Thread: Haiku-licious
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Old 12-03-2007, 11:43 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker View Post
I've noticed over the past few years that the students who take time to write a haiku score about 10% better on the exam than those who don't.
Possibly because those who have time to write a haiku are those who have already breezed through the questions, and thus are more likely to score better.
But I also like haiku because they force you to condense your meaning into a very few words, thus forcing you to figure out exactly what it is you mean to say. This cuts waffling, a major peril in academia. Sherlock Holmes liked telegrams for the same reason.
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