azurelunatic | 36 tweets for 2013-5-16

In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:

Thursday, 0019: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella Oh, omg, SATs are like the LEAST BAD of all the standardized tests. THE LEAST BAD. The rest are WORSE.
Thursday, 0038: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella The continuous assessment is meant to include low-value checks so the teacher knows if they're fucking up early.
Thursday, 0040: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella and then large point value midterms/final exams/final projects; in some you can actually blow off homework & pass.
Thursday, 0046: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer Less so than finals. Though midterms are often cumulative from the beginning of the year, and then finals 2nd half.
Thursday, 0046: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer But the problem is, *in addition* to continuous assessment, there are standardized tests that don't affect grade.

Thursday, 0047: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer They do affect the school's ranking/funding. So the teachers teach to those tests & the subject suffers from it.
Thursday, 0049: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella There's some attempt to standardize curriculum, and the college qualification tests (American SATs) are standardized
Thursday, 0050: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella Also the Advanced Placement tests are standardized (I think). But a high school diploma's not consistent.
Thursday, 0051: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer Yeah, it's "did you pass high school yes/no", and then the GPA is a measure of how well in classes.
Thursday, 0052: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer Though some classes (like art) don't always do midterms/finals as such, you'd work towards a portfolio.
Thursday, 0054: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer but the continuous assessment is a little easier on people w/ test anxiety I think, when it's done Not Fucking Wrong
Thursday, 0055: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer because if you bomb the final, coursework & minor tests could pull you through ok in some cases.
Thursday, 0102: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer School requirements, I expect. I had finals where the question was "What is your name?" & then studio time.
Thursday, 0103: My fitbit #Fitstats for 5/15/2013: 4,268 steps and 1.8 miles traveled. http://www.fitbit.com/user/23LLYD
Thursday, 0241: @Inoru88 Eeeeheeheeeeeeeeee.
Thursday, 0317: @ifonlyella @PigRescuer The push is junior year with the US SATs. Which is fraught for people who are not me. I relaxed. Good score.
Thursday, 0322: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella SATs don't affect GPA, but colleges look at them. They also don't count in the school's performance assessments.
Thursday, 0324: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella US students get 3 sets of tests: finals + coursework for GPA, SATs for uni, other tests to score their schools.
Thursday, 0325: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella Those last are the standardized tests I think are such deep bullshit.
Thursday, 0327: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella Colleges look at both GPA & SAT scores.
Thursday, 0339: @PigRescuer @ifonlyella There are sometimes bonus questions on tests where wrong answers don't matter & it can make up for wrong/missing.
Thursday, 1008: DW entry: People who do not need to know my medical info, an incomplete list: http://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/7045529.html
Thursday, 1031: The Hawkeye Initiative: Special Guest Edition: The Hawkeye Initiative IRL! - thehawkeyeinitiative:... http://azurelunatic.tumblr.com/post/50586770362/the-hawkeye-initiative-special-guest-edition-the
Thursday, 1058: Tumblr favorite: http://niqaeli.tumblr.com/post/50563421262/pervocracy-circusbones-naughty-tiger (from niqaeli)
Thursday, 1129: The phrase "for good fun" is inextricably linked to "any time is a good time for good fun" from http://nodogsonbeach.livejournal.com/265079.html for me. #getlucky
Thursday, 1131: (That last link is likely to Error 500 until LJ's emergency maintenance on Cluster 9 is done.)
Thursday, 1152: Tumblr is for sharing thoughts on stuff where it doesn't matter if the original poster finds them relevant.
Thursday, 1153: Related: what are the components necessary for "a conversation" in a form LJ/DW/FB folks would recognize?
Thursday, 1920: @nadyne Depends on queue and LJ's uptime. If you're on a fucked cluster, DW won't be able to import until unfucked. But usually < 1hr.
Thursday, 1922: @nadyne It's a setup and leave operation. Any error messages go to your DW inbox.
Thursday, 1923: @nadyne @jai_dit I blame the assholes who make the "optional" fields mandatory.
Thursday, 2106: @nadyne Alas, no: it goes through the API so it's gonna hit the cluster, and requires login too.
Thursday, 2202: @laliandra Owwwwwwwwww
Thursday, 2230: @nadyne On the other hand, I see by lj_maintenance that Cluster 9 should be fixed now, so...
Thursday, 2243: @nadyne *nod* The queue depth is total & includes those who have come after you. I pinged IRC; they generally keep an eye when LJ clusterfux
Thursday, 2332: Oh, gamification. Not one, but two trips to the mail room, partly for mail/returning misdelivered, but also to hit step count.

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