Chapter 3 Bouquet for Algernon - Exam

Bouquet for Algernon - Exam Progress report 4 "March 6th" I took the exam again today, and today's exam is very special, I don't know if they will hire me.Today's exam is the same as last time, but the classroom is different.When that angry lady told me the name of the test, I asked him to write it for me so that I could write it in the progress report. Today's test is called "Thematic Apperception Test". I don't know the first four words. meaning, but know that if you fail, you will not have a good grade. This test seems to be very easy, because I can see that there are pictures in it.She also didn't ask me to tell what was in the picture, I wouldn't be able to figure it out that way.I told her Bert had asked me to name what was in the ink before, and she said it didn't matter because this test was different from the previous ones.She told me to just look at the side stories in the pictures.

I told her that I can't read side stories of people I don't know, and she said it's okay to pretend, I said that it seems to be lying, I can't lie, if I lied when I was a child, I would be beaten.I showed her the photo of me with Norma and Uncle Herman in my wallet.Before he died, Uncle Herman asked me to work as a doorman in Mr Donner's bakery. I said that I could look at their photos and tell stories, because I lived with Uncle He Man for a long time.But she didn't listen, she said that today's exam is related to the previous exam, and they are all testing the development of personality.I laughed and said how can I take a test with a card with ink and someone I don't know.She seemed annoyed and took the picture away.I could not care less.

I think I failed that test again. Later she asked me to draw some pictures, but I couldn't draw well.Soon, another examiner, Bert, was wearing a white coat just like yesterday. His full name was Bert?Selden, take me to another place on the fourth floor of Beekman College, the door says Psychology Laboratory.Burt told me that the psychology is the heart, and the stone laboratory is the place for experiments. I thought he was talking about a place like chewing gum, but later I realized that it is a place for puzzles and games, and that's what we do in it. I don't do very well with jigsaw puzzles because they all fall into pieces and don't fit into the holes.Later I played another game, that game was a piece of paper with many lines going in different directions and some grids, with "start" written on one side and "end" written on the other.Burt said that this kind of game is called a maze, and I have to take a pencil and draw from the beginning to the end, and I can't draw on another line.

I really can't figure out how to play the maze. I used a lot of paper and didn't draw it well.Burt said go, I'll show you some other stuff, maybe you'll know how to play.He took me to another room on the fifth floor, where there were many cages and animals. I saw monkeys and mice.The smell in this room is very strange. Some people are wearing white coats and playing with animals. I thought it was a pet store, but those people didn't look like guests.Burt showed me a white mouse from the cage. He said that the mouse was named Algernon, and he was good at walking mazes. I asked him to show me.

Burt puts Algernon into a box that looks like a big table, with a lot of walls that look like a mess, and there are also beginnings and ends that look like paintings on paper, but these are drawn on transparent sheets that cover the box .Bert opened the sliding door and released Algernon and the clock started.The mouse took two or three sniffs before it started running.It started with a long runway, and when there was no road, it returned to the original place, where it moved its beard, thought for a minute or so, and then ran another way. This mouse runs like I drew it on paper.Bert told me to go back and draw the picture just now.I laughed because I thought it was hard to get a mouse to do these things.But then I went on to watch Algernon run and he ran a lot and found the finish line and came out and screamed.Burt said it squealed because it was glad it was going the right way.

Omg I said this mouse is so smart.Burt asked me if I wanted to race it, and I said yes.He said he had another maze made of wood with carved tracks and an electronic rod that looked like a pencil.He could change Algernon's maze to look like this one and have me race against it. He collected all the overturned boards in Algernon's maze, arranged them in different ways, and put transparent sheets on them so that Algernon would not jump directly from any row to the end.He gave me an electronic pole and taught me how to walk along the starting point with a pen. He said that if I went the wrong way, I would be lightly shocked if I couldn't move forward.

