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FORMULA FOR DOING WELL ON AN EXAMINATION:
USE SAME DRESS HABITS WHEN I MAKE AN "A" ON A TEST LIKE
BRUSHING MY TEETH THE SAME WEAR (SIC), WEARING MY HAIR
SAME WAY, WEARING THE SAME SHOES.
STUDY THE MATERIAL AT THE SAME TIME,FOR SAME HOURS, IN SAME
PLACE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BOWLING GREEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
FORMULA FOR DOING WELL ON AN EXAMINATION:
I ALWAYS WEAR JEANS AND A TEE SHIRT, BUT IT DOESN'T DO A LOT
OF GOOD. I ALWAYS USE A PENCIL IF I CAN SO I CAN CHANGE MY
MIND. I TRY TO GET A LOT OF SLEEP AND NOT GET UPSET WITH
ANYONE, ESPECIALLY MY BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BOWLING GREEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
FORMULA FOR DOING WELL ON AN EXAMINATION:
DO A LOT OF PRAYING TEST DAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BOWLING GREEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
FORMULA FOR DOING WELL ON AN EXAMINATION:
TRY TO GET AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE.
AT LEAST DRINK SOME JUICE FOR BREAKFAST, IF NOT MORE.
GET TO CLASS PLENTY EARLY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BOWLING GREEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Eighths / Eight BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
FORMULA FOR DOING WELL ON AN EXAMINATION:
TELL MYSELF NOT TO WORRY.
AFTER STUDYING WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED, DO SOMETHING FUN
OR COMPLETELY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BOWLING GREEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
FORMULA FOR DOING WELL ON AN EXAMINATION:
I JUST TRY TO RELAX AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BOWLING GREEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
PEABODY COLLEGE POSSESSES A TREE WHICH HAS A LOW HANGING LIMB
HOVERING ABOVE A WALKWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE PAYNE BUILDING. BY
THE BULK OF THE LIM (SIC), ONE MAY GUESS THAT THE BRANCH HAS
BEEN AROUND MANY YEARS, WHICH MAKES ONE WONDER WHY IT HASN'T
BEEN CUT DOWN OR FALLEN OFF ON ITS OWN ACCO RD. DURING THE
FIRST MONTH OF MY WORK AT PEABODY, I LEARNED THAT THE LIMB
IS DOOMED TO HANG OVER THE WALK UNTIL THE TIME WHEN A VIRGIN
PEABODY COED WALKS BENEATH IT. AT THIS MOMENT, THE LIMB WILL
FALL UPON THE PURE LADY AND HOLD HER DOWN AS A SPECIMEN FOR ALL
TO SEE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WHEN THE FOOD IS BAD IN THE CAFETERIA, THE CAMPUS SQUIRRELS WILL
DISAPPEAR MORE RAPIDLY THAN USUAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
BELIEF: ACADEMIC GRADES
MAJORS IN A DEPARTMENT GET A'S AND B'S JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THAT DEPARTMENT, EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T DESERVE IT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THESE GIRLS (FRESHMEN) WERE GETTING THEIR GRADES AT THE END OF A SEMESTER. THIS IS THE USUAL TIME TO HEAR THIS STATEMENT. IT HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY SAID IN REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS HERE AT PEABODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): EDUCATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
EASY WAY TO GRADE PAPERS
WHEN AN INFORMANT TOLD ME OF HIS CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS
WHO BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS (IS) A UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
PROFESSOR WHO GRADES PAPERS BY THROWING THEM UP THE
STAIRS, I WAS REMINDED OF TWO INSTANCES IN WHICH I
HEARD OF THE SAME LEGEND.
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS STORY (AND BELIEVED IT!) WAS
WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DOWNTOWN
CAMPUS. I REMEMBER A CLASSMATE OF MINE SAYING HE DIDN'T
WANT TO TAKE A MR. THOMPSON FOR ACCOUNTING BECAUSE HE NEVER
EVEN LOOKED AT THE EXAMINATION PAPERS OR AT THE HOMEWORK
HANDED IN. HE WOULD JUST THROW THE PAPERS UP THE STAIRS
AND THOSE THAT LANDED ON TOP WOULD GET AN A AND THEN THE
GRADES DESCENDED AS DID THE PAPERS. THE BOTTOM PAPERS
WOULD GET FS. THIS WAS ABOUT 1954.
