My first, last, and only final exam (or any exam, for that matter) of Fall 2006 is from 7-9 this evening in one of Ross's cramped old classrooms. The subject is World Economy. Time allotted: 120 minutes. Materials: all class materials, laptop. Submission: via email. I'm so ready to be done with this thing because it represents testing on an inherently untestable subject. If a person is really worried about how exchange rates in Thailand might affect a huge corporation like GM, they probably aren't going to sit down and puke out 18 minutes worth of basic theory. The only other method of evaluating learning, though, appears to be a take home case study, which regular readers will know that I detest. (In fact, on the list of things I dislike 'take home exams' slide in right behind 'eating formerly living things who spent their lives immersed in water.') So, I'm resigned to take the exam, show what I do or do not know, and be finished with Fall 2006 at 9:05pm.

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