For anyone who ever tried or thought about cheating in an exam…
At Sydney University, there were four students taking Organic
Chemistry.
They did so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., that each
had an “A” so far for the semester. These four friends were so
confident
with the finals approaching that the weekend before, they decided to go
down to Canberra and party with some friends there. They had a great
time.
However, after all the hard partying, they slept all day Sunday and
didn’t
make it back to Sydney until early Monday morning - the morning of
their
final exam!
Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their
professor.
After the exam and explain to him why they missed it. They explained
that
they had gone to Canberra to do some research in the ANU archives for
the
weekend with the plan to come back in time to study, but,
unfortunately,
they had a flat tyre on the way back, and that they couldn’t get help
for
a long time. As a result, they only just arrived now!
The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up their
final exam the following day. The guys were elated and relieved. They
studied hard that night - all night - and went in the next day at the
time
the professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and
handed
each of them a test booklet, (which was out of 100 points) and told
them
to begin.
The first problem was worth five points. It was something simple about
free radical formation. “Cool,” they all thought in their separate
rooms,
“this is going to be easy.” Each finished the problem and then turned
the
page…
Question 2 (for 95 points): Which tyre burst?
