Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions.
Time limit: 2 hours. Begin immediately.
Art: Given one eight-count box of crayons and three sheets of notebook paper, recreate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Skin tones should be true to life.
Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English Parliamentary System circa 1750. Prove your thesis.
Chemistry: You must identify a poison sample which you will find at your lab table. All necessary equipment has been provided. There are two beakers at your desk, one of which holds the antidote. If the wrong substance is used, it causes instant death. You may begin as soon as the professor injects you with a sample of the poison. (We feel this will give you an incentive to find the correct answer.)
Civil Engineering: This is a practical test of your design and building skills. With the boxes of toothpicks and glue present, build a platform that will wupport your weight when you and your platform are suspended over a vat of nitric acid.
Computer Science: Write a fifth-generation computer language. Using this language, write a computer program to finish the rest of this exam for you.
Economics: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist Controversy and the Wave Theory of Light. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question.
Electrical Engineering: You will be placed in a nuclear reactor and given a partial copy of the electrical layout. The electrical system has been tampered with. You have seventeen minutes to find the problem and correct it before the reactor melts down.
Engineering: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes, a hungry bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel necessary. Be prepared to justify your decision.
Epistemology: Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your stand.
General Knowledge: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
History: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its Europe, Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concise and specific.
Mathematics: Derive the Euler-Cauchy equations using only a straightedge and compass. Discuss in detail the role these equations had on mathematical analysis in Europe during the 1800s.
Medicine: You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until you work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
Metaphysics: Describe in detail the probably nature of life after death. Test your hypothesis.
Music: Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
Physchology: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II, Hammuarabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.
Physics: Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.
Political Science: There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at length on its socio-political effects if any.
Public Speaking: 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
Religion: Perform a miracle. Creativity will be judged.
Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Extra Credit: Define the universe, and give three examples.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Finals exams in the U.S.
Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions.
Time limit: 2 hours. Begin immediately.
Art: Given one eight-count box of crayons and three sheets of notebook paper, recreate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Skin tones should be true to life.
Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English Parliamentary System circa 1750. Prove your thesis.
Chemistry: You must identify a poison sample which you will find at your lab table. All necessary equipment has been provided. There are two beakers at your desk, one of which holds the antidote. If the wrong substance is used, it causes instant death. You may begin as soon as the professor injects you with a sample of the poison. (We feel this will give you an incentive to find the correct answer.)
Civil Engineering: This is a practical test of your design and building skills. With the boxes of toothpicks and glue present, build a platform that will wupport your weight when you and your platform are suspended over a vat of nitric acid.
Computer Science: Write a fifth-generation computer language. Using this language, write a computer program to finish the rest of this exam for you.
Economics: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist Controversy and the Wave Theory of Light. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question.
Electrical Engineering: You will be placed in a nuclear reactor and given a partial copy of the electrical layout. The electrical system has been tampered with. You have seventeen minutes to find the problem and correct it before the reactor melts down.
Engineering: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes, a hungry bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel necessary. Be prepared to justify your decision.
Epistemology: Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your stand.
General Knowledge: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
History: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its Europe, Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concise and specific.
Mathematics: Derive the Euler-Cauchy equations using only a straightedge and compass. Discuss in detail the role these equations had on mathematical analysis in Europe during the 1800s.
Medicine: You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until you work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
Metaphysics: Describe in detail the probably nature of life after death. Test your hypothesis.
Music: Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
Physchology: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II, Hammuarabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.
Physics: Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.
Political Science: There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at length on its socio-political effects if any.
Public Speaking: 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
Religion: Perform a miracle. Creativity will be judged.
Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Extra Credit: Define the universe, and give three examples.
Time limit: 2 hours. Begin immediately.
Art: Given one eight-count box of crayons and three sheets of notebook paper, recreate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Skin tones should be true to life.
Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English Parliamentary System circa 1750. Prove your thesis.
Chemistry: You must identify a poison sample which you will find at your lab table. All necessary equipment has been provided. There are two beakers at your desk, one of which holds the antidote. If the wrong substance is used, it causes instant death. You may begin as soon as the professor injects you with a sample of the poison. (We feel this will give you an incentive to find the correct answer.)
Civil Engineering: This is a practical test of your design and building skills. With the boxes of toothpicks and glue present, build a platform that will wupport your weight when you and your platform are suspended over a vat of nitric acid.
Computer Science: Write a fifth-generation computer language. Using this language, write a computer program to finish the rest of this exam for you.
Economics: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist Controversy and the Wave Theory of Light. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question.
