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Teenagers should have regular exams at secondary school as this will prepare them better for life after leaving school. Do you agree or disagree?

#teenagers #exams #school #life
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Exams
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 are an essential feature of secondary
education
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.
However
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, there is contention over whether frequent
exams
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 prepare
students
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 for post-
school
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 life. I believe that
teenagers
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 should be given regular
exams
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 as
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 will provide helpful practice before they go on to be assessed in university and
also
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 help develop a range of
skills
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 which are essential in the world of work. An argument against regular
exams
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 in schools is that it moves the focus away from learning and onto preparing for
exams
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. Exam-oriented
education
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 is often accused of ‘teaching the test’ rather than providing
students
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 with a fulfilling learning experience.
As a result
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, these
students
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 often lack the ability to evaluate and engage critically with new information.
This
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 can cause problems for
students
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 when they enter university and have to show critical thinking
skills
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.
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, I would argue that
this
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 is a matter of how the
tests
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 are carried out.
Education
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 systems should be structured in
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 a way that
tests
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, and
exams
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 are a test of competence, knowledge, or at least remembered information; rather than being the main focus. The fact that
exams
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 and
tests
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 can be carried out poorly is not, in my opinion, a good argument for not having them. There are two reasons why I agree that
students
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 should have regular
tests
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 at high
school
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.
Firstly
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, having frequent
exams
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 at high
school
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 ensures that
teenagers
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 have had ample examination practice before continuing to higher levels of
education
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. In
further
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education
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, it is almost certain that
students
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 will be tested in one way or another.
This
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 may be practical (
for example
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, a vocational course will require
students
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 to pass practical
exams
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) or academic (university
students
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 are evaluated on ‘coursework’ type
tests
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, formal end-of-year
exams
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, or a combination of both).
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,
exams
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 at secondary
school
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 provide a foundation of experience which prepares
teenagers
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 for the
tests
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 they will encounter in
further
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education
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.
Secondly
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, regular
exams
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also
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 push
teenagers
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 to develop a range of
skills
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 that are useful in the world of work.
For example
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, taking an exam requires a student to plan, prepare, and perform in the test,
thus
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 developing time management capability, resiliency, and the ability to deliver under pressure. These
skills
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 are invaluable in a professional setting, where it is essential to be able to organise the workload and meet deadlines. The more
exams
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 that
teenagers
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 have in high
school
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, the greater the opportunity to develop
such
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skills
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. In conclusion,
while
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 I acknowledge that exam-oriented
education
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 can fail to prepare specific
skills
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 needed for post-
school
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 life, I would argue that
teenagers
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 should be given regular
exams
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 because it provides good practice for future testing in
further
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education
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 and develops a range of
skills
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 that will help
teenagers
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 when they start work.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • rigorous
  • work ethic
  • disciplined approach
  • invaluable
  • higher education
  • continuous feedback loop
  • academic weaknesses
  • life skills
  • time management
  • stress management
  • over-assessment
  • stress and anxiety
  • practical skills
  • academic evaluation
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