Jim is an 18 year old Bachelor of Health Sciences student who is practicing for a high stakes examination to be held in HSC 1A1 in a few weeks’ time. He has been the recipient of many expressions of affection (“candygrams”) since entering an undergraduate program with a 30/70 male-female ratio. He had been treated throughout his week with a variety of sweets – chocolates, hard candies, and even Jimson weed. Jim had been rejected several times during his secondary school years. Matters had improved at University with fewer exacerbations.
Although he was an excellent student, Jim suddenly became extremely shy in his mating behaviour and had breathing difficulties and co-ordination problems. Relaxation techniques failed and he was seriously concerned about finding a date for Valentine’s day.
A friend of his suggested that he should try a small dose of rizzamol, which appeared to work wonders by reducing nervousness and giving Jim the courage to text back. Initially reluctant, Jim was assured by his friend that a number of engineers were using rizzamol regularly. If rizzamol worked for engineers, it would surely work for him. Jim got the tablets and decided to take them.
The following is a chronology of events that occurred on February 14th:
| 21:50 | First dose of rizzamol taken |
| 22:10 | Jim notices a tightness in his chest as he meets his date. |
| 22:20 | Jim’s date develops an immune reaction to his flower bouquet of Atropa belladonna. |
| 22:30 | Things are not going great. Jim discovers that Bistro is at capacity without a reservation. |
| 22:50 | Jim’s date sees her TA and decides to abandon Jim. |
| 23:15 | Jim is in agony as he arrives back to Brandon Hall and is pronounced single on arrival. |
Frame one good hypothesis that addresses the key elements you have observed in the prompt, then justify your answer. (25 points)
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muddled. 8/25
The Procrastinator 