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CT 177: Strong Like Bull

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BillBrasky said:
Im taking one of my teaching certification exams this morning and I just had to copy down a 60 word statement in cursive saying that I won't cheat or disclose test questions.

My form looks like a toddler tried to write on it. RIP cursive skills. The computer has killed you.
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Yeah I remember having similar issues back when I took the GRE. It was the most stressful part of that entire process.
 
BillBrasky said:
Im taking one of my teaching certification exams this morning and I just had to copy down a 60 word statement in cursive saying that I won't cheat or disclose test questions.

My form looks like a toddler tried to write on it. RIP cursive skills. The computer has killed you.
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This was prob the hardest part of the test
 
i honestly cant write anything in cursive other than my first and last name. Watching me write an uppercase S in cursive when I have to sign my middle name is laughable.

Didn't I see somewhere that elementary schools are no longer teaching cursive writing?
 
I remember there being a thread for this back in the day (I bet df07 has one even), but this commercial is hilarious:

[video=youtube;YbYWhdLO43Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=172&v=YbYWhdLO43Q[/video]
 
i had settlement a few days ago and was rolling through the 400 signatures like a boss when the notary stopped the buyers of the home and made them go back and add their Middle initial to their stupid little-kid cursive signatures. You gotta make your sig look like a celebrity's, yo. That is: fucking unintelligible
 
CT 177: He went to the dungeon, and what happend next changed him forever

buckets said:
This was prob the hardest part of the test
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Outside of a couple random AF Texas history questions, it certainly was. If I didn't get a 95 or better I'm gonna be pissed.
 
wfudkn said:
So what exactly does the GRE test? Subject matter based?
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There's a maths section and a verbal section (and a writing section that supposedly doesn't count). Like the SAT -- and correct me if I'm wrong, test people -- it is an aptitude exam, not an achievement exam.

There are, however, subject-based achievement GRE tests that are intended to test the breadth of knowledge in a given specialty. Many graduate schools will require these subject exams if they are offered in your field. Other schools, Columbia notably, aggressively discourage taking them, arguing that they aren't a good representation of achievement.
 
wakephan09 said:
There's a maths section and a verbal section (and a writing section that supposedly doesn't count). Like the SAT -- and correct me if I'm wrong, test people -- it is an aptitude exam, not an achievement exam.

There are, however, subject-based achievement GRE tests that are intended to test the breadth of knowledge in a given specialty. Many graduate schools will require these subject exams if they are offered in your field. Other schools, Columbia notably, aggressively discourage taking them, arguing that they aren't a good representation of achievement.
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Yeah, I think that's right, the general is supposed to be an aptitude test. And most programs barely look at the writing score (unless it's horrific). I basically skipped/punted on that section when I took it because I knew the CS dept really only cared about the math score.
 
Also, it seemed if anything to maybe be a slightly harder SAT. The time crunch seemed a lot tighter, especially on the math stuff.
 
wakephan09 said:
There's a maths section and a verbal section (and a writing section that supposedly doesn't count). Like the SAT -- and correct me if I'm wrong, test people -- it is an aptitude exam, not an achievement exam.

There are, however, subject-based achievement GRE tests that are intended to test the breadth of knowledge in a given specialty. Many graduate schools will require these subject exams if they are offered in your field. Other schools, Columbia notably, aggressively discourage taking them, arguing that they aren't a good representation of achievement.
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The Biology GRE was a good, comprehensive test of what an undergrad bio major should have learned. Maybe Columbia doesn't understand what they were designed to test?
 
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