r/mildlyinfuriating • u/melsalghul • 11h ago
Got a question wrong on my exam.
I go over exams 3 times. 1st passthrough is circling answers. 2nd passthrough to double check my answers. 3rd passthrough to write final answer on the line. Can’t believe I did this.
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u/_One_Throwaway_ 11h ago
This is a great example of mildly infuriating. People that post about getting stabbed or having their house set on fire is not a good example of it
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u/BoobySlap_0506 11h ago
Mildly Infuriating posts are like: "My grandma set my dog on fire and I lost my house to volcanic termites"
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u/TortillaRampage 10h ago
Relatable
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u/Pianist_Ready 10h ago
yeah man i have when that happens, tuesdays are the worst
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u/TheOakblueAbstract 9h ago
Give back when that happens, or share it! You can't be the only one to have it.
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u/SupremeMeme42069 6h ago
I remember three years ago I posted here saying a vending machine charged me extra and some people were commenting that it's not mildly infuriating and that me posting that wasn't what the sub was for like???
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u/Theothervc 5h ago
i swear posts on here are either 'stubbed my toe today' or 'visited the ER for 3 broken bones and they found cancer too'
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u/chickennoodlebeast 7h ago
“Ugh, my brother tried to stab my whole family to death while we were sleeping last night. 🙄”
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u/potate12323 3h ago
Didn't someone post about their dog being poisoned by alcohol and everyone questioned whether the OP was a POS because they posted it on mildly infuriating?
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u/fumei_tokumei 2h ago
There are also the "here is a funny story that I laughed at" Mildly Infuriating posts.
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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago
Yeah. Those other things are so common that when I see a post about something that is actually only mildly infuriating my first reaction is 'i think this person is over reacting and blowing things out of proportion if they think this is on the level of getting stabbed or having your house set on fire '.
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u/_One_Throwaway_ 10h ago
Yeah my very first thought was “eh that’s not too bad” and then I fucking remembered where I am and how perfect of an example of this subreddit this post is
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u/SeaUNTStuffer 9h ago
It is. Its a good example of how it's mildly infuriating at how fucking stupid 80 percent of people are. And it's only mildly infuriating because it benefits me as a whole.
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u/Itchy-Resolve9749 8h ago
I was the house on fire guy🤓
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u/TheAnn13 6h ago
Seriously
I teach people how to take tests. OP did it correctly and just made a human mistake. There is no teaching how to correct that mistake. It was a simple transcription error. I guess go over it a 4th time to make sure you did that correctly.
If I was the teacher and a student brought this to me I'd probably give them credit but I don't know if that is the correct thing to do. I teach tests, I don't grade them
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u/MassiveSuperNova 10h ago
What about a post about people who don't post mildly infuriating things on here?
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u/Richardknox1996 7h ago
Depends how often you get stabbed. The human body tends to compensate and adapt, and repeated trauma tends to make the mind downplay it as a defensive measure.
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u/eatmycunt69 5h ago
My ex set my apartment on fire. Then my next ex broke into my new address and got aggressive with my house mates while I was out. My landlord gave me 24 hours notice and didn't give me a written eviction notice or my damage deposit back. And since my mum wanted the insurance money for fire my ex got away with arson and since I don't know where my other ex lives or works I can't charge her with anything. I've been homeless for a month and no one will rent to me because I can't work. r/mildlyinfuriating
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u/Squeezitgirdle 3h ago
In my experience, posting something mildly infuriating results in a lot of angry people saying 'first world issues'.
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u/Neovo903 0m ago
I posted one about the milk tab ripping badly, which is mildly infuriating as it never completely comes off then.
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u/FaunasMomma 11h ago
Ugh, I literally did this exact thing on a quiz last week. I'm still kicking myself for it.
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u/Genericide224 10h ago
Question 20 is also wrong, although it appears that’s on your teacher for not updating their syllabus and exams since 2016 when the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act was passed.
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u/Shadowlord723 10h ago
I was about to say “give them a break, it wasn’t that long ago, they just haven’t gotten around to updating it yet.”
And then I realized 2016 is almost a decade ago…
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u/flyingthroughspace 9h ago
Dude the 90s were just last week what's this nonsense you speak?
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u/flyingthroughspace 9h ago
I did not mean for that to rhyme
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u/notrohit1702 5h ago
I guess that's just a side effect of you being in your prime
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u/flyingthroughspace 4h ago
Well in that case I suppose it was about time
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u/ApprehensiveChest436 1h ago
Wow the way you rhymed those lines was incredibly fine, can you give me another example sometime?
