scantron?? :|

[KiWi]

i was taking a test the earlier today and in the middle of the test, i remembered an incident that had happened to me years before.

i was remembering the first time i had to take a test with a scantron....
the teacher passed out the test and the scantron. i didnt know what the heck it was for at that time, so i just did test and circled my answers on the test (didnt read the direction of course). i looked over at the next person's paper to see what she did with her scantron and saw her scantron filled. so i thought the scantron was just given "for fun" to do after finishing the test. so what i did was i filled in the bubbles and shaped it like a flower. when it was time to turn in the test, i saw the others turinging in the scantron, so i did the same. the next day the teacher stood infront of class and said "what's the meaning of this?" said my name and waved the scantron in the air so EVERYONE can see it. everyone started laughing. boy was i embarassed!!!....:hiding:
later the teacher told what the scantron was for. i never made the same mistake again!!

soo, any of you have had an emberesing moment with first time using a scantron?

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Nope I didnt. Been using them for a lonngg time.

Thats odd, the fact that he didnt explain to you. Usually teachers go over what to do with it before a test. So that's his fault lol. Also he embarassed you in front of the class, thats wrong as well. I'd have gone on his case about it.

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Yea probably. It's kinda annoying tho.

 

[egyptballer]

This reminds me of a post from the diaries of a hafiz blog:

http://diariesofahafiz.com/home/?p=146

When I was going back to my freshman year in high school, I never took those electronic tests, which are graded by a machine. The first month I went into high school, I received a test with two papers. One paper was with the questions, and the other was with where you fill in your answers. The latter paper was called a “scantron”. Not sure if any of you ever heard of it. I was 14 at the time, and I’ve never seen anything like this before. You are supposed to fill in the circle, but being me, I circled the circle.

Later after the paper was supposed to be graded, my teacher told the class of what I did. >_> Talk about embarassing. The student next to me told me I was blushing deeply. Well, DUH! Why wouldn’t I be? It should have been OBVIOUS to me that you fill it in. The teacher, sincere as she was, took the time to grade it separately, though.

Though, after that, I never laughed at anyone again for their “fobbish” actions. Lesson learned.

 

[Beardo]

LOL! I posted an article about that on my blog the other day as welll, DiariesofaHafiz.com. Type in "scantron" in the search bar and you should find it inshallah.

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

I dont understand why the teacher has to embarass you. It's like they get a kick out of it. I'd never let it go.

 

[Tony]

Never heard of scantron, most teachers I ever had with the exception of my English teacher, Mr Watkins, may Allah bring him to Islam Ameen, were socially inept bullies, for the fact that when at a loss you designed a flower I would have given you an A plus, outstanding

 

[KiWi]

@Light of Heaven: the teacher never explained to us how to use the so called scantron
she just assumed that everyone knows how to. after she embarrassed me, i put my head down n cried silently. my first time EVER being embarrassed

@Alpha Dude: yes, a scantron is "electronically marked multiple choice exam thing"

@eHafiz: lol, ur story was funny ;D

@Tony: i know rite? i at least drew her a flower <_<
but thx for the A!

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

@Light of Heaven: the teacher never explained to us how to use the so called scantron
she just assumed that everyone knows how to. after she embarrassed me, i put my head down n cried silently. my first time EVER being embarrassed

Grr :raging:. If I saw you crying or saw u put your head down I'd have gone up to her face:skeleton:

 

[Ibn Abi Ahmed]

I hate it when the answers line up on it..it's gets to your head <_<

 

[crayon]

Ahh what a mean teacher! Poor Kiwi!

I've always loved doing scantrons for some reason lol, they made me feel grown up. I did one to assess my abilities or something when I was little, and then all the SAT's were scantrons. They were fun!

 

[Brasco]

could someone tell me what a "scantron" is, insha'allah? I googled, but I did not find anything :S

 

[Cabdullahi]

what the heck is scantron!!!

 

[Ibn Abi Ahmed]

This:

 

[Brasco]

Hm, but what's that? :S kinda exam? I've never seen such thing :S

 

[crayon]

There's another booklet of papers that has the exam questions on it, and a choice of answers A,B,C,D,E. Say the answer to question 1 is C. You fill in the circle C on the scantron sheet. When you're done, they scantron sheet is collected, and marked by a computer.

 

[Beardo]

lol the test questions are separate. You circle bubble the multiple choice answer on that sheet.

 

[Brasco]

There's another booklet of papers that has the exam questions on it, and a choice of answers A,B,C,D,E. Say the answer to question 1 is C. You fill in the circle C on the scantron sheet. When you're done, they scantron sheet is collected, and marked by a computer.

What's the chance of misinterpreting by the machine? For example, if the circle of C is not filled rightly?

 

[Beardo]

What's the chance of misinterpreting by the machine? For example, if the circle of C is not filled rightly?

They tell you do it dark etc. The teacher usually goes through it again with the class as a whole.

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

It does happen actually even if its darkened in properly. So usually when the professor goes over the exam or if the answers r on the side of the scantron, you can just tell the professor. It's happened to me a lot.