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Rant 2:Verbal Pwnage of a Global Warming denier
A short Story[edit]
A college professer was handing out an exam for his students to take on the last day of class. One of his students had, throughout the year, stood out from the others with his outstanding grades and dedication. As the clock wound down, the professer was startled to notice that, in the last hour, the student had not done any work on his exam. The professer announced that there was only half an hour left, and the student exploded into action.
At the end of the class, the professer rustled through the papers to find the student's exam. What he found written on the exam made him think deeply, and despite the fact that the student had not correctly answered a single question, the professer was torn between giving him full credit for the exam, and giving him a complete failing grade.
The professer settled upon taking the matter up with the dean, and showed one of the questions to him. The question said "Explain how you can measure the height of a building by using a barometer". Rather than use the elongated scientific terminology, the student had simply responded, "Take a rope, tie it to the barometer, and lower it down to the ground. The legnth of the rope is the height of the building". Every single question on the exam was answered in a similar format. The dean decided that it would be for the best to simply allow the student to take the exam again.
The scheduled date came up, and by the time it was over, the student had, once again, completed the exam. Exasperated, the professer asked the student, "Do you know the exact scientific answer to these questions?"
The student responded simply. "Yes, I do know the answers, and I know so many more alternatives. You could, for instance, take the barometer and throw it off the building, measure the time it takes to fall, and use that to calculate the height. I only made all those answers up because, simply, I want to be taught not HOW to think, but how to think on my own."
The professer nodded, and they went their seperate ways. The next day, the student recieved her paper back. It was a 100.