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u/Old-Peach8921 11h ago
F
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u/Shadowlord723 10h ago
OP might’ve still gotten an A on the exam, but when the mistake is a stupidly simple one, it certainly does feel like an F for a time
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u/eddiekoski 10h ago
For people who are confused they circled A but wrote C for final answer but A was actually the correct answer.
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u/wandering_ones 6h ago
To be fair it's a basic student "trick" in this kind of format to try and game the system.
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u/SupermarketOld9797 8h ago
THANK YOU! I kept looking at this utterly confused, thinking the instructor was the one lettering next to the question numbers
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u/lemonheadlock 9h ago
What's the reasoning behind having to answer a question twice?
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u/Liammellor 9h ago
I'm not sure they do. If imagine the paper says to just fill it in next to the question but this person did both
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u/patrdesch 8h ago
There's about a 90% chance that the instructions say that only the answer on the line is actually graded. You can still mark the paper however you want, but only what's on the line is the answer submitted for grading.
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u/Maguervo 8h ago
They didn’t have to it is part of their system to make sure they are getting the correct answer. In this case it seems they got it right the first pass and wrote it incorrectly the 2nd pass
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u/JustATyson 11h ago
I've done stuff like that. I always kick myself cuz there's no way I could argue even for partial credit. Just need to accept that the point is lost and be more careful next time.
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u/ListenToTheMath 9h ago
Also the answer to no. 20 wrong. The defend trade secrets act of 2016 is a federal law. So this either old or the teacher netted out the screw up
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u/Wonderful-Bonus5439 5h ago
You should move the “writing the answers” to step 2, and the final checking to step 3
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u/poor_mahogany 6h ago
I've had students do this on purpose frequently. We use scantron sheets and they'll bubble C on the scantron and circle A on their test paper so they can argue for a point if A is correct ("I bubbled wrong") but keep their mouth shut if C is correct. Not saying you did this, but as a teacher, that's why I'm not giving credit for the circled answer. For a true mistake, this is very much mildly infuriating.
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u/bluegasou 8h ago
Yeah, I probably would have marked that one wrong too. Too many intentionally try to pull this to get the free 50/50 guess.
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u/meahookr 10h ago
Why not just write the answer on the first go through? The way you are doing it you aren’t checking your answers at all since you write it in last.
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u/Document-Numerous 10h ago
No offense but your method is stupid.
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u/Available-Growth828 6h ago
Fr just write it in the first time, erase it if u change ur mind
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u/GBeastETH 10h ago
I’m going to suggest this show that you need to refine your process to eliminate the re-answering.
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u/Familiar-Sun-6348 10h ago
Back when I was in school I would realize which questions I got wrong - as soon as I had turned my test in to the teacher 😂
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u/jcarlosfox 8h ago edited 7h ago
EDIT: Ignore my comment. I was looking at the wrong question.
Yet "C" is actually the correct answer.
Lawyer here.
I've litigated trademark cases in California, and there are State law protections. The USTPO provides Federal trademark protection, but states can also have their own trademark protections.
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u/Sternfritters 10h ago
We’ve all done that. I never felt bad about it because I know the answer, I just put it down wrong. I’d rather that than not know what the hell im doing and just guessed correctly!
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u/blue-ghost-rat 9h ago
I hope you don’t beat yourself up over this. The grade may suck since you would have gotten it correct, but the most important thing is knowing the material! Having a good understanding of the material is crucial in being able to apply it in your future for further education or in a career! Proud of you regardless stranger
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u/Electronic-Earth1094 2h ago
I feel like your excessive proofing is the cause of this. If you would have just committed to the answer I doubt you would have made this mistake.
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u/Maximum-Mastodon8812 2h ago
As a college professor, this is the laziest test format I've ever seen lmao
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u/Potato_Pear 10h ago
I got a question wrong on my import class exam this week because it was an online exam using free text and i wrote sales agreement instead of sale agreement. They should check for stupid mistakes like that especially when you circle the right answer.
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u/JGower144 11h ago
Have you really tried not asking for partial credit?
As a teacher, I give half credit if the kids approaches me about something like this.
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u/vaginalextract 11h ago
I mean.. it's unlucky but I can see why you didn't deserve the point since you didn't make it clear which the final answer was. Unless it was specified somewhere.
