Re: The price of oil

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

> 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
> 

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