Monday, October 24, 2005
Testy Times I
This post is inspired by people still haunted over exams and s44-ians dying in NTU.
Myth:Study hard for the test and it will be a breeze for you.
Truth:Study hard for the test and the only breeze you feel will probably come from the furious flipping of your paper.
Myth:The test consists of 5 questions. Given one hour, you should limit and ration yourself to a luxurious 12 minutes.
Truth:The 60 minutes still applies but the 5 questions...
Your Answer sheet might look like this:
1. (a) ________
1. (b) ________
1. (c) ________
2. (a) (I) (i) _________
2. (a) (I) (ii) ________
2. (a) (I) (iii) ________
2. (a) (II) (i) ________
2. (a) (II) (ii) ________
2. (a) (II) (iii) ________
2. (a) (II) (iv) ________
2. (a) (III) (i) ________
2. (a) (III) (ii) ________
2. (a) (III) (iii) ________
2. (b) (I) (i) ________
2. (b) (I) (ii) ________
2. (b) (I) (iii) ________
2. (b) (I) (iv) ________
2. (b) (I) (v) ________
2. (b) (II) (i) ________
2. (b) (II) (ii) ________
2. (b) (II) (iii) ________
2. (b) (II) (iv) ________
2. (b) (III) (i) ________
2. (b) (III) (ii) ________
2. (c) (I) (i) ________
2. (c) (I) (ii) ________
2. (c) (I) (iii) ________
2. (c) (II) (i) ________
2. (c) (II) (ii) ________
2. (c) (III) ________
3. ________ <--- You scribble either your will or death threat at this point of time.
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Myth:During the test, you should not waste too much time on dwelling on a difficult question. Gauge the difficulty and skip it whenever it proves too hard to handle.
Truth:Q1. Read... Think... Ponder... Try.... Skip.
Q2. Read... Think... Try... Skip.
Q3. Read... Skip
Q4. Skip
Q5. Skip
Q6. Skip
Q7. Skip
Q8. Skip
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You should consider joining the ISF - International Skipping Federation.
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Kelvin Lim out
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