Monday, July 27, 2009

Follow directions

The NYTimes.com's story, Just Following Orders: An Evil Essay tells the story of how on the SAT, Mr. Schrefer intentionally tried to submit the most evil essay possible crediting Nazis as the "brightest thinkers of our time". He did this while following the instructions which do not include anything about morality. He received scores from two graders, a 5 and a perfect 6, for his essay.

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