Friday, February 02, 2007
Man, finals are hard
No, really, Rio Bauce writes an article on it.
BHS required all teachers to give students a semester final. Most classes and all Advanced Placement (AP) classes got a written test as their final, while some elective classes such as the popular Politics and Power class (where they simulate a Model Congress), taught by Steven Teel, voted on final legislation in Congress. That must have been some final. "Hmmm... hmm... Aye?" "You pass!"
If you are completely confused about what finals are, I'll explain it to you. Most teachers use finals as a way to test kids on all the information they have taught them during the course of the semester. Sounds great, doesn’t it? If you’ve learned it all already, it should be easy, right? WRONG.
Many kids, who didn't understand the material before, either do really poorly or study the night before the test, "spit it out" on the test, and then forget it all again. I'm not sure how that makes the previous statement "WRONG." Folks who've learned it already find it easy. Those who don't understand the material find it hard. Those statements seem pretty consistent.
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