My mom had a math professor that was so sick of students not reading the directions that she gave them a huge take home exam, and wrote at the top: Please write your name at the top and turn the exam in. DO NOT DO ANY OF THE PROBLEMS OR YOU WILL FAIL: My mom said that only 4 people including her in a class of 50 actually followed the directions. All the other students ended up working on some of the hardest cumulative problems from the entire semester which took about 3 hours total to complete, and all of them failed. My mom told me this story when I started high school I'll be damned if I don't check for directions when I start a test or assignment.
My teacher did this to us in 4th grade. She went on for about 15 minutes about how we need to read the directions. Then hands us a pop quiz with just random crap like what is the genus and species of a wolverine. Stuff no college kid would ever know. The top of the directions says put your name on this paper, turn it over and then sit quietly. DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I think about 5 of us actually did it.
Had a math teacher who always harped on reading through the ENTIRE test before answering a question. On our mid-term he goes through his usual spiel about reading all the directions before handing out the exams. I get the test, flip through it and see on the last page "If you don't answer any questions and hand in this test with only your name on it, you get an automatic 100% for following directions". I was one of two people who successfully did this. When he saw that most people were getting near the end, he let them in on the secret and told them if anyone tried to erase answers, he would mark them incorrect. I was pretty smug about it the rest of the day. This was actually an awesome teacher and one of the only math teachers I ever had that explained concepts in a way that everyone understood. He had such a dry sense of humor that you could never tell if he was joking or serious, which I found hilarious.
I had a teacher do this in fourth grade too, but those directions were at the end of the test. So I worked all the way through the test then saw that. She said it was an exercise in following directions. I told her how stupid it was to read all the way through the test before starting to work on a single problem, especially since the test was timed. First time ever I was sent to the principal. Spoiler Principal told me I was right
Sounds like your retarded teacher doesn't know how to execute that trick. There are supposed to be directions at the top that say read through the entire test before beginning(including a note that, if it's timed, you will have plenty of time to complete), then at the end, the note about not actually doing the test. If she left off the top part, you were right in your accusation of her stupidity.
all about supporting fellow mainboarders but when i see this, my first impression is "troll graduate", and it's kind of hard to shake. What about this?
fucking this is all of my friends >herp im going to law school >2.9 gpa, 153 lsat >i'm going to grad school for economics >got a C in calc 1 >herp im going to med school > C- in organic chemistry
you must not have had any fun in high school if you don't understand why fathers of males over 20 might need new socket wrench sets
they aren't total dumbasses, they just have absolutely no idea what it takes to succeed in their chosen disciplines