Do you ever feel you get less that yo know?
By christiana81
@christiana81 (717)
Romania
July 23, 2010 6:26am CST
So, that is the story. I have a exam for a job...i was satisfied with the test-paper... i will think i take an 9 or even more....but when results came i get 8.2. and i feel very disapointed....like someone was cheating me....stolen me....Do enyone has that feeling?
5 responses
@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
26 Jul 10
Hi dear,
You are expecting 9 and you got 8.2 is upto your expecations. Where as you expect 9 and you are only got 3.5, 4.2, 5.7 etc. can be considered. When it comes to the mark level, it can happened. You made a random or rough calculation as per your excellence in the exam. But, a detailed valuation can go for a toss with minimum changes in the result.
So, I think this is genuine and moderate for your results.
Regards,
Thank-s
@bounce58 (17385)
• Canada
24 Jul 10
Unless somebody was deliberately cheating you, I don't think you should get less than what you expect. Specially if you know that you have all the answers, and you didn't make any absent-minded mistakes.
You should go ask the people who graded your paper and ask why you only got an 8.2. If nothing else, it will show that you are really interested in the test, and therefore the job.
@idtrebor (53)
• United States
24 Jul 10
Hi christiana,
Don't be disapointed, you did your best and thats what counts! You proberly got the job anyway, and you don't know the truth of how they graded you.
Just remember, for every successful person, failure was there obstical, and thats what made them succeed. There is no clear road to success!
Good luck.. God Bless..
idtrebor
@tinym8 (420)
• United States
23 Jul 10
Yes, we all get that feeling of disappointment when someone doesn't grade our test the way we feel it should have been graded. Teachers (or whoever is grading) have a very particular method they use to grade their papers. There is also probably a particular way that an individual person grades as well. If a paper doesn't fall between certain guidelines it doesn't get a certain grade.
This method is not always 100% fair to the people taking the tests. But, you can look at it that the other people taking the test probably had the same person grade theirs too. So, your grade should fall into a certain percentage area just like all the others who answered in a similar way to how you answered. It doesn't change the way we feel about it, though. We still feel disappointment.
But, 8.2 is still a good grade! Since the person grading the test probably graded all of them, many papers you would think deserved a 9 also maybe got an 8.2 just as you did! : ) Good luck with getting the job!
@wazaaa (185)
• Bulgaria
23 Jul 10
Of course :) most people got that feeling cause they many times overrate their skills. I am not saying that sometimes the person who rates the test, rates it 100% correct.. however there are times that the rates are overrated by our teachers and professors.. I think it depends on their mood ;)