ugh...when the lightbulb moment comes too late!!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>have you guys ever been in a situation where you're taking a difficult math/physics test
and you're sorta on a time limit and kinda stressed out...
and then you spend too much time on this problem that you seem just so close to solving but you can't....</p>

<p>and THEN, not long after you turn in the test, you reminisce about/resolve those problems(which are already engraved into your memory) and you FIGURE OUT THE SOLUTION!!...ughh</p>

<p>i HATE it when this happens =[ especially with math/physics...which usually happens alot
makes me ashamed because I could've gotten some better grades on tests =[ life sucks. haha</p>

<p>how do you cope with this?? just forget about the test and move on with life?</p>

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<p>haha usually doesn’t happen often, but when it does, you just start hating yourself.</p>

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<p>That’s one of the reasons why I hate math and physics.</p>

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<p>I’m on the same train. Death to geometry!</p>

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<p>this especially happens to me with those dumb free response questions where they throw you curveballs=[</p>

<p>how do i deal with this??? ughhhhh</p>

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<p>The entire USAMO last year.</p>

<p><em>sigh</em></p>

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<p>Err, happens to me all the time, but I’m usually happy that I managed to figure the problem out! Unsolved problems are far greater a nuisance to me than incorrectly answered questions on a test.</p>

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<p>Oh my. SAT math section. <em>dies</em></p>

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<p>Oh yes. A certain math problem on the 2007 PSAT… I remember because it was so EASY and I thought of the answer just as I handed in my test booklet. =.=</p>

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<p>Yep. Happens to me alll the time. Usually a couple of minutes after I turn in the test. </p>

<p>Sometimes it’s because there’s a weird curveball somewhere. A lot of the times, the answer is just so obvious, I don’t know HOW I overlooked it. I think I do that quite often on my SAT I math. Like I try to figure out some complicated way to do it and after 2 minutes, figure out that the answer is like right in front of my face. And that’s 2 minutes wasted…</p>

<p>You know, I’m still waiting for that lightbulb moment to come for Calculus. Like, maybe one day I’ll finally understanding everything. …like, hopefully before the AP exam?</p>

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<p>This happens to me after debates/discussions a lot.</p>

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<p>This used to happen to me only in math classes. I’d forget formulas or techniques completely during the test, even though I had studied them the morning/day/week before and had a full understanding of the concept…I just couldn’t remember it! If I was lucky it would come back in the last few minutes of the test, but it was often minutes after I turned it in. This was killer in my Calc class with all of the 4-question quizzes. Thank goodness I don’t have any more math until college.</p>

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<p>^Ohhh same here with debate. I always realize another good point we could’ve made or something right after we finish the tournament.</p>

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<p>mine is a bit different
after finishing the test like 20 minutes earilier, I turn it in, only to realize 5 minutes later that I did something wrong T.T</p>

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<p>Had that moment today during a test.</p>

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<p>I had that problem on the Calc BC AP Test last year. I didn’t figure out what to do for #3 FR until after I had to put my calculator away.</p>