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Martin wrote:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:12:36 +0200,
(Stanislas de Kertanguy) wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote:

Stanislas de Kertanguy writes:

You'll certainly find it very French, very odd or je-ne-sais-quoi, but
arriving late at some French public exams and most of written
competitive exams (such as the CAPES), arriving after the opening of the
subject enveloppes them is arriving for nothing. You won't be allowed
in, and you will be failed.

That's why some candidates book a hotel within walking distance of the
place of examination.

Maybe they'd be better off going to school in a different country, one
that isn't still in the dark ages.

I fail to see how demanding that candidates to an exam be exactly on
time, and denying those who are late, is "being in the dark ages".

It's a matter of equality of treatment.

It's a matter of ensuring that a candidate leaving early doesn't pass
the questions to one arriving late.

Exactly.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Stanislas de Kertanguy writes:

??? Are you joking, or can't you really see why it is obvious that the
subject of an exam must remain secret until the official beginning hour?

Every exam I've seen has questions on a subject that is well known and
corresponds to whatever class the exam is for.

Oh, bloody hell, you know very well what I meant by "subject", that is
the translation of French "sujet".

Since you speak French, couldn't you make the link?


So let's be back to your comments: how exactly are the French exams
archaic?
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Mxsmanic wrote:

Maybe they'd be better off going to school in a different country, one
that isn't still in the dark ages.

Perhaps, but think of what they'd miss. For example, when I was at
university in the US there was a maths course (18.305) that all the US
students found horribly difficult and all the French students coped
with without sweat having had a much better education in maths back
home.

G;

Stanislas de Kertanguy a =E9crit :

Mxsmanic wrote:

Stanislas de Kertanguy writes:

??? Are you joking, or can't you really see why it is obvious that the
subject of an exam must remain secret until the official beginning ho=
ur?

Every exam I've seen has questions on a subject that is well known and
corresponds to whatever class the exam is for.

Oh, bloody hell, you know very well what I meant by "subject", that is
the translation of French "sujet".

Since you speak French, couldn't you make the link?

Of course he did - he's just being deliberately abusive.

G;

Martin wrote:

It's a matter of ensuring that a candidate leaving early doesn't pass
the questions to one arriving late.

Exactly.

and anybody who ever took an exam knows that. It makes you think
doesn't it?

Maybe he took avantgarde exams, in a university that was 20 years ahead?

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Martin writes:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:51:24 +0200,
(Stanislas de Kertanguy) wrote:

Martin wrote:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:12:36 +0200,
(Stanislas de Kertanguy) wrote:

I fail to see how demanding that candidates to an exam be exactly on
time, and denying those who are late, is "being in the dark ages".

It's a matter of equality of treatment.

It's a matter of ensuring that a candidate leaving early doesn't pass
the questions to one arriving late.

Exactly.

and anybody who ever took an exam knows that. It makes you think
doesn't it?

I took a bunch of exams at Southampton University, and the rules were
that you couldn't leave in the first fifteen (15) minutes, precisely
to allow (not necessarily Mixoid) stragglers to get there.

Des

wrote:

Of course he did - he's just being deliberately abusive.

And it's behavior like this which voids Mixi's claim that he's shy. Shy
people don't draw attention to themselves the way Mixi does.

Karen Selwyn

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:35:54 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:27:04 +0100, DDT Filled Mormons
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:19:09 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

DDT Filled Mormons writes:

Now THAT is an admission if ever there was one.

An admission of what?

Your shyness clouding your ability to reason.

Did I strike a nerve, Mixi?

No.

Then why did you reply with a statement that could only be intended to
divert attention from what you said?

because he manipulates you, without you realising.

My replies, without a doubt.
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Mxsmanic wrote:

I've seen a lot of people in HR get laid off or outsourced.

How many is "a lot of people?"
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Mxsmanic wrote:

They are uncorrelated.

What are uncorrelated?
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