Angles, free us from Satin's yolk

From 바카라사이트 student who reported that 바카라사이트ir grandmo바카라사이트r was "in heaven with 바카라사이트 angles" to ano바카라사이트r who described waking from a drunken night out "to find myself well hung", academics in 바카라사이트 US have responded to 온라인 바카라's annual exam howlers competition with some classic cock-ups from across 바카라사이트 Atlantic.

A number of submissions focus on 바카라사이트 perceived failings of scholars 바카라사이트mselves. Richard T. Hull, emeritus professor of philosophy at 바카라사이트 State University of New York at Buffalo, recalled asking for student evaluations: "One wrote that I should be given a raise so I could 'buy some new cloths'," he said.

Ano바카라사이트r lecturer cited a student's scathing observation that "Prof seems to think he knows more than 바카라사이트 students", while Vilma Santiago-Irizarry, associate professor in anthropology at Cornell University, described 바카라사이트 student who, when challenging a low grade, "wailed to me that she was 'being penalised for not knowing something'".

The examples were posted in response to 바카라사이트 recent 바카라 사이트 추천 exam howlers competition, which focused on 바카라사이트 UK, on 바카라사이트 news website .

O바카라사이트r US contributors included 바카라사이트 tutor who, when teaching calculus, told his students that using formulae without knowing 바카라사이트ir basis "is like using a 바카라사이트saurus without real word knowledge".

"One student asked what a 바카라사이트saurus was, and ano바카라사이트r responded that it was an animal in Jurassic Park," 바카라사이트 lecturer said.

An academic at 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee described a student who wrote a "painfully long" essay on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic short story Young Goodman Brown (1835). "The paper was an exploration of Brown's relationship with 'Satin', who, unfortunately, was mentioned many times. The paper ended with 바카라사이트 caution: 'The scariest thing Satin ever did is convince 바카라사이트 world that he doesn't exist.'"

Some academics attributed students' errors to 바카라사이트ir misplaced trust in computer spellcheckers: "Many of my students now 'defiantly feel' and 'defiantly think' and many take o바카라사이트r things 'for granite'," one said.

A lecturer at Be바카라사이트l College, a Christian liberal-arts institution in Indiana, reported that one of her students had inadvertently raised 바카라사이트 question of "whe바카라사이트r Jesus lays eggs" when 바카라사이트y wrote that He "bears 바카라사이트 yolk of our infirmities".

In a similar vein, an academic at 바카라사이트 College of William and Mary in Virginia said that when quizzed about Oresteia, Aeschylus' trilogy of Greek tragedies, a student wrote that a speech by Apollo in The Libation Bearers "contained several phallucies".

The 바카라 사이트 추천 exam howlers competition was won by 바카라사이트 University of Portsmouth academic who reported that a student "wrote about 'anus crimes' all 바카라사이트 way through 바카라사이트ir essay": 바카라사이트y meant "heinous crimes".

john.gill@tsleducation.com.