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Grammy23

(6,103 posts)
9. Oh, Lordy! Do I remember blue books?
Fri Jun 2, 2023, 01:44 PM
Jun 2023


I had a sociology prof who really liked using them. Luckily I was a pretty good wordsmith so filling in pages was no problem. But the fear and worry was very real knowing the clock was ticking. I ended up having a real aptitude for the subject and that was my major with a minor in anthropology. The blue books were required for certain types of exams and I still remember the anticipation and stress of writing something coherent and correct!

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As a music major, I chose a thesis AND no_hypocrisy Jun 2023 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #2
Oral exams are also good practical experience for job interviews. nt Delmette2.0 Jun 2023 #3
That's unlikely to work in business school classes spooky3 Jun 2023 #4
We Had Them In Undergrad Organic & Physical Chemistries ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #7
Bring back blue books! AI can't fill those suckers out for you! Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #5
+1 crickets Jun 2023 #6
Had Those, Too ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #8
Oh, Lordy! Do I remember blue books? Grammy23 Jun 2023 #9
no.... cab67 Jun 2023 #12
Then have the exam in a classroom. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #17
at which point a blue book is not needed. cab67 Jun 2023 #21
. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #25
Not true. ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #28
Yes. I was an Eng. prof for 37 years. skip fox Jun 2023 #24
This is basically the solution. honest.abe Jun 2023 #10
Almost all my college exams ((except large 100 level intro courses) were blue book essay exams. Raftergirl Jun 2023 #11
Same here ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #30
This won't be widely adopted. cab67 Jun 2023 #13
it's a pain in the ass to read a bunch of term papers and grade exams Warpy Jun 2023 #15
not sure it would work out that way. cab67 Jun 2023 #22
People speak at the rate of 150 wpm, on average ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #29
It also disadvantages neurodiverse students. meadowlander Jun 2023 #16
I wouldn't have gotten through college if Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #26
Me too nt XanaDUer2 Jun 2023 #32
I probably wouldn't have gotten through college if Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #27
I think he's onto something Warpy Jun 2023 #14
I think we're going to have to go back to a lot of old, non-tech methods. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #18
It is not a one-size fits all solution - Ms. Toad Jun 2023 #19
Mine are Aural AwakeAtLast Jun 2023 #20
Kick dalton99a Jun 2023 #23
terminal introvert...i would suck at that dembotoz Jun 2023 #31
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