Out of my depthAs a schoolkid, I signed up for a public speaking contest purely as a ruse to meet girls. It haunts me still: in front of 300 people, I started to speak, dried up, stood there for what felt like half an hour staring at the floor and then slowly walked back to my seat. Oh, and the girl I liked laughed.
Have you ever been utterly, completely, devastatingly out of your depth?
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chthonic, Thu 14 Oct 2004, 15:07)
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oooh. examsexams=winging it.
Practical Maths AS level. I'd done nothing but mess around during the course, and I'd only taken it to support another subject which I'd been forced to drop due to evil benefits people. After 5 minutes I put me hand up and asked to go early. When asked why I said that it might as well be written in heiroglyphics, got up and went.
Religious Studies AS Level Being a Bible-believing Christian, my answer to the essay question "Why did the early church talk about the virgin birth?" was simple "because it happened". Wonder why I failed?
Music theory level 3 wierd one this - my tutor accidentally entered me for the wrong level (level 2 would have been pushing it). I didn't study or actually know anything about the subject, yet I passed with distinction. wierd.
New Testament Greek The tutor had gone on about how learning a language like this was a bit like a layer cake - you had to get all the layers even or it'd slump. For my exam I answered question 1 and drew a picture of a collapsed cake.
I like exams.
(, Fri 15 Oct 2004, 11:08, Reply)
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