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    I didn’t give a final exam, but I did have a final project. But no...blamed a dead...
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    how many times has your grandma died? (see
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ilovecharts: For the exam season:Documenting the curious increase in claimed family deaths — especially of grandmothers — during tests season at college. This gem is from “The Dead Grandmother/Exam Syndrome and the Potential Downfall Of American Society” by Mike Adams (The Connecticut Review, 1990). Adams’ hilarious explanation for this phenomenon: “Only one conclusion can be drawn from these data. Family members literally worry themselves to death over the outcome of their relatives’ performance on each exam. Naturally, the worse the student’s record is, and the more important the exam, the more the family worries; and it is the ensuing tension that presumably causes premature death.” (Photo should link to the original article.) -tornbread
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