Harvard Student Charged In Bomb Hoax

Re:Harvard Student Charged In Bomb Hoax by jpwright on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @07:55PM (#6925117)

Why bother risking expulsion/FBI charges/a tainted professional reputation for the rest of your life for more time on a test? Even if he succeeded, I doubt anyone could pull something like that off and then focus on schoolwork for the next day or two. Plus, <insert snarky comment about Harvard grade inflation here>.

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Re:Harvard Student Charged In Bomb Hoax by Crito on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @07:59PM (#6925134)

Stress can make people pretty irrational I guess.

I wonder if there is any sort of correlation between the prestige of a school and how often someone calls in a threat or pulls a fire alarm. I had a fire alarm go off while I was taking a final twice when I was in university. Seems like it is probably a semi-frequent occurrence.

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Re:Harvard Student Charged In Bomb Hoax by alphonse23 on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @08:13PM (#6925201)

I feel bad for him, 20 years old, got in to Harvard -- had a pretty bright future ahead of him -- he's never going to live this down.

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