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Dude, that's TOTALLY NOT FAIR!!!!
Okay, sooo... let me tell you this story about my school.
Okay, there's a test that EVERY kid in the school has to take in order to graduate, let's call it an EXIT EXAM. This EXIT EXAM is for two days and you take this EXIT EXAM in the 10th grade, so freshmen cannot take in this year, also if you failed the EXIT EXAM, you must retake it the next year. During the day of exam, the 10th graders (and the juniors and seniors who didn't pass it) must take the test, and everyone that passed the test or all the freshmen must not come to school, UNTIL 12:00 P.M. Well, we did that in March. I didn't go to school until 12:00 P.M. That was a happy day... ... ...until now... The school distract has a law, that states there's a certain amount of hours a student must get in school. Turns out, that we're 8 hours behind, and if the school doesn't get in those 8 hours, they will get sued for 1,000 dollars. JUST BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO DAYS. So, now, next week (or what was supposed to be my spring break, we have to have a minimum day for two days... So, we get two minimum days, then the next 3 days off. And this effects ALL FRESHMAN, JUNIORS AND SENIORS WHO PASSED THE TEST. It doesn't effect sophomores, and the upper classmen who took the test again, then get a full week of vacation. Gee, I hate my life. |
Harsh. Reminds me of something that happened to my sister in middle school. They promised the people who improved their standardized test scores by 2 percentile (from the previous year) a free day from the dress code and classes. My sister had scored in the 99th percentile both years, but she wasn't eligible for the free day. Seriously, WTF? One can't score higher than the 99th percentile, so she was in effect punished for doing well.
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Can't get higher than 99%, how about 100%? But that is very, very difficult to accomplish, so wow.
Man...I can't think straight now... |
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I still don't really get it, but okay...
Is it like a rank? /ifail |
In a manner of speaking. It very basically boils down to "this percentage of people scored below you." She may not have gotten 100% of the questions right, but she scored better than 99% of her peers.
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Oh, now I get it.
So, in order to get the 100 percentile, so have to score over everyone? Okay, get it now. |
No, it's impossible to score in the 100th percentile. That would mean you had scored over everyone else, including yourself, which is impossible.
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Oh. NOW I get it...
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Yep, life is not always fair.
I was in a job once that went through a title change during a Union contract period and as a result of the title change we were required to pass an assessment annually to retain the new title or we would be shifted to a different department that still carried the old title. We also got a bonus for passing the assessment with better scores - there were three bonuses: $1000 for 80% and up and you did not have to take the assessment again for another year. $500 for scoring 60-80% and you take the assessment again in 6 months. $250 for scoring 40-60% and you take the assessment again in 3 months. Below 40% you got no bonus and you take the assessment again in 3 months. If you did not make it to the 80% and up score after 2 retest you were transferred out. Sounded decent because even if you scored 70% you got $500 and if you score 80% on retest you get the other $500, so in the end you got $1000, but no, actually, here is where the unfair part came in: those who scored lower got the lower bonus and retested and got the lower bonus again and on the third retest scored high enough to stay in the position and was then given a $1000 bonus for achieving the required score. Pissed me and about 4 other people off big time because we scored in the 80% and above range on the first round and only got $1000. So a couple of the dip-shits in the office got an extra $1000 for being stupid! Of course when we had to retest we intentionally answered incorrectly just enough to keep us in the assessment pool and got more of the bonus money the next year. Needless to say the company got rid of that process after the third year when the directors realized what we were doing. Still sucks that I got gyppedin that first year of assessment though. |
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That's a stupid process.. you shouldn't get MORE bonus for the re-test... I personally don't believe in test and assessments for work.. really.. If i answer A, D, C, C, B, D, A... I'll be great at the job... pfft. |
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One was SAT/ACT or general competency type knowledge such as math and analogy (the part we were able to intentionally mess up the second & third years). Another part was specific to our products and services and the correct quoting of rates. And the last part involved live role play sessions with a company that came from a different state and they also assessed our ability to respond and react to customers appropriately since our jobs were in the customer service sector. So it was more than just a test of Q$A. (and I might add, that lady in the Customer Service video Hrae posted would have gotten the extra money since she would not have passed on the first go with that sickle in her hand!) |
o.o That does suck, but either pay for it now or pay for it later.
At the high school I went to, the exit exam is only held on 1 day. From the morning to lunchtime. Those who finish ahead of the time were then sent to wait in the small gym (the tests were taken in the large gym) and weren't allowed to leave until time was up. Everyone else had a regular school day. |
Well, I'm kinda happier now.
The school called my house. It was asking whether "your child was going to school on Monday and Tuesday." Good thing I answered the phone. So it said, "If you're child is going to school on both Monday and Tuesday, press 1 now." *didn't press anything* "If you're child is going to school on Monday but not Tuesday, press 2 now." *didn't press anything* "If you're child is going to school on Tuesday but not Monday, press 3 now." *didn't press anything* "If you're child is not going to school on Monday neither Tuesday, press 4 now." *presses 4* So, yay. |
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you suppose to go mon/tues to make up for the hrs? So if you don't go will your school get fined? |
Seems an odd thing to have automated.
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Yeah, I'm suppose to go on mon/tues to make up the hours. But this is how I see it, and this is what some of my teachers have told me. Okay, if we don't have these days, the school will lose $1000. But, the school will still lose money, since we all know that MANY students will not go school these days. It's a lose-lose situation. But, to lose less money, they have to use those days to make it up, since they'll get at least some money. The teachers never told us, we didn't have to go, neither were they allowed to say it. When one of my teachers was asked, "Do WE HAVE TO GO?" They teacher responded, "Well, I can't tell you it's optional, but you know, that's like asking if today is optional, so...yeah." Quote:
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i want to hav 99.99999999999 + 1 % for my exams
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I don't get that o.o"
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u no have to get it lol
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