THE SECOND TIME I HEARD THIS AT THE UPTOWN (MC NICHOLS
RD.) CAMPUS. DR. ESPINOSA OF MY SPANISH 55 CLASS TOLD US
THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO HAD A DEFECT (I BELIEVE
SHE WAS HUNCHBACKED) BUT WHO WAS A VERY GOOD STUDENT
WHO HAD EARNED ALL A'S IN HER COLLEGE CAREER. ALL
A'S THAT IS, UNTIL A SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR WHO GRADED BY
THE "THROW THE PAPERS UP AND SEE HOW THEY FALL" METHOD,
GAVE HER A C IN HIS COURSE. DR. ESPINOSA TOLD THIS AS
THE TRUTH, AND TOLD IT QUITE CONVINCINGLY, I MIGHT ADD.
THIS WAS IN ABOUT 1961.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 02-19-1965
THE LEGEND OF BEAUMONT TOWER
AT MSU (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY), WHENEVER A VIRGIN WALKS
UNDERNEATH THE TOWER, A SPIKE FALLS FROM ONE OF THE TOWERS.
ALL THE SPIKES REMAIN INTACT UPON THE TOWER EVEN TODAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM A FELLOW DORMIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
EASY WAY TO GRADE PAPERS
WHEN AN INFORMANT TOLD ME OF HIS CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS
WHO BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS (IS) A UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
PROFESSOR WHO GRADES PAPERS BY THROWING THEM UP THE
STAIRS, I WAS REMINDED OF TWO INSTANCES IN WHICH I
HEARD OF THE SAME LEGEND.
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS STORY (AND BELIEVED IT!) WAS
WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DOWNTOWN
CAMPUS. I REMEMBER A CLASSMATE OF MINE SAYING HE DIDN'T
WANT TO TAKE A MR. THOMPSON FOR ACCOUNTING BECAUSE HE NEVER
EVEN LOOKED AT THE EXAMINATION PAPERS OR AT THE HOMEWORK
HANDED IN. HE WOULD JUST THROW THE PAPERS UP THE STAIRS
AND THOSE THAT LANDED ON TOP WOULD GET AN A AND THEN THE
GRADES DESCENDED AS DID THE PAPERS. THE BOTTOM PAPERS
WOULD GET FS. THIS WAS ABOUT 1954.
THE SECOND TIME I HEARD THIS AT THE UPTOWN (MC NICHOLS
RD.) CAMPUS. DR. ESPINOSA OF MY SPANISH 55 CLASS TOLD US
THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO HAD A DEFECT (I BELIEVE
SHE WAS HUNCHBACKED) BUT WHO WAS A VERY GOOD STUDENT
WHO HAD EARNED ALL A'S IN HER COLLEGE CAREER. ALL
A'S THAT IS, UNTIL A SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR WHO GRADED BY
THE "THROW THE PAPERS UP AND SEE HOW THEY FALL" METHOD,
GAVE HER A C IN HIS COURSE. DR. ESPINOSA TOLD THIS AS
THE TRUTH, AND TOLD IT QUITE CONVINCINGLY, I MIGHT ADD.
THIS WAS IN ABOUT 1961.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 02-19-1965
THE LEGEND OF BEAUMONT TOWER
AT MSU (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY), WHENEVER A VIRGIN WALKS
UNDERNEATH THE TOWER, A SPIKE FALLS FROM ONE OF THE TOWERS.
ALL THE SPIKES REMAIN INTACT UPON THE TOWER EVEN TODAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM A FELLOW DORMIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
TO WARD OFF THE "COOTIES" SO COMMON TO ALL GRADE
SCHOOL CHILDREN, A GESTURE OF 2 FISTS TOGETHER WITH THE
THUMBS EXTENDED IS MADE.
Data entry tech comment:
DIAGRAM IS ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Updated By TRD for BN. Card Info Update is Forthcoming.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Classroom ; COOTIES ; CUSTOM ; Fists ; GAME ; GESTURE ; Grade School ; SLANG ; Thumb
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- P670 P670.88 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
Custom/Belief
School Belief:
In the middle of the "diag," the diagonal sidewalk bisecting the campus at the University of Michigan, there is embedded in the walk a large brass 'M.' If a freshman walks on this 'M,' it is assured that he will fail his next test.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Reference
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Myself ; ANN ARBOR
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; COLLEGE ; CUSTOM ; MICHIGAN ; Student ; SUPERSTITION ; TEST ; University ; University of Michigan
James Callow Keyword(s): Reference
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |