Intimidated (Guesstimation)
Sep. 27th, 2007 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jheti
ETA: Wow. Okay, 85, I can breathe now.
That's not what I wanted, but considering how brain-breakingly difficult the "hard" questions were, I did great!
It's like sudoku. The easy shit, a dog could do. The hard shit? Mathematicians weep for days until they sweat blood and still cannot solve.
Okay. Fifty. Every one is worth two points.
I just realized I never answered the question about the "mass game" and it's function in Korean culture, so I'm two down. However, I identified Laos correctly, so that's two extra, preserves that score (null or "default" hundred), except I'm positive I missed more than that.
There were, I would say, sixteen or twenty easy questions that were not an issue. (26-40 points, various levels of OMG F, +4). I have at least that many points.
There were another ten or dozen questions that were "Which of these are NOT true", which, other than being the inverse of the American approach, were not at all hard. That's, uh, a C score, passing score. I will still be ashamed, but not irretrivably so. Oh wow. I'm not sure how I'd make gomen for it though.
AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH. *Shiver shiver.*
The remaining questions were varying levels of an inscrutable that it took me a quarter-hour or so to bend my head around.
I forgot that multiple things can simultaneously BE true and the trick to getting it right on an exam is finding the MOST true.
Multiple choice has been for eighteen years a series of "or" statements, as. TWO of five are patently not true; ignore them. Of the remaining, this OR this OR this is true.
No...
Two of five are patently not true; ignore them. Of the remaining, one more is not true, but it will sound plausible UNLESS you really did your work. The two remaining factors are both true in their own right, but I want ONE of them which is the most true, and it is your job to understand, BASED on how well you studied. Wakateru?
Fuck.
I had to ask her about stigma, but I did it the right way. "Please, I don't understand...discredited stigma is hidden stigma, and discreditable stigma can be disproved...he has discreditable stigma? But also, this one is also true...I think so..."
And she blinked and grinned and said,
"You can have both, right? Why does he have only one? Isn't that odd?"
Which means: you're correct, but not quite the way you think.
Which was driving me crazy. Racism is an example of the stigma phenomenon and is the answer that HAS TO BE TRUE, because it's so in your face based on the question that it cannot possibly be false. But here was this other answer, ringing softly whenever I bumped up against it to test for validity. "I'm real crystal," it hummed, "I'm the real deal; I'm true, too."
You can't have two true answers in a question when you're seeking for "Which is TRUE?" You can only have multiple truths in a place where you're looking for the lie. *Flail flail.*
HAHAHA I have them inside out. Ooops. But my conclusions for both questions were correct. (+4! So, at the rock bottom minumum, 70-78 on the test.)
CORRECTION: discreditable stigma are like being in the closet, they can be concealed/denied. Discredited stigma are handicaps, scars, and especially large tattoos--anything you can't cover up and deny and must therefore disprove.
Stigma itself is here defined as a discrepancy between perceived (virtual) and actual identity.
Wanna count how many of my internal screws this whole discussion twisted? XD
I'm the original cover girl, covering everything all up. It's a very strong protection, but it's not especially deep, and there's not skin or hope beneath it.
Did you break three fingers, or four?...Why would I give up if I haven't lost?
Anyway, I'm going to be over in the corner, chewing on my lip and nails, until I get my exam grade back.
That's not what I wanted, but considering how brain-breakingly difficult the "hard" questions were, I did great!
It's like sudoku. The easy shit, a dog could do. The hard shit? Mathematicians weep for days until they sweat blood and still cannot solve.
Okay. Fifty. Every one is worth two points.
I just realized I never answered the question about the "mass game" and it's function in Korean culture, so I'm two down. However, I identified Laos correctly, so that's two extra, preserves that score (null or "default" hundred), except I'm positive I missed more than that.
There were, I would say, sixteen or twenty easy questions that were not an issue. (26-40 points, various levels of OMG F, +4). I have at least that many points.
There were another ten or dozen questions that were "Which of these are NOT true", which, other than being the inverse of the American approach, were not at all hard. That's, uh, a C score, passing score. I will still be ashamed, but not irretrivably so. Oh wow. I'm not sure how I'd make gomen for it though.
AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH. *Shiver shiver.*
The remaining questions were varying levels of an inscrutable that it took me a quarter-hour or so to bend my head around.
I forgot that multiple things can simultaneously BE true and the trick to getting it right on an exam is finding the MOST true.
Multiple choice has been for eighteen years a series of "or" statements, as. TWO of five are patently not true; ignore them. Of the remaining, this OR this OR this is true.
No...
Two of five are patently not true; ignore them. Of the remaining, one more is not true, but it will sound plausible UNLESS you really did your work. The two remaining factors are both true in their own right, but I want ONE of them which is the most true, and it is your job to understand, BASED on how well you studied. Wakateru?
Fuck.
I had to ask her about stigma, but I did it the right way. "Please, I don't understand...discredited stigma is hidden stigma, and discreditable stigma can be disproved...he has discreditable stigma? But also, this one is also true...I think so..."
And she blinked and grinned and said,
"You can have both, right? Why does he have only one? Isn't that odd?"
Which means: you're correct, but not quite the way you think.
Which was driving me crazy. Racism is an example of the stigma phenomenon and is the answer that HAS TO BE TRUE, because it's so in your face based on the question that it cannot possibly be false. But here was this other answer, ringing softly whenever I bumped up against it to test for validity. "I'm real crystal," it hummed, "I'm the real deal; I'm true, too."
You can't have two true answers in a question when you're seeking for "Which is TRUE?" You can only have multiple truths in a place where you're looking for the lie. *Flail flail.*
HAHAHA I have them inside out. Ooops. But my conclusions for both questions were correct. (+4! So, at the rock bottom minumum, 70-78 on the test.)
CORRECTION: discreditable stigma are like being in the closet, they can be concealed/denied. Discredited stigma are handicaps, scars, and especially large tattoos--anything you can't cover up and deny and must therefore disprove.
Stigma itself is here defined as a discrepancy between perceived (virtual) and actual identity.
Wanna count how many of my internal screws this whole discussion twisted? XD
I'm the original cover girl, covering everything all up. It's a very strong protection, but it's not especially deep, and there's not skin or hope beneath it.
Did you break three fingers, or four?...Why would I give up if I haven't lost?
Anyway, I'm going to be over in the corner, chewing on my lip and nails, until I get my exam grade back.
