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  • I’ve lived in UK, Iran, and Canada.

    Iranian school system is a lot less than accomodating. Yeah you can retake the university entrance exams after a year, but they’re a nightmare. 5hr exam, 1min per multiple choice question. Need the bathroom? You can go but you lose time.

    I don’t know what this would be called in English, but the questions, if answered incorrectly could lower your score by the equivelant of 1/3rd of a correct answer. Was better to leave it blank than make a mistake. Luckily I moved before I turned 18. If I had stayed until after I’d have to do 2 years of military service, and take the entrance exam.

    I did one year of highschool in Canada and didn’t really understand that I could ask for accomodations. Actually, I didn’t know dropping courses was an option. In Iran an individual question from Islamic studies had twice the weight of a question in biology. This particular exam was for biology related fields, medicine, pharmacology, dentistry etc…

    University in Canada gave me accomodations like being able to take a 10minute break, use a volunteer’s notes. Wasn’t really enough for me. No exam retaking that I can remember. Delaying them cause of sickness or urgent situation, yes.