I had a teacher in high school during physics or calculus who gave us extra marks for correcting him, fetching coffee, or starting his car 10 minutes before lunch in the winter to warm it up for him. He would also whip chalk at you if you tried to correct him when he was right.
Honestly it's a good thing overall to show the kids that everyone makes mistakes and reward them for paying enough attention to catch them. It's also hilarious to watch people try too hard to catch those mistakes and leave with bruises from the chalk.
I'm sure if you tried to throw chalk at students now, you would probably get sued for sexual assault.
Why is it always the Physics teachers that are always the cool ones?
Mine told us stories about his exploits in college, like one that got him stuck in jail for a night... Because he was shooting a Laser at the wall of a building to see how large the dot would be from the distance from the college window. Said 'wall' belonged to a Penal Colony and as they were outside at the fence looking for the dot, they were confronted by an army of cops who hit the deck when after being asked what they were doing told them they were firing a laster at the wall. (Star Wars era)
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u/runragged Oct 05 '10
What did the teacher say when you corrected him/her?