If there's one thing we can all agree on it'sthat school exams are fucking bollocks.
Let's think, what exactly isan exam supposed to measure.
It's supposed to measure how intelligent you are and thereforedecide what jobs you can get.
But it doesn't.
It doesn't measurehow smart you are it measures how good your memory is if you havea good memory that doesn't always mean you're smart.
Some of the smartest people in historyhad terrible memories.
Like Albert Einstein, the dictionary definitionof a genius.
Einstein was unable to remember dates and couldn'teven remember his own phone number.
The exams themselves are complete shite.
Takethe English paper for example.
Where I'm from we have roughly 2 and ahalf hours to do the exam.
We have to spend only 12 minutes writing and 2-page piece ofdetailed writing.
Who the fuck can write that fast.
It's not like wehave to do this once, we have to do it multiple times.
Do you thinkMartin Luther King spent 12 minutes writing his 'I have a dream speech?' No, he didn'tso why do I only have 12 minutes to write my piece of shit essay thatsome old, fat bastard is going to correct.
For my final exams, I'm tested on two yearsof work.
So, that means that I have to remember on one day, what I'vebeen learning for the previous 730 days.
Is this a fucking joke is it? Also, where I'mfrom we have a point system.
In this system, they take the gradesyou got and allocate them into points.
For example, if you get 90% orabove in an exam.
That's 100 points and as the percentages gets lower you get less andless points.
We do 7 exams and we're given points on our best 6.
Thetotal number of points you can get is 625.
You're given an extra 25points if you pass honors maths.
Now, every course in college requires a minimum numberof points to be accepted.
Again, fucking bullshit.
This means that youcan be really good at English and get high points in that subject withthe intention of studying English in college, but if you do bad in your other subjects youmay not get enough points to do that.
How is that fair? There'sa famous Einstein quote.
'Everyone is a genius.
But if you judge afish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.
'Substitute fish with student, and climb a tree with remember shitit done 2 years ago, and that's exams in a nut shell.
So, what should we do? I don't know exactlybut I have some ideas.
We should be examined on things like creativity,Problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and IT skills because these are the thingswe'll need when they kick us out the fucking door at the end ofthe year.
To sum up, exams are a test of memory, notintelligence.
Fucking get rid of them.
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