Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)

In a message dated 6/9/2003 9:16:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR writes:


> Try 4 hours any day!!!! The average length of an exam in France is 2 hours.
> My longest exam ever has been 5 hours. All handwriting, no exam by computer
> ever. Imagine a philosophy exam: 4 hours to write an essay of at least 4 A4
> pages written on both sides. Even homework had to be handwritten. I've
> never had an exam lasting less than 60 minutes. And you don't get multiple
> choice exams in France, ever. Too easy for French standards.
>
I'm done with school, but still taking actuarial exams.  Those are usually
four hours each, and all that writing makes my hand ache, and it wouldn't
surprise me if I've failed one at some point due to illegible handwriting.

I was taught penmanship (in 3rd grade?) but evidently it didn't stick.

Doug