A lesson for students studying abroad: 'When in Rome, do as Romans do'

Recent media reports about hundreds of Chinese students failing the University of Sydney's business school exams have provided much food for thought.

Some 300 students out of 1,200, with the majority of them being overseas Chinese students, failed the critical thinking part of the business course last semester. This number was unprecedented and the Chinese students have questioned whether the university was making things difficult for them so that it could garner another 5,000 Australian dollars ($3,666) from each of them to restudy the subject.

The possibility of the school failing the students in deliberation, though has not been ruled out completely, is highly unlikely and could not have been the choice of a prestigious university like the University of Sydney.