Good thing he wasn’t asked to tell time from one of those things that has 12 numbers and 2 dials.
This was posted by a friend who teaches various physics at a local college. I thought you guys could relate to him.
In lab today, there was a point where students had to measure room temperature for a calculation. The following exchange ensued.
Student: “How are we supposed to find room temperature? Use the internet?”
Me: “No. Measure it.”
Student: “How? Do we have a thermometer?”
Me: “Yes. Turn around. The thermometers are behind you.”
Student turns around, then looks back: “Where?”
Me: “They yellow things.”
Student picks one up. “Where’s the display?”
Me, confused: “It’s a thermometer. Read the temperature by where the top of the fluid is.”
Student: “Huh? But where are the digits?”
Me, more confused: “The temperatures are written on the glass.”
Student: “But, it isn’t digital. How do you read it.”
Me, just staring at the student trying to think of something to say other than what I was thinking.
This is a student who wants to be an engineer.