He took out his watch and started counting time, deliberately not letting me see it, and I also deliberately not looking at him, otherwise I would be very nervous. He said that he could start walking. I didn't know what to do at all. I was so young that it would be better to go that way.Soon I heard Algernon scream in the box over there, and start running with a rustling sound under his feet.At this time, I also walked forward, but soon found that I was going the wrong way, and I couldn't go any further, and my fingers were lightly shocked.I went back to the original starting point and went another way, but it was still wrong.Every time I go the wrong way, my fingers will be lightly shocked. Fortunately, my fingers will not hurt when I am shocked, but it feels like my skin is twitching lightly.Burt said to call to let me know I was going the wrong way.I was only halfway there when I heard Algernon yelp happily in his box, saying he had won the race.

I raced Algernon ten more times with the same result, and each time he won the race because I was going the wrong way and couldn't find the "finish".I don't feel bad about losing to Algernon, because I've seen him run, and I can learn from him how to run to the finish line, although it will take a lot of time. God, I didn't know mice could be so smart. Progress report 5 "March 6" They found my sister and my mother who live in Brooklyn, and they agreed to let me operate, so they are willing to continue to use me.I am so happy, I am too young to write.Dr. Strauss and Bert today?When Selden came into the office, I happened to be sitting next to Professor Nymur, and they seemed to have a bit of a disagreement when they were discussing whether to use me.Professor Nima was afraid that there would be problems if he used me, and Dr. Strauss told him that I was the best one in the exam so far.Burt also told him that Miss Kinnian said I was the best student in the adult retarded class.

Then Dr. Strauss told him that there was something very good about me.He said I had good motives.I haven't heard of this thing later, and I don't know where I got it, but I feel very happy after hearing it, because Dr. Strauss said that not everyone who reaches Shang 68 has a motive, but he said Al Genon has it too, and its motive is the cheese in the box.But I guess the motivation should be more than that, because I haven't had cheese this week. Professor Nima is also very worried that my IQ is so low now, and I will get sick when I get high in the future.When he talked with Dr. Strauss, there was a lot that I didn't understand, and I wrote that down in my notes so I could write a progress report.

Dr. Strauss said Hano, Hano is the name of Professor Nima, I know that Charlie is not the best superhuman stone experiment you think in your mind (I don’t know how to write this word) People, but most people with a low mentality like his are hostile to people, and they don't want to cooperate with people. They are usually stupid and difficult to communicate with, but not Charlie. He has a good temperament. Willing to learn and dislike being let down. Professor Nemur then told Dr. Strauss not to forget that he would be the first person to undergo surgery to increase his intelligence.Dr. Strauss said yes, that's what I mean, we will never find another mentally handicapped adult with such a high motivation to learn, you see, at such a young mental age, he can learn to read and write So good, this is really unfair..They talked so fast that I couldn't catch every word, but Dr. Strauss and Burt seemed to approve of my use, and Professor Nemur disapproved.

Burt continued to talk to Professor Nima about Alice?Miss Kinnian thought I had a strong desire to learn.He really wanted to be hired.That's true, because I'd love to be smarter.Later, Dr. Strauss stood up and walked around and said, let's use Charlie. Burt nodded and said yes. Professor Nima touched his head and nose with his thumb and said, maybe you are right, we will use Charlie, but we Trying to make him understand that this stone test is likely to make some mistakes. After hearing what he said, I felt very happy and jumped up excitedly to shake his hand.Seeing this, he seemed to jump a little. He told me, Charlie, we've been doing this stone test for a long time, but only before on animals like Algernon, we're sure it won't hurt your body, but you don't know until you actually do it Will it affect anything else about you?We want you to understand that this test could go wrong, or it might seem like nothing happened, or it might initially seem to succeed in making you smarter, but then go wrong and return you to the way you are now.do you see what i mean?If so, we will send you back to Warren Foster Home. I replied that it's ok, I'm not afraid of anything, because I'm very strong, I've never done anything bad, and I've got lucky rabbit's foot, I never broke a mirror, only accidentally broke a few plates once, but it's not It will be bad luck. Dr. Strauss then told me, Charlie, if this experiment fails, you will still make a great contribution to science.This experiment has been successfully done many times on animals, but never on humans, and you are the first. I replied like Miss Kinnian taught me, Doctor, you don't have to worry about me if you give me a second chance.I really think so in my heart.After surgery I will try to be as smart as possible and work as hard as I can.