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Myordas wrote:

English is my second language so it is not perfect. My original language is Filipino.

Oh that's really cool!

Beautiful (regional) flag, Mozworld.

Your own flag is... lovely too.

Terrabod wrote:

Beautiful (regional) flag, Mozworld.

Your own flag is... lovely too.

Thanks. Yes it is particularly Lovely isn't it. 😉

If there are any college students reading this, here is a tip for you when you take exams: LESS IS MORE.

Seriously.

Unless you are sure you know the material really well and there are no gaps in your knowledge, don't go rambling on and on, essentially writing a tiny essay on a question that requires a short answer of several sentences maximum. As a rule, the more you ramble, the more likely you are to blurt out something that proves to me you misunderstood an essential concept that the question is asking about. After that point, I cannot give you any credit, as you have exposed yourself.

This makes me sad, because I give credit to students who wrote exactly what was asked of them, and did not venture a single sentence beyond that. It is possible that they do not necessarily know more than you do, but at the end, they are the ones who get the credit, while you will lose it; because you weren't smart enough to stop just before you started spewing out bullsh1t.

Here is an example:

Question: What is an apple?

Answer 1: It is a round fruit about the size of the clenched fist of an adult human hand. It is sweet, and most varieties are shades of red, yellow, or green in color. (Full Credit)

Answer 2: It is a round fruit about the size of the clenched fist of an adult human hand. It is sweet, and most varieties are shades of red, yellow, or green in color. That being said, there are also curvy and yellow apples growing in more tropical climates and with peelable skin, which chimps like to eat. Some apples belong to the citrus family and can be squeezed for their juice, which contains lots of Vitamin C. And there are also some apples that are not fruits, but are vegetables (wtf?) and some apples are actually fungi (I give up). (Zero points)

Don't be the second guy in this story.

Edit: Yes, I am grading a final exam.

Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:

Dissociation and flashbacks

If there are any college students reading this, here is a tip for you when you take exams: LESS IS MORE.

Seriously.

Unless you are sure you know the material really well and there are no gaps in your knowledge, don't go rambling on and on, essentially writing a tiny essay on a question that requires a short answer of several sentences maximum. As a rule, the more you ramble, the more likely you are to blurt out something that proves to me you misunderstood an essential concept that the question is asking about. After that point, I cannot give you any credit, as you have exposed yourself.

This makes me sad, because I give credit to students who wrote exactly what was asked of them, and did not venture a single sentence beyond that. It is possible that they do not necessarily know more than you do, but at the end, they are the ones who get the credit, while you will lose it; because you weren't smart enough to stop just before you started spewing out bullsh1t.

Here is an example:

Question: What is an apple?

Answer 1: It is a round fruit about the size of the clenched fist of an adult human hand. It is sweet, and most varieties are shades of red, yellow, or green in color. (Full Credit)

Answer 2: It is a round fruit about the size of the clenched fist of an adult human hand. It is sweet, and most varieties are shades of red, yellow, or green in color. That being said, there are also curvy and yellow apples growing in more tropical climates and with peelable skin, which chimps like to eat. Some apples belong to the citrus family and can be squeezed for their juice, which contains lots of Vitamin C. And there are also some apples that are not fruits, but are vegetables (wtf?) and some apples are actually fungi (I give up). (Zero points)

Don't be the second guy in this story.

Edit: Yes, I am grading a final exam.

You know, I've gone to great efforts to forget all this over the last eight year. Now I will be spending the evening under my bed with a fifth of Jack, after I burn all of my red ink pens.

Thanks. :|

Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:

...about the size of the clenched fist of an adult human hand...

Today I learned that I have really small hands I guess. Either that, or I only have abnormally large apples.

Canaltia wrote:

Today I learned that I have really small hands I guess. Either that, or I only have abnormally large apples.

There are different sizes of apples and different sizes of human hands (obviously, d'uh) so either of the explanations could be correct. What species of apples do you have?

Tiday’s Question of the Week:

#1) What are your biggest cities?
#2) If you could describe each of them in a sentence or two, what would they be?
#3) List the districts/subsections of one or more of those cities

I’m going to answer these later when I have a bit more time, but I’ll post it now so you all can start writing

Middle Barael wrote:

Tiday’s Question of the Week:

#1) What are your biggest cities?
#2) If you could describe each of them in a sentence or two, what would they be?
#3) List the districts/subsections of one or more of those cities

I’m going to answer these later when I have a bit more time, but I’ll post it now so you all can start writing

1. Ichasa(capital), Eesar, Seale
2. Ichasa: capital of Roless ,largest city by population, part of metropolis Ichesar
Eesar: largest city by area, part of metropolis Ichesar
Seale: dubbed tourism capital of roless, long beaches, lack of tall buildings.
3. Idk lol

Anyone know does Octopus Islands still make maps and is the nation fairly active? Seems like Octopus was last active 13 days ago. Just wondering how long those map updates usually takes - I assume months usually or maybe every 6 months or so? Does any veteran nation know these things?