ARE NATIONAL EXAMS THE MEASURE OF A STUDENTS TRUE ABILITY

ARE NATIONAL EXAMS THE MEASURE OF A STUDENTS TRUE ABILITY

Exams give little indication of a student's real ability.

Should a student’s overall value be allowed to be influenced by grades received in parasitology class test results? Yes I knew, parasitology means study of parasites. How many do we have by the way? Did we kill curiosity, uniqueness, and creativity, to be common? How in the world did a report card end up a measure to success capabilities of one’s life?

By the way I don’t even like parasites, they look bad, they smell bad and the things they do are bad, how in the world would I pass parasitology.

Exams are good, period. But when they are used as the criteria to judge a person’s ability and their life ahead, they flop.

In 3 hours sited in a hard bench with questions on white sheet of papers they had already told me I am not good enough and my future does not look bright, I am still wondering.

Assessments are useful when they’re used as data to help schools improve the quality of the teaching and learning. They become harmful, however, tests are used to judge students’ natural abilities.

Intelligence cannot be defined by grades or exams, and exam results do not determine success in life. In fact, a number of successful people did poorly in school. Steve Jobs, for instance, never finished college yet he became a successful and world-famous inventor and entrepreneur. Another example is that of Richard Branson, the British business magnate, and investor. He left school at 15 and now owns the Virgin brand.

Many great personalities were never considered intelligent by the world system of measuring people through exams but they moved on to become some of the world's finest scientists, industrialists, politicians, religious leaders and even more critical, wonderful parents, neighbours, grocery store managers and hair dressers . A persons worth does not only mean academic intelligence, one can be good in other many differing fields. Actually the truth is there are much more extraordinary things than just academics.

I have to harry, I have an exam waiting for me in the next room. Did I say harry? Maybe that’s the problem, the A students knows its hurry.

Disclaimer

This blog is not an excuse for you not to pass your exams either.