Wednesday – Exam Day

Have you ever noticed that it doesn't matter how you say it, or how you phrase it, people still get nervous about exams. Although you might not think so, I get a little anxious about them as well. Never before, but since a near miss with not being about to attain the preferred score
in my paramedic exams, I do feel more anxious than before.
(By the way, that phrase was politically correct speak used in some of my previous jobs – Not in evidence here in Western Australia) Over here if you don't get enough points – you've FAILED – and there is no two ways about it. That the way that I prefer it.

It was hard to get up this morning, after a long night of not much sleep. I'm managed to get used to all the hot weather all the time, except for when I am trying to sleep. I can see why people who can only afford one air conditioner have it in their bedroom.

Anyway, off I went to training school – my shirt was ironed from a few days ago, and that made the morning's ablutions a lot quicker, and I was out the house by about 7. (I am going to have to get up later in future). Just the same as the South Coast Road, there was no traffic on the highway, until about 0730 when everyone goes to work, and the motorway comes to a standstill.

I can't really say much about the exam (Thank goodness – I hear you say) except when I finished, I was glad that I had studied more than what was suggested during class. As usual, no results back by the end of the day. Oh well, the pass mark for the paper was only 65%, and I think spelling your name correctly was worth 50% (On joking, but there were a lot of giveaway points available).

After the exam there was another set of practical tests again. They don't pose my any problems, as I've had chance to sharpen my skills up to where they should be. I think that might be the reason for so many practical assessments.

For the record lots of breaks as well (As is come to be expected), and because the class was so small, we were done about 2 in the afternoon. Great!

One of the instructors invited a couple of us round to his house in the evening. Not many people there, but we used his pool, and had a good old laugh and a joke. It was great to let the nervous tension of the exam day go. He did give me the nod and the wink that my marks for my paper were pretty good. All that worry for nothing.