I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” As Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed. We spend all our time celebrating success in school and we need to devote more time celebrating failure. People love this book because on some level they can relate to being in the situation of staring at an exam question and having no clue how to answer it. This may be a stretch, but I think the book also provides a way for students to understand that everyone makes mistakes and that failure is a part of the learning process. Even when the answer isn’t intentionally funny, it provides an interesting insight into how young people try to logically answer a question without the necessary facts or information. The examples provided here are amazing not just in their wrongness but also in the students’ creativity and sense of humor. It is a hilarious book of wrong answers that students can browse in between classes. A few examples of the type of questions and answers you’ll find are provided here:į in Exams should be available in every middle school and high school library. The book is divided into examples from the various disciplines, including: Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Math, Business and Technology, Psychology, History and Geography, and English. F in Exams by Richard Benson, Chronicle Books, 2011, ISBN: 978-08į in Exams compiles the very best of the very worst student answers on a variety of exams given in middle and high school classes.
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