So let's say you have an exam coming up, and you're in one of the groups that will take this exam. Each group will have a different exam date, and your group will be the first to go.
In this group you will find two types of people. The first type will say "Good, we're the first, I'll get it over with quickly and I can move on." The second type will say "Shit, oh fuck shit no, why do WE have to be first, can't we do it later?"
Life is full of experiences which are not so desirable, but you'll know about them beforehand. An exam, a doctor's apppointment, a date with that girl your grandmother keeps telling you about, and so on. Now personally, I think time is the key, in which the sooner you're over it, the better. Others will prefer to prolong the time it takes for that Godforsaken day to arrive, and I really don't get why. The shit's going to happen whether you like it or not, so just let the doctor examine your ass and get it over with. There really is no advantage in extending the time length for D-day.
So you're the first to do the exam, with a few others. The others groups will have the comfort in learning how the exam was from you, but in the end, when they're doing the exam, you'd have already been in Hawaii for a week. You'll be thinking, "What exam? Oh that shit, that's long gone, I forgot I even did it!" and you know those motherfuckers are crying their asses off in the examination hall, cursing you for getting a full body massage while they're trying to figure out what the hell the answer to the Poission Distrubtion question is.
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Good entry!
it has nothing to do with prolonging d-day or anything of the like
it has to do with preparing better, read more books and have more time to memorise things.
I cannot follow your line of thought. What you're saying is that if they suddenly decided that the exams will start tomorrow, you won't be disadvantaged at all.
And you also have to consider the fact that some students have to work in order to afford their studies. I'm sure that they would LOVE having a couple of extra days in which they could study.
Jo first of all I'm not just talking about exams.
And NO of course I'm not saying that if they suddenly decided that the exams will start tomorrow, you won't be disadvantaged at all.
I'm saying for example like, you have an exam in 5 months and you know about it, and your friend has the same exam a week after. Now I didn't consider assignments and whatnot, I was being general after all, but remember my Graphical Design o-level? Yeah, it was pushed back 2 weeks after every other exam. I didn't benefit from that at all.
and again what about your maths intermediate exam. Tejdlix if it was pushed back a week you wouldnt have had time to look at more papers and practice more...
Red has a point, but Luke has a better one =D
It all depends on how confident you are on the subject. In fact those that usually get pissed off when they hear that their group's gonna take a test first are the ones that get 50-70+ in their test.
Those that know that they're gonna go well in the next exam just want to finish it as fast as possible.
But this was just for the 'test' case. Stuff like Doctor appointments and stuff are different.
You cannot compare the Graphical Design O-LEVEL exam with a University exam whose mark will determine whether you can read your Masters or not. Overall, if you are given an extra week, it's enough to read an extra book, earn an extra point of view, and possible earn extra marks.
Your problem is that you assume the most positive of positive cases without considering a worst case scenario. Last year I had twelve exams and five assignments, and I just didn't have time to study as much as I would have liked. An extra week would be enough to turn a D into a C or possibly a B.
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