English examination Jokes

Just following directions

A student sits for an English examination. He solves the first two question. While solving the third question, he starts to remove his clothes. First his shoes, then his socks, then then his shirt and pants. Another student sitting behind him was disturbed by his behaviour. He asked him, “Hey! Why are you removing your clothes?” He replied, “That’s what the third question says.” The other boy asks, “What’s the third question?” He answers, “Answer in brief. “

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A True Story: Real Genius

Here is a great historical instance of out-of-the-box thinking: The renown British physicist Ernest Rutherford was known as the father of nuclear physics. When he was a professor at an English university, he got a call from a colleague who asked if Rutherford would be a referee on the grading of an examination question. This fellow professor was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physics question while the student claimed he should receive a…

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Making the Grade

William Phelps taught English literature at Yale University for 41 years. One day while marking an examination paper before Christmas, Phelps came across the note: “God only knows the answer to this question. Merry Christmas.” Phelps returned the paper with the annotation: “God gets an A. You get an F. Happy New Year.”

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