By now you know I am taking a prep course to get the best score I can on a test called the GRE. This is an entrance exam for graduate school. You know, after your baccalaureate degree. The test is half mathematical logic and reasoning, the other half reading comprehension and vocabulary.
So I assume a certain level of intelligence from my fellow class members but am continually let down, often in the most humorous manner.
Pretty girl with vacant eyes to skinny dude in scrubs, "Are you a doctor or something?"
REALLY? The kid is a veterinary tech and still finishing his bachelors degree at SDSU. First, did she not listen to everyone's introductions? Secondly, why in the heck would someone who is a doctor be taking the GRE? I don't think it was a come on or flirty, she apparently is that dumb.
One of the middle eastern guys who thinks shouting increases the likelihood of a correct answer, "What if I write the one true answer but it does not match the one in the book?" (italics mine) REALLY? Just 'cause you think you follow the One True God does not mean the same zeal for the wrong answer that originated within you makes it right.
Teacher asking the question, "Who knows the formula for solving quadratic equations?" One of the girls in full head covering, including facial veil raises her hand. (I will give her some credit. This same girl just started answering questions and is the only one to do so. She is more often correct than not) She says, "I know it."
To which the teacher replies, "OK, tell us it." Her reply, "Oh, I know it, I just can't say it." REALLY? This is as silly as people saying 'I'm a bad test taker' and thinking that absolves them of getting crappy test scores. You either know something, have made the information yours, or you do not. Recognition that results in a vague recollection and confused mutterings is not knowing something. It is being wrong. Don't say you know something you don't, just to save face.
REALLY??
(this now makes me want to go into a tirade about how the thinking of 'everyone is a winner' is absolute crap and the effect it truly has had on society)
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I'm a bad test taker, however, its because I don't make an effort to memorize material. I can explain the cardiac cycle, but its not so much in the technical terminology. I choose to understand and learn in my own way. This mostly screws me over in multiple choice tests, although I'm a BAMF when it comes to essays. My Physio professor had a talk to me about this one day, I found it nice of him to say something.
ReplyDeleteSchool is quite annoying isn't it?