Hmm...
I have been practicing the postal battery exam ALL DAY and my eyes really, really hurt. Oy, dyslexic people would never be able to pass this thing. They are quite tricky with the number reversals. Luckily my eyes are pretty good at spotting mistakes, but I keep missing at least 5 every time. *sigh* That's 5 out of 60 though, in 11 minutes, so I guess I'm not too horrible at it. The part that will take my grade down is the coding of addresses from memory. My memorization skills have always sucked, hence why I had always just barely squeaked by in all of my high school history classes. I'm not too terribly worried though. For each section my study guide keeps saying:
How many did you get correct?
10 or more? - Awesome!
5-10? - Not bad
Less than 5? - You better practice some more
So... considering for the first part I get 55 right, I seriously worry about the skills of our postal workers if 10 equates to an Awesome. And I'm beginning to understand why mail often goes to the wrong addresses. And the second part, about filling out forms, is pure common sense, so I really worry if people don't get those right. But the coding section is kind of hard, too many numbers and names to remember. Bah! Actually, the part that I'll screw up on is the personality assessment. I hate it when job applications do those 300 question personality assessments, because I never know how I should answer those. They always say to be honest, but that has gotten me absolutely nowhere before. That's why most of the banks I applied to completely rejected me without even interviewing me. What am I doing wrong? Oh well, this is the post office, so hopefully they aren't as stuffy as the banks. Plus, I actually have a college degree, so maybe that'll work in my favor. Then again, they may think I'm over-educated and wouldn't be challenged enough, so they'd reject me for that. *sigh* I really wouldn't be bored though. I'm a strange creature who actually enjoys sorting things (although you would never guess that from looking at my room), and I enjoy figuring out the best way to ship a package. I just love mail, really. I don't know why. So... this would definitely be a good fit for me, at least for the time being. I'm still taking the medical coding classes, so after I finish those I'll have to see where I go from there. But coding I can do from home, so I could just get a part time job doing that on the weekends if I enjoy working at the post office. Anyway, I'm not going to hold my breath. Anytime that I actually want a job, I never get it. And the post offices around here are tiny, so they probably rarely have openings. But the one in town is pretty big, so I may be able to grab a spot there. I don't know. I guess for right now I'll just worry about the test, since I have to take it tomorrow.
Man, all this studying is making me ridiculously hungry.
Oh, oh guess what? I actually get to participate in the rewatch of Serious Control Issues on
pers_pineapple, woohoo!!! I was worried that I had missed all the rewatches, but I guess I didn't. Now I get to talk about all the squee-worthy partnershippy moments between Crews and Reese... AGAIN! I already did that in my last Life post, but now I'll get to go even more in depth since I'll be focusing on just that episode. OMG, I love Life! I have seriously been jonesing to watch the entire series as a whole for a third time, but stupid real life keeps getting in the way. *sigh* Perhaps after I get this exam out of the way I can watch it again. Although, Band of Brothers disc 1 is on its way in the mail, so I may be obsessing over that instead. Either way, it'll be me obsessing over Damian.
How many did you get correct?
10 or more? - Awesome!
5-10? - Not bad
Less than 5? - You better practice some more
So... considering for the first part I get 55 right, I seriously worry about the skills of our postal workers if 10 equates to an Awesome. And I'm beginning to understand why mail often goes to the wrong addresses. And the second part, about filling out forms, is pure common sense, so I really worry if people don't get those right. But the coding section is kind of hard, too many numbers and names to remember. Bah! Actually, the part that I'll screw up on is the personality assessment. I hate it when job applications do those 300 question personality assessments, because I never know how I should answer those. They always say to be honest, but that has gotten me absolutely nowhere before. That's why most of the banks I applied to completely rejected me without even interviewing me. What am I doing wrong? Oh well, this is the post office, so hopefully they aren't as stuffy as the banks. Plus, I actually have a college degree, so maybe that'll work in my favor. Then again, they may think I'm over-educated and wouldn't be challenged enough, so they'd reject me for that. *sigh* I really wouldn't be bored though. I'm a strange creature who actually enjoys sorting things (although you would never guess that from looking at my room), and I enjoy figuring out the best way to ship a package. I just love mail, really. I don't know why. So... this would definitely be a good fit for me, at least for the time being. I'm still taking the medical coding classes, so after I finish those I'll have to see where I go from there. But coding I can do from home, so I could just get a part time job doing that on the weekends if I enjoy working at the post office. Anyway, I'm not going to hold my breath. Anytime that I actually want a job, I never get it. And the post offices around here are tiny, so they probably rarely have openings. But the one in town is pretty big, so I may be able to grab a spot there. I don't know. I guess for right now I'll just worry about the test, since I have to take it tomorrow.
Man, all this studying is making me ridiculously hungry.
Oh, oh guess what? I actually get to participate in the rewatch of Serious Control Issues on
pers_pineapple, woohoo!!! I was worried that I had missed all the rewatches, but I guess I didn't. Now I get to talk about all the squee-worthy partnershippy moments between Crews and Reese... AGAIN! I already did that in my last Life post, but now I'll get to go even more in depth since I'll be focusing on just that episode. OMG, I love Life! I have seriously been jonesing to watch the entire series as a whole for a third time, but stupid real life keeps getting in the way. *sigh* Perhaps after I get this exam out of the way I can watch it again. Although, Band of Brothers disc 1 is on its way in the mail, so I may be obsessing over that instead. Either way, it'll be me obsessing over Damian.