Saturday, June 27, 2009
Trick the teacher
I once had a student write a research paper about the results of the Spanish Inquisition. It was well-written, but the female student was very crafty in it. She inserted a line in the middle of the paper that made no sense (i.e. jubbble gibbles wibbles snibble honk tommy goes fishing). The point of the crazy line was that it was absurd and she had caught me offguard. I had read the paper but had skimmed some parts of it, failing to see the insertion. When I handed her the paper she asked me if I had read it completely. Of course I had. But clearly I had not done so effectively due to the fact that there was a ridiculous fragment inserted perfectly where my eyes would never see it. Well done. A+. I urged her to try that trick again. It was very creative.
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