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March 31, 2005
qualified shmalified
This morning, I signed up to take my qualifying exams. For anyone who is not familiar with this process, it means that I have to take a series of exams to prove that I learned the material in the classes I took. Apparently, getting a good grade in the class or passing the final exam is not enough. They have to be sure that we actually know it... because obviously, we could all fake our way through a final exam.
I don't know what strikes me as worse, the fact that they have so little faith in their professors abilities to teach us this material, or the fact that these tests were introduced because so many people *did* manage to fake their way through their coursework..... and now run through the streets flailing about in their own pile of ignorance and embarrassment.
So, I propose that we all take exams as early and as often as humanly possible. Exams for everyone!! All the time!! Let's get rid of all the incompetence (except in cases where it's amusing). Qualifying exams all around... woohoo!!
Posted by trina at March 31, 2005 01:17 PM
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Yey! Exams! :p
So how did it go anyway?
Posted by: alpha at March 31, 2005 07:17 PM