Last Class!

Since this was the last class, there is a lot of reference to the final exam...

Prof: "Closed book, bring probability tables."
Kid: "What if the probability tables are in the back of the book?"
Prof: "Make copies."
Kid: "There's no where on campus to make copies."
Another Student Getting Frustrated: "Can we just move on?"

Prof: "You do not need to hand in the homework for today's lecture on Chapter 11."
Kid: "Does that mean it won't be on the exam?"
Prof: "No."
Kid: "So we won't be tested on Chapter 11?"
Prof: "No, you will. Just because you don't need to hand in---"
Kid interrupts: "Are we responsible for Chapter 11, yes or no?!"
Prof (and nearly everyone else in the class): "Yes!"

Prof: "The final is in the ARC building. Everyone knows where it is, right?"
Kid: "I've never been on the 2nd floor though..."

Prof: "So, what is Discrimination and Classification?"
Kid: "Racism..."

Prof: "What is the cost of getting a bomb in the U.S.?"
Kid: "Very very very very very very very very astronomically high." (I tried to count the # of times he said "very" and I think it was 8.)

Prof explains the Expected Cost of Misclassification (ECM) and uses an example about how the cost of having a bomb get into the U.S. is much more costly than the amount of effort and time it takes to search everyone.
Kid: "Which is why I don't understand why some people are against profiling."
Prof: "That's another story."