tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post115152051077509755..comments2024-01-24T11:20:46.055+00:00Comments on in regione caecorum rex est luscus: Exams again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1151582101101187662006-06-29T12:55:00.000+01:002006-06-29T12:55:00.000+01:00The true problem is not that some students must st...The true problem is not that some students must struggle to get compensations, but rather that exams are set up in such a way as to require such a solution. It would simply be wiser to create an exam or an exam period with sufficient time, and let everyone have keyboard access, et cetera.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people forget that the true intent of the exam is to get a rough measure of the student's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1151573672207575302006-06-29T10:34:00.000+01:002006-06-29T10:34:00.000+01:00I've found superstition to be somewhat helpful aga...I've found superstition to be somewhat helpful against *examen-angst." I used to refrain from bathing or shaving during Exam Week at Ga. Tech, which I fancied brought me good luck. I apply this superstition to hurricanes, these days. (I live in Southern Florida) I don't bathe or shave from the time we have a Hurricane Watch until the danger is past. So far, it's worked. (knock wood) Haven't beenJustthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1151539192505959102006-06-29T00:59:00.000+01:002006-06-29T00:59:00.000+01:00I am looking for work in the teaching field. I sp...I am looking for work in the teaching field. <BR/><BR/>I spoke to a woman yesterday who told of a student she had who was so severely dyslexic he couldn't read past the second grade level. He could, however, answer any question verbally once he heard the information.<BR/><BR/>She acommodated him, and allowed him to receive a regular degree from high school. This was nice because he was probablyUsethebrains Godgiveyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026223483117357541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1151536076708590352006-06-29T00:07:00.000+01:002006-06-29T00:07:00.000+01:00It has been many years since I have taken exams, y...It has been many years since I have taken exams, yet I still have nighmares about them. Exams are my anxiety symbol.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations for surviving another round of them.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11578123223843089702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1151526577480498682006-06-28T21:29:00.000+01:002006-06-28T21:29:00.000+01:00Congrats for getting through the exams----I am in ...Congrats for getting through the exams----I am in favor of students who need "accommodations" for more time to write exams or (as Camille notes) a quiet place to write it. I would rather read all that a student can do, under the best of circumstances.kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1151523617137579362006-06-28T20:40:00.000+01:002006-06-28T20:40:00.000+01:00Hi Larry,I have some of the same issues with exams...Hi Larry,<BR/><BR/>I have some of the same issues with exams, but mainly I wanted to take the exam in a more or less guaranteed quiet place, and my university was not willing to accomodate that without a fight, and I didn't have the energy to fight for it. Sometimes the exams are taken in quiet rooms and sometimes they aren't. <BR/><BR/>I think what wore on me worse than the format of the examsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com