The best way to get someone to do somthing you want them to do, is to make them want to do it without asking them. They feel more independant that way, and not like they are following orders, or complying with requests. Just keep in mind that people are in no way obligated to to take "hints" or to do whatever it is you are trying to make them want to do. Metamessages, arent' really good either. Don't say one thing and mean another thing expecting somoene to follow whatever it is you didn't say.
However sometimes in math, I guess the wrong answere is as important as the right answere. I missed a point on my math quiz because I didn't put down the wrong answere!!!! I was so confused.
From x squared - 7x = 0
What can x possobly equal???? How long does it take about anyone who knows anything about math to glance at it and know that ther only thing it could possibly be is 0 !!!!!
Normally you would factor it, and then solve both factors equalling 0. If it were at all more complicated, then I probably would have factored it. But it's like if you say 0 * 9= ? do you really have to add 0 9 times to make sure that it is really 0?
2*6= " oh, you didn't draw two dots six times and then circled them counting them showing that it equaled 12. and you aslo didn't show a picture of 13 dots, showing that they didn't match, so you missed a point there too." Yah, it's stupid. it's only one point though. It doesn't make any sense for me to lose a point for not listing another "possible" answere. They wanted me to list it, and then cross it out saying that it couldn't be the right one. If it couldn't be the right one, then it's not really a possible answere!!!! It seems like there are an infinite number of impossible wrong anseres, and I didn't right down all of those and then cross them out. They don't give me points on any other problems for putting down the wrong answere, or give me extra points ofr putting down other wrong answeres. Next quiz though, I"m writing down a bunch of wrong anseres jand then showing that they wouldn't work, and then maybe I can get soem extra points or something. ( or it will just pisss the teacher off., either way, it will be funny. )
