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Old 12-18-2004, 04:07 AM
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In G. H. Hardy's A Mathematician's Apology, he raises that point quite seriously in defense of mathematics as a career choice. The book was written not long after World War II, when applied science had just proven its ability to kill millions in an instant; Hardy was a fierce opponent of the war and found comfort in the fact that no one will ever be killed by a transcendental number or a definite integral.

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As opposed to those always-hopping microbiology parties?
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Old 12-18-2004, 04:25 AM
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Hence why I felt at liberty to mock, though I'll have you know the guest speaker at our last lab meeting before Christmas was Captain Morgan.
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The end-of-semester Graphic Design party was pretty rockin'.

A game of drunken Pictionary is deeply entertaining.
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Old 12-18-2004, 07:32 AM
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Also 500 exams to mark.
I can personally attest that marking exams is like fighting the Hydra. As soon as you finish one pile, two more pop up. I need a kid with a torch to just set fire to them all.
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Also 500 exams to mark.
I can personally attest that marking exams is like fighting the Hydra. As soon as you finish one pile, two more pop up. I need a kid with a torch to just set fire to them all.
hahahahaha, wow, i wish the kids who poured thier hearts into thier exams could see this.

"Ahhhh, teacher is going to read that exam and he'll be so impressed with the dedication and thought that I put into it . . . . huh? HE DID WHAT?!"
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Old 12-18-2004, 06:04 PM
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Ahhhh, teacher is going to read that exam and he'll be so impressed with the dedication and thought that I put into it
Emphasis mine.

You're obviously not reading the same exams I was.
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...the fact that no one will ever be killed by a transcendental number or a definite integral.
I'll be very disappointed if nobody jumps on this.
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...the fact that no one will ever be killed by a transcendental number or a definite integral.
I'll be very disappointed if nobody jumps on this.

*gets killed by a transcendal number.* I hope you're hap-GAK!
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Old 12-18-2004, 09:14 PM
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Okay, last "delay explanation" post... when I got home from that party last night, I was just too exhausted from a day of marking 500 exams and partying to make the update. ('Cause it's something of a big one, see.) So I will make it when I get home, and I'm leaving in a few minutes. This event will be worth the wait, promise.
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Okay, last "delay explanation" post... when I got home from that party last night, I was just too exhausted from a day of marking 500 exams and partying to make the update. ('Cause it's something of a big one, see.) So I will make it when I get home, and I'm leaving in a few minutes. This event will be worth the wait, promise.
Dude, that's like... now. Sweet!

And exam week is definitely horrible for teachers. We feel your pain, even as we try to get over our own.

How many teachers do we have here, anyway?
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Old 12-19-2004, 01:39 AM
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I'm not a teacher, I'm a teaching assistant - aka grad student rented mule. I get to play babysitter for a lab section or two, mark their reports, proctor an exam (which involves escorting people to the bathroom for three hours) and then marking said exam.

Here's hoping I get voted Best TA. There's money involved, apparently.
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Old 12-19-2004, 02:18 AM
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I'm the same kind of teacher Sa'ar is, without the potential Best TA award as far as I know. But I know a fellow marker who should totally get the Best T&A award.
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Ahem, I think I speak for everyone at FMV, when I say, WE WANT FIVERS, WE WANT FIVERS! :!:
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Old 12-19-2004, 02:42 AM
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Okay, but what do the people at 5MV want?
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D'oh! :roll: Now that was a stupid mis-spelling.

Okay, I'll have to fix that.


Ahem, I think I speak for everyone at 5MV, when I say, WE WANT FIVERS, WE WANT FIVERS!
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How many teachers do we have here, anyway?
Me! Me! But I only have one set of exams to grade - I teach 7th, 8th, and 9th grades, and only the 9th graders take semester exams at my school. I've spent most of today procrastinating to keep from grading them, though.
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Oh my god! Did you see that? YOU JUST MISSED ELVIS!

No, wait, that was Blueberry.



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LIES! I want pie. Mmm. Pie.
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Right now I'm just a lowly grad student, but next year I'll be trying to convince undergrad students of my very own that ancient history really is interesting and relevant. And yes, you have to take the final. And how many dead grandmothers have you had this semester, anyway?

But I'm looking forward to it.
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D'oh! :roll: Now that was a stupid mis-spelling.

Okay, I'll have to fix that.


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And Hazels and Bigwigs too!

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