Toil & Struggle

As we speak, I am administering the final examination in my advanced physiology course. The students have two hours to complete the examination. The examination is comprehensive and has a myriad of question types, but predominantly is an essay examination. There are nine pages to the final exam.

The student's hands shall be quite tired by the end of the exam due to all the writing they must do.

It is good for them to stretch their mind in this way. I would enjoy a pipe right now but unfortunately in this age it is not possible. Thirty years ago, it was the norm for we professors to smoke our pipes during the administration of exams. This aspect of the bygone era is missed and makes the college experience a bit more sterile and slightly less congenial.

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