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Post by gailkate on Apr 23, 2016 19:17:21 GMT -5
I'm rushing in and out, no time to respond to other threads as this test took so @#$%! long! offbeat.topix.com/quiz/16503/qidx1?no_cover=1I think it's 60 questions, some so easy a preschooler could answer them, but some tricky and infuriating. I missed one I miss whenever it comes up, being apparently no longer able to learn, and missed one I read incorrectly, and a couple more that I plain didn't know. Still they gave me a Ph.D, which in fact I do not have and don't expect to earn. That ship has sailed. |
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Post by Jane on Apr 23, 2016 19:31:12 GMT -5
Yeah, I got PhD too. I think the test is overly forgiving. I got several wrong; I know nothing about geography or mathy topics.
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Post by gailkate on Apr 24, 2016 14:32:57 GMT -5
I know nothing about geography or mathy topics. LOL. "Mathy" is my new favorite word. And then there were the things I got right purely by luck. No one ever taught me the names of moons or which planets have them. No one taught me who made his horse a member of the Senate. Lucky guesses got me through years of schooling. I used to feel a little fraudulent when rescued by guessing, but now I think it's good that I don't have any more clutter in my brain - how do people who know all the moons' names get through the day? |
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Post by BoatBabe on Apr 24, 2016 16:19:16 GMT -5
Sheesh! It wasn't the number of questions, but the time it took to download all of the ads! I gave up.
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Post by joew on Apr 24, 2016 22:28:31 GMT -5
Well, I did spend a couple of years in grad school, but I don't think any of these items are things I learned in my courses.
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Post by doctork on Apr 24, 2016 23:00:59 GMT -5
The quiz designer correctly guessed my educational level since I do have a doctoral degree. Only there weren't that many science-type questions.
Oh well I do have a.Bachelor of Arts degree.
Masters irrelevant - nothing on business or public health either.
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Post by doctork on Apr 25, 2016 1:21:29 GMT -5
I don't think any of these items are things I learned in my courses. This seems to be a very common phenomenon. If college us teaches how to think, I'll take that over learning a lot of facts. NB: medical school teaches a whole lot of facts & how to think about and use them in caring for patients. K - 12 "education" seems a little heavy lately on facts and teaching to the test. I hope students still learn to think. |
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Post by Jane on Apr 25, 2016 11:02:18 GMT -5
joew: we stand (or bow) in awe at your erudition. Awwwww....
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