It’s a fact – “A student’s grandmother is far more likely to die suddenly just before the student takes an exam, than at any other time of year.”

This important research was conducted by Mike Adams and published in Volume 5,  Issue 6 of the Annals of Improbable Research.

http://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume5/v5i6/GrandmotherEffect%205-6.pdf

The prospects are quite frightening.

“The FDR (Family death Rate)  is climbing at an accelerating rate.  Extrapolation of this curve suggests that 100 years from now the FDR will stand at 644 deaths/100 students/exam.”

The 3 proposed solutions are:

1. Stop giving exams
2. Allow only orphans to enroll
3. Have students not tell their families they are going to uni.

A sober warning.