Sunday, March 1, 2009
Reasons y exams should be abolished.
Are exams the best indicators for a well-rounded education?Schools use examinations as a key determinant of how well a student has learnt in schools.
In order to regurgitate all that we had memorised, we had to 'mug' crazily days before exams and cram all information into our brains.
This 'stored' information are immediately vanished into thin air after exams. Is there other ways to prove that we have the brains to get promoted to the nest level?
How about non-examinable' subjects/modules?
In such subjects, grades are given for consistent work throughout the entire semester, and students generally have to apply their newly acquired knowledge in more ways than simply putting words down on paper during exams.
Spreading the grades assessment throughout the semester ensures that we are truly learning, and not simply memorizing formulas and facts.
There's already such hope!
Moe are already planning to scrape examinations for Primary 1 and 2 students. We are finally less focused on exams as if it's everything to a person's worth.
But this change need to be spread to higher levels as well!
I've seem too many cases of student committing suicide due to exams stress, including my current school and my sister's ex-school. Something had to be done u know!
This really calls for more active requests from students and parents to schools for a start. And what other things to be done remains to be seen.
We are on a constant rush to be the best that we had lost track of our true selves. We sometimes may felt so sad and start asking ourselves, "What do I really want in life that can makes me feel happy/
happier?" Do we want to be asking ourselves this question even as our life is ending soon?
What do u guys think?
★ xiaoyu; posted at 4:27 PM ★