Creative gen. chem exam
by noel on May 28 2008 (5904 Views)It's summer, hooray! I am currently interning/vacationing in Livermore, so it'd be great if some of you guys can stop by to check on Mitch & Maz every once in a while, make sure they bathe and stuff. They would probably prefer that you bring some brownies, if possible. 
Most of you Reddit addicts have probably already seen it, but I thought I would share anyway. This is one disgruntled chemistry student.
If my professor (or even TA) actually reads what we write on the exam, instead of just selectively scanning for answers, I would probably do something similar. My last creative masterpiece was a half page filled with happy faces on a lab final. The very kind and patient TA that graded the problem is probably reading this blog.
Noel
P.S. Chmist cant' spel?
The best line is:
kinetics (bow-chicka-wow-wow)...?
I know this is slightly unrelated but, usually once a semester, we'll get an organic exam with a giant 3 paragraph apology for a poor performance accompanied with a monologue about how late the student stayed up, how many Red Bulls he or she consumed in the past 48 h, usually a mention of how they're going through a painful breakup and then topped off with a promise to do better on the next exam "for myself and my goals of being a doctor."
And I agree with you about spelling. The dictionary on my Mac is the most frequently used application (including iTunes).
If I got that last question, I would just draw all circles (to represent spheres). Without specifying which specific degenerate orbital, I would be correct! Much simpler.
I am now past paper and pencil tests. But before I have gotten bored during test. I learned that even when I am done in 10 minutes and there is an hour and twenty minutes left, yet I have everything right, to not turn it in that quick (people then bug you too much for help). On one test I was so bored (I mean, it is a test, you can not look around and goof around) I wrote a short story on the scrap paper given for the test, with cool illustrations. It was 5 pages long, front and back. I just forgot that the scrap paper was numbered and the professor required all scrap paper returned!
That was an awkward conversation with my professor.
LOL. Reminds me of some tests I have graded in the past when I taught organic chem.