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What
can I do for extra credit?
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There
are no extra credit assignments or extra credit points in this course.
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Is
it true that history repeats itself?
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No,
but historians do.
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Can
I take the quiz early?
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No.
We don't give early quizzes, only make-ups.
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How
do I arrange for a make-up exam?
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Go
to the Quizzes web page to find out.
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Could
you give me the email address of the hunk/babe who sits on the end of the
front row? I'm interested in comparing lecture notes.
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Yeah,
right. This isn't a dating service. Introduce yourself, you coward.
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Is
it OK if I tape the lectures?
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No,
not unless you have a documented disability and the privilege of
tape-recording is an approved accommodation.
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I
missed class, so can I get a copy of your lecture notes?
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Nope.
Better do some networking with your classmates.
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What's
your dog's name?
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Arnold
Toynbee. He's named for the English historian famous for the historical
theory of challenge-and-response. If you ask me, this dog is mostly
challenge and not much response.
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Is
it true that history repeats itself?
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No,
but historians do.
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I
missed class yesterday. Did I miss anything important?
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There
are some sensitive profs who will say to you, "There is no such thing
as a dumb question," but that's not true. This is a dumb question.
Think about it.
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Hey,
the stuff you talk about in class isn't the same stuff as is in the
textbook. What's the deal?
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Welcome
to college.
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Whenever
I send a message to my email list, I get a copy of it back in my mailbox.
How come?
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That's
good. You get the message because you are a member of the group to which
you sent it. Your receipt of the message is confirmation that it went
through to the list. If you don't get a copy of it back, then something is
messed up.
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What
was the greatest football game in history?
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Oklahoma
v. Nebraska, Thanksgiving Day, 1971.
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Where
does Dr. Danbom get all those dumb jokes he tells?
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If
we knew, we'd do something about it.
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Catch
any big fish lately?
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Not
this year. Last year, though, I made the North Dakota Whopper list twice,
for largemouth bass and for channel catfish. (I’m not interested in
walleye, which are fish for people who don’t like fish.)
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