Article Nine: 2007/01/14 - 2007/01/21

月曜日, 1月 15, 2007

Exams and results

I had an exam on East Asian security policy and international relations theory today. And as if that wasn't bad enough, I learned that I got a 62 for the module on post-war Japanese politics. The lady who told me my mark actually congratulated me on the result. 62 is a shit mark and I don't particularly fancy being congratulated for an obvious failure.

The exam was the final written (closed book) assessment on a module called 'War and Peace in East Asia', and I answered the following questions:
1. Which theory of international relations - Realism, Liberalism or Constructivism - possesses the greatest explanatory power in making sense of East Asian security?
2. Does the presence of US bases in the East Asian region guarantee or threaten the region's security?
3. 'China and Japan's reactions to the "war on terror" have been driven more by domestic considerations than international ones'. Do you agree?

The exam was such a blur that I still don't know if I actually managed to provide sensei with
a single relevant and/or reasonably well argued answer. My mind seems to jettison everything I've ever read whenever I'm facing an exam. I have non-existent exam taking skills, and even though I am a much better student now than as an undergraduate I still consistently underperform, which is terribly frustrating.

I would've been a Nazi Swine
Achtung! You are 38% brainwashworthy, 50% antitolerant, and 19% blindly patriotic

Sie sind ein Schwein! You would've lived a quiet and consenting civilian life in Germany, while the Nazis stomped all over people you didn't quite care about.

You would never have directly joined the Nazis, basically because (1) you're not so nationalistic, (2) you're not that susceptible to crazy propaganda, and (3) you probably don't have the bloodlust. But you would've appreciated the Party, because you liked how they cleaned out the [insert race you dislike here].

The fact is, you demonstrate too much attachment to and pride of your own kind, be they white & male & straight or whatever. You absolutely would not have stood up to the Germans.

Conclusion: born and raised in Germany in the early 1930's, you would NOT have STOOD UP to the Nazis. Sorry

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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 44% on brainwashworthy

You scored higher than 91% on antitolerant

You scored higher than 22% on patriotic

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The Wild Rose
Random Brutal Love Dreamer (RBLD)

shmolorful, but unpicked. You are The Wild Rose.

Prone to bouts of cynicism, sarcasm, and thorns, you excite a certain kind of man. Hoping to gather you up, he flirts and winks and asks you out, ultimately professing his love. Then you make him bleed. Why? Because you're the rare, independent, self-sufficient kind of woman who does want love, but not from a weakling.

You don't seem to take yourself too seriously, and that's refreshing. You aren't uptight; you don't over-plan. Romance-wise, sex isn't a top priority--a true relationship would be preferable. For your age, you haven't had a lot of bonafide love experience, though, and this kind of gets to core of the issue. You're very selective.

Your exact female opposite:
The Dirty Little Secret

Deliberate Gentle Sex Master

The problem is them, not you, right? You have lofty standards that few measure up to. You're out there all right, but not to be picked up by just anyone.

"You're never truly single as long as you have yourself."

ALWAYS AVOID: The Bachelor (DGSM)

CONSIDER: The Vapor Trail (RBLM).

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If I was a country, I'd be Canada!
Your country is 56 concerned with morals, 57 prosperous, 58 liberal, and 30 aggressive! You're a charitable country with a soft spot for mounties. Don't plan on invading anyone anytime soon, but be happy--life's good and people everywhere enjoy a welfare state.

Vous Ãªtes un pays charitable avec un endroit doux pour mounties. Pas le projet sur envahir n'importe qui n'importe quand bientÃ´t, mais Ãªtre heureux -- vie bonne et gens apprÃ©cient partout un Etat-providence.

For your information, the possible countries in this test include: Haiti, North Korea, Albania, Russia, Vietnam, Turkey, Poland, India, Singapore, China, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Libya, Tanzania, East Timor, Lithuania, Indonesia, Iran, Canada, Israel, Sweden, Australia, Germany, or the United States of America.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 59% on morals

You scored higher than 36% on prosperity

You scored higher than 49% on liberalness

You scored higher than 12% on aggression

Link: The What country are you? Test written by cactusoftheeast on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

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