Wednesday, December 3, 2008

A new type of exam


A teacher in San Diego is selling ads on his tests, quizzes, and finals.

Tom Farber, San Diego, is selling ads in his assignments to make more money in order to pay an overwhelming copying fee.  Farber determined that it would take over $500 worth of copies in order to give tests and quizzes to all of his students. His copying budget is currently at $316.

Many companies are buying into this idea and he had already received 75 email requests for ads by the end of the Thanksgiving weekend, when a story about his new technique of raising money was featured in the Thanksgiving edition of  The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Some parents not thrilled with the idea of having advertising forced into their child's face when they are working on a  difficult calculus problem are paying the fee and adding their own personal message to the tests or quizzes.

To read more about this visit the L.A. Times 

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