Alec's remark

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Alec (Alexander the Great to his friends, Smart Alec to his enemies) is sitting in class one day.

"Monitors will be in charge of the class," the teacher announces, "and no one is to leave the room until I return."

"You can't go," says Alec.

"Why not?" asks the teacher. (He hasn't yet learned to ignore Alec.)

"Because you're not back yet," replies Alec, "and you just said no one is to leave the room until you return."

Is Alec correct?

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Denton Young by Denton Young , 47, USA

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3 solutions

Denton Young
Dec 13, 2017

Technically speaking, Alec is right.

The teacher didn't say that no STUDENTS were to leave the room until he returns. He said that NO ONE is to leave the room until he returns. That includes himself.

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And since the teacher cannot return if she hasn't left, no one can ever leave.

Until the rules are changed, of course.

Steven Perkins - 3 years, 5 months ago

No one, includes the teacher , so it is the same for everyone , he cannot go, possibly ever, because he told that when he was in the class

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Abhinav C
Mar 1, 2021

Alec is right the teacher annouced while in the class . And she has not returned as she has not gone out .

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