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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
here's a bit of after dinner entertainment for all of you. take a break and blog hop a little, who knows what could make your day?
courtesy of
Sounds Cute?~~
Greetings. It is me again blabbering on a lovely Tuesday afternoon. Somehow I am
amazed by the way my Math teacher marks our papers. Every time she gives
them
out after marking, I anticipate with nervousness as to what grades I am
going to
get. The result is always not good. Well, I guess not just me
alone, a few
others too. Perhaps I did not study well, but most of my
classmates will agree
that her marking is simply ridiculous. Not that kind
of ridiculous. I just find
it funny that she marks us down for poor
presentation of answers everytime. In
any case, let me go into my main topic
for today:
In view of the
upcoming end of year examinations coming
up in 2 weeks time (mind you, that is
coming soon), I have kindly decided to
share with you my award-winning strategies for effective and clear
presentation of answers, These
strategies are not limited to its application
in the subject of Mathematics
only, but any subject that you can creatively
apply it to.
Below are a
few of my award-winning
strategies.
- First of all, in any examination paper, you have to write your name and date and index number for identification purposes. This is also to allow biased markers to mark you down the moment they see your name, to vent their hidden frustration on you. And you know what? You will not be able to get back at them for this, since you do not know who will be marking your papers. Simply speaking, you cannot do anything about it. But nevertheless, the first strategy for an effective presentation of answers is: Write your name, index number and date in English, and in your mother tongue as well. Why? The obvious reason is so as to create a good start and pave the way for your upcoming answers. Furthermore, writing in your mother tongue above your english name may mislead the teachers and they might not catch you by your english name. You may thus be lucky and escape the ruthless slashing of the Great Red Pen. But to be on the safest side, if you have been offending teachers, not handing in your homework, playing pranks on teachers, lately, you better watch out. Here is an example of what I mean by writing in mother tongue:
2. Next, you must not use pens that have invisible ink, but pens with dark blue or black only. Simple reason, most humans have a limited eyesight of being only able to see inks with colour. Most homosapiens (humans) do not possess the unique gift of having a ultraviolet light bulb growing out from either eyeball to view the invisible ink. This is an example of a pen with invisible ink requiring UV light: 
3. Third, you may find it beneficial to both you and your marker if you highlight your final answers. As you may know, most teachers retire at the age of 52 and above, and the average age of a teacher is about 30. This means that the teachers are old and are may miss out some of your answers if you do not make an attempt to highlight them. Oh, and I mean literally highlight. 
The colours have been inverted to distinguish the highlighted portion from the white paper.3. Next, you should use one page for one answer. This is to prevent writing multiple answers on a piece of paper and the marker reading as if it was only one answer.
Yes, even a simple answer such as 'Yes' for question 4.
4. It is mandatory to learn all your stuff by heart and have your textbook knowledge at your fingertips, ready to Finger of Death the exam paper. Caution: This tip is extremely important since students are known to forget their basics and give newly created reasons and laws for their answers. True, the Singapore education ministry encourages Singaporeans to be creative and have a critical approach to solving problems. However, here at SoundsCute, I personally recommend the foolproof method.
Compare "Answer: Light travels in a straight line." with "Answer: Light is not affected by the trials and tribulations it face and the rough patches it encounters, so the driver of light still manages to steer it in a straight line perpendicular to the perpendicular dropped from the normal." Well, you get my point.
5. Finally you have completed the paper! No, it is not over yet. You still have to decorate, garnish, edit and wrap it up properly. If not, what is the purpose of presenting it. Do not scrimp and save on decorating costs. A nicely wrapped exam script is more liable to be taken seriously by examiners. Trust me, this works =).
Alright, I have come to the end of my award-winning strategies for effective presentation of answers, part of a series of "A Tactical Approach to Your Examinations". I sincerely hope you appreciate these tips and make use of them during your end of year examinations! Email me the good news when you have taken back your exam scripts for checking :P. And now, its time for me to bitch again.
I seriously hate her way of marking. My friend could have gotten full marks for the test. As he had a below-average presentation of answers, for every one poorly presented, one mark was deducted. Yes, one mark may seem little. However, it seems he presented every question poorly. So, one mark each for eight questions. You do the math. In the end he had only about 22/30 for the paper, when he could have gotten higher. Thankfully, she is not marking her own class' papers for the end of years. Thankfully. Else I would have killed myself. It is a pity for the other classes. Do not be alarmed when you see a '-50 marks due to poor presentation' somewhere near your score. Ahh.
Your friendly mortal.
Quoting from her, "I know you have the right answer, but this is to teach you a lesson for your poor presentation.". Goodness.
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