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"Do you teach science?" "Not this term but yes." "Do you know how to blow things up?" "I don't think I should answer that."

Posted by Classroom Transcripts (aka Reagen) Feb 1 '21, 09:05

"As a reward, if we all do well on a test, you should let us do a lab where we blow things up."
(2nd student): "Not much risk of that."
"I don't feel comfortable with where this is going."
"Don't you want us to do well?"
"There's just many reasons why I'm not going to let you blow up things."

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Hopefully a coincidence: this student's initials are KKK. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 09:32
I believe we did something a little like this in first year high school science class. We also played with mercury :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 1, 09:32 1
- I have a lab book that has an experiment involving kerosene, mercury and carbon tetrachloride (think: aerosolized cancer) - Reagen Feb 1, 09:35
here you go -- (link) - Beaker Feb 1, 09:19 [youtube]
In middle school my friends and I wanted to blow things up so we called a pharmacy for volatile chemicals. They laughed us off the phone. - Max Feb 1, 09:13
Give 'em a small Mg strip and a dixie cup of vinegar. -- nm - VMan Feb 1, 09:12
You absolutely should. *hands each kid a balloon* - oblique Feb 1, 09:08
(1st student) makes a good point though -- nm - mud Feb 1, 09:06

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"Do you teach science?" "Not this term but yes." "Do you know how to blow things up?" "I don't think I should answer that."

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