Exam before or after spring break?

• There was some discussion during class of having our second exam before or after spring break.
• Sign your name below the time you would like to have the exam.
• DO NOT sign your name more than once!

Before Spring Break

--Ghadley 21:47, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

--Rodrigaa 19:13, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

--Jwromine 14:14, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

--Ekavurma 14:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

-- Boon Shern Chng

-- Jaewoo Choi

-- Huimin Huang

-- Mreeder 19:30, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

-- Cztan 19:30, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

-- Chen Yaxi

--Chanw 08:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

--cg49me 17:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

After Spring Break

-- Sungyong Kim

--Pjcannon 18:16, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

--Vhsieh 00:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

--Babaumga 13:23, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

--Joon Young Kim 20:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

--Mboutin 11:04, 24 February 2009 (UTC) (I read Virgil's plea and so I am voting for after Spring break!)

-- Meenal Patel

-- Sowmya Alur

-- Geng Tian

No Opinion

Opinion

I couldn't help but notice that Professor Boutin voted on the exam time...is that valid? I was of the opinion that this was a poll for students and that Mimi would then go along with the outcome. She left the decision up to us, so should she not be an impartial third party, in spite of what some overgeneralizing, narrow-minded class members might think and/or write? --Ghadley 21:53, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Everyone who voted has a reason for voting the way they did. Just because they did not describe it vividly in a 'plea' does not mean that they have less valid reasons. To call everyone who doesn't do things the way you like it 'a douche bag that doesn't care about his grades' is rather immature. --Hhuang 21:10, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

There would a two week break between the time we finish covering the exam material and the actual exam if the exam is after spring break. This could hurt students who are keeping up-to-date with the material since they would have to go back and do additional studying to stay on top of everything. It would help students who want to cram before the exam since they would have more time to do that. I figure the class is probably split evenly into these two groups. Personally, I have an academic study abroad in France during spring break. I am not partying in Florida or laying around during spring break. I will have little or possibly no free time during which I can study (we do not return to Purdue until late Sunday night). It is also likely I will be jetlagged for the week after spring break. This is why a pre-spring break exam works better for me. --Rodrigaa 19:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

You know what? The test should be after the spring break. Do you guys really have the time to prepare mid-term 2 before spring break? The spring break is 1 week which is enough time to study. If you don't want to mess up your precious grade, think one more time. --Kim415

Exam 2 Time Discussion by --Vhsieh

Ghadley - I'll admit a lot of what I said was narrow-minded. I was speaking out of anger. However, Mimi should have the right to vote, considering she is the instructor, and the time of the exam could affect her too. In most classes, I am pretty sure, if the instructor wants to move an exam, they just do it and tell the students it has been moved. Mimi, in a sense, is actually giving us quite a bit of power. Hhuang - I don't call everyone that doesn't do things the way I like "a douche bag that doesn't care about his grades". However, like I said in my notorious "plea", the only reason for wanting the exam before the break is that you want to enjoy break more and, thus, made a conscious decision to give yourself less time to study for the exam in order to ensure a quality break, sacrificing academics for enjoyment. Since this is a defining characteristic of the stereotypical "My New Haircut" douche bag, it seems only fitting that I refer to such people as douche bags that don't care about grades. Rodrigaa - If you like to keep up-to-date with the material, it should not matter when you take the exam, as you will need to understand this material for the latter third of the course anyways. If you are more hazy after break about the material than you are before (which is, if I am not mistaken, the claim you make in your defense for voting before-the-break) you are, point and fact, not keeping up-to-date with the material, and, with that being said, the foundation of your entire argument is, simply put, self-contradicting. Kim415 - Way to rep for the after-the-break voters. --Vhsieh