Saturday, January 23, 2010

绝倒考试

一个叫RichardBenson的作家,搜集了许多考试答卷,整理出里头许多让人哭笑不得的答案,编成了一本叫F in Exams: The Funniest Test Paper Blunders的书。在这和大家分享几个例子:

1. (Q) What is a nitrate?
(A) Much cheaper than a day rate.

2. (Q) What did Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in common?
(A) Unusual names.

3. (Q) Steve is driving is car. He is travelling at 60 feet/second and the speed limit is 40 mph. Is Steve speeding?
(A) He could find out by checking his speedometer.

4. (Q) Joanna works in an office. Her computer is a stand-alone system. What is a stand-alone computer system?
(A) It doesn't come with a chair.

5. (Q) Where was the American Declaration of Independence signed?
(A) At the bottom.

6. (Q) Explain the phrase 'free press'.
(A) When your mum irons trousers for you.

7. (Q) Where was Hadrian's Wall built?
(A) Around Hadrian's garden.

8. (Q) The race of people know as Malays come from which country?
(A) Malaria.

还有这两个够“经典”的……

(Q) Name the wife of Orpheus, whom he attempted to save from the underworld.
(A) Mrs Orpheus.

(Q) Name six animals which live specifically in the Arctic?
(A) Two polar bears. Three Four seals.

Friday, January 22, 2010

A Huge Thank U



早上进入办公室之前,向信箱里望了一下,看见里面有一张粉红色的卡片和一包“吉百利”巧克力。心里有些纳闷:是谁送礼来了?

打开信箱,卡片是一张A4纸对折而成的,上面写着“A HUGE THANK U DR. CTK”。卡片显然是自制的。


打开卡片一看,左边有一个用Java编写的class,它是这么写的:


package Lab_1;

import java.util.*;

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("Thank you so much!!");

System.out.println("Finally we PASS...:-)");

if (not because of your guidance)

System.out.println("Extend sem");

else

System.out.println("Currently doing thesis 1");

System.out.println("We are so thankful");

}

}

*DONT RUN THIS CODING. DEFINITELY GOT ERROR(TT)

看到这里,我不禁哑然失笑,这肯定是Data Structures课的学生了。再看卡片的右边,写着:

“ENJOY THE CADBURY. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO GIVE, THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN THINK OF."

下面是两个学生的署名。印象中到上个学期为止,她们已经是第三次报考我教的这个科目,好不容易终于过关了,兴奋的心情可想而知。

Data Structures是学院里本科生的其中一个核心科目,考不过会大大影响学生们学习的进程。数个学期以来,已有好多学生栽在这个科目上,如何教和严宽之间的拿捏始终让我头疼。上个学期我尝试了不同的教学方式,再观察学生的表现,最后的成果还算让人满意。

其实,学生学得好、考得好,老师的兴奋是不亚于他们的。