Re: [Phys-L] final exam response

["John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>]

This is rather like the student in the English class who neglected to read
the assigned pages of Moby Dick.  So when asked what Queequeg's Ramadan was,
he wrote a very nice essay saying it was his office and described it in
beautiful detail.  A for imagination, F for accuracy.  I was in the class at
the time, but I knew what the Ramadan was and didn't write the essay.  I
remember the incident very well even as other details of the story are hazy.
Now most people have heard the word ramadan, but back then for us it was
just a strage word in a book.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX 

> A friend pointed out that h-bar made horse sense.
>
> bc
>
> On 2012, Dec 13, , at 15:53, Larry Smith wrote:
>
> > Here is a fun(ny) response I got on a final exam in my 
> honors (liberal arts) physics class today.
> > Q: Discuss h or h-bar.  What is its significance?
> >
> > A: It's wear [sic] the horses go on their day off.  With 
> out this farming would sease (another sic?) to exist.  The 
> horses would all start a union and demand more food and less 
> work, but the h-bar keeps them in balance and in check.
> >