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The author of the ACT is a Celtics Fan!
« on: October 25, 2009, 10:05:29 AM »

Offline rav123

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I did the ACT on Saturday. One of the questions in the maths section was:

Q. Marquis is 40 years old and has lived in Boston for 12 years blah blah blah.

(I smiled when I saw this, but I was surprised when I went on Wikipedia at home and found that Daniels is 28 years old, meaning if he lives in Boston for 12 years he'll be 40!)

Then the very next question:

Q. Ray scored 45 points in a basketball game blah blah blah

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Re: The guy who wrote my ACT is a Celtics Fan!
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2009, 10:34:46 AM »

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Um okay...

I would have assumed that you didn't do well on your ACT so you talked to your teacher about the Celtics, he got all happy and cheery chatting about them, and the next day, you got good results. lol
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 11:32:51 AM »

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Quote from: rav123 on October 25, 2009, 10:05:29 AM
I did the ACT on Saturday. One of the questions in the maths section was:

Q. Marquis is 40 years old and has lived in Boston for 12 years blah blah blah.

(I smiled when I saw this, but I was surprised when I went on Wikipedia at home and found that Daniels is 28 years old, meaning if he lives in Boston for 12 years he'll be 40!)

Then the very next question:

Q. Ray scored 45 points in a basketball game blah blah blah



LOL!  That's awesome.  I bet there is more to it than just coincidence.. TP to you!
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2009, 12:29:57 PM »

Offline scurvmeister

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Quote from: RedSpades on October 25, 2009, 10:34:46 AM
Um okay...

I would have assumed that you didn't do well on your ACT so you talked to your teacher about the Celtics, he got all happy and cheery chatting about them, and the next day, you got good results. lol

not sure i understand this post. the ACT is a standardized test. a teacher doesn't grade it.

but i think the OP is awesome!! that would've made my day.
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2009, 12:35:34 PM »

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Quote from: scurvmeister on October 25, 2009, 12:29:57 PM
Quote from: RedSpades on October 25, 2009, 10:34:46 AM
Um okay...

I would have assumed that you didn't do well on your ACT so you talked to your teacher about the Celtics, he got all happy and cheery chatting about them, and the next day, you got good results. lol

not sure i understand this post. the ACT is a standardized test. a teacher doesn't grade it.

but i think the OP is awesome!! that would've made my day.

I assume this was an ACT prep course not the ACT itself which as you say is standardized and would not have Marquis Daniels references.
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2009, 10:03:40 PM »

Offline rav123

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Quote from: hankfinkel on October 25, 2009, 12:35:34 PM
Quote from: scurvmeister on October 25, 2009, 12:29:57 PM
Quote from: RedSpades on October 25, 2009, 10:34:46 AM
Um okay...

I would have assumed that you didn't do well on your ACT so you talked to your teacher about the Celtics, he got all happy and cheery chatting about them, and the next day, you got good results. lol

not sure i understand this post. the ACT is a standardized test. a teacher doesn't grade it.

but i think the OP is awesome!! that would've made my day.

I assume this was an ACT prep course not the ACT itself which as you say is standardized and would not have Marquis Daniels references.

That's what's so crazy about it... it was the actual ACT, not just a lame Princeton Review joke!
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2009, 10:26:19 PM »

Offline Eja117

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WOW

That's amazing.  :o Seriously.

It's also amazing you caught that cause probably nobody else in the country did
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2009, 03:24:07 AM »

Offline rav123

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Quote from: eja117 on October 25, 2009, 10:26:19 PM
WOW

That's amazing.  :o Seriously.

It's also amazing you caught that cause probably nobody else in the country did

Thanks. It's surprising that I was the only one of 300,000 seniors who took the test who is also on CB, given how fantastically absolutely amazing this blog is.

Or maybe I'm the only one obsessed/foolish enough to look out for these kinds of things instead of concentrating on a test that may determine my future...
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2009, 07:36:21 AM »

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As a math teacher, you deserve a TP for going home and checking Quisy's age and figuring out that it fit the problem. 
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2009, 08:06:58 AM »

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Nice job noticing the questions!
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2009, 09:46:45 AM »

Offline Jon Niednagel

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Hope you did well on the test. Best of luck with college if that is in your plans.
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2009, 10:43:01 AM »

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tommy point for you, rav.  My kid is studying for the SAT. Is it too late to switch??
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2009, 11:35:07 AM »

Offline twinbree

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TP that's a great story. Hope you aced the exam :-)
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2009, 01:13:09 PM »

Offline AlCelticfan

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Funny stuff.  The test writer must have been entertaining himself.  ;D
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2009, 02:40:24 PM »

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What I find interesting about this is we now know that they must re-write those questions every summer.  There's no buried Quisy-in-Beantown references before a couple months ago.  I imigine they probably do that to minimize the risk of the questions getting stolen (don't have them sitting on a hard drive somewhere any longer than necessary).
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