Doctor Emmit Brown wrote:K A H wrote:Not sure what I'm thankful for though. The fact that term's almost over?
No, cuz that means that the exam season is upon us once again.
And my midterms just ended 3 weeks ago...
This is perhaps an inopportune time to point out, as Damonk did in his first guest week, that most intermediate to advanced level graduate courses don't have exams.... I'd like to think I'm not being as smug as he was about it, though.

Although I do have to proctor and aid in the marking of an exam. It's strange how the ninety minutes to two hours pass in the blink of an eye when you're taking the exam.... when you're proctoring it, it drags on endlessly.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Revising for an exam taxes one's nerves and sanity. Sitting an exam often causes nerves to override what little knowledge has been absorbed. Waiting for the results of an exam is even worse. Writing an exam (properly) is an irritating process (which explains why most exams are not written properly). Proctoring an exam is mind-numbingly dull. Marking an exam is tedious and painful. So why bother having exams at all?
K.A.H.
To torment students and teachers alike? Interesting concept....