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Half or Five Tenths? | 半个还是十分之五？
A teacher asks a student to choose between "half" and "five tenths" of an orange. The student hum...
Perseverance Is a Virtue | 坚持不懈是一种美德
Years after earning a graduate degree, the author returned to his alma mater as faculty. In a cro...
Three Days to Live | 只能再活三天
A professor asks students what they would do with their last three days. While most give personal...
Physics Saves Lives | 物理救人
A pre-med student questions the relevance of a difficult physics class. The professor first answe...
The Graduate Difference | 研究生之别
A professor humorously distinguishes graduate from undergraduate students by their contrasting re...
Flunking Math | 数学没及格
A dean's list student calls home in his sophomore year to philosophically share his newfound coll...
Motivation | 动机
A professor's philosophical inquiry about motivation receives a humorously practical answer from ...
Did Your Father Help You? | 你爸爸帮你了吗？
Tim's teacher is surprised to see his perfect math homework and asks if his father helped. Tim re...
Alexander the Great and His Teacher | 亚历山大大帝与他的老师
A student cleverly retorts his teacher's comparison to Alexander the Great by pointing out the ad...
The Plagiarized Paper | 抄袭的论文
A professor catches a student plagiarizing a term paper directly from an encyclopedia, with the t...
The Most Wanted Autograph | 最想要的签名
A university newspaper's question about the most desired autograph yielded predictable answers ab...
The Fourth Element | 第四元素
A teacher prompts a student to recall the fourth classical element by asking what they use to was...
Brotherly Love | 兄弟般的关爱
A teacher asks a student to identify the virtue demonstrated by stopping a man from beating a don...
A Question Before the Exam | 考前疑问
A student asks for the name of the course just before an exam begins, highlighting a moment of un...
Prepare Yourself | 自己做好准备
A humorous campus anecdote about a student who, after being expelled, telegraphs his parents to "...
The Open-Book Exam | 开卷考试
Students sold their textbooks back to the bookstore before a final exam, only to learn from their...
All Except the Music | 除了音乐
A teacher organizes a concert outing with treats for her class, hoping to foster an appreciation ...
Stupid Questions in Court | 法庭上的愚蠢提问
A collection of absurd and logically flawed questions posed by attorneys during real court procee...
Faith Lesson | 信仰的一课
A kindergarten teacher's lesson on world religions takes a humorous turn when a child brings a ca...
Mixed Doubles | 混合双打
A humorous classroom dialogue where a student misunderstands the term "mixed doubles" in sports, ...