By ceciliebossow - 07/10/2015 01:26 - Denmark - Copenhagen

Today, I felt confident after a maths exam and thought I did rather well. When discussing the exam with my class mates afterwards, they kept talking about how difficult question 10 was. I only did 9 questions. Apparently the exam paper had a backside. FML
I agree, your life sucks 22 996
You deserved it 11 965

ceciliebossow tells us more.

OP here! Wow! I didn't really expect this to be posted, but cool that it did! I thought I might explain myself a little (although it does not make this less stupid). This actually occurred a few months ago on a final exam that was marked by an outside examiner. Thankfully the final grade also took another exam and an assignment into account, so I still got the final grade that I had expected (and actually completing the question is unlikely to have improved the grade). Before the exam started, we had five minutes to read through the questions, and I only got to read until question 9, so when completing the questions afterwards, I completely forgot to check the backside of the examination booklet (where question 10 was located). I know it was my own fault, but I am always really nervous - almost panick-y - when it comes to exams. I felt absolutely terrible afterwards, when I realised my mistake, but there was not much to do, as the exam was over by then. Thankfully it all turned out alright anyway. Thank you for all your feedback! I have been reading through all the comments and I appreciate what you have to say - even when you say "YDI", because I know I do. It was not very clever of me ;-)

Top comments

Well at least you didn't have to take part in the hell that was question 10!

Utterly_Confused 26

Sorry, but YDI for not checking

Comments

Exactly the same thing happened to me in 1979 with my physics exam at school!

it would have been way too hard for you anyway

SystemofaBlink41 27

I mean, it can happen to anyone, but I always check the other side. There's nothing more frustrating than getting a bad grade because of a dumb mistake.

Always check the backside of a test or quiz! You ever know

afisxfallxchild 9

You didn't check the back? FOOL! Lol

It's only one question. Unless the questions are worth different amounts of points, you could still get an A

I did this a few years ago and got really upset after I realized it. I haven't done it since.