Today was my first exam: comprehension écrite or, in English, the "Can you read 2 extremely boring articles and extract from them useless and sometimes implied information that will be of no real use to you in life afterward?" exam.
The test was scheduled to begin at 14h00 but we all had to be there 30 minutes beforehand to have the extremely complicated system for rendering the test anonymous that seemed to me nothing more than a waste of paper. But if I have learned one thing here it is that the French love to keep their illusions so I decided not to begrudge the test proctors this and dutifully filled out and then sealed the portion of the cover sheet that contained my personal information.
The test itself - an hour and a half - passed quite quickly as I read an article about monoparental families and the dangers they can pose to both parents and children which was followed by a rather boring and complicated interview discussing the paradox that arises from giving children equal rights as adults and education systems. Not really caring about any of this, I just shut all my thinking down and wrote out responses until I finished, 5 minutes before time was to be called. Since I was trapped in my place by students on either side of me, I just put the test into its "anonymous" booklet and twiddled my thumbs until time was called and everyone began to move forward to sign their names and turn in their booklets.
And so it was that I finished my first French exam.
The test was scheduled to begin at 14h00 but we all had to be there 30 minutes beforehand to have the extremely complicated system for rendering the test anonymous that seemed to me nothing more than a waste of paper. But if I have learned one thing here it is that the French love to keep their illusions so I decided not to begrudge the test proctors this and dutifully filled out and then sealed the portion of the cover sheet that contained my personal information.
The test itself - an hour and a half - passed quite quickly as I read an article about monoparental families and the dangers they can pose to both parents and children which was followed by a rather boring and complicated interview discussing the paradox that arises from giving children equal rights as adults and education systems. Not really caring about any of this, I just shut all my thinking down and wrote out responses until I finished, 5 minutes before time was to be called. Since I was trapped in my place by students on either side of me, I just put the test into its "anonymous" booklet and twiddled my thumbs until time was called and everyone began to move forward to sign their names and turn in their booklets.
And so it was that I finished my first French exam.
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