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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