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Frantically attempting to revise his syllabus before the start of shopping period, professor of geology Dr. Langdon Berg has no idea how he’s going to stretch out the three types of rock for an entire semester.
“To be honest I could pretty much cover all of the material in a few minutes,” said Berg, staring at the blinking cursor next to “Week 3: Metamorphic.” “There are only three types of rock, for chrissake, how the hell can I make this last 15 weeks?”
“Okay, if I just accept that I have to give each type of rock five weeks, I can start planning this class seriously,” said Berg, beginning to scribble down a note reading “let them touch the rocks??” “My buddy knows a lot about igneous rock, so I bet I could knock off a class by getting him as a guest lecturer. I could get a grad student to talk about sedimentary rocks for a class too. Maybe I could just end every class with a half hour of pair and share discussion? That’d kill a lot of time.”
“Oh god this isn’t going to work,” said a dejected Dr. Berg, realizing he can only think of one question for the final exam: name the three types of rock. “Oh well, I guess I’ll just make this class remote so no one will take it.”
At press time, a geography professor doesn’t know what to do now that he taught his students the seventh continent.
