Teacher Arrested in New York...> NEW YORK, NY - A public school
teacher was arrested today at John F.Kennedy International Airport as he
attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a
set square, a slide rule and a calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he
believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not
identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of
math instruction. "Al-gebra is a problem for us," Gonzales said. "They
desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in
a search of absolute value. They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and
refer to themselves as 'unknowns', but we have determined they belong to a
common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every
country.
As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are three sides to
every triangle'."
When asked to comment on the arrest,
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Science & Mathematics
➔ Mathematics
President Bush said, "If God had wanted
us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more
fingers and toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a
more intelligent or profound statement by the president.
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