The elephant in the testing room

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Hemant Mehta, "The Friendly Atheist", is also a math teacher. This is what he found on one of the tests he was grading this week. The ol' Elephant Excuse. Pretty crafty. So how does a responsible educator of young minds respond to such a stunt? The answer is after the jump …

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If you're going to throw a Hail Mary Pachyderm on your final exam, you damn well best get your artwork correct.