Would you send your kid to this teacher?

roro · 08-27-2006, 03:14 PM

In the trolley car a teacher is staring at least 15 minutes at my Segway.

The teacher looks like a teacher that no student want to have:
DIY-knitted pullover, DIY-knitted socks, shell-rimmed glasses...

After 15 minutes of staring and thinking he ask me:

"sorry, I am a teacher for physics....ähm, äh ...Does it work with batteries?"

"Yes, Good bye"

Was this the most intelligent thing he could ask?

When someone, with a propeller on the back, would fly ten feet high over the sidewalk, he would also ask:

"Does it work with batteries?"

Would you send your kid to this teacher?

What will this teacher teach your kids???

sick

Rob

pam · 08-27-2006, 04:50 PM

I'd guess he spent a lot more time studying physics than studying current culture.

He sounds like on of the physics professors at my college. Brilliant, but couldn't come out of the rain.

Pam

Desert_Seg · 08-27-2006, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pam

I'd guess he spent a lot more time studying physics than studying current culture.

He sounds like on of the physics professors at my college. Brilliant, but couldn't come out of the rain.

Pam

I too had a brilliant Physics teacher (he worked on the Manhattan Project) and yes, he would have looked at the Segway and postulated for days on end about its inherent problems.

He would then have commandered the Segway ridden on it until the batteries died, all the while developing, in his mind, a recharging system so he wouldn't have to stop.

Brilliant man, brilliant mind with a few synapses that sometimes misfired, but when he broke loose from the physics mold, he really was a blast to be around.

Oh did I mention he was a Germanic Jew who left Germany at just the right time? That 98% of the time he was very Germanic (read proper) and could bore you to tears? That the 2% of time he broke loose was at our parties, which he came to regularly (all 5'2" or so of him) and drank Margaritas and Sloe Gin Fizzes like there was no tomorrow.

I can almost picture him now, riding off into the sunset, Margarita in one hand, hair flying in the wind, and a gleeful yell trailing behind him.

I kind of miss the old coot!

Steven

sfrantz · 08-28-2006, 01:23 AM

Hey, easy on us physics geeks! Perhaps that was just his introductory question and the questions were going to get deeper. Perhaps he thought that if you couldn't answer THAT one, there was no reason to ask you about the solid-state gyroscopes.

-Steve

KSagal · 08-28-2006, 09:08 AM

Wait! YOUR seg has batteries?!? I thought they all ran on cold fusion generators like mine. I am so confused...

pam · 08-28-2006, 11:10 AM

Nah, Karls, your's is the ultimate pimped product. I won't get cold fusion until I get the levitation model.

Pam

Gihgehls · 08-28-2006, 01:44 PM

I tell people that my segway runs off the screams of children.

KSagal · 08-28-2006, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gihgehls

I tell people that my segway runs off the screams of children.

Early Monster's Inc. or late in the movie Monster's Inc?

Gihgehls · 08-28-2006, 02:02 PM

I use the older style of children's screams. I get less range, but they are safer to take on the plane!

Florida Ever-Glides · 08-28-2006, 07:05 PM

My physics instructor taught me "There is no such thing as a dumb question, if you truly don't know the answer"...

The obvious isn't always so. Investigate the 'Heisenberg Uncertainy Principle' and you'll see what I mean...

08-27-2006, 03:14 PM	#1
roro Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: , , Germany. Posts: 221	Would you send your kid to this teacher? In the trolley car a teacher is staring at least 15 minutes at my Segway. The teacher looks like a teacher that no student want to have: DIY-knitted pullover, DIY-knitted socks, shell-rimmed glasses... After 15 minutes of staring and thinking he ask me: "sorry, I am a teacher for physics....ähm, äh ...Does it work with batteries?" "Yes, Good bye" Was this the most intelligent thing he could ask? When someone, with a propeller on the back, would fly ten feet high over the sidewalk, he would also ask: "Does it work with batteries?" Would you send your kid to this teacher? What will this teacher teach your kids??? sick Rob

08-28-2006, 01:23 AM	#4
sfrantz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Portland, OR, USA. Posts: 60	Physics Geeks Unite! Hey, easy on us physics geeks! Perhaps that was just his introductory question and the questions were going to get deeper. Perhaps he thought that if you couldn't answer THAT one, there was no reason to ask you about the solid-state gyroscopes. -Steve

08-28-2006, 09:08 AM	#5
KSagal Glides a lot, talks more... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pelham, NH, USA. Posts: 10,356	Wait! YOUR seg has batteries?!? I thought they all ran on cold fusion generators like mine. I am so confused... __________________ Karl Ian Sagal To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. "Well done is better than well said." (Ben Franklin) Bene factum melior bene dictum Proud past President of SEG America and member of the First Premier Segway Enthusiasts Group and subsequent ones as well.

08-28-2006, 07:05 PM	#10
Florida Ever-Glides Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida, . Posts: 1,677	My physics instructor taught me "There is no such thing as a dumb question, if you truly don't know the answer"... The obvious isn't always so. Investigate the 'Heisenberg Uncertainy Principle' and you'll see what I mean... __________________ Tom Jacobson http://www.floridaever-glides.com

08-27-2006, 04:50 PM	#2
pam Last of the Early 30 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Yelm, WA Posts: 4,679	I'd guess he spent a lot more time studying physics than studying current culture. He sounds like on of the physics professors at my college. Brilliant, but couldn't come out of the rain. Pam

08-28-2006, 11:10 AM	#6
pam Last of the Early 30 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Yelm, WA Posts: 4,679	Nah, Karls, your's is the ultimate pimped product. I won't get cold fusion until I get the levitation model. Pam

08-28-2006, 01:44 PM	#7
Gihgehls Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 2,086	I tell people that my segway runs off the screams of children.

08-28-2006, 02:02 PM	#9
Gihgehls Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 2,086	I use the older style of children's screams. I get less range, but they are safer to take on the plane!

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