Today, while I was doing a Chemistry paper 1, I noticed something at about question 20. I realized that they had a little asterisk beside the second option. After doing that question, I was pretty amused that the option with the asterisk was the right answer (Okay fine, it was my answer, which happens to be right). When I moved on to the next question, I was horrified to see that the evil asterisk was still there, except it has moved to the third option. Wonders of wonders, the answer was the third option. I quickly flipped back to see the previous questions. The asterisks of evil were there the whole time! The worse thing was the once you saw the asterisks, you cannot unsee them, so there they were, one for each question, completely ruining my practice. Why would anyone print this, seriously. I am not going to spoil the paper for you guys, so I will not tell you which paper it was. Seeing that I got to question 20 before my blissful innocence was shattered, I think that it is possible for one to finish the entire paper before realizing that the evil asterisks are there.

If I was a philosophical person, I would feel that this event draws a very meaningful parallel to real life. There are some things that are better left unknown, for it might change us and change our lives. Innocence is bliss, and the more you know about this world, the more you wish you know less. But as I am not such a philosophical person, I just feel really annoyed about this event.

Oh yea, I got around this problem by closing my eyes before flipping the pages, and covering up the page with a sheet of paper, then opening my eyes and slowing sliding the paper across the page, such that I can see the questions and options without seeing the asterisks. Ingenious plan, no?