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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 39, Number 17, July 19, 1976.

Examining Exams

Examining Exams

Dear Sir,

Now that all the poor souls have sat their mid-year final exams, I feel it quite proper to draw everyone's attention to clause 5 of the rules for examinations, below the printed timetable. This clause states that the candidate must not, in any way, communicate with the examiner. Infringement of this clause (as with any other) will result in cancellation of the candidates script and/or exclude the candidate for 1 or more years.

Most people would agree that writing, like in this letter, is communicating. I therefore issue a direct challenge to the University Powers-that be to declare all exams present and past null and void because of direct violation of clause 5.

This will solve assessment problems, because the only alternative will be 100% in term assessment, unless oral examinations (to be taken once a year for 3 hours, or twice daily) are introduced.

The whole set up of examinations are both unfair to students and ludicrous in their unsubstantiated claims of proving 'brains'. Scrap the lot!

Yours faithfully,

60654 Me.