GuidedWritingOnepossibleversion:Inmostschoolsanduniversitiestheexaminationisusedasachiefmeansofdecidingwhetherastudentsucceedsorfailsinmasteringaparticularsubject.Althoughitdoesthejobquiteefficiently,itssideeffectsarealsoenormous. Tobeginwith,examinationslowerthestandardsofteaching.Sincestudentsandteachersareoftenjudgedbyexaminationresults,theyarereducedtoonlytrainingtheirstudentsexamtechniques.Nosubjectscanbetaughtsuccessfullymerelythroughbeingapproachedwithintenttotakeexaminations.Inaddition,themostundesirableeffectisthatexaminationsencouragebadstudyhabits.Astheexaminationscoreistheonlystandardforacademicperformance,astudentisdriventomemorizemechanicallyratherthantothinkcreatively. Infact,fewofusadmitthatexaminationscancontributeanythingreallyimportanttothestudents’academicdevelopment.Ifthatisthecase,whycannotwemakeachangeandadoptsomethingmoreefficientandreliablethanexaminations?
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