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2007-02-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Creative answers on math & physics exams

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Posted by Mike 2007-02-20 10:34|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Any former physics grad assistant who has labored mightily to grade several hundred papers a week, none of which ever had the right answer and all of which had to be assessed for "partial credit", will tell you that such gallows humor is not nearly as funny as the students thought at the time.

Posted by RWV 2007-02-20 11:40|| 2007-02-20 11:40|| Front Page Top

#2 RoFL

thank you Mike for posting this

and thankfully I don't have to grade papers

Posted by mhw 2007-02-20 12:10|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-02-20 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Yup, x=5. But "Here" is right, too. Wonderful stuff!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-20 16:10|| 2007-02-20 16:10|| Front Page Top

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