Thursday, October 22, 2009

How to Avoid Being Called a Nutcase

I’ve just undergone a psychology test a couple of days ago for my neurology application.
Needless to say, the test went haywire.
In the end, the psychologist seemed to think that I had some mental defects.

Anyway, here are some don’ts to get you through such test safely.
  • When asked to draw something out of a dot, don’t draw the solar system.
  • When asked to draw something out of a square, don’t draw a giant hot air balloon flying through the fields AND entitle it ‘an adventure of exploration’.
  • When asked to draw something out of a cup, don’t draw a giant telescope directed to the skies with a man underneath AND entitle it ‘peeking through the giant telescope’.
  • When asked to draw something out of two connected lines, don’t draw a gigantic machine with its thruster glowing towards you AND entitle it ‘behind an ion engine’.
  • When asked to draw something out of two parallel lines, don’t draw a staircase with a winged man on top, facing the clouds, ready to jump, AND entitle it ‘on the brink of enlightenment’.
  • When asked to draw something out of a curve, don’t draw the earth with a figure standing behind it, trying to embrace it, AND entitle it ‘God is watching’.
  • When asked ‘must good people who do nothing but good things receive good things also?’, don’t answer ‘yes, although I won’t be surprised if they don’t’.
  • When asked why we have to keep our promises, don’t answer ‘because in this already uncertain world, the last thing we need is another uncertain thing’.
  • When asked why we have to respect our parents and teachers, don’t answer ‘because they know better’.
If you choose to do all the above anyway, expect to have a follow-up interview filled with questions such as ‘what do you think of rationalization?’, ‘how’s your relationship with God?’, ‘what things in this life that you consider relevant?’, ‘do your parents let you think freely?’ INSTEAD OF normal questions like ‘have you worked before?’, ‘what kind of job do you like?’ that everyone but me got.

5 comments:

  1. LOL....
    really funny.. sorry..

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  2. interesting...
    that's why u shouldn't answer such test with "honesty" haaha

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  3. yeah. I suck at things like this.
    I hope it wouldn't jeopardize my acceptance.
    [crossing fingers]

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  4. U know what...I almost draw something similar with the dot...I intended to draw a comet with a space as the background...but later changed my mind because I had read somewhere that if its a wavy curve, then u better draw a living object...but if its a straight line or a box, then dead object it is...so yes, cheater I am..hahaha..

    But when it comes to the curve, I cant stand it...I MUST draw what I want...so I drew the moon rising above the sea, with a a silver path beneath it...hahaha...not as crazy as God's hands holding the earth..hahaha

    And I really hate drawing the box and the curvy dots parts..haha

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