Physics professor substituted for a 2nd grade class

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The discussion centers around a humorous scenario where a physics professor substitutes for a second-grade class, eliciting a wide range of student reactions represented by various emoticons. The conversation highlights the chaotic dynamics of the classroom, with students like Mr. Bright and Mr. Smart performing well, while others like Mr. Sleepy and Mr. Confused struggle. The professor's demeanor shifts from smiley to mad by the end of the day, reflecting the challenges of managing such a diverse group of young students.

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if a physics professor substituted for a 2nd grade class and the student from left to right were like this :smile: :smile: :mad: :approve: :bugeye: :-p :cry: :rolleyes: :biggrin: :confused: :rolleyes: :redface: :wink: :frown: :cool: :eek: :devil: :blushing: :zzz: :shy: :-p
Where is the Physics professor
 
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You said those were the students. So the Prof. shouldn't be among those faces.

This Physics Professor must really be something to get such different reactions from the students ! Did you notice that no 2 students have the same kind of expression ? What are the odds of that happening ? :eek:
 
Who do you think will score higher in the class?
:bugeye: or :eek: or ?
 
Math is Hard said:
Who do you think will score higher in the class?
:bugeye: or :eek: or ?

Simple! It's the guy with the glasses: :bugeye: .
 
i think the prof. must be :zzz:
bcoz in this case, the students are free to do anything as the prof. is sleeping, thus they give different expressions, actually6 they are making different faces. something like that
 
fizzzzzzzzzzzy said:
Where is the Physics professor

In the bar, testing my two beer algorithm.
 
hehe, I am pretty sure is this guy :devil: , physics teachers sometimes take out their wooping sticks. :-p
 
It's a trick question. He's two faces, just at different times of the day.

At the start of the day, the Professor is :smile: .

I'll proceed by straighforward deduction, and we'll see who the professor is at the end of the day.

The class was about relativity that day. The Professor gave a quiz. Mr. Bright :biggrin: and Mr. Smart :approve: were well prepared and ready to go. On the other hand, Mr. Sleepy :zzz: and Mr. Surprised didn't know there was a quiz, because they hadn't been paying attention when the Professor :smile: annouced it.

Mr. Funny :-p thought it would be a hoot if Mr. Gross started making bodily noises during the quiz, and he talked him into it. This caused waves of laughter, and the Professor became visibly upset. But it soon died down, and the quiz ended.

Then the professor :smile: collected the homework. Mr. Jock :cool: and Mr. Mean :devil: didn't do theirs, so they tried to copy Mr. Nerdy's and Mr. Geeky's homework. But Nerdy and Geeky wouldn't let them, so after class :cool: and :devil: gave Mr. Nerdy a wedgie :eek: , and they gave Mr. Geeky a swirly :smile:.

During lab, Mr. Flirty :wink: and Mr. Horny :-p were more interested in the girls at the next table (there are only 2 girls in this class), and started making eyes at them. Ms. Shy :shy: and Ms. Bashful :blushing: noticed, and found it difficult to concentrate.

Mr. Bright :biggrin: and Mr. Smart :approve: were getting good results, but the rest of the class was having trouble. Mr. Confused :confused: and Mr. Slow :rolleyes: weren't able to put together the setup. Meanwhile at another table, Mr. Silly :redface: had his lab manual opened to the wrong page, so he and his partner Mr. Grumpy wasted the whole hour. Mr. Sad :cry: and Mr. Dumps :frown: broke their apparatus. Finally, Mr. Ramkiesel and Mr. Geist1024 were a pair of crackpots (damn, I'm not just clever, I'm also subtle) and they took the course just to get in the lab and prove their theories correct. But when the data came into support relativity, Ramkiesel couldn't believe his eyes :bugeye: . But Geist1024 was unfazed. He balked at the experiment :rolleyes: , knowing that it could be trumped by a sufficiently clever gedanken experiment.

So it's elementary my dear Watson. At the end of the day, the Professor wasn't :smile: anymore.

He was :mad: .
 
Hilarious! Especially this part!

Tom Mattson said:
Then the professor :smile: collected the homework. Mr. Jock :cool: and Mr. Mean :devil: didn't do theirs, so they tried to copy Mr. Nerdy's and Mr. Geeky's homework. But Nerdy and Geeky wouldn't let them, so after class :cool: and :devil: gave Mr. Nerdy a wedgie :eek: , and they gave Mr. Geeky a swirly :smile:.

Lucky you're a calc teacher and have only nice, dedicated, and attentive students!
 
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Math Is Hard said:
Lucky you're a calc teacher and have only nice, dedicated, and attentive students!

I also teach College Algebra and Trigonometry. :cool: and :devil: are enrolled.

:frown:
 
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Tom Mattson said:
During lab, Mr. Flirty :wink: and Mr. Horny :-p were more interested in the girls at the next table (there are only 2 girls in this class), and started making eyes at them. Ms. Shy :shy: and Ms. Bashful :blushing: noticed, and found it difficult to concentrate.

I've had that group in every lab class I've ever taught!

As for the professor, well, it's a tough call. Being a physics professor, it could be :zzz: (One of my friends had a physics professor fall asleep during a class...he was showing a filmstrip for some mysterious reason, and part way through, the tape kept playing and he wasn't advancing the film anymore...they weren't sure if they should wake him or just quietly slip out of the room). Or, being in a classroom full of second-graders, any adult would be reduced to :cry:

But, it's actually a trick question...those are ALL students, the question says so, the professor is likely standing in front of the class staring out at that sea of faces, trembling in fear!
 

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