These things have a certain therapeutic value - curiously my experience is
that it is the students who like them most; it does them good to know that
other people have made mistakes (and survived)!
----- Original Message -----
From: John Wickstrom <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 10:45 PM
Subject: RE: Today's Student Version ...
> These little gems are always interesting, though I think they sometimes
> betray an attitude towards students that wouldn't bear much thinking
about.
> But I would add that I've gotten some bizarre things from students in the
> last thirty years; on occasion I've asked them about it ,and reasonably
> often they know exactly the right answer (or spelling or whatever) but for
> whatever reason (anxiety or hurry comes to mind) they did something dumb
on
> the test paper. It might be something to remember while we are
constructing
> complex theories about mysterious terms that appear in medieval MSS.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Thomas
> > Izbicki
> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 3:56 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Today's Student Version ...
> >
> >
> > I once got an ancient history term paper with frequent mention of the
> > Maxidoniams.
> >
> > Tom Izbicki
> >
>
>
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