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The rules at a particular university were such that if the professor were not present in the classroom by 15 minutes past the hour, the class was considered a "walk" and the students were free to leave -- with no penalties for missing a class. The rooms were equipped with the type wall clocks which "jumped" ahead each minute, in a very noticeable fashion. As it were, these clocks were also not of the most sophisticated construction. Some enterprising student discovered that if one were to hit the clock with chalkboard erasers, it would cause the clock to "jump" ahead 1 minute. So, it became almost daily practice for these students to take target practice at the clock ( as it would have it, this particular professor was not the most punctual, and the students considered him severely "absent-minded"). A few well aimed erasers and 15 minutes were passed, and class dismissed itself. Well, when the day for the next exam rolled around, the professor strolled into the room, passed out the exams, and told them "You have 1 hour to complete". The professor then proceeded to collect the erasers from around the room, gleefully took aim at the clock. When he had successfully "jumped" the clock forward 1 hour, he closed the class and collected the exam papers.

Yay! :D

HAHA - good one

I enjoy cleverness...

I always find it funny that a student in college is paying to take a class, but continuously tries to find ways to "get out" of the effort. Is this not shortchanging yourself, very similar to walking out of a theatre halfway through the movie?

Seems silly to me.

Honest to God True Story. I saw the Papers My Mother corrected...

one test paper. Student wrote: "I don't know."
Test paper of Student one desk over.: "Me Too"

One dilligent student was so determined to copy his neighbor's paper perfectly, that [s]he succeeded.... including copying the other student's Name.

I only thought they happened in jokes, but my mother (5th grade teacher) showed me these one night.

Well students have now found another way to waste time and money. But at least the professor was humurous about it.

I always find it funny that a student in college is paying to take a class, but continuously tries to find ways to "get out" of the effort. Is this not shortchanging yourself, very similar to walking out of a theatre halfway through the movie?

Seems silly to me.
Yes, it is kinda like "cutting off your nose to spite your face." I suspect that most of those cases involve students for whose expenses someone else is paying.

Looking back now, I'm actually glad that we couldn't afford to help our kids very much financially. Made them more industrious and independent.

My oldest grandson had a b/day party yesterday and all the Horn Tribe was in attendance. I had a marvelous time just sitting back watching all the members of my family, having the occasional conversation with first one, then another. Does it come accross that I'm inordinately proud of them? :D

Honest to God True Story. I saw the Papers My Mother corrected...

one test paper. Student wrote: "I don't know."
Test paper of Student one desk over.: "Me Too"

One dilligent student was so determined to copy his neighbor's paper perfectly, that [s]he succeeded.... including copying the other student's Name.

I only thought they happened in jokes, but my mother (5th grade teacher) showed me these one night.
Sigh. Well, if it's any consolation, that's nothing new. Talk about shortchanging yourself. Sigh. :(

Well students have now found another way to waste time and money. But at least the professor was humurous about it.
Heh! Can your say "creative retribution," boys and girls? :D

Yet another glorious victory against the forces of hypocrisy and falsehood! ;)

Yet another glorious victory against the forces of hypocrisy and falsehood! ;)
LOL! Perzactly! :D

LOL. payback is sweet.

LOL. payback is sweet.
Heh! I'm sure!

G'mornin' lovely lady. How's u dis mawnin?

Ah. Extensive abuse of the academic quarter. I like it :D

Heh! I'm sure!

G'mornin' lovely lady. How's u dis mawnin?
eh, good nuff..... mad at my local skoolin systems.........gots me a thred on it...if yer lookin u could find it.:p

Without that kind of clock, we still have the golden rule, only at my school it's 10 minutes because CS students have a low threshold for tardiness on the part of the prof.

eh, good nuff..... mad at my local skoolin systems.........gots me a thred on it...if yer lookin u could find it.:p
Just posted to it. :p

Adding in with something that happened last week.

Right now my 3rd year students (US 9th grade) are currently cramming for their high school entrance exams. These are the first of the high stakes tests that Japanese kids take in life. In an effort to give them a break from taking mock English tests class after class, I'm sometimes asked to come up with some sort of English game that's fun.

