Wednesday, April 4, 2007

So Many Stupid People

Professor X hates dumb people. He also hates people who don't listen or pay attention. He hates people who are late. He's made all of this perfectly clear.
So why, when he explains the assignment answers, do about 20 people all ask the same dumb question? A negative surplus is a deficit. A negative deficit is a surplus. You had the wrong answer. Just let it go.

2 comments:

Jason said...

You see, Janine, that no student could possibly be wrong. It is in fact everyone else that is wrong. In the off-chance that they aren't in fact "stupid", perhaps they figure that if the make enough noise the problem will correct itself. It's shocking to see how many people still think that whining will get them what they want.

Unknown said...

If you stacked all the economists in the world on top of each other, there still wouldn't be enough of them to reach a conclusion.

What does that have to do with anything? I don't know.