Most teachers teach the test. Mary Top taught around the test. She was tricky because she hid the answers in plain sight, disguised as common sense. For example, on day one of her Ethics class, she wrote the following rule on the board: “You may bring one 3x5 index card to the final exam with anything written on it.”
The back of the page was blank. The trick? The answer was "nothing." But only the student who realized that Mary Top’s "tricky" nature meant questioning the premise itself would get the point. That, right there, is the tricky old teacher Mary Top effect. tricky old teacher mary top