The high school AP Economics exam (like all AP exams) has two sections: multiple choice and short answer. Inbetween the sections we were allowed a half an hour break so we could eat and relax a bit. During this time in my adolesence I carried around a deck of card with me wherever I went, so I decided that now would be as good of a time as any to start a blackjack table in the middle of the concourse area. It was quite a hit among everyone there, and even my economics teacher got in on the fun. Nothing is quite as entertaining as a table of six high school kids getting revenge on their AP Economics teacher for making them take that stupid exam by kicking his ass in blackjack.
Later on, during the short answer portion of the test, I had no clue regarding two of the questions, so I drew out a tic-tac-toe board and put an X in the middle and said "Mail me back with your move." and wrote my address next to it. Sadly, I never got a response. That would have been awesome.
I used to buy comic books. The ads bothered me, but I still purchased and enjoyed the actual content in the comics. A few months ago, having purchased the four issues that comprised the Venom Vs Carnage story, I saw they had released the four issues in graphic novel format at a local Borders Book Store a few months after they had put out the last issue. The novel itself was free of adverts and was a little less than half the size of the four issues (I folded the covers back so only the pages of the comics were being measured against one another), but still had all the story content. Also, it came out to a few cents difference buying the novel in relative comparison to buying the four issues that made up the Venom Vs Carnage story. Suffice to say, I no longer buy comic books, but I wait for the comic to come out in graphic novel format. Well worth the wait, considering I get to enjoy the comic books ad-free and all in one sitting.
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The high school AP Economics exam (like all AP exams) has two sections: multiple choice and short answer. Inbetween the sections we were allowed a half an hour break so we could eat and relax a bit. During this time in my adolesence I carried around a deck of card with me wherever I went, so I decided that now would be as good of a time as any to start a blackjack table in the middle of the concourse area. It was quite a hit among everyone there, and even my economics teacher got in on the fun. Nothing is quite as entertaining as a table of six high school kids getting revenge on their AP Economics teacher for making them take that stupid exam by kicking his ass in blackjack. Later on, during the short answer portion of the test, I had no clue regarding two of the questions, so I drew out a tic-tac-toe board and put an X in the middle and said "Mail me back with your move." and wrote my address next to it. Sadly, I never got a response. That would have been awesome.
I used to buy comic books. The ads bothered me, but I still purchased and enjoyed the actual content in the comics. A few months ago, having purchased the four issues that comprised the Venom Vs Carnage story, I saw they had released the four issues in graphic novel format at a local Borders Book Store a few months after they had put out the last issue. The novel itself was free of adverts and was a little less than half the size of the four issues (I folded the covers back so only the pages of the comics were being measured against one another), but still had all the story content. Also, it came out to a few cents difference buying the novel in relative comparison to buying the four issues that made up the Venom Vs Carnage story. Suffice to say, I no longer buy comic books, but I wait for the comic to come out in graphic novel format. Well worth the wait, considering I get to enjoy the comic books ad-free and all in one sitting.