Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Exams
When I was young. I know, here she goes again, but when I was young we did exams at the end of each term from grade three on. We were used to them. Now the "experts" say that the stress is bad for children. What rot. The exams gave us an idea of how we were going and most of all they gave our parents feedback when we took home our reports cards to get signed. Children have to learn that some things in life are difficult, and that they do not merit a free ride. If they had exams throughout their school years then they would not be so thrown when they do have to be tested. I am the first to admit that SACE is difficult. University exams are even harder but something that anyone attending Uni realizes they have to do. For an Arts degree there are usually three essays in a two hour exam. I cannot speak for other subjects but it is a given that these exams can take a toll on students. I usually manged to get a migraine before my exams and I was used to tests. Please people don't be so precious. Let the kids do the tests. It is better to know if children are having a problem with something so that the teaching staff can help them. Perhaps if tests were the norm maybe kids might learn how to read before they leave school. When I was young blah blah blah. I am right though.
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When I was young, and I am younger than you - well just a little. We had exams during the year too, competitions throughout the term - friendly competitions but all the same there were winners and loosers - something else that kids of today dont seem to know much about. Is it fair to give kids of today the false impression that there is no competition that there are no loosers that everyone is a winner. I think we are making things awfully tough on todays generation. Soft individuals, selfish and germaphobes - good grief-do kids today go outside and eat worms, soursobs (weeds with yellow flowers that dogs pee on) could they live outside, climb a tree even, today it seems that they are all put in cottonwool. God forbid (oh I am sorry - we cant say that anymore either) might offend someone of a different faith - lets not go down that road - could get messy. I digress - when I was young - life was a hole lot easier and less stresful, even with the odd exam or too.
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