Why is it that people expect you to write about all you have learnt on a subject given a period of a year or 3 months in a matter of hours. I mean what exactly is the logic behind an exam. An exam is supposed to prove that you have learnt and understood the subject that you have taken a year to learn or a semester yet they have you write about what you have learnt in a matter of hours. How fair does that sound?Why is there a time limit on an examination?Why aren't you ever allowed the time you need to write down what you need to write down, instead of it being alloted to you. Those dreaded words "Pens down!!" or "Stop writing!!" ring out just when you seem to have started answering that last question (the one that could possibly determine your grade perhaps).So why have all this time learning something but have so little time to prove you've learnt it? Whats the catch?Why can't we set our own time limits? I'm not saying we should go on for days or weeks but think about it, compare three hours to a whole year of learning. Those of you who have ever had to do your board exams, would you think the time limit was fair? What if you were a slow writer?What if you wrote any faster, nobody would be able to understand what you wrote anyway and you'd be the one to suffer. (Tell that to a Dr. writing out a prescription!!) We should have the choice of setting out the time limit since we don't have a choice in setting the exam. Hey its the least they could do let alone having us sweat it out in there. I guess its only a matter of time before something evolutionary like that happens sigh! and only time will tell.

xaries posted at 2:29 PM