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#5557 + ( )/106 - [ Report ]
// Bode's Rule Lab in Jarvis Geosystems
Question: Why is there no planet Minerva between Mars and Jupiter when Bode’s Rule seems to indicate there ought to be?
Two of the answers (and Mr. Jarvis's comments):
• Aliens have first attempted colonization on the planet Minerva, which did exist at one time. However, after finding the land unsuitable, they destroyed the planet into thousands of small rock fragments. – Very unlikely. We have yet to see aliens.
Jarvis' response: Well, there are some folks who claim to have seen them, but after talking to them, I have serious doubts about their grip on reality.
• The planet was eaten by a very hungry, very large cosmic troll. – Extremely unlikely. Although, unlike aliens, trolls do exist, we have yet to see one big enough to do such a thing.
Jarvis' response: I’ve had people in Iceland and Norway tell me about trolls. I think those perceptions are associated with very long winters.
Jarvis' comment: Nice job here. +1
Total grade: 13/12. -
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// In Geosystems, students are learning about different winds.
Mrs. Schmid: The band around the equator is known as the doldrums because sometimes the wind completely dies down, meaning ships are stuck because they can't go anywhere. This is where the expression "to be in the doldrums" comes from, because if someone says that to you, it means you're lethargic. Without motivation. Apathetic. In other words, you're a senior. -
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// Mrs. Schmid is retiring and is telling the class about the possible replacement teacher
Schmid: And even if he doesn't know the curriculum exactly, he can just pick another teacher to stay a week behind in lesson plans.
Student: But then we won't finish!
Schmid: Yeah, but do you really care? -
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// In Woodwell Geo; talking about geostrophic winds, Sam has feet on his desk
Dr. Woodwell: Sam! Get your foot off the desk!
Sam (who wasn't paying attention at all): It's the Coriolis Effect, it was dragging my foot...
Dr. Woodwell (stuttering): I'm gonna Coriolis your... your feckk... your foot! -
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// In Geosystems
Joshua: So the menosphere isn't absorbing anything, and the menopause is the boundary between the thermosphere and the menosphere...
Joshua: Damn. I mean the mesosphere and mesopause....
// The next class
Jack: Now, how do you explain what the temperature is during the menopause?
Joshua: Don't you mean the mesopause? -
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// In Geosystems, discussing the hardness scale of minerals
Ms. Rhee: Diamonds are the hardest mineral, nothing can scratch them.
Chase: A laserbeam can scratch a diamond! Lasers are harder than diamonds!
Jess: A laserbeam is not a mineral!
Student: It's obvious from that conversation that Jess is the one going to MIT.