Happy Black History Month Everybody!

[viper37]

I always provide the possible essay prompts before the exam, and even let the students bring notes.  If they can answer all of the essay questions before the exam starts, the exam has already served its purpose, and the students have gotten everything they can get from the course.  Nothing can stop willful ignorance.

it used to be that we could bring our notes for finance and stats exams, or at the very least, one sheet of notes/formulas, but my university later changed the policy to no notes at all, not even a formula sheet.  That puts the emphasis on learning like a drone, imho, rather than understanding what you do.

[Valmy]

I always provide the possible essay prompts before the exam, and even let the students bring notes.  If they can answer all of the essay questions before the exam starts, the exam has already served its purpose, and the students have gotten everything they can get from the course.  Nothing can stop willful ignorance.

it used to be that we could bring our notes for finance and stats exams, or at the very least, one sheet of notes/formulas, but my university later changed the policy to no notes at all, not even a formula sheet.  That puts the emphasis on learning like a drone, imho, rather than understanding what you do.

I was a master at formula memorization. My grand stack of flashcards was a sight to behold come graduation. I have to say this skill is of limited utility as a professional Engineer

[Razgovory]

My notes were always how to spell certain words.

[Barrister]

I always provide the possible essay prompts before the exam, and even let the students bring notes.  If they can answer all of the essay questions before the exam starts, the exam has already served its purpose, and the students have gotten everything they can get from the course.  Nothing can stop willful ignorance.

it used to be that we could bring our notes for finance and stats exams, or at the very least, one sheet of notes/formulas, but my university later changed the policy to no notes at all, not even a formula sheet.  That puts the emphasis on learning like a drone, imho, rather than understanding what you do.

I was a master at formula memorization. My grand stack of flashcards was a sight to behold come graduation. I have to say this skill is of limited utility as a professional Engineer

I always sucked at formula memorization.  The only D I ever got was in a Mineralogy course, which primarily revolved around trying to memorize the chemical composition of different minerals.

I was so happy when I learned that law school had open book exams.

[garbon]

I always provide the possible essay prompts before the exam, and even let the students bring notes.  If they can answer all of the essay questions before the exam starts, the exam has already served its purpose, and the students have gotten everything they can get from the course.  Nothing can stop willful ignorance.

it used to be that we could bring our notes for finance and stats exams, or at the very least, one sheet of notes/formulas, but my university later changed the policy to no notes at all, not even a formula sheet.  That puts the emphasis on learning like a drone, imho, rather than understanding what you do.

I was a master at formula memorization. My grand stack of flashcards was a sight to behold come graduation. I have to say this skill is of limited utility as a professional Engineer

I was always about the divided, foldable page.

[Valmy]

It may be that no man before or since has brought such fear to the hearts of white oppressors. No eulogy could be enough for this proud African warrior, but his memory lives on.

Wait is that supposed to be Hannibal? Huh. Well I guess nobody can prove he DIDN'T look like that.

[Malthus]

Wait is that supposed to be Hannibal? Huh. Well I guess nobody can prove he DIDN'T look like that.

That's exactly how I assume a descendant of Phoenician aristocrats would look like! 

Next up: how Cleopatra, descendant of generations of Macedonian inbreeding, was Black.

[celedhring]

Yeah, I thought we had a pretty good idea what Punics/Phoenicians looked like, and surely it isn't like that.

[grumbler]

Yeah, I thought we had a pretty good idea what Punics/Phoenicians looked like, and surely it isn't like that.

From Lettow's write up it is Nat Turner, like I said.  It looks a lot more like him (except for the hat) than it does Hannibal (or his brother Hasdrubal).

[Eddie Teach]

I'd say the colonizers had done a fair amount of sinning by Turner's time.

[CountDeMoney]

Wait is that supposed to be Hannibal? Huh. Well I guess nobody can prove he DIDN'T look like that.

Hannibal Burress, maybe.

[grumbler]

I'd say the colonizers had done a fair amount of sinning by Turner's time.

Yes, but their since hadn't been undone yet.

[Ancient Demon]

Wait is that supposed to be Hannibal?

I don't know, maybe it's one of those other African leaders who lead an army of elephants across the Alps.

[Ancient Demon]

Maybe white people are less likely to protest arrest because they feel it's racism, though.

[Martinus]

do we have stats on that?  'Cause I think lots of white people end up dead in that same situation too, in the US.
Maybe white people are less likely to protest arrest because they feel it's racism, though.

No stats, but based on anecdotal evidence, a bunch of white men have not only just resisted and protested arrest, but occupied a federal building, threatening to shoot policemen with rifles in the process. None were harmed.