Okay, so, right, okay. Um. In German schools (and probably some other countries…?), many many years ago (possibly still today? or maybe it’s all digital now? what am I saying, this is German schools), the blackboard in every classroom was a large, green, rectangular middle part and two square “wings”, one on each side (as wings are wont to be…). They can swing in and out, providing extra room for writing on the outer side of the wings. Also for extracurricular shenanigans such as writing “[name] + [name] = SEX” in the middle, swinging the wings closed to hide the writing and then breaking out into hysterics when the teacher opens the blackboard to reveal your incredibly highbrow joke.
This type of blackboard is quintessential to my recollections about and concept of school.
Why am I going into such unnecessary detail about this? I have ADHD and possibly autism, I need you to understand what I’m saying and I can’t find any sources of this existing in the English speaking world and I can’t find an English word for those “wings” either. I can barely find a German one (“Tafelflügel”? I don’t think it’s ever come up before in my life).
So here’s a picture:
The width/height of the “wings” and the height of the middle part, that’s a metre. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Just the green. This is special German engineering high-tech space material whose name I absolutely do know but am not at liberty to divulge and that doesn’t expand (i.e. I’ve never experienced a blackboard being warmer than slightly cool to the touch).
Is there an ultimate ancestor of all boards by which you can detemine if your board actually has the correct 1m height? Do we even need such a board if we accept Constructivism?
I dare by being the last row’s kid never accepting anything. You didn’t answer my questions, so here’s just one this time: How wide has each letter of Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz to be so it fits on the board?
There. You happy? This should help you divide 200 cm (2 metres, the width of the middle part) by the number of letters in Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
Okay, so, right, okay. Um. In German schools (and probably some other countries…?), many many years ago (possibly still today? or maybe it’s all digital now? what am I saying, this is German schools), the blackboard in every classroom was a large, green, rectangular middle part and two square “wings”, one on each side (as wings are wont to be…). They can swing in and out, providing extra room for writing on the outer side of the wings. Also for extracurricular shenanigans such as writing “[name] + [name] = SEX” in the middle, swinging the wings closed to hide the writing and then breaking out into hysterics when the teacher opens the blackboard to reveal your incredibly highbrow joke.
This type of blackboard is quintessential to my recollections about and concept of school.
Why am I going into such unnecessary detail about this? I have ADHD and possibly autism, I need you to understand what I’m saying and I can’t find any sources of this existing in the English speaking world and I can’t find an English word for those “wings” either. I can barely find a German one (“Tafelflügel”? I don’t think it’s ever come up before in my life).
So here’s a picture:
The width/height of the “wings” and the height of the middle part, that’s a metre. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Does the metallic edge count as part of the meter too or just the green surface? What if it’s so hot the wings expand?
Just the green. This is special German engineering high-tech space material whose name I absolutely do know but am not at liberty to divulge and that doesn’t expand (i.e. I’ve never experienced a blackboard being warmer than slightly cool to the touch).
Is there an ultimate ancestor of all boards by which you can detemine if your board actually has the correct 1m height? Do we even need such a board if we accept Constructivism?
Are you… are you putting the word of my primary school teacher into question? How DARE you?!
I dare by being the last row’s kid never accepting anything. You didn’t answer my questions, so here’s just one this time: How wide has each letter of Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz to be so it fits on the board?
E: Typo writing Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
If you can’t take this seriously for even one second and follow basic German Rechtschreiberegeln, you don’t deserve any answers.
Sorry, there was an
at the wrong place.
I’m taking it completely serious, do you?
There. You happy? This should help you divide 200 cm (2 metres, the width of the middle part) by the number of letters in Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.