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The Goats on the Bridge | 桥上的山羊
A humorous anecdote from a Taiwanese university entrance exam where a clever student, given a sto...
Napoleon Was Ill | 拿破仑病了
A father's humorous plea for his failing history student son reveals a profound ignorance of basi...
A Dollar Per Point | 一分一美元
A student attached $100 to his exam, offering "a dollar per point." The professor graded it and r...
A Great Man | 一名伟人
A teacher asks if Shakespeare would be considered great if alive today; the student humorously af...
Who Signed the Declaration of Independence | 《独立宣言》是谁签署的
A teacher asks a student who signed the Declaration of Independence. After the student's profane ...
The Climate of New Zealand | 新西兰的气候
A humorous classroom dialogue where a student mistakenly assumes New Zealand has a cold climate b...
Where Babies Come From | 婴儿从何而来
A teenage girl, upon learning the basic facts of childbirth from a friend, expresses a humorous a...
The Anatomy Sketch | 解剖学课堂上的素描
In an anatomy class, a professor's request to sketch a nude male leads to a humorous misunderstan...
The Moral of the Story | 故事的寓意
A teacher asks students to share stories with morals. The first two offer classic proverbs, but t...
Who Was the First Man? | 谁是第一个男人
A teacher asks her class who the first man was. One student cites George Washington's famous epit...
I Don't Think I Know | 我想我也不知道
A humorous classroom dialogue where a student cleverly plays on the teacher's words. The teacher'...
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained | 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
A boastful English tutor is challenged by students with literal translations of Chinese idioms, f...
Boring Lectures | 无聊的课堂
A teacher with a dry wit preemptively addresses the potential boredom of his lectures with a humo...
The Formula for Water | 水的分子式
A humorous classroom exchange where a student misunderstands the teacher's explanation of water's...
A Welcome Guest | 受欢迎的听众
A two-year-old wanders into a college calculus class and is allowed to stay by the professor, who...
Ground Rules | 课堂基本原则
A teacher humorously sets a ground rule: students may check their watches during his potentially ...
Prepare Yourself | 自己做好准备
A campus anecdote tells of a student who, after being expelled, warns his parents to "prepare Pop...
The Lowest Grade | 最低分
A student protests a zero grade, claiming to have done their best. The professor ironically agree...
Real Play | 逼真的戏剧
A theater professor shares a student's critique that praised a university play for being so reali...
The Plural of "Child" | “孩子”的复数形式
A humorous classroom dialogue where a student gives a literal and unexpected answer to a grammar ...