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Overheard: when is the next quiz?

Astronomy 210, Spring Semester 2009
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

(After the instructor announces that there is time at the start of class for questions.)

Student: "When is our next quiz?"

Instructor: (Selecting the calendar view of the course webpage on the digital projector screen.) "Your next quiz is next Tuesday. Note that normally we have quizzes every other Tuesday, but we have the next quiz, the first midterm, and the next quiz after that three Tuesdays in a row for this part of the semester."

Student: "Are you just trying to kill us?"

(Beat.)

Instructor: "I'm not just trying."

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