Open book exam with nothing from the book - Electives are cool

well the subject line says it all.

Electives are Cool!

The first end term examination of Term 5 (the 1st elective term) ended a few hours back and I answered an absolutely delightful paper on Branding.

Branding, was touted to be quite a tough exam .... what isn't.

It was scheduled to be an open book exam, and students meandered into examination hall carrying a variety of text books apart from lecture slides, self made notes etc..

One particular student (a famous boisterous sardar of our batch) came in with 5 different text books, most of which I had never heard of or seen in my life.

But Alas, they were of no use as the examination contained an 30 page long case and extremely open ended questions. I obviously enjoy these kind of examinations as I am always underprepared and these tests level the playing the field. The case was about the the famous "got milk" campaign and was an extremely detailed and interesting read.

the motto - Electives are cool and significantly reduces the pain of examinations