When I was growing up in the 1950’s, the older generation had scraped and scrabbled to survive the depression and they wanted their children to have a better life. The key to that was to get a good education so you could be someone who could make a living without working hard. Maybe that wasn’t … Continue reading What do you want to be when you grow up?
aptitude tests
But what do I do when I come to the real test?
In my later youth I was given a lengthy aptitude test based on questions with multiple choice answers. I looked at it, decided I would ask myself at each question, "How would I answer this if I had a real interest in mechanics?" And lo and behold, the test results said that I would be … Continue reading But what do I do when I come to the real test?