A teacher who included such searching questions as “what is the name of my cat?” and “what is your name?” in a midterm science test has been told to stop it.
The science teacher, in his forties, was found to have conducted a midterm biology test on a class at the Fukuoka high school with the question:
“( ) is name of the cat who’s taking care of teacher’s house. Lately he likes ( ).”
Other questions included what kind of car the teacher drove, what colour it was, and what its number plate was.
“Please enter your name, class and seat number in a clearly legible way” was an actual question on his test papers.
The teacher himself explained he “wanted to check whether they’ve been listening to what I tell them in class” – presumably his cat features frequently in the class syllabus. He claimed he did not grade student answers to the question about their name.
The school principal made up a different excuse: “Some of our students don’t understand science so we require they be given questions they can answer – we tell teachers not to mark these questions.” He called the teacher’s choice of questions “inappropriate” all the same.
Reportedly the teacher wanted to avoid being handed blank test papers, and so deliberately introduced filler questions to allow students to answer.
This kind of “special consideration” saw blank papers disappear and his students getting average marks of 90%, some 20% higher than the school average.
Tackling the issue by actually educating his students (or at least training them) to be able to answer the test questions seems not to have occurred to him.
The principal gave the teacher an oral reprimand (incidentally often the same punishment meted out to teachers who molest or beat their students) and had him revise the tests.
The average score of the class he tested on his cat’s name is now said to be in the sixties.
The same school was recently found to have employed two part-time teachers on licenses which had expired, for over 5 years.
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Pffffft. When I was in highschool, teachers did stuff like this all the time; They were usually Extra Credit questions, though...
what an awesome teacher...
idk hat the big deal is I know there are US teacher who do that (questions about stuff talked about in class but not about the subject per say) for the same reason but it's usually one question not 4
Well, it's clear that the point would be that going too far with the personal information questions, even if they have been said in class, kinda carries a "Have you been a good stalker lately?" connotation.
And really, it depends a lot on the type of test. Asking about the name of a cat in a math test is obviously idiotic, whereas asking "Is this a question?" in a philosophy test is a perfectly valid question.
"It R a FACT! I know because of my learnings!"
- Fact Cat
I don't know about you guys but I'm dying to know... WHAT IS THAT CAT READING?!?!?
Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties and Cats Gone Bad by Jim Edgar (or so it seems). (I was hoping for a struggle but the text in the book was English)
It's like FFXIII PR all over again.
I had a teacher who did this, but she was super hott.
also she gave forewarning that she would ask the questions and had them in her lectures and power points. she would throw in things like "Dirt is good to eat." and then ask the question "___ is good to eat" not hard if you were paying attention and I don't see a problem with giving a few free points if it proves the person was actually listening in class.
I had an A-level physics teacher that gave us a multiple choice test where every one of the 30 odd questions had the answer C. By about the 4th or 5th question I started to question my answers. Needless to say noone got 100%.
"(American Shorhair) is name of the cat who’s taking care of teacher’s house. Lately he likes (doing that creepy thing where he stretches his leg out and licks himself)."
Did I get the question right?
Whether Anime or science tests, the Japanese are the masters of filler.
Compared to some of the other stories I read about teachers in Japan this is pretty tame heck I'd even go as far as to say it's good behavior.
A teacher with a sense of humor is a good thing.
I had a science teacher who was a character like that.
That's gotta be embarassing for a high school in Japan.
If that were in the U.S., it might actually work considering their science classes are pathetic anyway...lol...
How to be a smart ass during a biology exam:
Q: What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?
A: The spelling.
i've had teachers like that occasionally. if its making a 30% difference, there is a problem, but throwing a few in as bonuses is all in good fun
Uh, you kind of left out the end of the 5th paragraph.
I just had a college test with questions like that.
One question asked what was the name of the professor's home town. Another asked who was my favorite teacher.
I think it's cute, and if the class knows that there will be questions on his cat, they're more likely to both listen and be entertained by the lecture. Students in Japan are under enough stress as it is.
My teachers used to do that kind of shit.
Well, taking the principles excuse into consideration, it could be considered an epic satire to say filler questions are dumb.
I have gotten an opinion question wrong on a multiple choice quiz. Seriously, WTF
ouch, thats like saying water isn't wet. bad teachers are a dime a dozen.
My Life Drawing teacher did this to her classes, except it was more class-related. It was something along the lines of "What should students be doing when the model is modeling?"
The answer was "studenting".
my teacher used to do this kind of question, thanks to him i was able to pass his class. i totally
support him now, i mean what he thought us back then i useless now anyone remeber stuff like DOS (i think it was called that way) and now i make my living working with a computer. it might have been different if he failed me for not grasping a rather ephimeral concept.
“(Pussy) is name of the cat who’s taking care of teacher’s house. Lately he likes (pussies).”
Wish I was taking these tests.
Cute smart cat.... What is my book's name?:P
ふむ…
What does ''fumu'' actually mean?
"hmm..."
You're given a selection of teacher, which would you choose:
A> The Dude this article covers
B> The Lolicon Headmaster
C> Onizuka
D> My Teacher from highschool who answers that menstruation is the shedding of the ovaries.
all but B are traps. careful
how is Onizuka bad teacher?
What, ya'll have never had a teacher give freebies like this in high school? I did and I got 5s on all my APs, so it's just an innocent thing to do in moderation--for all we know he somehow works his cat into all his examples as a running gag.
When I was taking the math regents, a teacher came in to switch with the other at half time and he gave
Everyone the answers. Our school is known for low graduates, and high drop outs.
(Garfield) is name of the cat who’s taking care of teacher’s house. Lately he likes (Pizza)
Lasagna man.
Disclaimer
Don't feed you cat pizza
loli nekos haet pizza
But my cat Archie, he loves Ravioli.
And he particularly likes chili from a tin. Specifically Stagg brand spicy hot.
& here I thought cats hated spicy foods.
Tomatoes, garlic and onions are harmful to a cat's health. :(
"pizza"
Garfield's favorite food is lasagna.
Trick question
Different Garfield
Lasagna fool
Answer: Azunyan! ^^
(Azu-nyan) is name of the cat who’s taking care of teacher’s house. Lately she likes (CAKE)
THIS^
seems like a good cat, i mean anyone who likes cake can't be bad...
Meh, as far as Japanese teachers antics go, this is pretty innocent ^^
"using filler questions to encourage answering of test papers, results in 90% average marks"
Wow. Even if it's a dumb idea, that teacher is awesome.
agreed, where the hell was he when i was in school. makes paying attention in class seem worth it, i can remember a cats name better than the other stuff haha.