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Old 06-09-2008, 02:17 PM   #1
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So this is kinda funny
One of my closest teacher-friends (you know you have those) is grading AP US History exams right now. I was exchanging emails with her, because it's her first time to do it, asking her about the experience and such...then I asked if she had encountered any "THIS IS SPARTA"s yet? Her response:

"And, yes, I've run across "This is Sparta." "This is madness." several times as have the other readers. "

SUCCESS!

Also she said that she was reading the political loyalties shift from 1928-1940 question (I did the other one, about the New South) and some people mentioned Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay. what the eff. come on none of you did that, right? She also said that most of the essays were realllllllllly bad...You know, CC has REALLY skewed my conception of reality :-P
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Old 06-09-2008, 02:45 PM   #2
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If CC were any accurate representation of reality, well, I don't know what I would do. This is like a nerd's little bubble paradise.

I can't believe enough people actually went through with the 300 thing to get noticed. That's really funny.
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Old 06-09-2008, 08:46 PM   #3
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wow this is kinda funny!
Jackson? did they mistake 1928 with 1828? that's ridiculously bad...
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Old 06-09-2008, 11:12 PM   #4
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well if majority were bad, that means grading will be a little less harsh right? I made some maj. errors on one esssay,haha.
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Old 06-10-2008, 05:33 AM   #5
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Wow. Just one reader already encountered it "several times." Just imagine how many there were in total.

I'm glad to have contributed on 2 (maybe 3?) of my 5 APs.
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Old 06-10-2008, 11:29 AM   #6
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i know!!! haha, i'm so proud of us
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:24 AM   #7
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WOW!! SUCCESS =]
hahaha
i did that all over my ap tests
i'm most proud of doing it on my calc bc final. it was like f'(x) = MADNESS
then i crossed it out. =] hehe
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Old 06-28-2008, 12:30 PM   #8
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hahah i remember it took me forever just to remember that 1929 was the great depression year....

i didnt write "this is sparta" and now i'm sorry and i wish i did
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Old 06-28-2008, 12:42 PM   #9
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Wow, I'm betting your teacher graded my schools tests because about 10 kids from my class wrote "This is Sparta" and we had one kid purposely write about the completely wrong thing for the change in politial loyalties cause he knew he was going to fail. I don't know if he wrote about Jackson and clay but I woulndnt be suprised if that was him.
HAHA this was funny
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Old 06-28-2008, 02:37 PM   #10
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I wasn't in on it, but I did draw a gigantic grue on my AP Gov question booklet. It was my first test, so when they came around to collect it I was like "Oh, ****..."
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Old 06-30-2008, 04:38 AM   #11
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"This is Sparta" had no adverse effect on my grades :-P
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Old 07-01-2008, 01:52 AM   #12
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actually i know someone who wrote that FDR was a republican in their essay.

now THAT was funny.
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