Myself, along with 300 other students in the auditorium were given this test to mark. By a show of hands we were asked: who gave this student a mark between 0 and 9. Hands went up. "Who gave this student a mark between 10 and 15". Hands went up. Between 16 and 25? Hands went up. The professor noted: this student could get a mark in the range of 8 to 25 just dependent on who marked it. Why she asked. Some people replied because of the student's handwriting. She then asked "Who here marked words incorrectly because the letter "T" wasn't crossed off? Hands went up. "Who here marked the words correct regardless of the missing cross because they thought they'd give the kid a break? Hands went up. She then posted on the screen the correct spellings of the words and asked us to mark it again. Still hands went up for different marks. Albeit, the margins were closer now. But honestly, different scores with the answers right in front of us. Then the culminating question: Did anyone notice that on a test scored out of 25 there was only 24 words posted? Perhaps ten hands went up.
I wonder if it was strictly coincidence that the student's name on this mock test was Chris?
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