Comments on: The Secular Student Alliance Draws Closer to the $50,000 Match http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: epe http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391565 epe Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:01:00 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391565 First you run across a beach in a flowing white dress, then you drop the tampon in a glass of blue water. First you run across a beach in a flowing white dress, then you drop the tampon in a glass of blue water.

]]> By: Lyvvie http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391523 Lyvvie Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:57 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391523 I've read that tampons should be included in all first aid kits because they are useful for bad bloody noses. Insert tampon up the nostril and it should help until the person gets to the hospital. If the doofus can't figure it our from that then he's hopeless. I’ve read that tampons should be included in all first aid kits because they are useful for bad bloody noses. Insert tampon up the nostril and it should help until the person gets to the hospital. If the doofus can’t figure it our from that then he’s hopeless.

]]> By: chanson http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391514 chanson Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:19:40 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391514 My answer would have been the same as JJR's. I've taught Math, and (Re: MathMike) I had a friend/colleague who recounted mispronouncing "circumscribed" in a rather embarrassing way. ;) My answer would have been the same as JJR’s.

I’ve taught Math, and (Re: MathMike) I had a friend/colleague who recounted mispronouncing “circumscribed” in a rather embarrassing way. ;)

]]> By: MathMike http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391435 MathMike Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:01:59 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391435 Words in a math class that will get a snicker: circumcenter asymptote apothem Words in a math class that will get a snicker:
circumcenter
asymptote
apothem

]]> By: Michael Russell http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391421 Michael Russell Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:12:46 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391421 Did you tell your student that he couldn't tell his asymptote from a hole in the graph? Did you tell your student that he couldn’t tell his asymptote from a hole in the graph?

]]> By: Jason Baur http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391418 Jason Baur Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:07:20 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391418 <blockquote>Now, my own high school Latin class plowed through that vocab lesson without so much as a chuckle, but Hemant and Mike are leading me to believe I might not get off so easy.</blockquote> What, was your high school latin class completely devoid of a juvenile sense of humor? When I was taking Latin in high school, we couldn't even get past the conjugation of <em>facere</em> without some serious giggles. (To those who don't get it, the 3rd-person singular present-tense is "<em>facit</em>". Typically pronounced Fahk-it. You see where this is going...) Wait, you don't teach church Latin pronunciation, do you? Ewwww. In all seriousness though, there's important cultural considerations in evaluating exactly why the word for "sheath" came to refer to women's genitals. But that might be a bit much for young high schoolers.

Now, my own high school Latin class plowed through that vocab lesson without so much as a chuckle, but Hemant and Mike are leading me to believe I might not get off so easy.

What, was your high school latin class completely devoid of a juvenile sense of humor? When I was taking Latin in high school, we couldn’t even get past the conjugation of facere without some serious giggles.

(To those who don’t get it, the 3rd-person singular present-tense is “facit“. Typically pronounced Fahk-it. You see where this is going…) Wait, you don’t teach church Latin pronunciation, do you? Ewwww.

In all seriousness though, there’s important cultural considerations in evaluating exactly why the word for “sheath” came to refer to women’s genitals. But that might be a bit much for young high schoolers.

]]> By: JJR http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391337 JJR Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:17:45 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391337 I would probably have answered that with the teacher equivalent of "go ask your mother"; i.e. 'go ask the health teacher'. I would probably have answered that with the teacher equivalent of “go ask your mother”; i.e. ‘go ask the health teacher’.

]]> By: Don Juan Triumphant http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391326 Don Juan Triumphant Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:36:50 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391326 What on earth is a "geometry"? What on earth is a “geometry”?

]]> By: Denise http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391317 Denise Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:55:43 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391317 The proper response to the tampon question is, "Well, (insert male student's name here), that's really only relevant to women, so are you trying to tell us something about yourself?" Should end that sort of questioning pretty fast, I'd think :-) Alright, "Google it," is probably more appropriate for a teacher to say to a student on many levels, but I have to admit 'Why the heck do you want to know?' WAS the first thing that popped into my mind! :-) The proper response to the tampon question is, “Well, (insert male student’s name here), that’s really only relevant to women, so are you trying to tell us something about yourself?” Should end that sort of questioning pretty fast, I’d think :-)

Alright, “Google it,” is probably more appropriate for a teacher to say to a student on many levels, but I have to admit ‘Why the heck do you want to know?’ WAS the first thing that popped into my mind! :-)

]]> By: sc0tt http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/05/the-secular-student-alliance-draws-closer-to-the-50000-match/#comment-391312 sc0tt Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:55 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=17943#comment-391312 The easy answer for any touchy question is "Google it!" The other day my 9-year old daughter and I were discussing how you could tell reliable web sites from fake or spoof web sites. I'm proud to say she thought of the right answer before I did. The easy answer for any touchy question is “Google it!”

The other day my 9-year old daughter and I were discussing how you could tell reliable web sites from fake or spoof web sites. I’m proud to say she thought of the right answer before I did.

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