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Sunday, May 13, 2007

College Kids Scores 0/100 On a True or False Final. PHOTOS

"...What can WE learn from this?..."

Spontaneously, I think we all laughed at first. With disbelief, that is.

But I really feel sorry for the guy in question, if this is his real answer sheet, unless of course he thinks it is cool to broadcast to the world his usual technique to pass a test.

But when we all look deeply into this phenomenon, I think we should be aware that this is not a rare thing to happen. It does reflect something of today's young generation, or may of be of we all, for that matter.

We do pay less attention to things around us.

We start to lose our ability to see thing as it is. In this case, it is the instruction for the exam. Or, looking deeply, the heart of the matter is the responsibility of a student, that is, to study and be prepared and be ready for an exam and to try your best at reading and answering the exam in question so that your grade might relatively reflect your academic capability comparing to others in the same situation.

Instead, we have more of a careless generation overall. Careless in how to live a responsible life, a purpose-driven life.

So, I'l go back to my question at the beginning of this blog:

"...What can WE learn from this?..."

In the spirit of post-modernism, I'll leave it open for you to answer. Yes, this one is an open-ended question. Don't bother to give me all the Cs for your answer. No, I won't fail you if you do. I don't have the authority to do so. But may be you would only fail yourself, the same way this young gentleman just did.

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From: http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1730017

Check out this exam my friend took the other week.
100 question True/False Communications Final

His professor sent him an e-mail the following day:

Dear Michael,

Every year I attempt to boost my students' final grades by giving them this relatively simple exam consisting of 100 True/False questions from only 3 chapters of material. For the past 20 years that I have taught Intro Communications 101 at this institution I have never once seen someone score below a 65 on this exam. Consequently, your score of a zero is the first in history and ultimately brought the entire class average down a whole 8 points.

There were two possible answer choices: A (True) and B (False). You chose C for all 100 questions in an obvious attempt to get lucky with a least a quarter of the answers. It's as if you didn't look at a single question. Unfortunately, this brings your final grade in this class to failing. See you next year!

May God have mercy on your soul.

Sincerely,
Professor William Turner

P.S. If all else fails, go with B from now on.
B is the new C

Queen pokes fun at Bush gaffe

I really like Her Majesty's sense of humor! :-) It really has class, don't you think?

What's more, I think it reflects forgiveness, a virtue of a ruler. Her Majesty chose to not paying attention to Bush's obvious blunder, including his improper behavior of winking to her and suggesting her look to him was like a mother's look to a child.

I believe that if world leaders could learn from Her Majesty, and be more relaxed and know when to forgive and not get too stuck up with "labels" or Upathana Kandha in Pali language, the world would definitely be a much better place.

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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/09/wqueen109.xml

By Tom Leonard

Last Updated: 2:06am BST 10/05/2007

The Queen got her own back on President Bush last night for his gaffe on Monday, in which he almost suggested that she was around in 1776.


	The Queen demonstrates a wry sense of humour

Opening a toast at a black tie dinner at the British ambassador’s residence in Washington, the Queen said: “I wondered whether I should start this toast by saying, ’When I was here in 1776...’, but I don’t think I will.”

The 104 guests, who included Hillary Clinton, erupted in laughter along with Mr Bush, who remarked later that “I can’t top that one” at the beginning of his toast.

In her last engagement before she flew home to Britain, the Queen thanked Mr Bush and his predecessors for their contribution in bringing peace to Northern Ireland. She said: “I would also like to take this opportunity, on the day that has seen the formal transfer of power to the developed Northern Ireland Government, to thank you and your predecessors for your contribution to bringing peace in Northern Ireland.”

Of her US visit, she said: “Over our six days in the United States we have much enjoyed the chance to dwell on the history of the relationship between our two countries as well as celebrating its present strength an vitality.”

Mr Bush also mentioned Northern Ireland, saying: “This morning the world witnessed yet another advance for freedom and peace.

"The people of Northern Ireland took control of their future when Catholics and Protestants came together to form a new government that offers the prospect of peace and reconciliation after years of violence and division.

"In Belfast today, we’re seeing once again how democracy and freedom can help heal a wounded world.”

After the dinner, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh boarded a chartered British Airways jet at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington to fly home.