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4/14/2013 7:14:43 PM
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Do exams require too much information memorised?
I have to remember 8 pages of shit for tomorrows exam, all of it encompasses various topics. I feel there could be exams for each topic y'know.
Discuss
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2 RepliesI'd say the issue with the education system is the fact that it almost forces you to decide on your career at teenage years. Say 10 years down the line you want to be a doctor? Well have fun with that.
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took an exam using teachers notes outside resources above and beyond spec. I got a C even though I am one of the brightest students in the class, did a resit stuck to the textbook like glue a*
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2 Repliesschool should be less about memorizing and more about learning how it will change your future.
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Edited by DeclinedA01: 4/14/2013 8:02:32 PMDepends on the subject. You learn skills in an English class. You learn how to write and critically analyze literature. This can be tested, for you either have the skill or don't. For a biology, on the other hand, one must remember very minute details. All these details will be difficult to memorize for an exam.
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3 RepliesIt's not too bad when you have time to do it. I assume you haven't read over it through Easter and are now screwed. And in my physics course (and many other subjects do it also) there's 3 topics for each term, test after each. It's still horrible.
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they also need good spelling, and depends on the subject
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2 RepliesEdited by Dus Maximum: 4/14/2013 7:26:26 PMI hate the school system. The amount you have to memorize is a lot, but that's not what makes me mad. It's the entire set-up of the exams that I think is ridiculous. Every single exam I write I can get the multiple choice down to the two best options 95% of the time. I can explain to myself what each option is, in relation to the question, and why each may be right and may be wrong. The thing is though, unless you've sat down and memorized each specific situation to the dot, there's no way of knowing for sure which it really is. You're either right or you're wrong. There's no tests for how sociable you are, your personality, how you can interact in a workplace, things which actually matter. All the education system proves is "This person can memorize information" which is actually the most irrelevant skill out of any. Sure, the incredibly smart and students with extreme work-ethic succeed in this environment, but I just don't see it as relevant. The field I'm entering, and my job in particular in that field, has nothing at all to do with information, business practices, etc. These skills are useful, but not at all the focus to my profession. I'm finishing school with marks which give no indicator to how I actually would do in the workplace.
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Eh, depends on the subject. Math/physics/chemistry exams have tonnes of stuff to "remember," because you need to know how to do the problems. You should know how to do them just mechanically through practice though. Exams where you have to remember names or dates and stuff? Well those are just awful.
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You actually know what's coming up? Simples...
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I believe they do.
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Got it memorized?
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Exams are pointless. Employers don't want people who can name the German monarch. They want people who can work. Replace exams with more hand's on experience.
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*memorization or *to be memorized.
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8 pages? Only 8 pages? For my sciences I have two examples, one for unit 1 and one for unit 2. The revision guide for each unit is 60 pages long and even then they offer C grade answers, B at the most so you have to revise off your notes and past papers AS WELL.
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I had tests with that required you knowing more than 8 pages when i was in Highschool. . .
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8 whole pages? Please tell me this is a joke.
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2 RepliesOnly 8 pages? Lol.
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Depends on the subject. 8 pages could mean anything. I have had tests one 50 pages of textbook before. If the study guide is 8 pages long, good luck.
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1 Reply[quote]I feel there could be exams for each topic y'know.[/quote]There are. They're called [i]quizzes[/i].
