Me: "So, let's work toward handing some assignments in this marking period so you can pass."
Female Student: "Ok."
Me: "Because even though you want to marry rich, you still may have to have a skill that gets you a job."
(silence)
Female Student: "Who is Rich?"
(silence)
Me: "Wow. Ok. I meant that you may want to marry someone wealthy."
Female Student: "Ohhhhh. Because I don't know any Rich."
Andrea, I think you can sell this as a joke to one of the talk shows.
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