A Better Grade Of Answer

(Whenever a student asks a question, the professor will respond with, “I don’t know” or “I don’t care” or “It doesn’t matter” or “That’s not important.” When the first test of the semester rolls around I answer every question on the test with “I don’t know” or “It doesn’t matter” or some other variation. My graded test comes back with an ‘F.’ I go to talk to the professor after class.)

Me: “Why did I get an ‘F’ on this test?”

Professor: “Because you didn’t answer any of the questions right.”

Me: “But whenever we ask questions in class those are the same kinds of answers you always give us.”

(The professor thought about it and agreed I had a point. He compromised by giving me a ‘C’ on the test and from then on, whenever students asked a question in class, the professor would give a real answer.)