People asking what others got on their exam

[Stick]

I'm fairly transparent with my results, mainly for a few reasons:

1. I tend to do pretty well on my assessments.
2. I'm not really judged on my results by other people and most tend to respond with "Good job!" or "Oh, well better luck next time."
3. I don't let my test results define my intelligence and my attitude means that others are less likely to do it as well.
4. My friends and I are *somewhat* competitive about our results but it's positive and helps with support and motivation.

However, discussing your results is a highly personal decision. I tend to ask others "how they went" rather than "what they got". That leaves the ball in their court - they can tell me if they went well or alright or not too good and their actual result if they want to. Sometimes, people just ask because they're genuinely curious, but there are some out there that get a kick out of 'beating' other people, in a particularly negative way. It's an awkward social situation, but everyone needs to work out their own way of dealing with it.

[paulsterio]

I don't think that's big of a deal. The truth is, people have a right to ask you, and you have a right to tell them or to not tell them. It's not like they're forcing you to tell them!

[brenden]

Yeah the general question at my school is "How'd you go?"
I'm not gonna lie, I ask incessantly out of curiosity. I didn't open my results for a while after they were handed out but I still asked "How'd you go?". I do go to a weak cohort though. No one minds their score and they're left alone if they do - Half the time it's like people are bragging about how low they got o.O

[charmanderp]

I don't think that's big of a deal. The truth is, people have a right to ask you, and you have a right to tell them or to not tell them. It's not like they're forcing you to tell them!

It's not the fact that they ask though, it's the intentions which certain people have for asking. With the majority you can tell that they genuinely want to celebrate a good result with you or console you if you're disappointed but some people just try to 'collect' the results of as many people as possible for the sake of their own pride, which is a bit irritating.

[86]

I'm fairly transparent with my results, mainly for a few reasons:

1. I tend to do pretty well on my assessments.

I stopped reading there.

[Starlight]

Just lie... haha say 'aced it'. Put them in their place.

[Starlight]

I'm fairly transparent with my results, mainly for a few reasons:

1. I tend to do pretty well on my assessments.

I stopped reading there.

LOL!

[thushan]

I don't think that's big of a deal. The truth is, people have a right to ask you, and you have a right to tell them or to not tell them. It's not like they're forcing you to tell them!

People don't have a right to use you as a pedestal to boost their own ego.

[paulsterio]

It's not the fact that they ask though, it's the intentions which certain people have for asking. With the majority you can tell that they genuinely want to celebrate a good result with you or console you if you're disappointed but some people just try to 'collect' the results of as many people as possible for the sake of their own pride, which is a bit irritating.

Well like I say, if you don't think they have a good intention, you don't have to tell them, just say "Oh, I went quite well, how about you" - which is my standard response to most people these days

[Russ]

There's nothing wrong with asking people, which is what I alluded to in my first post. There is something wrong with persisting at them and not respecting whatever answer they give

[Mr. Study]

Hey guys,

Thanks for the replies.

I don't know if this is relevant but the reason why I had posted this rant was also to do with the fact that a few of my peers had specifically told me that this individual already knew what my reaction would be, that being either to punch him (I do not condone violence XD, I am not a scary guy in real life but this guy seems to believe so) or to not tell.

Hence, why I got so pissed off because he 'did so well' and that he did persist with the issue. Even being in class, my teacher had, basically, pointed me out and kinda told the entire class that I 'did so well'.

Sigh...

EDIT: I go to a regular public school.

[Soul_Khan]

We have arrogant fuckwits like that at my school as well.

They're two types of people at my school:

1) Those who say that the SAC/exam was really easy - just to make other who felt it was a bit difficult feel like shit - these guys usually get the C's and C+'s and it pisses me off every fucking time
2) Those who ask you for your score - just so they can show off their fancy 'score'.. and they when you tell them your score they give you that condescending look and that cheeky smile, as if they've accomplished something.

These are the two types of people I usually deal with.

Just ignore them.. they don't give a damn about your score - most of them aren't curious but are just trying to find ways to boost up their self-esteem.. however some people are genuinely curious and I get that.. but from my experience this is usually not the case for me.

At the end of the day - in my opinion - VCE is about you nobody else. You're trying to get a good score for yourself not for others, so there's no need to feel pressured about sharing your score with them.

Education in my opinion is in a downward spiral instead of saying 'hey I just learned how to find the area between two curves using calculus' we say 'hey I got a B+' we reward only the grade but do not celebrate what has been learned.

[Furbob]

I tell people my results depending on who im telling. If they dont really care about competition and can give me emotional comfort when im feeling low about my mark then I dont mind saying it

Although whenever I got an A~A+ I wouldnt talk about it since I dont feel the need to be congratulated to secure my pride

I had one friend in my Japanese class who was terrible since she was so competitive in our tiny class of 7 and it was the only subject that I was "beating" her in. Every time we had our SAC results returned to us she would say "WHAT'D YOU GET?! TELL ME TELL ME" and would try to see the letter grade through my paper or look from the corner of her eye.

Originally I didn't mind showing her but she became competitive later on and would go "YAY SAME MARK, HI-FIVE" or "aww you beat me!!! grr..." (she was immature by trying to be all childish when talking) but it got to the point that if I didn't show her my grade she would know that it was because I may not have done as well as her so I was trapped in having to tell her my mark to put her in her place.

but yeah, just try to avoid those type of people if you can and share your marks to those who can be mature about it

PS. still sucks how my friend beat me by 1 SS in Japanese although I did better than her in SACs dsajkdjsakldjsalk *grumble*

[max payne]

I tell people my results depending on who im telling. If they dont really care about competition and can give me emotional comfort when im feeling low about my mark then I dont mind saying it

Although whenever I got an A~A+ I wouldnt talk about it since I dont feel the need to be congratulated to secure my pride

I had one friend in my Japanese class who was terrible since she was so competitive in our tiny class of 7 and it was the only subject that I was "beating" her in. Every time we had our SAC results returned to us she would say "WHAT'D YOU GET?! TELL ME TELL ME" and would try to see the letter grade through my paper or look from the corner of her eye.

Originally I didn't mind showing her but she became competitive later on and would go "YAY SAME MARK, HI-FIVE" or "aww you beat me!!! grr..." (she was immature by trying to be all childish when talking) but it got to the point that if I didn't show her my grade she would know that it was because I may not have done as well as her so I was trapped in having to tell her my mark to put her in her place.

but yeah, just try to avoid those type of people if you can and share your marks to those who can be mature about it

PS. still sucks how my friend beat me by 1 SS in Japanese although I did better than her in SACs dsajkdjsakldjsalk *grumble*

Those people are the worst.

[nisha]

Whenever people ask me that I just tell them what I got because I feel like I have nothing to be ashamed of, especially if I do bad I like to just rub it off and laugh about what a failure I am

This is me all over.