The 'Maturità'' school-leaving
exams, a rite of passage for every Italian generation, started
on Wednesday with some 500,000 young people sitting the first
exam, on Italian language.
A piece by Giorgio Caproni was chosen for the text analysis
section, while the ideal of nature and threats to it was the
subject of an essay.
Other topics on the paper included disasters and
reconstruction; and robotics and new technologies in the
workplace.
As many as 70% of the 'maturandi' had a sleepless night
before the exam, Skuola.net said in a survey Tuesday.
The drill will be a tough one for this year's half million
candidates.
The second written test will take place Thursday, with
different subjects for different schools.
On June 26, after a weekend drawing breath, there will be the
infamous 'big quiz'.
The fourth written test will be on June 27, followed by the
nerve-racking oral tests.
The maturita' is a test of nerve that may be painful at the
time but is mostly fondly remembered, at least by those who cope
despite their jitters.
It has been celebrated in literature and film, most notably
the 2006 teen comedy Notte Prima Degli Esami (Night Before The
Exams), set in 1989, written and directed by Fausto Brizzi, and
starring Nicolas Vaporidis in a starmaking role, Cristiana
Capotondi and Girogio Faletti.
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