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It is always worrying

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…when you are not sure if the exam you just had was “easy” or “deceptively easy.”

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PaulW said on December 8th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

Deceptively easy is the worst kind of exam.

(shudder) Gotta prepare for the A+ Cert… (shudder)

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Dr Nic said on December 8th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

That wonderful fear that you either fucked up incredibly badly or they’ll be rewriting the textbooks based on what you just wrote.

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Zenrage said on December 8th, 2009 at 6:12 pm

Yes. I’ve even gone back and asked the teacher if “that was all”

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ApathyMonger said on December 8th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Absolutely.

One of my exams last year had the exact same questions as the sample exam we’d been give, only in a different order. I was finished the 2 hour exam in 40 minutes.

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Cookie McCool said on December 8th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

I work in a professional testing environment, and “deceptively easy” is usually when you’re so dumb, you don’t even realize that you just took a test for a class you had two years ago.

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supergp said on December 8th, 2009 at 9:13 pm

Yikes. I hate those moments.

My advice: Go have a drink. I mean, if you aced it, you might as well celebrate your awesomeness. If you failed it hard, then a drink won’t hurt you any. 🙂

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Krissy said on December 8th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

I read a report once that was talking about how people who thought they did well on tests were statistically more likely to have done worse on them than people who were unsure of the results.

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solid snake said on December 8th, 2009 at 10:08 pm

Unless it is Math (evil) than I am always done with tests inside of twelve minutes. Bizzarly enough less time= higher grade for me. I must be a freak or something. Plus don’t have A drink, have MANY.

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TA said on December 8th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Could be worse. Could get an exam where you spend half an hour trying to figure out how to begin answering one of the questions.

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NCallahan said on December 8th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

God, I hate the uncertainty that follows in the wake of exams. I feel like stabbing anyone who asks me how I think I did. Can they not see I don’t want to think about it?!

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bunnyofdoom said on December 9th, 2009 at 12:02 am

Great. My exams are next week and now you’ve got me really worried.

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Andrew Hickey said on December 9th, 2009 at 10:16 am

Came out of an exam last year *convinced* I’d failed because I must have missed something – it couldn’t have been that easy. Got 86%.

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SmR said on December 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

I’ve had teachers that don’t really care about testing you on the hardest stuff, they want to make sure you can answer exactly what you’re asked and not just barf up the whole textbook. So, in conclusion… Team Go Get A Drink.

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LightlyFrosted said on December 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Solid Snake: You don’t uh.. have essay questions on your exams, do you?

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solid snake said on December 9th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

Actually sometimes I do have essay questions> Those tests take 15 minutes.

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