A growing plague... like bubonic... only it lasts longer.

I'm sitting in class.  The teacher is telling us he wants us to fight the growing plague of stress among students.

Teacher is nuts.

No, seriously.  He just said, and I quote, "I don't want to trip you up."  You want to know what kind of questions he asks on his exam?

Question #384:
What were the main issues in the year 1820?
A.Internal Improvements
B.Communications development
C.Transportation
D.Morality in the governing body
E.Temperance
F.A and E
G. A, B and C
H. B, C, and E
I. All of the above
J. None of the above

Okay, seriously.  He is the ONLY teacher who has asked questions like this since American Heritage, which is designed to break students in to getting bad grades so they can spend their first semester feeling terrible about themselves after getting A's and B's in high school. 

"I don't want to trip you up!  I don't want you to second guess yourself!  Your first instinct is almost always right!"

That's what he said.  Unfortunately, with the way his questions go, we have about 3 first instincts, and naturally second guess ourselves in the process, because the 2nd first instinct is never as strong as the first, and the third is even less so.  In fact, the third instinct has about the same effect as the wrong answer.  So, the student body simply sits there and stares at the test, wondering if there's any possibility of faking a nervous breakdown... or possibly a seizure... just to have the chance to exact revenge and egg the teacher's office while the memory of his torture is still fresh.

Of course, that's assuming the test doesn't give us a REAL nervous breakdown and/or seizure. 

So, will these students fight the growing plague of stress?  When we know we need to memorize 30 terms, answer 50 multiple choice, write some short answer, and then two essays, all while trying not to forget everything we need to know for the other 4 classes in our schedules? 

Heh.

Yeah right.