I was reading this post over at Acephalous, and for some reason it reminded me of a conversation I had with a student during a tutorial. I had asked the students to do some small group work, and listened in on the conversation. I knew two students weren't discussing what they should have been, so I deliberately went to their group first. After an attempt to avoid my question, and then a further attempt to bluff by giving the example from the text given in the lecture, I asked for their own example:
Student: We couldn't find one.
Me: It's full of them!
Student: Well, there's that other one where [... ].
Me: That was also in the lecture. Do you have one of your own?
Student: No.
Me: Are you telling me that you haven't read the text?
Student (rolling his eyes and waving his book at me): Look! I bought the book.
Me: Buying it and reading it are not the same thing.
Student (confidently): Why would I buy it, and not read it?
This is a question which troubles many a university tutor, no doubt.
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