Truth about Exams

Exams... The most fearful and frightening word to all students, existing in the English dictionary. Why? Because it is a few hours spent in a large room with a lot more people doing the same test with a result that is nothing but a number which signifies the "amount of work" completed by the student in a year or semester. This article is here to expose the truth about these exams that all students do! 

Simply put, there are only three sections in this article:

1. What is an exam?

2. What does getting a high score mean?

3. What does getting a low score mean?

An exam is basically the method used to test the ability of a student in being able to relearn a semester or year's worth of information and work in a few short days or weeks. From this, we can establish the fact that, to be able to score high in an exam is the ability to have no difficulty in remembering most or all of the semester or year's full of work in a few short weeks or days. On the other hand, that means that not being able to complete an exam in a manner with a high mark, is not the inability to be perceived as being knowledgeable or smart, but the inability to study a whole semester or year's load of work in a few short weeks or days. 

The most accurate method to deciding how a student understands the concepts and ideas of a certain subject, should not be simply based on an exam, but also on things such as interviews (questionnaire when the teacher asks the student questions, looking for an explanation), practical tests (i.e. in chemistry, the actual mixing of chemicals), creativity (e.g. poster making), or any other methods that can be prove the knowledge of the student in the topic, without them having the need to cram and study information within a short period of weeks and/or days.