Title: F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers
Author: Richard Benson
Grade: D
Description from Amazon: "F" stands for "funny" in this perfect gift for students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test and needs a good laugh. Celebrating the creative side of failure in a way we can all relate to, F in Exams gathers the most hilarious and inventive test answers provided by students who, faced with a question they have no hope of getting right, decide to have a little fun instead. Whether in science (Q: What is the highest frequency noise that a human can register? A: Mariah Carey), the humanities (Q: What did Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in common? A: Unusual names), math, or other subjects, these 250 entries prove that while everyone enjoys the spectacle of failure, it's even sweeter to see a FAIL turn into a WIN.
Review: I laughed out loud once. It was kind of forced. The idea was seriously cute and as a former classroom teacher I could see that getting these answers would be a great break from having to read miserably wrong ones or perfectly correct ones. However, I was disappointed in how similar the answers were. It seemed more as if R. Benson had written the answers himself while trying to be flippant than letting us in on some funny answers provided by actual students.
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