Finding+Humor

**Finding Humor** We thought we had the right answer and told the class that it was because although the atoms have a lot of space, since there are so many of them packed together,they form these really dense solids. Bluntly put, we were wrong. It wasn't because the atoms were tightly packet together, it was because of the energy force each atom has due to its electrons. Our hand doesn't pass through a table when we hit it because the table hits us back due to that energy. Technically, we aren't even standing on the ground; we're levitating due to the force of the ground and aren't really standing on anything.** 
 * 9/7/09**
 * Today in class, we were put into pairs and then we were charged with teaching the class five problems that we had to solve from the book. One of the problems we had to do was this: "If atoms are mostly empty space, why doesn't your hand pass through a table when your hand on the table?"
 * Even though I was wrong in front of the entire class, I didn't feel embarrassed or ashamed. My partner and I laughed** **at how wrong we were. Instead of getting mad or frustrated with our wrong answer, we took it as a** **learning experience and laughed along with the rest of the class. Nobody in our class** **thought we were dumb for giving our explanation either, so it was easy to find humor in the situation. It was a positive experienc****e because I didn't even realize that we didn't feel embarrassed. It's good to know that we get past being embarrassed and humility is a common thing and nothing to be ashamed of.**