Pressured To Squeeze Out Any Answer
Health & Body, High School, Students, Teachers, Texas, USA | Healthy | April 20, 2018
(I’m in anatomy and physiology class, self-grading a test we just did on the cardiovascular system. Since everyone’s grading their tests as a class, the teacher is going over the questions and answers aloud. As is the case on every test, some of the answers are flexible, as long as she can understand what you were trying to refer to.)
Teacher: “Numbers 52 and 53: what instruments are used to measure blood pressure? ‘Stethoscope,’ and I’ll take, ‘blood pressure cuff.’ If you said, ‘sphygmomanometer,’ I’ll take that, too.”
Student
#1 : “I put, ‘blood pressure band.’”
Teacher: “Yeah, that’s close enough; I’ll take that, too.”
Student
#2 : *somewhat sheepishly* “I put, ‘squeezy pressure thing’…”
(Everyone bursts out laughing, even [Student
#2 ] and [Teacher].)
Teacher: *between giggles* “‘Squeezy pressure thing’! I’ll take that!”