How Old Is Our Sun?
This probably happened when I was in the ninth standard. All our science curriculum was split into two - Science I and Science II. Ms. Bhalekar taught us Science I. However, I forget the name of our Science II teacher. She was tall and slim, and till this happened, I thought, that she lacked sense of humour.
Her classes used to be monotonous. Not that she was not knowledgeable, but we used to get bored in her class, as used to be the case with most other teachers. The chapter that was being discussed on this particular day was 'The Sun'. After the chapter was over, she proceeded for the Q & A. And then came this one. How old is our sun?. And when no one answered, she proceeded and said, "Sun and not Son".
Her classes used to be monotonous. Not that she was not knowledgeable, but we used to get bored in her class, as used to be the case with most other teachers. The chapter that was being discussed on this particular day was 'The Sun'. After the chapter was over, she proceeded for the Q & A. And then came this one. How old is our sun?. And when no one answered, she proceeded and said, "Sun and not Son".
posted by Neel Arurkar at 6:28 PM
6 Comments:
hmm... then did u people ans her question?? how did u people react???
Art : A few people smiled. I was one of them :-). But most kept stoic. And because of that incident, I still know that our sun is 5 billion years old
Goldilocks : Yes! Bhalekar used to wear a scarf which later stopped wearing. However, this question was asked by some different teacher.
Was it Vimala Krishnan?
Nopes, not her :-) I remember Vimla Krishnan...
hilarious... Appreciate that...
Was Sun the son . Well might be brother of bhishma in mahabharatha.
:)
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