Lessons from the Graduate Record Exam
I had a perfect 800 on the Analytical portion of my GRE. I tell you this not to brag but rather to throw into sharp relief what an idiot I really am. Today, after nap, I changed diapers and then took the babies on errands. I didn’t bring the diaper bag because, well, I’d just changed them and we weren’t going to be out for very long.
F had a blowout. A big, messy blowout. An “I need to go clean the stroller” kind of blow out. Now, you’d think a woman smart enough to get a perfect score on the logic portion of the GRE would have known better than to not take a diaper bag. I mean, hello, the twins are a whole year old. I am no longer a total novice at this. Alas, no, I am not so clever. From this experience I offer two lessons:
- The GRE (and the SAT for that matter) is a perfectly useless way of gauging anything useful about anyone.
- Always bring a diaper bag.
(Luckily I absent-mindedly grabbed a bag of spare diapers while walking out the door, and even more luckily I always have spare wipes in the car. )
Stumble it!
and the 529 college savings accounts get a kickback.
July 16th, 2007 18:13
You know, I don’t consider myself an idiot by any means, but inevitably whenever I go out of the house with MJ I forget something… wipes, diaper inserts, something.
July 16th, 2007 21:50
I agree about the SAT and the GRE. I will most likely take the GRE after I get my BSN but I think standarized tests are not the best indicators of how well one will do in college or grad school.
You have Mommynesia. It comes with pregnancy and the kids.
July 16th, 2007 22:03
I scored an 800 on the Analytical section too! It seemed so unlikely at the time, because I’m verbal, but not at all analytical which is evidenced by the fact that I often accidentally leave the house without diapers and wipes despite the fact that every time I do, accidents ( horrible, stinky, messy ones) happen. Didn’t they recently get rid of that section of the test and replace it with writing?
July 17th, 2007 00:46
OMG I had to read this to my wife because she has so done this with our twins. She had to BUY diapers and wipes in Tar.get because of a blowout that occured while shopping for just a few things. Never ever fails.
July 17th, 2007 12:23
Stacie – Thanks for the heads up on your list of twin blogs! I actually have it bookmarked and it’s probably where I found three’s a crowd. LOL! It is a good list. Thanks! I’ll definitly try to keep up with othe twin moms. You can never know what you can learn! Sorry about the blow out. =( What a pain. That sounds like something that would happen to me though. I was dangerously close to running out of wipes while at the Fair on Sunday. Not good. I got lucky though. Glad you had extras in your car at least!!!
July 17th, 2007 21:28
Hah. I regularly go out without the nappy bag. Luckily our boys tend to the constipated end of the spectrum but they are spitty, so wipes in the car would be a good idea.
Stupid thing is .. I am a lawyer. I do litigation and tell other people how to manage their lives. I remember vast amounts of complex information all the time. When I do something vacuous like forget the nappy bag (AGAIN), my husband mutters … “two degrees. Professional qualifiations. Brain the size of a PLANET …” and then I kick him.
July 18th, 2007 11:37
BTDT.
The diapers, not the GRE.
Congrats on your score!
July 19th, 2007 00:35
I didn’t do that well on the GREs but I did get a PhD and I’ve become much dumber since having a baby. I live in fear of realizing I am somewhere without diapers, or a bottle, or anything. I’ve forgotten to pay many bills (first time ever),thrown away important things, etc. I remember a professor in grad school who had a baby and was shocked by how spacey she’d become. Now, that is me!
July 20th, 2007 11:19
I also got an 800 on the analytical, and I also amaze myself with my inability to leave the house with appropriate things for the kid – snacks, wipes, spare clothes. We’re out of diapers now, and one weekend we went away and I forgot to pack underpants for her.
July 20th, 2007 16:38
ROTFLMBO I figured out the SAT had little to do with anything after years of hiring degreed people who should have made school a full time career…. Oh what an education children give. Now that is real learning!