无奇不有

公布考试成绩后，学生来求我网开一面“upgrade”成绩的事每个学期都发生，可是这一次是学生来求我“downgrade”他的成绩。考了一个C的他，求我把他的成绩改为C-，原因是拿了C-就是不及格，不及格就可以重考，就有机会“改善”成绩。这样的情况，本地人说被“炸到”，中国人说被“雷到”……

我发现有些学生似乎把希望寄托在“特别学期”。所谓的特别学期就是在两个“正常”学期之间所开设的“附加”学期。这段时间原本属于长假，但是因为一些学生的几个主要科目考砸了，为了让他们能在预定的期限内完成学业，就增加了“特别学期”让他们重考。

一个“正常”学期是14个星期，特别学期只有7个星期，属于“浓缩”版。为了不影响学习的素质，目前院方规定特别学期只开放给重考生，也就是说他们已上过至少一个“正常”学期的课，只是考试不及格。因此，特别假期可说是给学生复习和重考的机会。

然而，上个特别学期的教授采取非常宽松的态度，许多在我班上考不及格的学生到了他的班上却考了A或A-。其中一个学生还洋洋得意地告诉我他在我手上拿了C-，重考后得了个A-。后来他看到我又对我炫耀了一次，我笑笑说：“你说过了。”或许他太兴奋了，某天他看到我时又企图重述一遍，我冷冷地说：“你应该知道为何你可以考到A-。”他也静默了。

炸到+雷到=被雷炸到。

Super Fan of Chuck Norris

I couldn't believe I was marking the scripts for a Java programming exam when I opened one of the answer booklets and saw this...

and then these...

Apparently, this was a student who is a super fan of Chuck Norris and had learned C programming. Well, both are old stuff but most students in the class are around 20 years old...

In fact, I know who the student was. During the exam, he just slept at his desk most of the time. I thought I was going to get a blank answer script from him but eventually, I got a little surprise.