Difficult essay exam One day a student was taking a very difficult essay exam. At the end of the test, the prof asked all the students to put their pencils down and immediately hand in their tests. The young man kept writing furioulsy, although he was warned that if he did not stop immediately he would be disqualified. He ignored the warning, finished the test 10 minutes later, and went to hand the test to his instructor. The instructor told him he would not take the test. The student asked, ""D

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Which tire was flat? Two students decide to go skiing for the weekend, and are having such a good time they decide to blow off the (calculus, I believe) exam that they have scheduled for Monday morning in order to get some final runs in before they head back to school. They decide to tell the prof that they got a flat tire and therefore deserve to take the exam at a rescheduled time. Hearing the story, said professor agrees that it really was just bad luck, and of course they can take the exam l

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Stats joke.. Three professors (a physicist, a chemist, and a statistician) are called in to see their dean. Just as they arrive the dean is called out of his office, leaving the three professors there. The professors see with alarm that there is a fire in the wastebasket. The physicist says, "I know what to do! We must cool down the materials until their temperature is lower than the ignition temperature and then the fire will go out." The chemist says, "No! No! I know what to do! We must cut

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A Russian university valedictorian (from my Russian history prof) A valedictorian at a Russian university was giving his graduation speech. As a finale, the Party Secretary who was in attendance asked the young man two rehearsed questions: "Who is your mother?" "The Party," the young man replied. "And who is your father?" the Party Secretary asked next. "Lenin," the valedictorian said. Then, unrehearsed, the Party Secretary asked a third question: "And what do you want to be when you grow u

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The Final Exam A group of college buddies were about to graduate, and near the end of their exams, they decided to live it up on the weekend, so they took a little roadtrip to a resort town nearby. They laughed, they hit on cute girls, they partied hard. They had a final exam Monday morning, so late Sunday night they packed it up and drove home. Monday morning rolls around, and they all sleep in, and miss the exam. When they wake up, phone calls are made, and they decide that they will tell the

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4 college students are having a great time on spring break. So they decide to spend an extra week away from class. One of the students calls his professor, and says "prof, we are stuck in Daytona beach. We won't be able to make it back in time for exams because the tire on our car blew. We need to get it fixed before we head back". The prof says "no problem. Your safety comes first. Do what you need to, and when you get back the four of you can write the exam at that point". So the students l

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