I found ur answersheets,QLers :-P
By svelte_saggi •
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
The following concerns a question in a physics degree exam at a University.
"Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer."
One student who we'll call MD replied, : "You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building."
This highly original answer so incensed the examiner that the student was failed immediately. He appealed on the grounds that his answer was indisputably correct, and the university appointed an independent arbiter to decide the case. The arbiter judged that the answer was indeed correct, but did not display any noticeable knowledge of physics.
To resolve the problem, it was decided to call the student in and allow him six minutes in which to provide a verbal answer which showed at least a minimal familiarity with the basic principles of physics. For five minutes the student sat in silence, forehead creased in thought. The arbiter reminded him that time was running out, to which the student replied that he had several extremely relevant answers, but couldn't make up his mind which to use.
On being advised to hurry up the student replied as follows:
"Firstly, you could take the barometer up to the roof of the skyscraper, drop it over the edge, and measure the time it takes to reach the ground. The height of the building can then be worked out from the formula H =0.5g x t squared. But bad luck on the barometer."
"Or if the sun is shining you could measure the height of the barometer, then set it on end and measure the length of its shadow. Then you measure the length of the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it is a simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper."
"But if you wanted to be highly scientific about it, you could tie a short piece of string to the barometer and swing it like a pendulum, first at ground level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the difference in the gravitational restoring force T = 2 pi square root (l / g)."
"Or if the skyscraper has an outside emergency staircase, it would be easier to walk up it and mark off the height of the skyscraper in barometer lengths, then add them up."
"If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you could use the barometer to measure the air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height of the building."
But since we are constantly being exhorted to exercise independence of mind and apply scientific methods, undoubtedly the best way would be to knock on the janitor's door and say to him 'If you would like a nice new barometer, I will give you this one if you tell me the height of this skyscraper'."
Excellent!
Yeah....I admit....I love to teach... *blushing*
ah...but there is the spirit of a teacher lurking inside you somewhere! LOL :-D
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
oh i used to think a lot....but my teachers preferred to call it day-dreaming....wonder why i didn't turn out to be Svelte Einstein :-P
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
svelte_saggi ...professionally I am not a teacher....lol
it's just that some kids are too pesky to handle and they just HAVE to do something like this just for the sake of it.there were kids like this in my class all thru my education.their antics were funny to us but usually made the teachers pull out their hairs in exasperation :-P
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
But unfortunately our education system is baised...against guys like Einstine....who were not great students....but exceptional thinkers.
are u a teacher by profession?i have a gut feeling you are....else you would not have posted that comment :-P
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
In fact the answersheet is a reflection of the teacher!!!
Its a reflection of how bad those teacher are!
a child is only as good as his teacher....especially ones with lower IQ. The ones with good IQ do not essentially "need" the teacher...
me no go school :(
looooooooool
she is a woman ha ha ha
thanks ,,
bad???and poor me??? :-(
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
you got me there dude...LOL
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-= This is absurd. This is absurd =-
lolz..
"To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.” ------- Gita
Maggi - ddnt know youwere this bad .. ;D
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that reminded me of differential and integral calculus...oh those were the days (the hanging man is so funny!)
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svelte_... my silence is gone now lol
...listen to the sound of silence....
sheeet i couldnt stop laughing
that was just simple eeeee--mazing specially the world war question
rofl
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There are good people in this world, and they are not ONLY Muslims, you know. Geez.(last comments by alexa when she left Qiving)
yup,i work part-time as a laughter physician ;-) but why did u ask,rezymalik?
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
saggi... are you physician?...lol
yup,we're all doing just that :-P
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
i remember the time my hindi teacher in Grade 6 flew off the handle when she saw that one of my pesky classmates had copied out the question paper onto the answer sheet 5 times during an exam :-D ROFL
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
...listen to the sound of silence....
lol... I wanna go to school again...
lol...
True Friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.....