Word: cramming
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...reading period of today, which gives students a chance to cram for exams, is the vestige of a practice originally designed for the benefit of the professors...
Ironically, in this psychology class much like my others, tests measure the ability of students to cram as many isolated facts as possible into their heads, only to forget them as soon as they are written down, psychologist is supposed to be fostered in this environment, I still don't understand...
...dramatic vision to life in the hallowed halls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this past weekend. Unfortunately, the effort was not wholly sucessful. Having meandered thourgh the beautiful rooms of the Gardner Museum en route to the theater, sold-out audiences found themselves disillusioned at having to cram into an inconvenient space and strain their necks to catch a glimpse of the distant stage. Those who could see witnessed a still rough rendition of Aristophanes' most popular play, Lysistrata...
Most students agreed that the focus of the courses was not to cram material but to learn techniques of taking a test such as the LSAT...
...course, the staff evidently doesn't feel that it needs those extra two weeks to get the work done that was put off during the semester. Thus, they want Harvard to force students to acquire the self-discipline to cram in their activities, a little fun and the end-of-the-semester work in a shorter period of time...