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The Gaokao

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    This video: https://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/08/asia/china-gaokao-national-exams/
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  • How many students take the exam?
    9 million
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  • How long does the exam last?
    9 hours
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  • What does the exam determine?
    - Their future - What college they can go to.
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  • What is overwhelming?
    The temptation to cheat.
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  • Mention three things people do to cheat.
    1. College students paid to sit the exam.2. Glasses with scans and sent images. 3. Tank tops + transmitters 4. Wallet and water bottles complete with camera
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  • How are they fighting cheats this year?
    1. Officers stand guard 2. There are drones hovering high above the test halls. They are listening for suspicious chatter from wireless devices.
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  • What are the penalties if they are caught cheating?
    1. The students are barred from taking the exam in three years. 2. The parents, teachers or anyone else involved can face criminal charges.
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  • What happened in Eastern India earlier this year?
    Parents and friends scaled school walls to pass on answers. Hundreds (of students) were caught red-handed.
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  • What will happen to two million Chinese students?
    They won't get into any university at all.
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  • Say anything you understood from the video.
    :)
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  • What do those able to cheat on the Gaokao deserve?
    An A for creativity.
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