It's examination time once again. Here in Cambodia they have a funny saying:
An exams without a cheatsheet is like a city without electricity.
ការប្រលងអត់មានព្រីយ៉ុងដូចទីក្រុងអត់មានអគ្គីសនី
If we analyze this closely it could be because there never is any attention paid to high or low grades attained by a student. You're no 1? so what? you don't get a scholarship or medal like in other countries... you're just like the rest. You're 2nd to the last? it's ok, you still pass, just like the rest. If then there is no need to compete, then the saying above would be most useful.
So do they have exams jitters? Problem is that here in Don Bosco even if they go only for a certificate course, the teachers really guard them tightly to make sure they can't use their cheatsheets. At least it's an attempt to break the cycle of academic indifference.
In the real world, exams results count. And at the end of one's life, one asks himself, did I really do well in this world? It's also a pass or fail thing, isn't it?