[Gwenny]

(A teacher calls me to her classroom. She is trying to project an image on a screen behind a student for a TV camera shot with the projector at eye level in front of the student.)

Teacher: “There is a shadow behind the student now. How can I get rid of that?”

Me: “You can’t. He is blocking the light from the projector from getting to the screen. You could put the projector behind the student, but the image would be smaller on the screen.”

Teacher: “Then what can we do?”

(I get the idea of holding a piece of paper over part of the lens of the projector to create a square area where the student stands where no light would shine. This gives the shadow a bit neater of a shape rather than a human shape.)

Me: “Here, hold this paper over the left side of the lens where the student is standing.”

(The teacher puts a piece of paper RIGHT IN FRONT of the students face.)

Me: “No, right by the lens so a square unlit area will be where the student is standing.”

(The teacher moves the piece of paper and puts it directly BEHIND the students head.)

Me: “No, here…”

(I put the piece of paper in front of the projector lens, leaving a nice square dark area on the screen where the student would stand.)

Teacher: “Well now there is a square there! There is no image directly behind the student, just around the student!”

Me: “Yeah, I know. There is nothing you can do about that, though. It’s the physics of light.”

Teacher: “What if I ask your boss? Think he could do it?”

Me: “No, he cannot bend light around objects.”

Teacher: “Why not?”

Me: “Because he’s not a black hole.”

[Thrash]

who is your "boss"?

[Gwenny]

Originally Posted by Thrash

who is your "boss"?

I didn't write it. I found it on a joke site.

[normajean777]

I don't know what the heck I was reading, why it was so long, or anything about how I could possibly picture what it is describing.

[The wirerat]

Originally Posted by normajean777

2/10

I don't know what the heck I was reading, why it was so long, or anything about how I could possibly picture what it is describing.

Sorry fail.

I just wanted to pop in and say that this post is not what we want to see here in the Humor forum. The purpose of this forum is to share jokes. If you don't find the humor in a joke, and you really feel a need to convey it, then please Pm, or UC the OP. There is no need for this kind of post to show up here.
- The Wirerat

[Demon_Hunter]

Originally Posted by normajean777

2/10

I don't know what the heck I was reading, why it was so long, or anything about how I could possibly picture what it is describing.

Sorry fail.

The only way you wouldnt know what you were reading is if you cant read the english language proficiently.

It was that long because it needed to be to show how uninteligent the teacher was.

And the only way you couldnt possibly picture what was going on is if you have never been in a classroom that used projectors, or never seen a picture of a projector being aimed at a person.

(sorry, but if you are going to be critical for nonissues, then I can be critical for nonissues)

Gwen, i got a decent laugh out of the short story/joke.

[normajean777]

Originally Posted by The wirerat

I just wanted to pop in and say that this post is not what we want to see here in the Humor forum. The purpose of this forum is to share jokes. If you don't find the humor in a joke, and you really feel a need to convey it, then please Pm, or UC the OP. There is no need for this kind of post to show up here.
- The Wirerat

Ya your right, I'm sorry. I should of known better.

[Maestro_dmc]

I thought that was really funny and I laughed out loud.

I work with AV systems in my profession and meet people like this almost daily.

Thanks for the laugh!

[Indie Levi]

ha ha. That's funny. Some teachers can be pretty dumb with technology.