O.W.L. exams

[sbursztynski]

No: HPFGUIDX 84267

> 
> In my experience here in the U.S., after an examination of such 
great
> importance, we students would have to turn in the questions as well 
as
> our answers.    Why wasn't this the case with the above O.W.L.
> examination?   Wouldn't anyone be concerned that students such as 
Fred
> and George Weasley, for example, would sell their exam questions to
> students of the following years?   Or are the questions asked each
> year so wildly different from each other that there is no 
possibility
> that last year's questions would help?
> 
> (Not that *I* would ever cheat on an O.W.L.!)
> ---Kimberley
> from Texas

Sue B:

I don't know about British exams, but here in Victoria, Australia, we 
have the VCE exams (Victorian Certificate of Education) and not only 
can you keep your exam paper, but copies of previous years' papers 
are available on the Internet, complete with answers, to enable you 
to practise. Of course,  Hogwarts staff are not too lazy to change 
the papers every year. Even young witches and wizards are children 
and if they could cheat they probably would, just like any other 
kids! ;-) In a family the size of the Weasleys', older brothers and 
sisters would certainly tell younger siblings, even if they didn't 
have the papers.