Intro To Buddhism Professor Doesn't Seem Very Zen

This surely isn't the first episode of "the nutty professor" — from the hip to the scandalous, we've seen it all. Finals haven't started yet, but this week we bring you an Intro to Buddhism professor who just isn't taking your crap.

1:49pm 04/25/2015
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This final exam for Intro to Buddhism:
Section III
Way of Discipline:
Memorize the following passage and reproduce it for the examination. You must reproduce it from memory exactly how it is written here. If you make one mistake you will lose all the points eligible for this section. 34 points.

“Uposathakaranato pubbe navavidham pubbakiccam kaatabbam hoti tanthaanasammajjalananca tattha padiipuajjalananca aasanapannapananca paaniiyaparibhojaniiyuupatthapananca chandaarahaanam bhikkhuunam chandaaharananca”

Section IV
Punch yourself...in the mind...then complete the 9th perfection of the Bodhisattva Path

Funny, because last time anyone got an immediate 66 on a final exam it was for:

1. Getting caught by your professor whilst trying to subtly drop your pencil to glance at your neighbor's paper

2. Taking your first organic chem exam that time you still thought you were pre-med

3. Being punished by your TA for the numerous times you ran into him/her at a party and drunkenly told them how bad they are at teaching

....And not for forgetting a vowel in a chaotic jumble of mile-long words.

Good thing we can be reassured by the cognitive simplicity of Section IV: all you need to do is punch yourself...in the mind! Why worry about studying when you could just (metaphorically) throw your brain against a wall? Ah, the essence of finals!