Oct 23, 2005 16:42
Two students at Stanford University were taking a chemistry class with a popular professor, who was known as being a very witty and interesting lecturer. These two students, however, were seniors, and the night before the final, had a case of “senioritis” and headed to Lake Tahoe for a night of gambling. But they ended up oversleeping and missing the final exam. They decided to ask the professor if he would allow them to take a make-up exam since “the car had a flat tire.” The professor took pity and agreed.
The next day, the two young men were given their exams in two separate rooms. The first section was made up of a simple chemistry true/false section that was only worth 10% of the exam score. The second section was one essay question that was worth 90% of the exam. The question was: “Which tire was flat?”