In one of my 1st classes this semester, my professor quoted Murphy's Law in her last slide. Her slide said, "If something will go wrong, it will go wrong." A classmate raised his hand and corrected her - "Ma'am, hindi ba dapat 'can' yung una? 'If something can go wrong, it will go wrong'?" The professor frowned at the projected slide and said, "Does it matter?"
And they went on with a short debacle that ended with Ma'am saying "Whatever, I'm not an English major!"
At that time, probably because I couldn't wait to get out of my seat after 85 slides, I couldn't care less what Murphy said. But in my mind I sided with my classmate.
I Googled it (define:Murphy's Law), and voila, here's the top result from www.crfonline.org/orc/glossary/m.html:
"If something can go wrong, it will go wrong."
Does it matter? Well, if you are talking to a roomful of opinionated professionals, it most probably does.
2 comments:
That class most certainly went wrong :P
onga car.. last slide na e. so i guess everybody (except for one) wanted ma'am to just have it. haha. learned my lesson: won't correct her in class. ;p
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