SOME IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT ALL MID TERM TESTS & EXAMINATION WHICH I GIVE.
This document may perhaps seem unfriendly. But its purpose is, davka, to
be very friendly about things that really matter: to ensure that every
student will get the recognition that she or he really deserves for his
or her knowledge and achievements, and that your future employers will
be able to be confident that a student with a good grade from the
Technion really is a good student.
The time given for my tests/examinations may be different for different
subjects. Usually it either 90 minutes or three hours. If it is more
than 90 minutes then it will be broken into separate parts, each lasting
no longer than 90 minutes.
During each 90 minute session NO STUDENT IS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE
EXAMINATION ROOM.
(If you have some special problem, e.g. a medical problem, which means
that you may perhaps be unable to stay in the room for 90 minutes, then
you should tell me about it, and provide appropriate documentation, at
least SEVEN DAYS before the date of the bachan or exam, so we can
attempt to find some special solution for you.)
Unless explicitly stated otherwise in advance, all my tests/examinations
are WITHOUT "khomer ezer". This means also WITHOUT calculators and
cellphones, which should be packed away inaccessibly in your bag and
should definitely NOT be on your person. And please SWITCH OFF your
cellphone. There have been cases where some student forgot to switch off
and his phone rang or beeped again and again because its battery was low.
This disturbed everyone, and all the other students were VERY ANGRY with
that student!
(Occasionally in SOME examinations or midterm tests for some subjects I
provide a standard list of formulae on a separate page (which you will
be asked to return). In those cases where this is done, this will be
announced well in advance, and the list of formulae will be published
in advance on my website.)
BHATZLAKHA!!!
Michael Cwikel
p.s. Of course I did not personally invent these things. As you
probably realize, quite a number of other Technion teachers follow
similar procedures.