effort, performance n results...

well... all 3 do not correlate... at least in some sense... ok example: u may study real hard (effort), can do all the test qns (performance), but cui outcome (results). ok u can come up with all the possible permutations n ya, u can think of examples to fit in all those situations...

well... to explain for this poor correlation... u may be studying hard but not smart (more effort doesn't mean gd), being too over confident or too nervous during the test (affecting performance) n results will be dependent on the 2 factors (effort n performance) n of coz the person marking the paper... ha... now we noe tat results is something tat is out of our control in some sense... wat we muz do to improve our results is to deal with effort n performance... even so, there r pple who put in minimal effort, saying tat they can't do the qns n yet getting gd results... hmm... there seems to be some other factors affecting results... n wat i presume here... there is an element of luck tat plays a part n the person's own abilities (e.g. intelligence).

so in conclusion... some factors certainly is out of our control n it contributes to the results we r getting... oh well... wat can i do... =|