n^0=1

So I am sitting at a Cisco Networking class. Probably a good idea since I am trying to get my CCNA. Anyways, the professor starts talking about binary conversions and powers of two. He goes on to explain thatimmediately people start questioning why that is. He answer in a very humble way that he really does not know exactly why it is. He goes on to say that he is not a math person, but to please take his word for it. I am cool with that, no big deal, after all it is not a math class. A few minutes later this girl sitting across the room calls the professor and shows him how to explain whyand by explaining him, I mean show him her screen with the recent google search she just did about the subject. The teacher, again, politely says that is not my area, you can explain it if you want to. Next thing I know this girl is going to the board to explain why. Now, she did have the right idea, after all she had just googled it. She went on to show it by using the law of exponents and examples.

The law of exponents states the following: Using it you can create examples that show

While, the examples that she gave were correct she said something totally wrong. Something that anyone attempting to explain a mathematical expression should never do, no matter how stupid the expression may seem. She went on to say that you could easily prove it by example. WTF? Nothing in mathematics can be proven by example!. Furthermore,is true because it is defined that way. No if ends or butts. There is no proof that goes along with it.

The sad part of the whole thing is that she supposedly graduate it with a Math degree from The University of Houston. *sight*