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#668 Up↑ /81 Down↓ [Report] 2009-09-16 21:50 EDT
// First day back from summer
Mr. Garfinkel, to student he's never had: Hey, I LOVE your dress!
Student: Uh, thanks?
Mr. Garfinkel: How's your boyfriend?
Mr. Garfinkel: Is it appropriate for me to ask you that?
Student: Well, you were never my teacher...but you were his teacher.
Mr. Garfinkel: I'm not anymore. Besides, who doesn't love him?
Mr. Garfinkel: So how is he? I mean, you're still together, right, so this isn't totally awkward? -
#1093 Up↑ /60 Down↓ [Report] 2010-03-22 18:24 EDT
// Some questions from Mr. Boericke's econ tests.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between price and demand for a product?
A) Demand varies directly with changes in price.
B) Demand varies inversely with changes in price.
C) Demand is not affected by changes in price.
D) All of the above - demand is a slippery and amorphous thing.
What is a disadvantage of the barter system?
A) Matching needs is an issue (a plumber with a toothache needs to find a dentist with a leaky pipe).
B) There is no store of value.
C) Both of the above answers are correct.
D) There are no disadvantages - barter is still the way God intended us to do business.
What reason do we have for studying perfect competition when competition is never perfect?
A) It is useful to understand the concepts of supply and demand as they relate to price so that the results can be used to model real-world competition, though it may be far from perfect.
B) Americans love competition, perfect or imperfect.
C) There is no reason - this is not the first or last piece of useless information you'll learn in high school.
D) All of the above. -
#746 Up↑ /60 Down↓ [Report] 2009-10-13 21:15 EDT
// European Literature
// The class has answered the question "If you had to cross a perilous road, what could make you do it?"
Ms. Brown: We've got quite a number of answers here--family, money...
Ms. Brown: 85% of the third period class said sex. Some more disturbingly graphic than others.
Ms. Brown: I just think you guys aren't awake yet. -
#958 Up↑ /80 Down↓ [Report] 2010-01-13 21:11 EST
Math teacher: Wow, this is easy, just factor by grouping. It's just screaming at you to factor by grouping.
Math teacher: In fact, if this were a strip club, then the problem's a stripper lifting her shirt with "FACTOR ME BY GROUPING" written all over her breasts.
