Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:41 am
(no subject)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deckardcanineMy family has finished taking the latest Nichols General Information Test (GIT). We first tried it in 1995, when I got 24 out of 100 questions right (in my defense, I was 12). Until now, we have received it only thru my uncle, who lives closer to the school that produces the test, and we usually forgot to ask until it was too late to find a copy.
You are welcome to take the GIT as well. I highly recommend the upper school level, not just because it should be more your speed, but because the middle school test has a lot of questions about local trivia. There is one Buffalo question for the upper school students; you'll probably miss that.
Since Columbus Day was slow, my mom distributed the test to her office mates. There were many sounds of frustration, including "I'm going to kill myself," because the GIT has a way of asking you what you almost remember. I'm amazed that only one question -- about "Million Dollar Baby," and me a movie aficionado -- had me frustrated this year; the rest I either got pretty quickly or just didn't know.
My dad also said he was going to kill himself, but he got the highest score of anyone we know: 74, one point short of the highest-ranking Nichols senior. My mom got 67, I got a new personal high of 64, and my sister got 54.5. (One of the questions does specify half credit for a certain answer, altho some office mates decided their own partial credit.)
A reminder to any LJer who takes the GIT: You are not taking this for school. It is for fun. Cheating is beside the point. Do not kill yourself over what you do not quite remember and should.
You are welcome to take the GIT as well. I highly recommend the upper school level, not just because it should be more your speed, but because the middle school test has a lot of questions about local trivia. There is one Buffalo question for the upper school students; you'll probably miss that.
Since Columbus Day was slow, my mom distributed the test to her office mates. There were many sounds of frustration, including "I'm going to kill myself," because the GIT has a way of asking you what you almost remember. I'm amazed that only one question -- about "Million Dollar Baby," and me a movie aficionado -- had me frustrated this year; the rest I either got pretty quickly or just didn't know.
My dad also said he was going to kill himself, but he got the highest score of anyone we know: 74, one point short of the highest-ranking Nichols senior. My mom got 67, I got a new personal high of 64, and my sister got 54.5. (One of the questions does specify half credit for a certain answer, altho some office mates decided their own partial credit.)
A reminder to any LJer who takes the GIT: You are not taking this for school. It is for fun. Cheating is beside the point. Do not kill yourself over what you do not quite remember and should.
