Good idea turned bad
BYU has an interesting department called the testing center. The idea behind the testing center is to provide a large building with proctors to administer exams for the university courses. This enables instructors to have their exams administered by the testing center thus allowing them to teach during a class where they would normally be giving an exam. It’s also nice for students because an exam at the testing center is usually administered over a few days and since its open from 10am to 10pm it provides schedule flexibility to take an exam.
All this is great but it has it’s dark side. If we didn’t have the testing center the instructors would have to administer their midterms during an hour they have for class. However, teachers who use the testing center tend to make their exams significantly longer than 1 hour. This is because there’s no set time limit in the testing center. I’ve honestly taken exams that I’ve spent over 3 hours working on. I think this is an abuse of the system. I’d much rather take a test in class for an hour then spend 3 hours sitting in the testing center. The testing center is truly a place I’ve grown to hate.