Hysterical chemistry "notes"...
Jul. 20th, 2014 03:40 pmOnce upon a time, I had a chemistry class with
starry_midnight. The professor who taught this Chem 101 class had NEVER taught undergraduate chemistry before; he had only previously taught at graduate levels. After the first couple of weeks, he began to realize that he was talking WAAAAAY over our heads, and I quickly jumped in to identify myself as the canary in the coal mine. Of all the students, I'd had the most retained knowledge from previous science classes, and I was best able to understand the lectures. We developed a system in which he'd look at me & I would either shake my head or give a thumbs up, and he would continue his lecture, bringing it down to a lower level if I indicated he should.
Today when I was cleaning out my desk & storage cubes, I found some notes we wrote back & forth during particularly mind-boggling lectures. I'm going to transcribe them here for fun. :)
General Chemistry, circa 2007 or 2008
Me (re: the lecture being mind-boggling): I feel like I'm walking up stairs too fast. Like I'm getting it but not really well.
starry_midnight (or B): *written above my comment* Welcome to my WORLD! :)
B: *written below* --Do you think he has a blow dryer?
--Also when he repeated himself 3 times when that kid stood up, my brain was like "Oh no! He's skipping! Something's wrong with his program!" Sadly, an agent did not hop out of his tight pants.
Me: My interest in chemistry would increase exponentially if I thought every chemist had an agent hiding in his/her pants.
B: The tinyness of his clothes compels me to believe deep down he is SOOPER SEKRITLY a wee emo boy. P.S. If you get agents, I get McKay (I think this is Rodney McKay from Stargate: Atlantis). Today's lesson: humans suck, we KEEELLED IT DEAD. (tightpants save!)
B: Not only my dear, is it not making any sense, his voice is doing a fantastic impersonation of the adults in Peanuts. "Wah wah wah wah..." God help us if we have a quiz today.
Me: I have had a perfectly decent grade in this class, but it is going to TANK if I don't do something quickly.
B: It'll be fine! No worries! One quiz. You're gonna wipe the floor with the final & all will be well. Also we're going to do bonus before Thursday. You will come out of this on top & we shall all congratulate you while glaring daggers! :) Don't let it get you down though, he's a little off. Did you hear the affection in his voice talking about carbon figures earlier? <3
Me: He obviously loves him some chemistry. Honestly, could anyone make it as far as he has without loving chemistry?
B: There was nothing right about what just happened. Killed my brain. Small woosh. Big poof. Gone. (I have no idea what this was a reference to.)
B: That dickhead behind you is spitting his chewing tobacco into a bottle & digging in his ears with his keys. I'm going to puke or scream!
Me: I knew he was high class. Anyone who makes the statement "Fuck me runnin'" is likely to be spitting tobacco & digging out earwax with keys. Why's he IN this class? Does he stand a snowball's chance of passing?
B: Absolutely not! If he gripes one more time about the class or Dr. R, I'm just going to ask why he bothers coming. I'm finding class (with the exception of dumbass anonymous) fairly amusing today. Y'know I think we should all just vibrate at a perfect distance. HAHA! He drives a bike, doesn't he?
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Today when I was cleaning out my desk & storage cubes, I found some notes we wrote back & forth during particularly mind-boggling lectures. I'm going to transcribe them here for fun. :)
General Chemistry, circa 2007 or 2008
Me (re: the lecture being mind-boggling): I feel like I'm walking up stairs too fast. Like I'm getting it but not really well.
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B: *written below* --Do you think he has a blow dryer?
--Also when he repeated himself 3 times when that kid stood up, my brain was like "Oh no! He's skipping! Something's wrong with his program!" Sadly, an agent did not hop out of his tight pants.
Me: My interest in chemistry would increase exponentially if I thought every chemist had an agent hiding in his/her pants.
B: The tinyness of his clothes compels me to believe deep down he is SOOPER SEKRITLY a wee emo boy. P.S. If you get agents, I get McKay (I think this is Rodney McKay from Stargate: Atlantis). Today's lesson: humans suck, we KEEELLED IT DEAD. (tightpants save!)
B: Not only my dear, is it not making any sense, his voice is doing a fantastic impersonation of the adults in Peanuts. "Wah wah wah wah..." God help us if we have a quiz today.
Me: I have had a perfectly decent grade in this class, but it is going to TANK if I don't do something quickly.
B: It'll be fine! No worries! One quiz. You're gonna wipe the floor with the final & all will be well. Also we're going to do bonus before Thursday. You will come out of this on top & we shall all congratulate you while glaring daggers! :) Don't let it get you down though, he's a little off. Did you hear the affection in his voice talking about carbon figures earlier? <3
Me: He obviously loves him some chemistry. Honestly, could anyone make it as far as he has without loving chemistry?
B: There was nothing right about what just happened. Killed my brain. Small woosh. Big poof. Gone. (I have no idea what this was a reference to.)
B: That dickhead behind you is spitting his chewing tobacco into a bottle & digging in his ears with his keys. I'm going to puke or scream!
Me: I knew he was high class. Anyone who makes the statement "Fuck me runnin'" is likely to be spitting tobacco & digging out earwax with keys. Why's he IN this class? Does he stand a snowball's chance of passing?
B: Absolutely not! If he gripes one more time about the class or Dr. R, I'm just going to ask why he bothers coming. I'm finding class (with the exception of dumbass anonymous) fairly amusing today. Y'know I think we should all just vibrate at a perfect distance. HAHA! He drives a bike, doesn't he?