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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:23 PM, No Name <noname6589 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello All. This is an email that I sent Karl and Alex to forward to the
> class, however it seems that they refused to do so, so I am mailing it to
> the people that I know in class. Circulate this to everybody that you know.
> Hopefully Karl will discuss this, as well as some of the irrefutable points
> in class. Forward this to everyone that you can! I will continue sending
> this to as many people as I can as soon I find their names.
>
> Regards
>
> ~No Name
>
> Hello Professor
>
> I would like to bring a few things to your attention.
>
> First, I don't think that you understand the fact that time is limited.
> i.e. *there was not enough time to answer all the questions that you
> gave. *
>
> The questions that you gave take a significant amount of time to solve;
> just like the homework problems. Their complexity is no different than the
> homework problems; less problem one. The homework problems take a lot of
> time to solve, way more than 1 lecture period and over a span of 1 week. So
> in essence, this midterm will take more than 65 Minutes.
>
> Moreover, 45% of the exam was on lecture material that you covered in 1/2 a
> lecture. Do you honestly think this is fair?. I will be generous and say
> that you explained the material in 3 lectures, which is *absolutely false*,
> but even with this claim, do you honestly think 3 lectures is equivalent to
> 45% of the exam?
>
> Do you also realize that CNF is no where to be found in the book OR the
> homework?
>
> *What you did*
> Bob takes a class in US History
> Karl mentions in one lecture that the United States went to war with Iraq
> in the early 90's
> Karl gives Bob and exam asking about intricate details about the Iraqi war
> Bob Fails
>
> Fair isn't it?
>
> Can you compare questions 2 or 4 to any problems in the book? The answer is
> clearly no. And I *challenge *you to dispute this claim.
>
> No amount of studying could have prepared anyone for this exam. I do feel
> sorry for anybody that studied hard for this exam because their time was
> useless.
>
> I hope this email incites others to send emails as well.
>
> Regards
>
> No Name
>
>
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