The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Anecdote

One professor at a college has the reputation of never grading final exams--at least not in the usual way. His method is to throw the papers down the flight of steps and the ones that go to the bottom get As, the next higher step get Bs, next higher Cs, etc. One student is reported to have written 10 pages of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and gotten an A!

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE