Student Answers
We’ve all received emails where students write the most ridiculous answers when they can’t answer the questions. I have not had the opportunity to come across answers like that in real life, but some of the answers I have seen are amusing enough in their own way. For this online collection, I will only include answers those that students have agreed to let me upload 
And if I mention names, it’s because they have REQUESTED for their names to be included…
2010
Physics In Pictures
Szeto Yan Weng, now in 5 Dickens decided to make my day by drawing really cute pictures in answer to the question which asked how submarines are able to sink and float.
Submarines by Szeto
2009
Chemistry – How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
The typical tabulation of data for an experiment should be a table with a filled list of manipulated variables, and a blank column for the responding variables… I guess Szeto Yan Weng of 4 Dickens was trying to curry favour by singing false praises of Chemistry.
- Don’t we all just LOVE Chemistry??
The best way to identify an unknown chemical compound is to…
The question is: How do you confirm the salt contains copper(II) ions and sulphate ions? This being a Chemistry paper, obviously, the student is supposed to write chemical tests to confirm the presence of the aforementioned ions. Not Daniel Chew of 4 Mozart, of course.
And he wanted to try this for real during the Chemistry practical session
Chemistry – How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
The typical tabulation of data for an experiment should be a table with a filled list of manipulated variables, and a blank column for the responding variables… not sarcastic descriptions of Chemistry!
Don't we all just LOVE Chemistry??
The best way to identify an unknown chemical compound is to…
2005
And of course, the all-time favourite: I DON’T KNOW!!!
Stress how much you don’t know the answer. It’ll light up your teacher’s day as she’s marking your paper Tan Jia-Li of 4 Aristotle certainly did.
I think you missed out an exclamation mark there