Friday, May 28, 2010

End of an era


Heh. Apparently, Oxford's All Souls College has decided to scrap their infamous one-word exam, which frequently consisted of a question like this:
'Water' (Expound)
Admittedly, this will probably spare whoever grades these suckers from wasting years of their lives wading through impossibly pretentious crap, but I'm sure someone is feeling a slight pang.

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Blogger Unknown said...

Like anyone who had to go through that experience before.

9:58 PM

 
Blogger Yulianka said...

Heh. Although--judging by the entries I've read--the people who actually entered into that essay contest... thing seem to have enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

2:20 PM

 

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