JLPT

[desdemona03]

I took the JLPT this past Sunday morning/afternoon. It was very much a Japanese test... not only in content (duh, its a Japanese language test) but in style and execution

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[thehamoftruth]

So, for the LSAT that I just took this weekend, we were all supposed to wait in this huge empty lobby of a local law school here in Boston. There were about 100 of us just sitting there, quietly, all trying not to look at each other or psych ourselves out.

It said to be there no later than 8:30, I wanted to be there a 8:00, but was 20 minutes late. So I only sat around for about 10 minutes, but I might have actually been the last person that showed up.

Ugh. All I could think was that in the Midwest, we'd all be nervously making small talk with our neighbors, but here in Boston - where everyone hates each other - it was 100 people all there for the same reason, in a big, echo-y lobby, and it was DEAD. SILENT.

The LSAT is also timed so that you have less time than what you need. The idea is that you do logic problems while rushed. It's tough to ace.

But we had a proctor that timed us with a stopwatch and called out a 5 minute warning for each of the 6 sections.

NE cultural shock o.o;;

[desdemona03]

Now *my* sensiblities are reeling. No nervous chatter? How passionately people must hate each other in Boston to choose horrid awkward silence over a smile and a few chuckles. That's rather scary.

Is that just Boston or the whole New England?

[doulosxristou]

This post made me chuckle to myself, even though it must have been unbearably frustrating to live through. It would have made a great scene from a movie like "Lost in Translation".

[desdemona03]

Glad I could make you smile :D I recongized the ridiculousness of the situation during the test and had to hold in the laughter... otherwise I'm sure I would've been given a yellow card :-)