Rabbit Island III?

Calculus 21-122 was more entertaining today than usual. Professor Handron is by far my funniest professor this semester. I usually take down quotes from professors in notebook margins, but calculus has the most. This morning Professor Handron was having a field day. There's almost as much pencil in the margins as there are notes about today's lecture.

We've been modeling population growth using differential equations for the past couple lectures. Examples have been illustrated using, go figure, rabbits on an isolated island. On Friday we got through Rabbit Island I and II (after determining that "If there's no rabbits on the island there won't be a spontaneous generation of rabbits.")

Today class started with a Return to Rabbit Island.

Professor Handron: "It's like a bad summer movie."

I personally can't believe they made another movie out of Rabbit Island after Rabbit Island II.

Prof. Handron: "What will eventually happen on Rabbit Island with the exponential growth model?"

Matt: "Cannibalism?"

Prof. Handron: "Noooo...!"

A short time later we determined (i.e., Prof. Handron revealed, by use of another memorable and enthusiastic phrase) that the real answer was that "All matter on rabbit island will become converted to Rabbit! Then you really will have Rabbit Island!"

Calculus lecture has good times. Except when you copy down some equations and then discover that "Oops, that wasn't a letter at all!"