Soulful Case Wisdom
Aw yeah, some important knowledge from some very important people... my professors! They are very interesting people indeed... some soulful Case wisdom from each class! :-) CWRU people: even more reason to take the following classes. I recently rearranged these in groupings of classes. Enjoy.
Chemistry and Materials Classes
- "You have to understand... chemistry is where it's at." -ENGR 145-
- "Girls should be careful when referring to diamonds as a girl's best friend. At a low pressure combined with a very high temperature that girl's best friend could turn into graphite... and then you would have to use it as a pencil." -ENGR 145-
- "I need a pointer... sir, may I borrow your crutch?" -ENGR 145-
- "Monkeys could have taken that exam better than you all did." -CHEM 224-
- "You guys don't know that? It's like, well, DUH!!" -CHEM 224-
- "I'm sorry to say this, but if you don't know the answer to this question, you're just ignorant." -CHEM 224-
- "If I have 50 cookies and 50 of you have to come in for the cookies, sorry, some of you go home without." -EMAC 270-
- "When I was a student, and of course, I was young and handsome..." -EMAC 270-
- "So I didn't know the answer... so I made it up. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you this." -EMAC 270-
Physics and Math Classes
- "So they tell you that the plane is coming in at some nice round number like 800 mph. And you say,*$%&! Who the !$#@ is flying that plane?" -PHYS 121-
- "So, I'm going to tack on some fake hair as I demonstrate to you how the Van de Graaf generator works." -PHYS 122-
- "Now, for 150%..." -PHYS 122-
- "No more T!" -MATH 223-
- "Today we are going to talk about... L'Hospital Rule." -MATH 223-
- "I so confused, I don't know where I am." -MATH 223-
- "Now, it would be difficult to perform dis integral, so... actually, dis one not so bad." -MATH 223-
- "Need help in math? Well... go see a psychiatrist." -MATH 224-
- "What am I doing?... Ah well, you'll figure it out. It's due Monday." -MATH 224-
Core Engineering Classes
- "Behind one door, you have a car. Behind the other two doors... GOATS." -ENGR 131-
- "Now, this 'dw' is not the one on the cartoon 'Arthur'." -ENGR 210-
- "This is NOT the correct way to do this." -ENGR 210-
- "So the only person who will benefit from buying this speaker is your dog... or your chinchilla." -ENGR 210-
- "Gentlemen in the back, no wrestling in class... until you want to do it up here and we'll bet on it." -ENGR 210-
- "It's not a nasty circuit. See, it's a happy circuit [draws smiley face in circuit]." -ENGR 210-
- "An open circuit? Yes! YES! Why are you so afraid to answer me?!" -ENGR 210 recitation-
- "I don't know about you... but I like capacitors." -ENGR 210 recitation-
- "You will always have flow. You will never not be able to have no flow." -ENGR 225-
- "It turns out to be pretty trivial, but they're biologists, so they think we're pretty smart." -ENGR 225-
Humanities and Social Science Courses
- "During my college graduation, my best friend turned to me and said, 'Man... we are SO ugly! Where did all the good-looking people go?' And I looked around and boy! He was right!" -POSC 260-
- "Everyone makes peace in Paris!" - POSC 376-
- "A highly moral candidate sends cashable checks." -POSC 376-
- "Es ist wie head-bangen und booty-shaken." -GRMN 301-
- "Ok, everybody... P! Right on it!" -APMU 385-
- "Alright, now that we're all loosened up... P!" -APMU 385-
- "First oboe is not here? No problem... I'll kill him." -APMU 385-
- "Either way, it's a crap shoot." -APMU 385-
BME Courses
- "What was the significance of the Battle of Lepanto?" -EBME 201-
- "Y'all need a shot of hadacall." -EBME 201-
- "Everyone feels good after sex!" -EBME 202-
- "...and as soon as Viagra comes out of the adipose, up we go again..." -EBME 202-
- "So, what's wrong with having extra glucose in your system? You think having hyperglycemia could be detrimental to your health?... Yes!" -EBME 202-
- "Wrong, McGee. It's not gonna happen." -EBME 202-
- "You'll break down the medullary gradient and just basically pee to death!" -EBME 202-
- "Anyone try any of that Olestra stuff? I remember I had 10 or 20 - I was sitting on the john!" -EBME 202-
- "They were put on Thorazine - 'Big Thor'. Man, when you were on that stuff, NOTHING bothered you!" -EBME 202-
- "You're all young and beautiful people... stay that way." -EBME 202-
- "I have no idea what 'cultured' means, I don't know about electricity... I'm a reader from the Biology Department." -EBME 313-
- "I would be non-ethical... but I would be more humane." -EBME 313-
- "Of course, it doesn't mean that you should write the entire report in one evening. That would be impossible... and wrong." -EBME 314-
MEM Courses
- "Project Management is not like the laws of physics." -IIME 405-
- "How many of you have trouble making important decisions? See, I'm having trouble deciding where to eat tonight." -IIME 405-
- "Sure, you can hire me. Just don't hire two of me." -IIME 405-
- "Never never never buy a pick-up truck." -IIME 405-
- "I spent $25 on coke and ice cream - coca-cola, that is." -IIME 405-
- "This color is too sexy to show on paper." -IIME 405-
- "The Peter B. Lewis Building? It's kinda like going through Whoville." -IIME 410-
- "We can be wrong... but as long as we're in balance, we're happy." -IIME 410-
- "Who controls the economy? Well, there's this cartel of gnomes underwater..." -IIME 410-
- "There was a point to this story... I'm sorry, I'm having a senior moment." -IIME 415-
- "No, I don't actually think the company is customer intimate. I just raised my hand so that it would get at least one vote." -IIME 415-
- "I mean, the format doesn't have to be sexy..." -IIME 415-