Are exams necessary or not?

Answer 1

Yes and no. The idea that exams test someones knowledge of a topic is a myth. Exams are poor measurements of someones understanding of the material.

However, there's a paradox here. If we remove exams, we have nothing to categorize people with anymore; to capitalize the population, which is the goal of education in the first place.

But then with exams, people teach and study the exam, not the actual persuit of knowledge on a topic. I've seen people that are morons with virtually no real knowledge of a topic ace an exam because the route memorized the material that would be presented on an exam. I've also seen people with vast knowledge of a topic bomb exams because the exam questions are ambiguous or irrelevant to understanding the topic at hand.



IF the tests actually did work, we would have lots of really smart, knowledgable people in our population. However, we don't; the general portion of the population is so ignorant it's ridiculous because all of that information they simply cram to ace the test is not retained and not truely understood.


It also surprises me that the majority of people on here truely believe an exam tests your knowledge on a topic. The capitalist foundation of our education system to produce, package and sell people is very effective XD

I think it is self evident that you can't beat the system, as I myself am also a product of the system that owns me. However, I'm fully aware of the injustice that goes on in this country :p

Answer 2

Yes it is. exams reinforce memory. If you don't go back to waht you have previously learned, you will most likely forget what you once knew.

It's sad that many don't see the point beyond having exams. They're not just for the school's reputation, it is also for you. It's not just a measure of how much you've learned. It provides opportunity to develop abstract thinking. After learning different topics, you will be able to look at those as a whole. That is one survival talent in the real world, when you're out of school.

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Answer 3

Yes,
Exams are necessary because every one should know how much knowldge,tequnic& exprence do u have Education is there Knowldge is growing .People need Jobs Now days the condation is going very bad people are not getting jobs who had scored 85 90 % the population is growing .so, if there would be no exams people not so educatde to get the knowldge & that is why exams are held is schools & many section.

Answer 4

I think that the exams are necessary to develop our knowledge,memory power,intelligence. There for I think that the exams are necessary

Answer 5

exams are necessary because when you are leaving school they would like to know that they really teached you something but aint really because if they wanted to know that they would have pushed each child to thier limit and they would know that they have done that by seeing what you have achieved but they dont have the time to give each child the attention they need so thats why they use exam to test everyone.

Answer 6

It is necessary because it tests our ability that how much did we knew about the topic.Some exams are important to guide our future like CAT,GRE,TOEFL etc.So we cant say that it is not necessary.

Answer 7

They are necessary because we can learn from them.There is no use of just reading in the class or collage.We have to read and understand.So exams are necessary.

Answer 8

Based on the Principal of survival of the fittest, examinations are necessary for evaluation and placement of the fittest on the job in principal

Answer 9

exams are not necessary

Answer 10

exams r necessary to test each ones capacity and talent...