Cleopatra and exam questions

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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