Word: examing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three agreed that the American educational system and community encourage widespread intellectual apathy. From first grade through college, the successful student is the one who can "psych out the teacher or exam," in Alpert's opinion. The student is guided not by curiosity or intellectual motivation, but by desire for a superior grade...
...Harvard is noted for many things," Professor James J. Lingane told his Chemistry 40 class yesterday as a few students in the back of the room began to mumble about how they wished he would sit down and let them work on the surprise hour exam which was now in progress...
...Among these," he continued, "are its fine humor publications, of which this hour exam...
...which the Gargoyle chose for the exam, fake blue books and mimeographed question sheets were distributed, the traditional errata was inscribed on the blackboard and non-science exam proctors--Sam R. Little '64 and James D. Parry '64--paced the lecture hall, offering convincing but completely inane answers to the students' questions...
...situation as he entered the classroom. He was delayed for some ten minutes, after which he took the rostrum to expose the hoax. While he was making his announcement one of the "proctors" stood at the blackboard behind him marking off the time which remained for completing the exam...