). This killer killed 4 people and wounded 5 others before being stopped by the authorities.

Wait, there are two people mentioned here, but then you say there is just one? What role did the sniper play?

ncr my dude keep it on the down low you were going to get away with it

The Huskar Social Union wrote:

The New California Republic wrote:Wait, there are two people mentioned here, but then you say there is just one? What role did the sniper play?

I think they mean sniper rifle

"There's a mass murderer with a sniper"
"There's a mass murderer with a sniper rifle"

Yes, indeed, sniper and sniper rifle are not interchangeable. It's like mixing up the chef with the chef's hat.

The New California Republic wrote:

The Huskar Social Union wrote:I think they mean sniper rifle

"There's a mass murderer with a sniper"
"There's a mass murderer with a sniper rifle"

Yes, indeed, sniper and sniper rifle are not interchangeable. It's like mixing up the chef with the chef's hat.

everybody talk about the chef's hat, nobody talk about the chef's kiss

Dumb Ideologies wrote:

The New California Republic wrote:Wait, there are two people mentioned here, but then you say there is just one? What role did the sniper play?

ncr my dude keep it on the down low you were going to get away with it

Yes, of course, there was no sniper. None at all. *Kicks rifle under the sofa*

The New California Republic wrote:

The Huskar Social Union wrote:I think they mean sniper rifle

"There's a mass murderer with a sniper"
"There's a mass murderer with a sniper rifle"

Yes, indeed, sniper and sniper rifle are not interchangeable. It's like mixing up the chef with the chef's hat.

Synecdoche is such a good word. I'd use it if I knew how to pronounce it.

An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:

The New California Republic wrote:Yes, indeed, sniper and sniper rifle are not interchangeable. It's like mixing up the chef with the chef's hat.

Synecdoche is such a good word. I'd use it if I knew how to pronounce it.

It's a horrible word, but if you want to know how to pronounce it, dictionaries have a little button which forces a very bored librarian to speak it aloud for you.

A more useful word would be one for "accidentally left out a word". Currently the best I can think of is the overly general "typo" which covers everything from two letter transpositions to pungent diatribes accidentally sent to your boss.

A-Series-Of-Tubes wrote:

An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:
Synecdoche is such a good word. I'd use it if I knew how to pronounce it.

It's a horrible word, but if you want to know how to pronounce it, dictionaries have a little button which forces a very bored librarian to speak it aloud for you.

A more useful word would be one for "accidentally left out a word". Currently the best I can think of is the overly general "typo" which covers everything from two letter transpositions to pungent diatribes accidentally sent to your boss.

Omission or oversight.

A-Series-Of-Tubes wrote:

Salandriagado wrote:
Yes. They're in the classroom, it's class time.

So kids who are there for an English lesson, or Chemistry or whatever, should just sit attentively while the teacher wastes their time with bullshit about their trip to America?

It's in the scenario you know. If you just look past the weak way IM tries to spin a travel story as a moral "lesson", it's the teacher wasting class time when the cheeky kid "speaks up".

Yes. What the teacher is doing is irrelevant: if they're in the classroom, they should behave appropriately for being in a classroom.

Salandriagado wrote:

A-Series-Of-Tubes wrote:
So kids who are there for an English lesson, or Chemistry or whatever, should just sit attentively while the teacher wastes their time with bullshit about their trip to America?

It's in the scenario you know. If you just look past the weak way IM tries to spin a travel story as a moral "lesson", it's the teacher wasting class time when the cheeky kid "speaks up".

Yes. What the teacher is doing is irrelevant: if they're in the classroom, they should behave appropriately for being in a classroom.

What the teacher is doing absolutely IS relevant. Take that part of the scenario away, and make it that the kid interrupts a lesson to make an insulting joke at the teacher's expense, and the behavior is much worse.

Your bias in apprehension of the scenario, simply leaving out the part which makes "you" (the teacher) partly responsible, makes any response you have meaningless. If you can't accept the scenario, maybe you could make your own?

I was in high school during the September 11 attacks. Senior year. I'm a wiseass.

