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By MyMummyIronsMyTrousers - 01/03/2016 01:24 - United States - Mclean

Today, I printed out a worksheet that detailed instructions for my students to write a letter from the perspective of a Chinese immigrant in 1870 as part of their history homework. Half my class decided to Google Translate their assignment into traditional Chinese. FML
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djinnsnme 19

I mean, they aren't exactly wrong.

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NostalgiaFreak9 41

Now I can see why teachers are always cranky.

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dkane 12

Use google translate to translate it back to English, and use the crap that you get back to grade

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laden_swallow09 34

I'm fairly certain they printed it out to turn in for homework.

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brezzyanna 17

Why? It's more common to send it in digitally

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RememberSchlitz 9

Have the students email their papers and you can backtranslate them with google too, and then fail them for trying to make you believe an 1870s Chinese immigrant would say something like "Today, I spent 16 hours a rail swing pick a mile. Sex my life."

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DesolateTree 12

And if that wasn't part of the assignment, they get a 0 because you can't grade it.

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dirty_dan_ 15

That's extra effort. Chinese isn't easy to write

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MandieL 27

It is most likely type written and printed out.

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wolf12king 12

Given google translate isn't the best tool you could mark them down for grammar if you know someone that speak and writes fluent Chines.

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vitjoey4 14

Easy fix. Have them turn it in online and then go and I translate it yourself

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c48053 2

There is a pic on the web that shows a student doing this exact thing. Check to see if they all just copied that: all of their assignments are probably the same. And then fail them for plagiarism!!! (This is coming from a HS teacher-cheers, and GL!)

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ShaynaMarie322 15

You sound like that no-fun teacher that everyone hates and talks shit about.

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