At least a dozen police officers were on the street outside of our school, monitoring everything and stopping traffic for the students who arrived at school to take the exam.
Photographers from local newspapers and cameras from the local television station were there snapping photos. One jouranlist interviewed me briefly, asking if I had ever seen anything like this before. Of course my answer was: "No. Never."
Here are my students holding up their banner (Apparently it says something along the lines of: "Blow that test away!") There were about 10 clusters of students from different schools.
These students were standing outside cheering from 5am-8:40am, when the test actually began. Most of the older students (3rd graders) who were taking the test arrived around 7am, but the girls were there early in order to get the best cheering position.
As the 3rd grade students arrived (the equivalent to American Seniors in high school), they gave them a cheer and some candy or coffee as they went in to take the exam.
The cheers were quite elaborate; some involved dancing and gymnastics. They were led by 3 or 4 older students, and the rest of the students were class leaders or involved in student government.
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