TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE IS ATTACHED TO EXAMS AT SCHOOL

3. Too much importance is attached to exams at school. Do you

agree? –Pd- Qui.

• Why say too much importance is given to exams and that it is time

to change the way we monitor out children’s development at school.

• Firstly, I think that the examination system is unfair because

sometimes two students with the same ability in a subject get very

different exam results. This is because one is much better at taking

exams than the other.

• Apart from this, exam questions often test how much a student has

remembered about the things he or she has been taught in the

classroom.

• As a result, students are often encouraged to learn facts by heart,

instead of how to use the information and how to think for

themselves.

• Lastly, it seems to me that exams sometimes have a bad effect on

teaching, as teachers are usually judged by the exam results of their

students.

• Consequently, they are often more interested in preparing their

students for the exams than in making their lessons lively and

stimulating.