The brilliance of philosophy

[Salar]

i chose philosophy as one of the subjects to do this year and i was having a talk with my mate who did a similar subject a while back ago. Apparently in the final exam they had one question, which was:
What is courage?

Everyone wrote pages and pages on courage to explain what courage is and what courage is not. blah blah. But all he wrote was:

"This is"

And handed up his paper.

he ended up getting an HD (High Distinction, A+)

 

[Jokerman]

Well, since he probably knew the teacher was cool and figured it was cute enough to work, it really wasn't courageous. So he should have got failed, with the teacher explaining it like I did, just to be cute back.

 

[Ghetto_Ghost]

i took philosophy in grade 12. our exam question was "what is a human" or "what makes a human"
something like that

 

[Salar]

There was a question in year 11 philosophy that was
This is the question
i wrote "this is the answer" and got an awesome mark.

The biggest bullshit subject you can do.
Use double and triple negatives all the time, and think outside the circle, but at the same time question if the circle exists and what it is that defines the circle.

 

[PuffnScruff]

i took philosophy in college. we mostly watched videos and movies like the matrix. i think our final was like 1 or 2 questions and not too many tests through out the course.

 

[OxyContin]

i chose philosophy as one of the subjects to do this year and i was having a talk with my mate who did a similar subject a while back ago. Apparently in the final exam they had one question, which was:
What is courage?

Everyone wrote pages and pages on courage to explain what courage is and what courage is not. blah blah. But all he wrote was:

"This is"

And handed up his paper.

he ended up getting an HD (High Distinction, A+)

This is an urban legend homie. I've heard this story so many times it's ridiculous. The actual story is about "Risk". The teacher gives out an assigment for a 10 page paper with the subject "What is Risk". Some student has an ingenius idea and makes up a title page, and on the first page he writes "This is what risk is..." and leaves the remaining 9 pages blank. The teacher supposedly gives him an A. A couple of years ago, something similar to this really did happen. Some copy cat student did that once,and his teacher failed his ass miserably for not properly describing what "Risk" is.

 

[ToopackShaker]

^yea
http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/oneword.asp

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Yet another similar legend has a professor ask his class to define 'courage.' The highest grade is awarded to the student who hands in his exam after writing nothing more than "This is." (In some variations of this version, the student who receives the top mark is the one who turns in a blank sheet of paper.)
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[H.E. Pennypacker]

If its a myth, why did The_One refer to the kid as his mate. I don't know why he'd make himself part of the myth.

Anyhow, before I read its a myth, I thought it was something extremely admirable. We should look up to people like that kid in the myth (if it wasn't a myth).

 

[Get In The Van I Have Candy]

Never took philosophy in college. Sounds easy to what people are saying. Took Psychology classes though.


But yeah nice copy and paste....

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

If its a myth, why did The_One refer to the kid as his mate. I don't know why he'd make himself part of the myth.

Anyhow, before I read its a myth, I thought it was something extremely admirable. We should look up to people like that kid in the myth (if it wasn't a myth).

The_One's "mate" could've lied to him.

 

[Little Skittle]

my music teacher once asked whats the difference between an opera and operaette (sp?) and i replied "about 4 letters" and i got extra credit for that....thats no lie

 

[pietro006]

This story seems so cool but since it's a "Myth", bah.. I guess I shouldn't answer a question this way if I have one in a final exam

 

[Salar]

well i won't be surprised if the kid was lieing.
Clever none the less.
We had philosophy class today. We were discussing Knowledge. The amount of bullshit i spun (1 easy thing to do is question everything, and their point is no longer valid) was unbelievable

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[Get In The Van I Have Candy]

The kid is lying simple as that.

Also since when does the Our Block section actually stay on topic?

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

well i won't be surprised if the kid was lieing.
Clever none the less.
We had philosophy class today. We were discussing Knowledge. The amount of bullshit i spun (1 easy thing to do is question everything, and their point is no longer valid) was unbelievable

EDIT:
Useless posts that did not contribute have been deleted. Stay on topic and if you can't, don't post

I guess I kinda like classes you can just BS through, but its annoying at the same time, espechially philosophy. I mean really...what's the point of philosophy? I am 18 now and there was never a point in my life I thought "Wow, where would I have been without philosophy?" My point is, you don't need it to survive life...and I think you should be forced to take a class only if its necessary for life.

 

[The.Menace]

I love philosophy. I love to read those books and think about it you know, I jsut think the point of philosophy gets lost if you have test about it, esp. if the test are shitty questions like TheOne talks about. That aint philosophy.