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December 18th, 2011
Let’s Just Say I’m Glad the Grades Don’t Count
"Teacher, we are eager to learn."
A friend alerted me to this test of scientific literacy.
Give it a try — no google cheating — and let me know how you do.
And even though I got the first 5 questions right, my final score (to be disclosed in the comments, eventually) left little doubt that I was an English major in college.
Yeah, that’s my excuse.
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I got a 42 out of 50, pretty proud actually. A lot of the knowledge was from high school I think.
Larry
Very impressive. And better than I did, that’s for sure.
You were an English major?!
Brandon, yes an English major — can’t tell whether your comment means, “That’s unusual for a doctor” or, more ominously, “But you write so poorly!”
Hope it’s the former.
🙂
So how many did you get right? I got 30. Mainly by guessing.
36 out of 50… that could be grade C?
it works for me…
but: now i know that don’t know enough about: PLANETS!
Anonydoc, I like your score (72%) — same as mine!
Paul
p.s. hat tip to Joel Gallant for the link to the quiz.