Once in my AP english language class the teacher assigned an EXTREMELEY extra and intensive assignment. She listed like 60 different literary devices/fallacies half of which i had never heard of and were really obscure. She then tasked us with creating index cards defining them, making up our own examples, and finding examples of them within PRINTED LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ONLY. This assignment was hyped up for WEEKS and so there was a lot of hype and weight placed on this assignment.
I made like 5 index cards and searched through a newspaper for maybe 10 minutes before my procrastinating ass played league/was on tengay all day for the remainder of time i should have spent on this assignment leading up to the due date. EVERYONE in class was complaining to the teacher repeatedly how hard it was to find an example of fucking synesthesia in a local newspaper but over and over she was all like "you need to have EVERY example"
the due date comes and i dont have literally anything to turn in. the whole class has their rings full of index cards with glued on examples ready to discuss/get graded based on the insanely inflated number of hours that went into the assignment. The teacher walks in and everyone is badgering her ready to turn in the assignment. She then goes "oh that??? yea thats not for a grade thats for you guys! ^_^"
my jaw was on the floor i was in absolute awe and while the entire class had pitchforks in arms and a huge class vs teacher showdown erupted i just sat there again in absolute awe at how lucky my ass just got