Testing and the Problem with Exams Essay -- Argumentative Persuasive E

The Problem with ExamsJune first--the last exam is today. There has been matchless and only(a) exam every day since Monday, which seems as if it was an eternity ago. Every secern at school requires homework, quizzes, tests, and finally, a final exam. We take exams to evince ourselves--to prove we have advanced our education during the past nine months. In one and a half to two and a half hours, nine months of homework, quizzes and tests mustiness be summed up. How be the nine months summed up? Usually by a series of written questions that were probably compiled from the homework, quizzes, and tests we have already completed. There are better ways of proving knowledge. First of all, no one looks forward to the calendar week of exams. Some people look forward to noon on Friday, however not to the previous four days. Even the week before is dreaded. latent hostility has hit an eleven on the one-to-ten scale during the last few weeks. focusing is not healthy, and it m akes everyone angry. The last thing I remember when I go back to school is exams. Is the school trying aversion therapy on its students? Of hightail it no...