Ok, class. Take out your No. 2 pencils and a sheet of paper. It’s time for a pop quiz.”
First of all, why did it always have to be a No. 2 pencil? What was wrong with the others numbers? Secondly, who came up with the pop quiz? When I was in school, nothing could instill the same sense of dread or foreboding as those two little words. Well, except for maybe, “Here’s your report card.”