/sci/ - Science & Math

>10th grade physics
>Third day of class
>Somehow the topic of the moon gets brought up
>One kids raises his hand and asks "is the moon a planet or a star?"
>He's dead serious, I burst out laughing
>Stop when I realize no one else is laughing
>Half the kids in the fucking class have blank expressions on their faces as if they're thinking REALLY hard about it and start asking each other and the teacher "yeah...what is it? A planet or a star?"
>MFW

Later on in the semester in that same class
>Teacher is talking about electrical grounding
>Asks class why we think you're safe from getting struck by lightning in a car
>Girl raises her hand, gets called on
>She enthusiastically answers "Because when you're driving you're going too fast for the lightning to hit you!"

>Go on omeagle
>Ask hundreds of people what would happen if you dropped a pen on the moon
>No one gets it right
>MFW