kimoramay-deactivated20170907
I was told recently about a school that was shamed into changing its school motto.
The motto was “l hear, I see, I learn” Nothing wrong with that per se. Unfortunately the motto was in Latin, and the Latin for “l hear, I see, I learn” is "audio, video, disco
wonderfulworldofmichaelford Obserwuj
What the f ck that’s the best school motto ever change it back
copperbadge Obserwuj
Your yearly reminder that “l learn through suffering” can be translated into Latin as “Disco Inferno”
It also demonstrates that the students are paying attention.
Actually, I found it to be a good way to make sure they’re paying attention. Basically, whenever I noticed too many of them drifting off into their own thoughts or pulling out their phones under their desks, I’d casually drop an f-bomb or something, because that would generally snap them right out of their daze.
Obviously you can’t overuse this because then it’ll stop working, but when used sparingly and strategically, I found it to be quite effective.