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From: doug@catuc.UUCP (doug)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: A test of discernment/employment
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Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 11:32:45 EDT
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In article <957@bc-cis.UUCP>, preis@bc-cis.UUCP (David Preisler) writes:
> A year ago I stumbled onto this test.  It was given to a Freshman
> English class ( the results were not good ). It might make a good 
> ( non-technical ) pre-employment screen...

I remember taking a test like this in fifth grade I believe and to this
day cannot think of why this test was given. The only thing it did was
give the teacher a smug look on her face when she realized that she had
tricked a bunch of kids a third her age. It seemed childish then and it
seems childish now.