Conversation at Duke Divinity School
I just took a class on C.S. Lewis last week and the week before, and I’ve been trying to work on the final paper for the class. There were 18 people in there, and we all have to write on C.S. Lewis, so I decided to bypass Southeastern’s library, and go straight for Duke’s. I’ve heard it’s better anyways, and I figured all their books on Lewis wouldn’t be checked out.
So I drove down there today, and it was a slight bust. My iPod broke on the way there, and there were only two books on the shelves (there were about 25 in the catalogue). But, I heard a great conversation I just had to share. Remember, this is Duke, were the average ACT score is in the low 30s, and the average tuition/room/board for a year is nearly $50,000. I was trying not to laugh as some of the smartest college students in the world had the following conversation. The names have been changed to protect the guilty:
Jim: “Hey Jimmy, if your scooter battery goes dead, can any car jump you off?”
Jimmy: [Silence]
Jim: “You don’t know?”
Jimmy: “No. I just didn’t realize that I have a battery in my scooter until you just asked. But I guess it probably does. So I guess I don’t know.”
Jim: “I was just wondering because my friend’s scooter battery went dead, and he didn’t know what to do. He thinks someone must have drained his battery, though.”
Jimmy: “Drained his battery? You mean there are fluids in there?”
James: “No, as in drained the power from his battery.”
Jimmy: “How did they do that? I mean, he thinks someone just opened up his scooter and drained it?”
Jim: “He doesn’t know, but he just didn’t know if a normal car could jump off a scooter.”
James: “How does it work when you jump somebody off?”
Jimmy: “You have to hook a wire between both cars is all I know.”
Jim: “Yeah, the bad battery takes power from the good batter.”
James: “But how does the good battery know how much power to give the bad battery? Is there some type of sensor?”
Jimmy: “I don’t know. I don’t think there is, it just kind of works.”
Jim: “Well anyway, we still don’t even know if you can jump off a scooter battery with a car battery.”
At that point, I walked downstairs to continue looking for the books that weren’t on the shelves. But I guess there are some days when I’m glad to have not made a thirty-something on my ACT.
LOL, Living in the same town as UF I can so relate that. UF is one of the top 100 universities in the country. Yet I am constantly amazed by some of the “geniuses” there.
Conversation with perspective employee:
UF student: Are you hiring?
Me: Yes. Either bring in or email you resume.
UF student: What’s that?
Me: Resume or email?
UF student: That r thing you just said.
Me: It is used to introduce yourself and qualifications to potential employers.
UF student: So how do I make one?
Me: Just use one of the standard templates in Word and fill in your info.
UF student: Word? What’s that?
Me: Microsoft Word, one of the most common word processors.
UF student: Word processors …. Hmm … Don’t think I have one of those. … Hmm … No, I don’t know how to use one. Maybe they have it at my school.
Me: So where do you go to school? (thinking she was at the community college)
UF student: UF
Me: Yes they should have. Are you a new student?
UF student: No, a senior.
Me: How long have you been at UF
UF student: 4 years.
I’m still trying to figure how she made it 3 years of college plus high school without using a word processor.
Comment by TheDeeZone | July 4, 2008
Some people………..
Comment by alanreynolds | July 6, 2008
Alan,
I’m posting another ID10T award tomorrow. Going to give you a shout for this one.
Dee
Comment by TheDeeZone | July 6, 2008
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Thats great…thanks for a little bit of humor.
Comment by Allen | July 12, 2008