Re: humor in exams

From: Bill Goffe (goffe@Oswego.EDU)
Date: Thu May 13 2004 - 14:51:09 CDT

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    I wrote that "spelling" of shift on the board when a TA. It did add a
    bit of levity to the class...

        - Bill

    Harvey said:

    > My absolute favourite is still:
    >
    > "As a result of that shock, the demand curve for XX
    > shits upwards"
    >
    > Just let the imagery sink in for a moment...
    >
    > HK
    >
    > On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:48:30 -0400 Arthur Woolf <Arthur.Woolf@uvm.edu>
    > wrote:
    >
    > > This is the time of year we struggle as we read essay
    > > answers. There are always some unintentionally funny
    > > phrases that pop up. I was just reading an answer to a
    > > question on an Edgeworth Box in intermediate micro and
    > > one student wrote that the contract curve represents
    > > the "connection of efficiency locusts..."\
    > >
    > > Anyone else have any good ones?
    > >
    > > Art Woolf
    > > University of Vermont
    >
    >
    > Harvey King, PhD
    > Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
    > Associate Professor (Economics)
    > Faculty of Arts
    > University of Regina
    > Regina, Sk., Canada S4S 0A2
    > harvey.king@uregina.ca
    > 306-585-4772

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