By IBS - 06/05/2014 09:11 - China - Shanghai

Today, after finishing a two hour essay exam that will determine the future of my career, I realized I misread the question. FML
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Georgia0p 17

Maybe you'll get points for interpreting it a different way, you can always hope...

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ilovetraveler 17

ouch! I know you must be nervous, but with stakes that high you should read even more closely.

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darlingdollie 24

That sucks. I know that feeling, op. Next time re-read the prompt multiple times.

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mcrepas 19

That sucks. I have a hard time with essay questions too, so I feel for you there. Except my career has never depended on it. FYL

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HumanWiki 8

Maybe you should have spent more time reading the question if the answer carries that much weight in your life. What if it had been a life or death problem? "I misread the question" isn't going to mean much to a jury or the victim (s)

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rossdavids 16

As just a normal person, I also found that analogy awful.

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abzray123 7

Write a well written letter explaining what happened.. Hopefully they'll understand.

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LinkandSaria 10

That sucks OP. I wish you the best of luck and hope you won't be failing the exam.

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conman531 23

I'm actually curious to read the essay and the essay question and I'd like to know how you read the question. It seems like it would ask be interesting

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elcee1987 18

I did that once. It was awful. I ended up destroying my gpa because of one question on one exam.

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connorhperkins 9

Dude... Probably not helping OP any saying this

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