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Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:14 am
by davyboy
Just scoped out my test center. Very tiny desks. Will definitely have to place the answer sheet on top of the side of the booklet I'm not working on. Any tips on working with small desks? There won't even be any space for my extra pencils.
Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:19 am
by rebexness
davyboy wrote:Just scoped out my test center. Very tiny desks. Will definitely have to place the answer sheet on top of the side of the booklet I'm not working on. Any tips on working with small desks? There won't even be any space for my extra pencils.
I put the fresh pencils on the seat next to me (slightly curved edges, so they didn't roll) and threw the dull ones under the desk.
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:23 am
by PourMeTea
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Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:24 am
by davyboy
The seats next to me are flipped up unfortunately so the pencils will fall off....
Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:31 am
by SteelPenguin
PourMeTea wrote:davyboy wrote:Just scoped out my test center. Very tiny desks. Will definitely have to place the answer sheet on top of the side of the booklet I'm not working on. Any tips on working with small desks? There won't even be any space for my extra pencils.
arm-adillo pencil case

Why wasn't this posted in the pencil thread?!
Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:00 am
by itachiuchiha
davyboy wrote:Just scoped out my test center. Very tiny desks. Will definitely have to place the answer sheet on top of the side of the booklet I'm not working on. Any tips on working with small desks? There won't even be any space for my extra pencils.
how have you dealt with small things before?
Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:06 am
by TheMostDangerousLG
Did we ever figure out an actual solution for this..?

Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:44 am
by che3055
I took a test at a center like described - auditorium style seating, with flip up desks and flip up seats. The room was big enough that it allowed for each person to use two desks, one to the left of them and one to the right of them. Being a righty I kept my test book on the right desk, answer sheet on the left desk (bringing it over only to bubble in my answers - this was an adjustment for me, I'm used to filling in each answer as I go), extra pencils/watch on the armrest.
Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:58 am
by FloridaCoastalorbust
when you bomb it today practice for your retake on small desks
Re: Dealing With Small Desks
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:05 am
by TheMostDangerousLG
FloridaCoastalorbust wrote:when you bomb it today practice for your retake on small desks
Oh, hey, go fuck yourself.
che3055 wrote:I took a test at a center like described - auditorium style seating, with flip up desks and flip up seats. The room was big enough that it allowed for each person to use two desks, one to the left of them and one to the right of them. Being a righty I kept my test book on the right desk, answer sheet on the left desk (bringing it over only to bubble in my answers - this was an adjustment for me, I'm used to filling in each answer as I go), extra pencils/watch on the armrest.
Ah, smart! I'm pretty sure this is the worst case scenario for my test center, so I'll have to steal this idea (assuming the proctors allow it). But hopefully it'll just be tables!