I hope I never have to repeat the past six days...  Have you ever heard of an "exam", where you actually still need to search through the help index of that particular computer program, because the exam paper asks you to "explore" some new technique you have never done before never mind ever heard of before??? And that after staring at a computer screen for hours on end!!!  Okay, maybe I'm a bit harsh, but really, I do not think I have sworn so much in ten years as i have in the past week. 

My problem is I cannot deal with something that is not in some way orderly...  I have learned a lot about IDRISI I have to admit, but I protest against the way I had to gain this knowledge!  An exam... for goodness sake, I think there are better ways. (here are some dictionary entries on "exam": to test someone's knowledge or skill in a particular subject OR a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)

Can it be called an exam if one actually still needs to gain that knowledge through browsing through the help section or surf the net... and that is not because you did not try and prepare for this exam!  We actually had to work through a tutorial in our own time as preparation for this so called exam... with no prior knowledge of what the hell remote sensing is in the first place.  For me to understand what I am doing I need a lot more background information than what I gained from doing the tutorial...

Anyway, I have vented my anger and will move on.