I’m watching TV while grading exams.
Actually, I’m watching TV while sitting near exams that need
to be graded. It is a show about people
fixing up houses and I just want to watch it all the way until the end and see
if this mess becomes a home.
It’s hard to tell if
these particular people are especially stressed by logistics of demolition and
construction or whether the TV cameras and production crew are making them
nuts, but they are cracking under the pressure.
They spent way too long on decorating
projects and are especially stuck when trying to install a single wooden shelf
in an otherwise empty room.
“Oh no! Noooooo! Wait ....no! This won’t work!” One says to the
other as they almost install the shelf, measure something, then halt their
efforts. They mumble at each other,
exasperated, then one turns to the camera and says, “We need a 2-foot board. I bought one that is 30 inches. It just won’t
work. We don’t have time to go buy a new one. We don’t know what to do.”
The show cuts to commercial with a big truck landing in
something and splashing water at camera and I turned the TV off. I hope someone helped the poor people figure
out how to use a saw.
I’m ready to grade exams now.
But first I have to get the answer to a question that I don't know how to ask.
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