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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 19, 2004
Yeah those.
I ask because it can't possibly be worse than the psychological torture of the SNAB version of practical exams.
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Laura Posted Jan 19, 2004
You probably haven't had any experiance of negative marking yet then 
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 20, 2004
Actually doing marking, or negative marking? Where you start off with full marks, and lose them as you make mistakes? Or where you're not given the benefit of the doubt?
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Laura Posted Jan 20, 2004
Where you have marks taken off for wrong answers, and marks awared for correct answers.
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 20, 2004
Oh, that.
So zero is in fact 50%? Harsh.
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Laura Posted Jan 20, 2004
You'd get 100% if you got all the questions right, but nothing if you have half the answers right.
Well, that was on IT anyway, generally you get 25% if you answer half the questions correctly and the other half wrong (you can opt to not answer a question, and no marks are deducted).
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 20, 2004
Yeah, that's what I meant.
It seems very, very harsh. Bet it really sorts the sheep from the goats.
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Laura Posted Jan 20, 2004
Well, as everyone has the same paper, it doesn't make it too much of a problem. 
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 20, 2004
Ah true. I had not considered that.
What's your last exam?
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Laura Posted Jan 20, 2004
First thing tomorrow morning.
Hmm, perhaps I should ake an early night... 
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 21, 2004
I plan on those, just as I plan on early mornings. It never happens, because I read too much and like to sleep in.
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Laura Posted Jan 21, 2004
My attempts to read at night result in me speeping on the book, so I've given up. 
I can manage early mornings but not early nights.
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 21, 2004
I can manage *an* early morning. Don't ask for two consecutive, though.
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Laura Posted Jan 21, 2004
During christmas I had to be at work for 8am. Early mornings were inevitable.
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Laura Posted Jan 21, 2004
Not really. *sigh*
Still, there aren't many employers who'll take someone on for just two weeks, and any money helps.
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 21, 2004
Cool.
Well, there can't be that many people wanting to work over Christmas, can there?
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Laura Posted Jan 21, 2004
Most don't have much choice. 
I didn't work on public holidays or weekends, but did enough to earn me £300.
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jan 22, 2004
cool.
Work that I want to do, if I can get it, is for British Land. They took me on for four days and paid me £230 for it. And it goes up with age.
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