Re: The price of oil

On 06.10.2022 20.49, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
>> On 04.10.2022 13.41, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>
>>>> 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...
>>>
>>> Google translate?
>>
>> Noeh, but I did check the spelling of malheur...
>>>
>>> J'ai réussi à les examens requise pour superviser.
>>>
>>> (I see I need to find out how to set my newreader to UTF-8)
>>> (And no, I didn't use an app to translate that)
>>
>> Of course not - you're canadian.
>>
>>>> Well I flunked french in "high school". If not for that I might have
>>>> become a lawyer...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, it appears that you do like to argue..
>>
>> Only when someone else is wrong.
>>
>>> I guess everything does stay on your permanent record.
>>
>> That's what permanent means, innit.
> 
> *inobvious eye roll*
> 
> I meant that level of granularity.
> 
>> No, it meant that my grade average (from 0-13 ATT) was 0,1 to low to
>> get accepted at Copenhagen Uni. that year.
>>
> I am unfamiliar with your school system and grading system.

Not to worry, so am I - they chanced it (again) since I went to school.
I only mentioned it to show that the my average was just 1% below the 
admittance criteria.

> At our high school, we got measured in percentages.
> I should go find my old report cards. My Mom gave them to me when I got
> a place of my own. A bunch had comments like "she should try harder". I
> already had an A. No wonder people thinks most teachers wouldn't
> register a blip on a catscan...

There was an A+ or A* to shoot for, shirley

BeH