Oh, the hourlylaff has a gem. The professor’s e-mail [likely apocryphal, but I don't really care] is below followed by a photo of the exam.
Dear Michael,
Every year I attempt to boost my students’ final grades by giving them this relatively simple exam consisting of 100 True/False questions from only 3 chapters of material. For the past 20 years that I have taught Intro Communications 101 at this institution I have never once seen someone score below a 65 on this exam. Consequently, your score of a zero is the first in history and ultimately brought the entire class average down a whole 8 points.
There were two possible answer choices: A (True) and B (False). You chose C for all 100 questions in an obvious attempt to get lucky with a least a quarter of the answers. It’s as if you didn’t look at a single question. Unfortunately, this brings your final grade in this class to failing. See you next year!
May God have mercy on your soul.
Sincerely,
Professor William TurnerP.S. If all else fails, go with B from now on.
B is the new C
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rightwingprof 08.05.07 at 9:11 am
I hope Prof. Turner realizes he didn’t blur out the student’s ID number and deals with it. You can get in some serious doo-doo for that, tenured or not.
Matthew 08.05.07 at 9:06 pm
The student’s ID number is what gives it away – too many similarities in the 3s and 8s. Some of the dots are copied as well.
I can’t believe someone photoshopped an entire scantron, but I’m glad they did.