# Tricks of the Trade

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-of-the-trade/319473>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 31, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-of-the-trade/319473 "2005-08-31T19:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-of-the-trade/319473/1 "2005-08-31T19:42:45Z")

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Tricks of the Trade ([http://www.tradetricks.org](http://www.tradetricks.org) ) is a little website that I occassionally remember to peruse. I must have a dark mind because after I read this:

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> August 24, 2005  
> Substitute teacher  
> If you walk into your classroom and instinctively know that a certain kid is going to be The Student From Hell, try this. Walk up to him first thing in the morning and casually say, “Hey, aren’t you Jerome Jones?” When he reponds “yes,” say, “Tell you mom that I said hi.” That should keep him guessing enough to behave, at least for a day.

I wondered, “What if Jerome Jones’ mother is dead, wouldn’t that really creep out the kid?” I’m thinking that that trick might not be the best of ideas.

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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-of-the-trade/319473/2 "2005-09-01T15:55:43Z")

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Great site! And at the bottom of [this page](http://www.tradetricks.org/archives/2004_10.html), he even cites Cecil!

(You see the advantage of clicking around randomly?)