Examinations

~Voyager Fanatic~ · Super Genius Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 1787

Hi everyone,

I will not be posting a lot today as my school exams will be coming in two days time, so i just wanted to post this topic for people to express their views for what they think about examinations etc.

Superman · Fleet Admiral Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Posts: 10220

I have never took one. Ever.

I left school at 14 because I was dissatisfied with the education system. At 14, I found myself a job and left school without doing one single exam.

Birdy · Socialist Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 13502 Location: Here.

I loved them. When you're sitting there in that gym with all the other students taking your final exams for your education... Best time of my life in school!

I really loved it.

Thomas · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:08 am**

Gosh, yesterday we were given a list of the exams we'll be sitting January. Freakay! I have one in Maths and one in Business Studies, so not too much at once like it usually is, so it should be fiiiine. Then there'll be more in June or something... I hate the stress and pressure of exams, but the feeling you get when it's all over is almost worth it?

And results time is good too!

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

I like them because, since your usually supposed to know what you are having the exam over, you don't have to study much, and then also, you don't really have to do anything the days you take exams. Plus, we always get at least a half day off during exams...so yeah, I like them.

Theresa · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:09 am**

I like exams,

Seven of Nine · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:11 am**

Exams are much easier than coursework (essays). Probably the reason I'm doing ok in CCNA 1 - it's all exams!

Pan13 · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:33 pm**

what is the difference between exams and coursework?

councmatt · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:57 pm**

exams are ok i guess but all you ever get is a number or letter by your name when its finished. But you do have thoughs little exams that are good for you i suppose and that you might like!

IntrepidIsMe · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:00 pm**

I don't see why I wouldn't like them. Its not as if you can avoid them, anywho. So you might as well make the most of it, in my opinion.

harrykims#1fan · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:07 pm**

plain and simple i hate em...i hate the stress that comes with them and i especially HATE the way that people are pressured to do better than what they can do

lionhead · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:26 pm**

If its a Doctors exam, sure. If its a dental exam, sure. If its a high school exam, i'll skip it.

Arellia · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:32 pm**

I like exams. Especially essay exams. If you're really in a spot on an essay, you can just keep talking and taaaaaaalking and hope you make sense (With a decent chance that you might!). Generally I end up writing a lot because I have something to say. Only rarely to I try and allude to things I have no idea about.

IntrepidIsMe · **Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:22 pm**

I love essays!

~Voyager Fanatic~ · Super Genius Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 1787

Everybody! I am so nervous as my maths exam is tomorrow.

lionhead · **Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:21 am**

Math is easy, its so logical. If your a vulcan you can do it sleeping.

Pan13 · **Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:04 pm**

you really think maths is easy?

i wrote maths today, and it was really really bad, there were 6 different things to solve, and i only got 3 =/ thats really really crappy, but our whole class was really bad in this test i think, we all complained after it

Starbuck · **Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:54 pm**

I don't mind them... they aren't my favorite, but some of them are rather fun. Like in phys ed, we have to run a mile in 8 minutes and demonstrate some other basic skills. The fun part is, when we're done, we get to play football.

Alucard · **Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:49 am**

I hate exams, I do well in them but I don't like taking them.

Pan13 · **Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:57 am**

lol, i got my english exam back today, and i got a 2+ ....... and my teacher wrote under it that my language is 1, but my analyse was so bad that she can't give me a 1 -

Tuvok8917 · **Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:05 am**

Exams.... i have them this year

, but after that.....

Oliver · **Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:00 pm**

I hated exams at school.

At univeristy they were okay I guess. It's a totally different system.

LightningBoy · **Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:23 pm**

I loved Tests in high school.

If HS were all tests I would've had a 4.0, but since I HATED bookwork, and slacked on homework consistently, I wound up with a 3.2.

Tests are where the bullet meets the bone, it's what students should be graded on.

TrekkieMage · **Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:49 pm**

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

Definately. I myself am a very good multiple choice test taker. However, I know other people that are much more intelligent than me, who could take the same test as me, and do much worse. Testing is not a completly reliable source for measuring students' progress.