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the exams are pretty uncool.
i got an 8 at programming, for a really stupid mistake. and i treat
that as an insult, because last year i had exactly the same thing at
the first exam.. there is this weird type of problems - you are given
the code of a program and you're supposed to say what will appear on
the screen.. it is practically impossible to solve those without
commiting a stupid error. because when a hi-tech programmer is up to
something, he does it AT the computer and not on a piece of paper. so
he can focus on his algorithm and not play with useless questions like
that :-)
the other exam - Teoria sistemelor - i got a 7, and that was a real
shock. i expected it to be much better.. well, at least now i know
that this teacher is one of those who needs a "straight to the point"
answer without intros and outros. and this is pretty not fair because
other teachers want a full answer. do i have to screw up an exam in
order to find out what kind of teacher im dealing with?
and the last thing is that those who just COPY THINGS FROM THE
COPYBOOK perform a lot better because they just download the
highlighted definitions and thats it.

we had another test, not only that it was an another one :) but it
was also an another type :) an another? or is it just anotheR?

anyway, that teacher who studied in the USA, does things different. he
gave us 12 tasks. we were supposed to eliminate 3 of them and solve
the ones we want. 5 of them were true\false questions, and we had to
argument the choice. none of us expected that.. before the exam,
the whole group gathered in an empty class we could find, and we drew
things on the blackboard and debated this and that. it was really cool
:) so in the end we improved our skills.. but at the test we saw that
he gives us a different type of questions.. his goal is not to make
us solve a complicated exercise.. he said we can use our calculators,
lecture notes, etc.. his tasks are built in such a way that they
estimate your level of understanding. in other words, you must
understand what to substitute in a formula, and which formula to
use..etc. i think thats cool, but like i said, nobody expected
that.. all our lives we were given a couple of fucken fucked up
exercises one had to solve from A to Z.. and here things were
different.. i guess each of us wasted a lot of time on deciding which
3 exercises to kick out :-)
the teacher said he saw that most of us didnt perform well.. and he
said that he can ignore the results of this test and give us a more
complicated exam in winter if the results are totally unsatisfacatory.

you know, i think i wrote it pretty well. i did read a lot of stuff
for it, and i did a lot of independend work at home.. but hey - i did
the same at teoria sistemelor and at programming.. so now nothing can
surprise me.

damn, why are things the way they are?