Many of you who have studied physics in school in higher classes might remember performing the frequency measurement experiments. One of these was the one where we used to measure the frequency of a tuning fork. The tuning fork was striken against a rubber pad, due to which its prongs started vibrating. The fork was then placed on the resonance box, which was essentially a hollow wooden box, to calculate the resonant frequency.
In one lab class, our class was required to carry out this experiment. The teacher left the class for a few minutes, and with him vanished all the sincerity of the students (who tried to have fun while those precious few minutes lasted). One guy, G, came up to me and put his tuning fork over my head, and teased me – “See, the fork is resonating – your head is empty”. I got furious with him, and ran after him with my equipment. The teacher chose this particular moment to return to the class, and was greeted with this scene (must have looked hilarious to him – me, all of
I think the whole classed rolled in laughter; I do not remember their reaction – I was so embarrassed that I wished I could just vanish beneath the ground. But now, it is one of those memories that do not fail to bring a smile on my face.
12 comments:
Ha Ha.. nice recount..
I have also done that experiment but not such good luck as yours. :((
We could just play the music. :))
Loved your new post on this series...took me back to my good ol' days.....lol....!
Gosh Physics was one subject which use to just fly almost 5 ft above my head.....seriously...I could just never get that...I use to fudge all my readings...Thank goodness my sibling was pretty good in Physics...so he use to bail me out...we still crack jokes on the "water rheostat" which he helped me make and Oh mi god...I blotched up the whole project as I was not able to explain...on 10 th hr...finally my teacher knowing my "immense liking for this subject :-( " asked me to call the one who gave the idea....so in the entire class my sibling explained and I got the marks..btw I got grace marks on completing the project on time and that's it....lol...!
Cuckoo, what was the good lcuk you mentioned ? Me getting caught by the teacher one of the rarest time I went upto some mischief ? ;-) Music with the resonance box .... yes that was also one of the guilty pleasures :-))
BTR,thanks! Good old days ...weren't they ? :-)
I loved Physics.:-P And Maths.:-D
i used to hate physics... when my prof hit my head with a tuning fork the only tone that used to come out was Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........
Aa -i-la...Maths as well :-)
PM, LOL!!!
BTR, blikul!! Thats the reason I chose to study engineering although I cleared medical entrance too :-)
LOL...
The way you write it is very easy to imagine the whole incident... lol
I have many experiences to share regarding the blunders we did in Physics and Chemistry labs... someday I will write em down... I don't want to leave any evidence... hope you understand ;-)
LOL
Thanks Thinker :-)
But I would like to read of your mischiefs sooner than later :-))
Good Luck that you could make a six-footer run for his life !!
Me too loved Maths very much. My fav subject. One more similarity :))
Lol! didn't I just ? :-D
Et tu !? (loved Maths :-)) Great !
lol!! nice recount... this post took me back to my +2 days... that was fun...
Thanks. And thanks too for coming here.
Yeah, weren't those days Fun ?
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