I have been on an adventure teaching English in China for the last three years. Those of you that know China will understand why I am spaced. I used to be "normal" and have blonde hair. Now I am perpetually confused and my hair has turned gray. "What a long strange trip it's been!!!" lol
About 10 days ago I informed the monitors and assistant monitors from each class that you would need to make an appointment to come by my home in order for me to explain the final grades to you and to get your class report. To date NONE of you have done that. I would suggest that if you'd like your grade before you go home for the summer you find the time to get this task accomplished.
I will most likely be home all day for the next couple of days so you can just drop by at your convenience. If that is not acceptable to you then you can e-mail me at spacedteacher@hotmail.com to make an appointment.
Since many of you are going to become teachers I thought you might enjoy the following challenge I'm going to issue you. I want you to grade the student's response to the question posed below.
Hell Explained By A Chemistry Student
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared
it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now
have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle 's Law
(gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some
variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we
need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate
at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once
a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are
leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the
different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their
religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these
religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we
can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as
they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase
exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell
because Boyle 's Law states that in order for the temperature and
pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand
proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at
which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will
increase until all Hell breaks loose.
If Hell is
expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the
temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman
year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and
take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then
number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and
has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since
Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more
souls and is therefore, extinct ...... leaving only Heaven, thereby
proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night,
Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
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