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Posted April 15, 2010
Guys, I failed at one of my finale exams. I know it's just a meaningles exam, but still I feel really down. It was finale exams in German and I specialised myself in Kafka. But lo and below, it didn't fucking came as a constitutive interpretation as all my teachers told me it would be one. I had to interpret some 3 pages long paragrath instead, but didn't finished with the last stint where I should compare it with some shitty book I hated with all my guts.
Tomorrow will be math, and I am terrible at that subject. I feel like bashing myself with a knife in my head because some sort of neverending guilt overcomes me.
Oh yeah, and this is a depression thread. I am sure some of you have one.
Posted April 15, 2010
holy shit my final exams are in three weeks :O!!
i'm on the brink of getting... i don't know what it's called in english, but it's when you have to take the exam in every subject, six or seven exams :O!!
p.s. what happens when you've failed your german exam? can you still graduate?
Post edited April 15, 2010 by Floydinizer
Posted April 15, 2010
I literally just finished marking a Science test paper I did a couple days ago; I got 26%...
I find it so difficult to keep information in my head. In a multiple choice paper I feel like I can remember this stuff and answer intelligently since you are somewhat more prompted.
Exams all going on in the next two weeks and two months...
I guess there are going to be many people on the forum taking exams in the following months.
I don't like the concept that an 1 1/2 - 2 hour exam will decide whether if you succeed in a subject in your career. It's flawed. Although thank god for coursework.
Post edited April 15, 2010 by Cryxo
Posted April 15, 2010
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Tantrix: *snip*

I'm guessing this at school and not university?
I actually failed one of my finals in my second year at university due to ongoing problems with a family member who was, at that time, committed to a mental institution due to major depression. All that happened as far as the exam was concerned, was the need to resit it during the holidays. Wasn't too bad, except for the 5 hour drive there and back.
Anyhow, any chance you can resit the exam?
Posted April 15, 2010
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Floydinizer: p.s. what happens when you've failed your german exam? can you still graduate?

Yes and no. Our rating system is made up of point skala to 15. If you have 15 points, you get an A++. If you have 0...well, you know what I am getting at.
Our finale exams get mixed with all the other exams and the behavior rating( attendance, participation etc.) and they make the finale grade. Technically if you finish the finale exams, you get automaticly graduated but iff you have a C- and less as main grade, you are considered as bad and can revisit your finale year. But you get graduated with your main grade as a scar on the university candidacy.
However, if one of your subjects has zero points,and may they be the most uninportant side subject, you fail your finale exams and are forced to revisit your finale year.
I want you to keep in mind that 15 years back, you could have a C in finale exams and study medicine. Now you need a B+ and above to get the possibility to study in Heidelberg or other stuck up colloges.
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bansama: Anyhow, any chance you can resit the exam?

Nope, unless you get sick, were shot at and so on DURING the finale exams. You can however save your finale exam by oral exam. IThankfully I got that covered up by winning a history competition and got either 12 or 15 points, I dunno what it was, but I got a good grade.
Post edited April 15, 2010 by Tantrix
Posted April 15, 2010
SERIOUSLY?! we use the 13 point skala. I think our system is very much like yours, the attendance, participation grade is pretty important here(unfortunately for me). I really want to study in germany, but i haven't got a clue about which university, thought about heidelberg(didnt't know it was stuck up) just because it's a beautiful place.
But i'm not thinking about medicine, and don't want a fancy or stuck up university.. actually i haven't desided what subject i want to study, so it might be an open field yet(depending on how the exams go next month) :p
Posted April 15, 2010
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Floydinizer: actually i haven't desided what subject i want to study, so it might be an open field yet(depending on how the exams go next month) :p

