Re: The price of oil

On 03.10.2022 14.04, Merlyne wrote:
> 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.

Quelle malheur ma chère...

Well I flunked french in "high school". If not for that I might have 
become a lawyer...

BeH

BeH