The defining characteristic of this story is not the lying part, but professors who deviate from strict curriculum and think about how best to make their studen

The defining characteristic of this story is not the lying part, but professors who deviate from strict curriculum and think about how best to make their students think. My particular canonical example - Literature and Criticism Seminar (An English course) - after 14 weeks of reading passages of poetry and prose and discussing them in class, our final exam was a wine-tasting exam. An opportunity to take the skills we had learned and apply them to a different domain, and have some fun. The class was very small (8 people) so it was easy for the professor to do this and not have to worry about evaluation issues.