Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wasting time during exams is stupid. Discuss.
There is, as I trust you all know, a standard technique
for taking exams. Read through the paper first, answer the
easy questions before the hard ones, go through it all
afterwards to confirm your answers and always pick C for
the multiple choice questions.
There is, as I trust you all know, a standard technique
for taking exams. Read through the paper first, answer the
easy questions before the hard ones, go through it all
afterwards to confirm your answers and always pick C for
the multiple choice questions.
I had done all that last night for a test I had and I was still only about a third of the way through the available time so I took a blank page on my answer booklet and wrote out Coleridge's Kubla Kahn for my examiner's entertainment. Having finished that, still unwilling to leave the room—all my exam-taking friends were there working hard and there was nothing at home except pasta and The IT Crowd—I took another blank page and wrote out the lyrics to a Queen song.
My worry is that I might lose marks because I went for ‘We Are The Champions’. Wouldn't the examiner prefer something like ‘You're My Best Friend’? ‘Gimme The Prize’? Obviously I wasn't going to use ‘Another One Bites The Dust’.
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Quite surprised that you didn't go for "Don't stop me now".
Everyone should get to say "That's why they call me Mr Farenheit" at least once in their life.
Everyone should get to say "That's why they call me Mr Farenheit" at least once in their life.
Too true. I just didn't think of them. I was in the exam thinking it's a hard life and going stone cold crazy because I was under pressure. I just wanted to break free.
Rebecca,
Me too.
I have also had several dreams where the good marks I got during study were rescinded by the relevant authorities who notify me of this fact by mail.
Hmmm. I think I might be ever-so-slightly insecure.
Me too.
I have also had several dreams where the good marks I got during study were rescinded by the relevant authorities who notify me of this fact by mail.
Hmmm. I think I might be ever-so-slightly insecure.
The examiner told me last night when she was handing out the results, perhaps it should have been ‘I'm In Love With My Car’ !!
Rebecca you should follow my example and only do exams that are easy and that just about everybody does well in. Takes all the stress out of the exercise. Leaves more time for Coleridge and composing blog entries.
Lordy, Gigglewick. Your unconscious gives you a hard time…
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Rebecca you should follow my example and only do exams that are easy and that just about everybody does well in. Takes all the stress out of the exercise. Leaves more time for Coleridge and composing blog entries.
Lordy, Gigglewick. Your unconscious gives you a hard time…
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