Update on the new girl...

I was right, of course. Mr. Dunn(ce) asked me to help the new girl with her project as she came in at the middle of the semester and was a bit behind. Now I realize that I may be laboring under a severe misconception, but I thought teaching the students was HIS job, not mine.

Oh well... Emily is certainly cute enough and sitting in close proximity to her for 90 minutes is not all that bad...

Anyways... I was going over the very basics of Pascal, trying to get her caught up when I got a bit of a shock...

Em: "Why the hell are we working in Pascal? This is retarded."

Me: "I dunno. Supposedly, it is the easiest language to learn, being really close to plain english."

Em: "Yeah, well I might as well be learning Fortran for all the good it will do me. I figured we would be using C++ or Java at least. Is this like some weird History of Programming course or something?"

Me: "No, I dont think so... But, Mr. Dunn is not exactly the most current guy when it comes to technology..."

Em: "Obviously a great choice for a Computer Science teacher... meh.."

Me: "Did you just say 'meh'?"

Em: "Yes, I did."

Some of the oddest sh1t I ever heard coming out of a girl's mouth. Turns out preppy little Emily actually has pretty firm grasp of C++ and basic coding. I showed her to the Pacsal function lookup Mr. Dunn gave us and she was off. No more help required...

Strange thing I saw as I left her desk, though. In the front of her binder, smack dab in the middle was "HAXX0RZ R0XX0RZ!!!"

Maybe she is not a whitebread as I thought...

- more to come...