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Verba said the committee agreed with the students contention that Rotterdam probably should have told the students of their low grades before the final exam, which he said is suggested as a guideline in the Handbook for Instructors...
...lived for exam period. Winter, Spring, GRE's, makeups, Summer School, the Freshman reading test--Mr. Test worked them all. His stentorian voice warned students year after year to have their pencils sharpened, not to use the lavatory until 90 minutes had passed, and to pass their attendance slips to the center aisle. Every Harvard undergraduate since the early 1970s has a favorite story about the voices that came over the P.A. system an hour into an exam and admonished, "Remember that fire exits are located in the front and rear of the building...
...much-needed levity for most students during an otherwise grim time of year. But in the past several years, Mr. Test's antics seemed to become more annoying than before. Things almost got out of hand last spring when he allegedly made a mistake about the length of an exam and seized a paper from an astonished student, who later threatened to sue him. It is more than a little ironic that Mr. Test lost his job after years of following a set exam format when he refused to switch to a new two-person system in Mem Hall...
Everyone has a favorite section of the stacks, where one is sure to be able to study without the distracting presence of other humans. Except during exam and reading periods, vast portions of the stacks remain virtually deserted. Serene empty corridors are fine, but the books lining them are another matter. Are these books being used? Should they be taking up space if widener's shelves are so overcrowded...
...warm reassurance of love not dependent on academic achievement ("Sally, if I were stupid would you still love me the way I love you?"). Others seek recourse to the warm reassurance of physical exhilaration independent of academic achievement ("I'm not going to get out of shape this exam period. Hell, no, I unicycle out to Revere Beach every morning...