I’m Gonna Give You an Option for Today’s Quiz
Yay !, the students prematurely said, by Lucas J. Mather
“I’m going to give you an option on today’s quiz,” the professor said as he wrote the quiz question down on the board at the beginning of class. “Option A,” he wrote next to the quiz question .
“Excuse me,” a student said .
“You are excused,” the professor said.
“No,” said the student . “You only gave us one option.”
“As promised,” the professor said.
–[A little later]—
“I’m going to let you out a little early today, if that’s okay. Just wanted to give you a heads up,” the professor said. “Class goes till…what…4:15?”
“Yes,” the students said , eagerly.
“Okay, so…I’ll let you guys out at 4:14 and 59 seconds. So, plan ahead with whoever’s picking you up. Let your mom know to leave one second early .”
[Students sigh loudly. Some claim to be adults with their own cars].
“Reflect on ‘a little’ and ‘early’. In the mean time , why, on Plato’s account , would Democritus’s view mean that any two atoms really have nothing in common ?”
[And students hands go up].
Copyright Lucas J. Mather, 2017
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Originally posted to Facebook on Thursday 20 July 2017 at 12:57 pm (top) ; 6:26 pm (bottom)
