Quotes about exams (16 Quotes)





    I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.

    Test preparation Web sites also offer a sense of community by allowing members to ask questions of others who are studying for the same exam. That proved valuable for Scott Morris, IS director at Tele-Tech in Lexington, Ky. Morris passed the CCIE exam last May on his second try. He didn't spend much time with study guides or simulated exams. I tend to attack things head-on, ... I bought a few routers, set them up in my basement and then tried to think up the most bizarre scenarios I could.


    Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.


    Looking back I find it hard to believe that I could forge a career in anything other than football but I didn't do too badly in my final exams and there were a few business-related courses that interested me.

    Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it. Just think of the possible consequences if you don't get it done.


    By the time the average person finishes college he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes and exams. The 'right answer' approach becomes deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical problems, where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is that most of life isn't that way. Life is ambiguous there are many right answers - all depending on what you are looking for. But if you think there is only one right answer, then you'll stop looking as soon as you find one.

    I managed to get through the mining exams - they're not very rigorous, they only ask you one question, they say 'Who are you' and I got seventy-five per cent on that.







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