Why Students Hate Taking Tests

Procrastination is the longest four-letter word in the dictionary. We are all guilty of it from time to time. We set out to clean out the old inbox or clean out the garage and lo and behold, that ’70s TV miniseries starring Lee Majors and Rip Torn that we haven’t seen in years comes in the tube. We are lost for the day. One thing comes to another and pretty soon we’re knee-deep in popcorn and comfy pillows instead of knee-deep cleaning the garage of stuffed animals and toys we saved from the 1950s. On the other hand, who You know, one can never be completely sure that Hula-Hoops and Slinky won’t be useful one day, right?

The tendency to procrastinate is instilled in us at an early age. We cannot be blamed for it. Like procrastination, Americans and Westerners in general have an excellent propensity to seek and blame. This is also instilled in us at an early age. The dog ate my homework. Do I need to say more? So who can we blame for teaching us to procrastinate and, well, blame people for our shortcomings? The public school system, that’s who. You wouldn’t say the dog ate my homework anywhere else, would you? When all else fails, blame government-run agencies.

So how does the public school system teach us to procrastinate? With disgusting practices like homework, long-term projects (like the dreaded science project), and, oh yeah, the universally hated final exam. Why postpone today what you can still postpone tomorrow? Because you can, that’s why. Deep down, this is what procrastination is, putting off priorities to do more urgent things like watching cartoons, playing games, and listening to music. Not only does school allow procrastination, it encourages the practice of procrastinating.

How do you ask? Because, by design, teachers and courses put things off for days, often months, and then reward you for rushing to do them. They introduce us to principles like end-of-term exams, ‘long-term projects’ and ‘quarterly grades’. All the things that seem distant and distant. Harmless even, until, that is, the expiration date arrives, sped up as if delivered through a time machine that only devious educators control.

One day you are watching SpongeBob with 7 or 8 weeks until the due date of your science project. Your final exams are coming up and the next thing you know is that it’s midnight, and you’re drawing a human heart from the dictionary and copying words like aorta that don’t make sense to you. You have to, so you can convert something the next morning as a science project to avoid getting a zero (although your planned project was to create a working volcano with explosive lava). So what does all this flurry of activity bring you? A C + for a note, that is, because at least you delivered something and showed some effort. The effort in the school system is equal to the average. That is why we have so many professional shoe sellers and burger lovers in this world. And God knows we need designer shoes and cholesterol in a wrap, right?

The next thing you know after “completing” your impromptu project is that you are crowded because the exams you have ignored all year are upon you, and you just have to postpone studying. Cramming means: “Forcing, pressing, or squeezing into insufficient space; things,” or “Hurriedly studying for an imminent exam …” Only in America would we use a term that means squeezing knowledge into a brain with insufficient space when it comes to to study for an exam. So he’s been rewarded with an average grade for simply trying, at the last second, to put something, anything together to avoid being punished for his science project. So how does this clutter work?

Well, while you’re taking your science test, you write down answers like aorta and pulmonary valve because they come to you from places you don’t even recognize. Crowded flashbacks fill your mind with things like ‘Big Bang Theory’. Now, you’re pretty sure it’s a TV show or something, but isn’t it also a relevant scientific term? Before you know it, you get a C on your final exam, even though you ignored it for most of the term, until the last second. That, along with his C + from his science project, and all the A’s and B’s he received in his day job that he was forced to pay attention to every day (which make up 80% of his grade) give him a B- on your report card. Not only do you save yourself a punishment from your parents, they buy you a toy or give you $ 5 for getting a good grade.

This is how procrastination is instilled in us at a young age. It is also how we develop a dependence on caffeine and coffee. We need it to prepare for our exams. Even friendly, grade-conscious study students (often referred to as nerds, another American oddity, to belittle those who excel) huddle together at the last possible moment, because we forget most of what is not relevant to us at all. daily. If the school system wanted to punish procrastination, it would give final exams once a week, so that you could bury and forget all that useless knowledge that you will never need in life, like the Big Bang theory and mathematics. That’s what computers and documentaries are, to do the math and remind us of irrelevant facts.

Most students hate tests. It is also the reason why most people in Western civilization learn to procrastinate as a defense mechanism, and that is why we as a people believe that a little effort means average and equality, which explains popularity. from reality shows these days. In view of this, it encourages us to put off as much as we can until the last second, when the world around us explodes and forces us to concentrate by making us do too much in too little time. In short, procrastination is the foundation on which all civilized society is built. We accept the mediocrity of others because we will surely find out one day, sooner or later; we’re going to postpone something until the last second. It’s the American way. Now if you don’t mind, there is an amazing black and white movie on TV that I haven’t seen in years. I need to go see it! So here’s a sentence I wrote, for every student who has ever attended school and for any adult who has an important report for the first day back after a weekend or after a long vacation.

A student’s prayer

Every time I have to study

I pray to the Lord that I don’t go crazy

A computer can help me learn this crap

But will it help me not to fail?

There is too much to do

And much to Cram

Oh! There’s mom and dad watching

I better pass that exam …

There is no sympathy or pity for me at all …

There is nowhere to turn but to the study room …

So, dear Lord, help me pass the test tomorrow.

So mom and dad will stop bothering me and I can finally rest …

Amen!