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Academia - College and High School Urban Legends
College and high school urban legends - tall tales from the halls of academe.
Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Light?
Classic dormitory horror story, a variant of "The Roommate's Death."
The Dropped Chalk ('It Takes Guts to Say Jesus')
Atheist college professor unintentionally proves that God exists. A "miracle" that never happened.
The Flat Tire
Exam scam: Two college students who blew off a final exam attempt to get a second chance at taking it by telling their professor they had a flat tire on the way to school
Flunk Me If You Can
Here's one way to get around those pesky final exam time limits in college...
Halloween Campus Massacre '98
The year the urban legend came back... with a vengeance.
Kidney Thieves at the University of Texas
Email version of the ubiquitous legend, aptly entitled "Reason Not to Party Anymore."
The Roommate's Death
A dormitory horror story dating back to the 1960s.
Why English Teachers Die Young
A compilation of fractured similes and metaphors allegedly found in high school essays by English teachers from across the U.S.
Straight A's for Suicide
On the academic advantages of having a suicidal roommate...
The Trained Professor
A psychology class decides to conduct a psychological experiment in positive reinforcement on their professor.
Why Does It Taste so Salty?
Under the category of "classroom embarrassments" – female student asks the biology professor why, if semen is 50% sugar, it tastes so salty.