@VM,

I do the same thing! I once complained aloud to my coworkers about the double space and they refused to change, so I just do the find and replace. It's easier than trying to convince them the double space is unnecessary on a computer.

Did any of you actually read the blog before posting? It is actually quite amusing. Certainly not a worse waste of time than a lot of other entertainment blogs out there.

MrMike,

I don't think anyone was condoning cheating, IF cheating occurred. Studying for a test using a practice test is a good way to familiarize yourself with the type of questions asked, so that you know what to study. Take SAT and GRE prep books, for example. Those are PRACTICE TESTS, but you also have to know the material in order to get a good score. You are not memorizing answers, you are getting an idea of what the questions will look like.

The only issue here is HOW the students got hold of the testbank/IM. If they got it through underhanded means, then yes, they were cheating. Or, if they KNEW the prof would take questions from the testbank and then obtained it through any means, they were cheating. If, however, the testbank was readily available online, and if they did not know that the professor would use the questions on the exam, then no cheating occurred. That is the point.

The things the Mid-west will do to get people to visit. Surely they could have come up with something relating to, oh, I don't know, Missouri? How ridiculous.

Definitely a night owl! In fact, it's 1:15 in the morning and I'm at work finishing up a document that's due tomorrow. The hardest part for me about leaving college and starting a job has been trying to get myself onto a daytime schedule. It's been almost 2 years and I still haven't managed to do it.