Take exams, for instance, a particularly hot topic this week.
For years, he gave take-home exams for which students could use any reference materials they wished, but it became apparent that they did not actually internalize the material.
As well as lucky pants, some also use lucky pens, wear lucky jewellery or take charms into exams, the survey for a stationery company reports.
We in the UK have for the exams we take at 16 and 18 just such national ( and competing) exam boards.
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Those applying for British citizenship will take exams on various aspects of the UK and its society and ultimately attend a ceremony where they will swear an oath of allegiance.
Indeed, many students actually take AP tests in preparation for their IB exams.
But it follows long-standing complaints by the teachers that the computerized exams take up too much instructional time and force schools to close off computer labs for long stretches to administer the exams.
There are few firm consequences for students who don't take the exams, though in New York City, students could lose access to elite middle and high schools that use the exams in admissions decisions.
But to meet admissions standards for Ivy League schools, Luke had to take such a heavy load of courses, advanced-placement exams and extracurricular activities that he worked seven days a week for almost two years.
Students torn between watching England's first Euro 2000 match and doing last-minute revision for their exams were given official blessing to take the evening off.
Mr. D'Aloisio, who lives with his parents and younger brother near the southwest London suburb of Wimbledon, said he will stay at home for the time being and remain on a kind of sabbatical from King's College School while continuing to take some "exams outside of school" in order to prepare for eventual university enrollment.
The inquiry commission recommended the city take various steps to enhance future passenger safety, including requiring regular eye exams for captains, sufficient life-jacket provisions and better instructions for passengers on where to locate onboard life jackets.
The original plan had been for the first candidates to start courses in 2015 and take the new-look exams two years later, initially in three core subject areas - English, maths and sciences - with an extension later to history, geography and languages.
This happens when two exams - perhaps an A-level and an AS-level re-take - are timetabled for the same time.
The original plan had been for the first candidates to start EBC courses in 2015 and take the new-look exams two years later.
She has missed out on qualification for the World Championships taking place in China this month because she was ill for the first qualifying event and didn't take part in the second because of exams.
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