Today, the majority of Dutch secondary school students will receive their final exam results. In the smartphone era, that often looks different than the call to the house phone. NUjij spoke to three students: how do they get the results? And do they get up with raging nerves or do they manage to endure the wait calmly?
‘Failed receive a personal visit’
Hannelore (sixteen years old, secondary school): “At our school, students who have failed are visited by their personal coach and the class coach between 9.30 and 12.30. They then tell you why you failed and what you can still do to improve. If you do pass immediately, you will be called by your own coach between 12:30 and 1:00 pm.”
“I think it’s a good system, but getting up early and waiting for someone to come to the door is nerve-wracking. I think it’s nice that you get a personal visit for the failed students.”
“On the day itself, I try to sleep as long as possible. I also stick to my daily rituals: first drinking a cup of coffee with my mother and grandmother, and then a game of worse-your-nots with grandmother. Or I just go see a movie. Just don’t think about anything until the phone rings.”
“I assume that I have passed. I’m going to celebrate it big. The flag goes out of course, and we’re going to have a barbecue that same day. There will be cake on Wednesday, there will be cake on Friday and there will be cake on Sunday. .”
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“I like that you get a call anyway”
Sahíyena (seventeen years old, havo): “Wednesday we get a call around 1 p.m. Everyone gets a call, whether you passed or not. Then everyone comes to school at 3 p.m. We discuss the results there. If you want to resit something , you can indicate that at that time, even if you have passed.”
“I like the fact that everyone gets a call. For example, a colleague of mine only receives a message if she has failed. So you sit there all the time nervously looking at your phone, and with every small message you think: oh am I getting a call? I’d rather not have that, so I think it’s nice that you get a call anyway. That’s a lot less stressful.”
“I will be very nervous that day, but I will try to keep my normal routine. First I have to work. It is distracting. Then I go home and look nervously at my phone for the rest of the day. If I pass I’m going to celebrate with my whole family in New York, along with a cousin who hopefully also passed.”
‘Detached way of announcing the results’
Laila (seventeen years old, 5 havo): “My mentor puts our exam results online. I don’t know exactly what that looks like. But it is probably a list with the names of all students in our class, followed by the results of their exams. “
“Personally, I think this is a very distant and non-social way of announcing the results of the exam. I think it is more appropriate for the mentor to communicate the results of the exam by telephone.”
“After all, we as students have toiled and fought all year to prepare ourselves well for the exam, with our mentor being our point of contact when there were problems. Then it is logical to expect that your mentor will also inform you personally by telephone about the results of your exams, and not online.”
“Fortunately, the nerves are not too bad, I think I passed. If so, I will celebrate with my grandmother, brother and sister-in-law.”
2023-06-14 03:01:47
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