Tales from admissions duty, part deux

[asra]

Me: What can you tell me about plagiarism?
Student: You mean in the sexual sense?



And she was doing so well until then, too. I've scoured my brains for which word she could possibly have been thinking of, but nothing's coming to my (admittedly overworked and zombified by this point) mind.

Comments

[the_rant_girl]

That is fucking hilarious, and like such a line that could have come like straight from a Joss Whedon show, like dude!! But oh, BB!! *pats your shoulder* I'm not sure either? Maybe she thought you were talking about consent? I don't know I can't think of a word that sounds anything like plagiarism that would have a sexual meaning......polygamy? *shrugs*

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, it's definitely Buffy-esque! Now I'm wishing I'd asked her to clarify what she meant, lol.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

lol I can't think of anything that would sound alike either.

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Just another example of how students actually seem to speak a different language. *g*

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

Haha, OMG. I do wonder what word she was thinking about.

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Right? The possibilities are pretty much non-existent, lol.

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

LOL. Maybe she's actually a genius and made some brilliant leap of logic that we mere mortals can't glimpse? How did you keep yourself from asking her what she meant?

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

lol, oh wow. It makes me wonder what in the world she thought you said, because honestly I can't think of any word that would be mistaken for another word to be used in a "sexual sense". lol

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Maybe everything is sexual when you’re 18, haha.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I...what?

*pats you* My stars....

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

At least it’s never boring, lol.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

What....

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

My reaction exactly, heh.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

...Now I'll be wondering too.

Maybe it's just that age, and she'd ask the same even if your question was about best cheese for sandwiches, directions to the nearest grocery, or what's 2+2? :D

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Heehee. I was just thinking the same thing.

Lovely to see you around here again!

[cookiegirl]

Haha excellent! Maybe she really hates it when someone copies a sex move from a movie?!

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

That is an excellent theory. :-D

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

OMFG.

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Same, lol.

[theacidqueen.livejournal.com]

Ahaha what. the. fuck.

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

What you said. :-D

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

LMAO. *headdesk* Can't think of what she could have been thinking of, either.

Stacey

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Oh for an insight into the way students’ minds work, lol.

[giallarhorn.livejournal.com]

Wait, I'm also actually confused. How on earth do you plagiarize in the sexual sense? The definition of the word literally means copying ideas so...uh.

Unless she misheard you or something? But there's not a lot of words similar to plagiarism, so idk.

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Maybe she was thinking of another “ism”, but that’s not very likely. I’ve got nothing, lol.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Where exactly did she get that response from/! Was she having a different conversation in her head? LOL!

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

LOL, what I wouldn’t give to hear that conversation going on inside her head!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I dread to think, seriously. It's like when you open your mouth and the thing you were thinking just pops out and you're all, "Oh SHIT!" and you just can't take it back. That happens to me all the time.