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[TwinkleBell]

@Luvsmyfam    me too!! .. ME TOO!!  I tend to break out in sweat, question my answers, or freeze up .. ever since the old IQ tests back to Elementary School days.

. .  Great topic!

[hckynutjohn]

@Gorgf 

I was in the United States Army and Army Reserves for 6 years, 1958-1964. Now that was decades ago, but I do remember having to take written tests. Miss too many answers? At that time I wasn't dishonorably discharged, but what was then done was not pleasant.

Some times it was a physical type of punishment, or times they would "pull your weekend pass". That meant, at times, you could not even venture off of your Assigned Company's Property.

The most productive written tests I took, during my time on Active Duty, was a GED Test, the equivalent of a high school diploma. Was a lot easier than staying in high school another year would have been.

I have never had any desire to reach a higher learn-ed level of education. My desires were always to learn the way of actually living life, which in my view was/is, by living it. Living/learning life was full of tests, just not the written type. My feeling was/is my mistakes effected a part of my life, through which i remembered, that i made a wrong decision.

Living/learning real life from the age of 12 taught me more than all the subsequent formal schooling ever did. This was because my type of life was pretty simple. Earn earn enough money to be able to enjoy the years as I was living them. It was against my mothers wishes which were "save for your future"! 

My future was my present, and the following day. It was not/is not a week/month or year from now, it is right now, the present. Worked out well enough for me to retire when I was 52, over 31 years ago. 

You have a lot of Degrees and I am sure they have allowed you to live the life you've chosen. If one has reached goals they had concerning learning and living life, hopefully they are happy. I never had a goal of doing any specific way of earning enough money to live my type if life. I took what came my way and made the most of it. It had nothing to do with $$$ made, just what that number allowed me to do, while enjoying my decades journey through this thing called life.

hckynut  🇺🇸

[TwinkleBell]

@hckynutjohn   Thank u for sharing such intimate details of yr past.  Makes me know more abt u, care for u, and cheer u on even more!

And *THANK YOU* for yr Service to our beloved USA Country!!

[chrystaltree]

I had to take my certification tests for Medical Coding every two years along with taking many hours of CEU'S.  Everything changes in medicine and Healthcare finance so quickly that we must stay current.  I've always been good at taking tests so while it's a nuisance, I don't get intimidated.  I'm just happy the tests, which are online, are just every 2 years.  As for who pays for those tests...we do.  My employer stopped paying years ago.  There's no law or regulation that says employers must pay for tests that are mandatory for continued employment.  They also stopped paying our dues for our certification agencies years ago.  

[chrystaltree]

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

If the test is mandatory, your employer should pay.

That's not true, it's never been true although some employers do pay.

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[chrystaltree]

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@Luvsmyfam wrote:

@QVCkitty1 he did the 1st time but no mention this time.honestly,if I could find someone to take this test for me,I would in a heartbeat.that is how nervous Nelly I get!now please don't come at me for being dishonest.  

Having someone take the test would be dishonest and lead to you being fired if your employer found out.  A lot of people have anxiety about tests.  If there is a study guide, get one and use it a couple of weeks before the test.  Ask a coworker to quizz you.  If you confident that you know your job well, try to relax and stop focusing so much on the test.

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[Luvsmyfam]

Yahoooo!aced my food handler test today,plus boss said he would pay for it.i am so relieved to be done with this!I will sleep good tonight

[debfau]

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@Luvsmyfam wrote:
Yahoooo!aced my food handler test today,plus boss said he would pay for it.i am so relieved to be done with this!I will sleep good tonight

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Congrats on Acing your test.

[Gorgf]

@hckynutjohn. Thankyou for sharing your experiences.  I loved the  comeradity of the Guard. I had a lot of fun going to their functions.  The Commander had a MS in music and some soldiers raised in a home with a dirt floor, Such a variety of people.

I wish I could say myself Education was a life I chose. Budget cuts and downsizing gave me several  major job losses. The last one was right after a  painful divorce. I raised his daughters full time so did not have children of my own.

Degrees just gave me some other options and sometimes over educated as I cost more to hire. My ex said I wasn't as happy as I thought in some jobs in Education. My ex, full time National Guard made as much money as I did with his housing allowance. He retired at age 50 but became a depressed alcoholic was not productive or interested in activities.  I am glad you got to enjoy retirement and still are doing well. I worked until age 66 until Medicare.

 BTW We still have the ice rink going. The girls just had their figure skating performance last weekend. 50 degrees this weekend though, so soon the rink with be closed.

[Mindy D]

@Oznell @The term for that used to be free floating anxiety.