Challenge Friday: Embarrassment

Dear Readers,

A challenge issues a challenge preformed. It’s that time again! CHALLENGE FRIDAY! **Cues thundering applause**  Thank you. Thank you. Today’s challenge consists of me embarrassing myself. So basically a usual day. Except, twice as much embarrassment.

Challenge: Write about how you embarrassed yourself today. Be honest because we all know you managed to embarrass yourself somehow.

Today in my honors science class we were studying the transfer of thermal energy with a lab. A very simple lab. Boil some water. Stick aluminum, brass and copper in the water one at a time. Then transfer the metal to a room temperature water and calculate the change in temperature. Simple right? There is no physical way I could call attention and humiliate myself could I? Wrong. You underestimate my abilities.

We had successfully finished the first two trials with aluminum and brass. On to the last trial with five minutes left in class. So while using the tongs to place the copper into the bubbling boiling water, it slips. Boom. Splashing into the 100C beaker. Water splashes out everywhere. On the table, on our papers, and on the floor. Luckily our teacher had just taken away our laptop because one of our group was playing duck life 2.  Alright, so I spilt some water…. No big deal just clean it up. If only.

There we were, wiping up water on a hot plate with paper towels. And gosh, the water just never seemed to end. I continued to boil and fizz and jump on that hot plate. Yet, no holes were visible in the beaker. Sure enough, when I screw something up I go all the way. I had smashed a hole right through the bottom of that beaker. And slowly all 500 mL of water was pouring out. So after we turned off the hot plate and were scooping up the water. I thought I was in the clear. The humiliation was over. Until I slipped on a pile of water and fell….taking two members of my lab group with me. **Smacks self in head**

Regards,

Squirrel