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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

Tuesday 1 March 2016 13:57

I mean, they aren't exactly wrong.

ezrajab 22

Tuesday 1 March 2016 13:56

Smart class

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yankasocky 7

Tuesday 1 March 2016 15:58

Payback for common core! Make these kids do math that goes against decades of teaching? They make you learn Mandarin!

xXMaeKitXx 6

Tuesday 1 March 2016 16:01

You can fail them on the account that the Chinese is wrong. The characters are traditional, sure, but characters in the 1870s had evolved from it.

CaroLouWho 10

Tuesday 1 March 2016 16:36

You have to give them credit. Go big or go home, guess.

ViviMage 39

Tuesday 1 March 2016 16:42

This already was done and a photo posted on failblog.

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