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“Oh, MAN!”


Students have been visiting office hours to review their contracts law exam.  When they see the right answer for the questions the got wrong they exclaim “oh, man!!!,” over and over.  Often they realize why their answer is wrong without having to ask me for the correct one.   “Oh, man!” is the verbal equivalent of slapping oneself on the forehead, “how could I be so stupid!” in four fewer words.  Somehow this reinforces my reputation for “tricky exams,” as if my power over language only reveals a question’s true intent weeks after being read or the questions reword themselves after the exam is taken.  Male, female, domestic student or International, “oh, man!!” is the song on everyone’s lips this week in SMG 644.

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This was written by David Randall. Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 4:59 pm. Filed under Teaching. Tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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2 Comments

  1. christellekaram wrote:

    i am a true victim of the "oh man!" song. i cannot believe the mistakes i made hehe.

    Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 11:22 pm | Permalink
  2. drandall wrote:

    You are indeed one of the major inspirations for my post.

    Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 12:38 am | Permalink

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