cultural differences

[abka]

Blue book exams are intensely correlated with college in my mind. [I have no idea if blue book is one word or two.]

At large state school where I teach we have generic bluebooks and they're not all blue. They come in pretty pastel color like pink, yellow, and green.

At expensive private school where I teach the bluebooks are indeed all blue and on the front they have "[Name of School], Washington DC, Examination Booklet" in big, bold, blue letters.

Of course they have personalized bluebooks. It feels like having personalized napkins at your wedding reception, a nice gesture, but probably money you didn't need to spend.

(I can't remember if we had personalized bluebooks when I was an undergrad. When you're taking the exam who's looking at the front?)

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[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Hee. I went to that private school, and I'd forgotten that we had branded bluebooks. (I don't know if it's one word or two either.) I'll tell you what, though, at my first grad school, which as you know was a large state school across the river from the one where you teach, I'm pretty sure we had branded bluebooks there too. (The big ones instead of the little ones, but still. Branded with the name of the university and the honor code. !!!)