Last week I elected to play English baseball, asking review questions of the teams based upon which base the kids wanted to go to. Singles were easy and slow, home runs were hard and almost native speed.

One of my boy students gets up to bat and asks for a home run. I ask, "Who was the first president of the United States of America" (They have learned this in history).

My student thinks REALLY hard and then says, "It was Washington!"

Good grammar, correct last name but... "Good, what was his first name?"

He thinks even harder, then breaks out into a huge gin and yells, "DC!"

Time out was called because the pitcher (me) was laughing so hard.

Adding in with something that happened last week.

Right now my 3rd year students (US 9th grade) are currently cramming for their high school entrance exams. These are the first of the high stakes tests that Japanese kids take in life. In an effort to give them a break from taking mock English tests class after class, I'm sometimes asked to come up with some sort of English game that's fun.

Last week I elected to play English baseball, asking review questions of the teams based upon which base the kids wanted to go to. Singles were easy and slow, home runs were hard and almost native speed.

One of my boy students gets up to bat and asks for a home run. I ask, "Who was the first president of the United States of America" (They have learned this in history).

My student thinks REALLY hard and then says, "It was Washington!"

Good grammar, correct last name but... "Good, what was his first name?"

He thinks even harder, then breaks out into a huge gin and yells, "DC!"

Time out was called because the pitcher (me) was laughing so hard.
Kind of reminds me of the travel agency that says," Go away"

My Bio teacher encourages us to do a funny answer if we don't know and time's almost up.

My 8th Grade American History teacher had a question on a test about what you did for a nuclear threat during the cold war if you were in school. I was the only one in my class to choose D. D was:
"Look at me Mr. ******, I'm demonstrating it!"

Good answers from students: Q:"Name an early radio show." A:"The Lonely Dick" The two examples from the book were Dick Tracy and The Lone Ranger.

Q: "Name an important advancement in Transportation from the late 1800s/early 1900s." A: "The telephone." That one the person just overlooked the transportation part, they normally got Bs or so.

Today one of my friends got a quiz back where they forgot to finish writing their name. Oops.

The rules at a particular university were such that if the professor were not present in the classroom by 15 minutes past the hour, the class was considered a "walk" and the students were free to leave -- with no penalties for missing a class. The rooms were equipped with the type wall clocks which "jumped" ahead each minute, in a very noticeable fashion. As it were, these clocks were also not of the most sophisticated construction. Some enterprising student discovered that if one were to hit the clock with chalkboard erasers, it would cause the clock to "jump" ahead 1 minute. So, it became almost daily practice for these students to take target practice at the clock ( as it would have it, this particular professor was not the most punctual, and the students considered him severely "absent-minded"). A few well aimed erasers and 15 minutes were passed, and class dismissed itself. Well, when the day for the next exam rolled around, the professor strolled into the room, passed out the exams, and told them "You have 1 hour to complete". The professor then proceeded to collect the erasers from around the room, gleefully took aim at the clock. When he had successfully "jumped" the clock forward 1 hour, he closed the class and collected the exam papers.

I'd have to put that one to the Pepsi Challenge on Snopes, however entertaining it might be. Any real teacher who did that would almost certainly be facing sanctions if they failed the class on that basis. That's why most instructors I've seen at uni have attendance policies, as well as policies for what to do when an instructor doesn't show (you submit an attendance record with the front office usually).

I'd have to put that one to the Pepsi Challenge on Snopes, however entertaining it might be. Any real teacher who did that would almost certainly be facing sanctions if they failed the class on that basis. That's why most instructors I've seen at uni have attendance policies, as well as policies for what to do when an instructor doesn't show (you submit an attendance record with the front office usually).

No need to bother the kind folks over there. I can tell you this is just a humorous variant of a very commonly told UL. The bit with the erasers has simply been been tacked on for effect.

one test paper. Student wrote: "I don't know."
Test paper of Student one desk over.: "Me Too"



Strike one for cheating, strike two for saying "me too" instead of "me neither".