What its like to be a bad test taker
I'm a bad test taker. I am absolutely horrific at taking long, multiple-choice exams with no open answers. And I'm here to debunk the misconception that being a bad test taker doesn't mean you're dumb. It doesn't mean you didn't study, or pay attention or even that you don't understand the topic. It simply means just that- that you cannot be graded on explaining what you learned in the language of someone else. It needs to be written by you. Ever since as early as elementary school I recall myself holding my breath to see what type of quiz we'd get that day. Would it be open-ended? Or multiple-choice? The anxiety/suspense/whatever feeling it was at the age of 7-10 would build up as the teacher would announce there was a surprise quiz and begin to hand out papers. The first thing I'd do was scan the entire quiz in hopes of seeing some open ended questions. I was actually the kid who rejoiced at the sound of "please be sure your math answer demon...