Exams
Created | Updated Apr 6, 2002
Exams are what 'real' grown ups use to occupy all those between 5 and 25. As soon as we start school, they give us reading tests, maths quizzes and spelling checks. Throughout primary school, our ability is constantly monitored with SAT's and in-school exams. Then when we progress to 11 we get exams to tell us if we're clever enough to go to a grammar school, quickly followed by GCSE's when we hit 15. Then, slap bang wallop after that, they throw A-levels at us. If we've not been put off by all of that, they say "well, here, go and spend three more years getting a degree".
So why all the exams? It's just another way of keeping kids busy and, hopefully, off the streets. It can also be looked at as a form of toughening for young minds: if you can survive your first 25 years of live, you can survive almost anything that life throws at you after that.
I don't suppose you'll be surprised when I say my exams start this week!
So why all the exams? It's just another way of keeping kids busy and, hopefully, off the streets. It can also be looked at as a form of toughening for young minds: if you can survive your first 25 years of live, you can survive almost anything that life throws at you after that.
I don't suppose you'll be surprised when I say my exams start this week!
