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Summary: Silly, head scratching and fun
Review: In an expansion from the fun articles that used to appear in magazines and now flow freely in the net, Henriksson has created the collected mistakes of students. At first glance, such erroneous statements, while howlingly funny, might make you concerned for the students of today. "The Sumerian culture, which was oldest, began about 3,500 years before Christmas." But a good number of these errors represent the student flail when blanking on the exam. And in that we can just laugh our head off at the misfortune of others. Yes, there is a serious lack of knowledge today about history, geography and the like, but this is not the condemnation of knowledge. Rather it is a celebration in the silliness that comes out under pressure. A laugh out loud good time!
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Summary: Pretty funny, but slightly contrived
Review: I sat in bed and read this whole book to my wife, both of us laughing the whole time. The book is a collection of stupid things written by college students, and you will be amazed at what an "educated" person can believe.The only downside to the book is the way the errors flow into one another. The author assures us that every statement is authentic, but it quickly becomes obvious that some are out of context. Furthermore, one paragraph could contain errors from several different students, giving the book a disjointed feel.
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Summary: Genuinely good fun
Review: I don't know if this book works better read alone or aloud to someone else. I've tried both and thoroughly enjoyed both. It's been a long time since I laughed this hard at a book. It helps if you're a teacher or professor, as I am, but anyone with a reasonable grasp of English and some history will find it hilarious. I've bought several copies because I can't resist passing them on to people.
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Summary: Insanely funny! Comments from a student of Dr. Henriksson
Review: This is without a doubt one of the funniest books you'll ever read. Being a student of Dr. Henriksson's History 101 "Ancient to Medieval" course, I am able to experience his lectures first hand, and hence gain a greater appreciation for the often hilarious misinterpretations in this book. Dr. Henriksson is not only a very funny guy, but a tremendous professor as well. His lectures are easily comprehendible, too! Hopefully I won't be in Dr. Henriksson's next book! Yikes!
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Summary: Packed with comedy both intentional and unintentional
Review: Compiled by Anders Henriksson, Professor Anders Henriksson's Non Campus Mentis joins a few other titles in gathering funny student papers and misconceptions, providing them together in a survey of history which is anything but ordinary. From Marie Curie's Noel Prize for inventing the radiator to nobles who claim to be descended from better jeans, this is packed with comedy both intentional and unintentional.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: I loved this book. I saw it on a list here at Amazon and decided to check it out at the local library. I read it a few nights ago in my car while waiting for my friend to arrive at the restaurant. I was laughing so hard that people were looking at me like I was crazy. I liked it so much I went ahead and ordered it. My sister and I are "word people". We enjoy Mad-Libs, the Logophilia website and books like Non Campus Mentis. I can't wait to quote to her some of these versions of history. She will be shocked to learn that St. Theresa was a carmelized nun. Who knew? In defense of these poor souls, I remember that history was just a big boring blur back when I was in college. It wasn't until I was in my thirties that history started being interesting. Somewhere along the line I bought a wall chart of the history of the world and I finally saw the order of events and what events happened at the same time. I even spend my free time reading about WWII, ancient Chinese culture and the Renaissance. My history teachers would beam with pleasure if they only knew. I'm sure it will be this way with many of the individuals quoted in this book. They will come to it in their own time.
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Summary: It's extremely hilarious but it's really sad...
Review: ...that generations of people have such a twisted concept of history. Even my own father believed that Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the Wright Brothers (he's a roofing supervisor) and everyone knows that's not true. Either certain learning institutions aren't doing their job or college students aren't paying attention in class. Sometimes I think that the exerpts from the exams show that some students are deliberately writing these things in. Anyway, the book is hysterical. I read it in one day and tears were coming out of my eyes from laughing so hard. As a history major, I feel ashamed for my peers who know so little about our history.
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Summary: Fun
Review: I bought this one for my husband at Christmas. He is a history teacher and I figured he would enjoy it. Well not only did he, he has bought a few copies for other colleagues.
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Summary: There but for the grace of God..........
Review: Having taken too many exams while ill-prepared, too tired from cramming, too nervous, or too hungover; I have some empathy for the students in this very quick, very funny collection. Those who think these entries are fake have never graded high school or college eassay exams. In a tense testing enviornment, words often flow without the assistance of thought or editing. But before anyone feels to superior, take the quiz at the end of the book. Few of us would ace it.
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Summary: This book made me stupider
Review: When I got this book, I thought that I would find it amusing as I am a college freshman and this book is about stupid things that college students write on their paper. But instead, I was very disappointed. I thought that this book was incredibly lame and not even mildly entertaining. Most of the mistakes included in this book are not funny, but are just confusing and dumb. Most of this book makes no sense whatsoever. I think there were probably two, maybe three, really good laughs AT THE MOST in the entire book, and it is mostly a waste of time. I was hoping it would atleast be somewhat clever, but nope, it's just stupid. The only thing that this book was good for is that it proved a statement that my high school American Government teacher told me, "80% of the population is stupid." The book does make a good coaster, however.
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