Friday, January 22, 2016

Too Dark for Brown Eyes


I was doing my usual walk-around, making sure all the students were on task. A couple of them were fiddling with their monitors. Occasionally, students will start playing with the controls on the monitors, so I stopped to see what was the matter. (Sometimes things break...)

"We're adjusting the brightness. It's too dark for our dark brown Mexican eyes..."

Which was one of the silliest things I'd heard in a while.

Me: "Too dark for brown eyes? I have brown eyes, too..."

They had been facing away from me. Now they turned around. Peered into my eyes.

"Oh, you do! For some reason, I thought your eyes were blue."

*shaking my head* If they wanted to adjust the brightness on their monitors, I wasn't going to stop them. But they find excuses for just about everything.

23 comments:

  1. LOL :)They probably have to practice excuses anytime they can just to be prepared when they need a really good one :)

    betty

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    1. Sometimes I think it's a reflex. Teacher says something. Must make excuse.

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  2. Do you ever make a joke with them, or do you think teachers should not be poking fun with the students?

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  3. Hahaha! That's funny. I'm glad you can beat them at their own game. :)

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    1. I think this was the first time my eyes gave me the advantage in a conversation.

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  4. That is a bizarre excuse. I think it's the first time I've ever heard someone try to claim that eye color affects how bright you need the computer.

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  5. Points for originality. Did you ever wonder if you had a budding future mega million dollar comedian in any of your classes? Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. I wonder sometimes. Some of them have the talent for it.

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  6. Do they realize that brown eyes are dominant? Probably not.

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  7. Gotta love their imaginations! They're incredibly creative.

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  8. I guess that explains why my husband, who has hazel eyes, has to darken screens which to him appear too bright ... except that that doesn't happen. :-P

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  9. Quite an imaginative excuse really. Scientifically incorrect but creative nonetheless!

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    1. Yeah, well, they're not big on the science (even though everyone loves the science teacher).

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  10. They were assuming you would disagree with what they were doing. I have no words but shake my head

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  11. That's a new one on me. I've got brown eyes too but never had a problem.

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  12. So that's why I like to have the contrast up on my screen, it's because of my blue eyes! Finally I have an explanation. ;-)

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  13. Ha! Well that's definitely a new one. Guess my Mexican brown eyes are the cause of my bright monitor too. Hmmm.

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