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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP
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Subject: Re: And another science lesson - a true story
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Date: Thu, 11-Aug-83 12:42:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 11 12:42:58 1983
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When I was in Grade 8 we were studying Botany, and I sat at the
back of science class and paid little attention. (Needless to say, I
was not very interested in botany.) One day we had a test. One
of the questions was

	What are two byproducts of photosynthesis?

Well, I had never *heard* of the word photosynthesis before, so I
wasn't quite sure what to say. But, I had some idea of what a byproduct
was. So I put down my best guesses:

	"Iron filings and coal"

When we got the test back, the teacher read my answer out to the
whole class. Even today, I still run into old schoolmates occasionally
who remember me only as "iron filings and coal". (I left that school
after that one year.)

Dave Sherman, Toronto
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