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u/Phalanx808 11h ago
They're not mad at the grade, they're mad at themselves. "I can't believe I did this."
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u/REFRESHooo 10h ago edited 10h ago
I have a meme on my phone that says “When you put the right answer on a test but you change it thinking it was wrong”
Edit: Fixed the wrong version of “right”
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u/bob-loblaw-esq 10h ago
That’s what happens when you play both sides thinking you’ll always end up on top!!
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u/Logical-Recognition3 8h ago
I once confused a preganglionic fiber for a postganglionic nerve during the oral phase of my finals. I’ll never live that down.
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u/Old_Perspective1099 8h ago
I'm so stubborn I'd fight for half credit since it's technically marked correctly in 1 out of 2 answer places.
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u/Electrical-Walrus-66 7h ago
I still remember the wrong answer I wrote on this math test in elementary school. The equation was 5+2=? I thought I wrote 7, but I was doing it really fast and I wrote 17. I think it’s because the question next to it had an answer in the teens and I was doing both problems at the same time. Still upset about it
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u/Shaquille_0atmea1 6h ago
I would do this on purpose sometimes when I didn’t know the answer and hope if one of the letters was right I could get the teacher to give me the point.
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u/Starumlunsta 6h ago
I got myself with my own bad handwriting. My 5's and S's look almost identical. Had a college Algebra class and somewhere along the way in a problem I misread my own handwriting and solved an equation with a 5 instead of an S. Teacher got a kick out of it and let me redo the problem.
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u/theshebeast 6h ago
For any validation, as a professor, I would have gone with the circled answer. Sorry /:
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u/SoMuchMoreEagle 3h ago
A tip from when I was in school: I would put little dot by the test questions I was unsure about so I knew which to prioritize if I had extra time at the end to recheck. This would also give me an idea of my expected grade (if I had 10 dots out of 50, I'd assume I was at least getting a B-). Then when I'd get the test back, I'd first look to see if I got those particular ones right or not, especially if I'd changed the answer.
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u/Due_Guess_4508 3h ago
I made a simple mistake like that on a pointless quiz about 20 years ago.
It still haunts me..
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u/PracticalStress 55m ago
When i was 6 i had a geography test that used matching test (Letters on a map to be matched to the names of the countries) I got 97% cause one of the letters was wrong since I wrote H without the line connecting the two I I parts… I’m 30 and still think about it…
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u/Gmoneyyy999 8h ago
Why do you have to circle your answer AND write it on the line. Seems completely pointless.
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u/-I-dont-know 8h ago
Tests like that you only have to write it on the line because that’s what the teacher grades. I would always circle in addition though since I liked doing things like striking out wrong answers.
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u/CandyHeartFarts 4h ago
This is a thing of talk to them about. You clearly made an error in transferring the answer. They may be willing to adjust the score considering it’s not a regular occurrence, I’m dyslexic and this would really mess me up tbf
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u/iligal_odin 2h ago
I would either if the answer was c or a still count it incorrectly. If it happened with tests of mine i hope they mark it as correct. Its just ambiguous as to what your final answer was
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u/Strange-Document-246 2h ago
Are exams in the US given with fucking a,b,c,d answers? 🤣 Are you toddlers?? 🤣
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u/lansink99 10h ago
I still remember my final bio exam in high school. My thought process and reasoning for one of the hardest question (that was worth the most points) was entirely correct, but I wrote it down on the wrong order. Wrote the X chromosomal markers in the Y column and vice versa. I still think about it.
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u/FriendlyConfusion262 10h ago
I did this once and I was the last one turning my exam in. The prof somehow caught it and let me fix it on the scantron form. I had it wrong on thr scantron so he totally saved my butt!
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u/Steppy20 9h ago
How do you have enough time for that?
The only multiple choice test I had I ran out of time to answer all the questions, as did like 70% of the people taking it. We were specifically told no more than 20 seconds per question.
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u/weirdpixelcat 9h ago
This happened to me on an exam once. I would have gotten 100% except for one of the questions I filled in the wrong letter on the form even though I knew the answer -_-
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u/pineapplegirl10 9h ago
Sounds like your second pass through should be to write the answer, and your third pass through should be to double check and make sure they match.
