(Sung to The Battle Hymn Of The Republic)
Mine eyes have seen the horror
Of the ending of the term
It has poisoned all my spirits
Like an apple with a worm
It’s infected all my freedom
Like an ugly cancer germ
The truth shall soon be known.
Chorus:
Failure, failure, degradation,
Failure and humiliation,
Failure,...
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For those returning to school, here is an inside look at how professors grade
their final exams:
Dept Of Statistics:
All grades are fitted to a normal curve.
Dept Of Psychology:
Students are asked to blot ink in their exam books, close them and turn them
in. The professor opens the books and assigns the first grade that comes to
mind.
At first I was afraid, I was petrified!
Kept thinking I could never pass with no revision guide,
But then I spent so many nights, getting all the questions wrong,
And I grew strong,
And I learned I could scrape along,
I won’t look back, to any place,
When I can swallow 15 cans and get completely off my face,
I would have revised...
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The setting is Ohio State University about six or seven years ago in a huge
lecture hall (approximately 1000 students) for a Calculus final. Apparently this
particular calculus teacher wasn’t very well liked. He was one of those guys who
would stand at the front of the class and yell out how much time was remaining
before the end of a test, a real...
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A professor stood before his class of 20 senior organic biology students,
about to hand out the final exam.
“I want to say that it’s been a pleasure teaching you this semester. I know
you’ve all worked extremely hard and many of you are off to medical school after
summer. So that no one gets their GPA messed up because they might have...
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A student comes to a young professor’s office hours. She glances down the
hall, closes his door, kneels pleadingly.
“I would do anything to pass this exam.” She leans closer to him, flips back
her hair, gazes meaningfully into his eyes.
“I mean…” she whispers, “…I would do…anything.”
Instructions
Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit: 4 hours. Begin
immediately.
History
Descrive the history of the papacy from its origins to
the present day, concentrating especially but not exclusively, on it social,
political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia,
America and Africa....
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