Rumors... what students think before the class begins

Meeting with a new class for the first time is always a little awkward. To break the stress of all the first day expectation discussions it is always interesting to know if the students are willing to share any rumors that they have heard about a class.

This year they shared two rumors: (1) "this is the hardest class we will ever take" and (2) "everyone fails the first exam." One of the more gregarious students then added "and, you give lots of extra credit and curve all of the exams."

The first two may be true on some level (although those types of rumors are often started by students that do not study adequately), but the third one, well, not true... but good for a laugh...