A teacher gave his upper Primary students their NAFTA test recently and recounted these mind-boggling examples to me. They were doing the shuttle run.
Student 1:
Goes to the teacher to take his name, and is told to get ready. He stands next to the teacher, far from the shuttle run, and gets into his 'ready' pose.
Student 2:
Goes to the teacher to take his name, and is told to get ready. He goes to the shuttle run area, but stands in his 'ready' pose facing the wrong way.
Student 3:
Starts running towards the beanbags, but stops when he reaches them, in a dilemma over which of the two to choose.
Student 4:
Starts running towards the beanbags, but returns with a cone instead. The cones were used to demarcate the shuttle run area.
Student 5:
Does everything correctly at first. Fetches a beanbag, then the other, but doesn't stop when he reaches the finishing. Picks up both beanbags and runs to put them back.
The teacher could not believe how dense his students were. These mistakes were still made after proper instructions were given, and they could see the performance of those running correctly before them. Many of them also insisted on doing the 'ready, get set, go' kneeling pose for sprinting, although told not to.
His supervising colleague, who had been lucky not to take the level this year, was in disbelief at how 'smart' this year's batch is. Really don't know want to laugh or want to cry.
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