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I do not quite understand why these "blue books" were feared by anyone? I took exams in school/university and sure, sometimes we were nervous and ill-prepared b
by halper 1y ago
I do not quite understand why these "blue books" were feared by anyone? I took exams in school/university and sure, sometimes we were nervous and ill-prepared but I do not think anyone feared paper. "Worst nightmare" seems rather hyperbolic.
- potato3732842 1y agoThe kind of people who go on to spend a life in journalism are mostly the same people who hated it when their final was to integrate 3/5 of the random integrals the professor put on the board.
- Delphiza 1y agoBecause there was no practical opportunity to put in the primary hyperbole - "Game Changing!"
- mingus88 1y agoThat’s a headline for you. Editors aren’t going to juice their click thru rates by talking about mundane essay format exams. That said, the essay format was much worse than any multiple choice standardized test.
- anigbrowl 1y agoI remember the pages being too small, the ruled lines being too large, and the general experience of using the dreaded booklets to be no fun. I am one of those people with deeply held opinions on what makes good stationery, this has never prevented me from writing on bad stationery.