Your teacher can't change the laws of reality

[Dave1982]

I had a mother/grandmother dynamic duo in the other day trying to get a list of school supplies.

I've already complained about these lists written by teachers who don't bother to proofread the list or check to see that the item is available, but this one really took the cake.

They'd specified a two-sided ruler, with one side being 6 inches/15 cm and the other being 12 inches/30cm.

Um....yeah....

And neither woman understood me when i said that was impossible. I had to explain several times that it can be either 6 inches or 12 inches, but not both; that's physically impossible.

"But it's on the list!"



I finally managed to get them to just buy a 12 inch/30 cm ruler and be done with it.

[MoonCat]

They'd specified a two-sided ruler, with one side being 6 inches/15 cm and the other being 12 inches/30cm.

Um....yeah....

And neither woman understood me when i said that was impossible. I had to explain several times that it can be either 6 inches or 12 inches, but not both; that's physically impossible.

Anybody else find it scary that it's a TEACHER asking for this?

[Darkforge]

I can only assume the teacher specified a 2 sided ruler, either a 12"/30cm sized one, or a 6"/15cm sized one and it was either badly worded or the SC's were really that special

[Dave1982]

I saw the list myself, and it was phrased something like "6 inches on one side AND 12 inches on the other." Yes, with that emphasis. And the idiot wielding the list kept insisting I get that for them until I was finally able to convince them it was impossible.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I saw the list myself, and it was phrased something like "6 inches on one side AND 12 inches on the other." Yes, with that emphasis. And the idiot wielding the list kept insisting I get that for them until I was finally able to convince them it was impossible.

If you are unable to convince the next one, just tell them it's sold out and they have to get it from the teacher.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

These are the same folks that go into Kinko's and want a picture blown up larger but don't want it cropped and don't want the paper any bigger.

And their name is legion.

[Whiskey]

In biology today my teacher put up a "recent survey of Americans." the true or false statement was "The earth revolves around the sun." Only 48% said "True"

[Mikkel]

In biology today my teacher put up a "recent survey of Americans." the true or false statement was "The earth revolves around the sun." Only 48% said "True"

Copernicus must be rotating in his grave . Though, what has it to do with biology?

The ruler could be a triangular one, with one side 12" and another 6".

[NateTheChops]

Yes, with that emphasis. And the idiot wielding the list kept insisting I get that for them until I was finally able to convince them it was impossible.

I feel sorry for some of the parents I've been getting. I swear the teachers make up names for half of their products just to give the kids a huge anxiety attack for not being able to find it.

I had one parent upset because she couldn't find notebooks with non-perforated paper. I knew what she was looking for but apparently we didn't carry it and the last place I found notebooks like that was in a dollar store twelve years ago.

And don't get me started on the teachers who are coming in for school supplies. I feel terrible knowing the kinds of teachers these kids are going to have to put up with all year.

[XCashier]

Anybody else find it scary that it's a TEACHER asking for this?

Indeed. The dumb teaching the dumb.

(Most teachers are not stupid, just like most customers do not suck. There do seem to be an awful lot of bad apples in the barrel, though.)

[Falor]

In biology today my teacher put up a "recent survey of Americans." the true or false statement was "The earth revolves around the sun." Only 48% said "True"

The earth can't revolve around the sun. If it did that, then all the SCs who think the universe revolves around them would be wrong...

Wait, I think I see the problem here...

[bhskittykatt]

I had one parent upset because she couldn't find notebooks with non-perforated paper. I knew what she was looking for but apparently we didn't carry it and the last place I found notebooks like that was in a dollar store twelve years ago.

I had one teacher in high school who was adamant we needed a single-subject, non-perforated, spiral-bound notebook for our labs. God help us if it was perforated!!!! Of course, retailers were adamant to not provide these. (After about three different places, I finally found a three-subject one, and I just tore out the dividers to make it single-subject).

As for the ruler...yeah, that doesn't work. Only thing I can see is possibly an L-shaped ruler with 1 12" side and 1 6" side that way...but I don't have enough faith in humanity to really believe that's what the teacher wanted.

[Chromatix]

The ruler could be a triangular one, with one side 12" and another 6".

But that's called a set-square, and any teacher that would need one would know what it's called.

Also, a set-square that big would be unwieldy outside a draughtsmanship course.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I had one teacher in high school who was adamant we needed a single-subject, non-perforated, spiral-bound notebook for our labs. God help us if it was perforated!!!! Of course, retailers were adamant to not provide these. (After about three different places, I finally found a three-subject one, and I just tore out the dividers to make it single-subject).

How can a spiral bound notebook be non-perforated? "Non-perforated" means "no holes," but the wire spiral has to go through holes to hold the notebook together.

[Dave1982]

How can a spiral bound notebook be non-perforated? "Non-perforated" means "no holes," but the wire spiral has to go through holes to hold the notebook together.

Some spiral notebooks have tear-out perforations to allow you to tear out pages without leaving a ragged edge from the spiral.