Comments | msjen: Small curriculum editing amusements

msjen

Apr 01, 2009 20:07

I just came across this unfortunately-worded sentence in one of our chemistry lessons ( Read more... )

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jetspeaks April 2 2009, 03:11:53 UTC

Man, if it were that easy, we could all have nuclear power!

And the world would be a messier place...

flipping_hades April 2 2009, 03:13:31 UTC

All this time we could have been splitting atoms with SCISSORS?!? Oh the fun I've missed...

jetspeaks April 2 2009, 03:18:37 UTC

I KNOW. :D

Maybe you need special "safety" scissors to contain the energy?

msjen April 2 2009, 03:31:24 UTC

That explains why safety scissors don't work. They need to be applied to very small pieces of matter only.

jetspeaks April 2 2009, 03:57:32 UTC

So they *are* working, we just can't see the results in the visible spectrum? That's... scary.

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jetspeaks April 2 2009, 03:31:31 UTC

Sounds like you'd only need paste. Or sticky tape.

ousel April 2 2009, 04:42:50 UTC

Why isn't my class taught this way?! snerk

jetspeaks April 2 2009, 05:58:31 UTC

I will mail you some atoms to split. You have to supply your own safety scissors though.

incorpore April 2 2009, 09:59:47 UTC

"Teacher, I can haz plz electron microscopez for compleatz this project?"