Electrical Engineering: You will be placed in a nuclear reactor and given a partial copy of the electrical layout. The electrical system has been tampered with. You have seventeen minutes to find the problem and correct it before the reactor melts down.
Engineering: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes, a hungry bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel necessary. Be prepared to justify your decision.
Epistemology: Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your stand.
General Knowledge: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
History: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its Europe, Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concise and specific.
Mathematics: Derive the Euler-Cauchy equations using only a straightedge and compass. Discuss in detail the role these equations had on mathematical analysis in Europe during the 1800s.
Medicine: You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until you work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
Metaphysics: Describe in detail the probably nature of life after death. Test your hypothesis.
Music: Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
Physchology: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II, Hammuarabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.
Physics: Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.
Political Science: There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at length on its socio-political effects if any.
Public Speaking: 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
Religion: Perform a miracle. Creativity will be judged.
Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Extra Credit: Define the universe, and give three examples.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Impresiile unui alt european
What is on a Shooter's Mind: Speculation on a part of Durham's Party Scene
by Snezhi Kovacheva
It is 1 a.m.-ish, Friday night. I gave up going out, because I was too prejudiced (I won't pretentiously claim this is an objective note, but won't be as harsh as I can either) about the quality of the "fun", attainable down here. Somehow, the party scene fails to = provide the crazy, dancy, easy-going atmosphere I once took for granted. And why would I even bother about the party scene, when I am in one of the most competitive schools in the nation?
May be because this element is indicative of deeper, more significant trends.
My conscience is unstained. I gave a chance to the Frat parties and "Shooters", one of the two bars in Downtown Durham that reminds me how most of my disoriended classmates (including me) partied in 9th and partially 10th grade. The same short skirts (two friends recently commented that they found where all minies retired, having fallen out of fashion in Europe. Well, no need to search any longer. Great observation, girls); the same I-am-puttin'-the-fanciest-top-hanging-with-my
-girlies-and-hopin'-he'll-show-up attitude. Only, instead of kissing once or twice in public when it "gets hot", people rather casually make out, putting across the message that rubbing against each other intensively is as normal and acceptable as working out at the gym, or studying hard for an exam. For those who prefer the art of subtle flirt to the "play hard" doctrine...well, you can always study harder, so that you don't have time to dwell over this fascinating question. "Metamorphosis" perfectly describes those studious hyper-competitive respect-generating achievers, who transform into "random-play" paradigms over the weekend. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde or, rather, Dr Einstein and Mr Weddingcrasher.
I am taken aback by the multiple identities on campus. It is amazing to take a chemistry class with a devoted a-capella singer, or be in a study group in Economics with a supertalented drummer, whom you considered supertalented in integrating and differentiating. The strive for academic excellence, and pursuit of intellectual challenges is tangible in the air. The message is powerful, and empowering: be yourself. Push your limits. But then, a crouching sense of restraint haunts our Southern home. In "The Chronicle", the daily paper, an add shouts from between (may be even not from between) the lines that "Your employers read the "Facebook!". Every conscious reader should have got the point by now that putting pictures that will make your "Shooters" friends pround to hang out with you...won't do too much good unless "dirty dancing", "flip-cup", or "I-smash-self-with-Budlight-koz-I-have-zero-drinking-culture" skills fit in the job description. The more pertinent message should be: compare your facebook self with your non-facebook self. If you spot major contrasts, think about it...is the problem that it might get on the Facebook, or that you produced the material, without being able to face the consequences.
May be I am committing a huge mistake by publishing this very note on "Facebook". My future employer might turn out to be anl r'n'b-adoring party animal, who might deem pretentious such elements as jazz/techno/retro; dancing in a circle rather than chafing your back against someone else's front; drinking Bailey's while having a hard-core metaphysical conversation with your friends etc.
Still, there are islands of hope. I won't refer to particular clubs, but the formal activities of some organizations, which add extra intellectual flavor on campus, tend to transcend into pretty decent party-gatherings, where "Lady, hear me tonight" remains smooth background for save-the-world-despite-a-bit-tipsy talk, rather than a quick prelude to Jay-Z's "Can I get a ...".
I admit I have not explored in enough detail the "alternative" side of Duke to pronounce a sentence. I am postponing, koz I thus still retain hope. Don't get the impression that it's all about partying here."Study hard" is the doctrine everyone worships and follows. These are just a few subtler aspects I dwelled upon, while smoking my cigarette.
Legenda: Snezhi a fost colega mea de camera la conferinta de la Budapesta. Vine din Bulgaria si studiaza cu bursa Soros la Duke University, North Carolina. Este o persoana vesela, exuberanta si plina de spirit. Dar este si o fire profunda, care simte nevoia unor relatii interumane mai substantiale.
