| What Your Student Means (translator unknown) |
| WHAT YOUR STUDENT SAYS Your course is too tough. |
WHAT YOUR STUDENT MEANS I haven't been doing my homework. |
| Writing exams make me nervous. | I haven't been doing my homework. |
| You're always trying to show us how smart you are. | I'm embarrassed because I'm not prepared again. |
| I understand the overall concept of this topic. | I haven't got a clue about the current topic. |
| I would like to have had more time to study the text. | I didn't read it. |
| I have some concerns about the theory upon which this lecture is based. | I hope this won't be on the exam. |
| There are some aspects of the chapter that I would like to hear more about. | I sure as hell ain't gonna read that many pages, so maybe you could just go over the highlights. |
| Your lectures are not strongly enough linked to the text. | You mean I have to come to lectures to get the notes? |
| Your lecture is an interesting explanation of the text material. | I fell asleep in class. |
| You failed to discuss some of the more relevant sections of the text. | What do you mean—read on my own? |
| I would like you to explain…stuff. | I don't know anything about this. |
| Do you have a minute to answer a question about the assignment? | Wanna listen to me whine for an hour? |
| The exam was unfair. | I didn't study. |
| I need an extension. | I started this morning and just realized that I can't finish it in three hours. |
| You're the worst prof I've ever had. | You make us work hard. |
| The prof I had last semester was much better. | He didn't make us work hard. |