Overheard: first-day choral response

Astronomy 210, fall semester 2011
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

(Overheard at the very start of the first day of class in introductory astronomy, just before administering the Science Motivation Questionnaire.)

Instructor: "Let's see how sharp you guys are! Let's have you guys fill in the..."

Students: (Beat.) "...blanks?"

Instructor: "Hi there! Welcome to..."

Students: "...astronomy?"

Instructor: "And you're going to love this class, because astronomy is..."

Students: "...Awesome? Interesting?"

Instructor: "Yes! In fact, astronomy is so..."

Students: "...awesome..."

Instructor: (Holding up a stack of surveys.) "...the first thing you're going to do for this class is take a..."

Students: "...test."