Children have more and more tests and exams to do at school starting from the age of five or six, right up until the age of 18. What are the advantages and disadvantages of making children do exams?

At schools,
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assignments
assigments
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and exams are compulsory for
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students
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primary school to high
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. There might be both good and bad things due to the impacts of
tests
.
First
of all, the aim of the test includes the assessment of the understanding and knowledge of the respective subjects of the
children
by checking their answers, in which the teachers can access the strength and
weakness
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of not only their teaching methods but
also
the
children
's interest and correct weakness to get better outcomes of the
children
. As an example, if the child
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very low marks in one subject, the respective instructor can try better ways of teaching to improve the results in
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ones.
In addition
, the teachers can even know the hidden talents of the
children
through their answer sheets and they can get a chance to nurture them by giving the appropriate
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.
On the other hand
, there still are some negative effects on the
students
as they have to sit for the exam
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their life until teenaged. While preparing for the
tests
, most of them suffer from exam stress which is really bad for both mental and physical health, that may even lead to some kinds of health problems
such
as insomnia which means loss of sleep especially for teenagers as they are in the stage of puberty and their hormones are changing extremely at that time.
Moreover
,
students
get
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from their families
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school life due to the
tests
as there are competitions between parents according to the results. That may lead them to feel anxious,
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and cause some social and communication problems with their friends.
In addition
, due to the marking systems in the examinations, there are limitations and constrictions
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children
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and opinions which can cause
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restrictions
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one personality of open-minded. To conclude,
although
there are pros and cons according to exams and
tests
, in my opinion, negative impacts outweigh positive ones. The stressful conditions faced by the
students
are higher and that may even lead to some personality changes in
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic

IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.

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  • Introduction
  • Body paragraph 1 – advantages
  • Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
  • Conclusion

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  • The main advantage is...
  • The disadvantage of this...
  • The main benefit...
  • Despite these advantages...
  • One possible drawback...

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