Please refrain from asking stupid questions
Alright. There are people in my class who love to ask stupid questions. LOVE TO. A couple terms ago a friend and I would pretend to shoot these people as soon as they raised their hand because everyone knew it was going to be a stupid question. I’m talking the whole class would groan when these particular individuals raised their hand.
Ok so today, today there was a GLORIOUS question. Absolutely amazing. This individual raises their hand, the prof acknowledges them, and then they ask their question:
“Isn’t it supposed to be -5.625?“
Anyone would look at that question, and wouldn’t think it was too bad. But it was what that person was referring to which makes it a GLORIOUS question. The prof had calculated a value and wrote it on the board. This person had calculated it themself, and got a different answer. The prof had written down -5.645.
NEGATIVE FIVE POINT FOUR SIX FIVE!!!! And this person wanted it CORRECTED! Because it was 2 hundredths of decimal place OFF!!!!
I can’t even begin to describe how crazy that question made me. If I don’t stop thinking about it I will pull all of my hair out.