Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Frère Jacques

This morning I had a Business Law exam.

In the exam, multiple choice, there are 31 questions, each worth 3 points. Unconventional grading.
First of all, I'm having doubts about this guy's english proficiency. Here are some excerpts:

5. Which goverment [sic] body can annul a none-constitional [double-sic] law?
A) The Constitional [sic] Council
B) The Goverment [sic] Council
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

11. Ahmed sells his dog for 2 kilos of gold. His contract is:
A) A sales contract
B) An exchange contract
C) None of the above
D) A & B & C
E) All of the above

Uh...WHAT???

But, besides that, I finish the exam, and I start reviewing my answers. I count all of the questions to make sure I didn't miss any, and a pattern starts forming in my head. All of a sudden, the melody of Frere Jacques pops up in my head. Since I had finished early, I started playing around with the music in my head. The melody goes like this:

Do Re Mi Do,
Do Re Mi Do,
Mi Fa Sol,
Mi Fa Sol,
Sol La Sol Fa Mi Do,
Sol La Sol Fa Mi Do,
Do Sol Do,
Do Sol Do.

Nooooow, convert those in a different solfege and it goes:
C D E C
C D E C
E F G
E F G
G A G F E C
G A G F E C
C G C
C G C.

And to top it all off, 28 of my answers coresponded to that EXACT sequence of notes (in ABCDEFG manner). So I changed my 3 remaining answers to the song, in hope that the professor did it on purpose. And i sure as hell hope he did because i just checked my answer, and so far I have 27 out of 31 answers correct by my reckoning.

So either I'll get an A on this exam, or somewhere up there, God is laughing.

God, please be merciful. *smiley* :)

PS: Frere Jacques is perhaps the most popular French children's nursery melody. It also is the very first song any new French musician learns.

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