Die interpretasie van grense...

Die woord “Periferie” (grens, rand, geïsolleerde area) is telkens – reg deur die jaar – verduidelik en in die klas gebruik...
Vraag in `n klastoets: Maak `n sin met die woord “Periferie” sodat die betekenis van die word duidelik na vore kom:

1. Die periferie wat ek het van Koos is goed.
2. My pa pas perifirie toe deur sy dokumente te perifireer, sy handtekening aan te toon op dit.
3. Die prokereur het gevra dat ek op al die papiere van die kontrak sal periferie.
4. Indien ek by `n klub wil aansluit moet ek die nodige dokumente invul.
5. Die periferie was vandag van geen gebruik nie.
6. Periferie die nodige inligting, voor jy met jou taak kan begin.
7. Die ander naam vir Plakkerskampe kan ook Periferie wees.
8. Die periferie van mense verskil van persoon tot persoon.
9. Sy is periferie oor haar nuwe huis!

And here we go again

Students had to write a newspaper article on terrorism and South Africa. This is but one example:

Even though international officials regard SA as an Terosist Zone but we the awea ar society about that, Gilder said. Afghanistan and Iraq a the one of oure iffect and we will put that under are control. It will not an easy process because aure Country do have Muslim community.

Writing for an televised interview: we welcomes our specially guest…

AFRIKAANS:

Vraag: Wat is `n geoloog?
Antwoord: `n vroue dokter / iemand wat met vroue dele werk.

Vraag: Wat beteken ‘Post’ in postmortem, postmodernisme?
Antwoord: Dit beteken vóór iets gebeur.

Die verhoging van elektrisiteitstariewe is `n kwylpunt (ipv kwelpunt, natuurlik...)

Na aanleiding van `n opsomming oor `n modeparade in die Voortrekkermonument, het Engelssprekende studente soos volg geskryf:

Die direksie is baie simpateties...
Hierdie beelde word baie as senotaaf beskou (?!)
Die direksie span glo ook dat kinders hierdie nuwe beeld geniet.
Apartheid is siestog, want dit seermaak die mense...
Dit is trou (waar...)...
Ek onderstaan (verstaan...) hoe hy voel...

Enough for today...

Some more

Yet again Ours have graced us with answers that can make you cry. Whether it's cry with laughter, frustration or fear for the future; I don't know that's up to you, all I do is show what we get.

Xenophobia is an unnatural fear of spiders, which xenophobic would run away if they see a spider moving in an opposite direction.

What does the 'mort' in 'mortician' mean: living/ killer/ mother/ butterfly

What does the 'corp' in 'corporal punishment' mean: punishment by death

Give one word meaning 'to chop off a head': caputout/ amputate

A heart specialist is called a: gronologist / geologist

What is a pseudonym? a word/ disease/ small finger-like projections growing out of rocks/ a kind of locomotion
Pseudonym means the ability to use your feet in the same way you use your hands.

‘Lux-‘ as a prefix refers to: soap

If you quote somebody in an assignment, what information do you need to give directly after the actual quotation? Their name, birthdate and year they died.

What is an 'Emollient':

An animal with a lot of fur

Somebody who sets difficult exams like this but wants students to pass.

A small depressed person, a depressed person of small stature

Is a person who is trained to take care of small children

If I fail will you forgive me and give me another chance to improve?

Is a person who talks non-stop

Is someone who studies about people’s emotions

An excrete of the body

An engineer

Is a small animal which symbolizes a bigger picture

Someone who is emortal

An animal from Australia

A person who is lient or emoll

A student who is feeling disappointed because he did not revise the parts he thought were useless only to find that they were more than 25% in the exam.

Emotion showing insect

The strangeness in their minds....

students... what would we do without them??

some REALLY thought-provoking answers....

8c. I enjoy getting into peoples minds and causing them to freak out whenever they see a spider: regardless of how small, far away or even dead it is!

I am ... a kidney

and my favourite so far

8b. I consist of cells, I have an active metabolism and I respond to stimuli. Which, by the way suits me fine, because a favourite pastime for my family, friends and I is to go out in a heard and graze on the fleshy plains of your skin.

I am... pubic hair

Booooring Excuses

I overheard a colleague say that one of her students haven't been attending class for almost two months. When she asked him why he hasn't been to class, he said that he simply forgot about that subject...

If there's one thing that really annoys me, its students who can't even lie creatively! I wonder whether he forgets to eat too?

The students speak

Here follow a few excerpts from a certain well-known university’s very own student newsletter.

On distance education…
· Students are not happy about the current situation that they are encounting due to the fact that they are not indulged to attend full time classes. WE ALL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO ENCOUNT PROBLEMS LIKE THESE, DON’T WE?
· Accommodation is not available for them to have a possible resting place where it is secure for students to stay in Pretoria for their studies at _______.

On future writers…
· This was a year were by most average students i.e. IT, Economics, Management etc founded themselves falling in love with poetry and writing short stories. Blessed with the heavenly gift, the three earthly angels Patient, Zweli and Jazz gave birth to Oceans Therapy poetry session well known as OT. Even thou the founders are not 100% involved lately due to their studies, we are proud to say that “______” is one of the universities that has and still continuing to produce the best poets and writers. SJOE, REALLY?

On striking, injustices and wherebys…
· The South African students’ congress (SASCO) converged on a peaceful march on the 12 of March 2008 whereby they handed their memorandum to the department of education.
· The unavailability of the minister posed questions to the students whereby they allege that she is not taken them serious. I CAN’T IMAGINE WHY…
· For two weeks students have been narrating their frustration in arms and stomping feet at their premises of higher education.
· Vandalism is administered by the patriarchs of their SRC.
· Some students believe lectures should not blame students for taking unauthorized vacations during this chaotic time
· It is said that students aren’t getting benefits from their study loans and their credit contracts are not well explained to them as to future payment. Those who are failing their subject are cut of from obtaining loans. THE BLOODY CHEECK!

On condomising…
· Ladies and Gentlemen: safety comes first but if you can’t help it BUTTLE-UP for your protection, because it might be a bumpy ride that can take your life.
· The condom phenomena have got a lot of issues that need to be taken into concentration. OKAY, CONCENTRATE REALLY HARD NOW.
· Condoms are dominating in our nation today. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ANC?

WTF?
· Are the critical periods of students requisition really dissipated?
· In the history of fraud, the universities of South Africa have caught students with fake matric certificates. They discovered 21 registered students. The ice breaking issue has been going all over the country concerning this matter.
· ________is the University of High Professionals where this kind of fraud will never be accommodated to the end of endless education TO INFINITY AND BEYOOOOOOND!

Out of Ours thumbs!

Ours recently wrote a test and you can see quite clearly where the gods of brains must have mistook their thumbs for their heads. This is the reason for some of the answers, or it is the reason I am clinging to for the sake of my sanity (which is low at the moment).

Question: Give the word class for "your"
Answer: Abreviate noun. Preposition.
Question: Give the word class for "microbes"
Answer: Micro-organism
Question: Give the word class for "Louis Pasteur"
Answer: Person

Question: What are two ways in which words are formed.
Answer: Words are formed by scientists
Words are formed by alphabets

Question: What is an uncountable noun?
Answer: It refers to many things not just one specific.

On the whole you have to give them credit for their creativity but on the other hand you have to wonder about the "hope of the future" that gets questions like this wrong...