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HEADLINE NEWS: A school teacher was arrested early today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in posse

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This was emailed to me by my friend in TX. http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=1112682

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This is obviously a put-on. The article further mentions the Greek philosopher Isoceles, who was quoted as saying 'There are three sides to every triangle.'
 
What's worse: dad jokes, or teacher jokes?
 
If a slide rule is a "ancient wooden device .
I guess I am finally old. Used one in high school.
 
Mr Person said:
What's worse: dad jokes, or teacher jokes?
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I think I'll start a TV ministry that worships Al-Gebra. No need to believe in Pythagoras. Just send me money. Works for other charlatans.
 
mike2810 said:
If a slide rule is a "ancient wooden device .
I guess I am finally old. Used one in high school.
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And I used one in college. That was before the digital calculator arrived.
 


She was carrying old school supplies. bad teacher.
Next time she should carry books on White Fragility, how to destroy cities, how to be less white.
 
Teachers told me I had to learn all this bullshit because I wasn't going to be walking around with a calculator in my pocket all the time.
 
mike2810 said:
If a slide rule is a "ancient wooden device .
I guess I am finally old. Used one in high school.
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I was permitted to use a slide rule in the 1980s. Calculators weren't permitted but I sarcastically asked about slide rules and the teacher quipped if you know how to use one then I'll let you. Apparently, he thought it was a joke because he was shocked when I showed up with one of my father's slide rules on the day of the test.
 
Quick calendar check. April 1? Nope. That was weeks ago.

But a bit of levity is never a bad thing.
 
SomeCents said:
Quick calendar check. April 1? Nope. That was weeks ago.

But a bit of levity is never a bad thing.
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I thought it was topical as well as clever. Need to have some humor amid today's chaos.
 
I have an old one (just a bit before my time) that I keep with my old drafting instruments but our high school intern was fascinated by it....and spent days trying to figure out how to use it. Geek to the core!
 
mike2810 said:
Yep.
slide rule, punch cards for computer program runs,

the good old days.
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My college had only a punch card IBM sorter but they managed class assigments, grades & salaries with just that one machine.

IBM made a fortune through their German sub selling these to the Nazi government. Everything in Nazi Germany ran on these machines: railroads, concentration camps, etc.

When they needed skilled engravers to counterfeit British bank notes, they had only to run the cards through a sorter programmed to key on that in the 'occupation' field.
 
SomeCents said:
I have an old one (just a bit before my time) that I keep with my old drafting instruments but our high school intern was fascinated by it....and spent days trying to figure out how to use it. Geek to the core!
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They are mostly about logarithms. Everyone dreads reaching that part of the HS math syllabus.
 
SomeCents said:
I have an old one (just a bit before my time) that I keep with my old drafting instruments but our high school intern was fascinated by it....and spent days trying to figure out how to use it. Geek to the core!
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My father was an engineer and I asked him what a slide rule was in the 70s when I was maybe 10, and he showed me how to use it. I never thought that knowledge would ever be useful to boost my GPA.
 
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