Tuesday, October 09, 2007

coco pops-turns milk into CHOCOLATE milk!

music: jaded by aerosmith

Hey j-j-jaded
In all it's misery
It will always be what I love and hated
And maybe take a ride to the other side
We're thinkin' of
We'll slip into the velvet glove
And be jaded

woo. that song always puts the image of a girl in a green dress prancing around a garden in my mind.

something embarassing happened to me today.

i was getting on the bus after history exam, revelling in the newfound freedom (i was just in denial since math is tomorrow and i have not started practicing), and there was a whole bunch of students behind me waiting to get on the bus as well. my mind was totally not functioning nor tuned in to the "what's happening now" frequency, so i stood there like an idiot, tapping my card whilst wondering why the ez-link machine wasn't emitting its usual "beep" sound that indicated it had sensed your card. it took me ten seconds to discover that i had been waving my SIM student id card all along instead of my ez-link card. hastily tapping the correct card, i moved to the back of the bus whilst avoiding the gaze of the people waiting behind me. yeah, sure, might as well have twirled my little lock of blond hair whilst i was at it, just for the full impact of the whole situation.

i managed to prevent history from kicking my ass but i had my share of stupid mistakes. well, at least it's over and done with, i'll just have to see how i do.

there was a question during the exam that asked for the term that was used to refer to socrate's question and answer method. (i had no recollection of ever learning the term used to refer to it, so i guessed.) since it was mcq, i eliminated the first option immediately, since it was definitely wrong, and that left me with two others:

(b) socratic midwifery
(c) aporia

at that point, option (b) planted a very disturbing image in my head. that image was of an old, balding man with longgg white beard and a potbelly dressed in a white greek toga, standing at the foot of the birthing table and assisting a heaving woman in the delivery of her child. disturbing, indeed.

that image prompted me to eliminate option (b) as well, and settle for (c).
but alas, a check online after i got home revealed, that against all odds and disturbing images, the option (b) was the key to the million dollars.

"When Plato writes of Socrates as a midwife, he tells a story about the relationship between teacher and student, about education, and about the birth of spiritual-intellectual fire in the soul."

okay, whatever. another mark to the mistakes.
math, math, math!

Posted by STINKY @ 6:44 PM