算一算,你是否应该逃课?

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Wondering if you should skip class today?
逃课,还是不逃课,这是个问题,而且不是个简单的问题,对于在校的大学生而言这更是一个严肃的学术问题,需要认真考虑以下10个问题:
1)How many times a week do you have this class——每周这门课一共上几次?
2)About how many weeks are your semesters (minus finals week)——一学期一共有几周(不包括最后考试的一周)?
3)How many days have you already skipped——你已经逃了几天的课?
4) What is your current grade in the
class——你在该科目前的成绩如何?选项:优、良、中、差、劣。
5)What is the date of your next major quiz or test——下次测验和考试是哪天?
6) Will you have to take some kind of
small, daily
quiz——该科目是否会有当堂小测验?选项:是、否。如果答“是”,那么请给出小测验成绩占最后成绩的比例。
7) Does this class have some form of attendance policy——该科上课是否有考勤制度? 选项:有、否。如果答“有”,请描述考勤是否影响期末成绩。
8)How much of the exam material do you feel comes from lectures only——你感觉考试的内容有多少会来自讲课内容? 选项:全部、大部分、50/50、较少、没有
9)How often does the instructor give important announcements regarding tests or papers which are not found on the syllabus or other handouts——教师在课上讲考试内容或者教科书里没有的内容的频率?选项:总是、经常、有时、较少、从不。
10)How certain are you that you can get lecture notes and important announcements from someone else in the class before the next meeting——你在下次课之前从其他同学那里得到课堂笔记的可能性有多大?选项:非常可能、很可能、可能、不太可能、不可能。
美国一位今年刚毕业的电信管理专业大学毕业生Jim Filbert以上述十个问题为基础,攒了一个逃课计算器网站(http://www.skipclasscalculator.com/),其目的是帮助大学生考虑逃课的安全性。Jim Filbert想到办这么一个网站还是出自今年2月一个寒冷的早晨。当时他在被窝中进行了一场激烈的思想斗争,犹疑再三之后想到应该上网查查有没有帮助逃课决策的工具,结果发现还没有。他为自己的这个想法感到非常骄傲和兴奋,于是当天逃了课。
为了验证一下这个计算器的运行精度,我随机输入了两组数据,得到的结果如下:
第一组数据运行结果:
Don't even bother putting on pants
this morning:
It is SAFE to skip class.
By the way, you have already skipped 2% of this semester's classes.
Your next test or quiz is 43 days away.
(今儿早上别急着穿裤子了,逃课非常安全。你这学期才逃了2%的课,离下次考试还有43天呢!)
第二组数据运行结果:
What are you thinking? You NEED TO
GO to class.
By the way, you have already skipped 7% of this semester's classes.
Your next test or quiz is 15 days away.
(你想什么呢?赶紧上课去。再说了,你这学期已经逃课率已达7%,况且下次考试就是两周后的事了。)