Horrible at Competitions. (1 Viewer)

[lpodnano]

I'm horrible at competitions e.g math, science, english. I can never choose the right answer even though i have a 1/4 or 1/5 chance of getting it right. The highest I've ever gotten is a credit (i know, i'm stupid). Anyways, our science teacher says these competitions are an indication of our performance in the school certificate. I want to believe she is wrong because I got a participation (yay...).

Anyone do bad in these but do good in exams etc.?

 

[Dumbledore]

some people may disagree but imo:

school and uni: 80% work, 20% talent
competitions: 80% talent, 20% work

what makes u suceed more in life is ur work though. u will achieve better marks at school, better at uni, and employers will not go for the lazy even if they are extremely gifted.

so if u work hard, u can still do good in the SC and HSC even if you perform poorly in comps

 

[Official]

some people may disagree but imo:

school and uni: 80% work, 20% talent
competitions: 80% talent, 20% work

what makes u suceed more in life is ur work though. u will achieve better marks at school, better at uni, and employers will not go for the lazy even if they are extremely gifted.

so if u work hard, u can still do good in the SC and HSC even if you perform poorly in comps

Nicely put

 

[annabackwards]

^
Agreed.

They aren't a good indication at all if you just colour in random circles like me XD

 

[kurt.physics]

Anyways, our science teacher says these competitions are an indication of our performance in the school certificate. I want to believe she is wrong ...

She is wrong!!!

 

[IndianPrideBby]

I'm horrible at competitions e.g math, science, english. I can never choose the right answer even though i have a 1/4 or 1/5 chance of getting it right. The highest I've ever gotten is a credit (i know, i'm stupid). Anyways, our science teacher says these competitions are an indication of our performance in the school certificate. I want to believe she is wrong because I got a participation (yay...).

Anyone do bad in these but do good in exams etc.?

omg yes i do...
i jus got my award 4 dis competition n i got participation vry1 els in my grade got credit...it was s0o embarassing

 

[lpodnano]

That makes me feel a lot better. I absolutely loathe competitions but our principal pays for the top 30 students so we are forced to do them.

 

[Aerath]

Only competition I have never received a HD for is Maths. Most people would say that Maths is my best subject at school. Go figure.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

Only competition I have never received a HD for is Maths. Most people would say that Maths is my best subject at school. Go figure.

yeah, school maths kills problem solving skills.

 

[electrolysis]

Only competition I ever got a HD was for the financial literacy comp back in yr9
also got a D for the maths comp back in yr7

havnt got anything amazing other than credits after that :mad1:

 

[lpodnano]

Only competition I ever got a HD was for the financial literacy comp back in yr9
also got a D for the maths comp back in yr7

havnt got anything amazing other than credits after that :mad1:

still better than a participation. =)

 

[Aerath]

Doing the maths comp last fortnight made me realise how much I sucked at manual subtraction and division....

 

[Continuum]

Doing the maths comp last fortnight made me realise how much I sucked at manual subtraction and division....

this. :mad1:

 

[Revacious]

ive gotten hd in maths comp, but fail at maths

 

[Aerath]

this. :mad1:

I mean...I forgot to carry over. And I was like...hmmm, this answer can't be right, so I added it up again, and got a different number to what I was originally minusing from. Damn manual mathematics.

 

[lpodnano]

Damn non calculator exams!

 

[u-borat]

noobs