Monday, October 17, 2016

What is the most fun thing you did during fall break?

I take attendance by having students answer a question. Sometimes I try to get to know them a bit better, so that I can distinguish them from the swarm.

What is the most fun thing you did during fall break?

The typical Swarthmore student:

  • algorithms
  • slept in
  • sleeeeeeep zzzzzzz
  • sleep
  • sleep + sleep + sleep
  • sleep!
  • read Kleinberg + Tardos (our textbook)
  • getting away from here
  • sleep
  • slep [stet]
  • grad apps & Overwatch 💙
  • divide & conquer
Something that sounds more "mainstream" fun:
  • went to 
    • NYC!
    • Chicago
    • visit friends
    • Maid of the Mist @ Niagara Falls
  • gardening
  • climb a fortress
  • disc golf
  • collaged
  • watched
    • the trailer for PLANET EARTH II!!!!!!!
    • Silicon Valley
    • Evil Dead
    • a movie
  • played guitar
  • visited my girlfriend's family
  • tiddlywinks
  • swam in a glacial lake
  • ate good food
  • hung with friends
  • soccer game
"The most fun thing"? There were some... fun outliers:

  • my car was surrounded by hundreds of sheep
  • woken up by Armenian brute
  • removed 4 teeth
  • watched a kidney removal surgery
  • bees?
  • uncontrollable near explosive diarrhea
I have to ask --- "removed 4 teeth" makes it sound like you removed them from yourself, by yourself. That seems worrisome.


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