Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good thing the student got an "A". A student follower of Aristotle will probably reply "Why? why" and got a "F". - --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Both of these are essentially variations on the > urban legend that first > cropped up in the late 60s - 1970 - around the time > of student strikes, > cancelled finals, etc. A philosophy professor at > Brown, as I recall the > story, walked into class on the morning of the > finals and simply wrote, > "Why?" on the black board. A student wrote "Why > not?" and got an > A.....riiiiiight....:-) > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On > Behalf Of Gregory Goh > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:40 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Too Serious > > > This story reminds me of the one I heard about the > professor asking the > students a question "What is courage?" > The one who got an "A" was the one who wrote 2 words > and handed his answer > in. > His answer was "This is" > > Greg > > >From: Photo Phreak <leicam4pro@yahoo.com> > >Subject: [Leica] too serious again > >Message-ID: > <20020419014533.12280.qmail@web21301.mail.yahoo.com> > >References: > > > >An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one > question final > >exam after a semester dealing with a broad array > of > >topics. > > > >The class was already seated and ready to go when > the > >professor picked up his chair, plopped it on his > desk and wrote on > >the board: "Using everything we have learned this > semester, > >prove that this chair does not exist." > > > >Fingers flew, erasers erased, notebooks were filled > in > >furious fashion. Some students wrote over 30 pages > in one hour > >attempting to refute the existence of the chair. > One member > >of the class however, was up and finished in less > than a > >minute. > > > >Weeks later when the grades were posted, the rest > of the > >group wondered how he could have gotten an A when > he had barely > >written anything at all. His answer consisted of > two words: > > > >"What chair?" > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html