Yesterday, McSweeney's (an awesome literary journal, if you have not encountered it yet) featured a short piece entitled:
NOTES SCRIBBLED BY A PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR ON A STUDENT PAPER ENTITLED "THE TRUTH OF DEATH".
It's hysterical.
Reminds me of that old Woody Allen quote: "I cheated on my metaphysical exam in college. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me."