A thought on exams..

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your furby: "My great contribution to science
Murphy's law:
If anything can go wrong, it will.

Corollary:At the most inopportune time.
(http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-laws.html)

My extension of Murphy's Law:
If you study hard for that important examination, the setters will decide to change the focus of the exam to one that is 'thinking-based' and 'analytical'.

Corollary: If you memorise information, it will be useless.

If you don't study for that important examination, the paper will be content-based.

Corollary: If you do not study, every question will appear to be something you remember reading on your textbooks from a month ago, and hence will appear (deceptively of course) easy, although you will not recall the exact phrasing of an answer. "