It's For Practice

A cool and somewhat funny thing happened in one of my physics classes yesterday. I had asked the class why we/they do quizzes.  The answer I was hoping to get to was “so we can demonstrate what we’ve learned.”  However, the most popular answer that was shouted out was, “they’re for practice!”  I thought that was pretty cool.  On the other hand, it was also funny and a bit confusing because I don’t know what ultimate goal they think they are practicing for.  Perhaps for the Really Big Quiz That Will Come Later™?  Note: no such Big Quiz is planned.