I have been pondering over this and I finally decided to bring it up here

To the glory of God, I happen to be one of the few best rockers in my department but that's not enough because I still fall beneath some ppl. There are two students in my department who are on top of the game, one thing that keeps me wondering is that they are not fluent in English, can't spell accurately or
communicate effectively in English, how do I know? I have gone through their notes couple of times( wrong constructive sentences, poor spellings, wrong use of punctuations and so on). Shockingly, their score would even outweigh yours in GNS (English) ..Don't get this twisted because I'm not necessarily trying to say it takes strictly correct spellings and grammars to excel amongst your peers

These two students make little or no oral contribution in the class because they are not so good in grammar yet they are on top of the game..

All I know is that you might be actually better than some students, but if you both prepare and read tirelessly for an exam, they would still end up having a better score.. I have been wondering what could be their secrets and I have come into conclusion that they must have found the secrets of answering questions


So the question is, do we lack question answering ability that has made us fall beneath these two students ?

Secondly, how do one approach and provide answers to questions that makes one hit high score ?

Do you have to beat around the bush when answering a question ?

Lastly, must your booklet be full in order to hit high score ?

** Pls don't just view if you know you have been doing well and how you answer your question(s) **

Please share your views and let us all learn

Some brilliant people are introverts,shy and have stage fright
they would rather converse and analyse in their head or put their thoughts into writing than speak.

Reading and following laid down instructions,

keeping answers simple and straight

avoiding extrenous sentences,tautologies,grammatical blunders

and using clear,simple words that the examiner would understand

earns you your mark.

OP you may be right. I have had such happen to me not just once, but countless times. I'm currently working on myself though. It's really depressing as sometimes you lose great opportunities for being introverted.

I have more conversations in my head than I do in real life.


Errrrr, I don't have a problem with grammar oh, sometimes talking could be really stressful.

same thing that is holding me back from getting a well paid job.....interview fright with a shy looks, that's why a very young lady looks at me and said that I worth 40k as salary..... I don't blame her, I wish she makes enquiries of how I strategically managed all tasks I was been given to, from school till now. still looking for that understanding employer that will see my abilities and capabilities

my best friend studies MATHEMATICS he can't string two sentences together but taking off the decimal on his GP,EQUATES his shoe size........

i think its that urge to impress and impress beyond boundaries......sorry this doesn't work in nigeria
where some students are better in english than proffs

Op thanks for this thread,I'm noticing this and even a victim of this phenomenon but at the end of the day I just end up concluding I'm way pass the lecturer's mental comprehension ability because while marking student scripts no lecturer would ever take time to look up the dictionary or any reference book to actually know the meaning of what you encrypted in written pages and this has made we bright once stuck and victimized academically.

Beating around the Bush big grammars in exam doesn't guarantees success... Self expression and good points is the key.

aaronson:
Op thanks for this thread,I'm noticing this and even a victim of this phenomenon but at the end of the day I just end up concluding I'm way pass the lecturer's mental comprehension ability because while marking student scripts no lecturer would ever take time to look up the dictionary or any reference book to actually know the meaning of what you encrypted in written pages and this has made we bright once stuck and victimized academically.

it got me wondering how people who are not good in expressing themselves end up having up mouth opening grades