Differences

Just wanted to make an announcement about differences in writing an exam in Australia and Sweden.

Australia: students sit there at least 10 minutes prior the exam talking, sweating, asking each other questions and speed studying their notes one last time. They sit "packade som sillar", and I'm thinking is this really good?

Sweden: students enter the classroom, starting to put up all the energy in terms of fruits, sweets, coffee etc that could rise the performance. The atmosphere is often calm and quiet, maybe you can hear someone giggling. You sit so that you can't read what someone else wrote also called "tjuvläsning".

Australia: after 50 minutes you are not allowed to write anything more. There was 27 questions and 50 minutes..

Sweden: after 50 minutes you know how you'll plan your answers on the exam. You start to sip on your coffee and let your mind go crazy. You write and write and write. After one hour you refill the energy by something sweet and then continue writing. After 2 hours you have cramps in the hand so you need a break to shake it. You also need to go to the toilet a second time (the coffee is finished). Then you sit one more hour.