- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
1
Posted on 11/15/14 at 6:28 pm to AlaTiger
quote:
It is logic and you have to think they were trying to trick people with the questions.
Yeah, that was the goal. #25 is pretty bad, in particular.
The test is more confusing than hard, which was the goal since you needed a perfect score to pass. If it would have been a straight test, people (potentially a lot) would have passed it, even using the same questions.
Posted on 11/15/14 at 7:06 pm to Walking the Earth
Some of the questions look like they were designed so the correct answer is debatable--which means no matter what you answer, you fail if the Tom Ritter/Penn Wagers type at the registration office doesn't want you to vote.
#9 is a good example. Draw a line through the two letters that come last in the alphabet
Z V B D M K T P H S Y C
Does that mean two individual letters or the two-letter combination? Because if it's the first one you draw a line through the Z and a line through the Y. Or maybe you draw a single line through "ZV".
Whichever one you do, the right answer was the opposite.
#9 is a good example. Draw a line through the two letters that come last in the alphabet
Z V B D M K T P H S Y C
Does that mean two individual letters or the two-letter combination? Because if it's the first one you draw a line through the Z and a line through the Y. Or maybe you draw a single line through "ZV".
Whichever one you do, the right answer was the opposite.
Posted on 11/15/14 at 8:44 pm to Bestbank Tiger
clearly you draw through the Z and the Y...
i'm thinking Harvard types can pass this test, but they don't want to... draw your own conclusions...
i'm thinking Harvard types can pass this test, but they don't want to... draw your own conclusions...
Posted on 11/15/14 at 11:10 pm to Bayou Sam
stop with the idiotic modern day democrat v. republican argument you have been programmed to take offense to.
like it or not, if you are white, your ancestors benefited from slavery in America, regardless of their social strata.
if you disagree, you probably think this a valid test- a test your family tree of this era could not pass.
if they could, they probably had plantation money from the 19th century and attended the best schools the world had to offer. but if they had cotton money, they had slaves.
like it or not, if you are white, your ancestors benefited from slavery in America, regardless of their social strata.
if you disagree, you probably think this a valid test- a test your family tree of this era could not pass.
if they could, they probably had plantation money from the 19th century and attended the best schools the world had to offer. but if they had cotton money, they had slaves.
Posted on 11/15/14 at 11:44 pm to VanCleef
For some of the questions, they request a line (e.g., # 12) but require one to draw a curve instead. This makes it impossible to answer as written. Therefore the correct answer is at the discretion of the grader (which I guess was the point).
This post was edited on 11/15/14 at 11:45 pm
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:00 am to buckeye_vol
I half expected a problem to read "Draw parallel lines that intersect."
Total BS. But that's the way things were. Even if you're right, you're wrong.
Total BS. But that's the way things were. Even if you're right, you're wrong.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:08 am to Bayou Sam
Show me the video because I do not believe any Harvard student would not ace that. At my HS 99% of kids would have scored 100% on that.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:11 am to Bayou Sam
quote:
Of course: the test was designed to keep black people from voting.
I am sorry but anyone over the age of 14 that cannot get 100% on that is a fricking idiot. I probably would have aced that at age 7 or 8.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:12 am to lsu480
How do you do #12? Your line would have to extend well into #11 and 13.
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 12:17 am
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:17 am to The Boat
It doesnt say it was to be a straight line so you start below 2, go all the way around all of the #s to the left, loop around and come over 5.....and that will pass over 4. DUH!
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 12:18 am
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:18 am to lsu480
That's some racist shite
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:19 am to The Boat
They are all so easy ETA: I still do not believe for a second Harvard students can't pass this. This is IQ test 101.
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 12:21 am
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:25 am to VanCleef
quote:
stop with the idiotic modern day democrat v. republican argument you have been programmed to take offense to.
Bro, I didn't bring up republicans vs democrats; someone else did.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 12:26 am to lsu480
quote:
I am sorry but anyone over the age of 14 that cannot get 100% on that is a fricking idiot. I probably would have aced that at age 7 or 8.
Yeah dude I'm sure you aced it while doing blow off porn stars' tits and raking in OT millions.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 1:41 am to lsu480
quote:
It doesnt say it was to be a straight line so you start below 2, go all the way around all of the #s to the left, loop around and come over 5.....and that will pass over 4. DUH!
Not sure if you (and others) are trolling or not, but this test isn't a literacy test. Yes, it doesn't say it has to be a straight line, but if you were white the grader would say "this is an acceptable answer" and pass you and if you were black the grader would say "it has to be a straight line" and since you had no chance to appeal that that would be impossible, you would just fail the test and not be able to vote.
That was the one and only point of this test, to keep black people from being able to vote.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 1:56 am to ctiger69
quote:
This!! Good lord, what idiot would fail this easy test?
As others have said, it was designed to be convoluted and ambiguous. If they wanted you to vote, you would pass, regardless of your answers. If they didn't want you to vote, you would fail, regardless of your answers.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:37 am to Jim Rockford
Less of a test, more of a "keep people from voting" barrier
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:46 am to efrad
quote:
Yes, it doesn't say it has to be a straight line, but if you were white the grader would say "this is an acceptable answer" and pass you and if you were black the grader would say "it has to be a straight line" and since you had no chance to appeal that that would be impossible, you would just fail the test and not be able to vote.
I haven't read the thread but is there any documentary evidence of that?
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:05 am to lsu480
quote:
It doesnt say it was to be a straight line so you start below 2, go all the way around all of the #s to the left, loop around and come over 5.....and that will pass over 4. DUH!
A line, by definition, is straight though.
Page 3 of 4
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News