Why should those 20 people have to study for a second exam while the 
other 40 don't?

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Ginny Maurer wrote:

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> Give another exam, possibly only to those whose exams you lost. With it, serve
> plenty of pizza, mea culpas, and crow. Pay for it yourself.
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> Ginny
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> Ok, what's the least unfair thing to do?
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> Subject: Re: Lost Bluebooks
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> How can you say giving another exam is "fair?" Your students studied for
> the first exam. Now, they'd have to study for a "do-over" because you
> lost the first one. How is that fair to them?
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> > Last night I gave a mid-term to a class of about 60 students.  I left
> > 20 of the bluebooks on the train on the way home (moron!).  I'm hoping
> > they will turn up in NJ Transit's lost and found today.  If they
> > don't, has anyone had to deal with a situation like this before, and
> > how do you handle it?  I'm thinking that if the missing bluebooks
> > aren't found, the only fair thing to do is to write a new mid-term and
> > give a "do-over."
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