Exams! Just the word uttered and silence descends upon the crowd. Looks of nervousness and terror dawn upon each face and whispers start echoing through the room. Everyone is terrified - some afraid that they won't top this year as they usually do, some just worried about passing. Be it anywhere in the world, this is the classic Gen-Y exam scenario.
'Tension' and 'stress' are 2 words which are very closely associated with exams, so closely, that they could almost be siblings. This trio, in fact jot down very complex plans, a different one for each age and grade. Their motive is to torture the students to the very best of their abilities.
Teachers and parents can either be extremely supportive or can pressurize the students to death! I understand, that exams were invented to test the students' knowledge and understanding but in almost all parts of the world, this is not the case. In fact, exams just stress the students out and force them into 'Rote Learning' The teachers' give notes and the students go home and just mug them up, irrespective of whether they comprehend them or not. However E-Learning which is a creative and interactive method of teaching and which includes animated and interesting clips based on the lessons are gradually altering the monotonous notes of teachers. Hopefully in the coming decade, a new system of education will be devised which excludes rote-learning.
Teachers and parents always urge the children to keep calm and handle exam-time coolly. Frankly, I just don't think that this is possible; not having even an ounce of tension inside us. As the exams loom nearer, butterflies start zooming around in my stomach. For most people, the nerves always start to set in when the exams are round the corner.
But in the end, life itself is an exam, set by the Almighty to test our endurance and will power and these are the qualities which really matter in the long run. Not marks, not grades nor designations but the goodness of our hearts.
'Tension' and 'stress' are 2 words which are very closely associated with exams, so closely, that they could almost be siblings. This trio, in fact jot down very complex plans, a different one for each age and grade. Their motive is to torture the students to the very best of their abilities.
Teachers and parents can either be extremely supportive or can pressurize the students to death! I understand, that exams were invented to test the students' knowledge and understanding but in almost all parts of the world, this is not the case. In fact, exams just stress the students out and force them into 'Rote Learning' The teachers' give notes and the students go home and just mug them up, irrespective of whether they comprehend them or not. However E-Learning which is a creative and interactive method of teaching and which includes animated and interesting clips based on the lessons are gradually altering the monotonous notes of teachers. Hopefully in the coming decade, a new system of education will be devised which excludes rote-learning.
Teachers and parents always urge the children to keep calm and handle exam-time coolly. Frankly, I just don't think that this is possible; not having even an ounce of tension inside us. As the exams loom nearer, butterflies start zooming around in my stomach. For most people, the nerves always start to set in when the exams are round the corner.
But in the end, life itself is an exam, set by the Almighty to test our endurance and will power and these are the qualities which really matter in the long run. Not marks, not grades nor designations but the goodness of our hearts.
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