Haiku-licious

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

I've noticed over the past few years that the students who take time to write a haiku score about 10% better on the exam than those who don't.

Possibly because those who have time to write a haiku are those who have already breezed through the questions, and thus are more likely to score better.
But I also like haiku because they force you to condense your meaning into a very few words, thus forcing you to figure out exactly what it is you mean to say. This cuts waffling, a major peril in academia. Sherlock Holmes liked telegrams for the same reason.