Wednesday, January 11, 2023

How To Make A Class Full Of Teenagers Bust Up Laughing, A Step-by-step Primer

1.  In a lesson on angular velocity, explain that angular velocity is usually represented by the Greek letter lower-case omega.

2. Write a lower-case omega on the board.

3.  Notice one student trying exceedingly hard to maintain composure.

4.  Stare at what you wrote on the board, letting the realization wash over you.

4 comments:

LeftCoastRef said...

Cleavage or posterior? I teach chemistry. I tell my students that Art and I are not friends. I have drawn my fair share of embarrassing images.

Steve USMA '85 said...

I've been using that symbol all my professional life and never saw that. Now I am never going to un-see it.

Thanks

:^(

PeggyU said...

That's like Demetri Martin's improper fraction. I can't write improper fractions now without thinking of that: https://www.cc.com/video/twihl4/important-things-with-demetri-martin-some-data-about-brains

Darren said...

Ah, the number 3 :-)