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FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for May 08, 2013
May 07, 2013
May 09, 2013
Transcript:
Teacher: Mr. Fox, about your homework... I assigned questions 1 through 20, yet you only did questions 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20. Peter: I figured you could plot my results, find the best-fitting curve, and extrapolate how I'd do on the others. Teacher: I can't decide if you're stupid or brilliant, Peter. Peter: You could split the difference and give me a "B"...
mdcdjg2008 almost 12 years ago
wouldn’t the difference be a C mid point grade?
legaleagle48 almost 12 years ago
Well, there’s lazy, and then there’s THAT. Peter’s dreaming if he thinks that that shoddy level of effort would put him in even the same universe as a B!
wcorvi almost 12 years ago
Actually stupid – his plan would be interpolating the others. If he had done 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – then the rest would be extrapolated.
duanetrimm almost 12 years ago
thanks, wcorvi, you beat me to it. I expected more from Mr. Amend the mathematician. guess everyone has an off day occasionally.
rpmurray almost 12 years ago
Did this teacher use the “S” word? That could get him fired in the real world for damaging the student’s self-esteem.
zoidknight almost 12 years ago
Not anymore.
infinite_kydeem almost 12 years ago
I tried something very close to this in my calculas class once. Didn’t work for me either… =(
katina.cooper almost 12 years ago
How about we leave off the top curve of that “B” and remove the entire bottom part of the curve?
Knitterknerd almost 12 years ago
Let’s put aside, for the moment, that different questions assess different things. Homework is usually at least as much about practice as it is assessment. Besides, in a lot of textbooks, 1-20 is already just a small sample of the questions. Seems silly to take a sample of a sample.
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
Split the difference between 0 and 100. That’ll show him.
rejoiceitellyourejoice almost 12 years ago
welcome to the world of public accounting.
Kapus almost 12 years ago
Man, that teacher always looks grumpy..
Doctor11 almost 12 years ago
Not going to happen, Peter, NOT going to happen.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 12 years ago
He might have done better if he’d answered questions 1,1,2,3,5,8,13 & 21. It’s Fibonacci day,folks!!