Yeah, I've never taken an Iq test at school, down here they don't do that, everybody goes to school and if you don't do well or are struggling then they pay more attention to you.
Well, that's a tad different here, because the school I am in, as example, does not need more students than they already have, they are not worried of refusing to let someone in. You'll have to come around the average results of a particular test. It is something similar as an IQ test, only much more easier because it is not specifically looking at your IQ but mostly if you are able to handle the stuff they are going to learn you.
University is also the highest form of education here, TAFE is similar to your college, it's more of a hands on get you job after you finish kind of thing, where as uni is where you go to fill your brain with so much information you feel like your going to explode after every semester.
Well, I don't have too much knowledge of university, as I am currently not a student of it. I'm still in college, after all - and am still far from graduating. However, I do know that University here is completely optional to do, but it is quite hard to get in as they only have a number of places available. When they are full, well, then it is your problem, not theirs. Anyway, you'll probably know more about it than me. =)
As for the time limit you mentioned, that is a problem many people are being bothered with. You'll immediately force yourself to work faster but this (often) forces you to make more mistakes as well because you are unable to think rationally on several answers. Despite that I am able to perform well under pressure, it remains a fact that you will always make more mistakes. You simply need to use time to think.
People never stop learning. Take, for instance, the all popular class, Social Studies.
The class is based on world events (usually localized to a degree). You are constantly learning about new world events.
Of course, of course, stupid that it didn't come to mind when I said it.
An simple answer - you learn new words all the time. Increases your vocabulary.
There are thousands of things to learn about. You never EVER stop learning.
I can mention something about this. I started learning English when I was still very young but I always had a thing for something that would expose my creativity. First that went into drawing, but later transformed into writing which I could express my feelings better in. Nowadays, I still do something similar. Because I could not create a sense of excitement in my first language in stories, I slowly started to write in English. More than ten years has passed since I remember that I write in English and I only keep improving. I am not sure how old people are currently guessing me, but I am still improving rapidly in both my English, Dutch and anything else, not necessarily related to languages. Take a story of mine as example, 'if, and only if' which is a story I wrote more than a year ago and recently started to rewrite. Look at the huge difference between them.
i didnt mean stop learning but surely you learn an extreme ammount more when you are beig taught then in everday life
Yes, of course, that's logical. A five month old baby learns more than a sixty year old man. A glass gets more wet when it's dry than half soaked. That's common knowledge.
