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Sep 16, 2018 at 1:18 history edited Alex CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 17, 2018 at 19:57 comment added Alex @Aurelius True. And my answer doesn't really address why the system is that way; it only establishes that that is the system, and the end of Goblet of Fire is not an anomaly.
Aug 17, 2018 at 19:54 comment added MrAureliusR Very very strange for us in North America. The term would end, we'd have 2-3 days off, and then 4-5 days of exams. When you finished your last exam, you were free for the summer. Finishing that final exam was always such a relief! The same is true at post-secondary level (at least at Colleges in Canada -- colleges here are very different from what the US and UK call "colleges" btw).
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Aug 17, 2018 at 13:49 history edited Alex CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 17, 2018 at 13:49 comment added Bernard the Bear It's not strange, it happens a lot in my country at least that the exams finish but the school year isn't over.
Aug 17, 2018 at 9:29 comment added Pam Just to add that (in Scotland at least) if a qualification takes more than 1 year to complete (i.e. old Standard Grades or, in this case, OWLS), it's quite normal to have yearly "exams" that do not coincide with the end of the school year. Final exams for the actual qualification are close to the end of the school year, but it's normal to have 3 weeks of "stepping up" sessions with a new timetable.
Aug 17, 2018 at 5:44 history answered Alex CC BY-SA 4.0