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So if you want a fair test, and some people are going to feel threatened no matter what... how about the solution of trying to rattle everybody? :)
by Sniffnoy 14y ago
So if you want a fair test, and some people are going to feel threatened no matter what... how about the solution of trying to rattle everybody? :)
- entropy_ 14y agoWell, you'd be giving an advantage to people who perform better than others when under stress. But then, that's not necessarily a bad thing is it? As an aside, I've noticed that people respond to stress in extremely varying ways. I've seen smart and talented people completely fail at tests because they were stressed(even though I can personally attest to the fact that when not under stress they would've performed perfectly). I've also seen others who can be completely under-prepared for a test, not know how to answer half the questions they encounter and yet still not panic and somehow squeeze by and not fail(I know I've been in that position countless times because of my reluctance to study throughout school). I remember reading an article(though I can't find it now) a while back about how this was due to a fundamentally different internal attitude, one that refuses to rise up to challenges and simply declare themselves a failure and another that enjoys challenges and manages to rise up to meet them.