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Friday Five: Testing? Testing?
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1. When was the last time you took a test?.
A few weeks ago--the CBEST. And I don't know how the hell I scored so low on the essay portion--unless it's because they assigned a bloody controversial prompt and I answered as honestly as I could without sounding like an utter hippie freak.
2. Does taking tests make you anxious? How anxious?
Usually not; I'm a good test-taker. Tests of a kind I'm not used to make me a bit nervous, though, in the way that unfamiliar things often do.
3. Pick your favourite type of test question (short answer, essay, multiple choice, etc.). Why? Least favourite? Why?
Multiple choice tests are not only easier, but more objectively graded, which I value a lot because I often don't trust graders. I do think sometimes that they're too easy, and they're admittedly very frustrating when they're badly written because there's no partial credit if you get it "wrong," but that's not a problem I've run into often. Essay questions bother me mostly because I just physically don't like having to write so damn much.
4. Have you ever felt that someone was deliberately "testing" you (i.e., setting up situations or conversations to see what you would do or say)?
I can't recall that I have, but then again I tend to be oblivious to that sort of thing.
5. Have you ever deliberately "tested" someone?
Closest I've come is being weird at people to see how they'd take it. I've been told that's messed up, but I really don't agree; I don't think there's anything manipulative, and there's certainly nothing false, about showing people bits of your true self early on just to see if they can handle the real you, and if it's neither of those things, I don't see what else would be wrong with it.
altfriday5:1. When was the last time you took a test?.
A few weeks ago--the CBEST. And I don't know how the hell I scored so low on the essay portion--unless it's because they assigned a bloody controversial prompt and I answered as honestly as I could without sounding like an utter hippie freak.
2. Does taking tests make you anxious? How anxious?
Usually not; I'm a good test-taker. Tests of a kind I'm not used to make me a bit nervous, though, in the way that unfamiliar things often do.
3. Pick your favourite type of test question (short answer, essay, multiple choice, etc.). Why? Least favourite? Why?
Multiple choice tests are not only easier, but more objectively graded, which I value a lot because I often don't trust graders. I do think sometimes that they're too easy, and they're admittedly very frustrating when they're badly written because there's no partial credit if you get it "wrong," but that's not a problem I've run into often. Essay questions bother me mostly because I just physically don't like having to write so damn much.
4. Have you ever felt that someone was deliberately "testing" you (i.e., setting up situations or conversations to see what you would do or say)?
I can't recall that I have, but then again I tend to be oblivious to that sort of thing.
5. Have you ever deliberately "tested" someone?
Closest I've come is being weird at people to see how they'd take it. I've been told that's messed up, but I really don't agree; I don't think there's anything manipulative, and there's certainly nothing false, about showing people bits of your true self early on just to see if they can handle the real you, and if it's neither of those things, I don't see what else would be wrong with it.
