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Student Paper Howlers
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Usual scandal mongering by the daily fail, but some of the answers are genius! Love in particular the answer given to 'What is a fibula'. 
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19-11-2009, 17:51
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The Last Airbender
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 They're frickin' superb 
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19-11-2009, 18:23
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Kids are supposed to remember the number of feet in a mile? Never had to learn that at school, only did metric measurement system.
Googled it, and it's an interesting answer. Quote:
60*60 = 3600 feet per minute. 3600 * 60 = 216,000 feet per hour. 216,000 / 5280 = 40.909090909 mph. So yes, he is speeding but by .9 mph. Under British law they allow a leniency of up to 10% IIRC.. so whilst he might , just, be speeding he wouldn't be considered as such in the eyes of the law.
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19-11-2009, 18:25
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Moonshine
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Usually IME unless the point of the exam is to test your knowledge of such things, they'll usually have conversion ratios and stuff like that on the paper.
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19-11-2009, 18:26
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Joey Tempest
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I got a forwarded email today with plenty of these. I think my favourite one has to be "what is a vibration?"
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19-11-2009, 19:20
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Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals
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I'm not entirely convinced of the veracity of some of them, nor that the correct interpretation of them is that the exams were too much for the students - some of the answers are borderline genius, if I had the wit I'd have answered a few papers like that when I didn't care about the result.
My favourite has to be: Q: "How does Romeo's character develop throughout the play?" A: "It doesn't, it's just self, self, self, all the way through." How to dismiss Shakespeare in one line.
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My own interpretation of this is much better than maths  Steve is driving his car and he is travelling at 60 feet/sec. Never said his car was so I assume he has already crashed and is currently flying through the windscreen Much better answer 
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19-11-2009, 19:52
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Buns'o'Steel
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I absolutely love this!!! I just nearly weed myself laughing at them!!!
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19-11-2009, 20:24
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Absinthe
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I thought they showed superb lateral thinking. Far more useful in the real world than memorised facts.
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19-11-2009, 23:34
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Joey Tempest
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I know several people that are so clever it's unreal. They can reel off fact after fact and tell you anything you want to know. Put them into a real situation where they have to think for themselves, or even a situation that requires common sense and they struggle.
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