Friday, July 27, 2007

Econs and GP stuff~

Due to the special layout of the classroom --- 6 people seated around a big table, but we usually cramp 7 people into the table (more cosy) haha...
We were talking and laughing at our own private jokes when our econs tutor took out a tissue paper cover from his pocket
The class responded with laughter..
That's when we turned to see him holding a red shiny silk-like material tissue cover with some patterns. Someone commented that it looked like cheongsam material. Lols
Then he said he's a cross dresser (half-jokingly of course.. if not i'll faint due to sheer shock)
Waving the oh-so-feminine tissue paper cover, he said 'When i cross dress, this will come in handy. So when you all see me outside sch in woman's clothes, dont call me, i'll not acknowledge you.'
The class 'exploded' into guffaws
I've no idea why he took that out but bwahahahah.. It's so funny i don't really care about that anymore.

Lesson continues...
The 6 of us at the same table aren't exactly listening -somehow we're prone to disturbing each other when we're facing one another.

Student B: 'Cher your wife pretty anot?
Tutor: This is not relevant.
Class: laughter.. (cos of it's resemblance to tutor's prev answer to random & irrelevant -in other words crappy questions by students)
Tutor: Any serious questions?
Student C: 'Cher do u have any children?
Class: more laughter
Tutor: Ok, any econs questions?
Student A: What's the supply? (of?? children? lol)
Student C: What's the opportunity cost of setting up a family?
Tutor: Time, money..
Student E: Is children a normal or inferior good?
Student A: Or is children a demerit good?
Class: laughter upon hearing his usage of 'demerit good' on children

[Some background on econs:
inferior goods: goods with negative income elasticity of demand. to put it simply, quantity demanded decreases as income increases & conversely
normal good: quantity demanded increases as income increases & conversely
demerit good: as the name suggests, it's bad loh.. an example will be cigarettes]

After some commotion..
Tutor: Actually children are inferior goods, as countries become more developed, income rises, the no of children born decreases (econs tutor jiu4 shi4 econs tutor.. can view everything in an econs manner)
Me (to my table of frens): Hmm.. Since we arent children anymore, we arent inferior goods but superior goods!
They laughed cos 'superior goods' is also an econs term.
As we were laughing at our own private joke, there's laughter from the other side of class
This time we caught a bit of it..
Student D asked why there's Kids Central but no Adults Central on tv?
(Hmm... the term ADULT central sounds kinda WRONG)

Tutor asked us to name 3 key points of Market Failure..
Tutor: Anyone can tell me the third point?
Class: Deafening silence
Student B: Let's play Hangman
Tutor: Okay (started drawing several dashes on the whiteboard)
Student Z: Is it public goods?
Tutor: U're right!
Student F: Aye, spoil the game!

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GP time~

Tutor's got a bad backache, kept complaining that he couldnt sleep well cos of it, ending the lesson early so that he can visit the doctor
'Oh noooo... I'm dying soon.. If i really die, u all must come to my tombstone & tell me your results'
Darren: Don't worry, we'll burn our results slips to you
'Oh noooo... I think i'm pregnant, going to give birth soon.. That's why i'm in pain'
Dots.. How can HE be pregnant?? Nobody said anything as we probably have figured out that his back ailment has somehow affected his brain's functioning.
At the end of the lesson, he told us 'If u all dont see me tomorrow, i would've been dead.'

Anyway, hope he'll get well soon

To sum up the day at sch..
2 humorous tutors, coincidentally both are male tutors.
It took me a lil while to realise that in first term, all my tutors were male (ok.. im slow)
In term 2 when we switched CLL tutors as each CLL tutor is in charge of teaching diff sections of the syllabus, i got my 1st female tutor this year. Not that she deserve such high 'accolades' though.. her lessons are so siAnzzzz =X haha

yunn. at 7:57 PM