Robert McNees
The students in my upper-level electrodynamics course are taking their final exam right now, which always reminds me of the time I told my students they could bring a formula sheet to the final exam as long as it was on one side of a piece of paper.
Dec 12, 2022 at 3:48pmWeb
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022

That same semester, a grader for our Quantum Mechanics class told a different student (who submitted really long homework papers) "you aren't writing the Magna Carta."

That student turned in his next homework on a handmade "Magna Quanta" – a full length scroll with the complete text of the Magna Carta written on it and his homework solutions at the end.

Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022
Sorry if I miss your comment; Eugen boosted the Mobius formula sheet and my computer melted.
Show threadsorrykbDec 12, 2022
@mcnees What’s Latin for “Become Ungovernable”?
Show threadPPrinplupDec 12, 2022
@sorrykb That'd be, "fieri effrenati", according to Google Translate.
Show threadDIOGENESOFTORONTODec 12, 2022
@PPrinplup @sorrykb sounds 🔥
Show threadColes Street PotholeDec 12, 2022
@mcnees 😆 I feel seen. I did this in high school—wrote my homework in fountain pen on paper distressed to look like vellum. Got a ✔️ ➕➕➕
Show threadauthor_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5Dec 12, 2022
@mcnees That's a PhD grad student mentality right there…
Show threadJon HenshawDec 12, 2022
@mcnees a perfect "hold my beer" to unwarranted criticism.
Show threadLīgaDec 12, 2022
@mcnees so creatively funny.
Show threadMiveyDec 13, 2022
@mcnees Missed chance to also write the entire thing, including his solutions in medieval cursive script.
Show threadandreiDec 13, 2022
@mcnees now we’re talking!🔥
Show threadRD HallDec 13, 2022
@mcnees well, I am properly impressed!
Show threadAnathema DeviceDec 13, 2022
@mcnees now that's some dedication to a bit :)
Show threadLincolnDec 13, 2022
@mcnees look if you're gonna send, might as well full send
Show threadHenkka LaukkaDec 13, 2022
@mcnees Your students are absolutely brilliant! 
Show threadSus ScrofaDec 13, 2022
@mcnees It is incredible, how much you can write with a 0.1 mm fine-liner: https://www.rotring.com/pens-pencils/view-all/tikky-graphic-fineliner/SAP_1904750.html
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 13, 2022
@susscrofa A few of those would look nice on my desk next to my rOtring 600s.
Show threadMikko LaїneDec 13, 2022
@mcnees This reminds me of my cheat sheet on quantum mechanics basic course. One paper written on both sides was allowed.
Show threadSaager MhatreDec 13, 2022
@mcnees I mean, that's definitely a boss move, but you should assign them more homework, "cause it looks like they've got too much free time on their hands! 😄
Show threadmosbinDec 14, 2022
@mcnees great
Show threadBeyley ThomasDec 14, 2022
@mcnees you just gotta respect that
Show threadsorrykbDec 12, 2022
@mcnees That’s an automatic A.
Show threadKeith DevlinDec 12, 2022
@mcnees Bonus marks for ingenuity ... 🙂
Show threadRoss CarrollDec 12, 2022
@mcnees 💯
Show threadRachel PoretskyDec 12, 2022
@mcnees I'd give them extra points for this!
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022
@microbe I did exactly that. And now I always specify that the formula sheet has to be orientable.
Show threadWndlBDec 13, 2022
@mcnees @microbe So how many, or what %, got it?
Show threadJens HannemannDec 12, 2022
@mcnees Well played. #Feynman would be proud!
Show threadGabriel LohDec 12, 2022
My first reaction was that these must have been written on the back of a CVS receipt.
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022
@runbaconhockey Lol
Show threadDr. Tineke D'HaeseleerDec 13, 2022
@runbaconhockey same!!
Show threadPhysAcademyDec 12, 2022
@mcnees 🤣 this is brilliant!
Show threadJohn-Mark GurneyDec 12, 2022
@mcnees
Alt text:
Image of a mobius strip with equations on it.
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022
@encthenet The image already has alt text!
Show threadJohn-Mark GurneyDec 12, 2022

@mcnees Weird, my client didn't show it when I checked.

Thanks for having alt text!

Show threadAlexDec 12, 2022
@mcnees advanced problems require advanced solutions.
Show threadThe Big RDec 12, 2022
@mcnees thst should get you an A regardless.
Show threadzuglufttierDec 12, 2022
@mcnees I see nothing wrong.
Show threadDubi is here Dec 12, 2022
@mcnees did they get an automatic A?
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022
@Dubikan It wasn't automatic, but that's what they got.
Show threadTim of the CadeDec 12, 2022
@mcnees Please tell me you allowed them to use said piece of paper.
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022
@timcade Of course! Letter of the law.
Show threadTim of the CadeDec 13, 2022
@mcnees I appreciate you for that. :D
Show threadQizzio 𖡣Dec 12, 2022
@mcnees exam passed already! 😅
Show threadTonya Marie 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 12, 2022
@mcnees This solution is topologist approved. ✅
Show threadRobert McNeesDec 12, 2022
@TonyaMarie I now specify that all formula sheets must be orientable.
Show threadTonya Marie 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 12, 2022
@mcnees Spoilsport!
Show threadCB Uí FoghlúDec 12, 2022
@mcnees Brilliant!
Show threadGoog Dec 12, 2022
@mcnees it makes me uncomfortable :/
Show threadEleanor LNR BlairDec 12, 2022
@mcnees *applause*
Show threadLaurence Raphael BrothersDec 12, 2022

@mcnees I remember taking my last mid-level physics class in college. All I got out of it was a double dactyl:

Higgledy-piggledy
Mason R Yearian
Teaches mechanics, that's physics one ten

Equipotentially,
Inconsequentially
Everyone's clueless, they'll take it again

Show threadDROP\ TABLE Hacker of EarthseaDec 12, 2022
@mcnees student loans with compounding interest
Show threadRomain AlberichDec 12, 2022
@mcnees 10 points for creativity.
Show threadPaul LalondeDec 12, 2022
@mcnees this seems like more of a flex for a topology exam, tbh