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Teacher Sells Ads On Tests

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-the-bills dept.

Tom Farber, a calculus teacher at Rancho Bernardo high school in San Diego, has come up with a unique way of covering district cuts to his supplies budget. He sells ads on his tests. "Tough times call for tough actions," Tom says. The price of an ad on a Mr. Farber Calc test is as follows: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, and $30 for a semester final. Most of the ads are messages from parents but about a third of them come from local businesses. Principal Paul Robinson says reaction has been "mixed," but adds, "It's not like, 'This test is brought to you by McDonald's or Nike.'" I see his point. Being a local business whore is much better than being a multinational conglomerate whore.

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  1. Cliffs notes by grassy_knoll · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perfect place for Cliffs notes ads, eh?

    "Next test, use our notes and suck less!"

    *snicker*

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  2. Intellectual Property, eh? by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I put my copyright notice next to every answer.

    Doesn't work so well on the scantron forms though.

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    1. Re:Intellectual Property, eh? by millerjl · · Score: 5, Funny

      My high school students bitterly complained that I never gave them multiple choice tests in my chemistry class. So I gave them one. All the answers were "B". They never complained again that year. It was most excellent!

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    2. Re:Intellectual Property, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      A chemistry test where the answer to every question is boron? either it was a short test or you are much more creative than I am.

  3. Oblig. by Nazlfrag · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you have three Pepsis and drink one, how much more refreshed are you?

    1. Re:Oblig. by Killer+Orca · · Score: 5, Funny

      Zero. Pepsis aren't refreshing.

    2. Re:Oblig. by SparkleMotion88 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Who can tell me the atomic weight of bolognium?"

  4. Awesome!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is a great idea! Young people LOVE taking tests and the next time they go past Bennys Burger(TM) they are guaranteed to think that is THE place to go! Soon methods like trying to associate your brand with cool music or a sports star will be history.

    Sponsored by Bennys Burger Inc(TM).

  5. Hmmm.... by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if you could take out an "ad" with certain calculus notes buried within it...like having the Ideal Gas Equation or Hooke's Law as a tiny part of a graphic... ^_^

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  6. I can see it now... by get+quad · · Score: 4, Funny

    This test brought to you by CDABCCDACDBBACCADBC and the bonus question is 42.

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  7. Re:Boohoo by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bad prescedant?

    So... how bad were the budget cuts in *your* school?

  8. Re:Works For Me by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell, just sell the ANSWERS to the test questions...more straightforward and popular I would guess.

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  9. Could be worse by Gre7g · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know I should really hate that he's doing this, but I don't. It's kind'a nice.

    Sure beats what my EE lab prof did... he stapled McDonald's applications to a final and shouted "None of you will ever be electrical engineers! Yer' gonn'a need that last page..."

    Man, what a bastard.

  10. Re:The Next Test... by holychicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad the end is a very scary place:

    1) CHvEApP_VIiAoGRzA costs 1.59$ per dose. 1 dose enlarges a 100mL penis by 10%. How much money for CHvEApP_VIiAoGRzA would one need to increase their 95mL penis the same amount gained by the P3|\|I$ eNlARg|\/|EnT that one could buy for 10$?

  11. Not a problem... by MiniMike · · Score: 5, Funny

    As soon as I can download cut-out overlay patterns from Adblock...

  12. Re:Works For Me by bytesex · · Score: 5, Funny

    .~* ?

    I thought you were adding some perl, man !

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