Poll of the Day [2/26/10]

[CostlyAxis]

Alright, everyone will have that bad test grade and such, but people will react differently to it. My question asks who you blame first for the grade being "bad" even after you studied before taking it. Legitimate studying at that.

Well, oddly enough I had this moment about three weeks ago in AP US Government. I got a test back which got the lowest score I have ever scored in my 14 years in school. I was pretty sure I read the chapters, took the notes, rewrote the notes, did the worksheets, and defined the vocabulary. Yet, here I had before me this horrible grade. My immediate reaction was that it was the teacher's fault for writing a horrible test, and oddly enough, there might be some truth in that. Several other people in our class agree with my opinion and the majority of us are in the Top 10%.

For just being able to, I asked the teacher what I had done wrong and he said my study habits were probably the cause... I scored a 100 on my math test later that day, and then the highest grade in my physics class. He's wrong.

So, before that story gets out-of-hand, it's your turn to vote.

[Nulls Wife]

This question is a little obscure. The worst test of my whole life it was my fault, however I have had classes where it was the test or the teacher. When only 12 of us passed the class out of 23 students then I don't think the whole class has bad study habits.

On a side note though, I think that most students instantly blame the teacher or test and don't realize they could do more to prepare for the test.

[Null Parameter]

I put that I blame myself, because I never studied, but truthfully I'm kind of apathetic about it. If I scored bad, I didn't really care.

[Shell]

I put that I blame myself, because I never studied, but truthfully I'm kind of apathetic about it. If I scored bad, I didn't really care.

Same here.

But I put subject down, because I still never study, but do better in some subjects over others.

[Thomas]

WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH

You're missing one.

I blame RST.



On a serious note, it depends on the subject, teacher, test, myself, etc. Whenever I score low it's usually a combination of a couple things.

[Phenomenal]

I definitely agree with Thomas not because it's RST's fault, but because it's more a combination of the options. I will usually blame the teacher and the test if I did study, but scored badly because the teacher most likely made the test too hard and myself and the subject if I didn't study but just don't like the course.

[AceOfSpades]

I can't really remember the first time I did bad on a test, but Freshman year of HS I got a 10%. It was my fault because I did the whole test completely wrong. If it was on the subject on Chemistry that I thought it was, I would've done fine.

[PsychoBucket]

I don't read the chapters, and my studying is limited to the 1-2 hours before the test so... I blame the teacher!

[Letol]

I don't read the chapters, and my studying is limited to the 1-2 hours before the test so... I blame the teacher!

Right on!

[Dow]

I usually don't put any thought into it.

[GOG TOXIC]

I blame the test because the questions I get wrong are usually worded HORRIBLY. Sometimes they didn't make sense and all the answers could work.

[Zackj191]

RST