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The Assignment
A young woman was very upset with a failing grade she received on a rather important paper in her sociology class at college. She had spent hours studying the adolescent and teenage populations of Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and China. She wrote a fifteen page paper comparing the societal, religious and governmental influences. The paper was grammatically correct. Can you explain why she received the failing grade?
Hint
The Sociology class was on Death and Dying.Answer
The Professor wanted a paper on Euthanasia not Youth in Asia.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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an excelent use of word play, well done.
I thoguht it was because she spelt "adolecent" wrong!
Funny though!
Funny though!
Or she forgot to turn it in
Nice, nice !! Don't like the hint though
great hint, great teaser
wow..this is now my favorite teaser..nicely done!
Great one!!
a joke, yes?
VERY WEAK, A STRETCH OF ANYONE'S IMAGINATION.
yeah this was easy for me considering i heard it as a joke/possibly true story (it was hard to tell) in 7th grade...
IMURRAY has been being nicer lately. But I think he is wrong about this teaser. I thought it was very cute. I laughed when I saw the answer. Very cute and very nicely done!
ooooo - good one - i thought it was going to be like - she handed it for a different class by mistake - but liked it
A bit obvious. I was thinking she wrote on the wrong topic, which she did. But the answer makes up a little for it. Nice play of words.
I didn't see that one coming! Anybody ever see Ali G's joke on that word play (I don't know if he's well known in the States).
I'm with Imurray this time -- this isn't a riddle, it's simply a joke trying to masquerade as a riddle. The only hints, such as they are, call for way too big a stretch of the imagination.
I honestly did not care for this teaser. I also think it was more of a joke. But commendations on the effort and thought put into it, I would never have guessed that answer.
The answer is really not revelant
to the question. considering there were no punctual indifferences.
to the question. considering there were no punctual indifferences.
Ha! hat gotmy brain thinking and it was fun!
i dont get it...would someone please tell me what it is?
I don't think lMURRAY is that mean. He speaks his mind and gives advice or his opinion.
I didn't understand this riddle. It didn't really have enough in the writing for me to follow where the riddle was leading. I didn't get to use the clue cuz when I went to the page the answer was there so I saw it.
It was a nice play on words though.
I didn't understand this riddle. It didn't really have enough in the writing for me to follow where the riddle was leading. I didn't get to use the clue cuz when I went to the page the answer was there so I saw it.
It was a nice play on words though.
The act of CONFUSION
You may not always like what lmurray has to say, but at least I've never seen him call anyone a piece of ****. I agree totally with his opinion on this weak, weak teaser.
Nice play on words. Reminds me of Pirates of Penzance wherein Freddie became apprenticed to a Pirate instead of a Pilot.
I don't know lmurray, or his work, so I don't judge him on "meaness".
There are quite a few users who think only their opinion counts. I just try to skip over their comments.
I also didn't get this. I thought maybe studying the youth in Vietnam, China and Korea(North /South?) Would be incomplete because of their secrecy. It would of been better placed in "Trick", allowing people to think outside the box.
It was funny.
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There are quite a few users who think only their opinion counts. I just try to skip over their comments.
I also didn't get this. I thought maybe studying the youth in Vietnam, China and Korea(North /South?) Would be incomplete because of their secrecy. It would of been better placed in "Trick", allowing people to think outside the box.
It was funny.
See the difference between good and bad critique?
I did not get it.
Ditto!!!
When a teaser is presented as a "riddle" and is marked as "very difficult", people set their minds up to look for intricate cues and work hard to solve some mystery. When it turns out that it was an obscure play on words which was not even presented in the riddle, there is dissappointment and a feeling of trickery. But there is also enjoyment of the joke. I guess we all like to solve these teasers and don't like to be duped.
This teaser just continues to annoy me.....
How about giving the audience a break by changing the title to "The Misunderstood Assignment"?
I just can't picture how a student could not have seen (only heard) the word Euthanasia when the assignment was given ....now I'll be quiet.
How about giving the audience a break by changing the title to "The Misunderstood Assignment"?
I just can't picture how a student could not have seen (only heard) the word Euthanasia when the assignment was given ....now I'll be quiet.
Real cute.
Did anyone get the answer? I agree that it was a good story and a cute joke, but I don't see how one could actually figure out the answer. I also thought that the meanest comment was that meade by Menz.
Sorry-typo! "made",not "meade"
I'm with GrandmaB. She said it all !!
This is a great play on words. Euthasia is hardly an obscure term. I agree with the very first comment by mad-ade.
excellent teaser! it took me a while, but i started laughing when i actually got it great job!
I think the teaser was an interesting play on words, but if the hint wasn't present, it would seem (to me anyways) to be almost impossible to solve. It should have included that hint in the actual text, then add something else for a real hint, i.e. 'these are all Asian countries.'
Yeah, this isn't a riddle, it's a joke. It could fall under the "Trivia" category though and it would be fine. As it is, it doesn't belong in the "language" category.
That would explain it.
I was thinking that she compared teens and adolescents and how they each lived in the different countries...Since teens and adolescents mean the same thing, I then thought that might have been the reason why she failed...I was off though...
Oh well, at least I learned a new word today! Thanks for the great teaser. Keep more like this coming!
Oh well, at least I learned a new word today! Thanks for the great teaser. Keep more like this coming!
rayneeday...u got me! haven't been stumped in a while. loved it!
I thought the student should have gotten an A+ then be put down (youthinasiaised) for being stupid!
I must say that this is the first teaser that I really didn't care for as it seemed more like a joke than a puzzle. However that said, the play on words was funny.
That might be useful as a joke(sort of)
I found it very cute and funny!
Too funny One of the best play on words I've seen. I loved it
That was awesome. I didn't get it right, but when I saw the answer I felt like kicking myself. Thanks for a wonderful teaser.
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It *does* belong in the language category, because the solution depends upon a play on words.
Had I read it here at Braingle, instead of in my newsletter, I probably would have solved it because the hint pretty much gave away the answer.
Fortunately, I didn't, because I wouldn't have had quite the same pleasure in learning the answer without the surprising pun. It was very cleverly done.
Wonderful teaser!
Had I read it here at Braingle, instead of in my newsletter, I probably would have solved it because the hint pretty much gave away the answer.
Fortunately, I didn't, because I wouldn't have had quite the same pleasure in learning the answer without the surprising pun. It was very cleverly done.
Wonderful teaser!
I am one of those that felt duped by this teaser...
The means to answering it was not available in the text of the teaser and yet it was very humorous when I read the answer. I felt ripped off but not angry.
I do believe this teaser belongs in the SITUATION category, but it hadn't been invented yet at the time this teaser was written.
I prefer teasers with a logical way of solving them, but always appreciate the author's effort. Way to go!
By the way, I don't mind IMurray's honesty and forthright manner... he's tough but not overly rude and never foul.
The means to answering it was not available in the text of the teaser and yet it was very humorous when I read the answer. I felt ripped off but not angry.
I do believe this teaser belongs in the SITUATION category, but it hadn't been invented yet at the time this teaser was written.
I prefer teasers with a logical way of solving them, but always appreciate the author's effort. Way to go!
By the way, I don't mind IMurray's honesty and forthright manner... he's tough but not overly rude and never foul.
Easy! Loved it!
I didn't like this one
very odd, didn't like it at all
i didn't get it...
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