Over at The Anchoress (who is, btw, also a winner of a Catholic Blog Award o{];¬) ) there are hilarious examples of creative 
answers to math questions by students who clearly had no clue.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was a grad student teaching in the Classics Dept. of the Univ. of Minnesota (where they are anti-Catholic in the Theatre Dept.). The course was called "The Age of Caesar" and about 135 were enrolled, if memory serves. I had to create and grade essay exams. 135 essays Think about it.
One answer I will never forget.
I asked a question about the importance of Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium. The response:
The main contribution of Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium was her uncanny ability to walk gracefully in high heels on the deck of a moving ship.
All these years later I remember that.
But wait…. I wonder.
Could that student have … no impossible. But still.
Might he have gone on to … create his own blog on Catholic issues?
…
?
No. Impossible. Another place. Another decade.
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It reminds me my math test…
Please pray for me!
That was true though – Cleo wore heels well.
LSHIC! I read this post last night and thought it could be YOU, Terry?!? It’s SO something you would say.
It’s 4:15 a.m. on Ash Wednesday-thanks for the big laugh as I start Lent!
Never having bothered with reading the text, I was faced with writing a short definition of “macaronic” music. Naturally, I replied that it was a music which accompanies pasta, usually served with a melted-cheese topping.
Zero!