During tests...

[Babyjustrun]

You know when you forget something you KNOW YOU KNOW, and it's just hidden in your head, how do you figure out what it is?

Today, I had an Art History test and I couldn't remember two things:

Who painted The Raft of Medusa
The style of The Burghers of Calais.

The first, I figured out by looking at the picture and looking at different parts in the painting. I know that's not practical, but it worked. I looked around, and saw a man's torso. The man who painted the Raft of Medusa's name was Gericault. It rhymed xD

As for the style, I sat there for 20 minutes thinking. I tried going through the alphabet. And then I just kind of let my mind roam. Then I listened to the song inside my head, which was Breaking Dishes (Rihanna). The 'I'm gonna find a man tonight' part was in my head. So I took man, and made mannerism out of it. It was DEFINITELY WRONG, the answer was Early Modern, but it was worth a shot.. even if I was off by like 300 years.

 

[::Snow_White::]

I skip the question and do the rest.
Then I go back and just stare at the paper.
Then daydream for awhile until it's almost the end of our test then I look back down and the answer pops into my head...
Sometimes.
Others I have no clue but when I get my test back and it has the answer I'm always saying "Oh! Duh, how could've I forgotton that. That's what it was!"

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

XD I DO THAT ALL THE TIME!!


Like whenever i need to remember to spell mneumonic i always remember "M before N in the alphabet" XD

 

[AngelInDisguise]

That happens likes almost everytime!

 

[VolleyballQt07]

OMG! I hate when that happens! But usually I skip it then it usually pops into my head with the stupidest thinking behind it so then I know it. lol

Like yesterday, in gym, I had a tennis test. Yes our gym teacher gives us tests. Anyways, I couldn't figure out what zero meant so after I did everything else I was thinking about the kid I like/d and I was like wow I loved that shirt on him yesterday then was like OMG! 0=love! Good thinking eh?

 

[STOPxmickeytime]

I usually write down a completely wrong answer, circle the question, and then go back to it.
Then at the end of the test, the answer HOPEFULLY just magically hits me.

But generally I can't think of it and I just leave the wrong answer.

 

[imabrat]

haha.
i don't have to worry about that anymore.
all my tests are open book now,so if i forget something i just look it up in the book.


but i do remember that when i was in school.
if its multiple choice,i remember something i learned in PSSA prep.
the answer is almost always A or C.
rarely is it B or D.
if it's short answer,then im screwed.

 

[pigletgirl]

I hate that too. Or if like your doing a multiple choice and you know 2 are wrong, but deciding between the other 2...oiy, that always gets me.

Essays and short answers I'm always better at b/c chances are the partial answer is in the test.

 

[VolleyballQt07]

I hate that too. Or if like your doing a multiple choice and you know 2 are wrong, but deciding between the other 2...oiy, that always gets me.

Essays and short answers I'm always better at b/c chances are the partial answer is in the test.

I like short answers. Because as long as we put some thought into it we get partial credit! Like each is worth say 3 points. If we get it wrong but have a good thought into it, we get at least a point.

 

[reminisce]

for me, its either i know it or i dont. most of the time, ill lightly pencil in my best guess and continue with the rest of the test. by the time i reach the end, either ive forgotten all about the question (and my guess is better than nothing) or ive remembered the answer because ive been subconciously thinking it through.

 

[PrincessEeyore]

well if i cant think of something i look around the room to make sure the teacher isnt watching and look in the book ...jk jk jk
no usually ill circle it and skip it and than when i finish i go back through the test to see what i skipped and more than likely another question has hinted at what the right answer might be so i just usually take my best guess from that

 

[Princess_Dot]

I usually jot down anthing I remember next to the question (like the starting letter of the forgotten word, time period, related word ect...) then I circle the number and move on. I try not to dwell on one question. At the end of the test I read my short notes and it almost always jogs my memory, and I write the right answer.

 

[disneydance]

I do that all the time and then i go i knew that lol

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

A. Skip the question.
B. Return to it, and think hard about it.
- When did I learn it?
- Visualize the lesson.
C. Use instinct to find the right answer.

 

[Pirate Me]

I try to remember what the board said if it was very recently.

 

[Maleficent909TL]

Oh, that happens to me all the time; I hate it! I'll circle the number, and then finish the rest of the test. Then I'll sit there and stare at the paper. And when I get it back after putting the most random thing I could think of, I feel like an idiot. A big one.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

I know exactly what you mean! Like we had a test on cells. One of the questions was "What is jelly like substance in the cell." I sat there for 10 minutes trying to remember and then I put some random answer. Afterwards I remembered that it was cytoplasm! HOW COULD I FORGET CYTOPLASM!

 

[*DisneyFanatic*]

I hate tests because when writing them I dont like any noise.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I know exactly what you mean! Like we had a test on cells. One of the questions was "What is jelly like substance in the cell." I sat there for 10 minutes trying to remember and then I put some random answer. Afterwards I remembered that it was cytoplasm! HOW COULD I FORGET CYTOPLASM!

Cytoplasm is the devil.
Because it always makes me think chloroplast, even if I know very well that chloroplast is a part of a vegetable cell.
It 's me going over and over like this:
'it's CHLOROPLAST. Wait.. no. that's only in a vegetable cell.'

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Cytoplasm is the devil.
Because it always makes me think chloroplast, even if I know very well that chloroplast is a part of a vegetable cell.
It 's me going over and over like this:
'it's CHLOROPLAST. Wait.. no. that's only in a vegetable cell.'

Ditto! I'm like "GAH!"