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One of my college classes got to take one of those “how well do you read directions?” tests once. You know, don’t do anything until you’ve read ALL the directions. The directions had you basically doodling on the paper after you put your name at the top. And when you got to the final instruction, it said, “Now ignore all of those directions except the one about putting your name at the top.” I saw that, wrote my name on it and sat back to watch the fireworks as voices all over the room gasped “Oh no!”
My daughter gets extended time on tests. Unlike most students, she actually uses it. The teacher said that the students who finish the fastest hardly ever pass tests.
There are two ways work can be too easy. The first is if it covers something you have mastered, so it takes very little effort for you. The second is if you misunderstood the directions. Gracie has most likely mastered material the rest of her class is still working on. That said, it never hurts to double-check your work.
When I was in junior high/high school we had to take state exams in each subject at the end of the year. I would finish the test in maybe half the time allowed – too soon to turn them in and leave as there was a minimum time that one had to stay.
The teachers were always surprised and would ask if I was sure when I turned the papers in. I was – I knew if I kept checking it over I would decide that something did not look right, change it, and I would have been right the first time.
Only classes I had trouble with were gym and music (fat and tone deaf).
Rhetorical_Question 2 months ago
Wise saying!
Pharmakeus Ubik 2 months ago
Especially true for Baldo. Perhaps if his empañada ration was tied to his grades…
jmworacle 2 months ago
Look, this is Gracie that we’re talking about here.
davidob 2 months ago
He wants her to get back in there and overthink it.
davidlwashburn 2 months ago
One of my college classes got to take one of those “how well do you read directions?” tests once. You know, don’t do anything until you’ve read ALL the directions. The directions had you basically doodling on the paper after you put your name at the top. And when you got to the final instruction, it said, “Now ignore all of those directions except the one about putting your name at the top.” I saw that, wrote my name on it and sat back to watch the fireworks as voices all over the room gasped “Oh no!”
SusieB 2 months ago
Not for Gracie!
bobbyferrel 2 months ago
You may be right. Let me go back and overthink this.
rasputin's horoscope 2 months ago
Ever take a standardized test in a room full of people and finish a full 45 minutes before the next person does? Talk about an “uh-oh” feeling!
jbarnes 2 months ago
My daughter gets extended time on tests. Unlike most students, she actually uses it. The teacher said that the students who finish the fastest hardly ever pass tests.
jbarnes 2 months ago
There are two ways work can be too easy. The first is if it covers something you have mastered, so it takes very little effort for you. The second is if you misunderstood the directions. Gracie has most likely mastered material the rest of her class is still working on. That said, it never hurts to double-check your work.
Linguist 2 months ago
I often say this to myself after I’ve breezed through 3/4 of a SUDOKU puzzle…
BallotBoxer 2 months ago
Either Gracie is standing on a stack of empanadas or she learned to levitate.
Petemejia77 2 months ago
Is Gracie on stilts in last 2 panels?
eb110americana 2 months ago
In other words: If at first you do succeed…double check your work.
ZoMcYo Premium Member 2 months ago
True for me and algebra!
dale_buck66062 2 months ago
Is there a new artist? The first two panels really seem off…? Maybe just me.
mafastore about 2 months ago
When I was in junior high/high school we had to take state exams in each subject at the end of the year. I would finish the test in maybe half the time allowed – too soon to turn them in and leave as there was a minimum time that one had to stay.
The teachers were always surprised and would ask if I was sure when I turned the papers in. I was – I knew if I kept checking it over I would decide that something did not look right, change it, and I would have been right the first time.
Only classes I had trouble with were gym and music (fat and tone deaf).