dlav what are you on about? The guided revision was a real help in making sure that the ridiculous excuse for exam preparation, aka test 1/2 & school finals, which bear NO RESEMBLANCE to the real exams, were done as hassle free as possible. The last thing you need before exams is someone preaching about how you'd need to up your work rate. I for one know exactly what I'm capable of and what my shortcomings are WITHOUT school exams and would be far better off staying at home revising on my own, rather than wasting nearly a week of precious revision time.
I don't think the school finals are harder than the real exams because they don't represent an accurate model of what awaits you in the exam room. The lecturer in question knew this and just wanted to make the process of getting through them easier.