Anyway, I received a very amusing email asking a legal question yesterday and the last line caught me so by surprise, it was an unrestrained laugh out loud moment – more of a scream actually. Luckily for me, I wasn’t drinking anything at the time, else my screen would have been plastered!
So, ‘Jamie X’ asked the question:
“Hey,
I have just visited your website in search for some beneficial laws regarding student rights...
I have had trouble allocating [sic] them on your website, and would be very grateful if you could give me a link or some laws that would aid me.
Just simple laws that would protect me from being taken for a wanker at college by the teachers.
Thanks, Jamie”
Well, Jamie, I have to admit (and this doesn’t happen very often): I’m not quite sure how to respond to that.
But it left me in absolute stitches though. :D
So, I thought I’d throw this one out to the blawgosphere. Any ideas anyone? Are there such laws on the statute books lurking out there?
I hate it when you're just walking along minding your own business and a teacher comes out of nowhere and takes you for a wanker. There ought to be a law.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Perhaps it's a suitable amendment to the Protection of Children Act? :p
ReplyDeleteHopefully, to raise the tone, I'd send your letter writer to the activist teacher's blog.
ReplyDeleteHe refused to treat his students like w*nk*rs and was sacked for such.
AT least it's not a "Notice of Intended Legal Action" :p
ReplyDeleteThat's hysterical! Love it!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it Cowgirl.
ReplyDeleteBTW: I've added you to my US blogroll. :-)
Hilarious!!! Michael, I can see you becoming an agony uncle! :D
ReplyDeleteI think so too, Andro. Howabout 'Ask Uncle Michael' - it has quite a ring to it.
ReplyDelete:D
Maybe the -er is surperflous and it's not the sort of classes we're imagining?
ReplyDeleteNo, I daren't actually put my name to that one...
That's AWFUL!!!!! :-\
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