thejapantimes, to Life
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar

It seemed odd to me at first that so many “wine experts” I bumped into clearly didn’t work in the industry. But a look at Japan’s test-taking culture revealed a love for more than just the drink. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/03/17/food-drink/lee-food-wine-certification-japan-sommelier-boom/

mitexleo, to college

I couldn't do it because of the ongoing college exam. I have my Higher Math exam tomorrow. 😫

teamtuck, to azure

Started John Savill's SC-300 Exam Cram video today, looking for areas I'm weak in. I've also cleared it with the boss to get reimbursed for exam purchases! Finally, I got a free Azure trial tenant setup for all the fun things. Once I get a good handle on what I do and don't need to study, I'll pick a date for the exam!

ChrisMayLA6, to random
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar

The crisis continues in with the Govt. compounding the problem by refusing requests fr help for students in schools where facilities are unusable due to the risk of building collapse....

This story remains a metaphor for how the UK's approach to (cost-cutting & skipped maintenance) is not sustainable.... and as we know this is not an issue limited to schools.

(article also contains a helpful graphic on the RAAC problem)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-67781489

modrak_m, to academicchatter
@modrak_m@fediscience.org avatar

Has anyone seen an implementation of scanning and machine evaluating multiple choice exams that is not terrible for students?

Things I don't like:

  • requiring separate answer sheet (error-prone)
  • unstapling multiple page exams for scanner
  • exam not physically corrected, harder for students to review their exam afterwards

Asking for a friend...
@academicchatter

MikeSavad, to internet_funeral

By Mike Savad - Home Decor

This is the part where I was going to try to compare how shells have hidden treasures, and eyes also have hidden treasures, but I'm not, because that would sound silly. Instead I present to you, a big creepy eye, that will always follow you.

https://mikesavad.com/featured/doctor-optometrist-eyes-like-shells-reveal-hidden-treasures-mike-savad.html

CerstinMahlow, to ai German
@CerstinMahlow@mastodon.acm.org avatar

Out of curiosity as season will start soon: We currently have a rule that students can use tools. Without acknowledging so when used for grammar, style, spelling, etc. But they have to mention what, when, and how they did if they use it for generating ideas, data, whole paragraphs, etc.

Surprisingly, we don't have regulations for (MT) tools. For sit-in exams students are allowed paper dictionaries (!) and that's it.

How about your institution and ?

comrad, to openSUSE German
@comrad@mastodon.social avatar

Wegen eines Buchungsfehlers musste ich innerhalb von zwei Wochen meinen für SLES 15 durchziehen. Dadurch, dass ich die zuvor schon gemacht habe, war das tatsächlich auch machbar.

Nun darf ich mich offiziell SUSE Certified Administrator for Linux Enterprise 15 (sca_sles15) nennen!

Ich habe vor über 20 Jahren mit SUSE Linux angefangen und bin heute in der -Community aktiv. Daher freut mich das besonders.

rvaughnmd, to random
@rvaughnmd@med-mastodon.com avatar

Best healthcare system in the world (for stockholders):

Doctors, patients try to shame insurers online to reverse previous authorization denials

“They take in premiums and don’t pay claims. That’s how they make money. They just delay and delay and delay until you die. And you’re absolutely helpless as a patient.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/doctors-patients-try-shame-insurers-online-reverse-previous-authorizat-rcna101073

richardrathe,

@rvaughnmd

True story…

I had a 50ish patient with new acute superimposed on, but different from, long-standing chronic back pain. On and they had NEW lower extremity neurologic findings. I ordered an , which was the appropriate next step at the time.

I was forced to spend two evenings on hold for something like 20-30min for "pre-authorization"… two because they hung up on me the first time. I had to re-type a 20 digit code three times as they redirected me internally… finally spoke to the "physician in authority" and… HE READ MY OWN CHART BACK TO ME!! … then blithely approved the study. <insert swear words here!>

This is my Exhibit A for . (A complete waste of my time and that was the point! Unethical, and should be illegal.) Ironically I had a very conservative approach to imaging. That was probably the first new study I had ordered for back pain in months.

slcw, to TeslaMotors
@slcw@newsie.social avatar

Cowardly essentially backed out of the much-hyped with because he spends his evenings curled up on the floor in a K-hole, and he didn't want to be subjected to the , and required for a legally sanctioned fight.

https://brobible.com/culture/article/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-dana-white-screened/

gisella, to dysgucymraeg Italian

Peint, prima. 😅 Then... suggestions for next challenge for my Cymraeg?

illumniscate, to NoStupidQuestions
@illumniscate@mastodon.education avatar

№ 01

My pathology had a paper with on the door before which we all waited for the . It stated:

"First you ask me a , I & we discuss it.

