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>I'm smart, I'm just not a good test taker.

>> No.4740180

In that case you have nothing to worry about. Very little of real life requires tests. Go get a job instead of going to college and work your way up the ladder the old fashioned way.

>> No.4740811

I too know that feel OP

>> No.4740831

>I could get good grades if I actually tried

>> No.4740832

>im not book smart, im street smart

>> No.4740833

All smart people are good test takers, but not all good test takers are smart.

>> No.4740834

>That feel when amazing test taker but have no practical skills

>> No.4740836

>i can freestyle my own prewritten rhymes

>> No.4740841

fuck you guys, i clicked /x/ after reading this thread and wondered where the fuck i was.

>> No.4740843

>I'm smart.
What's 14x21?
>I dunno. I'm not good at math.
Alright then. What's the third most populated country in the world?
>India?
I'll give you a hint: China and India are the first two.
>Ummm. I don't know! I'm not good at geography!
I thought you were smart.
>Yeah, at things like History and English!
Spell definitely
>D-e-f-i-n-a-t-e-l-y
That's wrong.
>YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!

>> No.4740845

>>4740843

That's not really what smart means though.

>> No.4740846

>>4740843
I'm a math PhD and I can't solve any of those.

Third is USA right?

>> No.4740848

>>4740846
Yep.

>>4740845
So being smart means you can be completely ignorant to grade five mathematics and grade three social sciences?

>> No.4740853

>>4740848

No, but smart has more to do with processing information rather than retaining it.

You'd expect a smart person to know this. But, it's not what defines a smart person.

>> No.4740856

>>4740846

Can you not into distributive property?

14X21 = 14X20 + 14X1

That is easy mental math.

>> No.4740859

>>4740856
Sorry what are all those numbers doing there. I'm not used to those. They do weird things and make fun of my acne.

>> No.4740862

>>4740831

This is actually me. My teachers back in Highschool would always tell me that I was extremely intelligent, yet didn't apply myself. I simply could not force myself to give a damn.

>> No.4740866

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWy_GYG1XHY

>> No.4740878

"Bad test taker"

the idiot's favorite excuse

>> No.4740905

>>4740843
481? Wait, 484?
Don't care -U.S.?
Sure, let me type it into the search bar so my auto-correct will do it's thing.

>>4740831
>B-Average throughout all of schooling
>Spend a summer and a semester doing manual labor after dropping out of college after two years
>Come back to college
>3.8 GPA, depression gone
I know it's a bit post hoc, ergo etc. but if anyone is doing really poorly in school, and think they're capable of doing better - I advise they take a break from it for a bit.

>> No.4740933

>>4740862
everyone's teachers say that to try and motivate kids.

2/10 you arent even trying

>> No.4740939

>>4740933

Not in my school. Teacher's would put kids down if their grades were terrible. Besides, I got 90+ on every test. Just never did the homework.

>> No.4740941

>I really don't like this material

Translation: I can't understand this material

to be fair, both are probably true. And it isn't always used as an excuse (i.e. learning Freud in psychology.)

He said...Id...Ego....blah blah. Wait, this is testable material? But....but it's wrong.....what the actual fuck?

>> No.4741013

>>4740939
>I took shitty honors classes and think I'm smart

>> No.4741024

>>4740939
>I got 90+ on every test. Just never did the homework.
remedial must have been so fun

>> No.4741042

>>4740905
>but if anyone is doing really poorly in school, and think they're capable of doing better - I advise they take a break from it for a bit.

You think it really helps? I'm trying a year away from school after a truly terrible 3 years of college. I'm working right now and plan to go back in the fall '13. I'm a little nervous and if you have any advice by all means share.

>> No.4741056

Life is not a closed book exam.

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4743269

>>4741056
>implying it isn't