Graduates after math test feel overwhelmed: they talk about panic, they don’t expect such tasks

Delfi’s team visited the Vilnius Vasilijus Kačialovas gym, where today some Lithuanian students took this exam.

“Probably for those who know mathematics better, this exam should have been less difficult, but it was not very easy for me. Anyway, of course, it was not that the tasks were very bad, compared to the Lithuanian language exam, I really felt better. Perhaps the most difficult part of this exam was because an explanation from that living teacher was simply missing, and with other things it was normal because you could prepare more independently, “said the graduate.

A couple of graduates who left a little later said they hope to earn at least 10 points to successfully pass the exam. The boys mentioned that they had to leave a lot of empty spaces next to the unsolved exam tasks.

“The exam was not more difficult compared to last year, but it is definitely not too easy.” “I might not be too worried myself, because I want to go to the army after school, and I kept it because I wanted to get a certificate of maturity,” said one of them.

Another graduate said that after this school year, he wants to rest for a year, work, and then perhaps go to serve as well.

“Yes, I left many of those vacancies and left earlier, but what to sit there if you still don’t know how to deal with? I hope to score at least the minimum number of points, it will be as it will be.”

Those who did better in math at school were not willing to curse this year’s test and recalled that last year’s math make-up test had been more difficult. Grad Luke said he was preparing to study programming, so the subject of mathematics was not a problem for him at school.

“Yes, I admit, I have always been good at math at school. The last assignments were perhaps more difficult on this exam, I had to leave blank spaces on the sheet,” he said.

However, during the examination, there were also those who suffered a panic attack. One girl said that, compared to other tests last week, this one psychologically crushed her. But he doesn’t plan to go anywhere at the end of the school year, so if he doesn’t succeed, he could try to pick up next year, and now he’s still struggling to recover. Another student who graduated from the exam said that she did not want to speak either because the exam tasks were difficult and the negative emotions had not yet subsided.

A graduate who wanted to study psychology was also not satisfied with the knowledge he showed. “I needed math, I was more prepared for other tasks, and we had to solve a lot of geometry problems, I’m afraid I could have set foot.”

The exam session started later than usual.

The main session state maturity exams began in 2020. June 22 and runs through July 21.
The repetition exams will take place from July 22. until the 4th of August.

The results of the main session state maturity tests will be announced before August 5.

For the majority of students who passed the state enrollment tests, schools could begin offering certificates of maturity on August 7.

The results of the appeals and the new session will be announced before August 17.

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