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So let's suppose I gave

So let's suppose I gave my Ethics class a brief reading for weekend homework with the knowledge that there just might be a quiz on the material on Monday.

And let's suppose that I put the quiz on the board a good 1/2 hour before class started.

And let's suppose more than half of the class was in the room a good 15 minutes before class started.

Now answer me this:
1. How many of them read the 2-page article?
2. How many of them remembered what they read?
3. How many of them took notes on what they read?

And here's the bonus question:

How many of them were BRIGHT ENOUGH to realize that even if they hadn't read (which only two students had) - THE TWO QUIZ QUESTIONS WERE ON THE BOARD and they could have looked up the answers before class started?

Yeah. And these are my seniors?


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Both my parents were HS science teachers. Sometimes my mother used to hand out a small index card to the kids - and tell them to write whatever they wanted to on the card and they could use the card during the exam.

Of course the kids loved the idea - as if it was an "allowed" cheat sheet - but the fact was that their actually going through the material, writing the important stuff down on a little notecard... they didn't realize it - but they were studying!

One time, one of the kids forgot the note card at home - and my mother convinced him that he really didn't need it. It was "the magic feather" (like in the movie Dumbo - he could actually fly without it) - the kid did great on the test even without the card.

Sorry for the long rambling comment... just reminded me of that trick my mother used in her class. :)

I loved cheat sheets, mainly in my math classes where I could write all the formulas out (mainly Geometry).

I learned early to read the board as soon as you come into class, it also helps a lot in college. heh.

that reminds me of math class in 8th grade. my teacher would assign homework, and then go over it in class the next morning before collecting it. i was quick to figure out i could skip doing my homework - i would just write down the answers as she went over them in class and turn in my "completed" homework. genius! except then i failed the test because it turns out doing homework really does help you learn :)

But it is an Ethics class, so looking up the answers would have been wrong. See how much you have taught them this year? :D

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