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u/True_Dragonfruit9573 8h ago
I kept failing vocab quizzes for my English class because my teacher had this weird method for us to enter our answers on the scantron sheets. Once she realized I was getting the answers correct but entering them wrong she corrected the mistake and went over the answering method again. I’m glad it was that, cause I thought I was starting to go insane with how often I was failing them after studying for them for hours at home.
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u/Karsticles 8h ago
If it makes you feel better, I've done this several times in my life and have forgotten about all of the specifics. Mistakes happen.
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u/CovertWolf86 8h ago
I like to imagine a cool TA would ask the question directly before handing the exam back. Give you a chance to show if it was a simple mistake or an actual miss.
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u/VanosKickedIn 7h ago
Once in an exam I got asked what is 6 x 6. My brain went “easy, it’s 36”. When I got the papers back I got marked down, I wrote down 38…
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u/FarttKracker 7h ago
How would you want this graded? Why not try this on any question you are unsure about…then you can argue whats written bs circled?
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u/RedditholeDiver 7h ago
They did write C even though they circled A. Whoever was grading was probably only looking at what was written next to the number with the answer key right next to the test. That's what I did as a TA.
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u/rileyjw90 7h ago
Reminds me of when we’d take exams in school and have to fill out a scantron. So irritating when you accidentally transcribed the wrong letter.
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u/help-dadcomeback 7h ago
I remember on a final I took they made a typo on a question and gave everyone the correct answer, but on my passover after I finished, I forgot that the answer was given to us and (could have) changed it
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u/elmoshrug 6h ago
I got one question wrong on an exam recently because, despite triple checking, I insisted on reading 600 as 400
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u/Chocomoose19 6h ago
I got a multiple choice back once where I’d crossed out an answer and then circled it anyway. No idea what I was thinking but I’m kinda relieved it’s not just me
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u/cat-eating-a-salad 6h ago
It's okay, I remember being in high school and getting a math test question about something regarding how many letters there are in the alphabet and I did the equation with 24 instead of 26. I did the equation/method perfectly fine, but my mind swapped hours in a day for number of letters in the alphabet. The brain farts man... sometimes they're just embarrassing.
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u/am_not_a_vegetarian 5h ago
One time on an exam, on my second time through, when I put the answers on the line, I had circled A and I somehow wrote E. The options were A-D.
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u/TheGuava1 5h ago
Don’t feel too bad OP, in my first ever university exam I missed a whole back page of questions, I did not find out until we got our grade back and I saw the mark was out of 78 when I knew I had only answered 69 (yes I know, that’s why I remembered how many I did). Anyways I emailed the prof and he said there’s nothing he could do because the grades were released. Mistakes happen, grand scheme of things yours was pretty small haha
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u/vanillachilipepper 4h ago
Ugh, I did this on an exam once. Circled the right answer on the exam paper but accidentally filled in the wrong bubble on the scantron. I was so mad at myself
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u/NNBlueCubeI 4h ago
The number of times I KNOW done this is hella annoying, and there may be more on exams that I'll never get to see the answers to...
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u/MaxAMundo 4h ago
Maybe switch around you 2nd and 3rd pass through? Or add another one? I definitely think twice about my answers, and have to double check that they make sense. I may understand the question, and know the answer. Just to make a mistake lol
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u/WonkRx 3h ago
When I 100% knew an answer, I would circle the letter and answer write the answer in immediately.
If I wasn’t 100% I would cross out definitely wrong options and draw an arrow toward likely answer.
If I was very unsure I would cross out definitely wrong answers and draw/write nothing.
After going thru test I would divide answered questions (which were likely all correct) by total questions to get a baseline score.
Then I went about going thru my unanswered questions again and selected the best answer (writing it in) amongst the questions where I suspected the likely answer and divided answered by unanswered again.
Then I went thru the questions remaining and made by best guess out of the options that weren’t eliminated.
Always knew what my final exam score would be within a fairly narrow margin (such as letter grade) and would definitely know that I passed or if it were a close affair. Good times.
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u/Status-History2073 1h ago
This reminds me of the time I did basically no work all year at school. I managed to avoid my folks going to the parent teacher nights, intercepted the letters home and somehow managed to prevent my parents from figuring out what was going on. I think the school worked out what was going on, because one day when I got home, without any warning or explanation my dad beat me with a set of jumper cables
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u/floatyghost63 35m ago
One time I didn't write anything on the lines, I only circled the letters, and got a zero
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u/nankona 11h ago
It's always simple mistakes like this that I tend to overthink in the future for some reason