From the Do Not Take Yourself Too Seriously Department: Science Answers

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Here are actual answers students have given to explain scientific events and facts:

--When you breath, you inspire. When you do not breath, you expire.

--H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water....

A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is.


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Posted April 3, 2009 at 4:59 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Laura R. wrote:

Thanks for a great laugh!  One of my own favorites is:

Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water.

These remind me of a similar list I saw years ago, about things students said on a history exam.  My favorite one of those was:  “Martin Luther nailed 95 theocrats to the church door.”

April 3, 6:05 pm | [comment link]
2. IchabodKunkleberry wrote:

Still one of the best is from Richard Ledere, who, as a teacher, was on
the “receiving end” of student bloopers. Enjoy this ...

    http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~norman/Jokes-file/StudentBloopers.htm

April 3, 6:33 pm | [comment link]
3. robroy wrote:

When you breath, you inspire. When you do not breath, you expire.

No arguments here.

Respiration is composed of two acts, first inspiration, and then expectoration.

This is true in Texas and in China.

I saw this list on another sight first and they had this one, too:

“To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube”

Made me think of our brother in Christ, Phil ;^)

April 3, 8:16 pm | [comment link]
4. lauren wrote:

One of my students just confused excommunication and execution in an essay for a history class.  No wonder he thought the Rule of Saint Benedict was a little strict. . .

April 3, 8:41 pm | [comment link]
5. Frances S Scott wrote:

I had a very bright high school student who knew what he was talking about, but he had difficulty with spelling.  On written tests he might refer to Jesus and His twelve decibels…we all knew what he meant.

April 4, 9:23 am | [comment link]
6. drjoan wrote:

Mr. Wetzel is an interesting and competent science teacher but his spelling and punctuation leave something to be desired.

April 4, 12:49 pm | [comment link]
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