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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

With a sigh he cleans the up the tally for the 7th period. "Can't call it near death anymore"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m disappointed no one collected them all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Don't worry, it isn't real. Why would they make the cuts column when there were no cuts until third period? And you can't figure the chart just started there, and they filled out the information from second, since the second period tally marks are in different color markers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

you must be fun at parties

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He could have set it up at the start of the class using information from past years.

The "near death experience" heading being messier supports this. I imagine this was the first time that happened, so he added that in the middle of class.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter Inspector EvacuateSoul

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I guess some classes won’t learn how to heat stir sticks over a Bunsen burner to make glass spiral earrings and spiral rings. College Chem class allowed us to buy extra stir sticks and responsibly use our free time after labs were completed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Early periods, kids are tired. Late periods, kids are distracted because freedom is near.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Early periods, kids are tired.

Maybe going to school at nine instead of 8 o clock would help, since most people are of owl (late) chronotype. Studies have shown, marks improve. There's neurological and genetical proof in science. But can't have that, since work and the world is run by the early birds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Also, the blithe euphoria of lunch lasts less than an hour before the inescapable reality of your current situation creeps steadily back in.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Middle school science class. We were supposed to be boiling water over an alcohol burner. The kid across from me was getting frustrated because his wasn't boiling yet. I took a look, and it just looked a little off, so I asked him if he was sure he was boiling water. He gave me a strange look and said that he thought we were boiling the alcohol. Just as he said that, his whole setup went up in flames to the ceiling and all over the table. I'm pretty sure he lost some eyebrows and needed some new pants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Periods 2, 3, 7, and 8 are Great British Bake Off on savory bake day. Period 4 is Top Chef.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

4th period knows how to pass

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Jesus! The worst I ever had was in 9th grade biology I accidentally broke a couple test tubes. I couldn't imagine burning or cutting myself by accident or having a near death experience. 4th period would be my type of class because I wouldn't feel comfortable at all anywhere near the other periods if they're all getting injured.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Cut myself with a microscope slide. Didn't realize the lens would drop far enough to break it. Whoops. Ended up nicking my finger getting the slide off.

My proudest science lab injury though, was with a plastic butter knife. Don't ask me how I managed, but I did. It was an ugly cut too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I grabbed a hot beaker stand in 8th grade. To this day I wonder if the resulting shock gave me the ability to fuck with something internally at will. When I try it feels a bit like when I had electricity running through me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I sort of managed a near death experience. Not actually life threatening but it was a good show. Basically same lab, trying to boil different clear liquids out of a solution. You do it once and record the plateaus, then do it again and switch tubes at each plateau to separate them. Well we started heating it the second time and it hit the first boiling temperature, but nothing was appearing in the condensing tube. It stayed that way for a minute or so, then the temp started going up past the first boiling point with nothing having actually boiled out. I turned to ask my teacher wtf was going on, then the rubber top with the tube in it exploded off the test tube and the resulting spray of gas/mist caught fire and created a huge fireball.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Nah. Just that no one's apt to fuck around near lunchtime.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

the teacher is the one doing the real lab experiment here

[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Who the fuck almost died in second period?

Worse thing that happened in my chemistry class is I accidentally spilled sulfuric acid on my hand and another student painted her face with silver nitrate and then got sent home for being in black face after it reacted to the sun. NGL, that one was funny as hell.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Must be the person who put hot glass under cold water and learned something about thermal differentials.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

That's a great prank to do when someone is sleeping - they wouldn't know about it when looking in the mirror but then go outside and everyone is clutching their pearls

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To me this looks like early morning tiredness and afternoon tiredness, while 4th period is in the sweet spot, like maybe immediately after lunch

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would say immediately before lunch. After makes me sleepy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depends on what you eat, not all foods make you sleepy after lunch

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

All the good ones do.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

We don't talk about 5th and 6th period.

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