One powerful lesson my 5th grade teacher drummed into me.
"Read the questions first!"
It's interesting remembering the "tests" that we did at the retreat. I had forgotten the rule initially and managed to mess up the answers for the first 3 articles. Once I fixed up the mess as best I could without losing too much more time. I knew I needed to catch up with the other articles. So I read the questions first then superread and dipped the articles. Funny thing is the first half the test I had incorrect answer but in the last half I felt like I was in the flow. managed to get 100% correct when I read the questions first. Also managed to complete the test with minutes to spare.
Alex.
[This message has been edited by Alex K. Viefhaus (edited April 20, 2004).]