memories old and new

I. there is a choice of using laptop on the local day of the exam to type in the essays, to qualify you should:

i. enter a lottery

ii. pay $70

iii. take a qualification test to test the computer

iv. down load the exam

v. arrive earlier than the hand writers in the exam, which is 7:30 in the morning. btw, the exam starts at 9:00.

(I followed all steps)

II. on july 24^th:

i. I arrived at 7:30 (how hard it is for me！)

ii. I waited in a line for more than 1 hour to check my bag (I wont take a bag with me if m hand writing my exam) and oh!! How sleepy I was!

iii. i went to the testing room without checking any bag (it is almost time to start the exam and the line was still huge, the administration people let us in with our bags)

iv. I followed the instruction to begin the exam, but:

a. the exam software didn't ask my seat number when it should

b. it kept begging me for a password, which the proctors insisted is "jacket"

c. I entered the password several times but it didn't work

v. I hurried to the IT support desk at the very front of the testing room, where there was already around 30 people anxiously waiting for their help

vi. I waited for about 15 minutes, and they:

     a. took note of my seat number

     b. asked me and everybody else to go back to our seats

     c. promised that they would come to us as soon as possible

     d. started the exam

vii. I finished the multiple choices and wrote the outlines of the three essays on scrap paper:

     a. I was under pressure since my computer was not working

     b. nobody ever came to me as they promised

viii. I raised my hand for help:

     a. at first no one noticed

     b. 5 minutes later a proctor spotted my hand

     c. he was really old and was not moving as fast as I wished him to

     d. he finally arrived and then left to ask for help for me

     e. an IT people came to me in 10 minutes

     f. he tried his best but the software still refused to recognize the password

     g. he went back to his group with my computer:

          (a). with the promise: "I'll be right back"

          (b). without instructing me that I should start hand writing my answers

ix. in 10 minutes he came back:

     a. I only had 45 minutes left to type my essays

     b. he said "you have to write your exam"

     c. he didn't say sorry

x. I didn't finish my essays in the morning session