Re: 10 yr old (The 7% solution)

["RAUBER, JOEL" <JOEL_RAUBER@SDSTATE.EDU>]

John's comment about not knowing whether laugh or cry reminds me of incident
from my college days.

I had gone to a crowded movie theater to watch the latest Sherlock Holmes
movie.  "The 7% solution" as I recall.  At some point early in the movie
Sherlock Holmes remarked how he learned Calculus in 6-weeks.  At that
utterance I heard one very loud set of guffawing and laughter coming from
one person in the crowded theater and I thought I recognized it.  Sure
enough after the movie as everyone was filing out, I saw my Calculus
teacher, who was apparently very amused by the idea of teaching someone
Calculus in 6-weeks.  It took him a little longer with me.

;-)

Joel Rauber

-----Original Message-----
From: John S. Denker [mailto:jsd@MONMOUTH.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 7:06 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: 10 yr old


At 07:56 PM 7/31/01 -0600, Jim Green wrote:
> For reasons only the pixies know a friend of mine wants to teach physics to
> a 10 yr old grandson this summer -- Don't laugh; I think that he is
> serious.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.