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A lesson in brevity

By Published On: March 26, 2014Categories: General
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Sometimes you can say more with fewer words.

Following is a recent post made by my friend, a middle school science teacher.

Student: “I’m going to miss class tomorrow, I have to go to a violin thing.”
Teacher: “Ok, thanks for telling me.”
Student: Starts to leave and turns back, “By the way, this is my favorite class and I’m going to be an engineer when I grow up.”
Teacher:  “Yes you are.”

Double black diamonds, anyone?
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