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yanogator
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Note, Douglas, that it said "UK or archaic", which seems to indicate that it is archaic except in the UK. In the US, "proctor" isn �t necessarily formal, except for the fact that the entire process is rather formal. I, too, had never heard of "invigilate", and I don �t think it was ever common in the US (except, maybe in colonial times). Bruce |
17 Jun 2013
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Doot
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Well I haven �t heard of the term "proctor" but I certainly have been asked to invigilate my share of exams in Canada. Supervise exams in also used.
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17 Jun 2013
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douglas
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>>Bruce I caught the "or"
For the US it �s one of those "old world" terms--I guess it �s kind of like the word "groovy" is for one of our kids these days.  |
18 Jun 2013
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Jayho
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I don �t get it - why is it labelled as �archaic except for UK � when it is used in the land downunder and Canada too it seems
That site defines archaic as:
archaic
No longer in general use, but still found in some contemporary texts (such as Bible translations) and generally understood (but rarely used) by educated people. For example, thee and thou are archaic pronouns, having been completely superseded by you. Archaic is a stronger term than dated, but not as strong as obsolete. |
18 Jun 2013
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MarionG
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LOL, I work in an alternative school where we don �t have exams at all anymore, the idea is personalized evaluation (an exam evaluates a student as compared to others) sooo
can I say that as far as our school is concerned the words supervisor, invigilator, proctor and even the word exam is "archaic"  |
18 Jun 2013
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cunliffe
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I know a guy called Pip Proctor. It �s a lovely name, but don �t think I can feel the same now that I know what a proctor is! |
18 Jun 2013
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