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Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:35 AM Nov 2012

Test Taking and Honesty...

At the local state university, there were four sophomores taking chemistry and
>all of them had an "A" so far. These four friends were so confident that,
>the weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a
>big party. They had a great time but, after all the hearty partying, they
>slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to State College until early
>Monday morning.
>
>Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final they
>would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they
>visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tire. As a result, they
>missed the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the
>next
>day.
>
>The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam.
>The Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet.
>They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points.
>
>Cool, they thought! Each one in separate rooms, thinking this was going to
>be easy.... then they turned the page. On the second page was written:
one sentence.."For 95 points...Which Tire"?...................

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Test Taking and Honesty... (Original Post) Stuart G Nov 2012 OP
IMO a contemporary science student would answer "the one that went flat" HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #1
Ohhhh, face. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #2
Clever. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #3

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
1. IMO a contemporary science student would answer "the one that went flat"
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:42 AM
Nov 2012

and take the disagreement on the failed grade before the faculty-student concerns committee for arbitration.

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