Showing posts with label finals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finals. Show all posts

Monday, March 16, 2009

10 Reasons Why Final Exams are not Needed

With the weight of final exams beginning to crash down upon the students of Santa Clara University, I sat here looking at endless pages of notes wondering why I really need to take a final exam. I have developed 10 reasons as to why final exams should be done away with.
1. It is not healthy for students to stay up until 4am studying for a final that will start at 9am
2. While cramming seems to be the popular method of study, research shows that information stored while cramming is gone in 15 seconds
3. Adderal abuse is big problem, and finals only contribute to this, as if the drug wasn't expenisive enough already. During finals, it is like a holiday for people with a perscription
4. Staring at a computer screen for hours may hurt eyes
5. Students don't pay attention during regular class, and will only study for a the final, thus making the teaching profession useless.
6. During finals, there is no where to sit in the library
7. During finals, no one wants to party (booooooo)
8. Pimples come out because of stress, and no one liks acne
9. All work and no play makes me dumb
10. No one liks finals, students, nor teachers.