By lame-o-prof - 15/07/2013 21:14 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, I was marking exams. I then had to explain to many of the students that (a) pigs are not aquatic animals and (b) sharks do not have lungs. These are university students. FML
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Same thing different taste

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friedpwnadge 25

Public schools are doing a fine job I see.

The "no child left behind" program at its finest!

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Lili_love 14

even college students Christmas Tree exams

this is what happens when high schools lower their classes and test difficulty to give the appearance of more students with high scores so they get more "funding"

How the hell did these people get in to university in the first place? Aren't there minimum standards?

147 No actually all tests to get into college do not test for knowledge in science or history. They test for math and English and reading and you cannot take any science classes until you have taken the prerequisites for them. Even the SAT in high school doesn't test for science or history. Although this takes place in Canada i'm sure it is the same over there.

Okay, I can understand why someone would get the latter one wrong; one could confuse sharks with dolphins. But why would anyone think a pig is aquatic?

Were these your students? If so, you're not doing the job their parents/owners of strip clubs are paying you to do.

I think it's more the kids' lives that are screwed up. Not the teacher's.

Always take a buddy whenever you swim, keep an eye out for aquatic pigs!