I took a Hon. Physics test a few days ago. Felt real good about it. B, maybe A. That's good, as Physics is hard.
I recieved the paper back today and was aghast.
There were 11 multiple choice questions, computing how far something goes, the effect of gravity, etc. (Xo, X, Vo, V a, t stuff, plus one of the many velocity/distance formulas.) I got 10 of them right, not being able to crack the 11th. There were four "short answer" questions that was basically maybe just a tad bit harder than the MCs, but you had to show work. These were "five points each." I got two right, one wrong, and didn't get to one, for a net score of two out of four.
There was also a 15-pointer extra credit which was a compound problem:
A rocket takes off with an acceleration of 20 m/s for 25 seconds. After 25s, it coasts in the air before falling. Find how high it goes with the engine on, how far it coasts, and something else.
I didn't get to that for lack of time.
Now, I basically said to myself: You owned this. Come on, I got 11 out of 14. How hard can that be?
The teacher hands me a paper with a "52%" on it.
Apparently, the test was graded on a 31-point scale...meaning that those four short answers comprised 2/3 of the test. He made an honest mistake in grading, and I got a 68%, when he counted a problem wrong twice.
All those multiple-choicers were USELESS, weighing in at one point a piece. The four short answers were worth 5 points, and EC was 15.
WTF?
I hate playing Roulette with my tests, my damn Pre-Cal teacher does the same thing.
"All questions are equal, but some are more equal than others."
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2004-09-20, 08:22 PM
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