Never vs. Not Now
A student vows never to expand (a+b)³, then five minutes later begs for more time to finish it.
Content note: Mild: 'ghouls in hell.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2020-03-13-never-vs-not-now/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Teacher (at board: (a+b)² = a² + 2ab + b²; (a+b)³ = ): "Now, try expanding this one!" Student: "All the ghouls in hell could not make me do this."
[Five minutes later] Teacher: "Okay, ready to do it together?" Student (working): "Not yet! Let me finish!"