[SOC] Comparing Temperatures UK and OZ

[Paul Bartlett]

Oh, this thread is pulling from me all the apalling puns, misquotes etc.

If you 'can' then do.
If you 'can't' then teach.
If you can't teach then administrate.

P ;-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Wills" <oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu>
To: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Comparing Temperatures UK and OZ


> > > I did set a question on an astronomy exam that was "Derive the
> > > Universe and give three examples", being worth 0 points.  It
> > > worried a lot of people...
> > > 
> > 
> > Ain't that a misquote from '1066 and All That'?
> 
>        Yup, along with "for sausages, read hostages" and other
>        good stuff.   I thought everyone had heard of it but I
>        tend to forget that undergrads haven't been around as
>        long as us old fogeys, nor of course been through the
>        Brit eddication system and all that that entails.
> 
>        Time stands still when you teach - the students are
>        always the same age, and you tend to forget that you 
>        are decaying year by year.
> 
> Derek aa5bt, g3nmx
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