Exams

In Ireland we get a revision week, then two weeks for finals. I has heard from others who studied abroad and specifically in Ireland that the students here dont take their grades as seriosuly. Its true no one cares about GPA, they just want to pass the course but take it seriously for sure, and I almost feel like they know more about their subjects. Granted I'm in ag and all of them are from farms, but thast no different from Purdue. I find the system harder, I have one multiple choice test and thats in math. I took my European Agriculture and Environment Policy test yesterday, I was allowed to bring in any notes, printed articles or books with me and had a good idea of the subject I'd be writing about. After two hours, I had two solid pages I was pretty happy with until I talked with peers and found that each of them wrote atleast 6 pages. "But I fluffed a lot." I hope you fluffed four pages. And the prof said its quality over quantity but four pages short, I missed something big for sure. My next Ag class final is worth 100 percent of my grade.

I feel like at home I can study hard core the day before, go into the multiple choice test, choose the best answer and come out with a decent grade, generally above average. But its just not the same, I feel like here, you have to KNOW your topic. Its not choose the best answer, its heres a subject, not only do you have to tell me about it, but have an opinion, come to a conclusion and dont forget to cite everything!