So, I dug up this thread because it ended up being mostly about exam horrors.

I had one today, and oh, I was good.

It was a postgraduate oral exam, oh, and it was tax again, naturally. Inheritance tax this time. I think I've already mentioned that my grasp of tax matters is less than robust, so I was nervous before going in.

Nervous. Yes. That is the only explanation I can think of for my getting the first question wrong.

When asked to state my name, I GOT IT WRONG! Yes, I gave the wrong name to the legal exam board.

How could I not get even my own name right?

Somebody shoot me.

Jen (apparently)

LMAO.

Awee jen......get over here so I can give you a big .  Don't fret my friend, you just have alot on your mind these days.  

Much love,
djm

Sounds like a fun exam, Jen. 

Awestruck, my grandmother was called JimbobharryImeanJanet for the first 20 years of her life. It's a hazard of being part of a bigger family. 

Trinkette, I'm not confident I got ANY of the tax questions right. It's never a good sign when your answers are met with a sharp intake of breath, followed by "okaaaaaaaay, let me re-phrase the question..." Ha!

Thanks, DJM, I know you understand - a fellow veteran of horrible exams.

Annie, yup, more fun than I can begin to describe. Truly. 

David, I did not get it right in the end - I was driving home when I realised what I'd done. My only hope is that they mark the real me absent and I get to try, try again. 

Ha. I get to do the written paper later today. What could possibly go wrong?!

That's right, T! 
Miz M - you just think 'outside the box'.  Which can be very advantageous.

And I think we all have sibling names stories.  When I was in my late twenties I finally told my mom that I would only answer to Dammit, so don't bother with the 'judy' anymore - (my DS's name, which always preceded Dammit Ah2bqat).  Unfortunately, it caught on with the rest of the family, so that's what I'm called now.  Aunt Dammit.

Aunt Dammit! LOL!

Tinkette, I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that creative thinkers can find themselves in jail when it comes to tax matters.

Along with people who give false names.

Ha! That's the sort of reputation I'm hoping to avoid. 

I've answered to Aunt Dammit for 25 years, annie, so be my guest.  I'd be happy to be your Auntie Dammit.   

It raised a few brows in Disneyworld when my 5 yr old nephew kept callimg me that in public! 

Jen,

I think you did fine on your exam.  You consistently perform with high marks. 

When an examiner takes a sharp breath perhaps that is his stress showing because he has to think on his feet to re-phrase the question without giving away the answer.  The re-phrasing was probably necessary because you gave a correct answer, but not the expected correct answer . 

As you know, exams are structured to determine the students control of the material.  Sometimes the question isn't worded as needed to elicit the desired response.  This isn't the student's error; it is the error of the person who constructed the question.

Sparkly

I've got it!  The lawyer known to us as Jen, aka Miz M, had spent too much time on CDI directly before the exam reviewing her favorite and most soothing threads.  Shocked into reality by her first exam question, she responded with her most recently reviewed alias. 

we love you no matter what Jay Mitchell, erm Jen, erm Miz M!
 

Magnificent and very regal... I think that it quite suits you, Mrs. M!