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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:38 pm
by Vader
A trip with my year seven kids to Hamelin, city of the Pied Piper. The tourist guide tells us, "In the year 1284 the Pied Piper led the children out of the town." One of ny kids puts up her arm and I fear for the worst - and rightly so.
"Are the kids still alive?"
The city guide raises an eyebrow, forces a smile and says "This has been over 700 years ago, darling."
My student "So what? It could be..."
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:04 pm
by Vader
Just today, philosophy class Year 11.
We're talking about Aristoteles's "Metaphysics" and the idea of ἀρχή - the prime course.
Inevitably the question arises "What was before the Big Bang?". I try to explain that time and space only came into existence after the Big Bang and before it there was no time and space (at least not coherent with ours) for anything to "be" in.
One kid looks up and says "But I read it has been scientifically proven that dinosaurs lived before the Big Bang."
After some confusion on my side it pretty soon becomes clear he thought the Big Bang was the comet that apparently hit earth and killed the dinosaurs ...
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:11 am
by aliantha
Well, he has a point. That comet probably made a pretty big bang....
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:18 am
by Vraith
Vader wrote:
One kid looks up and says "But I read it has been scientifically proven that dinosaurs lived before the Big Bang."
After some confusion on my side it pretty soon becomes clear he thought the Big Bang was the comet that apparently hit earth and killed the dinosaurs ...
that happened cuz the comet wanted to make room for the mockumentary to evolve.
Spinal Tap wrote: Twas the rock and roll creation
Twas a terrible big bang
Twas the ultimate mutation
Ying was searching for his yang
And he looked and he saw that it was good
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:13 am
by Linna Heartbooger
Vader wrote:A trip with my year seven kids to Hamelin, city of the Pied Piper. The tourist guide tells us, "In the year 1284 the Pied Piper led the children out of the town." One of ny kids puts up her arm and I fear for the worst - and rightly so.
"Are the kids still alive?"
The city guide raises an eyebrow, forces a smile and says "This has been over 700 years ago, darling."
My student "So what? It could be..."
Haha! So the student was asking the question 'internal to the story'?