Academics-in-Training: Sports Medicine Glycemic Index Department

Hoisted from Comments: Glory Liu writes:

Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: Thanks for the refreshments! I definitely met my sugar quota for the rest of the month. In terms of the sugar spike/crash, I definitely didn't have that problem because I also had a clif bar for "dinner" which optimizes your glycemic response withs low-release carbohydrates, which is always good right before exam time.

The exam wasn't terrible at all; it was exactly what could be expected. The only bad part was that my entire right hand and forearm was sore for the next day from writing so furiously for three hours nonstop.

Gotta build up those lower right arm muscles...

Comments

[Barry]

Don't you folks at Berkeley permit a word processor or some such? Actually writing? By hand? How archaic.

I typed all of my exams on an SCM electric portable 40 years ago, and never would have gotten through school if my teachers had had to read my wretched handwriting.

[Glory Liu]

Thanks for the concern. I think the muscle tear-down and recovery time definitely helped (between Saturday night and Tuesday afternoon). I had another final (3 hours writing nonstop again) and no forearm soreness. Hooray!

[Michael Cain]

Just out of curiosity, how does the Department and/or University deal with the student who brings a doctor's letter stating that the person has arthritis and is unable to write for such an extended period, but is fine with typing? In the case I know of, there was a great deal of debate about which software she would be allowed to use, as even basic word-processing capabilities (move sentences and paragraphs) allowed her to construct essays that were better organized (or at least appeared better organized) than students writing longhand.

And the howls from the other students, all of whom could type much more quickly than they could write...