jesus that's so many subjects X(
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 16 July 2009 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
that looks terrible. do people usually fail first time?
― estela, Thursday, 16 July 2009 01:52 (fifteen years ago) link
if you fail do you get credit for the bits you passed or do you have to do it all again? and how long is the exam, does it run across several days?
― estela, Thursday, 16 July 2009 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YLI5egUYhQo/SegeG1DNa_I/AAAAAAAAACU/3GxalAsIUGQ/s320/IBelieveInYou.jpg
― t. silaviver, Thursday, 16 July 2009 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf3y4lDH6Bo
i can't watch your youtube t. si, my internet is slow
estela it is two days. the first day is state-specific essays, 10 25-minute essay questions followed by one 90-minute "multistate performance test." the second day is 200 multistate multiple choice questions, which are difficult but i am confident i will do ok on that part (it only encompasses i think 6 subjects). unfortunately you get one score for all of it and if you fail you have to take it ALL again and it's only offered in february and july.
now i am just scared because i didn't want to pay to take the course (it's $3000) so i just bought the books on ebay and what if i didn't do a good enough job teaching myself? but i have done a lot of practice multiple choices, now i am doing essays until i die. the course might just be overkill too, to make sure all the slow people learn enough
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 16 July 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
since i suspect you might be a genius your approach was probably the right one but good luck, miss,
― estela, Thursday, 16 July 2009 02:56 (fifteen years ago) link
u can do it, harbs!
― te,he (tehresa), Thursday, 16 July 2009 06:46 (fifteen years ago) link
ps lots of people pass the 1st time!! don't let them psych u out!
where is our dearly beloved jergins lately?
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 17 July 2009 15:17 (fifteen years ago) link
harbl, it is obvious from your postings that you have an agile and capable mind and I know it is ridiculous to tell someone to relax b/c they are going to do great and all that. But I hope you can and that all your well-done prep just bubbles up and out when you are in that testing environment. Have you thought about getting someone to record a podcast of all the things you aren't feeling as well-versed in and using it for sleep-learning? Make sure it's someone with a soothing sonorous voice who wouldn't dream of playing a practical joke on you.
― jaq, Friday, 17 July 2009 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
thx jaq. i'm not sure if that would help me though! i would probably just sleep through it. doing the essays really is helping because i can't absorb anything without writing it. and my hand is getting in better shape so i think it'll survive 6 hours of writing. i just know i have been a little too lazy with studying (i am not a good studier, never have been) and the only way i can be serious for a couple hours is to go, oh, i could really fail this time and if i did that would be very bad. i'm doing things last minute that other people did a month ago but that's pretty much how i've always studied so i'm hoping it works out. all i need to do is pass, not get a high score, i keep reminding myself that too.
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 17 July 2009 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
do you have a test-taking plan, like step 1) answer all absolutely known questions step 2) answer all pretty-sure-about questions step 3) puzzle out possibilities on remaining questions for awhile step 4) random assignment of a b c d etc to all remaining unanswered? Do wrong answers count against you vs. things simply left blank?
There is no way I could manually write for 6 hours! My hand would be a knotted stump of twisted agony. You are my hero for being able to do that.
― jaq, Friday, 17 July 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
no i think the questions are individually timed so you have to do them in order. i would do that otherwise! but on the other hand it's easier to work on something you absolutely have to do. as far as the multiple choice i think people end up with extra time at the end, which is good because i can go back to stuff. but wrong answers don't count against you. oddly i love those kinds of tests though, i'm good at deciding which questions not to answer! and the essays are graded 0-6. that's not so bad. you do have the option of typing the exam but i didn't want to install windows on my mac to use their software that locks down your computer so you can't cheat. and i didn't want to pay for the software. but it's really about 3 hours of writing because you get a break for lunch.
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 17 July 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
missing u, sandbox
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 19 July 2009 06:15 (fifteen years ago) link
whatup
― t. silaviver, Sunday, 19 July 2009 06:55 (fifteen years ago) link
hi
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i already ate an ice cream cone today
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 13:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm now sitting here drinking coffee
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link
heartbl
― lxy, Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
lol it won't let me post "hi" (duplicate message), so...hi
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
shoulda seen me walking home from farmer's market at 8:30, i was double fisting: coffee in one hand, ice cream cone in the other
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
it was a little slice of heaven, right here in baltimore
you are an inspiration, harbl!
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
except i can't eat ice cream really ;(
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i will eat your share, te.
coffee + ice cream = A+ (insert infinity symbol which i can't find)
― lxy, Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
also, hi there.
i just exercised for the first time in, uh, years.
― lxy, Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
affogato: a+
good for you, lx!i am sitting here drinking cofee but now i feel guilty.
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
yum
guilty why.
― lxy, Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i exercised twice last week. it was good and sweaty and a ran up a hill.
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
that was for the first time in two months :o
guilty bc i should already be at the gym.
i am working on learning to run up/down the hill. it is hard. i read something that said it's easier to run up a hill than walk up, though.
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
it is very hard, but gets easier surprisingly fast. i'm going to keep doing it. there were no real hills in ohio so i haven't had any in a long time
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm not sure i ever ran up a hill in my life. and i'm not sure i ever will.
― lxy, Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
not even to make a deal with god? ; )
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i just really suck at running period, so this is my big summer challenge.i need different shoes.
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i have been riding my bike to work, and sometimes home again (on the days when i don't give in and agree to let ytth pick me up), but i get so breathless and my legs hurt and i feel so huge and fat and lazy and old!! i'm heaving round about 30 extra pounds right now, and that just makes all activity that much more exhausting.
also: i am basically incapable of running - like, it feels unnatural to me
― smoove operator, Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
xp i'm as likely to make a deal with god as i am to run up a hill
― lxy, Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i am pretty bad at running but i used to be good at it and i just keep getting in cycles where i get in ok shape then i get busy and stop. running feels less unnatural after you suffer through it for a few weeks. then it feels normal.
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 19 July 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
my ankles feel like they might actually break when i run
― smoove operator, Monday, 20 July 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
http://22.media.tumblr.com/URuVNuctoq12nmwrVonuU12Po1_500.jpg
― smoove operator, Monday, 20 July 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
that looks like a jesus's son house.
― estela, Monday, 20 July 2009 03:08 (fifteen years ago) link
it does!
― smoove operator, Monday, 20 July 2009 03:11 (fifteen years ago) link
it is quite amazing to me how much it does.
― estela, Monday, 20 July 2009 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
oh i just figured out we are allowed to do the questions out of order so i will be doing that. i need to find an analog watch though, no digital allowed!!!!!
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i am good at:
evidencecriminal lawcriminal procedure
i am ok at:
civil procedurecommercial paperconstitutional lawcorporationsagency & partnershippropertycontracts
i have no clue at:
secured transactionstortssalesprofessional responsibility
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 23 July 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
lol @ beginning to study prof resp 5 days before the exam
that's good progress in 8 days so i have every confidence for the remaining 5
― lxy, Thursday, 23 July 2009 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess i have *some* clue for sales and secured transactions but only because i know what they are and they give you statutes to look at for those questions
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 23 July 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
ok now i am ok at torts and prof resp but too slow and not really memorized. only 3 more whole days!!
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link