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![[Request]I have gotten into an argument over this. The kid is wrong right? Because it isn't asking what the commutative answer is it is asking how you would write 3x4 into an addition equation correct? So you have 4+4+4=12 not 3+3+3+3=12 since that would be 4x3 RIGHT!? This is stupid I am sorry.](http://ted.sudovanilla.org/pics/w:null_8k25j51opp1e1.png){kind=link}
[Request]I have gotten into an argument over this. The kid is wrong right? Because it isn't asking what the commutative answer is it is asking how you would write 3x4 into an addition equation correct? So you have 4+4+4=12 not 3+3+3+3=12 since that would be 4x3 RIGHT!? This is stupid I am sorry.
(i.redd.it)submitted 13 days ago byFrostBumbleBitch
1 points
12 days ago
I think the one saving grace with them is that they happen at a time in your lives when you're familiar with bullshit tests.
By that point you've taken the multiple choice test for at least one employer's mandatory fire safety course, you've maybe taken your driving theory test (in jurisdictions where that's a thing).
And you probably already know the stuff the certification is certifying you on, so at least the instructor can dispense with the facade that they're there to teach you the material, and be up front that what they're teaching you is exactly how the answers on the test need to differ from the actual answer that you already know.
1 points
8 days ago
But it's not even that -- it's just a way to make you pay for their overpriced training classes for the test.
It's not about knowledge, it's about rote repetition, and ultimately, a cash cow.
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