In latin America they have the same mentality, and this was done during the 90s and early noughties, gen I studied. If the answer deviated a single word from the book they told you to study, or the paragraph you are supposed to quote, you would get it wrong and score less in the test. So, you had to parrot word for word. I hated that with a passion. I had massive issues learning how to study AGAIN when I moved to the UK, as the tests required one to think(college level), whereas I learnt how to parrot :/
In latin America they have the same mentality, and this was done during the 90s and early noughties, gen I studied. If the answer deviated a single word from the book they told you to study, or the paragraph you are supposed to quote, you would get it wrong and score less in the test. So, you had to parrot word for word. I hated that with a passion. I had massive issues learning how to study AGAIN when I moved to the UK, as the tests required one to think(college level), whereas I learnt how to parrot :/