Today, after finishing a two hour essay exam that will determine the future of my career, I realized I misread the question. FML
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Today, I got a question wrong on an exam. The question started with, "In your opinion..." FML
Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML
Today, I took a major test, worth half my grade, not realizing that there were questions on the back of the sheet. FML
Today, I was taking a test and thought I was doing great until I realized I was writing all my answers on the question paper, not the answer sheet. By the time I noticed, there were only five minutes left. FML
Today, I took an exam, for which I have been studying for weeks, I was confident at first, but then really struggled with it. I finished with about ten minutes to spare, turned to what I thought would be the end of my paper and found the first page of questions I was supposed to have answered. FML
Today, I found out that I have been studying for the wrong final exam. One more hour until the test. FML
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
Today, after I took my first set of exams, my professor posted on Twitter, scoffing at how stupid one student's answer was. The answer he quoted was one that I wrote. FML
Today, I got my results on a recent, important midterm. During the exam, I'd noticed my instructor had accidentally left an answers page in the test packet, so being honest, I didn't look at them. It turns out she did it on purpose to help us pass. I failed. FML
Today, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. FML
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Top comments
Georgia0p 17
Maybe you'll get points for interpreting it a different way, you can always hope...
ilovetraveler 17
ouch! I know you must be nervous, but with stakes that high you should read even more closely.
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Comments (85)
Guardian88 21
YDI, reading is a key factor to tests
Alhamdulilah 15
Well OP I've got a dig bick.
funzoneplanet 7
OP should have told us what the original question was and then told us what he/she thought the question was. lol
taytertot25 11
AP tests in a nutshell for me..
Dragonfly759 18
Another poor IB student battling with english exams I assume? Don't worry retake is still an option :)
Legittree 8
I suggest reading the prompt as you write, it helps keep you on track.
CallMeBloo 31
Well, it sucks, but for important tests like this, you need to comb through the question(s) and think carefully. Also, if you had resources available to help you understand anything, you need to use those as well. I know the situations aren't quite the same, but I gave my students an end-of-course exam today and they knew they were allowed to ask for help in figuring out what the questions were asking. Only one of them did. Guess who got the best score?
Tattoo_Freak 15
I've done this. It is horrible. Hopefully somehow you would be able to rewrite the exam?