VietNamNet Bridge – When the exam season comes, university
students whisper in each other’s ears that an envelope with 500,000 dong inside
would be enough to buy 10 marks, while 400,000 dong would bring 8 marks
NTT, a third year student of a
school in Hanoi, decided to consult with an elder student who has “experiences”
in buying marks.
The student told T that she needs
to visit the lecturers some days just before the exam days and give the
lecturers “envelops.” The lecturers would consider the sums of money inside the
envelops to decide how many marks to give to T for her exam papers.
Not only T, but other students
have also been rushing to visit lecturers to seek “lifeboats” which can ensure
that they would pass the exams.
In fact, visiting lecturers at
their home and giving envelops is a popular thing students always do in the
exam season. The sale and buy of marks has become so popular that everyone
could know about the “market prices.”
The price levels prove to be
different for different schools, but the price gaps are not too big. Besides,
the prices would also depend on the importance of the learning subject, the
characteristics of lecturers.
Some days just before the exam
days, students would call lecturers, asking for the permission to visit the
lecturers at their homes and ask about some problems they still cannot
understand.
However, in fact, students do not
need extra lessons. They just try to take full advantage of the opportunity of
the meetings to “order” the marks they want with the lecturers.
In general, students have to
think carefully about how much they should pay to lecturers. They need 9 or 10
marks for some exam subjects, but they just need “pass” for others. Therefore,
the sums of money paid to lecturers are different.
“I heard that just 200,000 dong
would be enough to get 6 marks,” said NTT. “Meanwhile, I am not sure about
another subject. The lecturer last year received 300,000 dong for six marks.
But she has been criticized for receiving money from students. Therefore, I am
afraid that she would not receive envelops this year.”
T complained that she is always
short of money in the exam season, because she has “extra expenditure items.” T
has to warn her parents in the home village one month before the exam season,
so that their parents can arrange enough money for her.
Meanwhile, P, a fourth year
student, said simply that it would be better to visit lecturers and give
envelops, even though students have good learning capability.
“You’d better to play safe by
giving money to lecturers, or you would fail the exams even if you can do exam
questions well,” he said.
Many other students also think
this way. A fourth year student of the agriculture and forestry school said he
has to starve himself to have 500,000 dong to give to the lecturer.
“This is a very important subject,”
he explained. “If you fail the exam, you would have to learn it again, which
would cost you much more than 500,000 dong.”
He feels worried because he
doesn’t know if 500,000 is enough for the subject.
“A friend of mine said he gives
the lecturer 1 million dong,” he complained.
Meanwhile, some other students
submitted the blank exam papers and envelops with money inside, the information
about the names and classes, and the messages to exam paper markers that they
hope they could pass the exams.
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