My son set a pencil on fire in science class

:shrug:

Good kid, just sometimes makes 14 year old decisions.

ago. Things that make you say :wtf: :hi:

ahead of the game.

When I was 14... well, why go into details? I'm not sure all of the statutes of limitations have come and gone :evilgrin:

however, the consequence for his action was not overly harsh...but she was PISSED.

Besides, he can just avoid her classes n the future, as long as he can get through this one.

You're only young once. Setting pencils on fire in science class is all part of the experience.

He is just seeing how far he can push the envelope.

they expect with all those chemicals laying around. :hi:

And I was quite responsible for my age! But pyromania takes priority over responsibility. :evilgrin:

:evilgrin:

Thank goodness the statute of limitations has long since expired on all the shit I set fire to in high school.

Did it set off the alarm? Did the lead melt? Did he get in trouble?

Ah yes, I'm sooo looking forward to the teenage years.

I did have to fake the stern parent thing when I discussed this with his teacher though! The way she talked about it, you would think he bombed the WTC.

Kids. They screw up sometimes. That's why they are kids. Glad no one was hurt.

It does not mean we should be put on some counter terrorism list somewhere.

:rofl:

he'll be okay. The sun is always shining somewhere.

just to see if we could. worked pretty well, too.

Now I'm no scientist myself, but I do remember taking a sort of "How Things Work" physics course to fulfill some requirement in college...and within the first couple of weeks, the demonstrations included microwaving various non-food items, launching a 2-liter bottle about 40 feet in the air out in the parking lot with warming, expanding gas and a cork, and my personal favorite, applying a lit match to a balloon filled with hydrogen (ka-BOOM!).

Science is fun! Sounds like your kid has an inquisitive, scientific mind....

Kids look forward to hearing the funny stories about themselves over and over.

He knocked over a lit burner. Within seconds the table was in flames. Good thing the teacher had a fire extinguisher and knew how to use it.

melted the table with acid.

Good times, good times. :D

It smoked like crazy, smelled like baby barf, and scared the hell out of me and my lab partner. Got an A in the class...don't know how...

Science classes are for experiments - he can now firmly state that wood burns!

:rofl:

Hysterical! Now I want to set a pencil on fire in science tomorrow!

:D :D :D

:rofl::rofl:

No copycat crimes!

:rofl:

My science teacher'd kill me, anyway....

But maybe, just maybe, I will...

:P :P :P

The point from all this is to learn. Otherwise it's wasted.

Underage wizards are forbidden to practice magic outside of Hogwart's.

C'mon, KW - this is your kid, too. Surely, you knew he'd inherit some of your mischief.
:P

He has inherited my snark too!

and my inquisitive nature!

:evilgrin:

I used to be a pencil hound. I'd beg people for a new pencil if they had one. I don't know why it is but I used more eraser than lead. I have had to resort to the clickable pencils where you can buy three times more erasers than leads if you keep taking them off the shelf in the right proportion. Problem solved except getting the itty bitty bit of eraser out of the top of the thing. Luckily, I know a trick with a paper clip for that.

Or could he just be trying to do a math problem like this hideous math problem that has given me a headache for two days in a row now. It's a word problem that looks like this:

<snip>
If you divide a function P(X) by (x-8) with a result Q(x)+6, what does P(8) equal?
<snip>

I am so tempted to write, "Fuck if I know." on the paper. I haven't a clue what this question is trying to ask me to do.

since division by zero is not allowed.

would be six. Thanks for setting the record straight on that one. It's been on my mind for too long now. Two days with one equation is entirely too long. I can't wait until next Thursday. Guess what happens then? Last day of this semester until early January. I'll be here on DU through the holidays to post and read until my heart is content.

Yippeee. Knowing my track record with excitement and how I seem to handle it, I'll probably get a nosebleed on the way home that day. I should wear a Sid Vicious shirt that day. I used to bleed on my Sid shirts for comfort. Don't wanna mess up any of my "respectable" shirts. LOL :shrug: I'm in that sort of mood tonight.

intrigued by fire;)

14, i set the science counter on fire, when we were dealing with bending glass with heat...i got my ass caught, and I was dealt with severly by my parents...the school didn't act that bad, i just had to sand down and paint what i burned...

Luckily I was wearing an oven mitt!

Hes always doing 'odd' things :rofl: