By :( - 02/03/2016 14:13 - United States - Saint Paul

Today, I had a Chinese test. Our teacher decided to wait until yesterday to tell us about it because she "knew" we wouldn't study anyway and she didn't want to stress us out. I'm pretty sure I failed. FML
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Zelphoric 25

Pretty big assumption from your teacher to say nobody would study. There are people who never study, but everyone should be given a chance to succeed and try his/her best.

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cacheson 41

Surprise test = surprise fail. Maybe that's what you should have written on your test. In Chinese.

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pasupathymuthu 16

I hate surprise tests. In my opinion they are not fair and puts unnecessary pressure.

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zeffra13 31

I had a Stats teacher that was like that. He'd write 4 days' schedule on the board, changed it when the 4 days were up. That's as far ahead as we ever knew, & tests were usually the first or second day of the list (meaning we often had a test with zero warning). He never really complained about people's obvious cheating though, he even let us talk sometimes.

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Ayasha_fml 12

Sorry for the ignorance, what's a Stats class? Statistics? I did Google it, but found multiple possible answers.

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stupidpplsuck 33

yes 29 this most likely refers to a statistics class.

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GhostFox 33

And this is why I prefer teachers to give a syllabus that defines everything that will happen in a class term on a day by day basis. No surprise quizzes.

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Bibliovore 26

Unfortunately, life itself has pop quizzes all the time.

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GhostFox 33

Yes it does. Which makes it even more of a dick move for teachers to pull the 'pop quiz' shit, since they have no way of knowing if any of their students have recently been given one by life. Considering I get frequent ones in the form of chronic medical issues, I may be a little biased.

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Mike3258 18

talk to the principal. that shouldn't be tolerated

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GruesomeUrchin7 10

I have never studied never will and I have A's, and B's

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Calingaladha 21

And I bet you never had to take a test in Chinese. Or any language that doesn't use a Romanic alphabet.

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Jellysweetheart 23

You're in for a rude awakening when you get past high school... Or in real life if you're in university.

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LalapaloozaChick 14

you shouldn't study just because you have a test coming up. if you didn't know the material well enough, you should have been studying in the meantime.

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Warmonger_Smurf 29

What is a matter with you all? No it's not the teachers fault, no you shouldn't go complain to the principal, the teacher did nothing wrong. It is 100% your fault! You should be ready to pass the test with out a forewarning. It isn't fair? Life never is. Life doesn't give you a heads up when tests come. It's time to grow up.

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Jayms_fml 32

I agree with you. Although the OP was given just a day to study for the test, he/she should have already been comfortable with the subject or prepared for the test.

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DoomedGemini 37

In the ideal situation, you would be able to pass anyway. But Chinese isn't easy, not only is it a different language but it has a completely different alphabet. You also have people who do not learn as quickly or as easily. You typically have OTHER classes that you should also be able to understand where you are, so if you are behind in them as well you are going to have hell trying to study them all. Then you also have teachers who don't really teach too well. My Chinese teacher was very sweet and I loved her, but she went too fast for any of us to grasp it. I enjoyed learning the culture that she taught us(she was actually from China) but I wasn't really able to keep up with the language. Point is, it'd be nice if it were that simple but there are different situations and it might not be as easy as "you don't study regularly enough".

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StarOfDoom 26

Oh my god. This is exactly what my Chinese teacher does too. She waits until the day before tests to let us know that we have them. It is horribly unfair, leaves us no time to study. Dx

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pandemonium307 10

Now you know the teacher's style so you should study some every day to make sure you fully understand the material.

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