If you want to study jura, you can do in Karlsruhe, where Germany's constitutional court lives and saves our asses more than once. If you want to study physics and mechanics, I was told Munch is a good place. And well, Karlsruhe again, because it's the "oh so great technological centre".
Btw, I live in Karlsruhe.
If you want to study humanities and liberal arts, Freiburg is a good place. I think I'll study there.
I'll come back with more details, I have to ask some of my pals around.
Post edited April 15, 2010 by Tantrix
Posted April 15, 2010
when i started this three year pre-university course, i thought i wanted to biology(botany actually), the second year i chose chemistry as a major, but now in the third year i've had philosophy as a minor(or wathever you call it?!) subject, and i'm seriously thinking about studying literature...
but i'm going to spend one year just working and reading the books i haven't had time to read, so i've got some time to think about it.. there's just so many interesting things to study :/
Posted April 15, 2010
What, my bitch about life in general thread isn't good enough anymore?
That exam thing really does suck though, I've always thought that exams are a fundamentally flawed method of assessing knowledge. They favour people with good memories but half the people I know who can pass exams with no trouble have absolutely no clue how to USE the information they have stored. I'd not be surprised to find this being the direct cause of the massive mismanagement and incompetence you see in organisations.
I know people who got higher marks in the cisco exams than I did but they couldn't find a route out of a paper bag with a hole in the bottom
Ever had an exam where there was literally more writing than available time? I had a 3 hour exam for project management once and I think if I'd had 3 and a half hours (and my hand hadn't ceased functioning halfway through), I might have managed to finish all the questions. I write pretty damn fast, whoever set that exam had some serious problems with estimating the duration of a task (rather ironically since its a major component of project management). The real killer is that they clearly didn't factor in thinking time either so if you'd gone into the exam knowing the answers in advance you could have managed to write down MOST of them. Great work there...
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Floydinizer: i'm on the brink of getting... i don't know what it's called in english, but it's when you have to take the exam in every subject, six or seven exams :O!!

I think the english term you're searching for is "fucking crazy!!!"
Posted April 15, 2010
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Aliasalpha: I think the english term you're searching for is "fucking crazy!!!"

yeah, well the school office hasn't decided yet, so i might get of the hook :D I wouldn't want to attend all those exams, because i just know there's going to be lots of crying when people get their grades... either crying or hysterical jumping-up-and-down-while-screaming...
Posted April 15, 2010
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Aliasalpha: That exam thing really does suck though, I've always thought that exams are a fundamentally flawed method of assessing knowledge. They favour people with good memories but half the people I know who can pass exams with no trouble have absolutely no clue how to USE the information they have stored. I'd not be surprised to find this being the direct cause of the massive mismanagement and incompetence you see in organisations.

I have to agree: the whole rating system is flawed. Typical case of power-learning: 2 days prior you sit through all the stuff non-stop, just to pass the exam. I had my semester exams one month ago and quite frankly I only remember like 10% of the subjects we had last semester.
The amount of things they're stuffing intto you is just.. overwhelming.
Posted April 15, 2010
For some reason i always found exams very easy and have gotten good marks despite doing the least amount of work and being absent at least 1/4 of the time.
Posted April 15, 2010
I am so glad to be done with school ;-)
Posted April 15, 2010
Don't be depressed by failing exams it is normal. I have failed many in my college and everything turned out just fine. Collecting garbage is a great job once you get used to stink... and you even get 15% bonus for doing night shifts...cool!
Posted April 15, 2010
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Aliasalpha: What, my bitch about life in general thread isn't good enough anymore?
That exam thing really does suck though, I've always thought that exams are a fundamentally flawed method of assessing knowledge. They favour people with good memories but half the people I know who can pass exams with no trouble have absolutely no clue how to USE the information they have stored. I'd not be surprised to find this being the direct cause of the massive mismanagement and incompetence you see in organisations.
I know people who got higher marks in the cisco exams than I did but they couldn't find a route out of a paper bag with a hole in the bottom
Ever had an exam where there was literally more writing than available time? I had a 3 hour exam for project management once and I think if I'd had 3 and a half hours (and my hand hadn't ceased functioning halfway through), I might have managed to finish all the questions. I write pretty damn fast, whoever set that exam had some serious problems with estimating the duration of a task (rather ironically since its a major component of project management). The real killer is that they clearly didn't factor in thinking time either so if you'd gone into the exam knowing the answers in advance you could have managed to write down MOST of them. Great work there...
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Floydinizer: i'm on the brink of getting... i don't know what it's called in english, but it's when you have to take the exam in every subject, six or seven exams :O!!

I think the english term you're searching for is "fucking crazy!!!"

The problem is, the courses don't teach you anything you are actually going to use. 10% of the material you are ultimately going to use again, the other ninety is just there to take up time. If they just taught what you are going to need and not fluff up the class, it would be better.
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