Ever been called "Absent-minded professor"?

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21 Jun 2010, 12:11 am

I certainly have. I am basically a living example of this trope. Especially when I'm in the computer lab, or when an interesting idea or passion comes into my mind.

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21 Jun 2010, 1:36 pm

Sorry, what?

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21 Jun 2010, 8:00 pm

constantly.

the last occasion was when I was cooking something and got lost in some thought. my mother brought me out of it with shouting, the pan was on fire and I hadn't noticed even though I was holding it.

if something interests me, my brain focuses on it and tends to forget everything else utterly.

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21 Jun 2010, 8:14 pm

Not specifically that, but I'm called geek/nerd

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21 Jun 2010, 9:25 pm

If I had a dime for every time I've been called that I'd be rich....LOL...

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22 Jun 2010, 6:13 am

jc6chan wrote:

My grade 3 teacher called me an absent-minded professor because I appeared not to be paying attention in class but when she asked me a question I was able to answer it to the point where it seems as though I was listening.

I do not know what subject she was teaching but my guess is math. I don't know if my school had a crappy math curriculum, but I remember in grade 5 there was a time when the teacher would write a number on the board and other students were actually struggling in reading numbers IN GRADE 5. It was a joke to me.

That was a common description when I was in elementary school and high school. Now people just think I'm weird :wink:

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