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Sock Puppet on a Test

October 2, 2018

A teacher says their sock monkey could beat the class average; a student points out the teacher would feed it the answers.

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Transcript

[Board: "Test Average: 47%. Corrections due tomorrow."] Teacher: "Class, your collective performance was pathetic. My sock monkey could do better."

Student: "Is that so impressive? Presumably you would just tell your sock monkey the answers."

Teacher: "HOW DARE YOU IMPUGN THE ACADEMIC HONESTY OF MR. TOE-RANGUTAN"

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