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

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à Tristan McLeay :
>
>
> >Try 80 minutes :)
>
> 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.
I'll assume that's single-spaced? Eurgh! If I'm submitting something,
there's no way I'm going to write on both sides, let alone single-spaced.

> 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.
Oh, that wasn't an exam. That was a SAC (somewhere in between assignments
and exams). And that was just one. You may well have two or three on the
same day. Not counting other work. Exams are never by computer here,
either. But you do get multi-choice exams :) I've never had a five-hour
exam, but it's not an exam if it doesn't go for 90 minutes :)

--
Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
                -- Snoopy

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