I am taken aback by the multiple identities on campus. It is amazing to take a chemistry class with a devoted a-capella singer, or be in a study group in Economics with a supertalented drummer, whom you considered supertalented in integrating and differentiating. The strive for academic excellence, and pursuit of intellectual challenges is tangible in the air. The message is powerful, and empowering: be yourself. Push your limits. But then, a crouching sense of restraint haunts our Southern home. In "The Chronicle", the daily paper, an add shouts from between (may be even not from between) the lines that "Your employers read the "Facebook!". Every conscious reader should have got the point by now that putting pictures that will make your "Shooters" friends pround to hang out with you...won't do too much good unless "dirty dancing", "flip-cup", or "I-smash-self-with-Budlight-koz-I-have-zero-drinking-culture" skills fit in the job description. The more pertinent message should be: compare your facebook self with your non-facebook self. If you spot major contrasts, think about it...is the problem that it might get on the Facebook, or that you produced the material, without being able to face the consequences.
May be I am committing a huge mistake by publishing this very note on "Facebook". My future employer might turn out to be anl r'n'b-adoring party animal, who might deem pretentious such elements as jazz/techno/retro; dancing in a circle rather than chafing your back against someone else's front; drinking Bailey's while having a hard-core metaphysical conversation with your friends etc.
Still, there are islands of hope. I won't refer to particular clubs, but the formal activities of some organizations, which add extra intellectual flavor on campus, tend to transcend into pretty decent party-gatherings, where "Lady, hear me tonight" remains smooth background for save-the-world-despite-a-bit-tipsy talk, rather than a quick prelude to Jay-Z's "Can I get a ...".
I admit I have not explored in enough detail the "alternative" side of Duke to pronounce a sentence. I am postponing, koz I thus still retain hope. Don't get the impression that it's all about partying here."Study hard" is the doctrine everyone worships and follows. These are just a few subtler aspects I dwelled upon, while smoking my cigarette.
Legenda: Snezhi a fost colega mea de camera la conferinta de la Budapesta. Vine din Bulgaria si studiaza cu bursa Soros la Duke University, North Carolina. Este o persoana vesela, exuberanta si plina de spirit. Dar este si o fire profunda, care simte nevoia unor relatii interumane mai substantiale.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Lucruri pe care nu le faceam atunci si le fac acum (2)
- raman blocata pe dinafara camerei cand ma duc la toaleta (usa se inchide automat, of course);
- fac 5 minute pana la: masa, clasa, cinema, alimentara, biblioteca;
- o aud pe colega mea de camera vorbind in coreeana, pe vecinul de alaturi vorbind in sarba, pe cealalta vecina in ungureshte si din cand in cand ma aud si pe mine cantand in romana;
- ascult Compact, Pasarea Colibri;
- le citesc amicilor poezii de Eminescu si Nichita in engleza;
- ma uit la clipuri cu Michael Jackson;
- ma trezesc cu 15 minute inainte sa inceapa cursul si ajung la fix;
- tricotez;
- ma duc la sala de sport (de fiecare data ma intorc cu o febra musculara groaznica);
- de fiecare data cand imi spal rufele, ma minunez de cat de bine sunt uscate si deloc sifonate;
- sunt curtata de fete;
- folosesc aerul conditionat ca sa incalzesc camera;
- citesc minim 100 de pagini pe zi;
- dorm 5 ore pe noapte;
- imi caut cuvintele;
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Lucruri pe care nu le faceam atunci si le fac acum
- am descoperit ceea ce se numeste CONSUMERISM. Mai precis, prin eBay. eBay este un loc virtual minunat unde pot sa cumpar orice (de la pasta de dinti la mobila) si sa imi vina prin posta. eBay este un loc unde poti cumpara o carte in valoare de 100 de dolari cu 10 dolari. eBay este un loc unde ramai fara bani pentru ca nu ii vezi cand ii dai.
- mananc enorm de dimineata (mult mai mult decat 2 sandwichuri!)
- beau cel putin 2 cafele pe zi
- printez si copiez pe gratis
- am internet gratis
- am sapun si hartie igienica gratis
- nu trebuie sa apas pe nimic ca sa aprind lumina
- imprumut o carte de la biblioteca la 12 noaptea
- tin o carte imprumutata de la biblioteca 2 luni fara sa se supere nimeni
- mananc chipsuri. multe. oricand. oriunde
- mananc marshmallows
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