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**yxn2dC07** · 08-31-2012, 12:52 AM

a take home exam? Whats that?

Just think of it as super-homework. When I was in college we had take home exams too, for some classes.

Actually, this reminds me of a very similar story to what happened in one of my classes when I was in undergrad. It was architectural history class, and about half the class got busted plagiarizing out of the textbook for an assignment, and the professor declared, the day after the assignment was turned in, that everyone who submitted plagiarized reports was getting a zero. Well, most of the class (at least the half that got busted) actually set up a protest and started a petition to get signatures to send to the dean of the school to object to their zeros in the class. The professor made the comment, which I agreed with, that if they showed as much initiative in doing their work as they did in trying to get out of it, they'd all pass with flying colors.

This is why most of my classmates in college haven't amounted to jack, while I've found a level of success that they could only wish for.

08-31-2012, 12:52 AM	#8
yxn2dC07 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 548 Senior Member	a take home exam? Whats that? Just think of it as super-homework. When I was in college we had take home exams too, for some classes. Actually, this reminds me of a very similar story to what happened in one of my classes when I was in undergrad. It was architectural history class, and about half the class got busted plagiarizing out of the textbook for an assignment, and the professor declared, the day after the assignment was turned in, that everyone who submitted plagiarized reports was getting a zero. Well, most of the class (at least the half that got busted) actually set up a protest and started a petition to get signatures to send to the dean of the school to object to their zeros in the class. The professor made the comment, which I agreed with, that if they showed as much initiative in doing their work as they did in trying to get out of it, they'd all pass with flying colors. This is why most of my classmates in college haven't amounted to jack, while I've found a level of success that they could only wish for.
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