Today I had my first exam at Wollongong University. I'd revised hard, and felt reasonably prepared, but since the readers of this blog seem to revel in my misfortune, I thought I'd tell you a short story about a recent blunder.
In an exam at Sheffield Uni, you're allowed to sit wherever you want, as long as you have the right question paper in front of you. It's not quite like that over here. Little did I know, each person has a set place, which is listed outside of the exam room. Obviously no one told me, so I just sat in a random place (the question papers hadn't been distributed yet, so I just sat somewhere near some course mates).
A few minutes later, someone came to my desk and said "Excuse me, I think I'm supposed to be sat here?" ... I looked back at them, dazed and confused... "eh?" was my reply. Everyone (including course mates and other people I didn't know) looked at me and started giggling, and eventually Sian told me that you're supposed to sit in an allocated seat. To much embarrassment, I got up, span around a few times looking for an available seat, before heading for the door to look at the list, but before I got there my course mates were shouting "you're behind Ibby! You're behind Ibby!!" like a pantomime show.
As I headed towards my proper place, I felt the need to say very loudly "Sorry! I'm foreign!!" - at which point everyone laughed again and I started sweating profusely. After an unfortunate, but comical start to my first exam, everyone settled down and the exam started. An hour and a half later (and an hour and 45 minutes before the exam was due to end) I was lying on my balcony reflecting on how much of an idiot I am...
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