I made a little money in my freshman computer science class by selling my programs to other students. I made sure to tell them to change the comments and variable names. :-)
I like how people use a highlighter on significant passages in text books. That only works out if you have an open book test.
Not really. It supposedly also helps when going back and studying for mid-terms or finals. You’ll see the highlighted parts and be reminded of the key points.
I say “supposedly” because I never highlighted a book. I hate defacing books, even if I did buy them, and never liked getting a book with highlighting already in it.
I believe I loaned a book of mine to somebody who did highlight it. I was not happy when I got it back and saw that.
Plus, I didn’t really need highlighting; my memory was pretty good.
In my 9th grade geometry class, I used the numbers of the theorems in the book, not the names (like “Supplements of Congruent Angles are Congruent”, or SCAC). My teacher said I could do that, but if I ever got a number wrong, she would consider that incorrect. I don’t believe I ever lost credit for using a wrong number.
In my college sophomore differential equations class, I took about two pages of notes (one sheet, front and back) and got an A in the class.
I probably still remember a fair amount of geometry, but I doubt I could solve a differential equation (even a simple one). I can still differentiate and integrate polynomials, though. :-)
We used to get spelling/vocabulary tests in 8th or 9th grade. One student once mentioned that, when he didn’t know the word, he would write “You’re not reading this.”
He says he got away with it for a while until, one time, he got the paper back with a note saying “You can’t fool me.”
I had heard of the Dead Man’s Hand before, but never researched it. Wild Bill (whose name wasn’t actually Bill; it was James Butler Hickock) apparently wasn’t shot because of that hand; he just happened to be holding those cards when he was shot by Jack McCall.
There’s nothing wrong with using technology as it was intended. :-)