And you thought my jokes were bad
It must be a chemistry thing, as most of the chemistry teachers I’ve known are weird dudes(usually guys, but not always). My own stupid jokes have been well documented(recent example: Shut off lights for a spectroscopy lab and gave direction to class “Okay, no one molest anyone else.”), but what about the bad jokes of my colleagues.
The teacher next door, when asked by a student if they could leave early:
“Sure, as soon as somebody gives me the square root of pie.”
Students grab calculators, respond with 1.7725.
“Close, but not exactly.” 2 minutes passed before they figured out why that was so funny, and then the bell rang. The next day they said he was mean, and I told them all it was hilarious.
Another example, discussing solution to an electromagnetic radiation problem. “That wasn’t so bad was it?”
Students, “No, it was alright.”
Teacher “Yes, it was bad. It Hertz!”
Since we were talking about Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle I decided to tell them how Changston only 2 weeks ago gave some nihilistic philosophy based off Heisenberg. They now know I have a friend who went to the dark side and is probably a little depressed. I also told them how his depression might be caused by being a Raider’s fan, which received more than a few nodding heads.
I can’t make these jokes in 9th grade science or even biology, as they get distracted way too easily as it is. That more than anything is why teaching chemistry is so much fun, even if they don’t get it.
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I feel the need to defend myself, although I accept that pingpong may have just been using me as an example for dramatic effect and minor inconsistencies don’t matter. But, I’m not depressed, and I’m not sure what I posted in the last two weeks which was mixing quantum uncertainty and nihilism. I think I’m realistic about my job, and thus not overly excited about what is to come. However, I’ll grant that my not-depressed attitude is likely in large part due to the girlfriend (who will be coming to Pacrand’s wedding in NOLA in May).
As for being a Raiders’ fan, I’ll grant that once upon a time, I was having issues resolving having a NFL team in my hometown which was not my team. I have recovered, thank you, and my primary allegiance is to the Niners, as it should be. The Raiders I consider my AFL team, whom I can be happy for when they succeed because it won’t normally conflict with the NFC. And again, they are the team in my hometown, it wouldn’t be right to root against them.
It is balls to the wall cold and whited-out with snow here in DC.
Posted by: changston | February 10th, 2010 15:28
They would not have understood nihilistic enough, so I had to say depressed instead. I also wasn’t entirely sure about the context of your original statement, so I had to modify it for my point in class.
With chemistry I try and throw in little strange stories to break things up during lecture days and give them a chance to reset their brains. My other one that day was about my general science class in high school where we made neon signs by bending glass rods with bunsen burners.
I’ve also told Changston’s one about the teacher who was quitting and threw a large block of sodium into a bucket of water, and a bunch of others I don’t remember right now.
Good to hear about the gf coming. We are still undecided ourselves.
Posted by: pingpong | February 13th, 2010 22:02