i am so furious right now that i can scream. :banghead:
ok, so i'm taking my exam and i'm on question 97 out of 100. thus far this has been my hardest nursing exam and i'm just try to hang in there for the next three questions before breaking down. so on question 97 i'm having difficulites, i can't chose between two of the four answers. so i pick my answer and put it on the scan tron, so now i'm ready to move on. i also put a question mark next to it so that i can track how many questions i think i got wrong. so next thing i know my instructor is standing beside me... i was petrified, i wasn't sure what was going on. she looks at me and then looks at my the question i was stuck on and tells me " remember what i told you in class" so right after that i immediately changed my answer. so come to find out during the test review, the answer that i changed to was actually wrong !:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
i was so angry. initially, i chose the right answer... it wasn't until my instructor came over to me trying to help made me switch my answer. why couldn't she just leave me alone and let me be. she shouldn't be trying to give me cues anyway. isn't that a form of cheating ???? isn't that wrong ? i didn't even ask for help and when she voluntered info. i got anxious and just knew i chose the wrong answer. i should of stuck to my guts and ignored her.
but seriously, what would you have done... imagine you are between two answers, then you finally chose your answer, and then the instructor comes over and looks at the answer you chose and makes a comment.
i wanted to express my feelings to her, but i pick and choose my battles wisely, and besides of what my thread is titled i know that i was still responsible for the answer i chose. however, i just can' help to feel sick that i was influenced by her. :zzzzz
Now that is a strong nursing student there...you go! :)
Aw... thanks. I don't know about strong but I'll try. I feel so bad for being so rude earlier though. I just want to ask each and everyone one of you to forgive me. :zzzzz
I think she's just venting, that was my impression. She seems to realized that it was only one point that isn't going to make or break her career, but she's frustrated that she allowed herself to get distracted.
I'm sorry maybe I didn't explain it well. We answer all questions in the test booklet. I'm not even allowed to write questions marks or any other markings on the scan tron. She was soley looking in my test booklet, at question 97 with the question mark on it. She stood next to me for about 30 seconds before making her comment. I also do remember her talking about that question, but for some reason I was still stuck. But yes, she knew exactly what question I was on and she decided to put her two cents in. I know she was trying to help me, but I didn't need her help... really. I just wanted to get my exam over with.
Is it possible that all she saw was your question mark?
I think the OP should take responsibility for her own decisions -- and stop looking for someone else to blame. The instructor did not say anything specific to guide the student toward any one answer and away from another. She simply made a comment of encouragement. The student read WAY too much into the comment, turning a simple encouragement into a major drama. It was the student who chose which answer to give.
... and I have both received such comments as a student and also given them as a teacher. Such general statements are not unheard of.
I do believe I've seen at least two if not three posts by the OP, including her very first post, that says she takes responsibility for her answer. Did you miss all of those?
Why did you post here? Asking for people's experiences? Anytime someone says something from their experience, you get defensive and rude. Saying "I take full responsibility" is not the same as taking full responsibility. You haven't - you're still blaming the instructor.
Reminds me of something my mom used to say when I was in my teens and in college: "A major part of being a responsible adult is learning to live with and accept full responsibility for the consequences of your actions." Fits the situation. None of us attacked you or put you down OP, yet your reactions were both adolescent and melodramaticand not at all accepting of the fact that you might not have been quite as well prepared as you should have been or that you got rattled and thrown off kilter. Happens to all of us at times, sad to say. You just have to pick yourself up and go on. Disconcerting experiences are part of life. Most large universities have student life departments that are equipped to help you test take and study better. Something I used to do to block everything else out and concentrate during a test was to focus on something in the room when my mind began to wander. I used to do deep breathing during the exam and that would help too.
I've had two different instructors tell me during an exam to "remember to never change your first answer" when they saw I had a question mark on the exam. I don't think it was inappropriate at all.
I've found it helpful to not even fill my scantron in until I've chosen all my answers on the exam because, as some have mentioned, your first choice is usually the right one. As for your teacher, the only way they could've "made" you get the answer wrong is by filling the incorrect choice in for you. Think of it this way, as a nurse you can't taken any information as true without justifying it. This includes something a teacher tells you. If they can't back up info with a reference/rationale, there's no validity to the action (or in your case test choice). And my experiece has been that teachers throw out questions that students are able to reasonably prove mutliple answers are correct. I'd route sounds more reasonable than choosing a answer based on your interpretation of the instructor's behavior, no?
I honestly think she only noticed your question mark and was trying to help. My profs dont wander the room, they sit up in the front and back and watch us.
On our last exam there were a few questions that the lecture notes said one thing and the book said another and both answers went with the question. Now that is something that a person could complain about as "instructor caused me to get an answer wrong". But have a test review and are allowed to bring up our questions in a professional manner. It's frustrating but it happens, there world is not black and white.
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i was petrified, i wasn't sure what was going on. she looks at me and then looks at my the question i was stuck on and tells me " remember what i told you in class" so right after that i immediately changed my answer. so come to find out during the test review, the answer that i changed to was actually wrong !
This also goes for those times when the instructor *is* wrong, too, as in a badly-worded question or outright outdated fact.
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Now that is a strong nursing student there...you go! :)