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zeldapsychology
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15 Jan 2010, 10:31 pm

I was thinking back to my College issue and remembered at times the teacher would say "I have these stacks of papers to grade could you come back tomorrow." Is that literally? Because I took it as such and CAME BACK the FOLLOWING day ON THE DOT NO SKIPPING! LOL! Just a thought that popped into my head while falling asleep and wanted WP's opinion on this issue thanks.



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15 Jan 2010, 10:38 pm

I would interpret it as come back tomorrow.



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15 Jan 2010, 10:41 pm

I think it means come back tomorrow, literally.



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15 Jan 2010, 10:42 pm

zeldapsychology wrote:
I was thinking back to my College issue and remembered at times the teacher would say "I have these stacks of papers to grade could you come back tomorrow." Is that literally?


Tomorrow is tomorrow, and I would wonder whether that meant twenty-four hours from "right now" (the time of having just heard the request) or from when I had first arrived.


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15 Jan 2010, 10:43 pm

If he needed something from you, it means "come back tomorrow"

If you needed something from him, it means "come back no earlier than tomorrow".



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15 Jan 2010, 10:43 pm

Yeah, i don't really know of any other way to interpret that.



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15 Jan 2010, 10:51 pm

Wayne wrote:
If he needed something from you, it means "come back tomorrow"

If you needed something from him, it means "come back no earlier than tomorrow".

Yup.

But from what you've said about your teachers getting freaked out by all your questions, it seems likely that they were making excuses to get rid of you.



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15 Jan 2010, 11:03 pm

Maggiedoll wrote:
Wayne wrote:
If he needed something from you, it means "come back tomorrow"

If you needed something from him, it means "come back no earlier than tomorrow".

Yup.

But from what you've said about your teachers getting freaked out by all your questions, it seems likely that they were making excuses to get rid of you.



Good point Maggiedoll. I still feel awful I didn't know how she felt until it was too late. :-( As I've said before I heard from another student that the Psychology teacher didn't know how to answer my questions so she was avoiding me so she didn't have to answer my questions. :-( I wish I could apologize to her but am so afraid of what she might say! :-( I also agree Come back tomorrw= tomorrow. :-) Surely as a Psychologist she's heard of Asperger's or ATLEAST the Autism Spectrum at the least. :-) Thanks for the replies. :-)