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Unfortunately for Brass Slide, he is paired up with a lab partner who constantly asks the worst questions. Brass Slide has his patience tested in his Physics class. Will he make it through the semester, or will he succumb to second-hand dumb?

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Trash Boat turned around to face her. "Oh well I was just wondering...if all the sea life were taken out of the ocean, how much would the water level drop?"

Huh.

...Why, exactly, a perfectly legitimate question like that should make the teacher want to flunk a student? Because it is a legitimate question, and it has a correct answer -- "by an amount too small to reliably measure." Working this out would at least involve learning the current estimated total ocean biomass...

6935922 She wasn't being serious...at least I don't think so. Man, writing is harder than I thought it would be. Anyway, I meant to make her come off as "I'm so done -_-"

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Do keep at it, you're doing better than enough writers on this site to make it worthwhile. :) To offer specific constructive criticism, what this vignette is missing isn't style (it works fine for what it's supposed to do) nor spelling or grammar (you're far ahead of the curve on those, as I'm sure you know) but the resolution. If you're writing something so short, you need a clearer punchline, particularly if you wish it to be a comedy.

That question... doesn't feel like the punchline, so the response to it should, in theory, be one, and to me it feels like it isn't.

6936117 huh...alright. I'll keep that in mind. And thanks. I'll try to keep that in mind for Chapter 2

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Wait, there's going to be a chapter 2? I was sure it was a standalone piece for some reason, in which case the advice might not apply. Sorry about that. :)

Well, let's see what you can come up with for chapter 2...

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