Cancer Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Austria is AUT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 As in autism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 As opposed to DEN, which would be short for "dense". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Well, my personal biggest mistake on an exam is a factor of 10^66. I'm trying to think of what kind of question it would even be possible to get an answer that wrong on. Something involving Planck's Constant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 As opposed to DEN, which would be short for "dense". You don't wanna fracture your dens axes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm trying to think of what kind of question it would even be possible to get an answer that wrong on. Something involving Planck's Constant?No, it was a dumb mistake dropping a sign in an exponent going from one work page to the next, and it involved a factor of the solar mass, 2 * 10^33 grams. I recognized very shortly there was a major mistake somewhere (to the point of writing "oh s**t" on my paper) but couldn't find it in the last couple minutes of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 A match to the Wow! Signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 The instructor wrote "Good to see such a practical attitude among our students" in response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 How sporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Sometimes, when I'm grading tests, I want to write "What the {redacted} were you thinking?!" on the test paper. I haven't ever done it. Yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 You could posh up the language a bit ... "Please describe your thought process. Regards, Teacher P." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I remember having to write comments like "THIS VELOCITY IS FASTER THAN C" or "MASS SHOULD NOT BE A NEGATIVE QUANTITY". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 So much facepalm that one's face risks being ablated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 A serious hazard in this business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 But less beard to keep track of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Nothing to post here, move along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hell no, we won't go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 One thing I did do this year: On one exam, the students were asked to identify the products of a reaction (lead sulfide and sodium chloride were the products). Then, given that only one of the two products was soluble in water, I asked them to identify the product that would precipitate out of solution (lead sulfide). A large number of students predicted that sodium chloride would be the precipitate--which would mean they didn't realize that sodium chloride was water soluble. So on the tests of these students I wrote the words, "Where do you live?" (Answer: They live on the shores of the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere. Seriously, you can see the Great Salt Lake from my classroom.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Well it is called Salt Lake City, right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I think even I would have guessed that the precipitate would be PbS rather than table salt, and I haven't taken any chemistry since 1973. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Table Salt Lake City? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Just take a pinch of ground and sprinkle it over your meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 If that works for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 23 essential minerals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Plus, "some dirt just cleans the guts!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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