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 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:24 pm
The Math Team had our first meet today, so I spent my afternoon sitting in a classroom speed-solving tricksy math problems. Going through my answers, I found the following error:
2*2*2*3 = 24.
"Oh no!" I thought. "Six times three equals 18, not 24."
I rushed through the problem again and just before I rewrote my answer, time was called. Though I was sorely tempted to change the answer anyway, I turned in my paper.
I later found that I had gotten that question right.
Why?
2*2*2*3 =/= 6*3
2*2*2*3 = 8*3
And eight times three, unlike six times three, does equal twenty-four.
The moral of this story is: Sometimes, the integrity gods are just a-smiling on an honest soul.
(Especially if you're scatter-brained in the first place.)
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:21 am
Hurray for being honest! Even when you don't get rewarded for it like that.
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:26 pm
Exactly. Because you never know when the person you're being honest to is a divinity who knows exactly what the real story is and has a thunderbolt nice and ready. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:12 pm
Yup. ^_^ And people are willing to be a lot more forgiving if you be honest when you mess up about something.
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