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Some funny items from my teaching experiences I

I have been wanting to post these little gems for awhile but haven't gotten around to it until now.

This first item was a phone message I got from one of my students who needed some help writing a paper on current global issues. Can you imagine what the person who was taking this message must have been thinking while writing this down? What the hell is Marissa teaching in her classes! I love that the caller asks for sources regarding nuclear warheads in Russia!


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