Re: (HUMOR) "No Jews"

"Marvin Margoshes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Herman Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Fred Rosenblatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (kgold) wrote in message
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> > >> "Cara Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > >> > One person I know (several years older than me) said that he
did that
> > >> > because illiteracy lowered your able-status.
> >
> > >> When I was drafted, the sergeant giving us the written test
explained
> > >> that a low score would not prevent use from being drafted, but
that
> > >> the score would determine our jobs when we finished basic
training.
> >
> > >> >From the intensity, it seemed no one was trying to fake
illiteracy.
> >
> > >IIRC the one of the four sections of the written test I took
consisted
> > >of multiple choice questions asking me to correctly identify
pictures
> > >of pieces of machinery I had never seen before.  I would therefore
be
> > >surprised if I scored more than 75%.  There is more than one form
of
> > >literacy, it seems.
> >
> > I remember that part about matching patterns and lines in
> > pictures; it was supposed to identify those with shop
> > experience, of which I had none.  There was plenty of time
> > for me to figure out how to do it in the allotted time, and
> > to get a perfect score.  Similarly, there was a radio code
> > aptitude test (do I have any?) which I did perfectly.
> >
> > This was in WWII, which was the one popular war in our history.
> >
> When I reached that part of the test (in WW II), I just gave random
answers.
> Other inductees told me they did the same thing.  Of course, even with
> random answers, some people got better scores than others.
>
Knowing the army, you're fortunate that you didn't end up in charge of a
finance or records office after taking that approach. :-)

Eliyahu