One of the people I occasionally exchange emails with is my former high school chemistry teacher. Now, I remember that back in 1967 he had a pretty good sense of humor. He had sayings like "hot glass looks just like cold glass" to remind us not to grab the pipette we had just made by heating the end in a Bunsen burner with bare fingers. I also remember the twinkle in his eye when one experiment each year was to make some substance that smelled like vomit. Of course, we did it with all the windows and doors in the chem lab wide open so the rest of the school could also enjoy the smell. Anyway, you get the idea. Well, after we reconnected via email in recent years, we've enjoyed sharing funnies. The one below is a classic.
Attached is problem 3 on a geometry examination given at the University of South Carolina. The solution was submitted by a blonde student and it is our understanding that after careful scrutiny, the student was given credit by the professor for her answer.
When hearing of this situation, the Dean of the Math Department warned other professors to be more explicit in the wording of examination problems, but was hesitant to suggest how.
The answer in question is below.
Well, after a good laugh, I couldn't resist sending it on the the math people in my life (daughter, Jennifer, and brother-in-law, Mark, both college math profs, and nephew, Russell, an actuary). Mark liked it so much he printed it off and stuck it on his office door. He and I have a rather "punny" relationship that goes back over 25 years. His reply was something about "mean" behavior by some of his students.
Well, hope it gave you as much of a laugh as it did me... whether you're blonde or not. God bless!
1 comment:
Although I admit there are several blondes at the University of South Carolina, and I readily admit that not all blondes were Engineering majors, this simply can't be true. All Gamecocks would have guessed the right answer... "it's yonder."
Go Cocks!
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