Non-sequitor: Latin for "it does not follow."
(It's a term I never use so I had to be sure I had the right meaning.)
Every once in a while I will get that student: Almost always cheerful and perky and willing to chime in on questions asked in class. Unfortunately, the answers leave me speechless.
After explaining the basics of an assembly line a student said, "Oh, like Apple making all of their earphones white!"
"Umm, no," I replied. At this point my brain is trying so hard to make a connection that I have trouble moving on.
Ten minutes later I'm talking about maintaining inventory at a store and I hear, "Like going to a beauty salon!"
I never had a course in education. I wonder how they teach teachers to deal with such responses.
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