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
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ceciliebossow 26

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 ;-)

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Top comments

zachb20 15

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

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Utterly_Confused 26

Sorry, but YDI for not checking

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Comments

millie14225 31

Didn't you notice everyone flipping their papers over? I can't believe that you are actually that oblivious to your surroundings.

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aimbug 42

Most people concentrate on their own paper in an exam.

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PinkGlitterBunny 8

Always read all the questions before you start. Didn't they teach you that in school? Our teachers used to give us a test and at the end it would say "Do not answer any questions. Write your name and the date at the top, turn the test over and sit quietly."

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stupidpplsuck 33

the op was only given five minute to read over the questions and only got to number nine, so it's not a case of not reading in not having enough time

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AliWantsMarmite 10

This happened to me once, I failed my english exam and got my average from 72 to 63

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asdadfhowrh 23

You should have read the instructions on the question paper. YDI

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worldclassrager 39

It happens I missed a big part of my English exam so I know how you feel

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ftloosenfanzfree 7

In 9th grade we had an English teacher who always assigned very long readings. Once I only had time to complete half of the reading, so when we had our quiz I only knew the answers on the front side of the paper. I turned it in to her and, in front of the whole class, the teacher said "oh, you forgot to fill out the back" and I had to be like "actually, no..."

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pacman490 21

There are two, TWO sides to the paper. Ah ha ha ha!

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CTeden 7

I'm pretty sure we've all been through this. Don't worry yourself :)

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XtremeHeat 14

I had a test that I never knew had 9 questions on the backside. The front side (which I did) only had 8. I got a 37%.

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