<p>I don’t know why, but In AP Euro I have gotten 29/30 and 38/40 on the 2 tests we have had this year. (First on the Renaissance 2nd on the Reformation) and I have no idea how because I didn’t do one reading assignment, guessed on a lot of the questions (Educated guesses, but guesses none the less) and all I did to study was skim the unit outline. But for whatever reason I have an A+ in that class (My scores in the gradebook are 29/26 and 38/34 because he curves the test scores to the 2nd highest in your class and I was the highest both times, and the 2nd highest was 26 and 34) That will also tell you that it’s not like the teacher is letting anybody get an A or anything like that. </p>
<p>But the thing about it is, I don’t know how I got those high scores on the test, I thought I failed both of them (Got a D or an F) even after I had taken the test, and then when he ran the scantron through I almost died when I saw my scores, I thought the machine messed up or something. Am I just really lucky or am I just really good at history?</p>
<p>omg this is exactly my situation. I just study the night before and I ALWAYS get the highest marks in the class!
I get like 40/40 when the teacher curves tho. Funny thing is, everyone else gets below 30 or below…</p>
<p>i have the same thing, but i’m convinced it’s luck. lol i literally cram a period before the test and i just always get asked the right questions.</p>
<p>I’ve always been interested in history…and that our teacher gives us bonus questions doesn’t hurt either.</p>
<p>But if everyone else is failing and you’re doing fine without studying, you’re probably just good at history, lol. I’d say studying some more would spare you the anxiety though.</p>
<p>LOL don’t get too comfortable, luck like this usually doesn’t last too long. Once you start expecting high marks with little or no effort is the moment your marks start to go down.</p>
<p>That’s really fantastic, that’s just honest to God so interesting and great and I’m glad you brought that up. You used the collective “we” when I wasn’t responding to everyone’s situation but rather the OP who was asking whether or not he was lucky or good at history, and I indicated it was luck and that he shouldn’t get too comfortable.</p>
<p>But yeah, super obvious.</p>
<p>You can go now, I don’t have time to argue with your kind. ;)</p>
<p>LOL I can barely type, I’m laughing so hard efsjdggsfgsdg.</p>
<p>clementines, preamble may be referring to the OP’s closing sentence:</p>
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<p>So, if it’s just “luck” (ie. chance), then it makes sense to point out that it won’t “last”. The OP was, perhaps rhetorically, asking whether it was luck or skill.</p>
<p>@RMIBstudent - Yes, I was - I know its easy to come to think that you have an innate talent or ability in a subject if you happen to kill it on a few tests with little effort, but I think that’s really dangerous thinking, so I just wanted to clarify that its temporary luck and that OP should start putting in some effort.</p>
<p>But if it were rhetoric then the point of this thread is meaningless and redundant. True, luck is something that doesn’t last forever. Though when used within the context of grades it doesn’t logically fit in, especially when he said he used educated guesses. To be exact, “luck” would make more sense from the perspective when saying that he had absolutely no idea what he was reading, took a RANDOM guess and got a majority of the questions right just by initiating such a process.</p>
<p>Everything is the English language is more or less rhetoric - if this post was rhetorical in the question it posed, then yes, it would be pointless, however, even if the guesses he made were educated, its difficult to keep that up because when it comes to specific dates and names, if it weren’t memorized, educated guesses are next to impossible - for instance, if asked to write the date when the first printing press was invented, if OP had no idea because he didn’t retain that bit from the book, he can’t really deduce an answer and will be left to actually flat out guess. </p>
<p>This thread is becoming way too abstract for me.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s luck. I think the OP’s just good at history. But preamble is right in that not-studying will develop into a dangerous habit when the classwork actually starts becoming a challenge.</p>
<p>Though, such a thing is unheard of. From a perspective, we could assume just about anything unless that perspective was from the primary source. He could’ve used process of elimination, not only this but other examples from previous classes could help corroborate with his guess, thus making the outcome resolve within his favor. There’re a multitude of angles this could be coming from; it’s all just a matter of how you perceive to do so.</p>
<p>That’s another factor. Grading curves, and I know the teacher said that he doesn’t make getting an A easy, but leniency could very well contradict such a belief.</p>