Re: The price of oil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 02.10.2022 13.12, Merlyne wrote:
> 
>>>> when I was at uni, I got a job one summer working with a psychology
>>>> lab. I was basically a guinea pig for the summer. It paid really
>>>> well. I got to work with a hypnotist which adult me is now nervous
>>>> about. One of the experiments they also did was to assess how alcohol
>>>> impairs one's brain. I had to take a standard IQ test and then have a
>>>> drink and then take another IQ test etc.  My scores kept getting
>>>> better up to and including the 3rd drink but after that, it was
>>>> chaos.I'm not a psychologist, but I can see that drunk people
>>>> wouldn't give a shit about taking a stupid test.
>>>
>>> ...or not being able to read the instructions. The getting better with
>>> each test is a thing, though. Being familiar with the type of problem
>>> the tests contains helps significantly.
>>>
>> 
>> At work, I have to go through second language assessment every 5 years
>> to supervise since I'm not fully bilingual. The reading and writing
>> tests are multiple guess exams. When in doubt, pick B. They have these
>> workshops to prepare for the exams which is basically doing practice
>> tests all day. Eventually patterns appear.
> 
> Patterns of the language I hope - not just patterns of when to pick B.
> Or you could - and this is only a suggestion - learn french and subject 
> yourself to it from time to time.
> 
I have been subjected to it my whole life.  They even teach it in school. I 
have been on language training about a gazillion times. Some people just 
have trouble learning languages. I am one of those people.