“Another question asks the students to provide an ending to a story that consists of two short paragraphs about a character named Jeff and his dog walking by a lake, when a splash is heard.”
Man, I used to hate questions like that in school. I could come up with a great story about Jeff stumbling on a serial killer dumping a dismembered body into the lake at sunset, but if I put that down, I’d end up in the school counselor’s office! So instead, I’d have to make up some lame “safe for all ages” story.
I recently went on a job interview and was asked the following question, which I assumed was something out of Common Core. I have seen the question before, just don’t remember where or if the response I gave was even original, since it seemed like a logical answer.
“If you found a Giraffe in your back yard, how would you make it leave?” So I responded, “Alive or Dead?” She just stared at me and at this point I knew not only wasn’t I getting this job, but chances were she was going to call the police. “Why would you ask that question?”
And this was my response. “Because I need to know if I have to go buy a chainsaw.”
Interview over and not even a hand shake. Some people are just rude.