User:Armondikov/sandbox5

Undergraduate Lab Reports:
What They Say vs What They Mean


 * If I had more time I would have…
 * I had to dick off to the pub.


 * ...by consultation with published resources.
 * I read it on Wikipedia.


 * The values were a good fit.
 * I don’t know what an R2 value actually is.


 * Procedures were followed according to the handbook.
 * It fucked up, but it’s not my fault.


 * The aims of this experiment were...
 * The handbook told me that the aims of this experiment were…


 * All the relevant spectra are included as appendices.
 * If I give you a wad of paper thick enough, I might just get some bonus points.


 * A graphical method was primarily used.
 * Maths and equations scare the crap out of me, but give me a pencil, ruler and graph paper any day.


 * It has a wide range of important industrial applications.
 * Because you wouldn’tgive us a pointless, novel compound to play with, would you? … … would you?


 * The results aren’t bad considering...
 * Please, please, please, please don’t mark me down for being sloppy.


 * We would like more feedback on our results.
 * Just give us the damn answers next time.