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4.01.2005 ||>   And that's the Masochism Tango!

I was wracking my brain this year for an appropriate trick to play on someone this year, but I couldn't think of any good ones. In lieu of a good practical joke, I'll simply recycle one and share the one I played on my students either last year or the year before.

Pop Quiz
This will count for one test mark, so please answer all the questions. Good luck!

I. Define the words:
cacophony
lexiphonic
hyperbole
bling-bling

II. Please put the following sentences in the passive voice:
1. Someone built the ship in 1901.
2. A plane crashed.

Then, as my students began to cry in hopelessness, I would offer them one extra credit question. Their eyes would light up and the glimmer of hope would reappear.

Explain the phrase: "April Fools!"

At first, no one would get it. Then one student would remember and like a wave, the class would ripple with "Is it really a joke?" Then a student would yell, "I kill you now Miss Sepra!" and it would all be over. I would laugh with mirth and they would laugh with relief.

Yes, I really was that kind of teacher. The important part with practical jokes like that is that you have to make 30% of the test attainable so that they really believe they simply don't remember the rest. They really did know what "cacophony" and "bling-bling" were.

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