View Full Version : a public school math teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight


cosmictraveler
11-25-03, 07:21 PM
At New York's JFK airport today, an individual, later discovered to be
a public school math teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while

in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule and a

calculator.



Attorney general John Ashcroft believes the man is a member of the

notorious al-Gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying Weapons of

Math Instruction (WMI).



"al-Gebra is a very fearsome cult, indeed", Ashcroft said. "They desire

average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent

in a search of absolute values. They consist of quite shadowy figures, with

names like, "x", "y" and "z", and, although they are frequently referred to

as "unknowns", we know they really belong to a common denominator and are

part of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country." "As the

great Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'there are 3 sides to every

angle'" he added.



When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "Make no

mistake, if God had wanted US to have better weapons of math instruction,

He would have given us more fingers and toes."



A member of the Presidential group, who spoke without attribution said,

"I'm extremely grateful that our government has given us a sine that it is

intent on protracting us from these math-dogs who are so willing to

disintegrate us with calculus disregard. These statistic &%$#@!s love to

inflict plane on every sphere of influence. Under the circumferences, it's

time we differentiated their root, made our point, and drew the line."



President Bush said, "these weapons of math instruction have the

potential to decimal everything in their math on a scalene never before seen

unless we become exponents of a Higher Power and begin to factor-in random

facts of vertex."



Attorney General Ashcroft said, "As our Great Leader would say, 'Read

My Ellipse'. Here is one principle he is uncertainty of---though they continue

to multiply --- their days are numbered and the hypotenuse will tighten

around their necks."