Re: The price of oil

On 08.10.2022 16.30, Merlyne wrote:
> 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
>>
> 
> Doctor: "I'm not sure why your 8 year old has an ulcer"

At least you're not japanese...

> Surely I've told you not to call me shirley in the past.

Maybe your teacher had an other pupil who should try harder. A pupil 
named Shirley.

BeH