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Peer reviewedBodmer, George R. – College English, 1984
Updates the list of classic excuses students make to teachers when their paper is late--this time in reference to the mishaps that may occur with a computer. (CRH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Humor, Microcomputers, Parody
Peer reviewedBell, Robert H. – College English, 1981
A facetious private detective story embroidered with literary interpretation, autobiography, logical positivism, David Hume on personal identity, and "The Happy Hooker." (RL)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Higher Education, Humor, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedJacob, Kay – English Journal, 1982
Satirizes the teaching of basic skills in isolation and the placing of test results above true learning. (RL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, English Curriculum, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedWallace, Danny P.; Van Fleet, Connie – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
Presents a humorous treatment of the "sessio taurino" (or humanistic inquiry) technique for describing changes in technological models. The fundamental tool of "sessio taurino" is a loosely-structured event known as the session, which is of indeterminate length, involves a flexible number of participants, and utilizes a…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Group Discussion, Humor, Information Science
