Examination!!
So it's exam time again and that got me thinking. There's a lot of pressure from parents or sponsors,from school and competition...in fact, tension is on an all time high!!!
Exams are supposed to test how well you learnt and retained all you learnt. But does it really? I mean just because a student doesn't do well in an exam doesn't mean the student learnt nothing or retained nothing. It doesn't mean also that the student didn't study.
A lot of factors can lead to a student failing. Now it should be noted that i am not trying to make excuses for failure. I am just stating a fact that no longer be ignored. A lot of people have had their self esteem damaged by lecturers and Co because they "failed" an examination. I do not understand why there should be so much work load piled up for student all in the name of hard work. For instance, a student offers 11 courses, has about 3-4 classes each day, has term papers, tests, projects and so on, on top of all else to be completed in a really short time. Now this brain must accommodate so much in such a short time and is required to deliver all it has been given when. It hasn't even had time to assimilate. I mean these are things that aresupposed to learnt and retained and practicalized for life....
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