Poking fun at students and their excuses not to take exams

Colleges & Universities University of Wisconsin
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<p>[Doug</a> Moe: Poking fun at students and their excuses to not take exams](<a href=“http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/doug_moe/article_1a9ec28e-dedc-11de-b50f-001cc4c03286.html]Doug”>Doug Moe: Poking fun at students and their excuses to not take exams)</p>

<p>Apparently, a hoax article was published in 1990 in the Connecticut Review with graphs/charts showing how grandmothers of low-performing students were many times more likely to pass away right before final exams than grandmothers of better students.</p>

<p>A UW-Madison professor recently put up an exhibit also spoofing such excuses.</p>

<p>Funny!</p>

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<p>Fun read about the past UW exhibit. I also note the extensive outreach to nonuniversty people mentioned- another role of the flagship U.</p>