This hypothetical has me being the teacher?!

Option 2. Quite simple really.

Since it's written: You are a Canadian teacher, I'd choose 1.

3, the kid can spend detention learning why it's not ok to imply you want someone to die in a school shooting

The New California Republic wrote:

The Huskar Social Union wrote:I think they mean sniper rifle

"There's a mass murderer with a sniper"
"There's a mass murderer with a sniper rifle"

Yes, indeed, sniper and sniper rifle are not interchangeable. It's like mixing up the chef with the chef's hat.

always "what's a sniper and a sniper rifle" and never "how is sniper" or "how is sniper rifle" smh my head

Depends on the age of the kid. If it’s a teenager, I’d just ignore it as that’s usual teenager stuff to say. If it’s an elementary aged kid, I’d use my role as a teacher to explain how jokes like that aren’t appropriate

Wink Wonk We Like Stonks wrote:3, the kid can spend detention learning why it's not ok to imply you want someone to die in a school shooting

I believe the teen was joking about the teacher possibly being the shooter.

A tasteless wiseass "joke", rather than malicious death-wishing.

The latter would possibly be worth doing something about -- especially if they were joking about the actual loss of life (rather than just making a poor-taste joke). Quietly removing them and sending them to talk them talk to student support might be worthwhile; lack of empathy is a concerning sign, and there's also the possibility that jokes about death are covering deeper feelings or distress that the teenage boy is masking with bravado from fear of being judged by his peers (student support are generally well-trained in dealing with such psychological matters).

The Free Joy State wrote:

Wink Wonk We Like Stonks wrote:3, the kid can spend detention learning why it's not ok to imply you want someone to die in a school shooting

I believe the teen was joking about the teacher possibly being the shooter.

A tasteless wiseass "joke", rather than malicious death-wishing.

The latter would possibly be worth doing something about -- especially if they were joking about the actual loss of life (rather than just making a poor-taste joke). Quietly removing them and sending them to talk them talk to student support might be worthwhile; lack of empathy is a concerning sign, and there's also the possibility that jokes about death are covering deeper feelings that the teenage boy dare not express before his friends (student support are generally well-trained in dealing with such psychological matters).

based of the phrasing “Hey didn’t you just come back from America? He didn’t get you while you were there? DAMNNNNN...” it sounds as if the student is implying that it's unfortunate the teacher wasn't shot while in america, which i find more concerning, though perhaps 2 would be a better option

The Untied State wrote:

The Free Joy State wrote:I believe the teen was joking about the teacher possibly being the shooter.

A tasteless wiseass "joke", rather than malicious death-wishing.

The latter would possibly be worth doing something about -- especially if they were joking about the actual loss of life (rather than just making a poor-taste joke). Quietly removing them and sending them to talk them talk to student support might be worthwhile; lack of empathy is a concerning sign, and there's also the possibility that jokes about death are covering deeper feelings that the teenage boy dare not express before his friends (student support are generally well-trained in dealing with such psychological matters).

based of the phrasing “Hey didn’t you just come back from America? He didn’t get you while you were there? DAMNNNNN...” it sounds as if the student is implying that it's unfortunate the teacher wasn't shot while in america, which i find more concerning, though perhaps 2 would be a better option

I read "didn't you just come back from America" in its less sinister manner, teasingly (perhaps distastefully) implying the teacher was the shooter, and thus the sniper "hadn't got [the teacher]" as the teacher was, in fact the sniper. Crude and distasteful, but better ignored.

Perhaps that's my reading, as I don't generally interpret vague comments as death wishes.

You would have the know the student to know for sure: a mild troublemaker, involved with nothing serious (as stated in the OP) doesn't seem the type to wish death on someone -- such behaviour suggests a concerning lack of empathy and not the behaviour of the regular classroom wiseass. If that is the student's meaning, psychological support -- far more than a telling off or detention -- is urgently needed.

Considering I literally chuckled at that joke id probably let it slide. Maybe laugh a bit too

"Gordon, there are 328 million people in the US. 4 people were shot and died. Quickly now, what are the chances I was one of the people shot?"