Posts Tagged ‘ Tests ’

On revision and procrastination (P.S. I wrote this piece to avoid more revision…)

June 2, 2009
By Alice-May Purkiss

I am 20 years old and I have just completed my second year of university. Since the start of my educational career I have sat three lots of SAT’s exams, 12 GCSE’s, four AS Levels, three A Levels, three first year University exams, two second year university exams and I am in the process...
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Why do exams suck? You have 90 minutes. Your time starts now!

May 21, 2009
By Duncan Robinson

Imagine the situation: you've just started a cushy graduate job and your new boss marches in - "Right. I want a report on the results from the last quarter. I want it in three hours, done from memory, and written by hand on that wobbly single person table over there." Not going...
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