It was a cold and dreary day, the sun was hidden from view and rain had begun to fall from the sky. Typical. I walked into my class and sat down. Luckily, Chemistry went by relatively quickly, that is, until the last twenty minutes of class. Some guy in the back of the classroom raised his hand to ask a question. I wouldn't have cared if it was a valid question but he wanted to know why there was a negative sign in front of the equation (qsystem = -qsurrounding). This is an equation. You don't question equations, they are a state of being! So, the teacher had to explain why there was a negative sign in front of the equation for five minutes and the guy in the back of the classroom kept questioning her explanation. I thought I was going to explode in my seat as I clenched both my fists and my teeth. Finally, it was over. He finished being a jerk and the teacher told him to come see her after class if he had any further questions. Thank goodness, I thought to myself; that is, until a girl raised her hand to ask why there was a delta V in another equation (deltaE= - PdeltaV, and obviously if the volume doesn't change you have nothing to measure because they're both constant and then it wouldn't be an equation, idiot). It's a bloody equation you stupid stupid girl. You take numbers, you plug them into the equation, and you get the answer. That's all there is to it. Oh, man. Sitting there listening to this was so frustrating. It's at these times when students think that they're smarter than the professors (who have phD's, mind you) that bothers me the most. I was so close to getting out of my seat and leaving, until this gangster-looking guy in front of me turns around and yells out, "Why the hell are you even asking these questions, they're equations. Damn, just shut up." Everyone was grateful, there was silent laughter and smiles all around, it was epic and amazing. At that moment that guy was a hero. Even the teacher was smiling, and that made my day so much better.
As for this weekend. Probably one of the most unproductive weekends of my life. I really need to stop sleeping and get some stuff done. I planned on finishing the "suggested homework" for Chemistry (and we all know that suggested is code for: if you don't do it you're going to fail and become miserable), but I didn't do it. Oh, well it's easter.
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