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From: ksh@cbosgd.UUCP
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Subject: Re: : Anecdotes
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Date: Mon, 7-Nov-83 20:54:52 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  7 20:54:52 1983
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I had two particularly trying classes in high school.  The first
was a Physics class.  I learned absolutely nothing after sitting
for a whole year in this class.  Women were not permitted to do
ANY of the experiments.  All tests were 'group' tests - meaning you
could walk around the room and ask anyone if they knew the answer.
Needless to say, everyone got the same grade on every test.  Also,
every Friday was 'Donut Day' - several guys would go out and bring
back donuts, and we would spend the whole class eating them.
All women in the class got an "A".  

The other class was my half-year computer science class.  We had
our own keypunch, and twice a week our instructor would take our
decks of cards over to the university to be run on their computer.
This class supposedly taught us FORTRAN - and was taught by a
general math teacher who knew absolutely nothing about computer
science.  The biggest joke was the final exam.  He brought us each
a deck of about 200 punched cards - he never told us what the
program was supposed to do - he shuffled the cards, and then gave
us 30 minutes to put them in the right order.  I can't remember the
exact grading, but it was something like - 10 cards or more out of
order and you got an F, 7-9 a D, 5 or 6 a C, 3 or 4 a B, and only
1 or 2 an A.  NOONE PASSED.

But for the most part, my high school education was pretty good,
mostly thanks to the patience and persistence of a very talented
Math teacher.