These students of mine were doing their mid-term test. They look very serious, do they?
Written tests or exams are a common educational practice today, but it has not always been so. The first written tests known in history were conducted by the Chinese in the 6th century CE. In the West (read: Europe) tests used to be given orally and were conducted in Latin. According to historical records, the first written exams in Europe were conducted at Cambridge University, England, in 1792 (that's only slightly more than two hundred years ago).
I took this photo with my 2 megapixel camera phone, Nokia 5320 ExpressMusic, which I just bought about two weeks ago. I desatured the colors a bit in my image editor program, so the colors you see in this photo are not the original colors captured by the camera.
Oh Yes,hopefully they come out with correct answers.
ReplyDeleteI think they are sitting way too close to each other. I remember back in school, our seats were arranged a few feet apart from each other :) Cheating must not be a concern where you teach.
ReplyDeleteGreat snap.
I hated taking exams when I was in school! What do you teach? i like the desaturated affect!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that I didn't have to take any exams in latin. GG. They do look very serious. It is difficult to make a good exam that really tests what you want it to and I am sure you do that Eki. Thank you for your kind comments on my blog.
ReplyDeletethey do look serious!
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I like the chairs.
what do you teach in that class, sir?
ReplyDeletethey look so serious.
nice shot, sir
I loved exams week. And it's not because I knew all the answers.
ReplyDeleteThey are close togehter and they are very studious looking. It takes me back many years veiwing this scene.
ReplyDeleteExcellent information about written exams. Amazing chinese have them in the 6th century!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with photo cache, in our university our seats & tables are also arranged a few feet apart. ;)
ReplyDeleteOur exams can get really stressful because 500+ students in one hall taking Mathematics is a killer! The atmosphere is intense. We have invigilators constantly walking around to supervise us. Sometimes I think their supposedly level of 'security' is over the top but understandably with 500+ students in a hall, things can get bad. :P
This is really interesting history about testing. A written test is bad enough, but
ReplyDeleteI would hate to do an oral exam.
Great picture with your new gadget. Enjoy it!
I am glad I am done with the exam years :)
ReplyDeleteFunny, to note that your students are entirely concentrated, they didn't pay attention to you.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you teach as professor, if it isn't indiscreet?
Remind me of my exam years
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