You know, exams are like war — the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.
James Tiptree Jr.
You know, exams are like war
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Yup, exams are like war: if you make a mistake, you die.
Oh, wait, it doesn’t work that way? Gee, I’m surprised. Turns out it was just another damn fool analogy made by an undergrad with no experience of war or the military, who was at no risk of ever having to acquire such experience, and therefore could afford to shoot her mouth off on topics she knew nothing about.
Pardon me; I’m unusually grumpy these days, between flu offline and folly online.
And the panic sets in as you realize that you can’t dazzle them with your brilliance – and they won’t fall for your feeble attempts at baffling them with bullshite …