Copy machine

*During my first year of teaching I was particularly technologically retarded. I had been trying to learn all the new machines in my building and was a little overwhelmed.  I began the year by making front side copies only, as I did not know how to feed the paper correctly into the Gestetner (super fast copy machine).  One morning another teacher took the time to teach the newbie.  I proudly returned to the class to hand out the papers, proud of what I had accomplished.  As I am handing out the papers, one student chimes in saying, “Ms. C you learned how to work the copy machine. Way to go!”  I respond, “What do you mean?” The student replies, “Well, you made a double-sided copy, that’s an improvement.”