Should your whole life be decided by one test?

Question

What do you think?
If so why?

Answer 1

NO! One test cannot dictate actual performance or total knowledge of a subject. Some people are natural born test-takers, and could filibuster their way to decent grades, while others do better on class assignments or hands-on stuff.

I have seen cases where students make all A's on class assignments and bomb every test. I have also seen kids who never do any class work and they pass all tests with C's or better. Depends on the person.

Answer 2

If you wanna get all philosophical, you could argue that the ONE test is whether you accept Jesus as your savior (or insert any other religious condition). In that case I think it's alright. I doubt that's what you meant though. :)

Your whole life shouldn't be decided by one standardized test. I wouldn't think whole lives ARE decided this way. Should a class be decided by one test? The answer is still no. It should be part of a whole set of various assessments. I have students who can't pass a standardized test, but they can prove through other means that they're proficient in the concepts they're supposed to learn. I also have students who CAN pass the test (just barely), but couldn't show they're proficient in any other way. They might just be good guessers.

Answer 3

Only if you pass the ONE test. And, d..., what a boring life you'd have thereafter.

Answer 4

Sure no.
I think in every profession they should be some tests from time to time.

Answer 5

no, it shouldn't be, and it isn't.
One test, failed or passed, is a segment of a life, not the whole life.

Answer 6

It never is. You can always repeat the test.