The Art of Grading

Bad College Courses
1. Home Economics 304: Being Just Another Baby-Maker

2. English 202: A Painstaking Review of Every Mediocre Essay Published by The Bitter, Self-Obsessed Professor

3. Human Sexuality 303: Oedipus or Lolita: Men Can't Win

4. Astronomy 207: Advanced Analysis of 1000s of Photos of Nearly Identical Rocks from Remote Celestial Bodies

5. Psychology 1303: Creative Neurosurgery

6. Geology 101: A Rock is a Rock is a Rock: The Quarterback's GPA-Booster

7. Theatre 120: Adjusting Your Sissy-Pants Beret and Cape

8. Sociology 227: Field Research: Mating Patterns in the Coastal Saloon Ecosystem

9. Business 105: Big Pimpin' - The Relative Non-Ease Thereof

10. Education 104: Clueless, Beleaguered TA's and Absentee Star Professors on Book Tours in the Modern Educational System

11. Chemistry 102: From Rohypnol to GBH: Party Planning for Frat Boys

12. Law 160: Opening Wounds, Closing Cases: Inflicting Severe Emotional Trauma During Cross-Examination

13. American Studies 219: Tab 'n' Shasta: Deconstructing the Dream of the American Cola

14. Technological Programming 302: Making a Really Cool Virtual Reality Penis Glove

15. Classics 230: An Orgy of Ancient Sodomite Intellectualism


A doctor, a lawyer and a mathematician were discussing the relative merits of having a wife or a mistress.

The lawyer says, "For sure a mistress is better. If you have a wife and want a divorce, it causes all sorts of legal problems.

The doctor says, "It's better to have a wife because the sense of security lowers your stress and is good for your health.

The mathematician says, "You're both wrong. It's best to have both so that when the wife thinks you're with the mistress and the mistress thinks you're with your wife, you can do some mathematics.


ART OF GRADING Here is a list of the ways professors grade their final exams:

DEPT OF STATISTICS:
All grades are plotted along the normal bell curve.

DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY:
Students are asked to blot ink in their exam books, close them and turn them in. The professor opens the books and assigns the first grade that comes to mind.

DEPT OF HISTORY:
All students get the same grade they got last year.

DEPT OF PHILOSOPHY:
What is a grade?

LAW SCHOOL:
Students are asked to defend their position of why they should receive an A.

DEPT OF MATHEMATICS:
Grades are variable.

DEPT OF LOGIC:
If and only if the student is present for the final and the student has accumulated a passing grade then the student will receive an A else the student will not receive an A.

DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE:
Random number generator determines grade.

MUSIC DEPARTMENT:
Each student must figure out his grade by listening to the instructor play the corresponding

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