Ternyata…..

In this blog post, I would like to tell you readers a story about the time when I misread the intent of one of the questions in the midterms of one of the subjects that I was enrolled in, which is Advanced Programming. The question was as follows:

[The question will come later when I receive my test paper]

When I read this question, I literally panicked. Three steps refactoring, what is that? I assumed that it meant that I had to use three specific steps to refactor, steps that I did not know about or remember at the time when I did my midterms. I am fully aware of what I wrote in my notes, and I am completely sure that I did not write anything about this in my notes. So, naturally, I did what any student would do whenever they encounter a question that they cannot answer in a test, I skipped that particular question entirely.

However, I was still curious about the term “three steps refactoring” even after the test was finished. Because of this, I decided that I would google this term when I got home. So, I did, and I found nothing. Even if you google it right now, you won’t find it. Why, you ask? If you want to find out why, read on.

The first class after the midterms, my professor decided that it would be a very good time to discuss about the midterms. What a convenient time to ask about the term that has been boggling my mind for days. So I asked him about the term and he simply answered : “You just have to use three of the methods that I gave you”.

Oh my god. I can’t believe it.

If that was the case, I could’ve answered that question with ease. I know I have the methods written in my notes. I just have to answer the question with regards to whatever I have written in my notes. That’s it.

It would not have bugged me if the question does not give a lot of points when I did answer it, and that is the only question I did not answer. The thing is, that was not the case. There were a lot of points tied to that question, and I did not answer it. I also did not answer the question written on the page before that question, and I did not answer certain questions in a way that I wanted to answer the question because I was thinking about answering all the questions on the test with the little time that I have (which I wasted by looking at the last question first).

I just hope that my midterms score won’t be too bad. That’s all.