Problems grading Ben’s exam

PROFESSOR: Ben, I had some PROBLEMS grading your last exam. BEN: How so? PROFESSOR: Well, take question ONE, "Explain in detail the central conflict in Hume and Locke's ideas concerning man's ability to govern." YOUR answer was: "The question is moot. We're all going to die." BEN: WELL... we ARE, aren't we? PROFESSOR: But you answered the other 19 questions the SAME way!
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    • PROFESSOR: Ben, I had some PROBLEMS grading your last exam.
    • BEN: How so?
    • PROFESSOR: Well, take question ONE, “Explain in detail the central conflict in Hume and Locke’s ideas concerning man’s ability to govern.” YOUR answer was: “The question is moot. We’re all going to die.”
    • BEN: WELL… we ARE, aren’t we?
    • PROFESSOR: But you answered the other 19 questions the SAME way!