Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Anchoring

The student who showed up ten minutes late for her make-up exam should thank the students who were forty minutes late for their make-ups yesterday. Compared to them, ten minutes is practically on-time.
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5 comments:

  1. De9:50 AM

    40 minutes late?!?! Doesn't that essentially count as a forfeit?

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  2. Matter-Eater Lad10:11 AM

    I am far too merciful an instructor.

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  3. De4:41 PM

    You ol' softy :)

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  4. Matter-Eater Lad10:13 PM

    To paraphrase Bill Cosby, there are times when I don't care about justice, I care about QUIET.

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  5. Kate11:30 AM

    To be fair, he only gave them until the original finishing time to finish the exam. So less of a softy than he could have been.

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