question #2 on the health assignment was "describe how sound travels through the ear," meaning, name the parts of the ear and their jobs. instead, one girl simply wrote, "It goes in one ear and out the other." mr. uebelhoer and i laughed for quite some time, and then i realized this is probably what she has been told all her life. on question #3, 2 of her 3 "household tasks" for which hearing protection should be used were "screaming" and "yelling."