11/13/2012

Well I'm halfway through the first half of my exams! Yay! Today's was miserable. No one knew what to write. We all rambled for 2 hours. I didn't quite meet my goal of using 2 exam books but some of my class mates did. That was probably the most ambiguous test ever created.
Our exams are not on campus they are in the royal exhibition building. They sit everyone in one huge room and we all test together. There are at least 2000 students testing at once. With exams of all varieties. At 2pm everyone walks into the exam venue you take your assigned seat that has the appropriate exam on it. After you have placed your phone and keys under your seat you have 15 minutes to read the exam. No writing just reading. At 2:15 the man with the microphone says you can start. No one is allowed to leave in the first 30 or last 15 minutes. So you write and write and write and at 4:15 the man with the microphone says stop writing and you see how many more words you can fit in before it's obvious that you didn't stop. Then you close your answer book and someone picks up your exam. Once all exams have been collected you are allowed to leave. It's a bit intense and I feel rather like an ant. The fact that exams for many subjects are all taken at the same time makes me feel small. The building is actually beautiful and it has been gorgeous outside when we have left the venue as well. Nice and relaxing. Tomorrow is cardiorespiratory physiotherapy so I'm studying hard for that one. It's my favorite subject so I really want to do well. I've just been neglecting it to make time for the other things:( Billy cooked us dinner again tonight! I have the best housemate's boyfriend ever! He's so sweet and helpful.