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To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sun Jan 09 2022 02:00:00

MP>Thanks, I got a lot of laughs out of that.  I think I had a teacher or two
  >who were suprised at what I was able to do later on, but it sure would not
  >have been at calculus!  :)

I managed fairly well in school considering how much I hated it..

A 'friend' once burned my hand with his bunsen burner and when I yelped, the
Chemistry teacher gave ME heck for disturbing those around me.. "You may be
able to screw around and get 80's but those around you can't so..."

When our SAT tests came up (University entance exams?) I was thrilled because
everyone who worked after school wanted to get time off to study and take
sample tests and meet with tutors.. and that meant I got almost unlimited
overtime at the grocery store I worked part time in. My friends all said I was
crazy for not studying like crazy for the SAT's but, in the end, I didn't know
anyone personally who scored as high as I had (a 94 percentile)..
Sorry but there's no direct way to convert from our system to the USA system.

I also, many years later, took a very expensive ($300) I.Q. test for a large
company who wanted to hire me for a managerial position. In the end, much to
the disappointment of the district supervisor doing the hiring, the head
office forced him to promote someone from within.. but just for fun he showed
me the results from the I.Q and Psych tests I took over 3 or 4 hours that day
and their main comments were that I'd have to work on not getting too close to
the employees, I was too 'friendly' and that, given the scores I attained in
the math and science portion of the tests, they highly doubted I could have
managed that without cheating. Since the guy hiring me was sitting there
watching me take the test he knew I hadn't had any chance to cheat so it was
all sort of a joke to us.

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