Rant On Exams

I try to be optimistic, but desperate needs call for desperate measures.

The Stupidity Of Exams.
Here is the huge major flaw with exams which may be overlooked when exams are being marked. You could be doing amazingly well all year, getting straight As and revising like crazy, then all it takes is a bad day on the day of your exam, and thats an entire year of a course flown out of the window for a case of 50 marks. Sure you can go for special consideration if youve been ill or had something really traumatic going on that could affect your concentration, but heres the deal- what if you havent had something really traumatic, what if you just happened to wake up and find its one of those days? You cant get special consideration for it being one of those days or else everyone would be doing it, so youre left with a failed exam, looking through all your previous essays in which you got A grades. Heres the second flaw, anyone with some understanding of how stress affects us and how memory works should know that under stress (caused by exams for mot people) the working memory shuts down because in the fight or flight response (SAM acute stress) the working memory isnt needed, all that is needed are the vital functions. Stress is an evolutionary response and so though some people deal with it better than others it cannot be completly erradicated, if it were we wouldnt survive. So, silly examiners when youre marking peoples exams, bear in mind that the exams that were sent out stress people out, so if they get bad grades its not necessarily that they havent been revising, it was just that their bodies didnt think theyd need the info, they were more likely to think they were fighting off a tiger or something like that.
Rant, Rant, Rant......
I could rant about exams until the cows come home. Heres an anecdote from one of my exams today:    The place in which the exam was being held was FREEZING. I was shivering through most of the exam. There were two invigilators, one male and one female. After the exam had begun and pens had been distributed ect the lady went peacefully and sat down quietly. The man thought it would be a fabulous idea, to walk along the rubber floor slowly in his rubber shoes squeaking with every step. Look over peoples shoulders at what they were writing in their papers. Move and bang the chairs at the back about which did not need moving and generally stay constantly moving and making noise and being generally the most offputting bloody man i have ever come across. Bearing in mind that in my media exam the day before, the same man placed an insanely tall lad in front of me (and im quite small) and then expected me to be able to see the board. When i told him i couldnt see he told me, in the middle of an exam, to stand up in order to watch it. How bloody ridiculous. Also, apart from one exam, all of my exams are doubled in days and it is so tiring, add that to the fact that i am already ill and this makes me most unhappy.
Rant Over
Yeah my rants over now, i was just highlighting my scorn for exams and a certain invigilator but i cant be bothered to moan anymore.

Good Luck to everyone taking exams :)
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