If it’s multiple choice you have at least a 20-25% chance of getting it right. Fellow students used to call them “multiple guess.” I guess that showed who studied and who didn’t.
Multiple choice, true and false and matching are the easiest tests the answers are in front of you, fill in the blanks will mean if you really know the answer.
A guy I knew told me that he was once really broke, couldn’t afford food, and was losing weight, so his friends staged an “intervention.” He didn’t mind the intervention, he just wished they brough pizzas.
Something to that. I’ve seen research suggesting that if we’re not able to narrow a selection down to, at most, ten choices, our brains freeze up.
Years ago I tried to buy coffee at the grocery store for a houseguest. I don’t drink the stuff myself and never have it in, and I had no way of knowing which of the dozens of bags on offer would be to my guest’s liking. I stood there staring at the shelf like a moron for a good fifteen minutes. It was actually a very distressing situation.
knutdl 2 months ago
Multiple choice test? Great! I choose not to take it.
orinoco womble 2 months ago
If it’s multiple choice you have at least a 20-25% chance of getting it right. Fellow students used to call them “multiple guess.” I guess that showed who studied and who didn’t.
mccollunsky 2 months ago
Gonna have to do the big guess on these , then.
jpsomebody 2 months ago
That’s rude, a starving man would be much happier if you gave him food instead.
noktar Premium Member 2 months ago
Never take a multiple choice test hungry
Count Olaf Premium Member 2 months ago
Mark all C’s. The most common answer is C on multiple choice tests.
Ellis97 2 months ago
At least she’s self aware.
Darryl Heine 2 months ago
What would a starving man choose on the menu? Steak? Fish? Pasta?
gantech 2 months ago
Uncharacteristically articulate simile, P.P.!
SquidGamerGal 2 months ago
Hmph! How about we talk about this with the principal?
uniquename 2 months ago
Studying might have helped, Patty.
mckeonfuneralhomebx 2 months ago
Multiple choice, true and false and matching are the easiest tests the answers are in front of you, fill in the blanks will mean if you really know the answer.
Just-me 2 months ago
I got a chuckle out of that.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 2 months ago
“I don’t know what to do. I can’t make decisions! I’m a president!” – President Skroob Space Balls (1987)
streuny81@aol.com 2 months ago
I love Charles Schulz for all the great peanut’s character’s he has given us to enjoy, Thank You
Decepticomic 2 months ago
You think you’d do better with an essay format test?
Can't Sleep 2 months ago
A guy I knew told me that he was once really broke, couldn’t afford food, and was losing weight, so his friends staged an “intervention.” He didn’t mind the intervention, he just wished they brough pizzas.
KEA 2 months ago
The only good reason to fail a test is to not know the material. (well, except for rare cases of actual test anxiety)
John Jorgensen 2 months ago
Something to that. I’ve seen research suggesting that if we’re not able to narrow a selection down to, at most, ten choices, our brains freeze up.
Years ago I tried to buy coffee at the grocery store for a houseguest. I don’t drink the stuff myself and never have it in, and I had no way of knowing which of the dozens of bags on offer would be to my guest’s liking. I stood there staring at the shelf like a moron for a good fifteen minutes. It was actually a very distressing situation.
Smeagol 2 months ago
PP is right, too many choices is like giving a starving man a menu.
billyk75 2 months ago
Or a drowning person a glass of water.
eddi-TBH 2 months ago
These days Patty would be recognized as dyslexic and be taking classes to learn to adapt. I don’t think it’s ADHD.
anncorr339 2 months ago
Patty go with your gut feeling