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This past fall semester, at
Duke University, there were two sophomores who were taking Organic
Chemistry and who did pretty well on all of the quizzes, midterms, labs,
etc. Going into the final exam, they had solid "A's."
These two friends were so confident going into the final that the
weekend before finals week (even though the Chem. final was on Monday),
they decided to go up to University of Virginia to a party with some
friends.
So they did this and had a great time. However, they ended up staying
longer than they planned, and they didn't make it back to Duke until
early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they found
Professor Aldric after the final and explained to him why they missed
it. They told him that they went up to Virginia for the weekend, and had
planned to come back in time to study, but that they had a flat tire on
the way back and didn't have a spare and couldn't get help for a long
time. So they were late getting back to campus.
Aldric thought this over and agreed that they could make up the final on
the following day. The two guys were elated and relieved. So, they
studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Aldric had
told them.
He placed them in separate rooms, handed each of them a test booklet and
told them to begin. They looked at the first problem, which was
something simple about free radical formation and was worth 5 points.
"Cool" they thought, "this is going to be easy." They did that problem
and then turned the page.
They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on the next page.
It said: (95 points) "Which tire?"
A student comes to a young professor's office hours. She glances down
the hall, closes his door, and kneels pleadingly."I would do anything to
pass this exam," she says.She leans closer to him, flips back her hair,
and gazes meaningfully into his eyes. "I mean," she whispers, "I would
do anything..."He returns her gaze, "Anything?""Anything."His voice
softens, "Anything?""Anything," she repeats again. His voice turns to a
whisper. "Would you ... study?"
TEACHER: What is the chemical formula for water?
SARAH: "HIJKLMNO"!
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
SARAH: Yesterday you said its H to O!
oe, a college student, was taking a course in ornithology, the study
of birds. The night before the biggest test of the semester, Joe spent
all night studying. He had the textbook nearly memorized. He knew his
class notes backward and forward. Joe was ready.
The morning of the test, Joe entered the auditorium and took a seat in
the front row. On the table in the front was a row of ten stuffed birds.
Each bird had a sack covering its body, and only the legs were showing.
When class started, the professor announced that the students were to
identify each bird by looking at its legs and give its common name,
species, habitat, mating habits, etc.
Joe looked at each of the birds' legs. They all looked the same to him.
He started to get angry. He had stayed up all night studying for this
test and now he had to identify birds by their LEGS? The more he thought
about the situation, the angrier he got.
Finally he reached his boiling point. He stood up, marched up to the
professor's desk, crumpled up his exam paper and threw it on the desk.
"What a ridiculous test!" he told the prof. "How could anyone tell the
difference between these birds by looking at their legs? This exam is
the biggest rip-off I've ever seen!"
With that, Joe turned and stormed toward the exit. The professor was a
bit shocked, and it took him a moment to regain his composure. Then,
just as Joe was about to walk out the door, the prof shouted out, "Wait
a minute, young man, what's your name?"
Joe turned around, pulled up his pant legs and hollered, "You tell me,
prof! You tell me!"
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