An Important Exam I Failed

An Important Exam I Failed

In the Spanish Education System, we spent spend four years in compulsory secondary school (Or perhaps more elegantly, "compulsory secondary education"). After that, we have two (optional) years more (the option of a further two years) at secondary school to prepare our university entrance exams: we call them "exámenes de Selectividad". Your university access mark is calculated from both your average in the last (final) secondary school years and from your marks in Selectividad.

I was 18 years old. I had the better best average anyone can have in secondary school when I did my Selectividad exam. I had been selected as the better best student in my high school. Supposedly, I was prepared to pass any exam I was going to do.

I had to do 8 exams in 3 days. I don't remember which one subject one begins with. I don't remember on what day was the mathematics exam was held, nor even if it was the first exam in the day. I only know that I felt very comfortable with the most of the exams apart from the language and English ones. I'm very self-tough. (I think you mean self-critical).

We did the exams in the Complutense University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). There were thousands of students there: all the students who had passed the last two years of every secondary school in Alcalá de Henares were there.

I had selected my options before I knew the Selectividad marks. I wanted to study (in order): medicine, physiotherapy or engineering.

I passed (nearly) all my exams. In the English exam I got a low mark but I passed it. In the language one I got a 10/10!! But in mathematics... I really failed: I got 0/10. It changed to 4/10 after I made a formal complaint I did. Anyway, I couldn't enter enroll in a university course for  either medicine neither or physiotherapy university.

Finally, after 6 years in Technical University I became a Computer Engineer. However, nowadays I work as a mathematics teacher in secondary school and I try hard to prepare hardly my students for their own university entrance exams.

Destiny or coincidence?? Who knows. I only hope my students will get enter to the university they want to of their choice.

Mercedes, it must have been a horrible shock to see your mark in maths. Perhaps you had some sort of blackout in the exam - or perhaps the examiner did? Your subsequent career shows that there is nothing wrong with your maths ability.

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An Important Exam I Failed

In the Spanish Education System, we spent   spend four years in compulsory secondary school. After that, we have two more   optional years  at the secondary school in order to   prepare for our university entrance exams. We call them the "exámenes de Selectividad". Your  The university access mark is calculated from both your  the average in the last secondary school years and from your the  marks in Selectividad.    

When I was 18 years old, I had the better average than anyone can could have in secondary school. When I did (or took)  my Selectividad exam, I had been selected as the better student in my high school. Supposedly, I was prepared to pass any exam that  I was going to do. take

I had to do to take  (Mer, I usually say take than do for an exam)     8 exams in 3 days and I don't remember which one subject begins with. came first. I don't remember what day Itook was the mathematics exam, even if it was the first exam in the day. I only know that I felt very comfortable with the most of the exams apart (or except) from for   language and English ones. I'm very self-tough.? 

We did took    the exams in the Complutense University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). There were thousands of students there and all students who had passed the last two year of every secondary school in Alcalá de Henares. were there.

I had selected my options before I knew the Selectividad marks. I wanted to study (in order): medicine, physiotherapy or engineering.

I passed all my exams. In English exam I got a low mark but I passed it. In language one I got a 10/10!! But in mathematics... I really failed: I got 0/10. It changed to 4/10 after I made  formal complaint I did. Anyway, I couldn't enter  enroll in medicine neither  or physiotherapy. university.

Finally, after 6 years in Technical University I became a Computer Engineer. However, nowadays I work as a mathematics teacher in secondary school and I try to prepare hardly my students to succeed for  in their university entrance exams.

Destiny or coincidence?? Who knows. I only hope my students will get to enter to the university they want to.

Espero que te ayude Mer. Tenia mi nieta en el regazo mientras hacia la coreccion. Buena historia, Estoy seguro que tus estudiantes salen bien por tu experiencias
Ten cuidado, No soy gramático.!!