Cold call is a very commonly tool used by "enthusiastic" professors who want to make sure that students are paying attention in class. This semester, our macro professor is one of those enthusiastic professors. No matter how good you think you are in macroeconomics, at some point you will be cold called with absolutely no clue what to say. I am always amazed at how creative my classmates can get when this happens to them. Here are some of my very favorites:
Professor Ross "So why can we assume a fixed interest rate in the Mundell-Fleming model?"
Spaced out Student "Because the interest rate is fixed?"
Professor Ross "How does the Fed decrease the money supply?"
Confused student "By taking money out of the money supply."
Professor Ross " Does anyone know why Zimbabwe is experiencing a hyper-inflation?"
Clever student who is trying to buy time " Well..it's my pleasure to be here and thank you for giving me the opportunity to answer this question.."
The lesson I learned is that when you have absolutely no idea what to say under a rather stressful environment, why not try a little humor?
- Vivian
- Singapore, Singapore
- Though spent 3 years in US when I was 10, I was born and raised in Taipei. Graduate from NTU in 2002 and Yale Graduate School of Art in 2003. After graduation, I joined McKinsey Taipei office in 2004 as a business analyst. After three years, I felt completely exhausted and decided to pursue my MBA at Haas. I have to admit that going to Haas was one the toughest yet the best decision I have ever made in my life. After graduating from Haas in 2009, I re-joined Mckinsey but transferred to the Firm's Asia corporate finance practice. I moved to Shanghai in May 2011 and now I live in Singapore, working for a global design and strategy company called frog. In my current role, I help companies achieve their growth aspirations by helping them design, develop and bring innovative product and experiences to the market.
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