CD PlayerWhile shopping for my first CD player, I was able to decipher most of the technicalese on the promotional signs. One designation had me puzzl...
CreativeApplying for my first job, I realized I had to be creative in listing my few qualifications. Asked about additional schooling and training, I ...
How Did You Ever Get HereOne winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for...
Three ReasonsTeacher: Stone, give me three reasons why you know the Earth to be round. Stone: Ma says so, Pa says so, and you say so!...
the chemical formula for waterTeacher: What the chemical formula for water is the ? Blonde: "HIJKLMNO"!! Teacher: What are you talking about...
Plagiarism A friend of mine who teachs European history at Washington University in St. Louis tell about the time he spotted a plagiarized term paper....
Difference "I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering cours...
Promotion Our son, Chris, is a premed student at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. He is fortunate to have a job in the research lab, where t...
Who Is This My two sister and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treat...
One Point Hanging in the hallway at Whites High School in Wabash, Ind., and the basketball team pictures from the past 40 years. A player in the cente...