Luca Elle Review of Devergè M. & M. di Torino
Exam for Prefit II
Exam for Prefit II
Psychology of the affective and relational aspects of the management of the class group.
26 May 2018
Arrival at the parking at 7.45. Arrival in front of room 32 for identification at 7.55 am. Dozens of people wait in front of a desk with a box with the word PREFIT II on it; an assistant speaks without a microphone to a non-silent audience.
After 8.10 the identifications begin, late. The methods of identification are explained, "hoping" that everyone hears.
We are identified and there are 100 of us in the classroom at 9.20 (one hour and 10 minutes to identify 100 people or a little less).
4 people had problems with the registration, so you have to keep waiting.
At 9.30 the assistants begin the explanation of the examination procedures.
Only at this moment is it said: "you can only hand in the tests at the end of the 60 minutes". So in case someone finished the test in 30 minutes they would have to wait 30 minutes looking into space.
This communication has not perhaps caused any inconvenience to those who have had registration problems, but to those who have behaved according to the rules, registering on time and arriving on time, yes. Since the exam started at 9.40 and I, having parked at 7.45, paid for a parking meter until 10.37 (2 hours and 52 minutes), ending the exam at 10.40, I could have been fined because of the parking area.
After finishing my test, I think about these topics and I realize my parking delay.
I go to the assistant and report the matter. She says I MUST drop out if I want to get out of the classroom. I MUST sign the withdrawal. I would not like to sign a retreat since I took the exam, but I have to sign, otherwise I can't go away. They can't return my phone to me if I don't sign the pickup. For me it is a signature extorted, but I am not a jurist, maybe I am wrong.
While I sign, the assistant smilingly tells me "I would have risked a fine in his place". I believe that in an educational environment such as the university one it is not a good idea to recommend a bad civic attitude. But maybe I'm wrong.
So I communicate that I will make a complaint. I am then invited to speak with the two teachers. I would like to speak with them outside the classroom so as not to disturb colleagues, but they prefer to speak in the classroom.
I begin to explain my reasons, but after a short time they interrupt me and, urging me to raise their voice, they say that in class they had communicated the possibility of such inconveniences. I try to explain that I am not attending, that I have the right to receive information of this type in another way, but they do not care.
Once I understand that the teachers of the psychology exam "of the affective and relational aspects of managing the class group" have no intention of LISTEN, I say "I would like to leave"; they answer almost in unison "Here, go!".
I think an exam for 100 people could have been better organized. Because even though the course was for 1000 people, it was divided into classes of 100. And for every 100 people there were 3 assistants. (I can be wrong with these numbers, I do not know the organization of the other classes but I suppose ours was not privileged since it was one of the last to start the exam).
I have taken more than 30 written exams at the University of Turin and I have never found myself in organizational conditions of this type.
My advice is to review these processes.
I admit that I could be wrong, and that perhaps the organization of this exam was impeccable. Maybe I'm the one who should have paid a 12-hour parking meter. Perhaps online communication is overrated and you should go back to paper.
I apologize for the outburst and wish you a good day.
Luca
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