Then I ask two questions, both initiating a short discussion on their own.

Demonstrating a good grasp in one discussion is enough for a passing grade.

For a 10 [best grade], inquisitiveness that reaches wider than what's in the books is required."

I loved this approach.

@edutooter

rotnicki, to accessibility Polish

Pierwszy dzień egzaminów ósmoklasisty. Dziś kończący naukę w podstawówce pisali test z języka polskiego. Centralna Komisja Egzaminacyjna przygotowała aż 10 wersji arkuszy egzaminacyjnych:

  • Dla uczniów bez niepełnosprawności i uczniów ze specyficznymi trudnościami w uczeniu się,
  • Dla uczniów z autyzmem, w tym z zespołem Aspergera,
  • Dla uczniów słabowidzących - czcionka 16 pkt.
  • Dla uczniów słabowidzących - czcionka 24 pkt,

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joel, to random
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I am going to take the egel/ceneval (no idea how its called in english speaking places) next week, and I have actually not studied, like at all.

This is the most important exam to get my degree and it takes like 8 hours to complete and here I am barely starting to do something about it.

Please tell me I am not the only one like that, so I know that statistically, I have a chance... :blobcatsadlife:

blog, to random
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Unofficial Exam Guidelines. Please Display.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/1998/05/unofficial-exam-guidelines-please-display/

This is a necropost. Written, I think, in preparations for mock A-Levels and recently found on an old backup disk. People in our 6th Form were always sticking up funny lists and weird humorous print-outs found on the nascent WWW. This was either my attempt to relieve the pressure of endless revision - or just a way to distract myself from the stress of exams. I heartedly endorse all of the following tips for a successful exam.

Fall asleep (or pretend to) until the last 15 minutes. Wake up, say "Oh dear, better get cracking." and do some gibberish work. Turn it in a few minutes early.

Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"

If it is a math/science exam, answer in essay form. If it is long answer/essay form, answer with numbers and symbols. Be creative. Use the integral symbol.

Make paper aeroplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the instructor's left nostril.

Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop start talking about what a prat the instructor is.

Bring cheerleaders.

Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About five minutes into it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY of this. I've been to every lesson all term long! Help.”

Bring a Game Boy. Play with the volume at max level.

On the answer sheet find a new, interesting way to refuse to answer every question. For example: “I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs”. Be creative.

Bring pets.

Giggle. Loudly.

Fifteen minutes into the exam ask for more paper. Repeat this process every fifteen minutes.

Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent markers.

Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your head.

Be as vulgar as possible on the exam paper.

Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make one up! For math/science exams, try using Roman numerals.

Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.

As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.

Walk into the exam with a Siamese twin.

Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam.

Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes into it. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.

Hold an unlit cigarette in your mouth. If you are told there is no smoking, politely point out that you are not smoking; just holding an unlit cigarette in your mouth.

Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers completely blacked out.

Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw your papers down violently, scream out "Screw this!" and walk out triumphantly.

Insist on going to the toilet. You will have to be accompanied.

Show up completely drunk. (you should start crying for mother).

COUGH!

Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.

Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 minutes, put on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag you away.

Insist the person next to you is cheating.

Upon receiving the exam, look it over, while laughing loudly, say “You don't really expect me to waste my time on this drivel? "Teletubbies" is on!!!”

Bring a water pistol with you. ‘Nuff said.

From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to Countdown. When they finally get you to leave begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the River Kwai.

Start a fight in the middle of the exam.

If the exam is math/science related, make up the longest proofs you could possibly think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life story.

Bring a friend to give you a back massage the entire way through the exam. Insist this person is needed, because you have bad circulation.

Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER CLASS and staple them to the exam, with the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit. "

When you walk in, complain about the heat. Strip.

After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her.

Loud, Rumbling, Echoing, Deadly Farts.

Try to get people in the room to do a Mexican wave.

Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of the room.

Bring some large, ugly idol. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.

Get deliveries of flowers, pizzas, telegrams, etc. sent to you every few minutes throughout the exam.

Get lots of people to call your mobile phone. Make sure it has an annoying ring.

During the exam, take apart everything around you. Anything you can reach.

Complete the exam with everything you write being backwards at a 90 degree angle.

Bring a musical instrument with you, play various tunes. If you are asked to stop, say "it helps me think. " Bring a copy of the official exam rules, challenging the instructor to find the section on musical instruments. Don't forget to use the phrase "Told you so".

Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons Why Examiners Suck"

These exam stress relieving jollities were brought to you by...........
Campaign to Relive Accumulated Pressures!

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/1998/05/unofficial-exam-guidelines-please-display/

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